Robert Carter Nicholas, senator from Louisiana from life on stone by C...
Print shows Robert Carter Nicholas, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; includes a facsimile signature. 64 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed... More
North Bend game cock - Political cartoon, public domain image
A Whig campaign print glorifying presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. The title derives from the candidate's farm on the North Bend of the Ohio River. The game cock has a dual significance: as an all... More
The death of locofocoism - Political cartoon, public domain image
In his satire Johnston celebrates the defeat of "Loco Foco," i.e., radical Democratic interests, in the presidential election of 1840. The "Loco Focos" were the largely working-class constituency who supported... More
Matty meeting the Texas question, Political Cartoon
A satire on the Democrats' approach to the delicate question of the annexation of Texas. In marked contrast to his portrayal of the issue as a beautiful woman in "Virtuous Harry" (no. 1844-27), the artist here ... More
Funeral obsequies of free-trade, Political Cartoon
A gloomy view of the effects of the Polk administration's Tariff of 1846. The artist echoes Whig condemnation of the measure as adverse to American trade. A funeral cortege, composed of administration supporter... More
The available party trying to get their villany endorsed by the every ...
Again partisan bitterness, over the perceived Whig betrayal of Henry Clay's hopes for the presidential nomination and over subsequent efforts to obtain Clay's endorsement of Zachary Taylor's candidacy, is vente... More
Worrying the bull - Political cartoon, public domain image
In a ring a large bull, wearing a ribbon marked "The Rough & Ready" between its horns, faces five matadors. The bull represents Zachary Taylor, nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready." The matadors are prominent Whigs,... More
Scene in Uncle Sam's Senate. 17th April 1850
A somewhat tongue-in-cheek dramatization of the moment during the heated debate in the Senate over the admission of California as a free state when Mississippi senator Henry S. Foote drew a pistol on Thomas Har... More
Experiments on the tight rope - Political cartoon, public domain image
A figurative portrayal of Whig candidate Winfield Scott's failure in the 1852 presidential contest, attributed by the artist to his alliance with abolitionist interests. Scott is hoisted aloft via a pulley sys... More
[Senator Anthony Kennedy of Maryland], Glass negative photograph, Amer...
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[Panel details from bronze doors for the east portico of the Senate wi...
Photograph of bronze doors detail showing two panels from top of right valve, one depicting the battle of Bunker Hill and death of General Warren and the other depicting the battle of Monmouth and rebuke of Gen... More
Everett cigarros puros superiores, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Edward Everett, Senator, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, on tobacco label. By R.M. Staigg; engraved by J. Cheney.
[Clement C. Clay, Senator from Alabama, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-le...
Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 169. Each item includes subject's orig... More
[James M. Mason, Senator from Virginia, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-le...
Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 124. Each item includes subject's orig... More
[Stephen R. Mallory, Senator from Florida, Thirty-fifth Congress, half...
Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 283. Each item includes subject's orig... More
[John P. Hale, Senator from New Hampshire, Thirty-fifth Congress, half...
Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 11. Each item includes subject's origi... More
[Robert W. Johnson, Senator from Arkansas, Thirty-fifth Congress, half...
Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 273. Each item includes subject's orig... More
Honorable Thomas Ward Osborn of Fla - Public domain portrait print
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Senator. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1... More
Honorable John Pool, Glass Negative, 1860s
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Senator to N.C. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Ev... More
Senator Robert Enoch Withers of Virginia
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Gene... More
The Dis-United States. Or the Southern Confederacy
The Confederate leaders are portrayed as a band of competing opportunists led by South Carolina governor and secessionist Francis Pickens (far left). The artist criticizes the January 1861 secession of five sta... More
[Detail of "Progress of Civilization," east pediment of the Senate win...
Photograph of maquette showing Indian mother and child. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 117. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.
Evans, Honorable Senator of N.J.?. Glass Plate Negative, American Civi...
A man sitting in a chair smoking a cigarette. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cattell, Senator Alexander G. of N.J
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 2095, Cattell, 1353 [crossed out], 2387 [crossed out], 845 [crossed out]. Credit line: Brady-Handy photog... More
Freedom's immortal triumph! Finale of the Jeff Davis Die-nasty." Las...
A vindictive Northern fantasy on the aftermath of the Civil War. Confederate president Jefferson Davis, dressed in a hoopskirt or crinoline, hangs from a "Sour Apple Tree" at left, a Bowie knife in one hand and... More
Shields, General James (not in uniform) Senator from Ill. & Missouri
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Thompson, Honorable J.G. Sgt-of-Arms, U.S. Senate
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Mahone, Honorable Senator of Virginia, Brig. Gen in Civil War
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Georgievskie kavalery imieiushchie znaki otlichiia voennago ordena. Za...
Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 24.
Barrow, Senator M.P. of GA - Public domain portrait photograph
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 1479, Sen Barrow, Ga. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Pho... More
Hearst, Sen. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC
Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date based on probable date range for negative numbers preceding LC-B5-35838. Gift... More
Sen. McCumber. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC
Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by L... More
[An exacting housekeeper] - Public domain scan / drawing
President Grover Cleveland busily sweeps dirt from the front door of the White House. His back is turned toward an angry Columbia, who castigates him for ignoring a garland labeled "Stock Tele[-]" lying beneat... More
[Staircase in home of Senator Philander Knox, Washington, D.C.]
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 1320. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Dining hall in home of Senator Philander Knox, Washington, D.C.]
Shows dining table and chairs, fireplace, and interior decoration. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 1320.
Yat-Sen Sun 1866-1925 - A black and white photo of a man with a mustac...
Portrait, head and shoulders, facing front. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Caius College and Senate House, Cambridge, England]
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10091". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More
Old jokes in new political clothes / C.J. Taylor ; F. Opper.
Print shows a vignette cartoon with various presidential candidates with their trappings, David B. Hill as "The Political Suburban Resident" overloaded with packages labeled "Low Political Jobs, Petty Schemes, ... More
[Steamer Senator] - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat
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The Joshua of our silly senate in his great act of trying to make the ...
Print shows Edward O. Wolcott as the biblical Joshua riding on a horse labeled "U.S. Senate" at the head of a small infantry comprised of John Sherman, George F. Hoar, George G. Vest, William A. Peffer, David B... More
Another shotgun wedding, with neither party willing / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows a shotgun wedding between Uncle Sam and a young woman labeled "Hawaii"; a former Confederate general labeled "Sen. Morgan" with a "Jingo" feather in his hat, stands behind them, holding a shotgun la... More
The victor returns. Washington, D.C., May 16. Victorious in the recent...
A black and white photo of two men and a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Senator T.S. Martin - Public domain photograph, glass negative
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Senate Banking and Currency Committee hears Secretary Wallace. Washing...
A group of men sitting around a table with papers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rail inquiry chairman's statement is unfair charge of M.P. bondholder'...
Two men sitting at a table with papers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Former head of New York Stock Exchange before Senate Committee. Washin...
A man sitting at a desk talking on a phone. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sen. Elihu Root - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of three men wearing hats. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sen. Smith and J.F. Talbot talking together
A couple of men standing next to each other on a sidewalk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Senator Bristow, Kas. [Kansas] - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man with a mustache. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jean Harlow plays close-up scene with North Carolina Senator Washingto...
A man in a suit and a woman in a fur coat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sen. Norris reaches 78th milepost. Washington, D.C., July 11. Senator ...
A woman helping a man with a tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Liang Shih-Yi, Pres't. Chinese Senate
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oppose secrecy on aid given by U.S. to French air mission. Washington,...
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Uncle Sam's monetary brains. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. The government'...
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Senator Bankhead, George Grantham Bain Collection
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Old Rail telegraphers now members of Congress. Washington, D.C., Jan. ...
Two men in suits standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Huge postcard sent Minnesota Senator. Washington, D.C., May 2. Said to...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Washington DC postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Before Senate Wire Tapping committee. Washington, D.C., June 12. Durin...
A man in a suit sitting at a table with a book. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sen. Wolcott, 10/13/19 - Public domain photograph, glass negative
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Virginia Senator hikes to [opening] Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. The vete...
A man in a suit and tie standing in a room. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Indiana Senator. Washington, D.C., June 11. Senator Sherman Minton, De...
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Senate veterans. Washington, D.C., Jan. 6. Senator Carter Glass, of Vi...
Two men in suits standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Whitney returns to testify. Washington, D.C. Jan. 15. Sen. Burton Whee...
A black and white photo of two men shaking hands. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sen. Albert B. Fall - Public domain photograph, glass negative
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sen. J.O. Walcott, 4/11/17 - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man sitting on a couch. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Azalea beauties welcomed at Capitol. Washington, D.C., May 2. South Ca...
A black and white photo of a group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
At Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 8. Pictured in a huddle ...
Two men in suits standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[President Theodore Roosevelt and Senator Charles Fairbanks, seated in...
Photograph showing President Roosevelt and Senator Fairbanks seated in rocking chairs with Roosevelt facing slighly right and Fairbanks facing front. H48046 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 75583D.
LaFOLLETTE, ROBERT. SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
REED, JAMES A. SENATOR - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
SAULSBURY, WILLARD. SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait
A black and white photo of a man with a mustache. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
JONES, A.A. SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
OVERMAN, L.S. SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait
A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
SAULSBURY, WILLARD. SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
VANDENBURG, ARTHUR H. SENATOR - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverfied caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection Date span based on active dates... More
MYERS, H.L. SENATOR - Public domain photograph, glass negative
A black and white photo of a man in a suit, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date span based on active dates of Ha... More
GORE, T.P. SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
STEWART, SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait
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MOSES, GEORGE H. SENATOR - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
BRANDEGEE, F.B. SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait
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Senate Agriculture Committee - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait
A group of men sitting around a long table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[TR's inaugural ceremony, 1905] /
On Mar. 4, 1905, TR is inaugurated in Washington, D.C. with much celebration and fanfare. TR rides in an open landau on Fifteenth St., NW, escorted by mounted Rough Riders; Secret Service men and detectives wal... More
BANKHEAD, JOHN W. SENATOR - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
LaFOLLETTE, ROBERT. SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
SENATE, U.S. PAGES - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait
A group of people standing in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
STONE, W.J. SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gamble, Senator, R.J. - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait
A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
BROUSSARD, EDWIN S. SENATOR - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
MILLER, JOHN E. SENATOR - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
REED, J.A. SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
LENROOT, IRWIN L. SENATOR - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
GOODING, F.R. SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
TRAMMEL, PARK M. SENATOR - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
CRAWFORD, SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
DIAL, NATHANIEL B. SENATOR - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
McCUMBER, SEN. SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
COMER, B.B. SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait
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RANSDELL, JOSEPH E. SENATOR - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
TOWNSEND, JOHN G. SENATOR - Public domain photograph, glass negative
A black and white photo of a man in a tuxedo, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date span based on active dates of ... More
[Senator Furnifold McLendel Simmons, three-quarter length portrait, se...
H106983 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by G.V. Buck, Wash. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description