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[Title page of The Poetical Works of John Trumbull, Hartford, 1820, il...

/ E Tisdale, del.; W.H. Bassett fc. Engraving by W.H. Bassett after drawing by E. Tisdale. Illus. in: The Poetical Works of John Trumbull, Hartford, 1820. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr) - PATRIOTISM 1820. This re... More

The great national memorial / C. Inger.

Print showing portraits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Jefferson Davis, and Abraham Lincoln with portraits of their respective cabinet officers, two vignette scenes showing of the landi... More

[Boston boys and General Gage / Henry Bacon, pinx. ]

Photomechanical print by Gebbie & Husson Co., copyrighted by Gebbie & Co. Formerly Oversize Misc., A size, no. 11. Reference copy may be in LOT 4412P. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card... More

Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age 32

Photograph known as "Migrant Mother." Version with thumb retouched out of the photo. Original negative is at the Library: LC-USF34-9058. Gift; of the photographer. Exhibited: "American Treasures" at the Librar... More

[At an antique shop, Rockland, Maine]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXXIII J 15. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: American scenes, a LOT which in t... More

[Nantucket doorway, Massachusetts], gelatin silver print

Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

University College and College of Engineering, New York University, Ju...

J22144 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; General Photographic Co., Inc.; September 13, 1937.

Officers, 1st Lt. Joseph E. Pieklik, Company Commander

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82nd Infantry Division standing "Retreat" following Sgt. Alvin C. York...

J 34350 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Spencer & Wyckoff; May 22, 1942. Copyright claimant's address: Detroit. Photo inset at lower left depicts Sergeant York speaking at microphone.

Sir Winston, his son Randolf [i.e., Randolph], and grandson, Winston i...

Photograph shows Winston Churchill, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, with his son and grandson standing behind him, wearing coronation robes, at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Copyright by To... More

The Union volunteer, Confederate States of America.

One of several patriotic prints issued by Currier & Ives in May 1861, closely following the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter and President Lincoln's appeal to the states for troops to suppress the rebelli... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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[Houses in Provincetown, Massachusetts]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXXVI J 31. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: American scenes, a LOT which in tu... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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War Relocation Center, Manzanar, California, Panoramic Photograph

J 36070 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Manzanar Cooperative Enterprises, Inc.; 1943.

Secret meeting of southern unionists / sketched by our special artist,...

Nine men in room. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1866 Aug. 4, p. 485.

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Portrait photo of Lorenza Ezzell, ex-slave, Beaumont

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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[Flag, announcing lynching, flown from the window of the NAACP headqua...

Collection finding aid available. Forms part of: Visual Materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records (Library of Congress). Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual ... More

Hap McQueen, ex-slave, Woodville (Beaumont)

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Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, Panoramic Photograph

J 34551 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Chas. A. Libby & Son; June 25, 1942. On front: "Photo by Chas. A. Libby & Son, Spokane, Wash., #24471. 6-12-'42."

Radical members of the first legislature after the war, South Carolina

Photomontage of members of the first South Carolina legislature following the Civil War, mounted on card with each member identified. 7378G U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Mercer Brown. On verso of mount: S... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Andy veto - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Ft. Benning, Columus [sic], Ga., 1941

J 32838 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: P.O. Box 1133, Columbus, Ga. Copyright deposit; Christian Oliver; June 2, 1941.

View of the old homestead on Alex. Knox's plantation, Mount Pleasant, ...

Photograph shows a group seated on the porch of a two story house. A child is seated on a horse being held by an African American man in the foreground.

Morony Hydroelectric Facility, Dam and Powerhouse, Morony Dam Road, Gr...

Significance: It is significant as a very-well preserved example of design concepts common to the era standardization in US history of hydroelectric development (ca. 1929-1930). Design concepts reflected by the... More

City of Houston skyline, 1949, Houston, Texas

J 5646 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Cecil Thomson Studios; July 11, 1949. On verso: "Cecil Thomson Studios, photographers, Third floor, Milam Building, phone Preston 0950, Houston, Texas".

[The witch's house, Maine]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXXII J 36. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: American scenes, a LOT which in tu... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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The Louisiana murders - gathering the dead and wounded The disputed pr...

Top illustration shows Negroes pulling a man on a luge(?), and two men lying in field. Bottom illustration shows jackal and eagle disputing the possession of a dead antelope. 2 illustrations in: Harper's weekly... More

[Haying in Massachusetts], gelatin silver print

Two men loading hay on a truck. Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXXIII J 20. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: A... More

[Door in Newburyport, Massachusetts]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXXIV J 26. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: American scenes, a LOT which in tu... More

Grand Coulee Dam, Wash., completion of M.W.A.K. Co's. contract

J 23446 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Chas. A. Libby & Son; February 5, 1938. Landmarks labeled on image. On front: "#13336, Chas. A. Libby & Son, Spokane, Wash., 1-27-'38."

13th U.S. Cavalry Mechanized, Fort Knox, Ky., June 16th, 1938, Col. C....

Personnel seated in vehicles. J 26682 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: San Antonio, Texas. Photo no. 5224-A. Copyright deposit; National Photo & News Service; February 3, 1939.

[Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Queen Elizabeth, holding umbrella, in auto...

Acme Newpictures, Inc. photo. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Dwight D. Eisenhower, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Grand Coulee Dam, Wash., M.W.A.K. Co. Ctr's

J 21375 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Chas. A. Libby & Son; April 20, 1937. Landmarks labeled on image. On front: "No. 11397, Chas. A. Libby & Son, Spokane, Wash., 4-8-1937."

Grand Coulee Dam, Wash., M.W.A.K. Co. Ctr's

J 21375 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Chas. A. Libby & Son; April 20, 1937. Landmarks labeled on image. On front: "No. 11397, Chas. A. Libby & Son, Spokane, Wash., 4-8-1937."

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Front of saw mill and box factory on Alex. Knox's plantation, Mount Pl...

Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Part of series: South Carolina Views. Date based on Barnard's third extended stay in Charleston detailed in: Teal, Harvey S., Partners with the sun: South Car... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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[Barn between Providence & Newport, Rhode Island]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXXIX J 29. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: American scenes, a LOT which in tu... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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[Business & religion], gelatin silver print

Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City. Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: VIII N 16. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten E... More