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Blandfield, U.S. Route 17 & State Route 624, Caret, Essex County, Virg...

Significance: Blandfield, in Essex County, is one of Virginia's largest houses of the Georgian period, and one of its major essays in the Palladian style. The mansion dates from 1769-1773, and was built by Rob... More

Blandfield, U.S. Route 17 & State Route 624, Caret, Essex County, Virg...

[Richmond, Virginia Residence of Jefferson Davis (1201 East Clay Stree...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Hugh Watt House, Old Cold Harbor, Hanover County, Virginia

Significance: As this is an unpretentious farmhouse, it has little recorded architectural history. Hugh Watt was born in Flenairm, Antrim County, Ireland. After his father's death, with his mother, he emigrat... More

Hugh Watt House, Old Cold Harbor, Hanover County, Virginia

Murder of Louisiana sacrificed on the altar of radicalism

President Ulysses S. Grant and Congress turned a blind eye to the disputed 1872 election of carpetbagger William P. Kellogg as governor of Louisiana. In this scene Kellogg holds up the heart which he has just ... More

Sales at auction. on Monday, the 3rd, September. will be sold, a valua...

Imprint 2.; Auction.; on folder : M.C. # 09-82-038.374 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 Epheme... More

Slave auction at Richmond, Virginia

African American woman being auctioned off in front of crowd of men. Illus. from: The illustrated London news, 1856 Sept. 27, p. 315.

Map of Amelia Co., Virginia / - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. Oriented with north toward upper left. "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer chief engineer. Presented to th... More

Richmond, Virginia (vicinity). Major (JM) Robertson's Battery of Horse...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Plan of the Battle of the Wilderness, Va. : May 5th to 12th.

While labelled the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5-6), this map depicts troop locations and movements during engagements in the days immediately following as both armies met at Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-1... More

Map of Nottoway Co., Va. /, Confederate States of America

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Two sheets joined to form 1, mounted on cloth. "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer Chief Engineer. Presented t... More

Washington monument, in the Capitol grounds, Richmond, Virginia The st...

Stereograph showing the Washington Monument with an equestrian statue of George Washington in the grounds of Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Dat... More

The custom house, Richmond, Virginia, Ap. 1865 (Andrew J. Russel)

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Map of a part of the city of Richmond showing the burnt districts

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 641 "The black markes indicates burnt." Confederate imprint. Another copy is in the Hubbard family papers, Manuscript Division, L.C., container no. 17. Description ... More

Richmond, Virginia. View on the canal

Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Captured guns at Richmond ready for transportation to Washington, May,...

Photograph showing a stockpile of captured Confederate weapons at Rocketts wharf in Richmond. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe ... More

Richmond, Virginia. Libby prison on Cary street

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Richmond, Va., Libby Prison. On Cary Street. Photographer: Alexander Gardner. File print in LOT 4162-C. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861... More

Richmond, Virginia. Burnt district - 19th century Virginia.

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Richmond, Virginia. Burnt district - 19th century Virginia.

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[View from the Petersburg railroad depot, Richmond, Virginia, during t...

Anaglyph stereograph made from a digital image of a stereograph card, published by E. & H.T. Anthony in 1865. (Call number: LOT 4162, no. 207, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18951) Gift; Matt Raymond; 2011;... More

View on Canal Bridge at Foot of 7th St., Richmond, Virginia

4 people on bridge and 2 boats on canal behind bridge.

At the market, Richmond, Virginia / Sketched by W.L. Sheppard.

Outdoor market, Richmond, Virginia. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1868 Nov. 7, p. 708.

[E.J. Crane, watchmaker and jewelry store with man working in window a...

Displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900.

Main dining room, Murphy's Hotel, Richmond, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a public building, auditorium, hall, commons, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Richmond College, Richmond, Virginia

Title from jacket. "2600 G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033830. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Entrance to Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "2577 G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018416. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

St. John's Church, Richmond, Virginia

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monument to Confederate dead, Hollywood, Richmond, Virginia

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Main Street, Richmond, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate negat...

"G 2606" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018402. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Old bell tower, Richmond, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate ne...

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Richmond, Virginia

"G 5356" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071005. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Japanese palm garden, Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia

"G 5365" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071012. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Union University, Richmond, Virginia, Panoramic Photograph

H127833 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; April 21, 1909; DLC/PP-1909:43815. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate n...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a public building, auditorium, hall, commons, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Interior of St. John's Church, Richmond, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, cathedral, religious building, 17th,18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Thirteenth Annual Convention of the Anti-Saloon League of Virginia, Ri...

On front: "By Thomas Sparrow, Panoramic Photographer, 7903 Decker Ave., Cleveland, O., for W. W. Foster, Richmond, Va." Gift; Ed J. Richardson; October 26, 1951.

Richmond, Virginia - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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St. Paul's Church, Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia

Alternate title: Elizabeth River Parish. Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1739. Known as the "Burough Church" founded ca. 1634. The first church was completed in 1641 and was calle... More

Statues and sculpture. Bust of James Madison in Virginia State Capitol...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bust, head, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

St. Paul's Church, Owens vic., King George County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1766. Church was in ruins in 1812. Shape is square cruciform, with all four arms same length. In 1813 county took possession to use as an academy a... More

Hickory Neck Church, Blissland Parish, Toano, James City County, Virgi...

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1748. Parish formed in 1724. Was large T shaped building, the present building having only one trancept, which was added in 1744. After Revolution,... More

Linden Farm, Lancaster Road, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-566 Public domain photograph of 1930s Poland, Second Polish Republic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Carl Van Vechten, Richmond, Virginia]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: III L 30. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

Virginia State Library & Courthouse, Richmond, Virginia. Entrance lobb...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a modernist architecture building, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Portrait of Bob Graettinger, Pete Rugolo, and Stan Kenton, Richmond, ...

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 166 (gottlieb assignment) 166 (assign... More

Governor's Mansion garden, Richmond, Virginia. Governor's mansion gard...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Auditorium of the Woman's Club of Richmond in the historic Bolling Hax...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia Confederate brass mountain howitzers

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0863 Title from Milh... More

The tomb of ex President James Monroe, at Richmond Virginia

No. 178. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Robert E. Lee of General & Staff Confederate States Infantry R...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Notation on recto: "Gen. R.E. Lee." Tax stamp on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., North Liberty, Iowa, October 2015. Fo... More

Libby Prison - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.

Photograph shows a man standing in front of Libby Prison, a Confederate facility in Richmond, Virginia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digit... More

Richmond, Virginia. Ruins of State Arsenal and view down James River

Stereo filed in LOT 4162. Caption from negative sleeve: Richmond, Va., Ruins of State Arsenal and view down James River. Two plates form left (LC-B811-883A) and right (LC-B811-883B) halves of a stereograph pair... More

Richmond, Virginia. Ruins of Richmond & Petersburg Railroad bridge

Caption from negative sleeve: Richmond, Va., 1865, Ruins of R&P R.R. Bridge. Two plates form left (LC-B811-885B) and right (LC-B811-885A) halves of a stereograph pair. File print in LOT 4162-E. Credit line: Civ... More

Castle Thunder -- Confederate prison - 19th century Virginia.

On mount: Anderson's Stereoscopic Views, No. 913 Main, St. Richmond, Va. On verso: Published by Anderson, No. 913 Main, St. Richmond, Va. From series: Views of Richmond and Vicinity, and mountain scenery of Vir... More

Libby Prison, [Richmond, Virginia] / photographed and published by E.S...

Bequest of; George Augustine Thayer, Harvard College Library; Nov. 14, 1925; (DLC/PP-1947:0065). Title from set list on back of stereo. Date based on photographer's address: 1011 Main St., Richmond, Va. From th... More

Design drawing for stained glass Captain Sally Tompkins memorial windo...

Annotations on drawing: MHT 39. Sticker: Stained Glass Association of America, Small Early Blue. Purchase, Donald Samick, 2003 (DLC/PP-2003:109). Forms part of: Lamb Design Collection.

Libby Prison - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.

On verso: Published by Cook, No. 913 Main, St. Richmond, Va. From series: Views of Richmond and Vicinity, and mountain scenery of Virginia and West Va. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Libr... More

Richmond, Virginia Ruins of the Gallego Flour Mill; a later view

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress,... More

Richmond, Virginia. View of the burned district and the Capitol across...

Caption from negative sleeve: Richmond, Va., view of the capitol & burnt district from the Canal house. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3246A) and right (LC-B811-3246B) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: ... More

Richmond, Virginia Another view from Gambles Hill

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congres... More

Richmond, Virginia Custom House (left) and Capitol (center); rubble in...

Design drawing for stained glass Captain Sally Tompkins memorial windo...

Annotations on drawing: MHT 39. Sticker: Stained Glass Association of America, Small Early Blue. Purchase, Donald Samick, 2003 (DLC/PP-2003:109). Forms part of: Lamb Design Collection.

The Union prison camp at "Belle Isle," Richmond, Virginia

Stereograph showing Maj. Thomas P. Turner, Commandant of the "Libby Prison," dressed in gray, with felt hat on, standing on hill overlooking the Confederate prison encampment on Belle Isle in the James River . ... More

[Students constructing telephones at Hampton Institute]

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited in: "Photography in Virginia" at the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA., 2008-2009.

Richmond, Virginia. View of burnt district from Gamble's Hill

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia, Panoramic Photograph

H127826 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; April 21, 1909; DLC/PP-1909:43815. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

Castle Thunder Prison, Petersburg [i.e. Richmond] (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows soldiers in courtyard, Castle Thunder Prison, Richmond, Virginia. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating pape... More

Richmond, Virginia. Ruins of railroad bridge

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Allen & Ginter, Richmond, Virginia. 50 fish from American waters. You ...

Advertisement poster for Allen & Ginter, manufacturers of cigarettes, showing different types of fish.

Views of Rocketts and south side of James River from Libby Hill

Photograph shows view of buildings at the wharf at Rocketts Landing on the south side of the James River in Richmond, Virginia.

[Richmond, Virginia Barges with African Americans on the Canal; ruined...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Photograph shows African American refugees on a boat with household belongings.

[Richmond, Virginia General view of the burned district]

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Memorial House and Colonial Kitchen Complex, Off of State Route 3, War...

Significance: The Memorial House and Colonial Kitchen were constructed in 1931 to recreate the domestic setting in which George Washington was born. They are representative of the home quarters of a moderately ... More

Sabine Hall, State Route 624 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Significance: Sabine Hall was built in 1730 for Colonel Landon Carter by his father, Robert Carter, of Corotoman, whose extensive possessions in the Colony of Virginia caused him to be called "King" Carter by h... More

Sabine Hall, State Route 624 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Elmore House, State Route 3, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-63 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First glimpse of Richmond - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.634) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Portrait of Stan Kenton, Pete Rugolo, and Bob Graettinger, Richmond, ...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More

Old "Libby Prison" building, Richmond, Virginia

Stereograph showing a group of people including Maj. Thomas P. Turner, Commandant of "The Libby," soldiers, and a young child, standing in front of tents on the prison grounds. The prison building, with its Co... More

Indian Banks, State Route 606, Tidewater, Richmond, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-74 Building/structure dates: ca. 1700 Initial Construction

Menokin, Menokin Bay, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-110 Survey number: HABS VA-156 Building/structure dates: ca. 1769 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000276

View of capitol square / Levy & Cohen.

Photograph shows a view of Capitol Square Park in downtown Richmond. The Virginia state capitol building is on the right. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in the Clerk's... More

[Ruins at Richmond, Virginia, canal in foreground, ruins in background...

Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthew Isenberg. New York : Dover Publications, c1982, no. 56. Exhibited: "With ... More

The gentleman's new pocket farrier : comprising a general description ...

Picryl description: Public domain document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The gentleman's new pocket farrier : comprising a general description ...

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Ruins of Petersburg bridge / Levy & Cohen.

Photograph shows an aerial view of Richmond including the ruins of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge over the James River. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in t... More

[Richmond, Virginia Wagon train of Military Telegraph Corps]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Drury's [i.e. Drewry's] bluff, Richmond, Virginia

Photograph shows ruins of fortifications in the middle of the James River in Richmond, Virginia after the battle. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in the Clerk's Office, ... More

Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Hospital Building, Rixey Place, bounded by ...

Significance: The Greek Revival-style Naval Hospital, built in 1827-33, is the first Naval Hospital built in America. The first of six or seven medical facilities constructed for the Navy during the 1820s and ... More

One hundred & fifty miles around Richmond. 10th ed.

[Scale ca. 1:880,000]. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 632.4 "Tenth edition 3000 of Magnus' all around map." Cover title of accompanying envelope: Magnus' half dollar portfolio. For the Army of the Potomac. Contai... More