Mathews' House, battle-field of Bull Run / negative by Barnard & Gibso...
Photograph showing a house on a hill above the battlefield at Bull Run. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 8. ... More
Trossell's House, battle-field of Gettysburg / negative by T.H. O'Sull...
Photograph showing slaughtered animals behind a house after the battle. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 42.... More
Fort Sumter in April, 1865, Confederate States of America.
Photograph shows ruins of Fort Sumter with a group of men rowing a boat nearby. No. B554. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Ruins of the Roman Catholic Cathedral. Interior view
Stereograph showing ruins of the Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar, Broad and Legare Streets, destroyed in the fire of December 1861. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright b... More
The Mills House, Meeting St., Charleston, S.C.
Stereograph showing a man walking by the fire-scarred Mills House; Hibernian Hall at left. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part ... More
Mechanicsville, Virginia / negative by J. Reekie, positive by A. Gardn...
Photograph showing a group of structures in Mechanicsville, Virginia after a series of battles. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons... More
Exterior views in April, 1865, Confederate States of America.
Photograph shows war damaged brick walls and timber reinforcements on exterior of Fort Sumter.
Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Dizag [sic]. Ravatl'ikskiia vorota, miesto...
Photograph shows the gate to a fortress at Dzhizak, Uzbekistan. The towers flanking the gate, as well as the walls, have been heavily damaged. Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, ... More
Wreck of the Maria Teresa, Battle of Santiago, 1898, Lieut. Hobson ins...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Interior of Caloocan church after bombardment
Interior of church after bombardment, during Philippine Insurrection, Caloocan, Philippines. No. 538. Copyright by Perley Fremont Rockett of San Francisco.
Q.M. warehouses destroyed in Paris air raid - Saint-Denis, September 1...
Photograph shows the destruction to a U.S. Quartermaster Corps warehouse in Saint-Denis caused by an air raid on the night of September 15, 1918. In album: Photographic supplement to historical record of quart... More
Digging for homes, gelatin silver print
Photograph shows a man rebuilding a foundation wall as another man with horse and wagon passes nearby, in the background are the ruins of buildings that sustained considerable damage in Ypres, during World War ... More
Malaya - Britain pursues "scorched earth" policy ... British forces in...
Photograph shows black smoke from a fire set by British forces in Malaya.
Learning of German retreat from her district French woman returns to f...
Photograph shows an elderly French woman, full-length portrait, facing left, seated on the stone rubble of what once was her home in the Somme region of France; also shows a large fireplace in the background. ... More
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Marie's house, Marie's heights, Fredericksburgh, May 15, 1864. Used as...
Photograph shows shell damage on columns and windows of Marye's house in the Marye's heights area of Fredericksburg after the battle of second Fredericksburg. House may have had a stone wall in front of it. No. 117.
Court House, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, destroyed by th...
Stereograph showing the ruins of the Court House destroyed by Confederate calvary troops of General John McCausland. Handwritten on card: No. 506. Copyright 1864 by Charles E. Meyer. Handwritten on verso: Depo... More
General Sherman's men destroying the railroad, before the evacuation o...
Stereograph showing Union soldiers inspecting the damaged railroad. No. 3631, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New York. Attributed to George N. Barnar... More
Interior view, Fort Sumter. Charleston in distance
Photograph shows gabions and ruins inside the parapet surrounding Fort Sumter. Soldier is being photographed on the parapet by Sam Cooley. (Source: Zeller, 1997) Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3062. Fo... More
[Humorous picture showing a monster on a boat or raft collecting Chine...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
North-West corner public square, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylva...
Stereograph showing the ruins of a stone building after being burned by Confederate cavalry troops lead by General John McCausland.
Richmond, looking across canal basin, Capitol and Custom House in dist...
Photograph shows the waterfront of Richmond, Va. with ruins in background. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthe... More
Independent Pennsylvania Battery "E" (Knapp's Battery)
Stereograph showing Captain J. M. Knap's Pennsylvania Independent Battery "E" Light Artillery approaching the battlefield at Antietam, Maryland after the battle in September 1862. A dead horse lay in the foreground.
Ruins of railroad depot, Atlanta, Ga.
Stereograph showing ruins of the depot, blown up on Sherman's departure, and buildings in the background. No. 2715, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New... More
North wall of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter)
Stereograph showing a cannon on top of parapet and gabions used as reinforcements along the damaged exterior wall of Fort Sumter. No. 341, part of series: War Views. Handwritten on verso: Miller, vol. III, p. ... More
Moore house, Yorktown, Virginia / negative by Wood & Gibson ; positive...
Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, no. 15. Similar unbound view in LOT 4165-G. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1... More
A view in Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1864
Photograph shows a war damaged building in Atlanta. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-2716. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.
View on Meeting St., Charleston, S.C.
Photograph shows the ruins of buildings and one building with scaffolding around it on Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina, near the end of the Civil War. Variant view in LOT 4163. Forms part of: Civil ... More
Outside view, Fort Sumter, as seen from Morris Id
Photograph shows debris among the rocks below the chevaux-de-frise on the exterior of Fort Sumter as seen from nearby Morris Island. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.
Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, S.C.
Stereograph showing gabion reinforced retaining walls, brick chimneys, rocks and other debris inside Fort Sumter. No. 3458, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History... More
Manassas Junction / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; positive by A Gardn...
Illustration showing a group of men seated on the remains of the railroad station after its destruction. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp &... More
The ruins of the 600 lb. Blakely Gun, Frazier's Wharf, Charleston, S.C...
Stereograph showing a soldier sitting beside the ruins of the Blakely Gun carriage on the Battery. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Han... More
Ruins of the North Eastern R. R. Depot, where so many lives were lost ...
Stereograph shows a group of men observing the ruins of a railroad station. No. 3082. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: C... More
Ruins on Carey Street, Richmond, Virginia
Photograph shows a view of damaged buildings along Carey Street in Richmond, Virginia, with several men standing in the middle distance in front of a heavily damaged building, and a sign further up the street s... More
Top of southern gate, Peking, showing effect of bombardment, China
H15177 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3826. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Christmas 1914 - Public domain scan / drawing
Drawing shows Red Cross nurse attending a wounded soldier near ruins of a church beneath an intact statue of Christ. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). P... More
Mount Grappa and ruins of Quero, on the Italian battle front
Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 19253. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More
The ruined stronghold of Fort de la Malmaison, Chemin des Dames, Franc...
Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18836. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More
Wrecked building in Amiens, France. France. 19th century stereoscope c...
Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 19260. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More
Wrecked submarine at Bruges, Belgium, a German submarine base
Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 18771. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More
In Ireland, in Turkey, somewhere in Europe, in the underworld, in Belg...
Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The end of a perfect day," Life, 70:468 (Sept. 20, 1917).
General Sherman's men destroying the railroad before the evacuation of...
No. 3630. Attributed to George N. Barnard, based on LC-B811-3630. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Correspondin... More
Panoramic view of Richmond in ruins
Stereograph showing an aerial view of the "burnt district" in Richmond, taken from the old arsenal. The James River in background. No. 883. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861... More
Ft. Sanders, Knoxville, Tenn., showing saliant assaulted by Longstreet...
Photograph shows U. S. Engineers O.E. Babcock, left, seated on a tree stump, and O. M. Poe, right, standing on a war damaged salient in Fort Sanders.
Ruins of old brick church, Hampton, Virginia The oldest church in Amer...
Photograph shows a man sitting near the damaged wall, on the west end of St. John's Episcopal Church in Hampton, Virginia, built in 1728. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 466. Entered according to Act of Congress, in... More
Graveyard, Circular Church, Charleston, S.C. during American Civil War
Photograph shows damaged monuments in the cemetery of Circular Church, Charleston, South Carolina. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3086. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.
Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, S.C.
Stereograph showing gabion reinforced retaining walls, brick chimneys, rocks and other debris inside Fort Sumter. No. 3458, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History... More
Ruins of Circular Church and Secession Hall, Charleston, S.C., St. Phi...
Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 6077. Brady Handy Studio.
General Herman Haupt and W.W. Wright at the scene of the destruction o...
Notation on recto: "8 horses and 2 caissons overturned by one shell from our batteries at 2d battle of Fredricksburg." Another copy of this photograph processed as LOT 11486-D, no. 21. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist... More
View in central church-yard, showing the effect of shot among the monu...
Stereograph showing the bombarded graveyard of the Circular Church. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Photograph attributed to George N.... More
View from the Petersburgh [i.e. Petersburg] railroad Depot, Richmond, ...
Photo shows buildings damaged by fires that began to burn out of control after the Confederate government and troops left Richmond, Va., at the end of the Civil War. Union troops helped put the fires out when t... More
Interior of the Roman Catholic Cathedral, St. John and St. Finbar, Bro...
Stereograph showing ruins of the church on Broad and Legare Streets which was destroyed in the fire of December 1861. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony... More
View of ruins of Richmond and Petersburg R.R. Bridge, James River, Ric...
Brady-Handy Collection. No. 870. Public domain photograph of antique or medieval ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing the debris, shot and shell
Stereograph showing a man seated on rocks amidst the debris of outer wall a result of bombardment from August 17 to September 23, 1863. Also showing chevaux-de-frise for protection against assault. No. 3050. Pa... More
City of Atlanta, Ga., no. 2 / Photo from nature by G. N. Barnard.
Illustration showing a street corner in Atlanta with a destroyed bank building, intact neighboring buildings and shops, and covered wagons. Illus. in: Photographic views of Sherman's campaign, from negatives ta... More
Wreck of the Maria Teresa, Battle of Santiago, 1898, broadside rapid f...
Public domain photograph - Artillery gun, cannon, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Desolation of the terrible siege - from wrecked home looking over doo...
Photograph shows rubble in a bombed home; in the background a war ship. H63437 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7797.
Belgian Canal Boat Fund for the relief of the civil population behind ...
Poster showing a mother consoling her children by a canal, with the wreckage of a boat and a windmill in the background. The Sec., 71 Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, W.
[Pearl Harbor naval base and U.S.S. Shaw ablaze after the Japanese att...
U.S. Navy photograph. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Stripping aside tarps covering the cockpit of the fighter plane, the m...
Photoprint by Sgt. J. Pazen. Photo No. 3; No. 783. Public domain photograph of Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ruins of old brick church, Hampton, Virginia The oldest church in Amer...
Photograph shows the ruins of St. John's Episcopal Church in Hampton, Virginia, built in 1728. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 466. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Gardner & Gibson, in the... More
The ruins of Charleston, S.C., showing the Sister Churches
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative may be availab... More
Fort Sumter after the bombardment, Confederate States of America.
Stereograph showing debris among the rocks on the exterior of Fort Sumter.
Exploded gun in Confederate battery, Yorktown
Photograph shows a soldier sitting on a damaged parapet at a Confederate fort southeast of Yorktown, overlooking debris from an exploded 32-pounder Navy gun. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 455. Entered according to... More
Exploded gun in Confederate battery, Yorktown
Photograph shows a soldier sitting on a damaged parapet at a Confederate fort southeast of Yorktown, overlooking debris from an exploded 32-pounder Navy gun. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 455. Entered according to... More
Court House, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, destroyed by th...
Stereograph showing the ruins of the Court House destroyed by Confederate calvary troops of General John McCausland. Handwritten on card: No. 506. Copyright 1864 by Charles E. Meyer. Handwritten on verso: Depo... More
Ruins of the Catholic Cathedral, Charleston, S.C. Front view
Stereograph showing ruins of the Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar which was destroyed by fire in December 1861 behind a body of water. No. 3075. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History.... More
Interior of Fort Moultrie, Moultrieville in the distance
Stereograph showing an interior view of the ruins of the sally port and walls of Fort Moultrie from bombardment by the Union. No. 352, part of series: War Views. Copyright 1865 by John P. Soule. From verso: Ch... More
Mills House, Charleston, S.C. - A black and white photo of an old city
Photograph shows ruins in area adjacent to the Mills House in Charleston, South Carolina. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.
Ruins of Richmond, April, 1865 - 19th century Virginia.
Stereograph showing ruins of Richmond & Petersburg Railroad depot. A man sitting by the destroyed locomotive. No. 6260. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Forms part of... More
Battlefield of Chancellorsville / E. Forbes.
"The Army of the Potomac marching from the Wilderness to Spotsylvania. Passing the ruins of the Chancellorsville House burned during the battle of Chancellorsville" on mat. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:... More
Verdun, France, 1919. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph
J251596 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; W. L. King; October 19, 1921; DLC/PP-1921:46432. On front: "Photo by W. L. King, Millersberg, Ohio; by courtesy of Military Intelligence Div., General Staff, U.S... More
Bridge at Hampton, Virginia, burned by the rebels on the arrival of Co...
Stereograph shows a group of men, probably 5th North York Infantry Regiment soldiers, standing at a damaged bridge, Hampton, Virginia. Attributed to George Stacy. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of... More
Outside view, Fort Sumter, Confederate States of America.
Photograph shows war damage among the rocks on exterior of Fort Sumter. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3052. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.
Views of Fort Sumter from drawings
Photograph of drawing showing ruins of Fort Sumter from Charleston Harbor with a Confederate flag waving on the left. No. B698. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Fort Sumter, Charleston... More
Ruins at Manassas Junction / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; positive b...
Illustration showing the remains of a turntable on the Orange and Alexandria railroad after the station was destroyed by retreating Confederates. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alex... More
Ruins of Petersburg and Richmond railroad bridge, across the James
Photograph showing the ruins of a Confederate bridge, destroyed by the Union army, from the Richmond side of the James River.
Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia / negative by J. Gardner; positiv...
Photo shows Alfred Waud seated on the ruins of the dock destroyed by the Confederates in 1861. (Source: Library staff, 2009) Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washin... More
View on the Battery, Charleston, S.C. Remains of the large Blakely gun...
Stereograph showing two Union soldiers standing on the Battery looking at a Blakely gun that was destroyed by Confederates before the evacuation of the city.
Meeting St., Charleston, S.C., looking South, showing the ruins of Cir...
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. III, p. 174. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Libra... More
Interior views of Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S.C., April, 1865
Photograph shows debris at the parapet. No. 4388. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. V, p. 120". Mounted with four other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), on the parapet, overlooking the ha...
Stereograph showing damaged gabions amid the fortifications on the parapet of Fort Sumter. Photographer Samuel Cooley sets up his camera in the distance. No. 3053. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photogr... More
Ruins of the Catholic Cathedral, Charleston, S.C. Rear view
Stereograph showing ruins of the Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar which was destroyed by fire in December 1861. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony &... More
Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. Miesto byvshikh breshei cherez kotorye samark...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the Russian Empire, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.
Wreck of the Reina Mercedes at Santiago harbor, 1898
Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
The incline at the Southern Gate, known as Dead Man's Climb, Peking, C...
H15173 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3822. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Moscow. [People gathered in city square]. Effect of the Bolshevik Revo...
Photograph captioned Effect of the Bolshevik Revolution shows bullet-pocked building. Titles from item and devised by library staff. From disbound album of James Maxwell Pringle's business trip to Russia and As... More
View of a Hiroshima bridge 4,400 feet east of X
Photograph shows aftermath of the August 6, 1945 atomic bomb blast in Hiroshima, Japan. Title from caption on item. Date from stamp on verso. Official U.S. Army photo. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and... More
Ruins of Longpont village and abbey, France
Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 19261. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More
Ypres, Belgium, 1919, gelatin silver print
J251600 U.S. Copyright Office. On front: "Photo by W.L. King, Millersburg, Ohio. By courtesy of Military Intelligence Div., General Staff, U.S. Army." No. 46. Copyright deposit; W.L. King; October 19, 1921; (D... More
Marie's house, Marie's heights, Fredericksburgh, May 15, 1864. Used as...
Photograph shows shell damage on columns and windows of Marye's house in the Marye's heights area of Fredericksburg after the battle of second Fredericksburg. House may have had a stone wall in front of it. No. 117.
Ruins of the arsenal / Levy & Cohen.
Photograph shows ruins of the State Arsenal along the canal in Richmond, Virginia. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in the Clerk's Office, of the District Court, for the ... More
Where Sumner's Corps charged at Antietam
Stereograph showing dead soldiers, horses, and broken gun carriages after General Sumner's Corps charged over this field on the battlefied of Antietam on Sept. 17, 1862. No. 568. Part of series: The War for the... More
Sherman's men destroying railroad. Marching through Georgia. "So we ma...
Stereograph showing Union soldiers inspecting the damaged railroad before the evacuation. Copyright in 1904 by John C. Taylor, Hartford, Conn. Attributed to George N. Barnard, based on LC-B811-3631. Forms part... More
Sally-port of Fort Moultrie, Confederate States of America.
Stereograph showing a soldier standing guard at the entrance of Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island. No. 354, part of series: War Views. Attributed to George N. Barnard in record for no. 43 in LOT 13461. Copyri... More
Panoramic view of Richmond in ruins
Stereograph showing an aerial view of the "burnt district" in Richmond, taken from the old arsenal. The James River in background. No. 884. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861... More
Soldiers' quarters in the Union Fort Rice adjoining Fort Sedgwick (for...
Stereograph showing soldiers' quarters in ruins inside Fort Rice near Petersburg, Virginia. No. 3196, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Imprinted on verso:... More
Ruins of old brick church, Hampton, Virginia The oldest church in Amer...
Photograph shows a man sitting near the damaged wall, on the west end of St. John's Episcopal Church in Hampton, Virginia, built in 1728. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 466. Entered according to Act of Congress, in... More
View taken from south side of Canal Basin, Richmond, Virginia, April, ...
Photograph shows ruins of Richmond, Virginia with soldier, cannon barrels and cannon balls in foreground. No. B277. National Archive has original neg. Hand written on verso: "Miller vol. I, p. 122". Gift; Col.... More
Outside view, Fort Sumter, Confederate States of America.
Photograph shows a group of men amidst the ruins and damaged artillery on exterior of Fort Sumter. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.