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[Portrait of John Brown] - Public domain portrait

Photograph showing three-quarter length portrait of John Brown, with beard, facing slightly right. Blind stamp on recto: Lawrence's Photographs, 381 Broadway, cor. White St., New York. Autograph on label paste... More

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Dome. Main ribs. Exterior b...

Scaled and dimensioned. No. 1892. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which ... More

[Union fife and drum musicians probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virg...

Photograph probably by G. H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album and fellow resident of Mead's in Brattleboro, Vermont. Houghton worked as a photographer at Camp Griffin and in the Tidewat... More

[Two railroad construction workers hammer track as third construction ...

No. 66 (handwritten) and 2566 (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

Ku Klux Klan, Watertown Division 289 / Hart, photographer, Watertown, ...

Photograph shows ten men posed seated and standing, wearing hats with "KKK" in large letters, and with a skull and bones arranged on the floor in front of them. Purchase; Marian Carson; 2001; (DLC/PP-2001:068)... More

Group of Montenegrins - Public domain portrait print

Five Montenegrins posed against a tile-roofed structure; one sits in a window.

Locomotive engine. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows locomotive engine on display. Salted paper photoprint by Claude-Marie Ferrier or Hugh Owen. Illus. in: Reports by the Juries, London, Spicer Brothers, 1852, v. 2, frontis.

[Eli S. Shorter, Representative from Alabama, Thirty-fifth Congress, h...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Capitol dome construction], Washington, D.C.

Photograph showing the dome of the Capitol under construction. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 49. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

View of the lines of Balaclava from Guard's Hill, Canrobert's Hill in ...

View of the camp showing tents and huts in foreground; additional military installations in the distant background. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton C... More

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: African American l...

No. 53 (handwritten) and 2554 (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

Louksor (Thèbes) - construction antérieure - pylône, colosses et obéli...

Ruins showing pylons, colossuses, and obelisk, Luxor (Thebes), Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil... More

East pediment of the north wing, U.S. Capitol

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 75. Printed on recto: Capt. M.C. Meigs, U.S. Engineer in Charge; T. Crawford; and Tho. U. Walter, architect. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR ... More

[Wm. H. Seward, Senator from New York, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-len...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 44. Each item includes subject's origi... More

[Horses and covered wagons in front of two-chimney brick house and out...

[Confederate camp, Warrington Navy Yard, Pensacola, Florida]

Photograph shows Company B of the 9th Mississippi. The cook is identified as Kinlock Falconer. (Information from the Image of War, 1981).

Agricultural implements - Victorian era public domain image

Photograph shows pieces of farm equipment: press rolls, horse hoes, and a reaping machine. Salted paper photoprint by Claude-Marie Ferrier or Hugh Owen. Illus. in: Reports by the Juries, London, Spicer brothers... More

"Epurator" machine for cleaning cotton

Photograph shows cotton being cleaned through machinery; cotton in case on display. Salted paper photoprint by Claude-Marie Ferrier or Hugh Owen. Illus. in: Reports by the Juries, London, Spicer Brothers, 1852,... More

Elevation of dome of U.S. Capitol

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 13. No. 1902. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[Ship deck with sailors and cannons]

Photograph possibly by George H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album and fellow resident of Mead's in Brattleboro, Vermont. Houghton worked as a photographer at Camp Griffin and in the Tid... More

Washington Aqueduct, bridge no. 6, connecting Washington & Georgetown

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 101. Dated: Je? 10 1860. Notations: Georgetown, Rock Creek, Washn. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Philadelphia fire company mobile steam driven water pump

Photograph shows a piece of firefighting equipment on display in front of a firehouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Several men are standing around a horsedrawn steam driven water pump. (DLC/PP-1999:126). For... More

Indian rubber boat, pontoons, & c.

Photograph shows the Charles Goodyear exhibit of vulcanized india-rubber products (boat, pontoons, and buoys). Salted paper photoprint by Claude-Marie Ferrier or Hugh Owen. Illus. in: Reports by the Juries, Lon... More

[John S. Phelps, Representative from Missouri, Thirty-fifth Congress, ...

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Agricultural implements - Victorian era public domain image

Vivandière, Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph - Roger Fenton's Crime...

Full-length portrait of a French cantinière facing left wearing Zouave regiment dress; a soldier is standing at the far right of the image. Title transcribed from verso. Photo marked for cropping with vertical ... More

Eighth Steet below Chestnut, west side

Photograph shows stores and shops on the west side of 8th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (DLC/PP-1999:126). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

[Capitol exterior, west front from terrace]

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 53. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Old London coffee house

Photograph shows a building at the intersection of Market and Front streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; signage indicates that the former "Old London coffee house" now serves as a "wholesale & retail tobacco... More

[Pipe valve for the Washington Aqueduct]

Public domain photograph - 19th-century salted paper print, early photogrpahy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Construction of Capitol dome]

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 49. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Second Vt. Camp Griffin 1861 - Public domain historical image

Photograph shows train of horse-drawn covered wagons on a foraging expedition with the camp of the 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment in the background at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Attribution of G.H. Houghto... More

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men standing on ra...

No. 49 (handwritten) and 2548 (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

Henrico County, Virginia, 1862. - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows roads, railroads, rivers, houses, names of residents, and woodland. The map is based on James Keily's "Smith's map of Henrico County, Virginia" (Richmond, Robert P. Smith & C. Ca... More

[Northern Virginia with adjacent parts of Maryland and West Virginia] ...

Relief shown by hachures. Endorsed (facsim.): Approved S. Howell Brown, 1st Lt. Engs: troops, in chg: Topl. Dept., A.N. Va., March 23rd 1864. "No. 22" in upper left corner. Map of Loudoun County, Virginia, and ... More

C. Brumidi, Italy - Public domain portrait print

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 126. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

William H. Russell, Esqr., the Times special correspondent - Roger Fen...

William H. Russell, full-length portrait, seated, facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His photographs and his letters from ... More

Inauguration of Mr. Lincoln, March 4, 1861

Photograph shows participants and crowd at the first inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln, at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Lincoln is standing under the wood canopy, at the front, midway between the ... More

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Dome. Main ribs. Exterior b...

[Military camp with Union soldiers, horses, and tents, probably at Cam...

In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmith Mead], page 77. Photograph probably by G. H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album a... More

Map of middle and east Tennessee and parts of Alabama and Georgia /

Railroads are colored red, drainage is blue, and some roads are brown. A few corrections in ink are indicated in the vicinity of Chattanooga. Relief shown by hachures. Civil War salted paper maps. LC Civil War... More

Cotton machinery - Victorian era public domain image

Photograph shows large cotton machine on display. Salted paper photoprint by Claude-Marie Ferrier or Hugh Owen. Illus. in: Reports by the Juries, London, Spicer Brothers, 1852, v. 2, frontis.

[Union soldiers in front of tents, probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Harriet Hosmer, half-length studio portrait, facing front, seated with...

Inscribed in pencil on mount: Portrait of Harriet Hosmer. (DLC/PP-1999:126). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

View of eastern nave - Public domain historical image

Photograph shows a slightly elevated view of the interior of the Crystal Palace exhibit hall with various items on display and international flags hanging from balcony railings. Salted paper photoprint by Claud... More

Comeing [i.e. coming] home from the Third Regiment Looking at the turk...

Top photograph shows reproduction of drawing, probably by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, of a Union soldier at a log barricade; bottom photograph shows Larkin Goldsmith Mead holding a turkey at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia.

Camp Griffin 1861 - Public domain portrait

Photograph shows Union soldiers and men, probably photographers including G.H. or Don Houghton, in front of shed labeled "Picture Gallery" and tent at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Attribution of G.H. Hought... More

[Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol]

Photograph shows crowd of people viewing Lincoln's inauguration by the under-construction U.S. Capitol. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 1. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12... More

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Dome and portico. East fron...

Includes figure Liberty by Thomas Crawford. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Compl... More

[Portrait of Thomas Ustick Walter]

Gift; H.K. Bush-Brown; 1930 (DLC/PP-1930:47566). Public domain scan of 19th-century salted paper print artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View, looking N.W. from roof of Capitol

Photograph shows view of Washington, D.C., taken from U.S. Capitol, with Pennsylvania Avenue at left, showing Winder's Bldg., Ephiphany, St. John's, St. Matthew, GPO, Dept. of Interior, City Hall, Trinity, Ritt... More

[Columbus Doors, U.S. Capitol]

Photograph of bronze doors for the U.S. Capitol by Randolph Rogers depicting events in the life of Columbus. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 123. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original i... More

View of west end of building - Victorian era public domain image

Photograph shows exterior view of Crystal Palace building. Salted paper photoprint by Claude-Marie Ferrier or Hugh Owen. Illus. in: Reports by the Juries, London, Spicer Brothers, 1852, v. 2 frontis.

Henrico County, Virginia / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. Title and statement of responsibility in manuscript above bar scale. Annotated in ink: Smith's map of Henrico County, Virginia, from actual surveys by James Keily, Richmond, Robert P. ... More

[Six Union musicians of the 4th Vermont Infantry Regiment relaxing at ...

In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmith Mead], loose photo no. L6. Attribution of G.H. Houghton as photographer from "A very fine appearance" : ... More

Trunnion chains - Public domain historical image

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 108. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Le Kaire - tombeaux de sultans Mamelouks / Félix Teynard.

Exterior view of the tomb of the Mameluke Sultans, Cairo, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil et C... More

Lydia Darragh house, Little Dock Creek and 2nd Street

Photograph shows a view of a small wooden building with large brick buildings around it, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the dwelling appears to be a building cut in half where it backs up to a tall brick buildi... More

[James Landy, Representative from Pennsylvania, Thirty-fifth Congress,...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 89. Each item includes subject's origi... More

[Union saxhorn and drum musicians probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, V...

Picryl description: Public domain image of war, military conflict, infantry, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Family of slaves at the Gaines' house]

Photograph shows African American slave family or families posed in front of wooden house, on the plantation of Dr. William F. Gaines, Hanover County, Virginia. Attribution of G.H. Houghton as photographer from... More

Séboûah - vue générale du temple / FT [monogram] Félix Teynard.

General view of temple showing colossuses and sphinx in the foreground and pylons in the background at Es-Sebua, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'ar... More

Assouan (Syène) - carrières de granit - ancien systeme d'extraction / ...

General view of ancient granite quarry, Aswān, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil et Cie, [1858],... More

Ile de Fîleh (Philae) - colonnade, pylône et première cataracte vue du...

General view of columns and capitals on the western colonnade and the first pylon of the temple on the island of Philae, and the first cataract of the Nile, as seen from "point R" (see map, pl. 85 bis). Illus. ... More

Karnak (Thèbes) - palais - salle hypostyle - decoration de la paroi in...

Detail showing hieroglyphics and sculpture on interior wall in the hypostyle hall in the main temple as seen from "point M" (see map, pl. 42 bis). Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intére... More

Gournah (Thèbes) - colosses (celui de droite, dit de Memnon) / Félix T...

The Colossi of Memnon at the entrance to the palace/temple of Amenhotep III, Thebes, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix T... More

General view from transept, looking west

Photograph shows interior of Crystal Palace with large sculptures and other exhibit items on display. Salted paper photoprint by Claude-Marie Ferrier or Hugh Owen. Illus. in: Reports by the Juries, London, Spic... More

Djîzeh (Nécropole de Memphis) - sphinx et pyramides / Félix Teynard.

The Great Sphinx and the Pyramid of Chephren at Jīzah, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil et Cie,... More

Dendérah (Tentyris) - mammisi - décoration extérieure de la face sud /...

Exterior view showing bas-relief decoration on the south side wall of the Mammisi (birth temple), Dandara, Egypt.

Dendérah (Tentyris) - Temple d'Athôr - face postérieure - Cléopatre et...

View showing bas-reliefs of Cleopatra and Caesarion on a section of the back wall of the Temple of Hathor, Dandara, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l... More

Tâfah (Taphis) - ruines de constructions à assises courbes / Félix Tey...

View of ruins of structures built with curved courses. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil et Cie, [1858]... More

Abâziz - intérieur d'un village Arabe / Félix Teynard.

General view showing palm trees growing among ruins of buildings of an Arab village. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard.... More

Environs de Ouadi-Halfah - vue du désert sur la rive gauche du Nil [i....

General view of the desert at the second cataract near Wadi-Halfa. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil et... More

Tâfah - rochers granitiques sur les rives du Nil / Félix Teynard.

General view showing granite formations along the banks of the Nile, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : ... More

Première cataracte - montagnes granitiques courvertes de sables / Féli...

General view showing hills of granite covered with sand at the first cataract of the Nile. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Te... More

Abou-Sembil - petit spéos - partie gauche de la façade / Félix Teynard...

Detail view of the left section of the facade of the rock-hewn monuments, the small speos, at Abū Sunbul, Egypt.

Grave of Aaron Burr

Photograph shows Aaron Burr's tombstone, with a man sitting nearby, in the Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey. Inscribed or printed on photo on upper right corner: 3. (DLC/PP-1999:126). Forms part of: M... More

Officers of the 71st Regiment - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Officers of the 71st Highlanders with dog, posed before conical tent with military camp in background. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: George Eastman House Roger Fenton Series. Purchase; Fra... More

Portrait photo of Captain Burnaby, Grenadier Guards

Captain Burnaby, full-length portrait, seated on gabion, facing slightly right, holding sword in left hand.

Camp of the 4th Dragoon Guards near Karyni - Roger Fenton's Crimean Wa...

Men and horses standing among tent encampment with building; mountains in background. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Lieutenant Grills, R.H.A. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Lieutenant Grills, full-length portrait, wearing uniform, standing next to horse. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea 1854-56 : the war with Russia from contemporary photographs. P... More

Colonel Reynardson (he had the command of the Grenadier Guards at the ...

Edward Birch Reynardson, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing uniform with sword. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean W... More

Officers of the 68th Regiment - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Group of officers of the 68th Regiment, four standing and three sitting on the ground, wearing uniforms. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton Inventory, Harry Ransom Humanities Resea... More

Nubian servants & horses - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Two men, full-length portraits, facing front, standing with horses. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea 1854-56 : the war with Russia from contemporary photographs. Purchase; Franc... More

Sir Colin Campbell - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Sir Colin Campbell, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left, wearing uniform, standing with left arm resting on studio prop. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: George Eastman House ... More

Lieutenant Yates, 11th Hussars - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photograph...

Lieutenant Yates, full-length portrait, posed with dog, horse and groom. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Captain Webb's hut, 4th Dragoon Guards

Captain John MacDonnell Webb standing in the doorway of his hut looking at Colonel Hodge (standing in profile), Mrs. Rogers, Webb's servant with a horse, and several others; also shows three bell tents next to ... More

Captain Fay on General Bosquets staff - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Pho...

Captain Fay, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, holding sword. Title transcribed from verso. Portion of number written in pencil on right of photo. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Rog... More

Mr. Thompson, Commissariat - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Mr. Thompson, full-length portrait, facing left, wearing uniform, seated on a horse; horse's reins are held by a servant; a conical tent in background. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton;... More

Captain King, horse artillery - Public domain portrait print

Captain King, full-length portrait, wearing uniform, standing in front of horse with wooden hut in the background.

Ceiling of the Vice President's room, north wing

Photograph of lost architectural drawing showing design for a ceiling fresco in the President's room of the U.S. Capitol depicting William Brewster, Americus Vespucius, Christopher Columbus, Benjamin Franklin,... More

East portico - looking south

Photograph shows east front of the U.S. Capitol including Horatio Greenough's sculpture "The Rescue" and Luigi Persico's sculptures "Discovery of America" and "War." In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs... More

[Matt Ward, Senator from Texas, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length por...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 286. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[Jacob M. Kunkel, Representative from Maryland, Thirty-fifth Congress,...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 122. Each item includes subject's orig... More