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[She dropped down into his shabby college arm-chair and hid her face in the scattered papers on his desk]

[She dropped down into his shabby college arm-chair and hid her face i...

(DLC/PP-1933:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Sanctuary" by Edith Wharton, Scribner's magazine, 34:577 (Nov. 1903).

If only he had been born in the days when Rome was beginning to decay!

If only he had been born in the days when Rome was beginning to decay!

Gift; Ernest Fuhr estate; (DLC/PP-1934:0111). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Pink Sheep" by Hugh MacNair Kahler, Saturday evening post, 193:92 (Dec. 4, 1920).

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County,...

Significance: This house, now a museum, was built for a wealthy Rockland merchant, William A. Farnsworth. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38 Survey number: HABS ME-77 Building/... More

The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
Jefferson Davis' Library, Beauvoir, Miss. / R.E. Hinchey, photographer, De Soto, Mo.

Jefferson Davis' Library, Beauvoir, Miss. / R.E. Hinchey, photographer...

"305." "View on the Line of the Mobile & Ohio R.R." Copyright deposit; 1898 Dec. 19.

[What, in God's name, is this nonsense?]

[What, in God's name, is this nonsense?]

No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The First and the Last" by John Galsworthy, Cosmopolitan 59:2 (June 1915).

The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San F...

Significance: The Octagon House was constructed ca. 1860-1861 with plain concrete walls surfaced with "V" groove redwood rustic siding, and with wood quoins at the angles and modified Classical Revival cornice ... More

The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San F...

Significance: The Octagon House was constructed ca. 1860-1861 with plain concrete walls surfaced with "V" groove redwood rustic siding, and with wood quoins at the angles and modified Classical Revival cornice ... More

I felt you owed me something --

I felt you owed me something --

(DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "To the Last Penny" by Edwin Lefevre, Saturday evening post, 189:3 (Oct. 28, 1916).

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County,...

Significance: This house, now a museum, was built for a wealthy Rockland merchant, William A. Farnsworth. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38 Survey number: HABS ME-77 Building/... More

The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San F...

Significance: The Octagon House was constructed ca. 1860-1861 with plain concrete walls surfaced with "V" groove redwood rustic siding, and with wood quoins at the angles and modified Classical Revival cornice ... More

The Library, where Mr. Roosevelt spends much time while at home

The Library, where Mr. Roosevelt spends much time while at home

Interior view of library at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, Long Island. Reference copy in PRES FILE. Illus. in: Town & country, 1902 June 7, pp. 10-11.

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County,...

Significance: This house, now a museum, was built for a wealthy Rockland merchant, William A. Farnsworth. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38 Survey number: HABS ME-77 Building/... More

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County,...

Significance: This house, now a museum, was built for a wealthy Rockland merchant, William A. Farnsworth. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38 Survey number: HABS ME-77 Building/... More

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County,...

Significance: This house, now a museum, was built for a wealthy Rockland merchant, William A. Farnsworth. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38 Survey number: HABS ME-77 Building/... More

McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San F...

Significance: The Octagon House was constructed ca. 1860-1861 with plain concrete walls surfaced with "V" groove redwood rustic siding, and with wood quoins at the angles and modified Classical Revival cornice ... More

McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San F...

Significance: The Octagon House was constructed ca. 1860-1861 with plain concrete walls surfaced with "V" groove redwood rustic siding, and with wood quoins at the angles and modified Classical Revival cornice ... More

Jefferson Davis' Library, [Beauvoir, Miss.] / R.E. Hinchey, photographer, De Soto, Mo.

Jefferson Davis' Library, [Beauvoir, Miss.] / R.E. Hinchey, photograph...

1898 74294 (2) U.S. Copyright Office "306." "View on the Line of the Mobile & Ohio R.R." Copyright deposit; 1898 Dec. 19.

You wouldn't be so hard on her if you knew what a fight she had to make

You wouldn't be so hard on her if you knew what a fight she had to mak...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The High Heart" by Basil King, Saturday evening post, 189:21 (June 30, 1917).

Jefferson Davis' Library, [Beauvoir, Miss.] / R.E. Hinchey, photographer, De Soto, Mo.

Jefferson Davis' Library, [Beauvoir, Miss.] / R.E. Hinchey, photograph...

1898 74294 (2) U.S. Copyright Office "306." "View on the Line of the Mobile & Ohio R.R." Copyright deposit; 1898 Dec. 19.

U.S.S. Vermont, the library - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

U.S.S. Vermont, the library - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County,...

Significance: This house, now a museum, was built for a wealthy Rockland merchant, William A. Farnsworth. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38 Survey number: HABS ME-77 Building/... More

The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
[Man standing in front of bookcase with pipe in hand]

[Man standing in front of bookcase with pipe in hand]

Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man seated in his library, looking at raven above door; and quotation from poem The Raven, "'Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!' I shrieked, upstarting"]

[Man seated in his library, looking at raven above door; and quotation...

Illus. in: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. New York : P.F. Collier & Son, vol. 5, frontispiece. From painting by Arthur E. Becher. Reference copy in LOT 4442.

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County,...

Significance: This house, now a museum, was built for a wealthy Rockland merchant, William A. Farnsworth. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38 Survey number: HABS ME-77 Building/... More

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County,...

Significance: This house, now a museum, was built for a wealthy Rockland merchant, William A. Farnsworth. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38 Survey number: HABS ME-77 Building/... More

The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San F...

Significance: The Octagon House was constructed ca. 1860-1861 with plain concrete walls surfaced with "V" groove redwood rustic siding, and with wood quoins at the angles and modified Classical Revival cornice ... More

[Desk in library at Sagamore Hill]

[Desk in library at Sagamore Hill]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an office, table, bureau, desk, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The study - Drawing. Public domain image.

The study - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1937:0027). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Gabions of Abbotsford" by Sir Walter Scott, Harper's magazine, 78:786 (April 1889).

Roosevelt House, New York Memorial library.

Roosevelt House, New York Memorial library.

Photograph showing interior of Theodore Roosevelt library with rows of bookcases; a card catalog with a bust of Roosevelt on top; a desk in the foreground; tables and chairs in the back of the room. J267489-90 ... More

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County,...

Significance: This house, now a museum, was built for a wealthy Rockland merchant, William A. Farnsworth. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38 Survey number: HABS ME-77 Building/... More

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County,...

Significance: This house, now a museum, was built for a wealthy Rockland merchant, William A. Farnsworth. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38 Survey number: HABS ME-77 Building/... More

The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
Octagon House, Stable, 1799 New York Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Octagon House, Stable, 1799 New York Avenue Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Significance: This utility structure was built about 1800 behind the Octagon, which was considered one of the most elegant early houses in Washington, and for a time was used as the executive mansion. Unproce... More

McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San F...

Significance: The Octagon House was constructed ca. 1860-1861 with plain concrete walls surfaced with "V" groove redwood rustic siding, and with wood quoins at the angles and modified Classical Revival cornice ... More

McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San F...

Significance: The Octagon House was constructed ca. 1860-1861 with plain concrete walls surfaced with "V" groove redwood rustic siding, and with wood quoins at the angles and modified Classical Revival cornice ... More

McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San F...

Significance: The Octagon House was constructed ca. 1860-1861 with plain concrete walls surfaced with "V" groove redwood rustic siding, and with wood quoins at the angles and modified Classical Revival cornice ... More

Home of Jefferson Davis. The Library - Exterior

Home of Jefferson Davis. The Library - Exterior

No. 1508. Photographed by the Centennial Photographic Co., published and copyrighted as part of their International Exhibition in New Orleans, La., 1884-5.

Mr. Henry James in the garden of his home at Rye ; The library at Lamb House, Mr. James's English home

Mr. Henry James in the garden of his home at Rye ; The library at Lamb...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, vol. 48, 1904, p. 1548.

The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
Catalogue of the private library of the late Col. George W. Pratt ... to be sold at auction ... March 23, 1868, and the four following days, by Bangs, Merwin & co. ..

Catalogue of the private library of the late Col. George W. Pratt ... ...

Cover title. 1,275 entries. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Catalogue of the private library of the late Col. George W. Pratt ... to be sold at auction ... March 23, 1868, and the four following days, by Bangs, Merwin & co. ..

Catalogue of the private library of the late Col. George W. Pratt ... ...

Cover title. 1,275 entries. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Catalogue of the library and autographs of William F. Johnson, esq.,
Catalogue of the private library of the late Col. George W. Pratt ... to be sold at auction ... March 23, 1868, and the four following days, by Bangs, Merwin & co. ..

Catalogue of the private library of the late Col. George W. Pratt ... ...

Cover title. 1,275 entries. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Library of William C. Bolivar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ..

Library of William C. Bolivar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ..

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Library of William C. Bolivar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ..

Library of William C. Bolivar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ..

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Catalogue of the private library of the late Col. George W. Pratt ... to be sold at auction ... March 23, 1868, and the four following days, by Bangs, Merwin & co. ..

Catalogue of the private library of the late Col. George W. Pratt ... ...

Cover title. 1,275 entries. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Library of William C. Bolivar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ..

Library of William C. Bolivar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ..

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Library of William C. Bolivar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ..

Library of William C. Bolivar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ..

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Catalogue of the private library of the late Col. George W. Pratt ... to be sold at auction ... March 23, 1868, and the four following days, by Bangs, Merwin & co. ..

Catalogue of the private library of the late Col. George W. Pratt ... ...

Cover title. 1,275 entries. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Catalogue of the library and autographs of William F. Johnson, esq.,
Catalogue of the private library of the late Col. George W. Pratt ... to be sold at auction ... March 23, 1868, and the four following days, by Bangs, Merwin & co. ..

Catalogue of the private library of the late Col. George W. Pratt ... ...

Cover title. 1,275 entries. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Catalogue of the library and autographs of William F. Johnson, esq.,
Catalogue of the library and autographs of William F. Johnson, esq.,
Catalogue of the library and autographs of William F. Johnson, esq.,
Catalogue of the library and autographs of William F. Johnson, esq.,
Catalogue of the library and autographs of William F. Johnson, esq.,
Catalogue of the library and autographs of William F. Johnson, esq.,
Catalogue of the library and autographs of William F. Johnson, esq.,
Catalogue of the library and autographs of William F. Johnson, esq.,
Catalogue of the library and autographs of William F. Johnson, esq.,
William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County,...

Significance: This house, now a museum, was built for a wealthy Rockland merchant, William A. Farnsworth. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38 Survey number: HABS ME-77 Building/... More

The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975.
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