sanitary

Headquarters of the Sanitary Commission, Brandy Station, Virginia 1864...

No. 4202. Alternate title and date from Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866... More

Teresa Viele to Abraham Lincoln, March 7 [1864] (Donation to Sanitary...

German Sanitary sign near Lodz - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Photograph shows a sign in German "Trinkwasser" (drinking water) next to a pump in Lodz, Poland during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Sanitary facilities. Lower Matecumbe Key, Florida

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

Sanitary facilities in camp of carrot pullers. Near Holtville, Imperia...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sanitary Automatic Candy Co., 45 W. 36th St., New York City. Hall and ...

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

Sanitary Automatic Candy Co., 45 W. 36th St., New York City. Mr. Sherm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a lobby, large living room, hall, interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sanitary Ice Cream Cone Co., 116 S. Dewey St. (Cisar, Manager). John M...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 23, 1864...

Lockport Historic District, Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, Butterfly D...

Significance: The Butterfly Dam was constructed in the middle of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal for the purpose of providing flood protection for Joliet and other points on the canal west of Lockport. The... More

[Washington, D.C. Central office of the Sanitary Commission, 1333 F St...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the U.S. Sanitary and Christian Commissions.

The ever welcome Sanitary Commission during American Civil War

Stereograph showing United States Sanitary Commission volunteers gathered by a covered wagon and a tent. No. 1199. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Forms part of: Civ... More

Romeo Road, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Can...

Significance: Of the original fifteen bridges built across the Sanitary and Ship Canal, only seven survive; the Romeo Road Bridge is the oldest of the highway swing spans constructed by the Sanitary District of... More

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Sanitary Sewer, Between Fyffe & Davis Ave...

Significance: Building 817A is a contributing element of the Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District. The historic district was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places... More

Western Avenue, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship...

Significance: Built by the City of Chicago as a PWA project in 1940, the substructure was constructed by M.J. McDermott & Company and the superstructure was erected by the C.L. Strobel Construction Company of C... More

[Washington, D.C. Field relief wagons and workers of U.S. Sanitary Com...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the U.S. Sanitary and Christian Commissions.

[Fredericksburg, Virginia Nurses and officers of the U.S. Sanitary Com...

Woman seated in center with umbrella identified as volunteer nurse Abby Gibbons of New York City with her daughter Sarah Hopper Gibbons seated at left (Source: descendant Andrea Schear, Oct. 2013) Photograph fr... More

Dr. Sutherland, Sanitary Commission - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photo...

Dr. Sutherland, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing suit, seated at table. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Sanitary Commission lodge, Washington, D.C., American Civil War Photog...

Twelve men posed in front of Sanitary Commission lodge, Washington, D.C. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 707.

Sanitary Commission tent, White House Landing, Virginia

No. B292. 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

Sanitary Commission Lodge, Washington, D.C. during American Civil War

No. 715. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More

Sanitary Commission at convalescent camp near Alexandria, Virginia, Ma...

No. B445. See also original neg. LC-B811-1204, slightly different cropping. Date from neg. sleeve. Hand written on verso: "Miller, (Vol.) VII, 335". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Rep. Martin B. Madden (center), with delegation of the Sanitary Distri...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

California Sunkist displays. Window display at Sanitary Grocery Co. I

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Midway, Bingham County, Idaho. Sanitary facilities

Burdine's department store, business in Miami Beach, Florida. Sanitary...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Appleton Locks & Dams, Sanitary Building at Lock 2, South of Upper Gat...

Significance: The sanitary building serves as part of the daily operation of the Appleton Locks and Dams Complex. Survey number: HAER WI-84-H Building/structure dates: 1970 Initial Construction

Portrait photo of Dr. Sutherland, Sanitary Commissioner

Dr. John Sutherland, full-length portrait, seated at desk, facing slightly left.

Sanitary Commission, Wash., D.C., 1865 during American Civil War

Photograph showing soldiers and other men standing in front of a group of buildings. No. 7005. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

[18 different tickets of admission to the Great Central fair for the U...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 158, Folder 39.

Romeo Road, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Can...

Significance: Of the original fifteen bridges built across the Sanitary and Ship Canal, only seven survive; the Romeo Road Bridge is the oldest of the highway swing spans constructed by the Sanitary District of... More

Romeo Road, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Can...

Significance: Of the original fifteen bridges built across the Sanitary and Ship Canal, only seven survive; the Romeo Road Bridge is the oldest of the highway swing spans constructed by the Sanitary District of... More

Romeo Road, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Can...

Significance: Of the original fifteen bridges built across the Sanitary and Ship Canal, only seven survive; the Romeo Road Bridge is the oldest of the highway swing spans constructed by the Sanitary District of... More

Romeo Road, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Can...

Significance: Of the original fifteen bridges built across the Sanitary and Ship Canal, only seven survive; the Romeo Road Bridge is the oldest of the highway swing spans constructed by the Sanitary District of... More

Western Avenue, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship...

Significance: Built by the City of Chicago as a PWA project in 1940, the substructure was constructed by M.J. McDermott & Company and the superstructure was erected by the C.L. Strobel Construction Company of C... More

Western Avenue, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship...

Significance: Built by the City of Chicago as a PWA project in 1940, the substructure was constructed by M.J. McDermott & Company and the superstructure was erected by the C.L. Strobel Construction Company of C... More

Western Avenue, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship...

Significance: Built by the City of Chicago as a PWA project in 1940, the substructure was constructed by M.J. McDermott & Company and the superstructure was erected by the C.L. Strobel Construction Company of C... More

[Fredericksburg, Virginia Nurses and officers of the U.S. Sanitary Com...

Woman seated in center with umbrella identified as volunteer nurse Abby Gibbons of New York City with her daughter Sarah Hopper Gibbons seated at left (Source: descendant Andrea Schear, Oct. 2013) Photograph fr... More

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Extends 33.9 miles from Chicago to Lo...

Significance: To deal with Chicago's water supply and pollution issues, the engineers of the Sanitary District devised an innovative approach that involved diluting the city's sewage with water drawn from Lake ... More

The Great Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, 1864

Photograph shows the entrance to the New Jersey Department at the Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia. The two bronze figures at the entrance show soldiers bearing gaslights. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-... More

Washington, District of Columbia. Home of Sanitary Commission

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

Washington, District of Columbia. The home of the Sanitary Commission

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Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commis[sion]

Print shows letterhead for the Great Central Fair in Philadelphia showing scenes in which members of the Sanitary Commission help soldiers on battlefields; includes letter notifying the recipient of being appoi... More

Fredericksburg, Virginia. Headquarters of U.S. Sanitary Commission

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

Sanitary unit at the Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona

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Headquarters building of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, or WSSC, t... More

Sanitary Commission, Wash., D.C., 1865 during American Civil War

Photograph showing soldiers and other men standing in front of a group of buildings. No. 7005. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

... You are hereby appointed and respectfully requested to act as Corr...

On verso, copy 2: NY 5 Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collectio... More

[18 different tickets of admission to the Great Central fair for the U...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 158, Folder 39.

Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Ca...

Significance: This bridge is one of the seven surviving 1899 wing bridges built across the Sanitary and Ship Canal. Survey number: HAER IL-79 Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Lockport Controlling Works, Illinois ...

Significance: The Lockport Controlling Works, originally consisting of a bear-trap dam and sluice gates, allowing the Sanitary District to discharge water from the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal into the Des P... More

Romeo Road, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Can...

Significance: Of the original fifteen bridges built across the Sanitary and Ship Canal, only seven survive; the Romeo Road Bridge is the oldest of the highway swing spans constructed by the Sanitary District of... More

Western Avenue, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship...

Significance: Built by the City of Chicago as a PWA project in 1940, the substructure was constructed by M.J. McDermott & Company and the superstructure was erected by the C.L. Strobel Construction Company of C... More

[Belle Plain, Virginia Wagons of the Sanitary Commission and a crowd a...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864.

Art gallery, the Great Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, 1864

Photograph shows paintings and sculpture at the Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized 2015 Funding from Ce... More

The Shebang, or quarters of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, Brandy Stati...

Photograph showing the facilities of the United States Sanitary Commission, a privately funded agency that provided care and supplies to soldiers.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Offices of U.S. Sanitary Commission

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Sanitary Commission at Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, May 1864

Two men standing in foreground, horses and two covered supply wagons; crowd of people standing on hill in background. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 2478.

Washington, District of Columbia. Buildings of the Sanitary Commission...

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

Central Office of Sanitary Commission, Washington, D.C.

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

"Sir Henry Rawlinson", Sanitary Commissioner - Roger Fenton's Crimean ...

Photograph shows a portrait of Robert Rawlinson, full-length portrait, seated with right elbow resting on table, right hand on cheek, facing front. Title transcribed from verso. The Sanitary Commissioners are i... More

[18 different tickets of admission to the Great Central fair for the U...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 158, Folder 39.

[18 different tickets of admission to the Great Central fair for the U...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 158, Folder 39.

Lockport Historic District, Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, Butterfly D...

Significance: The Butterfly Dam was constructed in the middle of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal for the purpose of providing flood protection for Joliet and other points on the canal west of Lockport. The... More

Interior of workshop of Sanitary Ice Cream Cone Co. See 4830. Boys pac...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sanitary fair sale. Thomas Birch & son. Auctioneers. Catalogue of valu...

Page Order: Multipage Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 158, Folder 29a.

Romeo Road, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Can...

Significance: Of the original fifteen bridges built across the Sanitary and Ship Canal, only seven survive; the Romeo Road Bridge is the oldest of the highway swing spans constructed by the Sanitary District of... More

Western Avenue, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship...

Significance: Built by the City of Chicago as a PWA project in 1940, the substructure was constructed by M.J. McDermott & Company and the superstructure was erected by the C.L. Strobel Construction Company of C... More

Western Avenue, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship...

Significance: Built by the City of Chicago as a PWA project in 1940, the substructure was constructed by M.J. McDermott & Company and the superstructure was erected by the C.L. Strobel Construction Company of C... More

U.S. Sanitary Commission at Gettysburg General Hospital, August, 1863

Photograph shows members of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, who helped to run the general hospital at Camp Letterman in Gettysburg.

German Sanitary Corps & wounded man in Belg. [i.e., Belgium]

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

RED CROSS, AMERICAN. SANITARY RAILROAD CAR

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Sanitary plant filter. Sonoma migratory labor camp. California

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sanitary facilities for migratory vegetable pickers and packinghouse w...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Office cubicles at the headquarters building of the Washington Suburba...

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, subject note, and keywords provided by the... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, "Eight-track" Bascule Bridge, Spanning Sanitary...

Significance: The design and history of these four parallel, double-track, double-leaf bridges is the most unusual of the bridges built in the Heritage Corridor. Survey number: HAER IL-99 Building/structure d... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, "Eight-track" Bascule Bridge, Spanning Sanitary...

Significance: The design and history of these four parallel, double-track, double-leaf bridges is the most unusual of the bridges built in the Heritage Corridor. Survey number: HAER IL-99 Building/structure d... More

[18 different tickets of admission to the Great Central fair for the U...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 158, Folder 39.

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Lockport Controlling Works, Illinois ...

Significance: The Lockport Controlling Works, originally consisting of a bear-trap dam and sluice gates, allowing the Sanitary District to discharge water from the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal into the Des P... More

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Butterfly Dam, Illinois Waterway Rive...

Significance: The Butterfly Dam was built to help control the flow of water in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Sanitary District engineers based the design of the Butterfly Dam on the butterfly valve, whi... More

Lockport Historic District, Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, Swing Bridg...

Significance: The Swing Bridge permits the flow of vehicular traffic along Division Street to cross the Chicago S&S Canal. The bridge consists of twelve sections, with the pivoting mechanism located in the fif... More

Lockport Historic District, Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, Swing Bridg...

Significance: The Swing Bridge permits the flow of vehicular traffic along Division Street to cross the Chicago S&S Canal. The bridge consists of twelve sections, with the pivoting mechanism located in the fif... More

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Lockport Power House and Dam, 2502 Ch...

Significance: The Lockport Power House and Dam were built as part of an extension to the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal after the Illinois State Legislature authorized the Sanitary District to develop a water ... More

F. A. Allberger to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, February 15, 1864 (Buffal...

Romeo Road, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Can...

Significance: Of the original fifteen bridges built across the Sanitary and Ship Canal, only seven survive; the Romeo Road Bridge is the oldest of the highway swing spans constructed by the Sanitary District of... More

Romeo Road, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Can...

Significance: Of the original fifteen bridges built across the Sanitary and Ship Canal, only seven survive; the Romeo Road Bridge is the oldest of the highway swing spans constructed by the Sanitary District of... More

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Sanitary Sewer, Between Fyffe & Davis Ave...

Significance: Building 817A is a contributing element of the Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District. The historic district was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places... More

Chicago, Madison & Northern Railroad, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Sp...

Significance: This bridge crossing the Sanitary and Ship Canal was originally built for the Chicago, Madison & Northern Railroad Bridge. When it was completed in 1900 it contained the longest swing span of the... More

Washington, District of Columbia. Sanitary Lodge No. 5

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

Sanitary squad, Army post - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Turkey. Ankara. Sanitary Institute

A black and white photo of a row of houses, Washington DC. Farm Securi...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Little Chute Lock & Dam, Sanitary Building at Lock 2, Approximately 10...

Significance: The sanitary building serves as part of the daily operation of the Little Chute Locks and Dam Complex. Survey number: HAER WI-88-E Building/structure dates: 1976 Initial Construction

"Sir Henry Rawlinson", Sanitary Commissioner - Roger Fenton's Crimean ...

Photograph shows a portrait of Robert Rawlinson, full-length portrait, seated with right elbow resting on table, right hand on cheek, facing front. Title transcribed from verso. The Sanitary Commissioners are i... More

[18 different tickets of admission to the Great Central fair for the U...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 158, Folder 39.

Lockport Historic District, Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, Butterfly D...

Significance: The Butterfly Dam was constructed in the middle of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal for the purpose of providing flood protection for Joliet and other points on the canal west of Lockport. The... More

Penn Parlor, the Great Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, 1864

Photograph shows a furnished room at the Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia.

[Washington, D.C. Group of Sanitary Commission workers at the entrance...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the U.S. Sanitary and Christian Commissions.

Western Avenue, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship...

Significance: Built by the City of Chicago as a PWA project in 1940, the substructure was constructed by M.J. McDermott & Company and the superstructure was erected by the C.L. Strobel Construction Company of C... More

Western Avenue, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship...

Significance: Built by the City of Chicago as a PWA project in 1940, the substructure was constructed by M.J. McDermott & Company and the superstructure was erected by the C.L. Strobel Construction Company of C... More