A Cognocenti contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique / Js. Gillray--in...
An elderly Sir William Hamilton inspecting his antiquities, all of which refer to his wife, Lady Emma Hamilton and her lover, Lord Horatio Nelson. In the background hang four pictures on the wall: "Cleopatra", ... More
![[Envelope addressed to General Howell Cobb, Commdr., etc., Quincy, Florida.; postmarked Savannah, Ga.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvZW52ZWxvcGUtYWRkcmVzc2VkLXRvLWdlbi1ob3dlbGwtY29iYi1jb21tZHItZXRjLXF1aW5jeS1mbG9yaWRhLXBvc3RtYXJrZWQtOTM0ZmJkLTEwMjQuanBn/40/23/webp "[Envelope addressed to General Howell Cobb, Commdr., etc., Quincy, Florida.; postmarked Savannah, Ga.]")
[Envelope addressed to General Howell Cobb, Commdr., etc., Quincy, Flo...
Handwritten envelope addressed to General Howell Cobb of 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment and General Staff; bears 10-cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family... More
Salve hieroglyphicum votivum .... Book illustration from Library of Co...
Print showing a variety of symbols, identified in Latin, perhaps forming an anagram, related to Emperor Ferdinand III.
Air-balloons / A. Bell, sculpt.
Book illustration shows five early balloon ascensions in France: two Montgolfier balloons (Fauxbourg St. Antoine and St. Germain); a 1784 balloon of Jean-Pierre Blanchard; and a Charles and Robert balloon being... More
Utilité particuliére, du vaisseau volant Divers utilités, du vaisseau ...
Two songs illustrated with humorous pictures of men using flying machines for various purposes. The left panel shows a man fleeing from his creditors, while the four vignettes to the right depict a clergyman, a... More
Verso of oval portrait miniature in gold case, showing James Madison's...
Hair is in gold oval case within velvet-lined container; verso of James Madison's oval portrait miniature by Charles Willson Peale. Recto contains portrait miniature of Madison given to Catherine "Kitty" Floyd.... More
![[Scientific apparatus used by Lavoisier in studying chemical reactions in combustion of substances, including mercury, top right] / Paulze Lavoisier, sculpt.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODkvMDEvMDEvc2NpZW50aWZpYy1hcHBhcmF0dXMtdXNlZC1ieS1sYXZvaXNpZXItaW4tc3R1ZHlpbmctY2hlbWljYWwtcmVhY3Rpb25zLWluLWNvbWJ1c3Rpb24tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/25/webp "[Scientific apparatus used by Lavoisier in studying chemical reactions in combustion of substances, including mercury, top right] / Paulze Lavoisier, sculpt.")
[Scientific apparatus used by Lavoisier in studying chemical reactions...
Illus. in: Traite elementaire de chimie / Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. Paris : Cuchet, 1789, plate 4. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 187.
![[Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc de Mousseaux, le 22 octobre 1797]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvbGUtcHJlbWllci1wYXJhY2h1dGUtZGUtamFjcXVlcy1nYXJuZXJpbi1lc3NheWUtcGFyLWx1aS1tZW1lLWF1LXBhcmMtZGUtbW91c3NlYXV4LWFmNDRiYy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/42/webp "[Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc de Mousseaux, le 22 octobre 1797]")
[Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc...
Three technical illustrations show "Calotte du parachute" (crown of deployed parachute); "Parachute ployé, à l'instant du départe" (release from ascending balloon); and "Parachute déployé, à l'instant de la sép... More
![[Mr. Graupner - seated and holding music]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvbXItZ3JhdXBuZXItc2VhdGVkLWFuZC1ob2xkaW5nLW11c2ljLTVlMmNhYy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Mr. Graupner - seated and holding music]")
[Mr. Graupner - seated and holding music]
Drawing shows a portrait of Gottlieb Graupner, a music publisher in Boston, facing front while holding a sheet of music. (DLC/PP-1995:140.28) Philadelphia Print Shop inventory no. 28. Title from Philadelphia Pr... More
First plate of four subjects, for Birch's Philadelphia
Print showing four vignette views on one sheet; upper left, "Franklin Library in 1800", bottom left, "Swedes Church Southwark", upper right, "Pennsylvania Hospital in 1800", and bottom right, "High St. Market H... More
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts / engd. by C.G. Childs.
Print shows the front façade of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts building, with tree on the left, circular drive and lawn in front; labeled "Share $50. No. 17". It is inscribed to "Francis Hopkinson" a... More
From Scott's Abbot drawn, printed & pubd. by Childs & Inman Lithrs. 12...
Print shows a group of vignettes, four identified as "Castle of Chilton", "Vaucluse", "Tower of London", and "From Scott's Abbot"; others show dogs, deer, fox, birds, insects, women, Natives, and a table, chair... More
Siberian town from across a river
Print shows a distant view from across a river of a town in Siberia with a large church or monastery at center, in the background. Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC... More
Siberian village, Landscape view print
Print shows a view of a town or village in Siberia surrounded by a wooden wall, with a buddhist temple in the background. Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:... More
Siberia, Landscape view print - Public domain scan / print
Print shows a distant view from an elevated vantage point of a town in Siberia with a large church or monastery in the background. Inscribed in pencil at bottom center: "Siberia." Stamped in lower left: From t... More
![[Uncut sheet of cards showing 25 birds]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvdW5jdXQtc2hlZXQtb2YtY2FyZHMtc2hvd2luZy0yNS1iaXJkcy01NDUyMjAtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/66/webp "[Uncut sheet of cards showing 25 birds]")
[Uncut sheet of cards showing 25 birds]
Damaged at top right corner and top left side with some loss to the illustrations. Stamped on lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson co... More
Camp Wayne. Pennsylvania volunteer encampment on the Paoli battle grou...
Print shows soldiers marching in formation during a military review and training at Camp Wayne on the Battle of Paoli battlefield in Chester County, Pennsylvania; also shows the 1817 monument commemorating the ... More
The original silver medal presented by George Washington to Red Jacket
Etching of medallion: on recto: Red Jacket smoking long pipe, George Washington on left with right hand extended, below inscription: George Washington / President / 1792; on verso: presidential seal.
Fanny Elssler music sheet cover
Print shows ballerina Fanny Elssler, full length portrait, facing front, as the character Sarah Campbell in the ballet "La Gypsy" where she danced the cracovienne (krakowiak). Inscribed in pencil across top: I... More
Apollo Belvidere, study showing the forehead, eyes, and bridge of nose
Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Cochran, 1009 (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Popular graphic ... More
Landscape with natural bridge - Public domain book illustration
Print shows travelers resting in the foreground with a low natural bridge formation over what was once a riverbed, in the background. Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. T... More
Catalogue of a beautiful collection of oil paintings, principally by M...
Item shows a sheet of paper on which are pasted letterpress text catalog entries cut from an auction catalog with an inscribed note at top "Valued at $1,000. To be raffled as soon as 200 chances are taken at $5... More
Portrait frame - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows a design for an oval portrait frame with an elaborate border. Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection... More
La polka - Print, Library of Congress collection
Caption: "The gentleman takes the hand of his partner. Both lift first the right foot, and twice strike the left heel with the right heel, and then turn as in the waltz step." Stamped on verso: From the file o... More
High Street, with the First Presbyterian church Philadelphia. Taken do...
Print shows a street view with the High Street marketplace on the left and the First Presbyterian Church on the right, with pedestrians on the sidewalk and service carts on the cobblestone street. Inscribed in... More
An unfinished house, in Chesnut Street Philadelphia. Built for the lat...
Print shows a street view of a large house under construction beyond two trees in the foreground; also shows pedestrians and, arriving on the left, a workman carrying a ladder. Inscribed in pencil below plate ... More
Orthocera Humboldtiana P.S. Duval Lith. Philadelphia
Printed at top right: "Trans. Am. Phila. Sec. [sic] 2d Series Vol. 7, Pl. 8." Inscribed in pencil at bottom center: "From Nature." Possibly published in: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, hel... More
Trigonia Gibboniana Terebratula Tayloriana P.S. Duval Lith. Philadelph...
Printed at top right of first image: "Trans. Am. Phila. Sec. [sic] 2d Series Vol. 7, Pl. 9" and at top right of second image: "Trans. Am. Phila. Sec. [sic] 2d Series Vol. 7, Pl. 10." Possibly published in: Tra... More
The aerial steam carriage - Drawing. Public domain image.
Pictorial lettersheet shows British inventor William Samuel Henson's proposed steam powered flying machine in an imaginary flight over the Thames River, London, 1843. Attempts to fly a model of the aerial steam... More
Left side view of two fish with details of their scales
Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print fili... More
Tourists near vantage point, Landscape view print
Print shows several European(?) tourists, including children, at a scenic overlook offering views of the distant landscape; at center is a wooden structure that may provide accommodations or simply protection f... More
Seascape with three pinnacles - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...
Print shows three tall columns of rock rising from the sea just off shore, with large cliffs dominating the coastline. Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105... More
French millinery, dress & flower making establishment / on stone by Ja...
Print shows a variety of bonnets on stands on a table. Includes text advertising Madame Petit's millinery store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Fountain green on stone by J. Queen ; lith. of Wagner & McGuigan, 116,...
Print shows the Mifflin family estate "Fountain Green" on a hill overlooking the Schuykill River in Philadelphia's Fairmont Park, Pennsylvania, with a coach on the roadway in the lower left foreground, also sho... More
Pope Gregory 1st lith of Wagner & McGuigan Philada
Print shows Pope Gregory, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with a knight standing in the background, holding a spear and shield. Printed at bottom center: 3. Stamped in lower left: From the file of... More
Sheet music cover for Cadwalader's quick step lith. of Wagner & McGuig...
Print shows General George Cadwalader, full-length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing in front of a chair, facing slightly left, his right arm is extended and he is receiving or passing papers, he is ... More
Dr. Roby's Brazilian hair curling liquid / Wagner & McGuigan lith., Ch...
Advertising or window display card showing a woman looking into a mirror, admiring the curls in her hair. Includes text advertising a Brazilian hair curling liquid.
Rose Warrington plumbeotype from life, engraving, Library of Congress
Print shows Rose Warrington, half-length portrait, seated, facing left with right hand on chin and holding a feather fan in her left hand on her lap, in elaborate oval portrait frame. Printed below portrait fr... More
Fish illustrations showing side views, from top, and the jaw A. Sonrel...
Printed at top right: "Pl. III." Inscribed in pencil above top figures on print: "Insert fig. 7 instead of plate 4 with the teeth belonging to it." Inscribed in pencil next to #3 on print: "Insert fig. 8 of pl... More
Leaflets of memory 1848 lith. & print in colr. by Wagner & McGuigan 11...
Prints show an illuminated contents page for "Illustrations" on the left and on the right the title page for "Leaflets of Memory 1848" showing the natural bridge in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Includes print-... More
![[Balloon with parachute and propellers, associated with Francesco Orlandi, flying over a town harbor and spectators, possibly during an ascent in Italy between 1820 and 1850]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTAvMDEvMDEvYmFsbG9vbi13aXRoLXBhcmFjaHV0ZS1hbmQtcHJvcGVsbGVycy1hc3NvY2lhdGVkLXdpdGgtZnJhbmNlc2NvLW9ybGFuZGktZmx5aW5nLTEwMjQuanBn/40/58/webp "[Balloon with parachute and propellers, associated with Francesco Orlandi, flying over a town harbor and spectators, possibly during an ascent in Italy between 1820 and 1850]")
[Balloon with parachute and propellers, associated with Francesco Orla...
Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mr. Pennington's steam balloon, signs of the times : The Oregon
Print shows an early design for a dirigible-shaped "aerostat" that is powered by steam which drives side-paddles; includes a smokestack at top center and flags at both ends. Includes five lines of text and two... More
Parachute par Mr. A.J. Garnerin
Technical illustration shows a man, possibly André Jacques Garnerin, standing in the basket of a descending parachute. "Fig. 10" from an unidentified publication. Tissandier collection.
Photograph album. John F. DuComb, No. 27 S. 6th Street, Philadelphia
Print shows a design for a photograph album and a window card advertisement for photographer John F. DuComb, No. 27 S. 6th Street, Philadelphia. Includes print-registration marks on all sides of each print. St... More
The manor house Kentmere, Westmoreland. Seat of the Gilpin Family, A.D...
Print shows an exterior view of the Gilpin family manor house at Kentmere, Westmoreland, England. Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Mari... More
Girl praying - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows a young girl spying on another young girl who is praying in a grove of trees with a church in the background. Inscribed in lithographic crayon at bottom: M[?] should like to have the [?] by tomorro... More
Done up Jas. Queen ; Wagner & McGuigan lithrs. Philada
Print shows a young boy sitting on a chair in a corner, he appears to be asleep. A cricket bat and ball are on the floor at his feet and there is a notice on the wall behind him that states "Caution ... Fire Wo... More
The Natives of Florida worship the column erected by the commander on ...
Chief Athore with René Laudonnière, commander of the second French expedition to Florida, standing by column erected by Jean Ribaut during first expedition, showing Natives worshiping the column and many offeri... More
Lilies of the valley - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress
Stamped on lower left of mount: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Popular graphic art pr... More
Vista de la playa de Mayagues L. Luthy fecit
Print shows a cityscape view of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, as seen from a ship in the harbor looking back toward the beach and city, with several ships at anchor in the foreground and rolling hills in the backgroun... More
Dn. Vicente Lunardi, vive en el Coliseo del Buen Retiro
Print shows banner with name of Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi; includes figure playing a drum and two others dancing. "Preco" printed below image. "Bilhete d'introduc̦ão na Platca do Anfitheatro do Terreir... More
Allegory of arts and sciences - A drawing of a group of people sitting...
Print shows a tribute to the arts and sciences with women instructing young boys and girls, showing symbols relating to music, geometry, chemistry, geography, navigation, painting, industry, and astronomy. Sta... More
Reverend Joseph F. Berg D.D. Pastor of the First German Reformed Churc...
Print shows Rev. Joseph F. Berg, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, wearing clerical robes. At head of title: Revd. J.F. Berg. Includes facsimile signature at head of title. Stamped in lowe... More
Hindoo custumes sic, Mauritius P.S. Duval & Co. steam Lith. press, Phi...
Print shows Hindu women washing themselves and their clothing in a stream; Hindu men are supplicating themselves in prayer on the bank of the stream before entering to wash. Stamped in lower left: From the fil... More
The new costume polka composed for the piano by Mathias Keller J. Quee...
Print shows a woman, full length portrait, wearing a bloomer costume, standing on the sidewalk on "Chesnut St." across from the Lee & Walker music store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; female pedestrians on the ... More
Street in Great Salt Lake City - looking east
Print shows a broad dirt road, fenced along both sides, with a few small buildings behind the fences; also shows a covered wagon approaching the viewer and a man with two dogs herding cattle near the center of ... More
Rotary balloon, model exhibited in Class X, no. 137, by J. Luntley
Airship, designed by John Luntley, in flight over water. This record contains unverified, old data from shelflist card, with subsequent revisions.
View looking north west from Promontory Point Great Salt Lake
Print shows a Publication date based on subsequent publication in related item. Published in: Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah / United States. Army. Corps of Topographical E... More
Empire hook & ladder company, no. 1. Instituted February 6th 1851 on s...
Print shows a fireman standing in the street at the front end of a long carrier for a hook and ladder mechanism with several ladders in decreasing lengths stacked on top. It appears that the carrier is pushed f... More
Histoire des ballons, et des diverses ascensions qui ont eu lieu jusqu...
Broadside depicts two airship designs conceived by Ernst (Ernest) Pétin, incorporating four spherical balloons propelled by manually operated helical screws attached to a large flat surface, the lower part prov... More
Navigation aérienne, système de M. Henri Giffard
Broadside announcing Henri Giffard's first steam powered airship design in 1852. Includes a technical drawing of his design. Tissandier collection.
Tableau explicatif général. Les effets du vol aérien actif / / lith. S...
Technical illustration shows 21 figures about aeronautics: the mechanics of insect flight (Figs. 1, 3-5), wing design (Figs. 7-9, 13-15), the effects of propellers (Figs. 2 & 6), and a man-powered device design... More
Domitor / H. Franco̧is. - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congre...
Print shows Taillepied de La Garenne's proposed system of aerial navigation consisting of a balloon with a double parachute on a single axis capable of transporting six persons; parachutes open on an axis exten... More
Domitor / H. Franco̧is. - Engraving, Public domain image
Print shows Taillepied de La Garenne's proposed system of aerial navigation consisting of a balloon with a double parachute on a single axis capable of transporting six persons; parachutes in open position exte... More
Crossing the mouth of the Madeira River, Brazil sketched by L. Gibbon ...
Print shows several men in a small boat in rough seas at the mouth of the Madeira River in Brazil. Stamped on lower left: From the file of James F. Queen Artist, 1824-1889. Printed at top left: Senate Ex. doc.... More
La locomotion aérienne passive. Principes de la nature sur la chûte re...
Technical illustration shows 14 figures with various designs for parachutes, including Blanchard's parachute, and several vessels with wings. "Invt. & constr. de Tollin" below fig. 11. Illus. from: L'aéronauti... More
Llamas traversing the Andes laden with silver Titicaca balsa off Puno ...
Print shows in the first illustration a packtrain of llamas loaded with silver in a valley in the Andes mountains; second illustration shows a small balsa boat on Lake Titicaca. Signed on stone in lower right ... More
San Mateo ferry, Bolivia Camp Ladron, Peru sketched by L. Gibbon ; JQ ...
Print shows in the first illustration mules on the shore and swimming across the San Mateo river, in Bolivia, following others that are approaching the opposite shore, also shows Natives on shore and with a sma... More
View in Quibdó Baudó J.C.T. delt. ; P.S. Duval & Co's Steam Lith. Pres...
Prints show views of the villages of Quibdó and Baudó, Colombia, South America. Proof sheet showing two images from the same stone arranged opposite of each other; a short dividing line indicates where the pag... More
Niagara, from the American side on stone by J. Queen ; P.S. Duval & Co...
Print shows four men on the bank of the Niagara River observing the waterfalls from the American side. The men are identified on the print as, from left: "R. Martin", "J.J." Sutton" (in pencil as "F.T"), "Jas. ... More
Hibernian Benevolent Institution, incorporated 1833 / design and on st...
Print shows at center, beneath an eagle perched on an Irish harp, is a woman attending to a sick man as two well-dressed men enter the room; on the left are two horses and a shield above the motto "Virtue Liber... More
The natural bridge, Rockbridge County, Virginia from a sketch by Maj. ...
Print shows a view from a footpath next to a stream below the natural bridge in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Stamped on lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Publication date based on ... More
Santa Lucia J. Queen ; P.S. Duval & Cos. Steam lith. Press, Philadelph...
Print shows a distant view of Santa Lucia Hill with an astronomical observatory on the right; also shows a pastoral scene with a small pond in the foreground, cows grazing, and buildings in the middle distance.... More
Bridge & causeway at Ma-Chi-Na-Too, Lew Chew Jas. Queen delt. ; P.S. D...
Print shows travelers on a country road crossing a bridge and causeway in Okinawa, Japan, showing river and buttes on the right and rice paddies on the left. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an Ameri... More
Macao from Penha Hill W. Heine ; J. Queen delt. ; P.S. Duval & Co., Ph...
Print shows a view of the harbor at Macao, with buildings along the waterfront; also shows two porters with shoulder poles on a roadway at bottom center, and a group of women on the lower right who may be nuns.... More
Public bath at Simoda from nature by W. Heine ; Js. Queen delt. ; P.S....
Print shows an interior view of a public bathhouse in Shimoda, Japan, with men and women bathing. Inscribed in pencil on verso: "This was the 'suppressed' plate for the government publication of the Perry Expe... More
Diploma awarded by the People's Agricultural Society of West Jersey / ...
Print shows a bird's-eye view of fairgrounds with a steamboat "Osceola" on the river in the foreground. Includes seven vignettes showing livestock, agricultrual machinery, and, at top center, two female figures... More
M.S. Mepham Bro & Co nos. 63 & 65 Locust St. Saint Louis Mo. P.S. Duva...
Print shows a street view of the "Sun Tobacco Works" building showing workmen with horse-drawn carts, barrels, and wheelbarrows, also shows pedestrians and a military officer on horseback at the head of a group... More
Angels playing music in heaven, harpies playing music in Hell
Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Cochran, 626 (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Popular graphic a... More
This diploma was awarded by the Luzerne County Agricultural Society at...
Print shows rural views of a farm, farmers, and livestock, also arrangements of farm produce, and a farmer driving a horse-drawn reaper, and a railroad at a factory or processing plant. Caption continues: To [... More
Point breeze park, Landscape view print
Print shows the racetrack at Point Breeze Park during a sulky horse race, with spectators on the central lawn and in the large viewing pavilion at center, and on the left is the judges elevated kiosk. Publicat... More
West Philadelphiadelphia Manufacturing Cos. starch & sarina works Js. ...
Print shows a street view of the factory buildings of the West Philadelphia Manufacturing Co., with street and railroad in the foreground. Caption continues: Refined pearl starch & corn farina. Chestnut & Brid... More
Label for druggist P.S. Duval & Son's Lith. Philadelphia.
Print shows a design for a druggist's label with an oval frame resting on a pedestal draped with an American flag, with flowers, caduceus, mortar & pestle at top, and other vessels common to the druggist trade;... More
Certificate of honorary membership of the Weccacoe Fire Company, Phila...
Print shows a certificate for honorary membership in the Weccacoe Fire Company of Philadelphia, with views of five firehouses, horse-drawn engines, and other firefighting equipment. Stamped in lower left: From... More
Salle de conférences ... Conférences experimentales sur la navigation ...
Broadside announcing a conference on flight designs by Camille Vert. Includes pictures of a lighter-than-air 'flying fish' airship and a heavier-than-air 'winged man' ornithopter. Tissandier collection.
Now ready: the Dred Scott decision--Opinion of Chief-Justice Roger B. ...
Advertisement for pamphlet of the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision by Van Evrie, Horton & Co., No. 40 Ann Street, New York. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 3, no. 134 (1859 July 23), p. 479.
Ballon Godard / H.L.. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Collecting card shows an ascending balloon with one person on board.
Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, in oval
Includes print-registration marks and color bar indicating that as many as 15 stones were used. Stamped on lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian... More
Armeria de Madrid. Armure de Christophe Colomb
Armor belonging to Christopher Columbus. In album: Spain, p. 10. No. 25.
Blue Mountain Delaware water gap. Site of the slate quarries of the Ne...
Print shows a portion of the Delaware Water Gap and the slate quarrying areas near the Blue Mountains along the Delaware River; a large building in the foreground with a railroad passing along the banks of the ... More
![[Technical illustration shows four stages of André Garnerin's parachute: apparatus for inflating a balloon with hydrogen, a balloon in flight, parachute attached to ascending balloon, and parachute deployed in descent] / Fauchery, del. et sc.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvdGVjaG5pY2FsLWlsbHVzdHJhdGlvbi1zaG93cy1mb3VyLXN0YWdlcy1vZi1hbmRyZS1nYXJuZXJpbnMtcGFyYWNodXRlLWFwcGFyYXR1cy02NTYxYWUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/58/webp "[Technical illustration shows four stages of André Garnerin's parachute: apparatus for inflating a balloon with hydrogen, a balloon in flight, parachute attached to ascending balloon, and parachute deployed in descent] / Fauchery, del. et sc.")
[Technical illustration shows four stages of André Garnerin's parachut...
"Pl. I" from unidentified publication. Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Séville. Clefs offertes à St. Ferdinand à son entrée à Seville / J. La...
Keys offered to Ferdinand III upon his entrance to Seville. In album: Spain, opposite p. 51. No. 315.
Old John Brown's career illustrated
Print shows five vignettes from the violent life of abolitionist John Brown, three related to "doing his Kansas work" and the fourth "commencing his Virginia work"; the fifth vignette, at center, labeled "The t... More
The "Lincoln column," first monolith raised, Nov. 1860, Presidential e...
Photo shows construction at U.S. Capitol, including African American workmen with a column named in the photograph to recognize Abraham Lincoln's election as president on Nov. 6, 1860. In album: Benjamin Brown... More
![[Explosion of the Alfred Thomas at Easton Pennsylvania March 6th 1860]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTMvZXhwbG9zaW9uLW9mLXRoZS1hbGZyZWQtdGhvbWFzLWF0LWVhc3Rvbi1wYS1tYXJjaC02dGgtMTg2MC01ZTJjODEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[Explosion of the Alfred Thomas at Easton Pennsylvania March 6th 1860]")
[Explosion of the Alfred Thomas at Easton Pennsylvania March 6th 1860]
Print shows an explosion on the steamboat Alfred Thomas at Easton, Pennsylvania; a few people are standing on the shore of the river and Easton is visible to the left, in the background. Title from another impr... More
View of Easton, (from Phillipsburg Rock) ambrotype of H.P. Osborn, Bet...
Print shows a bird's-eye view of Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, with a river on the left, canal, railroads and bridges at center, and the community in the background. Caption continues: showing part... More
![[Daggers, swords, and battle hatchets displayed at the Armory, Madrid, Spain]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvZGFnZ2Vycy1zd29yZHMtYW5kLWJhdHRsZS1oYXRjaGV0cy1kaXNwbGF5ZWQtYXQtdGhlLWFybW9yeS1tYWRyaWQtc3BhaW4tMzI2MTIyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[Daggers, swords, and battle hatchets displayed at the Armory, Madrid, Spain]")
[Daggers, swords, and battle hatchets displayed at the Armory, Madrid,...
In album: Spain, opposite p. 11. No. 89. 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
![[Civil War envelope showing sailor climbing up flagpole to American flag with lines from poem]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDEvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctc2FpbG9yLWNsaW1iaW5nLXVwLWZsYWdwb2xlLXRvLWFtZXJpY2FuLWZsYWctd2l0aC00NmYzNjYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/24/webp "[Civil War envelope showing sailor climbing up flagpole to American flag with lines from poem]")
[Civil War envelope showing sailor climbing up flagpole to American fl...
Addressed to Miss Adelia Fries, Philadelphia, No. 931 No[r]th Tenth Street; postmarked [Alex]andria, Va.; bears 3 cent stamp. Notation at bottom of envelope: Wm. Birney, Maj., 4 [?] Regt., N.J. Vols. Lines fro... More
The volunteers in defence of the government against usurpation, 1861 /...
Print shows a man standing at center, holding an American flag, with two soldiers in uniform and holding rifles, standing to the right and left in the foreground; behind them are the wheels of a wagon attached ... More
![[Civil War envelope], Confederate States of America.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLTYwOGFlZC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/25/webp "[Civil War envelope], Confederate States of America.")
[Civil War envelope], Confederate States of America.
Addressed to W.R. Clack, Co. B, 43rd Regt. of Tenn. Vols., Chattanooga, Tennessee; bears 3 cent stamp. Found with letter processed as LOT 14043-3, no. 28, and tintype of William R. Clack of Co. B, 43rd Tenness... More