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[Two thatched cottages on the edge of a river]

Marsh Collection. LeBlanc, no. 106.

Plan of the encampment and position of the army under His Excelly. Lt....

Scale ca. 1:14,400. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown by hachures LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1186 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 650

View of the west bank of the Hudson's River 3 miles above Still Water,...

Print shows a panoramic view of three hills along the west bank of the Hudson River in New York.

Views of the new ditch, of the Columbia & Stanislaus River Water Co.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Nagel, L.

The U.S.M. Mississippi passenger steamer, engraving, Library of Congre...

Wreckage of large riverboat in bayou swamp. Wood engraving by W. Redding after drawing by Chas. Graham. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly. Reference copy may be in LOT 4427. This record contains unverified, old data f... More

View of the River Wye [England]

Illus. in: Aqua pictura / John Hassell. London, 1813. Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Crane on construction site at edge of river]

Photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain photograph of electric wires, power line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Approach to New York East River [nearer view]

Drawing shows a view of the New York skyline from the East River, with buildings looming over trees. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 dr... More

Great Falls of the Spokane River, W.T. 30 miles below the Cour D'Alene...

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 58. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, James River, Virgin...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2562. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Officers on deck of monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia

No. B696. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Building the Red River Dam - A black and white photo of a river filled...

No. 3163. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

White House Landing, Pamunkey River, Virginia

No. B1181. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 ... More

Kisherer? - the Roman Catholic mission on the left bank of the Kootena...

Photograph shows a log building at the Roman Catholic mission near the Kootenai River in Idaho. , supplemented by annotated inventory. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859... More

[Broadway Landing, Appomattox River, Virginia] during American Civil W...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 229. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On deck of the monitor Lehigh, James River, Virginia

No. B686. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Monitor "Onondaga", James River, Virginia during American Civil War

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Water battery on James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Canal

No. 5118. Mounted with 5 other photographs showing different views of the same location. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Wagon train crossing pontoon bridge, Rappahannock River, below Frederi...

No. B602. Published in: Davis, William C. ed., The South Besieged, Vol 5, The Image of War, 1861-1865. New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1983, p. 182, with caption: The first to cross was the V Corps, its wago... More

[Fallen tree across Hazel River, Virginia] (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

Chickahominy River, Virginia. Bridge - 19th century Virginia.

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

Antietam, Maryland. View of Antietam bridge

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Antietam Bridge. Corresponding print is in LOT 4176. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Map showing the system of rebel fortifications on the Mississippi Rive...

Scale 1:84,480 ("3/4 of an inch = one mile"). LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 299.8 From U.S. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. Supplemental report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the W... More

[Raft of blanket boats ferrying field artillery and soldiers across th...

No. 79 (handwritten) and 2580 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

Ruins of R.R. bridge across Tennessee River, at Bridgeport, Tenn.? (i....

Caption provided by Minnesota Historical Society from the NPS Civil War Series: The Battles of Chickamauga: The Confederates destroyed the railroad bridge over the Tennessee River at Bridgeport, Alabama, in th... More

Army beef swimming the Occoquan River, Virginia / sketched by Mr. A.R....

Two illustrations: top, cattle crossing the Occoquan River, and bottom, hand-to-hand combat during the battle at Milliken's Bend. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 340 (1863 July 4), p. 428.

Bridge across the Matapony River near Bowling Green, Virginia

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.228) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Pontoon bridge across James River at Powhatan Point on which Army of P...

No. B392. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Looking down James River, from Dutch Gap canal, December 12, 1864

Photograph showing army transports on the James River from the Dutch Gap Canal.

"In Roanoke River." (after the capture of Plymouth N.C. Oct 31 '64)

Three steamships in the river. Signed lower left image, stylized monogram: HAM. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: H.A. Macomb. Fomerly attributed to Alfred R. Waud, with the call number DRWG/US -... More

View of James River at Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)

Phogograph shows buildings at the wharf at Rockett's Landing on the south side of the James River. See also: LOT 11486-A, no. 4. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Pontoon bridge across Potomac River from Georgetown, D.C. to Analostan...

Photograph shows a group of civilians crossing a pontoon bridge from Georgetown to Analostan Island (i.e. Roosevelt Island). A group of men seated in a carriage in the foreground while a woman stands at the sh... More

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. Confederate battery on James R...

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

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia (vicinity). Interior of Fort Da...

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

Campbell, Honorable Jacob Miller of PA (Engaged in steamboating on the...

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. Confederate Battery Brooke on ...

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

View on the Appomattox River, near Campbell's Bridge, Petersburg, Virg...

Photograph showing several commercial buildings along the Appomattox River in Petersburg, Virginia, and the high road that leads out of town. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexande... More

[Mendocino City, looking east, Big River Bridge in the distance, Mendo...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1200. LOT subdivision subject: Mendocino County. This record contains unverified old data from cap... More

Snow Slide Mountain, Headwaters of the American River

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 633. LOT subdivision subject: Placerville Tahoe Route. This record contains unverified old data f... More

Noyo River and Ferry, looking South, Mendocino County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1171. LOT subdivision subject: Mendocino County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Falls on the Yuba River, near Crystal Lake - Central Pacific Railroad

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1273. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from ca... More

Hot Springs, on Gardiner's River, Cap of Liberty

No. 436. Part of series: Scenery of the Yellowstone, 1871. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixtur... More

Black Cañon of the Colorado River.

Original negative number: 128. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding.

The American River Ganges. The priests and the children

An indictment of sectarianism in the public schools and Tammany's sacrifice of children's education for Catholic votes.

Snake River Cañon, Idaho / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing rock formations along the top of the falls. Plate no. 25. "Descriptive legend of view no. 25" on verso. Part of geographical and geological explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridia... More

[Several people posed for a portrait in a ferry and standing on the ba...

No. 2023. Illus. in: Views & costumes of Japan by Stillfried & Andersen. Yokohama : Stillfried & Andersen, [ca. 1877, p. 22] In 1877 Stillfried & Andersen purchased Felice Beato's stock of photographs, some ma... More

[A man fishing from the bank of a river]

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Idaho, Fall River, & Chicago Lakes / photographed and published by W.G...

View of town, with mountain in background, Colorado. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Proposed site for World's Fair in 1883 : between 110th and 125th Stree...

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Deep Creek, Fla.. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rice Creek - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of a lake, river, pond in the woods, forest, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wisconsin River near Merrimac - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The Rippling river waltz - Public domain American sheet music, 1881

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Ohio - View of the recent floods at Toledo, Ohio, looking down the Mau...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 56, no. 1,432 (1883 Mar. 3), p. 29.

Birds-eye view of Louisville from the river front and Southern Exposit...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 237 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and "Map of Louisville and its environs." AACR2: 651/1

Old Maryland manor house - "Java" on Rhode River built about 1740 seat...

Drawing shows a manor house in Eggleston, Maryland. The kitchen, store-room, dwelling and library have been identified. Exchange; Kennedy Galleries; 1966.

East River Bridge, New York City

Photoprint copyrighted by Herm. Briestler, N.Y.C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Bridges; Geogr.; Ph. Ind.

Detroit River Light House - Public domain architectural drawing

Diagram of Detroit River light house elevations, scale provided. Public domain photograph of building plan, architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Votive cross (1886), with Mezen River in background, Kimzha, Russia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a crucifix, crucifixion, New Testament, Bible, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

W.H. Ford, north of the old Jefferson post office on the Middle Loup R...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph of a post office building, postal service, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Livestock on the James Gates ranch at Gates, Nebraska, showing Gates ...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

South of the Middle Loup River, near Berwyn, Custer County, Nebraska.

summary: Note: This is a transcript of a letter from James Klase concerning RG2608-1377<p>Gentlemen:<p>On June 25 the Omaha World Herald ran a special farm issue of the past fifty years and also shows a pictur... More

Burlington and Missouri River Railroad train wreck near Dunning, Blain...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cochran's Railroad construction (Burlington and Missouri River Railroa...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Capes Trinity & Eternity, Saguenay River

Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[The Wye, Goodrich, England] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10998". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[Cliveden from below Cookham Ferry, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Cliveden from below Cookham Ferry, London and suburbs, England." Print no. "10643". More ... More

[The cathedral from the river, Ely, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10112". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[White Hart Hotel, Sonning-on-Thames, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "11278". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[From the river, II., Ross-on-Wye, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10938". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[From the river, I., Ross-on-Wye, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10937". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[Houses of Parliament from the river, London, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10789". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[River Suir, Waterford. County Waterford, Ireland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12094". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More

[River Avon from Clifton Downs, Bristol, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10108". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[Eel fisher's hut on the Bore, (i.e., Bure River) England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "11233". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[Devin and the Danube River, southwest Slovakia, near Austrian border,...

Title in Detroit Publishing Company, catalogue J foreign section: Theben, Schneeberg, Lower Austria, Austro-Hungary. Print no. "9216". Forms part of: Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Photochrom prin... More

Campbell's Ledge, on the Susquehanna near Pittston, Pa

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012238. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Footbridge on the Monnow, Monmouth, Wales]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10960". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

Down the St. Clair River from the Flats

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Morris and Essex Canal, N.J., near Mountain View

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Eboulements, St. Lawrence River, Les

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dock, harbor, boats, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Richmond, the bridge, England] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Richmond, the bridge, London and suburbs, England." Print no. "1512". More information ab... More

[Chemung River, Elmira, N.Y.]. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pier at Murray Bay, St. Lawrence River

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Calumet Island, St. Lawrence River, N.Y.

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

[Whitby, Glaisdale, Beggars' Bridge, Yorkshire, England]

Image shows bridge over the River Esk, built in 1619 by Thomas Ferris of Hull. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit... More

[The River Jordan, Holy Land] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "15051". Forms part of: Views of the Holy Land in the Photochrom print collection.

"City of Paducah" (steamer), St. Louis & Tennessee River Packet Co., P...

Photograph shows the City of Paducah steamboat tied to the dock with a few passengers on board; workers on the lower deck stand with barrels on the gangway at the front of steamboat.

Students and their teacher in front of a country school on the South L...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Steamer on Black River, Pt. Huron]

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Russian children at Iman (?) - steamer on Ussuri River in background

Similar to photograph (LOT 11948, no. 1072) titled: Peasants before a Ussuri River stern wheeler, 1895 or 1896. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transport... More

River steamers at Goalanda [sic] - photo by William Henry Jackson

Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle... More

[Fabyan House & Presidential Range from Ammonoosuc River, White Mts., ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a river or lake, forest, trees, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Indian visitors attending Potlatch at Kok-wol-too village, Chilkat Riv...

Photoprint copyrighted by Winter & Pond, Juneau, Alaska. No. 183. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Pawtucket Falls / by R.E. Westcott.

Photograph showing rapids on the Merrimack River in Lowell, Massachusetts. Illus. in: Picturesque Lowell. Copyright 1896, by T.H. Lawler, Bookseller and Stationer, Lowell, Mass.

River camp and Lake Bennett. Yukon Territory

Photograph shows tents near Lake Bennett. 68838 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 87. Copyright by F.D. Fujiwara.

Snoqualmie Falls, Columbia River, Oregon - stereocsopic card

Group of people on shore, at top of falls. Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley; Keystone View Co. No. 9327. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Wate... More