1859

[Lucius Q.C. Lamar, Representative from Mississippi, Thirty-fifth Cong...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 179. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[James M. Cavanaugh, Representative from Minnesota, Thirty-fifth Congr...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 305. Each item includes subject's orig... More

Chickering's Pianoforte Manufactory - finishing room

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 7, no. 176 (1859 Apr. 16), p. 309. Caption card tracings: Ind; Music Pianos; Geogr.; B.I.

Hoyt's Hiawatha hair restorative. Every bottle warranted ... Agents fo...

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 34.

[John R. Edie, Representative from Pennsylvania, Thirty-fifth Congress...

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

[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 ...

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

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

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

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

From San Francisco Bay to the northern boundary of California : from e...

Scale 1:760,320. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Routes in Oregon and California. Map no. 1. "Drawn by John Young." From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the M... More

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

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

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

[Henry M. Phillips, Representative from Pennsylvania, Thirty-fifth Con...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 90. Each item includes subject's origi... More

[Allison White, Representative from Pennsylvania, 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 101. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[Robert Tombs, Senator from Georgia, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-lengt...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 158. Each item includes subject's orig... More

Douglass Frederick correspondence Condolence Appreciation, photocopy

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Palais sur le Tschar-Bag a Hispahan

Lithograph drawn from nature & lith. by Jules Laurens. Illus. in: Voyage en tùrquie... (Paris 1859) by Xavier Hommaire de Hell, plate 99. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption car... More

The greatest illuminator of the age. Oleine oil ... I. H. Bickford. No...

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 18.

Abraham Lincoln to Ruckel & Johns, Friday, August 05, 1859 (Check)

[John B. Thompson, Senator from Kentucky, 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 215. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[Henry Chapman, Representative from Pennsylvania, 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 93. Each item includes subject's origi... More

[Linus B. Comins, Representative from Massachusetts, Thirty-fifth Cong...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 25. Each item includes subject's origi... More

James McNeill Whistler - Drouet, sculpteur

Etching by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1834-1903. Kennedy, 55 (second state). Signed and dated on plate. Hubbard Collection. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Asahel Gridley to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, May 07, 1859 (Telegram; ...

[John S. Phelps, Representative from Missouri, Thirty-fifth Congress, ...

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

Victoria Harbor, Vancouver Island, taken from the church hill, 1859

Photograph shows view of settlement of Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia; this is the third part of a six part panoramic photograph of Victoria. Attributed to Arthur Vipond based on research by Da... More

The Execution of Cook and Coppock ... [Charlestown, W. Va., Dec. 17, 1...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 9, no. 212 (1859 Dec. 24), pp. 56-57. Caption card tracings: U.S. History 1859; West Virginia Cha... More

The Hon. Daniel E. Sickles receiving his friends during the day in the...

Mr. Sickles petting dog and talking to a man with a crutch, Wash., D.C., Jail. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1859 March 26). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption c... More

[George R. Robbins, Representative from New Jersey, Thirty-fifth Congr...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 81. Each item includes subject's origi... More

Stereoscopic view of Market Street, including a view of the market hou...

Photographs show a street view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Copyright deposit; H.B. Odiorne; Dec. 3, 1859. Copyright deposit by H.B. Odiorne in 1859. No. 518.

Map of the military dep't of Texas : being a section of the map of the...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows Indian tribal locations, military posts, and routes and dates of expeditions and surveys. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Bald eagle / American Bank Note Co.

Proof for bank note vignette, showing eagle. No. 61. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

To the public. Whereas, reports have been put, or caused to be put, in...

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 5.

[Albert G. Watkins, Representative from Tennessee, 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 229. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[James Pike, Representative from New Hampshire, 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 12. Each item includes subject's origi... More

[H. Winter Davis, Representative from Maryland, 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 121. Each item includes subject's orig... More

Bōshū nokogiriyama nihonji, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows temple buildings at the base of large rock formations on Mount Yokogiri, Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the... More

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

Adams' patent bean and seed separator

LOT subject: Agriculture Machinery. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Print is one page of pamphlet also advertising "Adams' Patent Coal Sifter" (LC-USZ62-23764). Another copy... More

Map of Blair County, Pennsylvania : from special surveys /

General-content county map also showing buildings in rural areas, householders' names, and forested areas; real-property tracts, lot numbers, and building coverage also are shown in all the town/village insets ... More

$600 reward. Mayor's office. Washington, December 27th, 1859. Whereas ...

Mr. La Mountain's aerial voyage - the descent of the balloon

John La Moutnain's balloon voyage with John Wise and Gager from St. Louis to Rochester, 1859.

[Anthony E. Roberts, Representative from Pennsylvania, Thirty-fifth Co...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 95. Each item includes subject's origi... More

[William Stewart, Representative from Pennsylvania, Thirty-fifth Congr...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 109. Each item includes subject's orig... More

Crusader--Fabrica de tabacos--De superior calidad de la Vuelia-Abajo d...

Tobacco label showing armored knight leading his horse, by the bridle, toward a castle in the distance. Copyright by Th. G. Little.

All hail good templars - Engraving, Public domain image

LOT subdivision subject: Fraternal Organizations. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Balmer & Weber. Lithograph by Jno McKiltrick, No. 36 N. Main St., St. Louis, Mo.

[Albert G. Brown, Senator from Mississippi, Thirty-fifth Congress, hal...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 178. Each item includes subject's orig... More

Trial of Ossawattamie [sic] Brown View of the court-room during the tr...

Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Riviere des Lacs to the Rocky Mountains : from explorations and survey...

Scale 1:1,200,000. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Route near the 47th and 49th Parallels. Map no. 2. "Drawn by John Lambert. Topographer of the exploration, assisted by J. R. P. Mechlin." From U.S.... More

Chapman's rail road map of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri...

Outline map showing the railroad network and stations along the rail lines. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:1,450,000. "Chas. Shober Lith. 109 Lake St. Chicago." LC Railroad maps, 122 Available also t... More

[William W. Phelps, Representative from Minnesota, 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 304. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[James Buffinton, Representative from Massachusetts, Thirty-fifth Cong...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 23. Each item includes subject's origi... More

[Hospital for the Insane of the Army and Navy and the District of Colu...

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 163. Notation: R. McClelland, Secretary; Franklin Pierce. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Brady's political photography, Mathew Brady Photograph, 1850s.

Photograph shows a composite photograph of the members of the thirty-sixth Senate; Jefferson Davis (first figure, second row), Southern secessionists Judah P. Benjamin, (third from the left, fifth row from the ... More

Abraham Lincoln to P. Moran, April 1859 (Check)

Cathedrale of Saint Isaac at St. Petersbourg

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 10. Notation: Comparative view. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[Illustrated cover and back page advertisement from Appleton's railway...

Illustration showing train coming out of mountain tunnel and advertisement for sale of farming and wood lands showing men threshing.

Landing of pilgrims, 1620. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...

Photograph of maquette of Erastus Dow Palmer's proposed pediment design for the south wing of the U.S. Capitol.

Boston, Sept. 15, 1859. Dear Sir: Our attention has been called by the...

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 64, Folder 40. Copy scanned: 1

[Hannibal Hamlin, Senator from Maine, 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 2. Each item includes subject's origin... More

Abraham Lincoln to C. Loch, Monday, December 19, 1859 (Check)

Molly Pitcher [i.e. Molly McCauley loading cannon at Battle of Monmout...

Engraving by J.C. Armytage after Chappel, c1859, published in Robert Tomes, "Battles of America by Sea and Land...," NY, Virtue & Co., 1861, vol.2, opp. p. 120. This record contains unverified, old data from ca... More

[Muscoe R.H. Garnett, Representative from Virginia, Thirty-fifth Congr...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 126. Each item includes subject's orig... More

Map of the Northern Rail Road of New Jersey.

Topographic map of part of New Jersey and New York, covering the area north of the Hudson River and between Jersey City and Nyack, N.Y. The map shows drainage, roads, houses, cities and towns, single-track, dou... More

The cricket match played at Hoboken on October 3-6, 1859, between the ...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 3, no. 146 (1859 Oct. 15), pp. 664-665.

Illinois Mt. Vernon Ladies Association, January 1859 (Printed Adverti...

[Horace Maynard, Representative from Tennessee, 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 230. Each item includes subject's orig... More

John T. Ford / J.W. Perkins, photographer, No. 211 Baltimore Street, n...

Photograph shows theater manager John Thompson Ford, three-quarter-length portrait, standing, facing front. Forms part of: Visual materials from the John Thompson Ford papers. Accession no. PR 13 CN 2011:144, ... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Asakusa oumayagashi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two workmen, one standing on a scaffold applying plaster to a wall, the other has fallen into the tray of plaster as he attempted to pass some plaster on the end of a long pole to the other workman.... More

[Henry Waldron, Representative from Michigan, 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 279. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[James A. Stewart, Representative from Maryland, 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 118. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[George W. Jones, Representative from Tennessee, 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 234. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[Philip Allen, Senator from Rhode Island, 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 34. Each item includes subject's origi... More

State of New-Hampshire. A proclamation for a day of public thanksgivin...

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 93, Folder 37.

[Francis E. Spinner, Representative from New York, 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 61. Each item includes subject's origi... More

[Sydenham Moore, Representative from Alabama, 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 173. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[Miles Taylor, Representative from Louisiana, 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 188. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[James B. Foley, Representative from Indiana, Thirty-fifth Congress, o...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 244. Title devised by Library staff ba... More

City of Boston. Notice to housekeepers and tenants. All persons are pr...

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 13.

[Henry L. Dawes, Representative from Massachusetts, Thirty-fifth Congr...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 32. Each item includes subject's origi... More

[Preston King, Senator from New York, 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 43. Each item includes subject's origi... More

Metropolitan record. Vol. 1 No. 1. January 29, 1859. New York.

An account of the St. Patrick's cathedral.; St. Patrick's cathedral. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Col... More

Abraham Lincoln to Self, Friday, December 16, 1859 (Check)

[Judson W. Sherman, Representative from New York, 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 74. Each item includes subject's origi... More

[W. Porcher Miles, Representative from South Carolina, Thirty-fifth Co...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 153. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[Charles E. Stuart, Senator from Michigan, 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 277. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[Charles J. Gilman, Representative from Maine, 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 5. Each item includes subject's origin... More

The City milk business - Public domain book illustration

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 3 (1859 July 16), p. 464.

[John B. Clark, Representative from Missouri, 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 267. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[Clock for the House of Representatives chamber flanked by American In...

Photograph of design drawing for clock with maquettes of figures by William H. Rinehart. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 120. Notations: Figures by Rhinehart; M.C. Meigs, Capt. of Engineers; ... More

[Community adjacent to the fur trading post at Fort Victoria on Vancou...

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 surface to h... More

Map of wagon routes in Utah Territory /

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows routes of Captains Stansbury, Fremont, Gunnison, and Beckwith. In lower right margin: Facsimile reproduction by the Graphic Co., New York. Originally folded in m... More

Shinobazu no ike - Public domain image related to music prformance, dr...

Print shows a comical scene with a group of people walking along the bank of the Shinobazu Pond, with cherry blossoms and dwellings in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibu... More

Garments made to order ... G. C. Harris & Co. 18 Washington St ... Bos...

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 44.

Jean Baptiste Adolphe Lafosse - Napoléon a Sainte-Hélène Paul Delar...

Print shows Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, full-length portrait, facing front, sitting on rocks on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. Signed on stone on lower l... More

[John A. Quitman, Representative from Mississippi, 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 184. Each item includes subject's orig... More

My Uncle Toby's Tobacco - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congre...

Gentleman in white peruke and 18th century costume talking to a lady. LOT subdivision subject: Literature and portraits of authors - Literary and famous figures. Title and other information transcribed from cap... More

[William H. Keim, Representative from Pennsylvania, Thirty-fifth Congr...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 94. Each item includes subject's origi... More

Ethan Allen & Mate and Lantern & Mate: crossing the score "a dead heat...

Artist: Louis Maurer (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1904