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... Washington canal & Rhode Island state lottery. Class No. one, for ...

At head of ticket. Authorized by acts of Congress, and of the Legislature of Rhode-Island. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML... More

G. Washington Rembrandt Peale pinxt. ; lith. of P. Haas, Washington Ci...

Print shows George Washington, bust portrait, facing left. Includes facsimile signature. Caption continues: Born February 22d 1732. Died December 14th 1799. Gift; Louis M. Rabinowitz; Jan. 5, 1948.

The Canada patriots. A public meeting of the citizens of Washington fr...

The Canada patriots.; On verso: 25 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 196, Folder 24.

The honor of company is solicited at the National 8th of January ball,...

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[Election ballot for 1846]. - Public domain broadside, Library of Cong...

On verso: 30. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 198, Folder 6a.

Every body and his big grandmother are going to buy their valentines a...

Valentine. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 200, Folder 19.

Champion's double lever bridge. The engravings annexed, are illustrati...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 201, Folder 13a.

Map of the city of Washington : established as the permanent seat of t...

Shows block numbers, wards, and major buildings. Includes note, index to points of interest, and inset "Map of the District of Columbia." LC Ward maps 225 LC copy fold-lined, missing small edge sections, and mo... More

Isometrical view of the Presidents House, the surrounding public build...

Bird's-eye view of White House vicinity and Lafayette Park. Shows all buildings, individual trees, fences, sidewalks, etc. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Accompanied by letter from the White House,... More

Plan of the city of Washington : the capitol [sic] of the United State...

Shows wards and major buildings. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania." "26." LC copy accompanied by typewritten information... More

[First edition of the emancipation proclamation.]

Map of Washington, D.C. - Public domain vintage map

15968Y U.S. Copyright Office Baltimore & Ohio Railroad shown in red. Includes index to points of interest. LC copy 1 trimmed and annotated in blue pencil on verso. Copy 2 mounted on cloth backing. Available als... More

[Frances Benjamin Johnston's house and photography studio, 1332 V. Str...

Photo shows roses and bloom and the skylight and ivy-covered wall of the photography studio. Title devised by Library staff with date provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Coll... More

Jarvis' Pictorial map of Washington, D.C.

E11319 U.S. Copyright Office Covers city center. Selected points of interest shown pictorially. Alternate title in upper margin and cover title: Jarvis' free pictorial map and guide to Washington. Includes note... More

To all Central High School cadets ... Join the young pioneers of Ameri...

To all Central High School cadets. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 208, Folder 48.

Ninth Street Northwest, 500 Block (Commercial Buildings), Washington, ...

Survey number: HABS DC-445 Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Findley House, 3606 N Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columb...

Significance: Built originally as a rental structure to house people performing neighborhood services, this post-bellum dwelling has been renovated but is scale and proportions have been maintained, unifying an... More

635 & 637 D Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distr...

Significance: This building is a simple, unadorned brick commercial building of the late-nineteenth century. Permit information indicates that the building existed before 1879. Though there is little that is in... More

Susan Hart Shields House, 1401 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington,...

Survey number: HABS DC-536 Public domain photograph of building plan, architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Meridian House, 1630 Crescent Place Northwest, Washington, District of...

Survey number: HABS DC-540 Public domain photograph of building plan, architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

645 D Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, District of...

Significance: A metal plaque beside the entrance to the Lincoln Inn proclaims the restaurant to be on "the site where Lincoln dined," although this act occurred in an earlier building. The Lincoln is an undisti... More

Twenty-first Street Northwest (1400 Block) (Houses), Washington, Distr...

Survey number: HABS DC-472 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

United States Department of Labor , Constitution Avenue between Twelft...

Significance: The former Labor Department building is one of three buildings along Constitution Avenue designed by Arthur Brown. The architect designed this building as part of a three-part ensemble that includ... More

U.S. Army Reserve centers, Washington D.C. and vicinity /

Base map "Prepared under the direction of the District of Columbia Department of Highways and Traffic, Office of Planning and Programming ... by Air Survey Corporation, 1964." Includes text, street address dire... More

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Locomotive House, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr....

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2929 Connecticut Avenue (Apartment Building), Washington, District of ...

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415-417 Eleventh Street (Commercial Buildings), Washington, District o...

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James Walker and Rufus White at the Drum During the Library of Congres...

The dancer behind the musicians is Rudi Mitchell. Neptune Plaza, Library of Congress, Washington DC.

Willkommen in Washington / Historic map, Library of Congress

Covers central business district and federal enclave. Selected buildings shown pictorially. "*GPO: 1990--262-097/00028. Reprint 1990." Place-names in English. Panel title. Title at upper left: Die wichtigsten S... More

Memorial at the Pentagon - Poster

September 11 terrorist attacks, 9/11, documentary photographs. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cʹest moi. Dʹediʹe par sou ami. Lt. Col. B.H.L. Klimkiewicz

Print shows Lieutenant Colonel Klimkiewicz, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform. Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Prints. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print fili... More

Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Co...

Survey number: HABS DC-82 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000034

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Indicated as part of the grounds of the President's House by Pierre L'Enfant, the square was one of the first open spaces in the city to be landscaped as a public park. Adjacent to the White House... More

Lafayette Square, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: Indicated as part of the grounds of the President's House by Pierre L'Enfant, the square was one of the first open spaces in the city to be landscaped as a public park. Adjacent to the White House... More

Carter G. Woodson House, 1538 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, Dist...

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Carter G. Woodson House, 1538 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, Dist...

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Carter G. Woodson House, 1538 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, Dist...

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Fort McNair, Film Store House, Fort Lesley J. McNair, P Street between...

Significance: The Film Storehouse, constructed in 1918 for storage of films for the Army War College, is an example of an early nitrate film vault constructed during the World War I period to prevent the detona... More

Fort McNair, Film Store House, Fort Lesley J. McNair, P Street between...

Significance: The Film Storehouse, constructed in 1918 for storage of films for the Army War College, is an example of an early nitrate film vault constructed during the World War I period to prevent the detona... More

St. Elizabeths Hospital, C Building, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenu...

For an overview of the Lettered Buildings, see HABS DC-349-BY Significance: The C Building (Building 73) is significant for its association with the treatment of mental illness on the St. Elizabeths Campus. As ... More

Masonic Temple, F & Ninth Streets Northwest, Washington, District of C...

Significance: A post-Civil War fraternal and commercial building whose cornerstone-laying was honored by the presence of the President of the United States. This structure ranks among the most distinguished wo... More

The Lunch Connection (Commercial Building), 1109 Pennsylvania Avenue,...

Survey number: HABS DC-547 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Birds eye view of the city of Washington from the dome of the U.S. Cap...

Bird's-eye view of Washington, D.C. with vignettes of prominent government and cultural buildings, and monuments depicted along the sides and bottom of the image.

Washington Loan & Trust Company, West End Branch, Seventeenth & G Stre...

Significance: Built as West End Branch for Washington Loan & Trust Co., which was founded in 1889 and which built its main bank at 9th & F Sts., NW, in 1890. When Washingotn Loan & Trust was absorbed by Riggs ... More

Washington Loan & Trust Company, West End Branch, Seventeenth & G Stre...

Significance: Built as West End Branch for Washington Loan & Trust Co., which was founded in 1889 and which built its main bank at 9th & F Sts., NW, in 1890. When Washingotn Loan & Trust was absorbed by Riggs ... More

812 F Street Northwest (Commercial Building), (previously recorded as ...

Significance: A post Civil War building illustrating the early commercial development of F Street. Survey number: HABS DC-213 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates:... More

East Capitol Street, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New Jersey Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: This avenue developed according to the L'Enfant/Ellicott plans of the city. It is interrupted by the Capitol Grounds, and most places on the avenue in both Northwest and Southeast quadrants offer ... More

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, Dist...

Significance: The District of Columbia War Memorial was built to commemorate the citizens of the District of Columbia who served in World War I. Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1924, funds to construct the... More

District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, Dist...

Significance: The District of Columbia War Memorial was built to commemorate the citizens of the District of Columbia who served in World War I. Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1924, funds to construct the... More

Engine Company No. 24, 3702 Georgia Avenue at New Hampshire Avenue & R...

Significance: Built in 1911, Engine Company No. 24 is an excellent example of early twentieth century suburban firehouse design in Washington, D.C. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style by the locally signi... More

Engine Company No. 24, 3702 Georgia Avenue at New Hampshire Avenue & R...

Significance: Built in 1911, Engine Company No. 24 is an excellent example of early twentieth century suburban firehouse design in Washington, D.C. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style by the locally signi... More

600 Indiana Avenue Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distri...

Significance: Built in 1928, these building originally had a drive-in gasoline station on the ground level. At present, a storefront has been installed and the space has been adapted to office use.... (Archit... More

Gallaudet College, President's House, Seventh Street & Florida Avenue ...

Survey number: HABS DC-303 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000856

United Clay Products Company, New York Avenue Brickyard, 2801 New York...

Significance: These beehive brick kilns are representative of a type common in the industry. They are the only such survivors from the over one hundred brickyards which operated in the Washington area in the e... More

Boundary Channel Bridge, Spanning Boundary Channel, Washington, Distri...

Significance: Boundary Channel Bridge is unique among the other bridges erected along the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway. It consists of seven reinforced concrete cantilever girders and two exterior girders of ... More

Boundary Channel Bridge, Spanning Boundary Channel, Washington, Distri...

Significance: Boundary Channel Bridge is unique among the other bridges erected along the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway. It consists of seven reinforced concrete cantilever girders and two exterior girders of ... More

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

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

Henrietta M. Halliday House, 2234 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Wash...

Significance: This semidetached limestone residence in the Louis XVI manner has two major facades (Massachusetts Avenue and Sheridan Circle). The structure covers most of the fan-shaped lot except for a small ... More

Winder Building, Seventeenth & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: One of few pre-Civil War office buildings in Washington and certainly the least altered, the Winder Building was built for William H. Winder who leased most of the space to the U.S. government, an... More

Winder Building, Seventeenth & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: One of few pre-Civil War office buildings in Washington and certainly the least altered, the Winder Building was built for William H. Winder who leased most of the space to the U.S. government, an... More

Winder Building, Seventeenth & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: One of few pre-Civil War office buildings in Washington and certainly the least altered, the Winder Building was built for William H. Winder who leased most of the space to the U.S. government, an... More

Engine Company Number Two, Firehouse, 719 Twelfth Street Northwest, Wa...

Significance: Interesting example of firehouse design from the early 20th Century. Survey number: HABS DC-350

St. Elizabeths Hospital, M Building, 654-674 Redwood Street, Southeast...

For an overview of the Lettered Buildings, see HABS DC-349-BY Significance: The M Building (Building 72) is significant for its association with the treatment of mental illness on the St. Elizabeths Campus. As ... More

Washington Loan & Trust Company, F & Ninth Streets, Washington, Distri...

Significance: This late nineteenth-century commercial building, of highly attractive architectural design, occupies a commanding position on F Street, N.W., a major historic thoroughfare devoted to business pur... More

PEPCO Power Station, 922 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of C...

Significance: This building's stone facade solid massing and decorative elements contribute to the significance of the design. The architect, Arthur B. Heaton was a prominent Washington Architect, and received... More

PEPCO Power Station, 922 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of C...

Significance: This building's stone facade solid massing and decorative elements contribute to the significance of the design. The architect, Arthur B. Heaton was a prominent Washington Architect, and received... More

PEPCO Power Station, 922 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of C...

Significance: This building's stone facade solid massing and decorative elements contribute to the significance of the design. The architect, Arthur B. Heaton was a prominent Washington Architect, and received... More

First Baptist Church of Georgetown, Twenty-Seventh Street Northwest, W...

Significance: This Church is the first Church of the Baptist denomination in Georgetown. It was founded in 1862 by former slave. Survey number: HABS DC-241 Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construction

Townsend House, 2121 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: This detached residence is a good example of Louis XV exterior detailing. As reputedly stipulated by the Townsends, he present building incorporates parts of an earlier home (apparently only a po... More

St. Elizabeths Hospital, K Building, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenu...

For an overview of the Lettered Buildings, see HABS DC-349-BY Significance: The K Building (Building 66) is significant for its association with the treatment of mental illness on the St. Elizabeths Campus. As ... More

2817 N Street Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Survey number: HABS DC-157 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Grafton Tyler Double House, 1314 Thirtieth Street Northwest, Washingto...

Significance: This double mansarded residence is an example of a particularly formal treatment of a mid-Victorian dwelling. It is conceived sculpturally with the heavy hood molds, cornice and mansard carried a... More

Oak Hill Cemetery, Gatehouse, 3001 R Street Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Significance: This handsome brick Victorian building forms an impressive entry to the spacious wooded grounds of Oak Hill Cemetery. Survey number: HABS DC-249 Building/structure dates: 1850-1853 Initial Cons... More

Howard Road Historic District, Isaaz Boston House, 1004 Howard Road, W...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Z. D. Gilman's Drug Store, 627 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washingt...

Significance: This small Italianate commercial building is a fine example of pre-Civil War commercial Washington architecture. From 1843 through 1965, this site bore the name of Gilman's Drugstore, thus making... More

The Ebbitt House, Washington City, D.C., U.S.A.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford's (John H.) Sons.

Edwin C. Manning House, 200 East Capitol Street Northeast, Washington,...

Significance: With its patterned brick, projecting bays, raised basement, and stained-glass transoms, this house is typical of the brick row houses that were being built extensively on Capitol Hill the residen... More

National Mall & Monument Grounds, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

See also HALS Nos. DC-6, -7, and -9 for related documentation. Significance: Planned by Pierre L'Enfant according to Baroque city planning traditions and redesigned by the 1901 Senate Park Commission in the sty... More

National Mall & Monument Grounds, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

See also HALS Nos. DC-6, -7, and -9 for related documentation. Significance: Planned by Pierre L'Enfant according to Baroque city planning traditions and redesigned by the 1901 Senate Park Commission in the sty... More

Hospital for Sick Children, 1731 Bunker Hill Road, Northeast, Washingt...

Significance: Constructed as a Norman cottage or farmhouse, the Hospital for Sick Children is a fine example of the Washington, D.C. architectural firm Wyeth and Sullivan's work. Either independently or togethe... More

Crawford-Cassin House, 3017 O Street Northwest, Washington, District o...

Significance: 3017 O Street is a handsome example of a large free-standing Federal house. Documents as early as 1818 refer to the house as a "mansion." It is one of the few houses in Georgetown that still reta... More

Crawford-Cassin House, 3017 O Street Northwest, Washington, District o...

Significance: 3017 O Street is a handsome example of a large free-standing Federal house. Documents as early as 1818 refer to the house as a "mansion." It is one of the few houses in Georgetown that still reta... More

Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Potomac Aqueduct was an important component in the integrated canal system serving the Potomac River watershed. Built during a major expansion in America's long distance transportation system... More

Tudor Place Tulip Poplar, 1644 31st Street, Northwest, Tudor Place, So...

See also HABS DC-97 for related documentation. Significance: The Tudor Place Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) is significant due to its association with the Peter family and their development of the Tudor... More

Perry Belmont House, 1618 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, Distri...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Perry Belmont House, 1618 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, Distri...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Logan Circle, Vermont Avenue, Rhode Island Avenue, & Thirteenth Street...

Significance: Included as open space on both the L'Enfant and Ellicott plans, this intersection comprised of a large circular reservation flanked by four smaller ones, has features landscaped park land since it... More

Logan Circle, Vermont Avenue, Rhode Island Avenue, & Thirteenth Street...

Significance: Included as open space on both the L'Enfant and Ellicott plans, this intersection comprised of a large circular reservation flanked by four smaller ones, has features landscaped park land since it... More

National Archives, Constitution Avenue, between Seventh & Ninth Street...

Significance: Serves as central archival repository of most important United States documents. Survey number: HABS DC-296 Building/structure dates: 1931-1937 Initial Construction National Register of Histor... More

National Archives, Constitution Avenue, between Seventh & Ninth Street...

Significance: Serves as central archival repository of most important United States documents. Survey number: HABS DC-296 Building/structure dates: 1931-1937 Initial Construction National Register of Histor... More

Bomford's Mill, Potomac & Grace Streets, Washington, District of Colum...

Significance: This is the only old mill remaining in Georgetown, and is representative of an important local industry. It was originally built by col. George Bonford, merchant and ordnance expert. Survey nu... More

Orville E. Babcock House, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: The townhouse of Orville E. Babcock, private secretary to president U.S. Grant, until 1876. Babcock was indicted by the grand jury at St. Louis on Dec. 9, 1875 "for conspiracy to defraud the reve... More