A new manual exercise, for the foot, very useful for the army and mili...
Positive Photostat of t. p. 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 102, Folder 40.
Petard, a brass pot fixed upon a strong square plank, which has an iro...
Print shows a bomb-like device used to blow apart doors or gates. Title from item. Caption continues: This pot is filled with powder; which, when fixed, breaks every thing about it; and thereby makes an opening... more
[Perspective rule for drawing square structure illustrated with geomet...
Manuscript description of "rule IV," illustrated by "fig. IV". M.I.T. no. A-d-7 or A-d-8. Drawing not signed; attribution based on handwriting and drawing style. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology S... more
Square no. 275 : [Washington D.C.] /
Cadastral map of block bounded by 13th, T, 12th, and S streets N.W. Oriented with north to the right. Pen-and-ink, blue pencil, and lead pencil. Fold-lined, cracked at edges, trimmed, and taped on verso. Availa... more
[Fitzroy Square]
Kennedy, appendix 111 state 3 of 3. Signed with butterfly on plate. Etched by Whistler; bitten by Sir Frank Short after Whistler's death. Inscribed on print: 'J. McN. Whistler. delt.' and ' F. Short. aq.' Title... more
Scene in Chatham Square - by a spectator
Cartoon shows a duel between Saul, who has the head of a donkey, and Stoningham in Chatham Square. Both men sit on horseback at a "distance [of] 2 rods," while three other man standing between them bet on the o... more
Square no. 118 : [Washington D.C.].
Cadastral map of block bounded by Pennsylvania Av., 20th, I, and 19th streets N.W. Pen-and-ink and lead pencil. Edged with brown cloth. Includes note and computations. On cloth backing in lead pencil: From the ... more
The water works, Centre Square, Philadelphia
Print shows an exterior view of the front entrance and the side facade of the pump house at Centre Square for the Philadelphia waterworks. Title from item. Possible restrike of plate by George E. Blake.
[Cadastral map of "Peter's square," Georgetown, Washington D.C.].
Cadastral map showing lot numbers and owners' initials. Covers area bounded by Wisconsin Av., M, 31st, and K streets N.W. Title devised by cataloger. Photocopy of ms. map. On verso in ink: From the manuscript o... more
Sir. You are hereby requested to attend a special meeting of the stock...
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 56, Folder 25a.
At a very large and respectable meeting of the citizens of Philadelphi...
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 153, Folder 37.
Behold! The President of the United States is expected in the 11 o'clo...
On verso: 26 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 196, Folder 25.
South West gate leading into Indapendance [i.e., Independence] Square,...
Framed. Accompanying labels detached from cover glass: "27" and "11." Label from back of frame: Daguerreotypes are "mirror Reflections" and show the picture in reverse. This is an entrance to Independence Squar... more
Immense tariff meeting in Independence Square. Not perhaps since the g...
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 154, Folder 1.
[Entrance to Independence Square, Philadelphia]
Framed. Accompanying labels on cover glass: "28" and "12." Label from back: Daguerreotypes are "mirror reflections" and thus show the ac... picture in reverse. This picture is the South West entrance to Indepen... more
Mosque of Sultan Hassan from the Great Square of the Rumeyleh / David ...
Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 3, p. 38.
[Market Square, Cleburne, Texas]
Photograph shows Market Square in Cleburne, Texas looking northeast; with people, horses, and wagons in foreground, Title devised by Library staff. On caption card: Reed Stroop Drug Co. On back of photo: Wittem... more
[View of 13th century church and 16th century town square and town ha...
Title devised by Library staff. No. F.M.S. 4713. Blind stamp in lower corner: A. Giraudon, éditeur, 15 Rue Bonaparte, Paris. Blind stamp monogram "AG" in lower center of photograph.
Maps of Nicaragua, North and Central America : population and square m...
Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
[Egypt - Medinet Habou - Plain and square palace window]
Rubble and remains of a palace. Title from item. No. 1870. On verso: Thebes. Medinet Habou. Plain.
I hereby certify that I have surveyed and marked for Mr. Geo. E. Matti...
Cadastral survey map showing lot numbers and dimensions of lots, streets, and wharves. In script: I do hereby approve the plan of wharf[s?] submitted above, WBMagruder, mayor. At upper left in print: Supreme Co... more
Monster Democratic Torch-Light Procession Passing Through Union Square...
Crowd around statue of George Washington on horseback; fireworks in background; banners for Buchanan. New York City. Wood engraving of drawing by T. Nast. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1856 S... more
Inauguration ball in the immense building erected for the purpose in J...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 3, 1857 March 21, p. 241. Reference copy in PRES FILE - Buchanan, James Inauguration, 1857.
Monument of Andrew Jackson in LaFayette Square (Dr. Pyne's church in t...
Photograph shows men standing near memorial in park with St. John's Church in the background. Title from item. Blind stamp on mount: Reynolds's Bristolboard. Attributed to Walker based on date, subject matter, ... more
Jefferson Davis / Wm. S. Pendleton, photographer, no. 5 Chatham Square...
Photograph shows a full length portrait of Jefferson Davis, holding his hat in hand. Verso image shows the slave quarters on his plantation. Title from item. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: CDV60. "Jeffer... more
Clothing. J. W. Smith & Co. merchant tailors and clothers, Dock Square...
Handwritten on verso: 1858. 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 63, Folder 25.
Square 796 : [Washington D.C.].
Cadastral map of block bounded by Virginia Av., 3rd, G, and 4th streets S.E. India ink with later notes and additions in lead pencil. Soiled and trimmed. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site ... more
Market Square, Washington, Ga.
Title from item. Printed on photograph: Slaton-Green Drug Co.
Grand procession of Wide-Awakes at New York on the evening of October ...
Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 4, (1860 October 13), p.648-649. File print in LOT 4406 (1860). Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY NYC Streets; NY NYC Squares; P... more
An Alabama regiment marching Capitol Square, Richmond, on their way to...
Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 5, (1861 October 19), p. 661. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.
Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C.
No. 5212. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C.
No. 5214. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C.
No. 5215. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Mass meeting to avoid the draft. Citizens of Philadelphia! Rally in yo...
Civil war posters.; On verso: 211932/14 and 69 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 15... more
Map of supplementary reconnaissance of the approaches to Philadelphia ...
Topographic map showing Civil War earthworks and batteries. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Authorship statement citing Whiting's name is in handwriting (black ink). Pen-and-ink, red ink (contours), ... more
[The Benjamin S. Wright, a schooner, held in the ice at Square Island ...
Title devised by Library staff (Source: The Labrador Coast by Alpheus Spring Packard). Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 2] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as J... more
The Presidential campaign in America. Great M'Clellan meeting in Union...
Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1864 Oct. 1, p. 345.
Ward K, Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C.
No. 886. Title from item. 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 Wa... more
Buildings of the Great Central Fair, in aid of the U.S. Sanitary Commi...
Print shows a view from the northwest of the temporary buildings erected for the Great Central Fair in 1864 on Logan Square in Philadelphia, with the SS Peter and Paul Cathedral on the far side. The three-week ... more
[Sergeant Alfred A. Stratton of Co. G, 147th New York Infantry Regimen...
Carte de visite is housed in thermoplastic frame. Title devised by Library staff. Identification of soldier from Photography and the Civil War / Jeff L. Rosenheim. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013, p... more
[The Benjamin S. Wright, a schooner, held in the ice at Square Island ...
Title devised by Library staff (Source: The Labrador Coast by Alpheus Spring Packard). Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 1] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as J... more
The restoration of the Union - inauguration of Hon. Michael Hahn, Gove...
Print shows a large crowd attending the inauguration of the new governor of Louisiana, Michael Hahn, in New Orleans.
[The Benjamin S. Wright, a schooner, navigating through ice at Square ...
Title devised by Library staff (Source: The Labrador Coast by Alpheus Spring Packard). Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 4] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as J... more
Review of the returned veterans by Gov. Curtin--Gen. Meade and staff p...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1865 July 1, p. 236.
[Statue of George Washington on horseback on top of a monument in the ...
Title devised by Library staff. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthew Isenberg. New York : Dover Publications, c... more
National Guard Armory, Union Square, Post Street, San Francisco
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 236. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Public Buildings (Schools, Hospitals, etc.). This reco... more
Portsmouth Square or Plaza, San Francisco
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 203. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... more
Lima. The public square. Portales and tower of St. Agustin
Photograph shows aerial view of a section of the plaza with the city in the background. Adjacent to the square are commercial buildings; carriages wait at square's perimeter. Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fo... more
The Public square, La Paz, Bolivia
Photograph by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 1
The schutzenfest - the procession passing through Union Square
Print shows pedestrians walking along with the "Schutzenfest" procession as it passes through Union Square, New York City, New York.
The principal square of Arequipa, after the earthquake
Photograph shows earthquake damage; in foreground, tents in main square to shelter residents. Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. Title from item. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 1.
Lima. The public square and Government Palace
Photograph shows aerial view of the south side of the public square looking over the city towards the mountains. Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. Title from item. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 2.
Lima. The public square, palace of Archbishop and San Francisco Church
Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. Title from item. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 2.
Lima. The public square, Municipality, and tower of St. Domingo
Photograph shows aerial view of the public square looking west towards the mountains. In foreground, in front of the Municipalidad (town hall) is a statuary garden. Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima... more
Lima. Theater square and Universo Hotel
Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. Title from item. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 2.
Scene in Printing-House Square, New York City Elevated railway in Gree...
Two illustrations: one showing street peddlers, street entertainers, and their customers in front of the Times and Tribune offices; the other showing elevated railway in Greenwich Street, New York City. Illus. ... more
The Public square, La Paz, Bolivia
Photograph by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 1.
Callao. Custom House and square
Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. Title from item. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 2.
The colossal bronze equestrian statue of Gen. Andrew Jackson [in Lafay...
Stereo copyrighted by F.H. Bell. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Pres.; Statues.
[Samuel Franklin Emmons, geologist, three-quarter length portrait, fac...
Title devised by Library staff. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.
Sub-division of lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 in square 1037, containing 49,000 ...
Scale ca. 1:900. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Annotated in pencil. Cadastral map. From the Breckinridge family papers. Covers the area bounded by Massachusetts Avenue, Fourteenth Street, B Street, and Thirteenth St... more
[Cadastral map of square 731, Washington D.C.].
Covers block bounded by Pennsylvania Av., 1st, B (Independence Av.), and 2nd streets S.E., now occupied by the Library of Congress Jefferson Bldg. Title devised by cataloger. At top: Exhibit "C." Photostat of m... more
79262 - New York City - the Grand Duke Alexis reviewing the operations...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 33, no. 847 (1871 Dec. 23), p. 221. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Aleksei Aleksandrovich, ... more
The Great fire at Chicago. Scene in Court-House Square - the public bu...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1871 Oct. 28, p. 101.
Square 18 : [Washington D.C.?] /
Cadastral map covering area bounded by Chestnut Av., Railroad Av., and Eleventh St. Unclear that area is in Washington D.C. Pen-and-ink and lead pencil. Stained and soiled. Includes notes. On verso in ink: Plat... more
Tenn. - Smithville - Hanging of Presswood in courthouse square
A heavily retouched copy of "The Hanging of John Presswood, Jr. at Smithville, Tenn." No. 2 "The Adjusting of the Rope" (the middle of 3 photos in LC-USZ62-13721). Montage or composite photograph with image i... more
Map of the old portion of the city surrounding the plaza, showing the ...
Cadastral map. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cardboard. Map of a portion of Los Angeles City showing plots, large number of women landowners, and points of interest with dates. Copy annotated in pencil... more
The red flag in New York - riotous Communist workingmen driven from To...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1874 Jan. 31, p. 344.
[Library of Congress ("National Library"), Judiciary Square site, Wash...
Notations on verso.
New York City - the New "Tribune" Building on Printing House Square
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 40 (1875 May 1), p. 124. Reference copy may be available in LOT 4383-H. Caption card tracings: NY... more
July 4th, 1876. The centennial celebration in Philadelphia-Richard Hen...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1876 July 22, p. 317.
[The Centennial Fourth - illumination of Madison Square, New York]
Wood engraving from a sketch by E.A. Abbey. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly (1876 July 22). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI Works; New York New York City Square... more
The Centennial Fourth - Illumination of Union Square, N.Y.
Fireworks. Wood engraving drawn by Schell & Hogan. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1876 July 22, p. 596. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Fireworks; NY NYC Squares... more