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Moses Bulkley House, 176 Main Street, Southport, Fairfield County, CT

Moses Bulkley House, 176 Main Street, Southport, Fairfield County, CT

Significance: The Moses Bulkley house was designed by the Bridgeport architects Lambert & Bunnell and erected 1861. It is a stunning example of American Pointed Gothic architecture. Characteristic of the Goth... More

Mr. Angel, postmaster - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Mr. Angel, postmaster - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Mr. Angel, full-length portrait, standing in front of doorway, facing front. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

I. Jenkins Mikell House, Rutledge Avenue & Montague Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

I. Jenkins Mikell House, Rutledge Avenue & Montague Street, Charleston...

Survey number: HABS SC-43 Public domain photograph, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Colonial Hotel, Beach & Ocean Avenues, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Colonial Hotel, Beach & Ocean Avenues, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ

Significance: Interesting example of Second Empire hotel design. Survey number: HABS NJ-850 Building/structure dates: 1894- 1895 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work Natio... More

Interior of a cider mill at Rye

Interior of a cider mill at Rye

(DLC/PP-1934:0044). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Rye and round there," Harper's magazine, 59:10 (June 1879).

[African Americans and horse-drawn wagon in front of country store, two women stand on balcony]

[African Americans and horse-drawn wagon in front of country store, tw...

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 353. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

Perry Block, 89 Court Street, Binghamton, Broome County, NY

Perry Block, 89 Court Street, Binghamton, Broome County, NY

Significance: A notable example of cast-iron facade in the High Victorian Italianate Style built by Isaac G. Perry, a Binghamton architect who was chief architect for the State Capitol in Albany. Survey numbe... More

Frederick Haring House, Old Tappan & DeWolfe Roads, Old Tappan, Bergen County, NJ

Frederick Haring House, Old Tappan & DeWolfe Roads, Old Tappan, Bergen...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-400 Survey number: HABS NJ-487 Building/structure dates: 17q3 Initial Construction

The martyrs of Ireland / L. Gray des. & lith.

The martyrs of Ireland / L. Gray des. & lith.

Print shows bust portraits of the "Manchester martyrs," Michael Larkin, William Allen, and William O'Brien, in a shamrock on a shield with allegorical scene above, and an Irish wolfhound guarding a view of the ... More

Belmont Hall, Route 13, Smyrna, Kent County, DE

Belmont Hall, Route 13, Smyrna, Kent County, DE

Significance: Belmont Hall, home of Thomas Collins, Brigadier-General in the American Revolution and eighth president of the Delaware State, has two late seventeenth century rear wings and a main, front block b... More

The great industrial exhibition of 1851. Plate 3. The British nave

The great industrial exhibition of 1851. Plate 3. The British nave

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Landing place, railway stores, Balaklava, looking up the harbour - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Landing place, railway stores, Balaklava, looking up the harbour - Rog...

Men seated by railroad bed under construction next to Balaklava harbor. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His photographs and his lett... More

Skaats-Hauck House, 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Skaats-Hauck House, 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Significance: This is a large, elegant house, typical of the more costly later nineteenth-century town houses built in Cincinnati. It is one of several such houses built at the same time with elaborate fronts i... More

Ossian Hall, 5001 Regina Drive, Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia

Ossian Hall, 5001 Regina Drive, Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia

Significance: The Fitzhugh family owned three grand houses in present-day Fairfax County: Oak Hill, Ravensworth, and Ossian Hall. Nicholas Fitzhugh built Ossian Hall on part of the Ravensworth land grant, and i... More

Jason Downer House, 1201 North Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Jason Downer House, 1201 North Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee C...

Significance: Designed by a highly skilled local architect for a well known Milwaukee attorney, this ninety-five-year-old former residence is an appealing, relatively well-preserved example of the Victorian Got... More

Iron Block, 205 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Iron Block, 205 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Significance: The Iron Block is notable as one of Milwaukee's most prominent early commercial buildings. It is one of a small number of pre-Civil War structures remaining in the central business district and i... More

Minnesota Veterans' Home Complex, Campus Plan, 5101 Minnehaha Avenue, South, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Minnesota Veterans' Home Complex, Campus Plan, 5101 Minnehaha Avenue, ...

Significance: The campus plan for the Minnesota Soldiers' Home was developed by Horace W.S. Cleveland, a prominent nineteenth century landscape architect who stressed the importance of using the natural topogra... More

Colonel Walter Gresham House, 1402 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

Colonel Walter Gresham House, 1402 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston Coun...

Significance: This building was erected for Walter Gresham, a prominent historical figure of Galveston, a noted lawyer, Texas legislator and representative of the 53rd Congress. The building itself is architect... More

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing ship with cross, chalice/Holy Grail with text "St. Joseph of Arn [Arimathea?] England, Glastonbury;" and ship with Celtic cross, shamrock with text "St. Patrick Ireland, On a" for Trinity Church in Fort Worth, Texas]

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing ship with cross, chal...

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Corbin Building, 11 John Street, New York, New York County, NY

Corbin Building, 11 John Street, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: It is significant for both is aesthetic and technological contributions to the history of American architecture. Designed by architect Francis Hatch Kimball (1845-1919) for the prominent banker an... More

Thomas Harrison House, 514 West Main Street, Richmond, Wayne County, IN

Thomas Harrison House, 514 West Main Street, Richmond, Wayne County, I...

Significance: The Thomas Harrison House reflects the influence of several styles of architectural treatment brought together and resulting in the overall Victorian character with Gothic and Romanesque influence... More

Captain Barlow, Captain Trevor, Captain Hall, Captain Dwyer, Major Budd, Captain Hammersley, 14th Regiment

Captain Barlow, Captain Trevor, Captain Hall, Captain Dwyer, Major Bud...

Captains Ralph Budd, John Dwyer, William Cosmo Trevor, Frederick Hammersley, John Barlow, and Angus(?) Hall, full-length portrait, three standing next to, and three sitting on, a caisson. Title transcribed from... More

Hasell-Nash House, 116 West Queen Street, Hillsborough, Orange County, NC

Hasell-Nash House, 116 West Queen Street, Hillsborough, Orange County,...

Significance: Architecturally interesting and puzzling. Survey number: HABS NC-160 Building/structure dates: ca. 1819- 1820 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1943 Subsequent Work

Kuhn-Le Faiure House, 4923 Page Boulevard, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Kuhn-Le Faiure House, 4923 Page Boulevard, Saint Louis, Independent Ci...

Significance: The Kingsway Center Area is locally significant for its architectural significance as an important representative illustration of neighborhood development and urban vernacular building traditions ... More

Long-Waterman House, 2408 First Avenue, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Long-Waterman House, 2408 First Avenue, San Diego, San Diego County, C...

Significance: The Long-Waterman House is one of the grandest of the great Bankers' Hill mansions constructed in the boom period of 1880's. A major example of the American "Queen Anne" style, it is in an excell... More

One of the wards of the hospital at Scutari / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker lith. ; Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen.

One of the wards of the hospital at Scutari / W. Simpson del. ; E. Wal...

Interior view of a hospital ward at Scutari during the Crimean War, after the arrival of Florence Nightingale. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 34. Déposé Paris, Goupil & Cie ; Leipzig, Otto Weigel.

James R. Smith House, 1401 Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

James R. Smith House, 1401 Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent Cit...

Significance: The Kingsway Center Area is locally significant for its architectural significance as an important representative illustration of neighborhood development and urban vernacular building traditions ... More

Maplewood, 7676 Old Springhouse Road, McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia

Maplewood, 7676 Old Springhouse Road, McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia

Significance: Good example of the Second Empire style; before demolition, was the only extant Second Empire residence in Fairfax County. Survey number: HABS VA-739 Building/structure dates: 1884-1912 Subseque... More

General Phineas Banning Residence, 401 East M Street, Wilmington, Los Angeles County, CA

General Phineas Banning Residence, 401 East M Street, Wilmington, Los ...

Significance: The General Phineas Banning Residence consists of a 23 room house built in 1864 in the Greek Revival style. The residence is set in 20 acres of parkland and gardens. The property is located in t... More

Lyndhurst, Main House, 635 South Broadway, Tarrytown, Westchester County, NY

Lyndhurst, Main House, 635 South Broadway, Tarrytown, Westchester Coun...

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Warner Hutton House, 13495 Sousa Lane, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, CA

Warner Hutton House, 13495 Sousa Lane, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, C...

Significance: With a high degree of architectural integrity, the Queen Anne style Warner Hutton House was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places as a rare surviving farm h... More

Thomas Heyward, Jr. House, 87 Church Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Thomas Heyward, Jr. House, 87 Church Street, Charleston, Charleston Co...

Survey number: HABS SC-64 Building/structure dates: 1750 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000576

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original address of 531 Farmington Avenue), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Evergreen, 4545 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Significance: Evergreen is best known as the home of the Ambassador John Work Garrett (1872-1942) and his wife Alice Warder Garrett (1877-1952) who made their estate into an artistic and cultural center soon af... More

Armour-Stiner House, 45 West Clinton Avenue, Irvington, Westchester County, NY

Armour-Stiner House, 45 West Clinton Avenue, Irvington, Westchester Co...

Significance: In addition to eclectically incorporating Gothic, Stick-style, Second Empire and Eastlake detail, this house is one of two domed octagonal residences built in the United States. Its siting, design... More

Courtview, 505 North Court Street, University of North Alabama Campus, Florence, Lauderdale County, AL

Courtview, 505 North Court Street, University of North Alabama Campus,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27, FN-28 Survey number: HABS AL-329 Building/structure dates: ca. 1855 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000415

National Park Seminary, Chateau Causeways, Between Linden Lane & Beach Drive, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Chateau Causeways, Between Linden Lane & Beach...

Significance: The causeways' design echoed the forms of Main. The design is vaguely Gothic. It is another fantasyland-like feature on the campus. Its rather large girth and length made it a prominent part of... More

Savannah Victorian Historic District, Bounded by Gwinnett, East Broad, West Broad Street & Anderson Lane, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Savannah Victorian Historic District, Bounded by Gwinnett, East Broad,...

Significance: The Victorian District, located just south of the original settlement in Savannah, represents a fairly intact neighborhood of well-built frame houses, many of which are ornamented with the exubera... More

Savannah Victorian Historic District, Bounded by Gwinnett, East Broad, West Broad Street & Anderson Lane, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Savannah Victorian Historic District, Bounded by Gwinnett, East Broad,...

Significance: The Victorian District, located just south of the original settlement in Savannah, represents a fairly intact neighborhood of well-built frame houses, many of which are ornamented with the exubera... More

Savannah Victorian Historic District, Bounded by Gwinnett, East Broad, West Broad Street & Anderson Lane, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Savannah Victorian Historic District, Bounded by Gwinnett, East Broad,...

Significance: The Victorian District, located just south of the original settlement in Savannah, represents a fairly intact neighborhood of well-built frame houses, many of which are ornamented with the exubera... More

Savannah Victorian Historic District, Bounded by Gwinnett, East Broad, West Broad Street & Anderson Lane, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Savannah Victorian Historic District, Bounded by Gwinnett, East Broad,...

Significance: The Victorian District, located just south of the original settlement in Savannah, represents a fairly intact neighborhood of well-built frame houses, many of which are ornamented with the exubera... More

Savannah Victorian Historic District, Bounded by Gwinnett, East Broad, West Broad Street & Anderson Lane, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Savannah Victorian Historic District, Bounded by Gwinnett, East Broad,...

Significance: The Victorian District, located just south of the original settlement in Savannah, represents a fairly intact neighborhood of well-built frame houses, many of which are ornamented with the exubera... More

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

Abolition de l'esclavage dans les colonies anglaises /

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Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Grand day and evening fete, next Tuesday, August 7, 1838. Ascent of the Nassau Balloon, combined with the evening entertainments

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Grand day and evening fete, next Tuesday, Aug...

Broadside announcing Charles Green's ascension in the balloon "Nassau" from Vauxhall Gardens, London. Includes a picture of passengers in a balloon basket. At head of title: Under the direct patronage of Her Ma... More

Night ascent. Royal Standard Tavern, pleasure grounds & tea gardens ... H. Brading, Proprietor ... has, at the solicitation of several scientific gentlemen, prevailed on Mr. Gypson, who will ... make an experimental trip, in the Royal Standard balloon, on Monday next, June 3, at ten o'clock at night! ...

Night ascent. Royal Standard Tavern, pleasure grounds & tea gardens .....

Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension at night by Richard Gypson from the Royal Standard Tavern, England, on June 3, 1839. In addition, "Mr. Blanchard, a descendant of the celebrated Mons. Blanchar... More

Banque, Bourse et palais du Lord Maire, Londres The bank, the exchange, Mansion House, London / / Tuonra [Arnout spelled backwards] ; dessiné et lith. par Jules Arnout ; imp. par Lemercier à Paris.

Banque, Bourse et palais du Lord Maire, Londres The bank, the exchange...

Print shows a view of the Tuileries Palace with the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and a large plaza with pedestrians and carriages in the foreground. Signed on stone on lower right: Tuonra [Arnout spelled backwards].

Defense of the California Bank - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

Defense of the California Bank - Public domain book illustration, Libr...

A mildly jingoistic satire voicing American suspicions of foreign designs on California after the discovery of gold there in 1848. The bay and coastline of San Francisco are shown, menaced by foreign invaders ... More

[2 humorous sketches of daily life in London: "Going to the pantomime" (middle-class family about to enter carriage); "The Goose Club" drawn by Phiz (winning plucked geese in Christmas lottery?)]

[2 humorous sketches of daily life in London: "Going to the pantomime"...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 181853 Dec. 24, p. 580. Reference copy may be in LOT 4638. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI WORKS; Humor; Gt. Brig. ... More

Portrait photo of Major Hallewell & Captain Pearson

Portrait photo of Major Hallewell & Captain Pearson

Major Hallewell and Captain Pearson, full-length portrait, posed facing each other in front of a tent.

View from the heights above Balaklava, looking towards Sebastopol, shewing the ground of the battles of the 25th Octr. and of the 5th Novr. 1854 and the line of our defences since the 25th Octr. / W. Simpson del. ; J. Needham lith.

View from the heights above Balaklava, looking towards Sebastopol, she...

Print shows a panoramic view of the landscape between the heights above Balaklava and Sevastopolʹ, including the battlefields at Balaklava and Inkerman, also, on the far left, is the inlet to the harbor at Bala... More

Major General Sir R. Dacres, Captain Hamley & Colonel Adye - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Major General Sir R. Dacres, Captain Hamley & Colonel Adye - Roger Fen...

Two men seated and one standing in front doorway in building. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton Inventory, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Aust... More

Portrait photo of Officers of the 71st Highlanders

Portrait photo of Officers of the 71st Highlanders

Officers of the 71st Highlanders with dog, posed before conical tent with military camp in background.

Colonel Wood & Major Stuart Wortley on the staff of Sir Richard England

Colonel Wood & Major Stuart Wortley on the staff of Sir Richard Englan...

Three officers, one sitting and two standing, in front of stone building.

Lieutenant General Pennefather, C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Lieutenant General Pennefather, C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Phot...

General Sir John L. Pennefather, full-length portrait, wearing uniform, seated on rock. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Major Pipon, Royal Artillery - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Major Pipon, Royal Artillery - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Major Pipon, full-length portrait, facing front. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Lieutenant General Sir Harry Jones & Staff - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Lieutenant General Sir Harry Jones & Staff - Roger Fenton's Crimean Wa...

Lieutenant General Sir Harry Jones, full-length portrait, seated in chair in front of building, "Lieutenant-Colonel Bouchier, Assistant Adjutant-General, Lieutenant Cowel, R.E., A.D.C., and Lieutenant Jameson, ... More

The pocket-pistol - equipped for Balaclava - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

The pocket-pistol - equipped for Balaclava - Roger Fenton's Crimean Wa...

A soldier handing a pistol(?) to a mounted soldier as another soldier looks on. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

[Unidentified cluster of buildings around central landscaped area]

[Unidentified cluster of buildings around central landscaped area]

Title devised by Library staff using subject identification provided by photo historians. (Source: James Eason and Photo History, 2015) In portfolio: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

[Community adjacent to the fur trading post at Fort Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, showing cluster of buildings]

[Community adjacent to the fur trading post at Fort Victoria on Vancou...

No. 5 of a six-part panorama of Victoria. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Lord Brougham of England - Public domain portrait photograph

Lord Brougham of England - Public domain portrait photograph

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Jerusalem / Frank M. Good, Phot. ; London.

Jerusalem / Frank M. Good, Phot. ; London.

City of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Civil war glass negatives and related prints - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Civil war glass negatives and related prints - Harris and Ewing, Washi...

A black and white photo of a large house, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C.... More

[ U.S. Signal Corp. barometer, made by L. Casella, London, England]

[ U.S. Signal Corp. barometer, made by L. Casella, London, England]

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 and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

O'Gorman, Edith (escaped nun from Canada?)

O'Gorman, Edith (escaped nun from Canada?)

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The Houses of Parliament, from Lambeth Bridge / By Valentine Blanchard.

The Houses of Parliament, from Lambeth Bridge / By Valentine Blanchard...

Stereograph shows boats and docks in the Thames River with the Palace of Westminster in the background. On mount: Stereographs of London, by Valentine Blanchard. No. 403.

The National Gallery / By Valentine Blanchard.

The National Gallery / By Valentine Blanchard.

Stereograph shows horse-drawn carriages and people walking in front of the National Gallery, London, England. On mount: Stereographs of London, by Valentine Blanchard. No. 468.

Pall Mall west / By Valentine Blanchard.

Pall Mall west / By Valentine Blanchard.

Stereograph shows horse-drawn carriages and people walking on Pall Mall, London, England. On mount: Stereographs of London, by Valentine Blanchard. No. 440.

A hint for the horticultural society. Great show of "chignons." Medal awarded to the finest grown specimen

A hint for the horticultural society. Great show of "chignons." Medal ...

Cartoon showing a group of gentlemen, examining the hairstyles of participants in a chignon competition. Inscribed above image: Chignon unnaturelle pastrubfranes, chignon vulgaris, chignon dressairia, chignon c... More

Buying tickets for the Dickens readings at Steinway Hall

Buying tickets for the Dickens readings at Steinway Hall

Crowd of spectators buying tickets to Charles Dickens reading at Steinway Hall, New York, New York. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 11, no. 574 (1867 December 28), p. 829.

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