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Reforme de différents droits feodaux et de la dime - le 11 aoust 1789

Print shows, in a rural setting, a man from the working class or third estate, handing a bag of money to a member of the clergy, who refuses with his right hand, but reaches behind his back with his left hand t... More

The king's friend boarded at sea, or the wife defeating her enemies, B...

Cartoon showing Mrs. Rowley, in a military uniform, discovering Admiral Rowley rising from bed where another woman lies sleeping. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

[Joseph Jenkins Roberts, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to righ...

President of Liberia. Was part of LOT 8554. Case: central diamond surrounded by leaves. Stamped on brass mat: McCartey. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-... More

[Clark sisters, five women, three-quarter length portraits, all facing...

Grandmother and aunts of photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston. Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: 40. Case: Rinhart 63. Accompanying note in case on stationery of the Arts Club of Washington, in handwriting... More

[William Pinkney Rodgers, half-length portrait, seated, with blue scar...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Case: variant of Rinhart 125. Label on back of case: William Pinkney Rodgers, 1821-1893. Gift; Mrs. Alexander Macomb; 1976; (DLC/PP-1976:307). Forms part of: Rod... More

[Madame De Lara, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman, three-quarter...

Photographer unidentified. Identification from label on front of case: Madam De Lara (Cuba). Case: central quadrafoil surrounded by scrolls. Gift; Mrs. G.M. Parkhurst; 1926; (DLC/PP-1926:46952). Forms part of: ... More

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing right]

Photographer unidentified. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Distant view of a house and yard]

Photographer unidentified. Case: flowers in central quadrafoil. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Alternative identifications: Henry Dodge, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin; John Jordan Crittendon. Scratched on back of plate: 10; Hon. John J. Crittenden. Written in pencil on back of plate: Henry Dodge. Transfer;... More

[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Two corners trimmed. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Edwin Forrest, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Actor. Hallmark: J. Rousseau & Co. Written in pencil on back of plate: E. Forrest. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Forms part of: Brady-Handy collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Dag... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the ...

Scratched on back of plate: 338. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Shepherd Knapp, half-length portrait, slightly to right, eyes front]

Leather merchant and later a banker in New York City. Scratched on face of plate: 206; Shepherd Knapp. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of ... More

[Unidentified man, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left...

Hallmark: J. Rousseau & Co. Penciled on back of plate: Albert G. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Framed painting of unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, fac...

Alternative identification: Robert Morris. Copy of a painted portrait. Hallmark: Rinhart 13a. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress)... More

[Anna Bishop, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly right, se...

In oval brass mat. Identified by Owen Blevins 8/2014 based on similar daguerreotype of Bishop in the Harvard Theatre Collection. Alternative identification: Jenny Lind. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP... More

[Memucan Hunt, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right]

Envoy, Minister Plenipotentiary, from Republic of Texas. Identification from engraving in DeBow's Southern and Western Review, October, 1852, frontispiece. Scratched on face of plate: 207; Hunt, Texas. Scratche... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the ...

Scratched on face of plate: 37; Hunt. Scratched on back of plate: 280. Alternative identification: Mr. Hunt (cat. 5). Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collecti... More

[Unidentified woman, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seat...

Scratched on back of plate: 336. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[A. Oakey Hall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right, eyes fr...

Mayor of New York City. Identification from engraving of a later photograph by Sarony in Daily graphic, March 31, 1883, p. 221. Scratched on back of plate: 109; Oakey Hall. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DL... More

[John Ross, full length portrait, facing front standing next to a smal...

Photograph shows portrait of John Ross, also known as Guwisguwi, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828-1866 and founder of Ross's Landing in 1816, site of the original settlement of Chattanooga, Tenn... More

[Stephen Arnold Douglas, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left...

Democratic Congressman from Illinois, 1843-1847; Senator, 1847-1861. Produced possibly by Mathew Brady's studio in New York or Washington; or Alexander Hesler, Chicago. Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington... More

James Marshall, discoverer of gold, at Sutter's Mill

Photomechanical reproduction of the 1850(?) daguerreotype by R. H. Vance shows James Marshall standing in front of Sutter's sawmill, Coloma, California, where he discovered gold.

[John McAllister, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]

Printed on back: Stereoscopes. Written on label on back: J. McAllister, Jr. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Mar... More

[Sarah Allister McAllister Grant, three-quarters length, seated in cha...

Written on back: Sarah M. Grant, 1853? Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress)

[Wendell Phillips, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Case: oval surrounded by flowers and scrolls. Embossed in velvet: Brady's Gallery 205 & 359 Broadway, New York. Purchase; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:091). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Family of W.Y. McAllister] - Public domain portrait photograph

Written on back: "4 of the children of W.Y. McAllister. Taken 1854 or 1855." Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ma... More

[Unidentified woman, three-quarters length portrait, seated in chair w...

Case: Rinhart 262. Stamped on brass mat: F. Grice. Barboza number: 6019.054. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Mabel Hubbard Gardiner Bell as a girl, half-length portrait, facing f...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 20a. Case: plain leather, push button. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of Photographs of the A... More

[Mabel Hubbard as a girl, full-length portrait, seated on chair]

Photographer unidentified. Case: central floral motif surrounded by scrolls. Accompanying note: Mabel G. Hubbard. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor coll... More

The usual summer eruption - Public domain dedication image

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1980:080.3). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Alexander Graham Bell and Miss Liberty

"Possibly symbolizes the March 19, 1888 decision of the United States Supreme Court in Dolbear v. American Bell Tel. Co., 126 U.S. 1 (opinion by Mr. Chief Justice Waite) upholding the Bell telephone patents" on... More

"Too many cooks spoil the broth" / F. Opper.

Illustration shows three cooks, one holding a large spoon labeled "Assembly Committee" and gesturing to the others to stop; the second is holding a bowl labeled "Special Grand Jury" from which he drops a handfu... More

Generaal George White, Ingesloten te Ladysmith

General George White, bust portrait, facing slightly right. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

When the Navy Department puts doctors in command of the hospital ships

(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Chicago Tribune.

The victorious United States fleet off Tompkinsville, S.I.

59188 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; A. Loeffler; October 8, 1898. Copyright claimant's address: Tompkinsville, N.Y. No. 544.

The Narrows, Dells of the Wisconsin

D22984 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. H. Bennett; December 17, 1900.

[Chief Iron Tail, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]

Chief Iron Tail, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing breastplate. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service in 1964). Gift, Mina Turner, Käsebie... More

[Kills Close to the Lodge, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild Wes...

Kills Close to the Lodge, half-length portrait, turned right, facing front, wearing breastplate and headdress. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service... More

[Cornelia Montgomery, full face, holding flowers, square-necked gown, ...

Cornelia Montgomery, half-length portrait, facing front, holding branch. LOT 10137 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service in 1964). Gift, Mina Turner, Käsebier... More

[Happy days, a portrait of the photographer's grandson Charles O'Malle...

Charles O'Malley, surrounded by girls, some holding wildflowers and a kitten, outdoors in Newport, Rhode Island. LOT 10137 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Servi... More

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right;...

H21838 U.S. Copyright Office Ostendorf, no. 92 Meserve, no. 85 Copyright deposit, Geo. Prince, Sept. 18, 1902. Portrait used for the engraved bust of Lincoln that appeared on the United States five dollar bill... More

The Curb Market, midsummer, Panoramic Photograph

H19972 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Falk; July 15, 1902. Copyright claimant's address: Waldorf-Astoria, New York. No. 9.

Panoramic photo of A. C. Burrage's residence, 314 Commonwealth Ave., B...

H38180 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. Chickering & Co.; November 14, 1903; DLC/PP-1903:41972. On front: "Copyright by E. Chickering & Co., 1903, reproduction forbidden".

Justice aroused / Kep. - Public domain drawing

Illustration shows a large, angry female figure representing Justice, drawing a sword labeled "Law and Order" as she strides toward striking union laborers who, taking the law into their own hands, are beating ... More

Caricature, Puck Easter / L.M. Glackens., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows a little girl taking all the colored eggs from the Easter Bunny's basket; she is putting them in her apron, but some have fallen on the ground and are broken. There is a hen wearing a bonnet ... More

San Pedro, Cal. and inner harbor

H50129 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C. G. Wood; September 6, 1904.

Zur freundlichen Erinnerung an die Rapperswiler Schulreise im Juli 190...

Postcard shows a group portrait of schoolgirls, including Helen Johns (later Helen Johns Kirtland), taken on a school trip to Rapperswil, Switzerland. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1981:339, container 1, folder 4.

The last straw / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows the Republican elephant collapsing under the weight of Republican and/or Roosevelt policies, such as a large crown labeled "Imperialism", a "Big Stick", a basket labeled "Odellism", a mail po... More

Grand masquerade party. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Bird Center Cartoons / J.T. McCutcheon. Chicago : A.C. McClurg, 1904.

The Lake, public gardens, Boston, Massachusetts.

Postcard shows the lake within the public gardens shaded by mature trees. A boat of people are rowing towards a channel on the right of the island in the center of the postcard. Buildings can be seen in the ba... More

Panoramic View of College Point, N.Y.

The Mall & Park St. Church, Boston, Massachusetts.

Postcard shows the busy pedestrian mall adjacent to the commercial area of Park Street in Boston with the edge of The Common on the left. The spires of the Park Street Church can be seen in the background behi... More

Harvard Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts. postcard

Postcard shows a steel girder bridge crossing the Charles River, with pedestrians, horse and wagon, and elevated railcars crossing. A bridge guardtower and small shed for Boston Elevated Railways Co. Div.s are ... More

The Charles River & boat houses, Auburndale, Massachusetts.

Postcard shows recreational boating on the Charles River with Norumbega Park recreation area along the shoreline. F34780 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 6996a.

Mineral Wells from West Mountain, Panoramic Photograph

H7412[...] U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. Clogenson; February 28, 1906. Copyright claimant's address: Dallas.

Cleveland Soup, 1893. Strikes = Lock-outs = No work / Leon Barritt.

Postcard for the American Protective Tariff League shows a bowl labeled "Cleveland Soup, 1893". The words "free trade" and "lest we forget" appear to the left and right of the bowl, a spoon "democracy" rests in... More

Panorama view from "Inspiration Point", Du Bois Drive, Mount Manotonom...

Postcard shows a view of Hallstead, Pennsylvania. Panorama consists of five images. J 42799 U.S. Copyright Office. Division of Prints No. 42940.

East Ave., Vineland, N. J. postcard

Landis Ave. and North 6th St., Vineland, N. J.

Bird's-eye view of Lake City, Minn.

Postcard shows residential view of Lake City, landmarks are indicated above buildings. Bluffs in background. F53687 U.S. Copyright Office. Section 1, complete view in three sections.

Second & Sassafrass St., Millville, N. J.

Lily pond, Como Park, St. Paul, Minn.

Postcard shows a public garden, paths, and a large lily pond. H99839 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 16.

New York skyscrapers from Jersey City

H109459 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Irving Underhill; April 16, 1908; DLC/PP-1908:43437. Copyright claimant's address: New York. No. H28.

Harpers Ferry, across the Potomac from the tunnelled base of Maryland ...

Postcard showing a panoramic view of Harpers Ferry. Includes Potomac River and bridges. Taken from the vantage point of the tunnelled base of Maryland Heights. F65396 U.S. Copyright Office. Includes a vignette... More

Mound in Mound Cemetery showing moat, Marietta, O.

Base ball at Sauk Centre, Minn., July Fourth

Postcard shows baseball game within a race track on prairie, horse and buggies surround the track, stadium, church or school house. H113376 U.S. Copyright Office.

Greetings from Jackson, Mich. Main Street looking east

Postcard shows unpaved main street with a city park on the left, commercial area on the right, horses, horse and wagons, streetcars, and pedestrians. F65818 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1907115.

Greetings from Hillsdale, Mich. Entrance to campus, Hillsdale College

Postcard shows grounds with a fountain and monument of a soldier bearing a flag to the left. Paths lead towards campus buildings, their roof line seen above the trees. F65837 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 190780.

[Group of American Indians] - Public domain portrait print

Bill Cody near center of photo. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Greetings from Jackson, Mich. State's prison

Postcard shows exterior side elevation of the prison, surrounded by large green space with trees and paths. Also known as Jackson State Prison. F65820 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1907113.

W.M.A. Grounds, Alton, Ill., 1908, Panoramic Photograph

H111840 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; W. H. Wiseman; June 13, 1908; DLC/PP-1908:43507. Western Military Academy.

Avalon, Cal. / Lester Clement Barton.

Polo ground (New York) : a game between New-York & Chicago. Attendance...

Postcard shows a baseball game attended by large crowd. G64430 U.S. Copyright Office. "Made in Germany" printed on back. Copyright deposit; 1908; (PR 06 CN 038).

Baltimore Base Ball Club - Public domain portrait print

[Mrs. Clarice Margoles Baright, head-and-shoulders portrait postcard, ...

On verso: BAIN News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Pasco, Wash., 1910, panoramic postcard

Ex President Roosevelt speaking at Missouri Valley, Iowa, Aug. 21, 191...

Photograph showing Roosevelt speaking from what appears to be the back of a railroad car. J144754 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Brown.

Unhappy position of a loyal gentleman taking his bath while an amateur...

A naked man is shown standing in a bathtub with his arms folded in reverence to the British national anthem he hears playing in an adjoining room. A large bath towel draped over a rack conceals the lower porti... More

The helping hand / J.K. after Renouf.

Illustration shows a diminutive Uncle Sam rowing a sailboat and receiving a helping hand from J.P. Morgan. Illus. in: Puck, v. 69, no. 1782 (1911 April 26), centerfold. Copyright 1911 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Hagar and Ishmael in the desert / Liska - Keppler.

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as the biblical Hagar in a moment of despair, sitting on the ground next to a wooden figure (Ishmael) wrapped in cloth that looks like Roosevelt, wearing a crown labeled "I... More

Hump pusher, L.S. & M.S. R. R., Elkhart, Ind.

Postcard showing train engine on the railroad tracks of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway with row of men in front. J172354 U.S. Copyright Office. On photo: "Copr. Inbody." On back: Made by J. Inbod... More

Where Teddy's announcement caused joy Scene in any newspaper's cartoon...

Photograph of a cartoon showing two cartoonists dancing and embracing at the news that "Roosevelt announces candidacy." Illus. in: Atlanta Journal (1912 February 27).

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Beacon Hill House, Newport, R.I.

Postcard shows the mansion built by Arthur Curtiss and Harriet Eddy Parsons James, Newport, Rhode Island.

Panoramic view of Galveston's gulf front, taken from Murdoch's Bath Ho...

Postcard showing the seawall, the city as raised, Gulf front promenade, pavillions and Hotel Galvez. K60651 U.S. Copyright Office. Includes text about Galveston on verso. R-38396. "Copyright by J. H. Maurer, P... More

Crow Island Bridge, panoramic postcard

Everything destroyed and burnt. Men only remained = Tout était déruit ...

Photograph shows men and horses marching along a snowy road, probably in Albania. In album: Commet les Serbes abandonnèrent leur patrie, vu par Sampson Tchernoff.

Winenia, Cal. Pocahontas - Public domain portrait print

Winenia, California Pocahontas, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. J208916 U.S. Copyright Office. On verso: Pacific Photo Co., San Francisco, Cal. Copyright by David Louis Moses.

The Ink Pot, Greenwich Village, New York

Photograph shows two men standing in front of shop called The Ink Pot. J221313 U.S. Copyright Office. Accession box no. PR 06 CN 38 Postcard File Container 60 JC size New York City general

Target practice - Public domain dedication image

"At the imperial Schutzenfest, Fritz Pickleheim led all the rest ..." Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life m... More

Dick Rock on favorite horse - Lightning

Postcard showing Idaho rancher Richard "Dick" Rock on his horse, probably at Henrys Lake, Idaho. J250564 U.S. Copyright Office. "Copyright 1921 J. M. Tratler [i.e. Trapler]". Copyright registration records show... More

Postcard of Funicular at Oropa Santuario, Italy, ca. 1938

Inscription: "Funivia Oropa, Lago Mucrone;" from near Biella, Italy, the Recanzone family home

Giovanni Roveda, membro della direzione del P.C.I. - segretario gen. r...

Giovanni Roveda, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Dirigenti Comunisti Uomini del Popolo. Exhibit loan 4225-L.

Grays Inn Lane, British Cartoon Print

This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Cartoons, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," compiled in 1968 (NC 1470... More

Postcard of Auditorium Hotel. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collect...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions. The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the Am... More

No. 2 of Luna Park, Panoramic Photograph

H33381 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Falk; July 11, 1903; DLC/PP-1903:41909. Copyright claimant's address: N.Y.

[Joseph Story, half-length portrait, facing front, with spectacles]

Republican Congressman from Massachusetts, 1808-1809; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1811-1845; Acting Chief Justice, 1835-1836, 1844; Professor of Law Harvard University 1829-1845... More

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing front, holding a cop...

Photographer unidentified. Case: back only, oval surrounded by scroll motif. Purchase; 1996; (DLC/PP-1996:031). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Published under title "Temperance a... More

A scene on the frontiers as practiced by the "humane" British and thei...

Charles denounces British and Indian depredations on the American frontier during the War of 1812, alluding specifically to the practice of offering bounties for American scalps. The cartoon may have been prom... More

[View of a horse and covered cart in front of white frame building wit...

Photographer unidentified, possibly L.J. Phillips. Phillips was active in Connecticut in the mid-1850s. His cloth sign most likely indicates that he worked as an itinerant daguerreotypist. Daguerrian researche... More

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