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[Samuel Arnold, Representative from Connecticut, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Samuel Arnold, Representative from Connecticut, Thirty-fifth Congress...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 40. Each item includes subject's origi... More

Harper's Ferry insurrection - Interior of the Engine-House, just before the gate is broken down by the storming party - Col. Washington and his associates as captives, held by Brown as hostages

Harper's Ferry insurrection - Interior of the Engine-House, just befor...

Men shot and bleeding, John Brown and others with rifle and pikes, and hostages inside the engine house of the Harpers Ferry Armory. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 8, no. 205 (1859 Nov. 5), p. 359.

[William Kellogg, Representative from Illinois, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[William Kellogg, Representative from Illinois, Thirty-fifth Congress,...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 257. Each item includes subject's orig... More

Tunis new colored rail road map of the United States & Canadas; revised and corrected every month.

Tunis new colored rail road map of the United States & Canadas; revise...

Map of the eastern United States to about the 96th Meridian. Lower right corner of map has "table showing the length of rail roads, and the page on which their time tables may be found in the guide." "The conti... More

[John G. Davis, Representative from Indiana, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[John G. Davis, Representative from Indiana, Thirty-fifth Congress, ha...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 247. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[George W. Hopkins, Representative from Virginia, Thirty-fifth Congress, original signature]

[George W. Hopkins, Representative from Virginia, Thirty-fifth Congres...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 138. Title devised by Library staff ba... More

[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....

Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 37. Microfilm in LOT 12364.

[Charlotte Cushman, three-quarter length portrait, facing right]

[Charlotte Cushman, three-quarter length portrait, facing right]

Photograph shows the American stage actress Charlotte Saunders Cushman. Case: Leather; grape medallion design. Purchase; 2006; (DLC/PP-2006:113). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series (Libr... More

[Henry A. Edmundson, Representative from Virginia, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Henry A. Edmundson, Representative from Virginia, Thirty-fifth Congre...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 137. Each item includes subject's orig... More

La Normandi - Engraving, Public domain image

La Normandi - Engraving, Public domain image

LOT subdivision subject: Tobacco - manufacture, retailing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by A Bijur.

Sanuki kubodani no hama - Public domain scan of drawing

Sanuki kubodani no hama - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows torii gates offshore at the Kubodani beach, with many sailboats among the islands in the Sanuki Province. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

[Pipe valve for the Washington Aqueduct]

[Pipe valve for the Washington Aqueduct]

Public domain photograph - 19th-century salted paper print, early photogrpahy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[John C. Kunkel, Representative from Pennsylvania, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[John C. Kunkel, Representative from Pennsylvania, Thirty-fifth Congre...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 96. Each item includes subject's origi... More

From the Pimas villages to Fort Fillmore : from explorations and surveys /

From the Pimas villages to Fort Fillmore : from explorations and surve...

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Route near the 32nd parallel of north latitude. Map no. 2. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississip... More

Gravely's best flue cured Prepared by C.R. Sisson : Virginia smoking tobacco / / Herline & Hensel, Lith.

Gravely's best flue cured Prepared by C.R. Sisson : Virginia smoking t...

Tobacco package label showing portrait of Sequoyah, after an illustration by Thomas L. Mckenney.

Recto: studioportret van Alexandrine Tinne staand bij

Recto: studioportret van Alexandrine Tinne staand bij

Recto: studioportret van Alexandrine Tinne staand bij een piëdestal met vaas en plant (bijgesneden). Verso: in blauwe inkt enkele karikaturen/studies van koppen en tweemaal het opschrift ‘cabra inocente’ (Spaan... More

Topographical map of the counties of Kings and Queens, New York /

Topographical map of the counties of Kings and Queens, New York /

Public domain scan of a topographic map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Front page of Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper with picture of John Brown]

[Front page of Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper with picture of Jo...

Three-quarter length portrait of Brown accompanies text describing the insurrection at Harper's Ferry.

[Martin J. Crawford, Representative from Georgia, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Martin J. Crawford, Representative from Georgia, Thirty-fifth Congres...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 161. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[Edward Wade, Representative from Ohio, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Edward Wade, Representative from Ohio, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-le...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 211. Each item includes subject's orig... More

The Oberlin rescuers at Cuyahoga Co. jail

The Oberlin rescuers at Cuyahoga Co. jail

Twenty named men posed in front of building. Photo by T.J. Rice, Oberlin, Ohio. This photograph was published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 7, 1859, p. 351. Reference copy may be in SSF - Prisone... More

Mary & Lizzie - Segars Manufactory of the best vuelta-abajo tobacco by W.S. Huntoon & Son, Providence, R.I.

Mary & Lizzie - Segars Manufactory of the best vuelta-abajo tobacco by...

LOT subdivision subject: tobacco labels - Miscellaneous. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by W.S. Huntoon & Son.

Street scene in London--winter evening / Ts. Nast.

Street scene in London--winter evening / Ts. Nast.

Crowded London street with food vendors, children in rags, and well-dressed men and women passing by. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1859 April 2, p. 212.

[Paul Leidy, Representative from Pennsylvania, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Paul Leidy, Representative from Pennsylvania, Thirty-fifth Congress, ...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 98. Each item includes subject's origi... More

The purchase of Cuba pictorially considered, after the passage of the act appropriating thirty millions for the purpose, A.D. Eighteen hundred and ???? / Hoppin.

The purchase of Cuba pictorially considered, after the passage of the ...

Illustration with 9 scenes showing effects on America of annexation of Cuba including an increase in size and amount of cigars smoked, babies eating oranges and bananas, the U.S. Treasury depleted, and bullfigh... More

[Two unidentified soldiers of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues, later assigned to Co. A, 46th Virginia Infantry Regiment, in uniform]

[Two unidentified soldiers of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues, later...

Case: Berg, no. 1-39. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: Anne Arundel House, Linthicum Heights, Maryland, 2013. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs... More

Atthis costae - Public domain zoological illustration

Atthis costae - Public domain zoological illustration

Public domain photograph of zoological illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gondellied, musical notation - Public domain music sheet scan
Jamaica Pond, West Roxbury, Massachusetts. / lithog. & published by J.H. Bufford, Boston.

Jamaica Pond, West Roxbury, Massachusetts. / lithog. & published by J....

People ice skating on Jamaica Pond, West Roxbury, Mass. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charge of the first brigade, commanded by Colonel M.B. Walker, on the Friday evening of the battle of Stone River ... / sketched by A.E. Mathews, 31st. Reg., O.V.I.

Charge of the first brigade, commanded by Colonel M.B. Walker, on the ...

Caption continues: January 2nd, 1863; in which the Rebels were repulsed with heavy loss, and driven behind their breastworks. Elements of print identified by number, includes key.

J. E. Tenney to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, April 21, 1859  (Request for picture)
Zhili yu tu quan ce / - Public domain vintage map

Zhili yu tu quan ce / - Public domain vintage map

Covers Hebei Sheng and Chengde fu. Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the bottom. Based on "Huang chao yi tong yu tu" by Li Zhaoluo and "Zhi li yi cang tu" by Fang Guan... More

Memoirs of Robert - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Memoirs of Robert - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Includes index. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC nsk 2019-06-27 no edits (1 card)

Memoirs of Robert - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Memoirs of Robert - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Includes index. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC nsk 2019-06-27 no edits (1 card)

J. B. Jones to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, January 10, 1859  (Legal matters)
Reminiscences of Georgetown, D.C. : second lecture delivered in the Meth. Protestant Church, Georgetown, D.C., March 9, 1859 /

Reminiscences of Georgetown, D.C. : second lecture delivered in the Me...

First lecture delivered January 20, 1859 and published separately. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Sunday April 3d 1859 - Public domain portrait print

Sunday April 3d 1859 - Public domain portrait print

Drawing shows a man, facing left, wrapped in a blanket and trudging through snow on the Great Plains, perhaps in far eastern Kansas on the Santa Fe trail. Daniel Jenks wrote in his diary at Camp No. 5 - 110 Cre... More

[Unidentified soldier in artillery uniform and Shako hat with Battery K, 1st U.S. Artillery flag and battle honors in front of painted backdrop showing garden leading to river] / S. Anderson, 61 Camp St., New Orleans.

[Unidentified soldier in artillery uniform and Shako hat with Battery ...

Notations on verso: Jackson [Banades?], New Orleans, La., April 26, 1859. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Rick Carlile, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civ... More

New Cathedral of New York, Fifth Avenue, 50th & 51st Streets, commenced August 15, 1858, by the Most Revd. John Hughes, fourth Bishop & first Archbishop of New York, James Renwick Jr., William Rodrigue, Architects / A. Weingärtner's Lithography, 87 Fulton St., New York.

New Cathedral of New York, Fifth Avenue, 50th & 51st Streets, commence...

193 Clerk's Office Southern Dist., New York. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Weingartner. Copyright by James Renwick.

Cache la Poudre Creek - Public domain scan / drawing

Cache la Poudre Creek - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a covered wagon, labeled "ILL," driven by two ox crossing a river in the mountains. On the far side of the river are two men by a fire, a covered wagon, and men standing and gesturing toward the w... More

The flower vase - Print, Library of Congress collection

The flower vase - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2237

[Freemasons membership certificate] - Print, Library of Congress collection

[Freemasons membership certificate] - Print, Library of Congress colle...

75 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Menzel (G.A.) & Co.

The "Great Eastern" steam ship, 22,500 tons

The "Great Eastern" steam ship, 22,500 tons

141 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Parsons. "Copyright Deposit, Southern District of N.Y., Oct. 28, 1859, No. 141."

Ludlow, Vt. 1859 From south hill / / lith. of Endicott & Co., N.Y.

Ludlow, Vt. 1859 From south hill / / lith. of Endicott & Co., N.Y.

Bird's-eye view of Ludlow, Vermont showing railroad in foreground on the left.

St. Philomena Church Pittsburgh / C. Inger ; A. Krebs & Bro. lith.

St. Philomena Church Pittsburgh / C. Inger ; A. Krebs & Bro. lith.

Print shows exterior view of the St. Philomena Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 13 U.S. Copyright Office. Exhibited in: "Panorama of Pittsburgh : Nineteenth-century printed views" at the Frick Art & Histori... More

Interview between Gen. Jackson & Weatherford / J.R. Chapin ; W. Ridgway.

Interview between Gen. Jackson & Weatherford / J.R. Chapin ; W. Ridgwa...

Print shows Andrew Jackson sitting in a chair on the left, in a tent, speaking with William Weatherford who is standing on the right near the opening of the tent.

[Finette] - Public domain portrait print

[Finette] - Public domain portrait print

Drypoint by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1834-1903. Kennedy 58 (sixth state). Signed and dated on plate; sigend in pencil. Coll. mark: H.G.Whittemore (Lugt suppl. 1384? twice). Pennell Fund. This record conta... More

Peters Saxhorn Journal - Public domain American sheet music

Peters Saxhorn Journal - Public domain American sheet music

1. Midnight March -- 2. Nannie Waltz -- 3. Leona Waltz -- 4. Charming Waltz -- 5. Cradle Schottisch -- 6. Sunny Hours -- 7. E Pluribus Unum -- 8. Mountain Belle Schottisch -- 9. Anvil Chorus, from "Trovatore" -... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886; 1859, July 17-Oct. 24

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

Public domain scan of American Civil War document, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Le cuisinier praticien, ou, La cuisine simple et pratique /

Le cuisinier praticien, ou, La cuisine simple et pratique /

Bitting, K.G. Gastronomic bib., p. 391 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift; A.W. Bitting, presented in memory of Katherine Golden Bitting; Oct. 6, 1939. LAC scc 2019-03-20 ... More

Map of Monroe County, Michigan / - Public domain old map

Map of Monroe County, Michigan / - Public domain old map

"Entered according to the Act of Congress by Eli F. Siverd in the year 1859 in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." LC Land ownership maps, 348 Available also throu... More

[DeWitt C. Leach, Representative from Michigan, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[DeWitt C. Leach, Representative from Michigan, Thirty-fifth Congress,...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 281. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[Plaster model of Statue of Freedom]

[Plaster model of Statue of Freedom]

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 14. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[American Indian figure for the clock in the House of Representatives chamber]

[American Indian figure for the clock in the House of Representatives ...

Photograph of maquette showing American Indian figure by William H. Rinehart from behind. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 121. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[John S. Caskie, Representative from Virginia, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[John S. Caskie, Representative from Virginia, Thirty-fifth Congress, ...

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[William W. Boyce, Representative from South Carolina, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[William W. Boyce, Representative from South Carolina, Thirty-fifth Co...

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Lawrence M. Keitt, Representative from South Carolina, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Lawrence M. Keitt, Representative from South Carolina, Thirty-fifth C...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 154. Each item includes subject's orig... More

Bininger's "Old Times"family rye, distilled in 1848...designed for family & medicinal use

Bininger's "Old Times"family rye, distilled in 1848...designed for fam...

Farm harvesting and factory scenes. LOT subject: Rye. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by R. Wattles & Jas. W. Freeland of the firm of A. M. Bininger and Co. Caption... More

[Jabez L.M. Curry, Representative from Alabama, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Jabez L.M. Curry, Representative from Alabama, Thirty-fifth Congress,...

Title devised by Library staff based on name provided in book's index. Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washingt... More

Philip Barton Key, d. 1859 - Public domain portrait engraving

Philip Barton Key, d. 1859 - Public domain portrait engraving

Head and shoulders, facing front. Wood engraving after photo by Brady. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1859 March 12, p. 168. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Phot... More

[John Huyler, Representative from New Jersey, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[John Huyler, Representative from New Jersey, Thirty-fifth Congress, h...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 83. Each item includes subject's origi... More

Kazusa kasamori dera iwatsukuri kannon - Ukiyo e print

Kazusa kasamori dera iwatsukuri kannon - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a temple built on stilts on the peak of a mountain with a long covered stairway leading up to it . Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More

[Abram B. Olin, Representative from New York, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Abram B. Olin, Representative from New York, Thirty-fifth Congress, h...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 57. Each item includes subject's origi... More

[Humphrey Marshall, Representative from Kentucky, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Humphrey Marshall, Representative from Kentucky, Thirty-fifth Congres...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 223. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[James L. Orr, Representative from South Carolina, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[James L. Orr, Representative from South Carolina, Thirty-fifth Congre...

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Homer E. Royce, Representative from Vermont, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Homer E. Royce, Representative from Vermont, Thirty-fifth Congress, h...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 19. Each item includes subject's origi... More

Cour du palais de Sari. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Cour du palais de Sari. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Lithograph drawn from nature & lith. by Jules Laurens. Illus. in: Voyage en tùrquie... (Paris 1859) by Xavier Hommaire de Hell, plate 78. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption car... More

Map of the United States, Canada, Mexico, West Indies and Central America.

Map of the United States, Canada, Mexico, West Indies and Central Amer...

Includes State seals and portraits of Presidents. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

[Charles Durkee, Senator from Wisconsin, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Charles Durkee, Senator from Wisconsin, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-l...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dog law. An act concerning dogs. Approved April 6th, 1859 ... The constables and police officers of Reading, are hereby required to destroy all dogs not licensed and collared according to the provisions of the above act ... Reading, April 25th,

Dog law. An act concerning dogs. Approved April 6th, 1859 ... The cons...

Dog law. 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 64, Folder 15.

[Andrew Johnson, Senator from Tennessee, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Andrew Johnson, Senator from Tennessee, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-l...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 228. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[Horace F. Clark, Representative from New York, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Horace F. Clark, Representative from New York, Thirty-fifth Congress,...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 52. Each item includes subject's origi... More

[Samuel S. Cox, Representative from Ohio, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Samuel S. Cox, Representative from Ohio, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 204. Each item includes subject's orig... More

Sugizakeya musume omiwa, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Sugizakeya musume omiwa, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (L... More

[Matthias H. Nichols, Representative from Ohio, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Matthias H. Nichols, Representative from Ohio, Thirty-fifth Congress,...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 196. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[Alfred Iverson, Senator from Georgia, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Alfred Iverson, Senator from Georgia, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-len...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 159. Each item includes subject's orig... More

Mt. Vernon. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Mt. Vernon. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 119. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[Joseph R. Cockerill, Representative from Ohio, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Joseph R. Cockerill, Representative from Ohio, Thirty-fifth Congress,...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 198. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[System of buttresses at the Reims cathedral]

[System of buttresses at the Reims cathedral]

Illus. in: Facsimile of the sketch-book of Wilars de Honecort, an architect of the thirteenth century .... London : J.H. and J. Parker, 1859. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western te... More

[Thomas S. Bocock, Representative from Virginia, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Thomas S. Bocock, Representative from Virginia, Thirty-fifth Congress...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 130. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[Trusten Polk, Senator from Missouri, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[Trusten Polk, Senator from Missouri, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-leng...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 263. Each item includes subject's orig... More

Map of Ontario County, New York / - Public domain map

Map of Ontario County, New York / - Public domain map

General-content county map showing towns (townships), numbered town survey divisions, rural buildings, and rural householders' names; the Canandaigua/Geneva insets show residential lots, lot numbers, land tract... More

[L.F.S. Foster, Senator from Connecticut, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[L.F.S. Foster, Senator from Connecticut, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

G. G. Evans's great gift book establishment, 439 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia: Interior view

G. G. Evans's great gift book establishment, 439 Chestnut Street, Phil...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 9, no. 213 (1859 Dec. 31), p. 77.

[William Lawrence, Representative from Ohio, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

[William Lawrence, Representative from Ohio, Thirty-fifth Congress, ha...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 209. Each item includes subject's orig... More

General view of the great battle of Solferino thirteen miles of fighting! / / Lang & Laing Lith ; from a sketch by Chevalier Giacomelli.

General view of the great battle of Solferino thirteen miles of fighti...

Copyright by Henry Bill. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Isle de la Cité, Paris] / Whistler.

[Isle de la Cité, Paris] / Whistler.

Print shows bird's-eye view of Paris with bridges across the Seine in the foreground.

Clara Barton Papers: Family Papers: Barton, Stephen E. (nephew); Correspondence; 1859-1883, Apr.

Clara Barton Papers: Family Papers: Barton, Stephen E. (nephew); Corre...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Battaglia di Solferino (Henry Dunant)

Battaglia di Solferino (Henry Dunant)

Henry Dunant at Solferino 1859. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mountain camp, Siera [sic] Nevada, engraving, Library of Congress

Mountain camp, Siera [sic] Nevada, engraving, Library of Congress

Drawing shows a camp in the heart of a forest of tall pines. Covered wagons rest, their wheels nearly hidden by tall grass in the clearing. Men and women cook over a large open fire near a stream in the Sierra ... More

Jamaica Pond, West Roxbury, Massachusetts. / lithog. & published by J.H. Bufford, Boston.

Jamaica Pond, West Roxbury, Massachusetts. / lithog. & published by J....

People ice skating on Jamaica Pond, West Roxbury, Mass. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Burton C. Cook to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, November 12, 1859
The Life, trial, and execution of Captain John Brown, known as "Old Brown of Ossawatomie," with a full account of the attempted insurrection at Harper's Ferry.

The Life, trial, and execution of Captain John Brown, known as "Old Br...

On cover: New edition--with additions. John Brown was tried in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County for treason, for conspiring with slaves to produce insurrection, and for murder. Also available in digital fo... More

Cleveland Park - Print, Library of Congress collection

Cleveland Park - Print, Library of Congress collection

Statue of Oliver Hazard Perry in foreground. Color lithograph after a photograph by Stimpson. Copyright by T. Jones and Sons.

American independence - Print, Library of Congress collection

American independence - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Brainard, C.H.

The Life, trial, and execution of Captain John Brown, known as "Old Brown of Ossawatomie," with a full account of the attempted insurrection at Harper's Ferry.

The Life, trial, and execution of Captain John Brown, known as "Old Br...

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

[Group portrait of Freemasons of Anglo-Saxon Lodge, seated and standing, in ceremonial dress

[Group portrait of Freemasons of Anglo-Saxon Lodge, seated and standin...

Label stating "Anglo-Saxon Lodge" is damaged. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Group portrait of Freemasons of Anglo-Saxon Lodge, seated and standing, in ceremonial dress
Clara Barton Papers: Diaries and Journals: 1859, Jan. 31-Dec. 24; 1861, Sept.

Clara Barton Papers: Diaries and Journals: 1859, Jan. 31-Dec. 24; 1861...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress.

McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representa...

Portraits are salted paper photographic prints and include the subject's original ink signature. Goldschmidt, L. Truthful Lens, 110 The Library of Congress has digitized and cataloged each portrait separately. ... More

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