Smokestacks and bridge of a steamboat docked at Jackson Square on the ...
Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Marine Sgt. at New Orleans, La.
Public domain image of a military portrait, uniform, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Mardi Gras Parade, New Orleans, Louisiana
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Mardi Gras is organized by Carnival krewes. Krewe float riders toss throws to the crowds; the most common are strings of plastic colorful beads, doubloons... More
DCM 0060: Charles G. Christman Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus or rosewood, ivory head with wood cap, nickel silver keys and ferrules.; 59.4 cm. Key Holes System: 4 keys, round flat flap, pin in block. Mark Maximum: C. G. CHRISTMA... More
Bas relief "Bienville, Founder of New Orleans, 1718," by Auguste De Fr...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,... More
Bas relief "Bienville, Founder of New Orleans, 1718," by Auguste De Fr...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,... More
La Fitte cottage, 941 Bourbon St. at St. Philip, New Orleans, Orleans ...
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1800. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11836. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints an... More
Plan showing the boundaries of the great conflagration of New Orleans ...
Shows settled parts of the town with the darker shading of the squares. Also indicates where fire started and which buildings escaped the fire. Facsimile. Available also through the Library of Congress web site... More
La Fitte cottage, 941 Bourbon St. at St. Philip, New Orleans, Orleans ...
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1800. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11836. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints an... More
La Fitte cottage, 941 Bourbon St. at St. Philip, New Orleans, Orleans ...
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1800. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11836. Pirate John LaFitte's blacksmith shop. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of th... More
"Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1814," mural ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photo... More
[View of the battle near Chalmettes plantation, Jan. 8, 1815]
Print shows a bird's-eye view of the battlefield printed above a key identifying the essential features, with the Mississippi River in the foreground. This print is the key to illustration filed under: PGA - D... More
General Jackson, hero of New Orleans aquatinted by W. Strickland
Print shows Andrew Jackson, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing military uniform and hat, with clouds, cannons and ribbon that states "Defeated 8000 British at New Orleans 1815". Stauffer, 3048 (DLC/PP-... More
Battle of New Orleans and death of Major General Packenham [sic] on th...
Print shows the Battle of New Orleans from the British perspective, as British forces advance upon the earthworks or barricades from which the American forces, under the command of Andrew Jackson, repel the att... More
Bas relief "Jackson, Defender of New Orleans, 1818," by Auguste De Fra...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,... More
The heroe of New Orleans battle of the memorable 8th January 1815 - co...
Print shows a music sheet cover depicting Andrew Jackson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left.
Bas relief "Jackson, Defender of New Orleans, 1818," by Auguste DeFras...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,... More
[United States Capitol] / C. Bullfinch delt. ; Childs dir.
Print shows front or east view of the U.S. Capitol as it appeared in 1829, prior to the beginning of President Andrew Jackson's administration. Title from another impression. Trimmed above title and mounted on ... More
The debilitated situation of a monarchal government . . .
A pointed comparison of French and American governments, prompted by events surrounding American efforts in 1836 to force France to honor spoliation claims for American shipping losses suffered during the Napol... More
Uncle Sam sick with la grippe - Drawing. Public domain image.
A satire attributing the dire fiscal straits of the nation to Andrew Jackson's banking policies, with specific reference to recent bank failures in New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia. The artist blames th... More
The new era Whig trap sprung - Public domain scan / drawing
Democratic efforts to reelect Martin Van Buren are portrayed as hopeless in the face of broad popular support for Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. Here one of Harrison's campaign emblems, a log cabin, is ... More
Battle of New Orleans / Robt. Hinshelwood ; Smillie & Hinshelwood.
Print shows an officer on horseback behind American soldiers as British soldiers storm the barricades, during the Battle of New Orleans. Published in Graham's magazine, 27, 1 (July 1845), between p. 40 and 41.
Federal-Abolition-Whig trap, to catch voters in
An illustrated anti-Whig broadside, designed to combat the "Log Cabin campaign" tactics of presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. The text warns the people of New Orleans of Whig election propaganda: "P... More
The trap sprung! The kinderhook fox caught!
A parody of Democratic efforts to reelect incumbent Martin Van Buren in the face of broad popular support for Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. The print is a crude woodcut evidently based on Napoleon Saro... More
New Orleans... - Print, Library of Congress collection
318 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bennett, William James. Copyright deposit, Southern District of N.Y.: Feb. 10, 1842.
Jackson at New Orleans / Lossing - Barritt.
Print shows Andrew Jackson rallying his troops as the British advance on the barricades at the battle of New Orleans, January 8th, 1815.
John Bull's fish monopoly - Victorian era public domain image
An anti-British satire, reflecting American enragement at Britain's tightening of restrictions on territorial waters open to American fishermen off the coast of Canada. In July 1852, England notified the Unite... More
Battle of New Orleans - from a painting by Merritt
Print shows American forces defending their barricades against an assault by British soldiers during the battle of New Orleans. Illus. from: Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, vol. 7, no. 5 (1854 Augu... More
Pilots Station / H. Lewis pinx. ; Lith. Jnst. Arnz & Co. Düsseldorf.
Bird's-eye view of harbor, New Orleans, Louisiana. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Design drawing for stained glass window showing 22 figures kneeling, ...
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New-Orleans (Louisiana) / H. Lewis pinx. ; Lith. Jnst. Arnz & Co. Düss...
Panoramic view of harbor with ships. Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Battle of New Orleans January 8th 1815 / D.M. Carter ; T. Phillibr...
Print shows General Andrew Jackson on horseback, rallying American soldiers behind barricades, during the Battle of New Orleans. The original painting is now in the Historic New Orleans Collection.
Winer's Canadian vermifuge a speedy and effective remedy for worms. J....
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hatch. Check 260 field. c1860.
View of the famous levee of New Orleans, the capital of Louisiana, whi...
Levee with bales of cotton, African-American workers and steamboats. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 228 (1860 Apr. 14), p. 306 and 315.
Canal Street, west from Saint Charles Street
No. 519. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old Hickory - fabrica de tobacos - superiores de la vuelta abajo - Hab...
Print shows a tobacco labeled with Andrew Jackson, "Old Hickory", at the Battle of New Orleans, 1815, with other officers on horseback. Copyright by Thomas G. Little. Entered according to Act of congress in th... More
Saint Charles Hotel, Saint Charles Street
No. 505. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Honorable William Pitt Kellogg of La - Public domain portrait photogra...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Appointed by Lincoln collector of the port of New Orleans April 13, 1865. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
The Naval attack on Forts Jackson and St. Philip, New Orleans
Night scene illuminated by gun flashes from Federal gunboats on Mississippi River. Apr. 1862. Photo "copied from a painting belonging to Adm. Porter". This record contains unverified, old data from caption card... More
Non-commissioned officers, 19th Iowa Infantry, exchanged prisoners fro...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
The mint at New Orleans, seized by the state
Horse-drawn carriage in front of the mint at New Orleans. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 Feb. 16, p. 109.
Non-commissioned officers, 19th Iowa Infantry, exchanged prisoners fro...
Title from negative sleeve. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov Forms pa... More
[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Crescent City Guards ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The Battle of New Orleans / designed by W. Momberger ; engraved by H.B...
Print shows General Andrew Jackson, American soldiers, African Americans, and irregulars firing on the advancing British forces from behind bales of cotton at the Battle of New Orleans.
[Civil War envelope showing eagle above portrait of George Washington ...
Addressed to Rorelmia [?] Sturtevent, Savoy, Mass.; postmarked Dec. 23, 1862, New Orleans, La.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection ... More
General Butler's headquarters, New Orleans, La.
No. 3159. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More
Capt. W.H. May / Photographed by McPherson & Oliver, No. 132 Canal Str...
Photograph shows Captain William H. May of Co. I, 23rd Connecticut Infantry Regiment, after being released as a prisoner-of-war from Camp Ford, Tyler, Texas, with bedroll, haversack, canteen, and violin case, w... More
[Photocopy showing two images of soldiers with handwritten captions. I...
Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Civil War envelope showing Union soldier with bayoneted musket and bed...
Addressed to Mrs. Lydia Harris, care of H. Champlain, New London, Connecticut ; postmarked New Orleans, La., Jan. 17, 186[3?] ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Don To... More
New Orleans Militia. Officer. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Full-length portrait sketch. Title inscribed vertically, left margin. Inscribed: Light blue cap + frock; grey pants white crossbelts; other troops in grey; artillery grey red facings. Formerly Waud no. B-125. G... More
The starving people of New Orleans fed by the United States military a...
Illustration from: Harper's Weekly, 1862 June 14, p. 380. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Revival of the old slave laws of Louisiana--a scene in New Orleans--ar...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 March 7, p. 381.
Rebecca, Charley, and Rosa, slave children from New Orleans photograph...
Photograph shows freed slaves Rebecca Huger, Charles Taylor, and Rosina Downs standing together. Printed on verso: "The nett [sic] proceeds from the sale of these photographs will be devoted exclusively to the... More
The plantation police or home-guard examining Negro passes on the leve...
Illustration showing a guard with a lantern checking the passes of African American men traveling on a levee road at night. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 16, no. 406 (1863 July 11), p. 252.
Registered enemies taking the oath of allegiance at the office of Gene...
Illus. from: Harper's Weekly, 1863 June 6, p. 357. Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pickets of the First Louisiana "Native Guard" guarding the New Orleans...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 March 7, p. 369.
A disloyal demonstration, New Orleans, Feb. 20th 1863 A group of excha...
Print shows, from a two page spread of scenes in New Orleans, a vignette of several Confederate prisoners of war on the docks awaiting transportation home. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 1... More
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
Repairing the levee at New Orleans at the expense of the United States...
Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1863 March 21), p. 181. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr) - LEVEES. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Levees; Construction.
map of louisiana Historic map, Library of Congress
Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 241 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 651/1
Butler's victims of Fort St. Philip
Union General Benjamin F. Butler with Confederate prisoners at Fort St. Philip near New Orleans, Louisiana. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 18... More
Uncle Abe. "Hello! Ben, is that you? Glad to see you!" Butler. "Yes Un...
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The restoration of the Union - inauguration of Honorable Michael Hahn,...
Print shows a large crowd attending the inauguration of the new governor of Louisiana, Michael Hahn, in New Orleans.
Commissioned officers of 19th Iowa Infantry after their exchange as pr...
Caption card tracings: CW Prisoners; Civil War Troops Iowa; Shelf. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Commissioned officers of 19th Iowa Infantry after their exchange as pr...
Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The riot in New Orleans wood engraving, Library of Congress
Illustrations show Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 10, no. 504 (1866 August 25), p. 537.
Commissioned officers of 19th Iowa Infantry after their exchange as pr...
Caption from negative sleeve: Commissioned Officers 19th Iowa Infantry Photographed at New Orleans as they appeared on arrival from Camp Ford, Texas as exchanged Prisoners of War. Copy Neg.; Miller, vol. 7, p. ... More
The Riot in New Orleans - the Freedmen's procession marching to the in...
2 Illustrations in: Harper's weekly, 1866 Aug. 25, p. 536. Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The conquered banner, Confederate States of America.
A sheet music cover for a postwar song lamenting the fall of the Confederacy. A ragged Confederate flag stands draped over an abandoned cannon, which sits in a landscape overgrown with grass and weeds. Almost h... More
Interior of St. Charles, N.[o.]1866
Soldiers and civilians in lobby of building talking. Title inscribed below image. Dated around the time of the riot in New Orleans on 30 July 1864. For other Waud images at the time see Harper's Weekly, August ... More
[The massacre at New Orleans] - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cartoon shows President Andrew Johnson "as a king, crowned and in velvet and ermine. His alleged royalist ambition had been the theme of much Radical rhetoric." Nast is attacking Johnson because he and others b... More
Scene on the levee, New Orleans Turquino's Peak, island of Cuba.
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1867 Aug. 3, p. 313.
Site of the first settlement at New Orleans
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, Tuesday, March 6 - Procession o...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 24, no. 601 (1867 Apr. 6), p. 41. Reference copy may be in LOT 4446. Caption card tracings: La. N... More
The great race on the Mississippi: from New Orleans to St. Louis 1210 ...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2864
John Ray, Lawyer, New Orleans, La
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 484. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More
John Ray, Lawyer, New Orleans, La.
A black and white photo of a man with a long beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ray, John Ray of New Orleans, La.
A black and white photo of a man with a long beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ray, John Ray of New Orleans, La
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: John Ray, 485, New Orleans, La. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prin... More
Sunday in New Orleans - Cock-fighting
Illus. in: Every Saturday, vol. 3, Boston, 1871 July 15, p. 68. Ref. copy may be in LOT 4432 I (R). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Cock-fighting; Gambling.
A cotton steamer [in New Orleans]
Wood engraving by John Andrew & Son. Illus. in: Every Saturday, vol. 3, 1871 July 22, p. 93. Ref. copy may be in SSF(Gr) - PLANTATION CROPS COTTON. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Captio... More
Sketches in New Orleans - La Fourche Packet-Landing
Crowded levee. Wood engraving by Kilburn. Illus. in: Every Saturday, vol. 3, Boston, 1871 July 22, p. 89. Ref. copy may be in: GEOG FILE(Gr) - LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS. This record contains unverified data from ca... More
Notre Dame, N. Orleans - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph
Stereograph shows a church; in foreground two young boys. Written on back: Notre Dame on Jackson St., N.O.
Mardi Gras at New Orleans. Night procession I. Sherman
Print shows a parade along a city street at night with spectators in the foreground, at the time of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana. Printed below title: Currier & Ives. Inscribed in pencil on verso: W.F.... More
Captain Joseph Fry / / from a photograph by T. Lilienthal, New Orleans...
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Fry, Captain of the Virginius, and view of United States steamer Despatch, fishing smacks, the Virginius, gig from La Favorita, Spanish sloop La Favorita. Virginius was captured d... More
Louisiana--the withdrawal of the federal troops from the State House i...
Three illustrations showing: "Fort Packard" - the inner courtyard of the State House; the salute on the levee in honor of the evacuation; and the United States troops leaving the Orleans Hotel for Jackson Barra... More
Cotton on the levee - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). "7419" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 8119. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 05747. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Cotton on the levee, New Orleans
Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
The old French Market, New Orleans
Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). "7414" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 8114. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
A scene on the levee, New Orleans
Public domain photograph of steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
On the levee, New Orleans - Public domain image of steamship
Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
On the levee at New Orleans - Public domain image of steamship
Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Loading cotton onto the steamer Warren. "7418" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 8118. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
St. Charles Hotel from Canal Street
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
The old French Market, New Orleans
Public domain image of horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
On the levee, New Orleans - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. Charles Hotel from Canal Street
Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Negative taped to second sheet of glass. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 8103. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Street in New Orleans near cathedral
Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). "7407" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 8107. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
The Clay Monument, Canal Street, New Orleans
Attribution to Jackson based on listing as photo no. 8102 in Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Negative taped to second sheet of glass. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 7402. Gift; State Historical Society ... More
The old French Market, New Orleans
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.