washington city

Map of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : establishe...

Shows block numbers, wards, and government buildings. Facsimile. Original version: W.J. Stone sc. Wash'n. [Washington? : s.n., 1839?]. Includes indexed table of "References." In left upper margin: No. 3036 pric... More

Spring cure. Doctor Quenaudon's extract of green herbs for purifying t...

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 16.

Antiques! minerals, medals, ancient and rare books! Engravings, shells...

15 dollars reward. Strayed or stolen, on Sunday evening the 17th insta...

Reward. 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 204, Folder 22.

[Preliminary emancipation proclamation.] during American Civil War

Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Matthews-Northrup up-to-date map of Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a vintage city plan, 18th-19th century map, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. George T. Odell, of Washington, D.C., vice-chairman of the Legisl...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Portrait of Mrs. George Talbot Odell, seated, gloved hands in lap, wearing dark fur-trimmed jacket with fur muff, and broad-brimmed hat with feather. Altern... More

639 Indiana Avenue, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distr...

Significance: This commercial building was built in the early nineteen century and is one of Washington's oldest structures. This building and its immediate neighbors are the last vestiges of the small scale s... More

Hethu'shka Dancer at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert

Pictured is Rudi Mitchell. Hethu'shka Society concert. Neptune Plaza, Library of Congress, Washington DC.

Memorial at the Pentagon - Psalm 23

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Debate on the tariff. Speech of Mr. Mallary of Vermont. House of repre...

Page Order: Reverse Folder 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 193, Folder 5.

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

St. Aloysius Church, 19 Eye Street, NW, Washington, District of Columb...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, cathedral, religious building, 17th,18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, Nineteenth & I Streets (demolished),...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Central Union Mission, 624 Indiana Avenue Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: (Architectural Significance) Central Union Mission, a charitable organization, has been located on this site for over a century; thus the history of the institution is strongly tied to the site. ... More

Gallaudet College, College Hall, Seventh & Florida Avenue Northeast, W...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Fifteenth & Church Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: Tradition associates Calvin T.S. Brent (1854-1899), Washington's earliest known black architect, with the design of this church. St. Luke's rivals Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Georgetown... More

Comprehensive plan for the national capital, federal elements : [Washi...

Cover title/text title. Title at upper right: Comprehensive plan for the national capital. Maps individually numbered at lower right: NCPC Map File No. 61.00/100.00-29261 [discontinuously to] NCPC Map File No. ... More

S. S. Kresge Company, 712 E Street, Northwest, Washington, District of...

Significance: Constructed in 19118 by Frank L. Wagner and designed by A.B. Mullet and Company, S. S. Kresge's typifies construction methods for commercial buildings during the early 1900s. In particular, it sh... More

Save the republic. Anti-imperialist leaflet no. 11 [-21] [Washington, ...

Numbers 14-15 and 18-20 wanting.; 8 pieces. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collectio... More

The City of Washington birds-eye view from the Potomac-looking north /...

Bird's-eye view of Washington, D.C. from above the Potomac River, looking north; prominent features listed below image.

A lecture on the life, character, dying declarations, and death of Edg...

Page Order: Leaflet 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 207, Folder 10.

Anne Fitzhugh Miller's Address Before Senate Committee

Anne Fitzhugh Miller's February 15, 1906 speech before U. S. Senate Suffrage Committee stresses that government concerns more than business and women voters could contribute to improved social welfare of all; a... More

Anne Fitzhugh Miller's Address Before Senate Committee

Anne Fitzhugh Miller's February 15, 1906 speech before U. S. Senate Suffrage Committee stresses that government concerns more than business and women voters could contribute to improved social welfare of all; a... More

The first edition of Abraham Lincoln's preliminary emancipation procla...

The only known copy.

Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More

Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Avenue Northeast, Washington, District...

Structure is associated with the McMillan Plan for Washington, D.C. Significance: Key element in the McMillan Commission's plan to redevelop Washington following City Beautiful precepts. Was designed to centra... More

The plot of Carroll'sburgh : [part of Washington D.C.].

Cadastral survey map showing lot numbers. Pen-and-ink. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Torn and fold-lined. Accompanied by index of lots: List of the original proprietors of the lots in Carrollsburg... More

A correct map of the city of Washington : capital of the United States...

Shows block numbers. Also covers Georgetown. "Entered according to Act of Congress on the 31th [sic] day of January 1820 by Peter Force of the District of Columbia." From Peter Force's A national calendar, 1820... More

To the voters of the fifth Congressional district of Indiana. Composed...

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 195, Folder 16.

Beware of rats! The following is a list of rats working at J. C. McGui...

Dated in manuscript. 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 203, Folder 2.

Plan of the Rebel attack on Washington, D.C., July 11th and 12th, 1864...

As a diversionary measure to take some of the pressure off of besieged Petersburg, Confederate forces under Jubal Early launched a northern offensive beginning in late June 1864. After stops near Harper's Ferry... More

Proposed amendments to the constitution.

Contains speech addressed to the President on Feb. 10, 1864, by the chairman of a delegation, with the President's reply. The present copy bears an inscription from McIlvaine to the New York Herald.

Rivers & Derious' combination circus! and Bedouin Arab troupe for a sh...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 6 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 204, Folder 51b. Copy scanned: 2

National Inauguration Ball. March 4th, 1865. Invitation.

Invitation addressed to Mrs. Henry Smith. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Historic map, Library of Congress

Alternate title at lower left: Rand, McNally & Co.'s business atlas map of Washington, D.C. From: Rand, McNally & Company's indexed atlas of the world. Some copies issued with graphs and statistical tables on v... More

Public buildings and public parks in the District of Columbia : under ...

Also shows reservoirs, water pumping stations, powerplants, electric substations, gas plants, police stations and precinct boundaries, telephone and telegraph offices, railroad stations and yards, R.O.T.C., Nat... More

Nixon sends GIs into Cambodia. Nixon declares all-out war on Southeast...

GB5/19/70.; On verso: Presented to L.C. by J. Harty, May 6, 1970. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collec... More

Map and visitors guide, National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Maps of 7 floors of the 2 museum buildings and of the museum sculpture garden. Title from panel. Includes text, color-key to museum collections, index of sculptures in the garden, and museum building cross-sect... 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

Atlantic Building, 930 F Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Co...

Significance: When the Atlantic Building was completed in 1888, it was the largest commercial structure in the city and one of the first with a passenger elevator. The speculative office building was designed ... More

Atlantic Building, 930 F Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Co...

Significance: When the Atlantic Building was completed in 1888, it was the largest commercial structure in the city and one of the first with a passenger elevator. The speculative office building was designed ... More

A catalogue of garden seeds, &c. for sale by Theophilus Holt, at his n...

Title.; Imprint 2.; Garden seeds. 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 190, Folder 14.

Gallaudet College, Chapel Hall, Seventh & Florida Avenue Northeast, Wa...

Survey number: HABS DC-301 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000856

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

The terrible tragedy at Washington. Assassination of President Lincoln...

Printed in English on one side and German on the other. Advertisement for a book that was published by Barclay & Co., Philadelphia, in 1865. (Monaghan768.)

Farragut Square Ginkgo, 17th Street, Northwest, between I and K street...

See also HABS DC-671 and HALS DC-5 for related documentation. Significance: The Farragut Square Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) is a character defining feature of Farragut Square and is significant because of its size, ... More

[A collection of 20 lottery tickets of the Washington City Canal lotte...

20 tickets.; 8 signed by Nottey Young.; 4 signed by Daniel Carroll (framer of the constitution).; 61144 Mr. 7,41.; Rec. R. B. 3-10-41.; With 4 other pieces.; On verso : part 3: 8 part 5 : 2-91-280.119c ... More

U.S. Supreme Court, First & East Capitol Streets Northeast, Washington...

Significance: One of the last neoclassical federal buildings erected in the 1930's; designed by noted architect Cass Gilbert, perhaps best known as the architect of the Woolworth Building in New York. Survey ... More

Dumbarton Oaks Park, Thirty-second & R Streets Northwest, Washington, ...

See also HALS DC-13 for related documentation. Significance: Dumbarton Oaks Park is not a native woods; rather, it was designed as a ''naturalistic" landscape in the pastoral landscape tradition to include the ... More

Lincoln funeral car on the old tracks of the Illinois Central Railroad...

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Anne Fitzhugh Miller's Address Before Senate Committee

Anne Fitzhugh Miller's February 15, 1906 speech before U. S. Senate Suffrage Committee stresses that government concerns more than business and women voters could contribute to improved social welfare of all; a... More

Bowie-Sevier House, 3124 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District of ...

Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

United States Patent Office. Abraham Lincoln of Springfield, Illinois....

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Street...

For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-55 (Meridian Hill Park, Noyes Armillary Sphere) Significance: Located between 15th, 16th W, and Euclid Streets, NW is one of the most distinguished examples of Lan... More

811 Market Space Northwest (Commercial Building), Square 408, Lot 803,...

Significance: The facade of this commercial building is embellished by the small-scale intricacies of the Queen Anne style. In conjunction with its neighbors, the building provides a strong traditional charact... More

City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

U.S. Capitol, Statue of Freedom, Intersection of North, South, & East ...

Significance: The bronze Statue of Freedom by Thomas Crawford is the crowning feature of the dome of the United States Capitol. The statue is a classical female figure of Freedom wearing flowing draperies. Her ... More

National Zoological Park, Holt House, Adams Mill Road Vicinity, Washin...

Significance: Interesting example of a 5-part plan mansion. Traditionally associated with Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams, however, the stories are largely unsubstantiated. Residence of Dr. Henry C.Holt i... More

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

... 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

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,...

Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

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

[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

Twelfth Street YMCA Building, 1816 Twelfth Street Northwest, Washingto...

Significance: Designed for the black community by a black architect, W. Sidney Pittman, the costly and well-equipped YMCA became a vital community center. Organizations such as the NAACP, Negro Medical Aid Soci... More

Facsimile of the expunged resolution of the U. S. Senate, as it appear...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 195, Folder 2a.

Laird-Dunlop-Lincoln House, 3014 N Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: With the original, middle block built before 1798, this house represents a subset of the Federal period houses of Georgetown that were more ambitious that tho... More

Adams Building, 816 F Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...

Significance: A building illustrating the commercial development of F Street during the 1870's, of interesting architectural character. Survey number: HABS DC-214 Building/structure dates: 1878 Initial Construction

Emma S. Fitzhugh House, 2253 R Street Northwest, Washington, District ...

Significance: This building, created within an 18th century Mediterranean context, is an example of the smaller, less expensive residence with a simple, open plan. Survey number: HABS DC-260 Building/struct... More

Hay-Adams Hotel, 800 Sixteenth Street, Northwest, Washington, District...

Survey number: HABS DC-534 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Proclamation of freedom millions! The emancipation proclamation.

Surrounded by a black border of chains. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trade unions foster education and uproot ignorance. Shorten hours and ...

On verso: [Stamp] P. Amer. Fed. Of Labor. 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 209, Folder 7.

[Gardner photograph of Lincoln' head-and-shoulders portrait, facing fr...

Meserve Collection 59. This portrait has been widely published, first by Philp & Solomon of Washington soon after it was made. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photograph... More

Ford's Theatre. Friday evening, April 14, 1865. Our American cousin.

Picryl description: Public domain American history related, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Lincoln's last hour. - Public domain portrait drawing

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The assassination of President Lincoln. At Ford's Theatre, Washington,...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baist's map of the vicinity of Washington D.C. /

E 5975 U.S. Copyright Office Shows radial distances and rural householders' names. Relief shown by contours. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1904 ..." Includes advertisement. LC copies section... More

Lansburgh's Warehouse, 410 Eighth Street, Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: As a representative of this specific building type, these Eight Street high-rise stables constitute a considerable documentary contribution to the history of both the Pennsylvania Avenue Developme... More

Topography, District of Columbia / - Public domain map

Relief shown by contours. "Surveyed in 1913-1915." Advance sheet. Subject to correction." Oriented with north toward the upper left. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Li... More

The Mall and vicinity, Washington, proposed development /

Also shows planned and existing government buildings, government lands, and block numbers. LC copies fold-lined. Copy 2 missing edge section. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ... More

Inauguration ceremonies March 4, 1921. Admit bearer to reservation "B"...

1 ticket. 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 242, Folder 9.

St. Patrick's Catholic Church, 619 Tenth Street, NW, Washington, Distr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, cathedral, religious building, 17th,18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ford's Theatre. Washington, D. C. [Two tickets] Ford's Theatre, tenth ...

An orange half-dollar ticket and a purple quarter-dollar ticket. On verso, printed signature: H. Clay Ford.

Mount Hope, 3308 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia...

1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Built around 1830, this Georgetown mansion was originally known as "Mount Hope" when built by Col. William Robinson. The estate was much admired for its sweep... More

Blanche K. Bruce House, 909 M Street Northwest, Washington, District o...

Significance: Home of Blanche K. Bruce (1854-1898), the first black man to serve a full term as a United States Senator. A former slave, Bruce represented Mississippi from 1875-1881. After his term, Bruce rem... More

Octagon House, Ice House, 1799 New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington,...

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Octagon, designed by Dr. WIlliam Thornton, architect of the U.S. Capitol Building and other Washington structures, was built by Colonel John Tayloe III be... More

Hawaiian reciprocity treaty blunders. Immediate abrogation a national ...

Page Order: Multipage 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 207, Folder 36b.

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Meridian Hill Park, Bounded by Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid & W Street...

For additional documentation, see also HALS DC-55 (Meridian Hill Park, Noyes Armillary Sphere) Significance: Located between 15th, 16th W, and Euclid Streets, NW is one of the most distinguished examples of Lan... More

[Menu, March 3, 1866] Washington, D. C. 1866.

Page Order: Leaflet 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 205, Folder 3.

521 Eleventh Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, D...

Significance: This simple brick rowhouse was probably built ca. 1853 for William B. Avery, a clerk in the Land Office. Its form is typical of the modest residential structures constructed in Washington prior to... More

City Post Office, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Distr...

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

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed atlas of the world : map of Washington, ...

Alternate title below bar scale: Rand, McNally & Co.'s business atlas map of Washington, D.c. Lacks index. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP