1854

[Ann Minerva "Nannie" Rodgers Macomb, three-quarter length portrait, f...

Hallmark: 40 [image obscured]. Case: central bouquet of mixed flowers. Accompanying label: Mrs. John N. Macomb (Ann Rodgers) 1826-1916. Embossed on inside of case: J. H. Whitehurst Galleries, New-York, Baltimor... More

View of the U.S. Mail Steamship Company's premises, Aspinwall, N.G.

Colon, Panama Canal Zone. Busy dock activity - railroad mail cars and mail steamships. Copyrighted by F.N. Otis. Photoprint of lithograph by C. Parsons. Sketch by F.N. Otis. This record contains unverified data... More

Camille Corot - [Le songeur] / Corot.

Print shows "the dreamer" seated near trees and water. Title from shelflist card. Signed on plate. Delteil, 43. Pennell Fund, 64-53.

Young Girl and Death - Engraving, Public domain image

Cliché verre by Corot. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cliché verre; youth; Death; Artists works; Shelf.

[Brigham Young, 1801-1877, half-length portrait, facing left]

Wood engraving in: Gleason's Pictorial, 1854. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

O.H. Perry / Kilburn, del. - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows Oliver Hazard Perry, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, in oval shape of rope, surrounded by naval scene. Published in Gleason's pictorial, 1854.

Lewis wagon / J.S. Vernam del. ; Compton, Gibson & Co., Buffalo.

Elevation of wagon and plans for frame and axles. Illus. in: The Contractors book of working drawings of tools and machines / compiled by George Cole.

The Fourth of July and the Washington national monument ... Washington...

The Fourth of July and the Washington national monument.; On recto of copy 1, 2, 3 and 4: By Exchange Western Reserve Historcial Society 1923; on recto, copy 2: PN6140I7W6. Page Order: Leaflet Available also ... More

Tajima, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows the cave temple of Kannon, the merciful goddess or goddess of the cave, in the Iwai Valley, Tajima Province. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... More

Charles Hoyt to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 26, 1854 (Senate)

Tsuchiya no Umegawa, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows Umegawa, a courtesan, full-length portrait, with a piece of cloth drawn over her head, facing right, carrying a parasol while walking along a stream, possibly at night. Title and other descriptive i... More

200 dollars reward! Frank Camper, sallow complexion with black hair an...

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 201, Folder 32.

A new map of the state of North Carolina : constructed from actual sur...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows boundaries, cities and towns, churches, mills, principal roads, plank roads, railroads, gold mines, and natural features. Prime meridian: Washington. "Published under the patrona... More

State of Maine. By the Governor: A proclamation for a day of public th...

Thanksgiving proclamation. 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 27, Folder 13.

Sontag concerts in New York - Public domain graphic arts, Library of C...

196 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hardtmuth.

Who shall be mayor? This is a question that must be answered by the vo...

On verso: 322114 23 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 156, Folder 14.

Portland, Maine, U.S.A. - Public domain city architecture drawing

Drawing shows spires and buildings of Portland, Maine from across the harbor. Small figures of men and woman stand on the shore in the foreground, watching boats and ships sail. Three steamships travel up and d... More

City of Washington. Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows wards, built-up areas, and major buildings. Also covers Georgetown. Plate 16 from atlas by S.A. Mitchell: New universal atlas ... of the world. Philadelphia : Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1854. G1019.M64 1... More

$500 reward. A fraud was committed on the chemical bank, in this City,...

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 121, Folder 19.

New daguerreotype rooms, in Cohasset! D. S. G. Doane having newly fitt...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Musicians' military & civic ball, complimentary to the Lowell cornet b...

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 61, Folder 36.

Battle of New Orleans - from a painting by Merritt

Print shows American forces defending their barricades against an assault by British soldiers during the battle of New Orleans. Illus. from: Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, vol. 7, no. 5 (1854 Augu... More

[Perry Davis, bust, facing right, on advertisement for Perry Davis' ve...

LOT subdivision subject: Portraits - male. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by Wellstood, Hanks, Hay and Whitting. Caption card tracings: Davis, Perry; Patent medicines.

The "Know-nothings" & the "Savage" by "Timid" ... May 30 '54.

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 233, Folder 10.

Important considerations. Fellow Citizens:- Understanding that there a...

[Walt Whitman, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, as a young...

Signed by Whitman (Walt Whitman in 1855) across top. Saunders, no. 4 Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress).

Steam or other communication with Liberia. An adjourned meeting to aid...

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 27.

Map showing the location of Sacramento Valley Railroad, Cal. Sacrament...

Sketch map of the first railroad in California, with projected extensions to San Francisco, Sonora, and Tehama, made by the engineer who built the Sacramento Valley Railroad. Scale ca. 1:1,100,000. From Report ... More

Kansas. To those who desire that Kansas should be free ... Worcester, ...

Title. 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 20, Folder 1.

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

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

Rejoinder to Mr. Rives. Estimates for printing. Washington, May 27, 18...

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 201, Folder 30. Copy scanned: 1

Jenkins & Knight's patent spoke machine. Awarded the gold medal, at th...

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 121, Folder 21. Copy scanned: 1

Winner's improved method for the violin

Music cover showing four black people--couple dancing in front of fireplace, man playing violin, and man standing in doorway.

Calculator, showing the amount of paper required for printing a book o...

On verso: Filed Jan. 27, 1854. 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 121, Folder 21a.

Representation of the Sand Key Light House, Florida / S.E. Brown.

Illus. in: Gleason's pictorial, v. 7, no. 10 (1854 Sept. 9), p. 152.

A correct map of the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road with its branches ...

Sketch map of the eastern United States showing the railroad network and emphasizing the routes between St. Louis and Chicago, and Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. Scale ca. 1:10,000,000. LC Railroad maps... More

Scott's map of Rutland County, Vermont /

Relief shown by hachures. LC Land ownership maps, 1190 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1854 by James D. Scott in the ... More

Plat of triangular reservation on Pennsylvania Avenue between 20th & 2...

Covers triangular park bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue and I and 21 st streets N.W. "18th November 1854." Includes "Recapitulation" table. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of ... More

Map of all the railroads in the United States in operation and progres...

Map of the eastern United States to about the 95th Meridian showing operating and projected railroads. Scale ca. 1:2,300,000. Insets: [Boston and vicinity] 20 x 23 cm.--Map of Nova Scotia and part of New Brunsw... More

Complete scale for Robertson's keyed stop violin

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Map of Licking County, Ohio / - Public domain old map

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854 by P. O'Beirne and Wm. Boell in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District New York." Includes statistical table by townships. LC co... More

Map of Milford, Hillsboro' Co., New Hampshire /

General map showing selected buildings and householders' names and election districts. "[Lithography of] Friend & Aub, 80 Walnut St." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. I... More

J. Q. A. Ward. / by H.K.B. - Public domain portrait engraving

Drawing shows head-and-shoulders portrait of sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward, who assisted Henry K. Brown with an equestrian statue of George Washington for Union Square in New York City.

Frances Wright d'Arusmont / SW.

Frances Wright, half-length portrait, facing right. Title from caption on mount. Illus. from: Gleason's pictorial, v. 6, 1854, p. 388.

Vilikins and his Dinah! Or, the cup of cold pison. New York, Andrews ...

Gift: Charles E. Tuttle, Rutland, Vermont.; On Verso: Gift, C. E. Tuttle, 1941.; GB7/28/69 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML... More

Phrenology. This original and novel production on phrenology. by Ezra ...

On verso: Filed April 6, 1854. 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 121, Folder 22a.

1854. Buffalo, Brantford & Goderich railway. Freight tariff ... Buffal...

Transportation.; On verso: Freight Tariff of B.B. and G.R. Co., Jun. 1854. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephem... More

Map of the borough of Woodbury, N.J. /

Shows real-property tracts, building coverage, landowners' names, and proposed streets. "Woodbury was incorporated as a borough, March 10th A.D. 1854, and its limits defined as described by this map." Available... More

Odd-Fellow's Hall. Thursday Even'g, June 8. Last night Uncle Tom's Cab...

Previously uncataloged.

Garrett Davis: by Glencoe, dam by Sir Leslie

Picryl description: Public domain image of a horse, animal husbandry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Henry L. Abbot, bust-length portrait, in uniform]

Sitter is wearing a lieutenant's uniform. Case: plain leather, push button. Label pinned to case: Capt.(?) Lt.(?) H. L. Abbot. No electronic surrogate available. Transfer; Manuscript Division (Henry L. Abbot fa... More

Hachidaime ichikawa danjūrō no sinie - Ukiyo e print

Print shows actors kneeling on a stage before an audience and other figures on the stage that have horns. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Important correspondence. [Letter from Allen McLane Robbinett to Com. ...

Stockton, R.F.; Robbinett, Allen McLane. 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 100, Folder 23.

Place de la Concorde A Paris / / Photographie d'apres nature par Ch. S...

Photograph shows obelisk and fountain in Place de la Concorde with palaces, Rue Royale, and Church of the Madeleine in the background. No. 215. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O. M. Poe.

Map of Morgan County, Ohio / - Public domain old map

LC Land ownership maps, 659 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes population statistical table, Insets: Windsor -- Reinersville -- McConnelsville -- Deavertown -- ... More

The tomb of Napoleon, at St. Helena

Illus. in: Gleason's Pictorial, 1854, v. 6, p. 352. Reference copy may be available in BIOG FILE - Napoleon I, emperor of the French, 1769-1821 Tomb. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.... More

Uncle Sam, an American song - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Co...

An illustrated sheet music cover for a song "written and sung by Mr. Howard Paul, in his comic & musical entertainment 'Patch Work.'" Uncle Sam here is a young man in a wide-brimmed hat and patchwork jacket. He... More

[Augusta Currie Bradhurst Field, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woma...

Case: scroll design with central oval motif. Accompanying note: 9 118 East 25th St. 1854 - 8 yrs. old Gussie Bradhurst ? Field. Augusta C. Bradhurst #9. Stamped on brass mat: Quinby 385 Broadway. Gift; Family o... More

Avery's patent for locking stones in the foundations of lighthouses .....

Lighthouses. 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 8, Folder 34.

Tobidashita ōtsue - Public domain image related to music prformance, d...

Print shows an artist in the foreground and figures of a characters in the background (a demon holding an anchor, a samurai with a falcon, a man with long pike, and a wrestler). Title and other descriptive info... More

Norman's plan of New Orleans & environs, 1854.

Shows boundary lines, streets and public buildings. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854, by B.M. Norman in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for Eastern District o... More

Tricks of the enemy! "Know nothing" Falsehoods!! It is reported throug...

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 201, Folder 33.

Colton's railroad & township map of Arkansas compiled from the U.S. Su...

Detailed general map showing drainage, cities and towns, roads, railroads, and canals. Scale ca. 1:750,000. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854 by J. H. Colton. LC also has an 1860 edition, p... More

Sylph waltz - Public domain American sheet music

Map of Chautauque County, New York : from actual surveys /

Shows landowners. LC Land ownership maps, 480 Includes statistics and illustrations. Ancillary maps: Forestville -- Fredonia -- Jamestown -- Panama -- Plan of Dunkirk -- Plan of Mayville -- Silver Creek Village... More

[Commodore Matthew C. Perry, three-quarter length portrait, standing, ...

"Brady photo published by E. Anthony" pencilled on mount. Published in: History of the U.S. Navy / Robert W. Love, Jr. Harrisburg, PA : Stackpole Books, c1992, v. 1, p. 232.

The Manchester Print Works, at Manchester, N.H.

Exterior. Illus. in: Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, v. 7, 1854, p. 320. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Factories; Geogr.

Map showing the principal rail road in the middle & adjoining states, ...

Map of the north-central and middle Atlantic states showing cities, the railroad network, and the coal region boundaries. Scale ca. 1:1,850,000. LC Railroad maps, 83 Description derived from published bibliogra... More

Map of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia, U. States o...

Shows block numbers, wards, and built-up areas. Title at head of Georgetown index: Plan of Georgetown. Photocopy of map in Bohn's hand-book of Washington, 1854. Includes text, indexes to points of interest, and... More

[July] - Public domain scenic engraving, engraving, Library of Congres...

Farmers cutting, bundling, and loading hay onto a wagon. Engraving from Gleason's Pictorial, July 15, 1854. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Milliner and her daughter] - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows woman and girl seated at table with bonnets and a doll. Krainik, no. 67 Gift/Purchase; William B. Becker; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:103). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series (Li... More

... The treasurer herewith presents his 50th semi-annual account with ...

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 61, Folder 29.

Panorama de Paris Pris de la Tour St. Jacques (Côte de Notre Dame) / /...

Photograph shows view of Notre-Dame de Paris rising above Ile de la Cité. No. 227. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O. M. Poe.

Northern N. Y. railroad tariff for Western flour and grain, via Vermon...

Transportation.; On verso: Fairlee. 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 121, Folder 20.

The man is not bought! He is still in the slave pen in the Court House...

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 61, Folder 43.

[All Saints Church (Frederick, Maryland). Elevations, plan, and sectio...

Architectural drawing showing church as elevations, plan, and section. Item in PR 13 CN 1996:110.20.3

Ōsumi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows the volcano Sakurajima at Ōsumi on Sakura Island, with sailing ships in the sea around the island. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More

Know Nothing Polka dedicated to everybody by nobody

A sheet music cover illustrated with the American nativist device of an eye in an aureole of light. The watchful eye (a commonplace in Masonic iconography) here symbolizes the Know Nothings' vigilance against ... More

Primary numerical table. Addition. John C. Dow. Lawrence, [Mass.] [c. ...

Handwritten on verso: 180. 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 61, Folder 38.

Appeal in behalf of the Washington national monument. The voters of Wa...

Washington national monument. 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 34.

Lincoln's invitation to Peoria. [Facsimile.]

Facsimile of letter sent by Peorians in 1854 asking Lincoln to come here to reply to Douglas's speech.

Map of Erie County, New York : from actual surveys /

Shows landowners. LC Land ownership maps, 493 Includes "Plan of the city of Buffalo," statistical charts, notes, and illustrations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC ... More

Salem, Massachusetts. / J.W. Hill, del ; J.H. Colon, lith.

Public domain scan of 19th-19th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

K N quick step dedicated to the Know Nothings

A sheet music cover illustrated with an ornamental vignette and motifs alluding to the Know Nothing party. In the center a nocturnal procession of men in tricornered hats, holding bayonets and a banner with a s... More

Pennsylvania Hospital, Pine Street, Philadelphia, engraving, Library o...

Published in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, July 1854, p. 24. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pennsylvania Philadelphia; Hospitals Pennsylvania;... More

Primary numerical table. Subtraction. John C. Dow, Lawrence [Mass.] [c...

Handwritten on verso: 181. 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 61, Folder 39.

Grand ball. Your company is respectfully requested at a ball to be giv...

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 201, Folder 39.

Sacramental scene in a western forest

Large Presbyterian religious service in forest glade. P.S. Duval & Co. Illus. in: Joseph Smith, Old Redstone, 1854, opp. p. 310. Reference copy may be in LTO 4400 D. This record contains unverified, old data fr... More

"View of the Iron Mountain" - Public domain portrait print

Mo. Lithograph by L. Gast & Brother, St. Louis. Illus. in: Annual Review. History of St. Louis, Commercial Statistics, Improvements of the Year, and Account of Leading Manufactories, etc., from the Missouri Rep... More

Frankfort High School. The eighth semi-annual session of this school w...

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 22, Folder 20a. Copy scanned: 1

Minute representation of an American line-of-battleship, with full exp...

Print shows a starboard view of an American battleship with the parts numbered and lettered; also shows a rowboat and a small sailboat in the foreground. Illus. from: Gleason's pictorial, v. 6, no. 4 (1854 Jan... More

Boston, May 27, 1854. To the yeomanry of New England. Countrymen and b...

Fugitive slave 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 61, Folder 30.

[Alexander Duff, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right]

Scottish missionary based in India. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oliver Hazard Perry U.S.N. / engraved by J.B. Forrest from the origina...

Print shows Oliver H. Perry, three-quarter length portrait, standing on board a ship, facing slightly left. Published in: The national portrait gallery of distinguished Americans : with biographical sketches, ... More

Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head and shoulders, facing front. Feinberg/Whitman Collection. (Saunders 5). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Acc. File; BI; Shelf.

Matsuchiyama, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows a large number of people in front of and inside a row of buildings at the foot of the Matsuchiyama. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Topographical map of the Mine Hill and Schuylkill-Haven Rail Road with...

Map of Pennsylvania between Schuylkill Haven and Ashland showing drainage, relief by hachures, cities, towns, individual buildings, mines, mills, and the mining branch rail lines. Chartered on the March 24, 182... More

Souvenir de Weber, romance - Public domain American sheet music

No publication info; piano score missing. From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form... More

The deck of an American line-of-battle ship The hull of an American ma...

Print shows at top, a bird's-eye view of the deck of a battleship from near mid-ship looking toward the bow with sailors working a capstan or windlass, also shows cannon on the deck; at bottom, a cut-away view ... More

Lyon's copper lightning conductor! The subscriber. having secured the ...

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 35.