1856

Crimean War - Cemetery, Cathcart's Hill, by Roger Fenton

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

Crimean War - Captain Graham and Captain MacLeod, 42nd Regiment, by Ro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Assessors' notice. The voters of the several wards will please take no...

On recto, copy 2: 1856. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 3 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 202, F... More

The Golden Gate. Jerusalem - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 587. On verso: Golden Gate. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, w... More

Medinet Habou - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Temple entrance with two columns, one with statue, the other with lower half of legs. No. 1866. On verso: Thebes. (Medinet Habou) First Court.

Valley of Tombs of Kings. Thebes

Two people and pack animal make their way along road on the floor of the Valley of Kings, Egypt. No. 1855. On verso: Thebes. Valley of the Tombs of the Kings.

I hereby certify that I have surveyed and marked for Mr. Geo. E. Matti...

Cadastral survey map showing lot numbers and dimensions of lots, streets, and wharves. In script: I do hereby approve the plan of wharf[s?] submitted above, WBMagruder, mayor. At upper left in print: Supreme Co... More

The death chamber wood engraving, Library of Congress

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 2, no. 38 (1856 Aug. 30), p. 189 (top).

Dinner given to the Japanese commissioners on board U.S.S.F. Powhatan ...

Print shows a banquet given for the Japanese commissioners on board the U.S.S. Powhatan, possibly in the bay at Edo (Tokyo). Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas an... More

At Memnonium. Thebes - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Four headless statues standing before colonnades. No. 1863. On verso: Thebes. The Ramesseum. Similar photograph in LOT 7738.

Baker's map of Wayne Co., Ohio / - Public domain old map

LC Land ownership maps, 687 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes distance tables, statistical tables, business directory, views of public, residential, commercial ... More

To the public. The Committee appointed at a public meeting at Faneuil ...

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 62, Folder 17.

[General William Walker's Exp. in Nicaragua]: Landing at Granada--Lake...

Public domain photograph of steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Soto-sakurada bennkeibori kōjimachi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians walking along roadway next to the Benkei moat at the Sakurada gate, with buildings in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

[Print speciman of custom house and post office, Georgetown, Washingto...

Title devised by Library staff from information found with architectural drawings for the same project processed as ADE - UNIT 2361; date from same source. Illus. in: Lithography, engraving and printing establi... More

[Dr. Ed. Aveling, half-length portrait, seated, facing right]

Half-length portrait photograph of Dr. Edward Bibbins Aveling, seated, facing right. 22350 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from copyright record. Copyright by Joseph Holler, Brooklyn, Oct. 5, 1886.

Ancient castle of Na-Ga-Gus-Ko, Lew Chew / from nature by Heine ; figu...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The grand national fight 2 against 1 fought on the 6th of Nov. 1856 fo...

The familiar metaphor of the presidential contest as a boxing match is invoked once again. (For an earlier example see "Set to Between the Champion Old Tip and the Swell Dutchman of Kinderhook," no. 1836-12.) T... More

Surugachō, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows men and women pedestrians and porters on a busy street, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 20... More

The fords of the Jordan - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congre...

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

Plat of part of the estate of the late William East, deceased : in squ...

Cadastral map showing block and lot numbers, lot boundaries, dimensions, and buildings. "4th August 1856, Washington D.C." Covers area bounded by 26th St. N.W., F St. N.W., and Potomac River. Oriented with nort... More

[General William Walker's Exp. in Nicaragua]: Grand Cathedral, on the ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 38 (1856 Aug. 30), p. 188. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Walker, William, 1824-1860.

Suruga-chō, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows perspective view looking down commercial street with many pedestrians and porters, also shows Mount Fuji in the distance, above the clouds. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichib... More

Reception room of General Walker, in the President's House, city of Gr...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 1, no. 14 (1856 Mar. 15), p. 216. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Walker, William, 1824-1860... More

Guadalupe Mountains, near El Paso, Texas, viewed from the east / Middl...

Illus. in: Southern Pacific Railroad / A.B. Gray. Cincinnati : Wrightson & Co.'s Print., 1856, opp. p. 18.

Egypt - Luxor - columns of portico

No. 1899. On verso: Egypt. (Luxor) Thebes. Columns of Portico. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mi... More

The charter of nations. This charter is found in the twelfth, thirteen...

On verso: Filed Sept 30, 1856. 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 122, Folder 10b.

Mosque of Omar. Jerusalem - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Minbar stands next to arches, on outdoor plaza near the Dome of the Rock. No. 584. On verso: Mosque of Omar. Fine Saracenia Pulpit.

Delivering of the American presents at Yokuhama / from nature by W.T. ...

Print shows the presentation of American products to the Japanese at Yokohama-shi, Japan. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... in ... 1852, 1853, and ... More

Arch erected by the Webster Club, Main St., S. Danvers / Lith. by J. H...

Print shows young women parading through a celebratory arch at the reception of George Peabody in Danvers, Mass. Illus. in: Proceedings at the reception and dinner in honor of George Peabody, esq. of London, by... More

Map of Franklin Co., Ohio / - Public domain old map

LC Land ownership maps, 622 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes Columbus business directory, Johnson Building business directory, statistical tables of Franklin C... More

[Jesus appearing to his disciples on the Sea of Galilee] / JSvC [monog...

The subject of the drawing is Jesus Appearing to His Disciples and the Miraculous Draft of Fishes. More precisely, as the artist transcribed from the Bible, this is the moment when Peter jumps into the water to... More

Route of a proposed railroad from Powelton, West Philada. to the Phila...

Outline map of Philadelphia and vicinity showing different railroad lines and depots. Below "Line E" on the map is the following statement. "Surveyed by Edw. H. Saunders, Nov. 1856." Scale ca. 1:35,000. LC Rail... More

Lynch law in California - surrender of prisoners at the county gaol [j...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1856 July 12, p. 36. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: California San Francisco; California Hist. 1856; Lynching; Prisons.

Rail road map of the United States, showing the depots & stations.

Map of eastern United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and railroads.

Chinese apparatus for hulling and coarse grinding rice / J.B. Meffert ...

Print shows a man driving a water buffalo hitched to a large grinding wheel in a circular trough for grinding and hulling rice; farmers arriving with baskets of rice to pour into the trough. Plate from: Narrat... More

[Gerf-Hossayn - Osiride portico of the Rock Temple]

Three statues connected at the head by slabs of rock. Title from label on item. No. 1806.

Hunkers, attend! Fire away!! The above is a true likeness of "ten cent...

Political campaign - poster. 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 122, Folder 7.

Temple of Kalabshe - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 1808. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy ... More

At Carnac - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

People near pylons, Karnak, Egypt. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt,... More

Winter quarters of HM ships Resolute and Intrepid 53 & 54 in the pack,...

Drawing shows the British ships Resolute and Intrepid embedded in the ice pack in Melville Sound near the Arctic Ocean in Canada. The British lived in the ships during the winter of 1853 and 1854 and in the sum... More

Ōji takinogawa, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Takino River near the Ōji station with steep cliff, waterfall, walkway along the river with torii at entrance to shrine, a wooden bridge spanning the river leading to cherry... More

Who are the ruffians, murderers, and robbers in Kansas? [1856?]

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 3.

Old Houses in Chatham Street, opposite the Park [N.Y.C. street scene]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 36 (1856 Aug. 16), p. 149. Reference copy may be in LOT 4383-R. Caption card tracings: NY... More

Alexander H. Rice, Esq., Mayor of Boston

Head and shoulders, facing right; with biogr. text and full masthead illus. of crowded Boston Harbor. Illus. in: Ballou's Pictorial, 1856 January 12. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.... More

Grottoes at Hager Silsilis - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 1846. On verso: Silsileh. Grottoes. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and... More

Interior of George Steers' "model room", as it appeared at the time of...

Room with model ships on walls designed by famous marine architect. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1856 Dec. 13, p. 17. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - STEERS, GEORGE, 1820-1856. This rec... More

Plan of the Fairhaven Slate Quarry estate, the property of the Allen S...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows roads, buildings, railroads, and quarries. Includes inset of "Angular view of the Lower North Quarry, partly in Section: shewing the mode of working by the Pithead and Gear chain... More

Slave sale, Charleston, S.C.. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

From a sketch by Eyre Crowe. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1856 Nov. 29. Reference copy may be in LOT 4422A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: S.C.; A... More

Dr. Christie's Ague Balsam - a sure remedy for ague, fever and all bil...

Advertisement label with right profile of Dr. Christie's(?) head

Kansas affairs. To the friends of free Kansas. National Kansas Committ...

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 5.

Statues of Memnon. Thebes - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Twin reconstructed statues of Memnon seated on throne, people with animals resting at the base. No. 1857. On verso: Thebes. Statues of Memnon.

"If I am elected to the high office for which your partiality has nomi...

Verse.; Campaign song. 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 122, Folder 10.

[Statues of Memnon, upright view. - Thebes]

Twin reconstructed statues of Memnon seated on throne, Egypt. No. 1858. On verso: Thebes. Statues of Memnon.

[French naval expedition to the Indo-Chinese archipelago: Port of Toum...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 26, p. 340.

Map of the town of Braintree, Norfolk County, Mass. /

General map showing buildings and householders' names and election districts. Relief shown by hachures. Includes 2 insets and statistical information. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... More

[General William Walker's Exp. in Nicaragua]: Old church on the Grand ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 45 (1856 Oct. 18), p. 292. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Walker, William, 1824-1860.

Freedom's songs! For the Campaign of 1856! John C. Fremont. An Acrosti...

Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

White Sulphur Spring House, Chittenango, New York

Woman and child on lane in foregrd., couple on bridge, and house in backgrd. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1856 June), p. 6. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Chief interpreter Moryamo Yenoski and Tako Juro interpreter / dag. by ...

Print shows two Japanese men, Moryamo Yenoski and Tako Juro, full-length portrait, standing facing front, as interpreters for members of the Perry expedition in Japan. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition o... More

Egypt - Cairo - old house and masharabieh

No. 1939? On verso: Old house & Masharabieh. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg white... More

Medinet Habou - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Rubble and remains of a temple with pylons. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites ... More

Bassua Liberia / R.K.G. - Public domain dedication image

View with two sailboats on water in foreground, and buildings in background. Annotations identify scale, Sugarloaf Mt., and Saddleback Mt.

Egypt - Karnak - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Rows of colonnades amid rubble, Karnak, Egypt. No. 1882. On verso: Thebes. Karnak. Columns of Great Temple.

Mount Ararat, the resting place of the Ark after the flood

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 35 (1856 Aug. 9), p. 140. Reference copy may be in LOT 4702-B. Caption card tracings: Bibl... More

[Egypt - Karnak - Exterior of Great Hall]

No. 1880. On verso: Thebes. Great Hall. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and... More

Letting the last "Democratic drop", Political Cartoon

The only obvious portrait in this crudely drawn satire is that of Republican candidate John C. Fremont (right). An emaciated man (center) sits in a chair near an open window. He is apparently James Buchanan, a... More

Majr. Genl. William T. Sherman: U.S. Army

Public domain image of a military uniform, officer portrait, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[French naval expedition to the Indo-Chinese archipelago: Entrance to ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 26, p. 340.

Interior of Messrs. Leavitt and Delissier's sales-room, Broadway, New ...

Men at book sale. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 5, p. 264.

Great reduction. Northern passenger and freight express by Troy line o...

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 122, Folder 8k.

Map & profile of the Virginia & Tennessee Rail Road.

Strip map of Virginia between Lynchburg and Bristol, Tenn. Shows drainage, coal and copper fields, county boundaries, cities, towns, and roads. Chartered March 24, 1848, under the name of Lynchburg abd Tennesse... More

Map of the State of Florida showing the progress of the surveys; from ...

Township map showing drainage, cities and towns, roads, trails, and location of two railroad lines in the northern part of the state. Stated scale reads: 12 miles to an inch. It is corrected in ink to read 18 m... More

McClellan's map of Windham County, Vermont /

Relief shown by hachures. LC Land ownership maps, 1192 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illustrations and statistical charts. Cambridge Port -- Fayetteville --... More

Great Kansas meeting at St. Louis, Missouri / [from a photograph by Fi...

Crowd at public meeting on question of slavery in Kansas in front of the courthouse, St. Louis, Missouri. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 2, no. 40 (1856 Sept. 13), p. 209.

United States steam-frigate "Merrimac", engraving, Library of Congress

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 Nov. 29, p. 393.

First exhibition Monday, January 28th 1856. Academy Hall ... China & J...

On verso: Filed Jan. 24. 1856. 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 122, Folder 10e.

Passenger route between New-York & Montreal and intermediate places, v...

Caution to the public! 1856. Beware of falsehoods!! Published and circ...

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 122, Folder 8h.

Tremont House, Chicago - presentation of flag to Light Guards, by Duqu...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 33 (1856 July 26), p. 100. Reference copy may be in LOT 4424. Caption card tracings: Milit... More

Justice of the peace, Norway - Public domain portrait print

Head-and-shoulders portrait of an unnamed Norwegian justice of the peace. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife. Inscribed upper left: No. 11,... More

Carta geographica de uma parte do Imperio do Brasil : confinante com a...

Public domain scan of an 18th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Bay of Wodowara / from nature by Heine[,] shipping by Walke ; lith. of...

Print shows two American side wheel steam frigates and a large rowboat during rough seas in the Bay of Wodowara. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... ... More

Mosque of Asha. Jerusalem - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Exterior view of al-Aqṣá Mosque. No. 586. On verso: Mosque of Aksa. Jerusalem.

[The freshwater canal at Ismailia]

Small boats moored at water's edge in tributary to the Suez Canal. No. 1774.

New York & Erie railroad. The great double track, and only broad gauge...

Transportation.; Handwritten on verso: 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 62, Folder 18.

Disastrous calamity on the North Pennsylvania rail road ... John McDev...

Verse.; On verso: MC# 09-82-038.319 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 26.

Fallen Colossus. Memnonium - Public domain scan / print

Four headless statues standing before colonnade, on right bust of larger statue laying face down. No. 1864. On verso: Thebes. The Ramesseum. The fallen Colossus.

Important to travelers going South from Washington. Richmond, Frederic...

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 186, Folder 45a.

Great northern and eastern railroad route, Rutland, Burlington, Montre...

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 122, Folder 8a.

View from the hills. Assouan - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Shallows and rocky outcroppings on the Nile River. No. 1830. On verso: Assouan.

[Jean M. Lander, half-length portrait, seated]

Written in ink on photograph: To my loving friends, Jean M. Lander, 1856 ...

Molde, Norway - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows, in the distance, Molde, a Norwegian village on the Moldefjorden, an arm of the Romsdalfjorden. Most of the houses, churches and buildings hug the shoreline. Sailboats dot the water. Taylor visite... More

A new map of our country, present and prospective : [United States] : ...

Liberty, the fair maid of Kansas--in the hands of the "border ruffians...

A bitter indictment of the Democratic administration's responsibility for violence and bloodshed in Kansas in the wake of the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act. (See also "Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Freesoiler... More

Map of Hamilton County, Ohio : exhibiting th various divisions and sub...

LC Land ownership maps, 633 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes property tax statistical table, insets of Madisonville, Harrison, Sharon, Storrs Township, Mill Cr... More

Dinsmore's complete map of the railroads & canals in the United States...

Map of the eastern half of the United States and part of Canada showing drainage, relief by hachures, state boundaries, and proposed, projected, and operating railroads. Scale ca. 1:4,000,000. Another edition, ... More

Senzoku no ike kesakakematsu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a large pine tree with fence around it and shrine nearby on the edge of a lake, with teahouse and travelers in the foreground. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsor... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei

Print shows pedestrians on a commercial street at night beneath a full moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho e... More

At Dendarah - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Wall with bas-relief and hieroglyphics. No. 1903. On verso: Egypt. Dendarah, sculptures at.