Exemplum balistæ quadrirotis. Book illustration from Library of Congre...
Print shows two soldiers with a horse-drawn ballista. The device, mounted on a wagon, is manipulated like a crossbow, shooting large arrows at enemy fortifications. The horses are well covered with armor. Illu... More
[Scaffolding used for support when lowering obelisk at the Circus Nero...
Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: The tradition of technology : L... More
Carro delle zaffosina. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print shows a mechanical device for transporting small boats from one body of water to another or over unnavigable sections by means of sleds with wheels that run through tracks. Illus. in: Novo teatro di mach... More
London, Septemb. 27, Yesterday morning arrived three Holland mails, wh...
Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33, Folder 30.
State of Georgia. By His Excellency Captain-General, Governor, and com...
Blank form of land grant signed by Edward Telfair Governor from 1786-87 giving John Gardiner one thousand acres in the County of Washington, no date. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in t... More
[Title page with vignette of allegorical scene]
Illus. in: Antiquitates italicae medii aevi, sive Dissertationes de moribus, ritibus, religione, regimine, magistratibus, legibus, studiis literarum, artibus, lingua, militia, nummis, principibus, libertate, s... More
Imprimerie en lettres, l'opération de la casse / AB s.
Print shows three printers in workshop setting type and examples of type and spacers set for printing. Illus. in: Encyclopédie; ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société ... More
[Illustration of ancient fable of men worshipping an ass bearing a rel...
Illus. in: De La Fontaine, Fables Choisies, Tome III, Paris, 1765, pl. opp. p. 29. Reference copy may be in LOT 4707A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
A letter to his most Excellent Majesty, George the third, King of Grea...
Positive Photostat.; Evans 10118.; On verso, Piece 1: NY 1765 66 S.; On verso, Piece 2: Gift Albert C. Read, Mar 19, 1943. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile pa... More
To the worthy inhabitants of The City of New-York. Fellow Citizens, I ...
Imprint 2.; Title.; On verso: S; Sept 16, 1774. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 1... More
The congress / P.E.D. inv. & delin. ; R. Aitkin sculp.
Print shows title page illustration of a female figure, representing America, sitting amidst implements of war. Illus. in: The Pennsylvania magazine: or, American monthly museum. Philadelphia : Printed and sol... More
At a council, held at the Palace, May 2, 1775. Present his Excellency ...
Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 178, Folder 13c.
General Putnam. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print shows Israel Putnam, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right and gesturing to the left with both arms, wearing military uniform and feathered cap with skull and crossbones over the words "or... More
[Child birth]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Two images of childbirth: plate 23 (left) shows child in womb with umbilical cord and plate 24 (right) shows forceps being used to deliver child. Illus. in: An abridgement of the practice of midwifery : and a s... More
Plan of Mr. Fitch's steam boat - Public domain image of a steam boat
Print shows broadside view of John Fitch's design for ferry boat with steam-driven oars. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or monthly miscellany,.... Philadelphia : Printed for T. Seddon, W. Spotswood, C. Cis... More
The House of representatives, apprehending it of importance, that the ...
Not in Ford. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 43, Folder 7.
[Ornament for title page of The Columbian Magazine for the year 1789]
Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for James Trenchard, 1789 (March), title page. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 176... More
By the President of the United States of America. A proclamation ... N...
Evans 22211.; On verso: Gift Pierpont Morgan Library, 11-27-1951. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Colle... More
Perth-Amboy church lottery. No. The possessor of this ticket shall be ...
Not in Evans.; On verso: 1790. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 100, Folder 76.
View of the new Presbyterian Church in Newark, New Jersey / Anderson d...
Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1792 (September). Reference copy in LOT 4445.
To the public. At a meeting of the share-holders of the Washington pri...
Positive Photostat.; Prospectus. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 190, Folder 6.
To farmers, and others disposed to settle on new lands ... [Signed] Wi...
Wm. Poyntell was living on Walnut St. 1809 1810, 1811 His widow on Spruce St. 1812, 1813 1814. Prior to 1809 he lived on Second St. & Chestnut St.; Title.; Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congr... More
The sailor's description of a chase & capture / J Sherm, invt. [Lieut....
"A burly sailor (right) sits with five other sailors, one a negro, and two perhaps being petty officers, drinking grog at a plank-table slung from the roof ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified ... More
The pipe dance and the tomahawk dance / F. Barinsou ; painted at the t...
Native men performing the pipe dance and the tomahawk dance. Illus. in: The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American Indians / by J.O. Lewis. Philade... More
Intérieur d'une cabane de Caloches (Ile de Sitkha, Côte N.O. de l'Amér...
Interior view of lodge or cabin with Natives gathered around fire. Illus. in: Voyage autour de monde, exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté l'empereur Nicolas 1er, sur la corvette le Séniavine, dans les années 1826, ... More
Notice!! Taken from the subscriber, on the night of April 16th, at Nut...
Reward.; Imprint 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 16, Folder 5.
A bitter "Draught." - Public domain scan / print
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
District No. 9. Bolting Free soilers ... A free soiler. Taunton. Nov. ...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 60, Folder 13.
Suggestions for a national circulating medium .... [Signed] Civis. [n....
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 244, Folder 21.
George III, King of Great Britain &c / Pollard sculp.
Print shows King George III, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right wearing ermine robe and powdered wig, in oval topped with crown. After a Reynolds coronation portrait. Illus. in: An impartial hi... More
Now on exhibition, the celebrated blood hounds. Here and spot. the mon...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 73, Folder 26.
Appearance of Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C., after the murder.
Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Look on the bright side. A poem. By Caleb D. Bradlee. Senior Paster of...
In English. (language) Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Seymour and Blair! ... National Democratic campaign song ... [n. p. n....
Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 244, Folder 16.
"Mac" the giant killer. - Public domain portrait print
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Framed photograph of Lincoln by Samuel Alschuler.]
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Confectioner's cake and pastry bakery ... Geo. H. Carter. Charlestown,...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 64, Folder 26.
Steamboat line. Stage notice. fare reduced! Cohasset, Scituate & the G...
Transportation.; Stage coach. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 64, Folder 30.
A prayer to be said by all good citizens on the day of fasting & praye...
On verso: 589729 Mar. 19 '40 Rare Bk Rm. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 236, Folder 40.
The dollar newspaper almanac, comprising valuable time tables, statist...
Tr. from Per. Div. Dec. 1943. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 157, Folder 1a.
[Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States based on a ...
Based on Meserve no 20, a Brady photograph.. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Great exhibition of 1860. - Public domain broadside, Library of Co...
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Photograph of Warner painting of Lincoln.]
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The twenty-seventh national anti-slavery subscription anniversary ... ...
Stamped on verso: 31 130.; Anti-slavery fair, held January, 1861. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collec... More
[Lincoln portrait possibly based on Meserve 22.]
Based on a photograph of the ambrotype made by William Church in Springfield on May 20, 1860. This portrait had no wide circulation, as they were made for Mr. J. Brown of Philadelphia, who used them in painting... More
[Kellogg printers portrait of Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[H. B. Hall's Sons portrait of Lincoln.]
Facsimile signature A. Lincoln. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Charles Dickens' new book! "Uniform with Great expectations," The Lamp...
Prospectus.; Handwritten on verso: Nov. 1861. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 68, Folder 4a.
Emancipation. And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid...
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Notice! The undersigned, one of the surgeons appointed "To examine mil...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 69, Folder 29.
[Gardner portrait of Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Meserve no. 59. A photograph made by Alexander Gardner in Washington November 15, 1863. (From the Photographic Portraits of Abraham Lincoln; Lincoln Memorial University; The Meserve Collection, 1941.) Alexande... More
[Brady photograph of Abraham Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Meserve no. 85. Copy of photograph. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Union Republican ticket. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, for President. ...
Globe surmounted by U. S. flag, and labeled "our country", floating in a body of water.
Just so! - Public domain portrait print
Some clipped from newspapers. Principal subject matter: The election campaign of 1864.
The Murderers doom. Miserable death of J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin o...
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
President Lincoln's funeral. [Harper's Weekly illustration.]
From Harper's Weekly, May 13, 1865, p. 296-297. Photographed by Brady.
Southern tombstones; an inside view of Dixie. Taken by our "Special Ar...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a romantic landscape, ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Death and burial of Abraham Lincoln [Cut of Abraham Lincoln A nation m...
Poem of four stanzas.; 2582 E 8 12 Jy 46.; Rec. 7-18-46.; $6.00.; 5-31-46 pv; Goodspeed; 398 217; DCM 10 5-13-46 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images a... More
Love me little love me long. [caricature].
On tissue. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Three years' men wanted! For the sixth ward. Recruiting & substitute o...
Picryl description: Public domain American history related, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
[Photographic reproduction of Mary S. Owens.]
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Barnacle Goose - Public domain zoological illustration
Illus. in: Audubon, Birds of America. 1871. pl. 378. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Birds; Publ. Ind.
[Kurz & Allison portrait of Abraham Lincoln]
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Arms] State of Connecticut. By His Excellency Morgan G. Bulkeley, Gov...
Thanksgiving proclamation. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 10, Folder 5.
Taxation without representation in the state of New York, NAWSA suffra...
Totals of tax paying women with assessed property values in Geneva and Seneca Township, Ontario County, New York summarized in manuscript
Albany anti-suffragist Mrs. W. W. Crannell, to campaign in South Dakot...
Picryl description: Public domain newspaper clippings page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Advice to women suffragists, NAWSA suffrage scrapbooks
Urges suffrage women to concentrate on winning over indifferent and opposing women
Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth portrait and autograph, NAWSA suffrage scra...
Public domain scan of newspaper clippings, periodicals, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman speaks on duties to humanity at Universalist ...
Photomechanical print of Charlotte Perkins Gilman; synopsis of speech on duties to self, God, and humanity
[Arms] State of Connecticut. By His Excellency Abiram Chamberlain, Gov...
Page Order: Piece 1 is a Leaflet. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera... More
Anne Fitzhugh Miller's Word of Welcome, NAWSA suffrage scrapbooks
Anne Fitzhugh's welcome to Lochland piazza party
Elizabeth Smith Miller: bloomer costume
Pictures show Elizabeth Smith Miller in bloomer costume in 1852 and at 84 with praise for her kindness.
A New Portrait of Mr. William T. Stead, Taken in New York
Photomechanical print of William T. Stead, English journalist, touring U.S. speaking on international arbitration and peace. related to article by Stead on page 131
Geneva Political Equality Club meeting invitation to evening sessions ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a group of people, United States politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Lincoln Centennial Association. February 12th, 1809-February 12th, 190...
Certificate made out to James R Van Gleave of Springfield, January 20, 1909.
Geneva Political Equality Club; A Great Event; Smith Opera House; Mrs....
Emmeline Pankhurst to speak on the meaning of the woman's movement in England. Geneva Political Equality Club members to wear yellow ribbons
Woman's Sphere: Suffrage cartoons
Merle De Vore Johnson cartoon shows woman peering over a fence labeled "Woman's Sphere" while her toys "Fashion" and "gossip" lay abandoned; another cartoon shows women voting while pushing a baby carriage.
Group of Officers and Delegates to the 42nd Annual Convention of the N...
Photomechanical print of New York State Woman Suffrage Association convention delegates, taken outside meeting place in Niagara Falls, interesting display of dress fashion and hats
Alice Paul Talks, suffrage scrapbook
Recently returned to US from London, Alice Paul talks about her experience with British radical suffragettes, disrupting PM Asquith at Guild Hall meeting and being force feed in Holloway jail
Illustrated color postcard of New Windsor Hotel in Montreal, Canada
Verso note from "H. M. M." thanking for farewell telegram, most likely from Harriet May Mills, who was embarking for Europe at that time.
Mrs. John Winters Brannan speaks; photomechanical print
Eunice Dana Brannan, active in Women's Political Union and Woman Suffrage party, biographical sketch and photomechanical print
Suffragettes Mean to Keep Up excitement and Win; Emmeline Pankhurst in...
Pankhurst traces history of woman suffrage movement in England; militant actions against press and politicians, when meetings were closed to women, they held protests outside; threw stones wrapped with messages... More
Newspaper photomechanical print of Harriot Stanton Blatch
Photomechanical print of Harriot Stanton Blatch, in academic robes, marching in New York City suffrage parade organized under her leadership.
Third liberty loan subscriber. [1918].
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 241, Folder 13.
A description of the picture and mezzotinto of Mr. Pitt, done by Charl...
Pitt, William.; Peale, Charles Willson.; Copy 2 is a Photostat.; Copy 2 formerly numbered as Portfolio 162, Folder 22a.; On verso of copy 1: 00438211; on folder: M.C. # 09-82-038.126.; On verso of copy 2: [stam... More
Who killed JFK? [Washington, D. C., Citizens Commission of Inquiry, 19...
District of Columbia 1973.; 1. Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, Pres. U. S., 1917-1963--Assassination.; I. Title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as f... More
Hocus pocus junior : the anatomie of legerdemain, or, The art of jugli...
Printer and bookseller from STC (2nd.). Signatures: [A]⁴ B-H⁴. STC (2nd) 13543 ESTC S93006 Hall, T.H. Conjuring 155 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
McGuffey's newly revised eclectic primer, with pictorial illustrations
"Intended as an introduction to McGuffey's eclectic first reader"--Preface. Clark, Austin, Maynard & Co. was publishing in New York between 1860 and 1862. Cf. 19th cent. Amer. children's book trade directory, A... More
A visit from St. Nicholas - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congr...
In verse. Known by the title: The night before Christmas. Copyright 1864. A strip of paper folded accordion fashion, to form 12 leaves, the first leaf fastened into a printed paper wrapper. Advertisement for P... More
The senior deacon's special help; a monitor for the senior deacon of t...
Picryl description: Public domain rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
The exodus: its effect upon the people of the South, colored labor not...
Cover title. Also available in digital form.
[Ehrich Weiss, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing t...
Not yet Houdini, Ehrich Weiss is shown exhibiting his competitive spirit and wearing medals he won as a member of the Pastime Athletic Club track team in New York. Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magici... More
The twelve magic changelings
"Cut-outs for children of Mary and her little lamb, Humpty Dumpty and the egg, Tom the piper's son and his pig, The town mouse and the country mouse, Silverhair and the little wee bear, Robinson Crusoe and his ... More
Simple addition by a little nigger
Cover title. Leaves printed on one side only, printed pages face each other. A counting rhyme. In illustrated paper wrapper with publisher's advertisement on p. [4]: New picture books for little children. Havil... More
The race problem: great speech of Frederick Douglass, delivered before...
In this speech, the elder Douglass reacts to southern "Resurrectionists" and their attempts to deprive southern blacks of their recently won civil rights. He examines the so-called "Negro problem" in this light... More
The Butterfly's ball, and the grasshopper's feast
Cover title. "Embellished with eight colored engravings." The Ill. are hand-colored. In verse. In illustrated green printed wrapper. Baltimore directories show William Raine printing in Baltimore in the early ... More
The confessions of Nat Turner, the leader of the late insurrection in ...
LAC rwp 2019-05-29 update (1 card)
Illustrated alphabet, Confederate States of America.
Illustrations are drawn from agricultural or rural life. Lithographed in blue and orange. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 4058 Form AACR2: vj36 2003-12-17
Suffrage conferred by the Fourteenth Amendment : woman's suffrage in t...
Sara J. Spencer and Sarah E. Webster each brought cases before the court in the District of Columbia arguing that they were enfranchised by the Fourteenth Amendment. This pamphlet contains the arguments of thei... More
Beauties of the New-England primer
Heartman estimates date of printing between 1815 and 1830; Haviland 1818. Samuel Wood & Sons published at 261 Pearl St., New York, between 1817 and 1835. Heartman, C.F. New England primer, 442 Haviland, V. Ya... More