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[William Barksdale, Representative from Mississippi, Thirty-fifth Cong...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 181. Each item includes subject's orig... More

Topographical sketch of the environs of Nashville, Tennessee /

Shows railroads, turnpikes, and common roads merging on Nashville from the south. Villiages, churches, and the names of some residents are depicted along these routes. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 433.4 Descrip... More

Sparta and its vicinity / - Public domain vintage map

Scale [1:71,000] (not "one inch to the mile"). LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 440.5 Relief shown by hachures. Includes indexed inset "Plan of the town of Sparta", 9 x 9 cm. Another copy is in the John M. Schofiel... More

[Map of Catoosa County and parts of Whitfield, Murray, and Walker coun...

Relief shown by hachures. Contemporary Civil War photocopy, apparently made during the Chattagnooga campaign, showing roads, distances from selected places, railraods, drainage, types of vegetation, and the nam... More

Map of a portion of eastern Virginia, from a map in progress /

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Sun print with annotations. Mounted on cloth in 48 sections. At head of title: Chief Engineer's Office, D.N.V. Maj. Genl. J.F. Gilmer Chief Eng'r. "Sanxa... More

Andersonville Prison, Georgia. South-east view, taken from the stockad...

Photograph shows prisoners using latrines in the foreground, a group involved in a court martial or trial of a prisoner on the left, a structure with four poles and a blanket roof used as a barber shop in the m... More

[Map of parts of Hanover, Goochland, Fluvanna, Albemarle, Louisa, Spot...

Relief shown by hachures. Sheets are numbered "Plate B, no. 2," "Plate C, no.1," "Range C, no.2," and "Range C, no. 3." Sheet "Range C, no. 3" is dated in the bottom margin "Mar. 31st 1864." Map shows cities an... More

Lieutenant General Sir George Brown G.C.B. & officers of his staff Maj...

General Brown seated, and officers of the Light Division, most standing, wearing uniforms and hats. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: ... More

Turning over the bottom of an ark (Andrew J. Russel)

No. 8 (handwritten) and 2509 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Library... More

Experimental bridges (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing a man standing next to the bridge truss. No. 26 (handwritten) and 2527 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and e... More

Experimental suspension trusses of boards. The board suspension bridge...

No. 16 (handwritten) and 2517 (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

Part of Cobb County, Georgia / - Public domain old map

Shows location of the headquarters of the Department of the Cumberland. Relief shown by hachures. Differs from other 1864 ed. in omission of additional roads and names of residents. "Official issue. H.C. Wharto... More

[Camps on plateau before Sebastopol] - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Phot...

View of British camp with Turkish camp in the distance. Alternate title from: George Eastman House Roger Fenton Series. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

[View from the top of a car on the extreme end of the Burnside wharf l...

No. 23 (handwritten) and 2524 (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

Experimental suspension trusses of boards (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing two men standing on suspension trusses of boards. No. 14 (handwritten) and 2515 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virgi... More

Old Lutheran Church (St. Michael's)

Photograph shows a street view of the Old Lutheran (St. Michael's) Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (DLC/PP-1999:126). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

Frederick De Bourg Richards, three-quarter length studio portrait, sea...

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

Karnak (Thèbes) - enceinte du palais - détails de sculptures, au point...

Detail view of the main temple wall facing north showing bas-relief of chariot and hieroglyphics as seen from "point N" (see map, pl. 42 bis).

Southwest corner of 7th and Market streets Richards & Betts, photograp...

Photograph shows a building at the intersection of Market and 7th streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; signage states "Book & Job Printing Office", "Printing Office", "230 W. Brown 230", "Cheap Office", and "... More

The old coffee house S.W. corner of Market & Front sts. View taken in ...

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

[Capitol, maquette of sculpture 'Landing of Pilgrims' for east pedimen...

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 63. Designed by Erastus Dow Palmer. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[Construction of the south wing of the Treasury building]

Photograph shows construction of the south wing of the Treasury building from the east side. Blind stamp on mount: Reynolds's Bristolboard. Attributed to Walker based on date, subject matter, and size of print... More

[Allison White, Representative from Pennsylvania, Thirty-fifth Congres...

John McAllister Jr. Jany? 1859 B.F. Reimer, 615 & 617 N. Second St., P...

Photo shows John McAllister, Jr., half-length portrait, turned to the left, facing slightly left. Printed below image: B.F. Reimer, 615 & 617 N. Second St., Philada. Inscribed in ink below image: John McAllist... More

[Muscoe R.H. Garnett, Representative from Virginia, Thirty-fifth Congr...

Sketch of the Confederate and Federal lines around Petersburg /

Sun print. Photocopy (positive). Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 610 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster i... More

Part of map of portions of the mility. dep'ts of Washington, Pennsylva...

Relief shown by shading. General map showing the Washington D.C. region, including western part of Maryland and northeastern Virginia. Does not show Pennsylvania with the exception of Gettysburg. Civil War salt... More

Topographical sketch of the vicinity of Kingston, Tennessee /

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Civil War salted paper maps. AL-22. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 426.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of the siege of Petersburg, 1864-5 /

Relief shown by hachures. Civil War salted paper maps. Manuscript title and scale. Pencil annotations indicating troop positions. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 617 Includes names of some residents in outlying ar... More

[Elderly woman sitting in a chair holding a book, half-length portrait...

Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 1948.

Private Joseph Lorenzo Bilisoly of Co. K, 9th Virginia Infantry Regime...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Notation on verso: "For my beloved parents on their birthdays. Taken Dec. 4th 1864. J.L. Bilisoly." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Wallace Markert, ... More

[Expedients for crossing streams, pocket auger used to construct the f...

No. 20 (handwritten) and 2521 (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

Expedients for crossing streams (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing two blanket boats in midground. No. 17 (handwritten) and 2518 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere ... More

Dockyard at Alexandria, after sunset. Ark builders pitching canvas and...

No. 10 (handwritten) and 2511 (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

[Second experiment with board trusses, after it had been broken, and t...

No. 30 (handwritten) and 2531 (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

McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representa...

Portraits are salted paper photographic prints and include the subject's original ink signature. Goldschmidt, L. Truthful Lens, 110 The Library of Congress has digitized and cataloged each portrait separately. ... More

McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representa...

Experimental bridges (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing men working on a bridge truss. No. 25 (handwritten) and 2526 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere /... More

Sketch of the battlefield of Shiloh : showing the disposition of the t...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows location of batteries, roads, ralraods, houses, fences and vegetation. Rivers and Union positions are colored blue and Confederate positions are colored in red. "Official - [sign... More

Edmund Darch Lewis, artist by F. de B. Richards

Photo shows Edmund Lewis, artist, half-length studio portrait, seated with right hand resting on lap, and with left elbow resting on table, facing front; he is wearing a coat with bow tie and patterned trousers... More

Bayard Taylor, head-and-shoulders length studio portrait, facing sligh...

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

Slate roof house - Victorian era public domain image

Photograph shows a building, possibly a clothing store, with a slate roof, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with scaffolding in front of the building. (DLC/PP-1999:126). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collectio... More

John Fagg, half-length studio portrait, seated, facing slightly right,...

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

Ile de Fîleh (Philae) - vue générale prise du point I, sur la platefor...

General view from the roof of the pylon showing the top of the eastern colonnade with the western colonnade on the right on the island of Philae with the Nile in the distance, as seen from "point I" (see map, p... More

Deuxième cataracte - rocher d'abouçir - rapids et ilots granitiques / ...

General view of the Abusir Crag, rapids and granite islets at the second 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 / Féli... More

Kalabcheh (Talmis) - ruines du temple - vue du pronaos / Félix Teynard...

View of ruins of the temple showing the pronaos with columns and capitals, Kalābishah, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix... More

[Capitol exterior], Washington, D.C.

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 14. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[Capitol, section of new dome] - Architectural drawing, public domain ...

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 5. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Rembrandt Peale, 1778-1860 / original photograph by F. de B. Richards.

Photograph shows Rembrandt Peale, half-length portrait, facing right, with right elbow resting on table or studio prop. Inscribed in pencil on mount: from his personal collection. (DLC/PP-1998:151.31) Forms pa... More

Captain Clifford, aide-de-camp to General Buller - Roger Fenton's Crim...

Captain Clifford, in uniform, astride a horse, facing front. Title transcribed from verso. Photograph marked for cropping with horizontal line across bottom and vertical line at left. Purchase; Frances M. Fento... More

Ismail Pacha & Mr. Thompson of the Commissariat - Roger Fenton's Crime...

Ismail Pacha (Hungarian general Kmety), and Mr. Thompson, seated on gabions; three attendants, one holding a horse, standing behind them. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: George Eastman House... More

Fourth and Locust streets - Victorian era public domain image

Photograph shows the Shippen-Wistar house at the corner of Fourth Street and Locust (formerly Prune) Street, showing the main entrance and the Fourth Street side, with the Cadwalader building behind it, facing ... More

Ground floor of the Treasury extension (Photographed & reduced from a ...

Photograph shows an architectural drawing of ground floor plan by Thomas U. Walter. Attributed to Walker based on date, subject matter, and size of print. Purchase; 1984; (DLC/PP-1984:057).

[Lucius Q.C. Lamar, Representative from Mississippi, Thirty-fifth Cong...

[James M. Cavanaugh, Representative from Minnesota, Thirty-fifth Congr...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 305. Each item includes subject's orig... More

Military reconnaissance of Virginia /

Shows Fairfax County and parts of Loudoun and Prince William counties, Virginia. Also shows fortifications in the environs of Washington and names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by so... More

A street view in Portland, Me., October 20th, 1860, of the Prince of W...

Photograph shows the Prince of Wales and his entourage seated in a carriage.

[Rifle] - Public domain drawing

Photograph of mechanical drawing showing rifle with trigger assembly. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 110. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Artillery harness - Public domain engraving

Photograph of engraving showing two horses, one labeled "near wheel horse" and the other "off leader," fitted with an artillery harness. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 108. J.W. Butler Delt.... More

Topographical sketch of the battlefield of Chaplin hills, near Perryvi...

Relief shown by hachures. Sun print. Map of Perryville and vicinity, annotated in blue and red crayon to show what may be the position of the Union and Confederate troops on October 9, the day after the battle ... More

Map of the battle fields of Manassas and the surrounding region : show...

Relief shown by hachures. Showing troop positions and movements, roads, houses and names of residents, fences, vegetation, drainage, and fords. Dedicated (facsim.): Presented to the city of New Orleans by Gener... More

Map of Loudon [sic], Jefferson, Berkeley, Frederick Counties, Va.

[Scale ca. 1:125,000]. Later issue containing additional place names. General maps showing towns and villages, roads, railroads, rivers and streams, relief by hachures, and the names of new residents. Civil War... More

Topographical sketch of the environs of Murfreesboro, Tennessee / surv...

Shows roads, railroad, drainage, and troop positions are indicated in color. There is no explanation for the numbers of colors used to denote troop positions. The base map has faded. Sun print. Similar copy, mo... More

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization" east pediment of the Senate wing...

Photograph of sculpture for pediment, placed outdoors in grounds, showing Columbia with sunburst and eagle.

Sketch of the vicinity of the falls of Caney Fork of Cumberland River,...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows parts of Warren and Van Buren counties, Tennessee, indicating rivers, falls, roads, houses and names of residents and woodland. Sun print. Description derived from published bibl... More

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization" east pediment of the Senate wing...

Photograph of maquette showing a soldier. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the curr... More

Map of the military Department of the Gulf /

Covers South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas. Civil War salted paper maps. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S3 Available also through the Library of Congress... More

Andersonville Prison, Georgia. South end view of the stockade Showing ...

Photograph shows prisoners using latrines in the foreground, masses of huts made of sticks and blankets, and a stockade with sentry boxes in the distance (Source: Notes by Sergeant Warren L. Goss of Co. H, 2nd ... More

Sketch of the battlefield of Logan's Cross Roads : U.S. forces under t...

Sun print. Description derived from published bibliography. Civil War salted paper maps. AL-41, AL-83. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 221 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image... More

[Map of the lines of march of the Army of the Potomac from Culpeper to...

Shows names of some residents. Civil War salted paper maps. Sun print annotated in pen-and-ink the lines of march of the Federal II, V, VI, IX, and XVIII corps and the cavalry. Sheets 2, 3, and 5 are signed by ... More

Expedients for crossing streams, blanket boat

Photograph showing men holding a blanket boat and blanket boat frame.

[Expedients for crossing streams, pocket auger used to construct the f...

Haupt's torpedo for quickly wrecking wooden bridges (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing a soldier assembling a torpedo. No. 57 (handwritten) and 2558 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere ... More

[Second experiment with board trusses, after it had been broken down]

No. 28 (handwritten) and 2529 (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

Burnside Wharf (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing part of the railroad and part of the wagon wharf. No. 22 (handwritten) and 2523 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virgi... More

Experimental bridge trusses (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing four men on bridge trusses. No. 24 (handwritten) and 2525 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / Un... More

Part of construction corps building new military truss bridge across B...

No. 45 (handwritten) and 2546 (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

[Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol, 1861]

Photograph shows crowds of people viewing Abraham Lincoln's inauguration at the east front of the U.S. Capitol, with the Capitol dome under construction. Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of... More

Map of the vicinity of Richmond and part of the Peninsula /

Sun print. Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 625 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Map of the Virgi... More

The artist's van - Public domain portrait print

Marcus Sparling, full-length portrait, seated on Roger Fenton's photographic van.

Major Butler, 28th Regiment - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Major Percy Archer Butler, full-length portrait, dressed in uniform, seated, holding a sword, with conical tents in the background. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of... More

Experimental suspension trusses of boards. Loading the board suspensio...

No. 15 (handwritten) and 2516 (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

Ile de Fîleh (Philae) - premier pylône - vue prise de la plate-forme d...

View of the pylons from the roof of the eastern colonnade on the island of Philae, as seen from "point P" (see map, pl. 85 bis). Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étud... More

Ile de Fîleh (Philae) - colonnade occidentale - ruines vues du point M...

View of the western colonnade on the island of Philae, as seen from "point M" (see map, pl. 85 bis). Blind stamp on mount: F Teynard. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l... More

Séboûah - temple - colosse et sphinx de la partie gauche de l'avenue /...

General view of colossus and sphinx on the left side of the avenue approaching the temple at Es-Sebua, Egypt.

[Capitol exterior, north wing]. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 25. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Omar Pacha & Colonel Simmons, Queen's Commisioner at the head quarters...

Colonel Simmons standing and Omar Pacha seated on a horse in front of building with tiled roof. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: George Eastman House Roger Fenton series. Photo marked for cro... More

[John Coffee Hays, 3/4-length portrait, seated in chair and facing lef...

Attribution to Mathew Brady based on a similar portrait at Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University. Image formerly misidentified as being Cyrus W. Field. Transfer; LC MSS Peter Force Collection (DLC/PP-45474).

Genl. P.O. Building. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photograph showing construction of the east face and north faces of the General Post Office building in Washington, D.C.

East front looking north. Progressive views of dome iv

Photograph showing east front of the Capitol with peristyle in progress. Men, including Montgomery C. Meigs, stand in driveway.

[William A. Howard, Representative from Michigan, Thirty-fifth Congres...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 278. Each item includes subject's orig... More

West front of Capitol, vii, peristyle complete

Photograph showing the Capitol dome under construction, with canal in foreground. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 39. Notations: Public gardens or Mall; C&O Canal; Goose Creek once is Tiber n... More

Frederick County, Maryland / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. Signed in ink: Copy no. 7, J.N. Macomb, Lt. Col. A.D.C. Based on Isaac Bond's map of Frederick County, Maryland, published in 1858, this map indicates towns and villages, rivers and ca... More

[Grave of Corporal James Bryant of Co. E, 1st New York Light Artillery...

Photograph shows reproduction of drawing, probably by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, of a grave and a tree engraved "Corp. Jas. Bryant, Co. E 1st N.Y.A. died June 3rd 62." Drawing probably made by Larkin Goldsmith Mead... More

[Map of northern Virginia and part of Maryland].

Relief shown by shading. Shows area south of Frederick, Maryland to Colchester, Virginia and west of Baltimore, Maryland to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, including fortifications at Munson Hill. Note on verso o... More

Williamsburg to White House / - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, houses, names of residents, vegetation, and drainage. Principle rivers are hand colored in blue. "Photographic reduction by L.E. Walker, Treasury De... More

Topographical sketch of the country adjacent to the turnpike between N...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows parts of Williamson, Marshal, Rutherford, and Bedford counties, Tennessee. Indicates roads, towns, distances, rivers, houses and names of residents. Sun print. Civil War salted p... More

Loudon and Hampshire Railroad, near junction with Alexandria and Washi...

No. 33 (handwritten) and 2534 (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

Captain Ponsonby, Captain Pearson & Captain Markham, on the staff of S...

Captain Ponsonby, full-length, facing left, standing; Captain Pearson, full-length, facing forward, leaning in doorway; and Captain Markham, full-length, facing right, sitting in chair; all are in front of a bu... More

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