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Room from the Powel House, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Public domain photo of a 3d object, North America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Room from the Powel House, Philadelphia

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

A perspective view of the loss of the U.S. frigate Philadelphia in whi...

Photograph shows Tripolitan gun boats firing on the U.S.S. Philadelphia and during the Tripolitan Wars, 1803. Original engraving by Charles Denoon not in LC collection, which has only a black-and-white reproduction.

William Russell Birch - Schuylkill Bridge, High Street, Philadelphia

Print shows view of the Schuylkill Bridge with an inset showing the bridge covered.

Schuylkill Bridge High Street Philadelphia / [drawn by W. Birch ; engr...

Print shows a view of the Schuylkill Bridge at High Street, Philadelphia, with exposed frame structure prior to being enclosed; insert at bottom center shows a view of the bridge as covered. On the left, a man ... More

Architectural drawing for a house for John Markoe, near 9th Street and...

Working drawing showing vestibule doors, moldings, and hardware as plans, elevations, sections, and details; rendering. UNIT title devised. City, building name, and client's first name from O'Gorman's Drawing t... More

Sunday Morning in front of the Arch Street Meeting House, Philadelphia

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Sunday Morning in front of the Arch Street Meeting House, Philadelphia

Attributed to John Lewis Krimmel (1786–1821) Public domain scan of 19th century Russian drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sellers & Pennock 231 High Street Philadelphia

Print shows an advertisement for Sellers & Pennock showing several men operating a firehose water-pumping machine. Caption continues: Patent rivet hose, fire bucket and hydraulion manufacturers. Trimmed to wit... More

View of Philadelphia as seen from top of Great Ship House, Augt. 1829 ...

(DLC/PP-1996:023.12) Notations below, above and within image identify types of ships and places. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory no. 152. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress).

A view of the Butte des Morts treaty ground with the arrival of the co...

The arrival by boat of Lewis Cass and Colonel McKenney at Butte des Morts, Wisconsin, 1827. Illus. in: The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American I... More

A south east view of Merchants Hotel, nth Fourth St. Philadelphiada, J...

Print shows citizens engaged in a number of activities on a busy street. A carriage is dropping off or picking up luggage at the hotel while guests are relaxing on the balcony. (DLC/PP-1993:212.23) Stauffer, 1... More

[Independence Hall (State House) on Chestnut St, Philadelphia, Pennsyl...

On item: "City street, in Southwark or another section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson col... More

[View of intersection of Eighth Street and Market Street, Philadelphia...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

[North side of Chestnut Street, below Second Street, Philadelphia, Pen...

Attributed to William Y. McAllister. Case: plain leather double case; pressure sensitive label attached to case: 22/23. Housed in case with DAG no. 1276. Printed on paper label on back of case: William Y. McAll... More

[North side of Chestnut Street, between Second Street and Third Street...

Attributed to William Y. McAllister. Case: plain leather double case; pressure sensitive label attached to case: 22/23. Housed in case with DAG no. 1277. Printed on paper label on back of case: William Y. McAll... More

[North side of Chestnut Street, between Second Street and Third Street...

In frame with gold leaf around window opening. Paper label on back of frame: North side of Chestnut Street between 2nd & 3rd Streets. Daguerreotype view taken by Mr. Wm. G. Mason. Presented by him to John McAll... More

[North side of Chestnut Street, below Second Street, Philadelphia, Pen...

Attributed to William G. Mason. Signs include: Refrigerators, John Gibson, Wines and Liquors, Hotel. In frame with gold leaf around window opening. Paper label on back of frame: Chestnut Street - North side be... More

[John McAllister, Jr., full-length portrait, seated in a chair, outdoo...

Written on paper label on back of case: J. McAllister jr 1843 taken by W.Y.M. on the roof of old 48. Written on paper label on the side of the case: J. McAllister by W.Y.M. Case: frame design with leaf motif in... More

[No. 46 to No. 52, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Signs on buildings include: Walking Canes, McAllister, McAllister & Son, W.G. Mason Engraver, A.J. McDuffee. In frame with gold leaf around window opening. Paper label on back of frame: View of houses No. 46 to... More

[Southwest view of Sanderson's Franklin House, Chestnut Street, Philad...

Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 628. (DLC/PP-1993:212.34). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "American Treasures" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2000.

McAllister's house, Oak St., Philada

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

House N.W. corner of Chestnut and Strawberry Alley

Case: Burns's Monument. Label attached to case: By W.Y. McAllister about 1845. Label attached to case: N.W. Chestnut & Strawberry. Title etched on plate. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:126). For... More

American fashions, fall & winter 1849-50, by John R. Shankland, no. 10...

Print shows in two horizontal panels, at top, eight men, a woman, and four children standing outdoors along a dirt roadway, one man is dressed for hunting and carrying a rifle, and at bottom, six men, five chil... More

Public Ledger Building. S. W. Corner Sixth and Chestnut Streets (84 fe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Panoramic views of Philadelphia, from the state house / drawn from nat...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[U.S. Customs House, Philadelphia]

Exterior view of the U.S. Customs House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1999 (DLC/PP-1999:126.011) Published in: Gat... More

Arch Street Theatre. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photo shows an exterior view of the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (DLC/PP-1999:126). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

[Laying the cornerstone of the new Masonic temple, Philadelphia, Penns...

Date and photographer attribution from a half-tone illustration by Frank H. Taylor in P&P collections File. Note with daguerreotype: "Re-sealed but plates were probably reversed the last time this was opened" W... 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

Harrison's handkerchief extracts Apollos W. Harrison No. 10 South 7th ...

Print shows a ballroom scene at a stately manor in a sylvan setting, the foreground overflowing with floral arrangements and there are two massive lampposts flanking the entrance. On the left and the right are ... More

View of No. 48 and 46 Chestnut Street

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[African American man, possibly named "Small", full length studio port...

Inscribed in ink and pencil on verso: Small. On verso: No. 13185. Purchase; Marian Carson; 2001; (DLC/PP-2001:068). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Perspective view / L.N. Rosenthals Chromo Lith. Philadelphia.

Print shows a perspective view of an Italianate style building on a street corner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; designed by architect Samuel Sloan, it may have been the residence of Joseph Harrison, Jr. at 221... More

Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions for spring & summer 1855, publ...

Print shows in two horizontal panels, at top, men, a woman, and two children standing in a large drawing room, and at bottom, men, a woman, and two children standing outdoors on a street at seaside. At bottom c... More

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.

View of Uraga, Yedo Bay / W. Heine ; T. Sinclair's Lith., Philadelphia...

Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... in ... 1852, 1853, and 1854, under ... M.C. Perry ... / Matthew C. Perry ; Francis L. Hawks, comp. Washington : A... More

1th Presbyterian Church, Broad Street Philadelphia

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Bird's eye view of Philadelphia.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic city, cityscape, street view, buildings, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Private Vernon Mosher of Co. F, 97th New York Infantry Regiment, in u...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Rick Brown, May 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

New Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, building, Pennsylvania

Stereograph showing the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane under construction, with many workers posing in foreground. Langenheim's American Stereoscopic Views. Blind stamp: Langenheim. Inscribed on verso: Me... More

Main Street, Germantown, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Photograph shows street in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

[Old Swedes Church (Gloria Dei Church) and cemetery, Philadelphia, wit...

No. 51. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified woman] / Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown, 912-914 Chestnut Str...

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

[Unidentified man] / J. Cremer & Co., artists, No. 18 South Eighth Str...

[Buildings at the Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania],

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

George A. Sawin, Co. A, 22 Massachusetts., Philadelphia / I. Wilton Ha...

Photograph shows reproduction of 1862 photograph of George A. Sawin, musician of Co. A, 22nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment in uniform.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with saxhorn] / Photographed by...

Public domain photograph related to army, military forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Interior of Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No. 286.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with drum] / Photographed by Th...

Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Exterior of Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No. 284.

Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Interior of Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No. 285.

Rebecca. A slave girl from New Orleans / J. E. McClees, artist, 910 Ch...

Photograph shows a bust portrait of Rebecca Huger, facing front. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a m... More

Handel and Hayden Hall occupied by the Union Business College of Phila...

Photograph shows students attending class at Union Business College, now named Peirce College, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Continuation of caption on verso: Thomas May Peirce, A.M., President. A popular and... More

Review of the returned veterans by Gov. Curtin--General Meade and staf...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1865 July 1, p. 236.

Smith's Island, Phil., Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Photograph shows the swimming pool on Smith's Island, a popular 19th century resort area in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Robert Wood's ornamental iron works, Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia / Hinc...

Print shows an advertisement for Robert Wood's Ornamental Iron Works on "Ridge Avenue below Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia" showing cast iron statues and fountains, the "Clay Monument, at Pottsville, Pa.", ... More

Birds eye view of Philadelphia and vicinity showing location of the Ph...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 827.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

[Zieber family outside their Philadelphia home at Broad and Girard Ave...

Stereograph showing Zieber family group on the lawn. Inscribed on verso: From left Mrs. W. B. Zieber, Miss Rebecca Vanderslice, Mr. W.B.Z. with Anna L. Zieber on his lap, Eugene on his velocipede, Will Zieber s... More

Chestnut Street below 11th, south side, Philadelphia

Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). Title from inscription on verso.

Keeper's house - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Print shows a view of an eclectic, picturesque building that serves as the park keeper's house, from a souvenir booklet of views of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, part 1st, 1870.

Mansion house - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Print shows a view of the front of the mansion house, from a souvenir booklet of views of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, part 1st, 1870.

Fairmount, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Stereograph showing visitors on a terrace in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. From James Cremer's Stereoscopic Emporium, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

Under Girard Av. Bridge, Philad'a, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereosc...

Stereograph showing the Girard Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, from below, perhaps during construction. From James Cremer's Stereoscopic Emporium, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. No. 1292. Marian S. Carson Coll... More

Band house - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Print shows a view of a bandstand, with two children on the lawn in the foreground, from a souvenir booklet of views of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, part 1st, 1870.

Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 19th century...

Stereograph showing a couple seated on a shady hillside by a path. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

[Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, with well-dressed people promenading on...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Unidentified African American man] / Broadbent & Phillips, 1206 Chest...

No. 28229. Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Views of William F. Murphy's Sons' stationery establishment, 509 Chest...

Stereograph showing shop interior with shelves and glass cases of goods for sale. On verso: ... stationery, steam-power printing, ruling and blank book manufacturing establishment ... James Cremer, Photographer... More

[Page of advertisements including three original photoprints of public...

Photos (possibly stereo halves) are ad for "James Cremer, photographer, and publisher of American scenery for the stereoscope, ... Philadelphia" Illus. and text in: Illustrated guide to the leading wholesale an... More

Bird's eye view of Philadelphia. - Public domain old map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Supplement to Harper's weekly, June 15, 1872." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 828 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

New Masonic temple, Grand Lodge room, west [Philadelphia]

Stereograph showing interior view. F. Gutekunst, Photog'r, No. 712 Arch Street. From James Cremer's Stereoscopic Emporium, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

Whirligig in Shützen Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sep. 1873

Stereograph showing a carousel at Shützen Park, Philadelphia. American Scenery. Bell, photographer, 1200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

[Pennsylvania Railroad advertising material: "Train view, West Philade...

Sepia photo copyrighted by W.P. Mange & Co., Phila. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads Stations Pa.; Railroads Ads [1874]; Railroads [ca. 1874]; Shelf.

Bird's eye view, International Exhibition, 1876--Fairmont Park, Philad...

Illus. in: Album of the International exhibition at Philadelphia to commemorate the centennial of the United States of America. New York : J. Bien, 1875, plate 7. Copyright by Sydney Smirke.

Scenery in Fairmount Park. West from North Laurel

Stereograph showing a terrace with view of houses across the water.

At Dock Street wharf / Schell & Hogan ; JL[?] sc.

Print shows congestion of horse-drawn carts and wagons overburdened with merchanise on Dock Street, also handcarts, teamsters and longshoremen, and railroad locomotives and cars for hauling goods from ships to ... More

Birdseye view of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, with the buildings of t...

Print shows the Schuylkill River with people strolling and riding in carriages in the foreground. 8590 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

Design for U.S. Custom House and Post Office, Philadelphia, PA.

Photocopy of architectural rendering. Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Philadelphia. Mint smelting room, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereosco...

Stereograph showing interior view with smelting equipment. From series: Centennial Views. Philadelphia and Fairmount Park. No. 117. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

First steam fire engine, and trip hammer

2375H U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2775. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brown, Westhead, Moore, & Co's exhibit, Pennsylvania, 19th century ste...

Plates, urns, figurines, etc. on display at the 1876 Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, Pa. from T.C. Brown, Westhead, Moore & Co. Cauldon Place and Royal Victoria Works; Hanley, Staffordshire, England. 1906... More

[Street in Philadelphia on the opening day of the American Centennial ...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1876June 10, p. 573. Reference copy in LOT 4435-A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Street scenes; Exhibitions; Shelf.

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania: Japanese Mirror...

Stereo copyrighted by the Centennial Photo. Co. No. 2017. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Machinery; Japan Misc.; Shelf.

Wissahickon R. R. Bridge, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Stereograph showing a railroad bridge and a smaller bridge crossing the Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia, with a man sitting on the shore.

Agri. Hall Nave looking North, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope ...

No. 746. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Centennial--balloon view of the grounds : [Centennial Exhibition a...

Bird's-eye view of fairgrounds. Oriented with north toward the lower left. In upper margin: Supplement to Harper's weekly, September 30, 1876. Originally catalogued in book collection under LC classification: T... More

The Centennial. General view from George's Hill showing camp of West P...

Stereograph showing view over the fairgrounds, including a crowd watching exercises of the West Point cadets. Geo. Barker, photographer, Niagara Falls, New York. No. 1016.

[A street in Philadelphia on the opening of the American Centennial Fe...

Reproduction on the cover of the Illustrated London News. Reference copy available in LOT 4435-A, This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: S... More

Bird's-eye view of the city of Philadelphia --its streets, avenues, an...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Exterior view of the Woman's Pavilion at the International Centennial...

13877G? U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo by the Centennial Photographic Company, Philadelphia. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Exhibitions; Woman; Shelf.

The Tocsin of Liberty–Rung by the State House Bell, (Independence Hall...

Scene from American history. A man pulls a rope to ring the Liberty Bell in the tower above Independence Hall while a crowd cheers in the background. Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pa: Kansas & Colorado State B...

Stereo copyrigted by the Centennial Photographic Co. No. 2042. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Exhibitions; Ka.; Colo.; Shelf.

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania: Bird's Eye Vie...

Stereo copyrighted by the Centennial Photographic Co. No. 2152. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Machinery; Firsts; Exhibitions 1876; Shelf.

Kangaroo, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Stuffed kangaroo at International Exhibition in Philadelphia. 1844191? U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2773.

July 4th, 1876. The Centennial celebration in Philadelphia - The Seven...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1876, July 22, 1876, p. 333.

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania: Shoe and Leathe...

Stereo copyrighted by the Centennial Photo. Co. No. 2332. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Industry... Boats...; Exhibitions; Navy, US; Bells...; Books; Shelf.

[Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia. 1876]: Group of historic relics,...

Stereo copyrighted by Centennial Photo. Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Exhibitions; Sculpture; Shelf.

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