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Historic houses, North Capitol St., Washington, D.C.

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Historic houses, North Capitol St., Washington, D.C.

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

The U.S. Capitol. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

Stereograph showing northeast view of U.S. Capitol with horse-drawn trolley in front. E. Totherick, photo. Gift of Detroit Public Library.

Botanical Gardens. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

On mount: The Capitol Illustrated. Stately Public Buildings, Beautiful Gardens & c. ; Washington and Vicinity, Historic Scenery, Statuary and Paintings. On mount: Washington, the Federal City, remarkable for th... More

House of Representatives from front of rotunda, statue of Columbus in ...

Photograph shows the House of Representatives and the Discovery statue, taken from the United States Capitol building, Washington, D.C. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Card number: "No. 806". Gotthe... More

In front of the rotunda of the Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Photograph shows a side view of the statue "War" in the East Front portico, United States Capitol building, Washington, D.C. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Card number: "No. 801". Gottheim collecti... More

[View down Pennsylvania Ave. with West Front of the U.S. Capitol in ba...

On mount: View of Washington and Vicinity. Written on mount: U.S. Capitol, Washington.

Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite administering the oath of office to Ja...

Gift of Samuel A. Crozer. 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 current building was... More

Marble Room, Capitol, Washington, D.C., U.S.A

Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Baltimore, Md; Ottawa, Kas; El Paso, Tex., U.S.A.; Toronto, Canada; Liverpool, Eng. Gift: Society of Calif. Pioneers, Jan. 19, 1954.

Wreck of the Maine, Havana Harbor, Cuba

Exhibited: "Capitol Visitor Center" at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., March-October 2016.

In comparison with governmental affairs newsies are small matters. Thi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2915. No location recorded on caption card; probably Washington, D.C., based on content and captions for ... More

President Reagan's inaugural luncheon in the U.S. Capitol, January 20,...

Photograph from Architect of the Capitol, AOC no. 54894-15. 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 build... More

President Reagan speaking at his inaugural luncheon in the U.S. Capito...

Photograph from Architect of the Capitol, AOC no. 56827-17. 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 build... More

Inauguration of George Bush on the west front of the U.S. Capitol, Jan...

Photograph from Architect of the Capitol, AOC no. 73010-1. 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 buildi... More

Washington, D.C. Soldier springing the trap; men in trees and Capitol ...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the execution of Captain Henry Wirz, November 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of C... More

The Capitol, House of Representatives, Washington

Copyrighted 1898 by T.W. Ingersoll. No. 265. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Comp... More

United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., U.S.A

12989 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright, 1900, by B. L. Singley. No. 2496.

U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol from Library of Congress at night

Logbook annotation: Copyrighted. Old negative number: 55. 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 buildin... More

Chief Justice Earl Warren administering the oath of office to Dwight D...

Photo shows the swearing in for President Eisenhower, with singer Marian Anderson in white hat at lower right. Photograph from Architect of the Capitol, AOC no. 73934.

Chief Justice Warren E. Burger administering the oath of office to Ron...

Photograph from Architect of the Capitol, AOC no. 54879-13. 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 build... More

President Bill Clinton delivering his inaugural address on the west fr...

Photograph from Architect of the Capitol, AOC no. 73838-21A. 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 buil... More

Letter from Isaac McCoy to his mother, Nancy McCoy, from Louisville, K...

Handwritten letter from Private Isaac McCoy of Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, on pictorial lettersheet showing the U.S. Capitol building. Caption on print: View of the Capitol at Washington. Envelop... More

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Home, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Sou...

For an overview of the Detached Group, see HABS DC-349-BX Significance: Home (Building 36) is significant for its association with the treatment of mental illness on the St. Elizabeths Campus. As one of the lar... More

The Capitol, Washington, D.C - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Negatives form three-part panorama with one alternative center section. Correct videodisc sequence is 1A-05259, 05257 (or 05258), 05256. Corresponding glass transparencies available on videodisc frames 1A- 2897... More

Washington from the Monument i.e. Washington Monument

Originally part of a seven-part panorama; center negative not in collection. Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order for the negatives is 1A-10394, 10393, 10392, 10391, 10395, 10396; le... More

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Called America's Main Street, this avenue appears on both the L'Enfant and Ellicott plans of the city as the symbolic and practical connection between the President's House and the U.S. Capitol Bu... More

The Capitol at Washington - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.

East facade. Copyright deposit no. H59009. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 010267. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Called America's Main Street, this avenue appears on both the L'Enfant and Ellicott plans of the city as the symbolic and practical connection between the President's House and the U.S. Capitol Bu... More

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., Capitol in distance

Photograph shows a street view of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington on a quiet day. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). No. 21. Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized 2015 Fu... More

[United States Capitol grounds, Washington, D.C. Site plan, footprint,...

Shows west terrace. Date 1825 per William Allen. Inscription on verso: Capitol. General Plan. Reference copy in LOT 4249 (R).

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse, 1111 North Capitol S...

Significance: The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse is significant for its role in the development and maintenance of Washington, DC's telephone network by the Chesapeake & Potomac (C&P) Telephon... More

General John Mason House, Analostan Island or Theodore Roosevelt Islan...

Significance: The grey and stately ruin which crowns the highest ridge of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Island was once the home of General John Mason. Built in the last decade of the eighteenth century, this bui... More

U.S. Capitol exteriors. East front of U.S. Capitol at night in winter

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Delaware Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: This avenue was intended to provide vistas and access to the Capitol Grounds from both the northeast and southwest. The 1908 construction of Union Station reinforced its importance as an access to... More

[U.S. Capitol after burning by the British]

Drawing shows the ruins of the U.S. Capitol following British attempts to burn the building; includes fire damage to the Senate and House wings, damaged colonnade in the House of Representatives shored up with ... More

Martin Jackson, ex-slave, San Antonio

420083. District no. 27. Picture no. 144. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

U.S. Capitol interiors. Mural painting on wall in U.S. Capitol II

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Maples, 630 South Carolina Avenue Southeast, Washington, District ...

Significance: Maple Square: When George Washington with his architect-engineer, Major l'Enfant, was planning the capitol of the young republic, the site of "Maple Square was occupied by a pioneer log cabin. At... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. North wing - vestibule with c...

Inscription on recto: "North Wing arcade and colonnade." Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

[Session of the House of Representatives in the U.S. Capitol]

Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). 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 ... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Detail (with magnolia) of Sen...

Inscriptions on recto: "Inclination of the floor slabs of the blinds of the windows of the lanthern. Senate Chamber U.S. full size" "Senate as rebuilt." Drawing is hinged. Forms part of Benjamin Henry Latrobe... More

The New York Herald, [newspaper]. April 22nd, 1865.

The New York Herald, [newspaper]. April 22nd, 1865.

The New York Herald, [newspaper]. April 22nd, 1865.

The Richmond Times, [newspaper]. April 21st, 1865.

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S. Capitol Gatehouses, Fifteenth & Seventeenth Streets at Constituti...

For related documentation, see also U.S. Capitol, Gateposts (HABS DC-35) and Bulfinch Capitol Gatepost (HABS DC-719). Significance: There seems to be no definite information as to when the Capitol setting was c... More

U.S. Capitol Gatehouses, Fifteenth & Seventeenth Streets at Constituti...

For related documentation, see also U.S. Capitol, Gateposts (HABS DC-35) and Bulfinch Capitol Gatepost (HABS DC-719). Significance: There seems to be no definite information as to when the Capitol setting was c... More

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...

Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...

Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More

[United States Capitol grounds, Washington, D.C. Site plan, botanic ga...

Inscription on recto: Capitol. Botanic garden. City Canal. Inscription on verso: Capitol Grounds. Reference copy in LOT 4249 (R).

The Philadelphia Inquier, [Newspaper]. April 21,1865.

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More

The funeral car that conveyed the remains of President Lincoln from th...

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by Chase & Hatch ... District of Columbia."

Octagon House, Ice House, 1799 New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington,...

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Octagon, designed by Dr. WIlliam Thornton, architect of the U.S. Capitol Building and other Washington structures, was built by Colonel John Tayloe III be... More

John Thomson Mason House, 3425 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington,...

Significance: The grey and stately ruin which crowns the highest ridge of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Island was once the hoe of General John Mason. Built in the last decade of the eighteenth century, this bui... More

John Thomson Mason House, 3425 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington,...

Significance: The grey and stately ruin which crowns the highest ridge of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Island was once the hoe of General John Mason. Built in the last decade of the eighteenth century, this bui... More

Capitol of the U.S. at Washington - from the original design of the ar...

Map Division stamped on lower right. Exhibited: "Jefferson and Palladio: Designing Young America," Chrysler Museum of Art, One Memorial Place, Norfolk, VA 23510, October 1, 2019 - January 22, 2020. Exhibited: ... More

John Maury House, 302 C Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: This old house with its simple dignified facade of good proportions and granite steps protected by delicate wrought iron railings, leading to the main entrance with Doric columns set in the depth ... More

Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More

Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More

Maryland State House, State Circle, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Significance: Erected between 1772 and 1779, the Maryland State House is the oldest state capitol still in active use as the seat of government and the only one to have served as the nation's capital, witnessin... More

Maryland State House, State Circle, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Significance: Erected between 1772 and 1779, the Maryland State House is the oldest state capitol still in active use as the seat of government and the only one to have served as the nation's capital, witnessin... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

Andalusia, State Road vicinity (Bensalem Township), Andalusia, Bucks C...

Significance: The house is the work of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C. He enlarged a smaller and earlier house to create this Greek Revival masterpiece. The house is one of t... More

[View of Washington, D.C., looking northwest from southeast of the U.S...

Drawing shows stables in the foreground and view of the city of Washington from southeast with the United States Capitol on the right, the White House in center background, and the Smithsonian castle and Washin... More

Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, District...

Latrobe Cenotaphs in Congressional Cemetery previously documented as HABS DC-424. Significance: Washington Parish Burial Ground was created in 1807 by a private corporation of citizens, intent on creating a cem... More