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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

View of Lower Manhattan from the Manhattan Bridge, September 11, 2001

September 11 terrorist attacks, 9/11, documentary photographs. Public domain image of New York City buildings, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A view of St. John's, upon the River Sorell, in Canada, with the redou...

Print shows a view looking across the Richelieu River at St. John, a cluster of buildings and fortifications used by the British. Illus. in: Travels through the interior parts of America : In a series of lette... More

A view of New York, Governors Island, the river &c. from Long Island

Print shows a panoramic view of the battle of Long Island. Illus. in: The town and country magazine, or, Universal repository of knowledge, instruction, and entertainment. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr.... More

Religious illustration above the doorway to Santa Teresa de Jesus Cath...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The church, built in 1912, is home to a parish that is notable as the home of the first Christmas celebration in Texas, in 1683. Cred... More

An explanation on the prospect draft of the Fort William and Mary on P...

Drawing shows Fort William and Mary on the Piscataqua River with surrounding landscape and buildings in "the town of New Castle on the Great Island"; many features are identified by letter with corresponding ke... More

New river water. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Man carrying 2 buckets of water on yoke. Engraving by Mauron. Illus. in: Marcellus Laroon's The Cryes of the city of London drawne after the life, London, 1711, plate 61. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr). This reco... More

[Wild horses running in water, across a river or in surf]

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ehon shahōbukuro : Illustrated book of bag of painted treasures... More

A view of Cape Rouge or Carouge, nine miles above the City of Quebec o...

Print shows a ship on the Saint Lawrence River with a rowboat of troops disembarking at a point above the city of Québec. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, ... More

A series of four pictures of bananas with writing on them [Powder horn...

Untitled pictorial depiction of rivers and fortifications on conical powder horn. Present title devised by cataloguer. Manuscript: Black/brown inks on bovine horn, shellacked. Has pewter pouring spout attached ... More

[Map of Stony and Verplanck Points on the Hudson River as fortified by...

Scale ca. 1:20,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1198 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster... More

[Views from offshore of islands in the Bay of Fundy and the entrance t...

Prints show distant views of The Wolves, a cluster of islands off New Brunswick in the Bay of Fundy, Grand Manan Island, and the entrance to the Saint John River, with ships passing in the foreground. Illus. i... More

An east view of Gray's Ferry, on the river Schuylkill / C.W. Peale del...

Print shows footbridge, towline, and landings of Gray's Ferry across the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswoo... More

View of the west bank of the Hudson's River 3 miles above Still Water,...

Print shows a panoramic view of three hills along the west bank of the Hudson River in New York.

A view on the Mohawk River / H. Livingston d. ; Tiebout s.

Print shows view of mountains and farmland along the Mohawk River. Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1793 (March). Reference copy in LOT 4385-E.

The Skeleton of a large species of quadruped hitherto unknown lately d...

Skeleton found in Paraguay, and deposited in Madrid. Public domain photograph of zoological drawing, animal anatomy, skeleton, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Mary's church. Fall River, Massachusetts.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Conrov.

[Village on the banks of a river] / A. Canal f.

Print shows a view across a river of many buildings of an unidentified city; a lone scrawny tree and footbridge dominate the foreground. Title from mount. Hubbard collection. Published in: Viewpoints; a selecti... More

Pillnitz fur l'elbe près de Dresde

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Postl.

Baptism of our savior. In the River Jordan

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hart, Chas.

Battle of Magersfontein (Modder River)

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kurz & Allison.

Battle of Tugela River near Cheveley camp

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kurz & Allison.

Views of the new ditch, of the Columbia & Stanislaus River Water Co.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Nagel, L.

The U.S.M. Mississippi passenger steamer, engraving, Library of Congre...

Wreckage of large riverboat in bayou swamp. Wood engraving by W. Redding after drawing by Chas. Graham. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly. Reference copy may be in LOT 4427. This record contains unverified, old data f... More

Spring scene on the Ohio river - Public domain graphic arts, Library o...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Restein, E.P. & L.

[Mississippi river, with Ohio, Rock, Iowa River de Moins, Missouri, Wh...

Title devised by cataloger. Pen-and-ink, mounted on cloth. Includes 7 "Indian boundary lines." In lower left corner in pencil: 91. On verso: Transferred from Interior Department, Office of Indian Affairs. Jan. ... More

William Berryman - [View of river with woman working on bank]

Title from finding aid. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

William Berryman - [View of river with bridge]

Title transcribed from finding aid. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Berryman - Water hole, Dry River

Drawing shows women with wash tubs, probably doing laundry. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

William Berryman - Mr. Bryan's washerwomen, Dry River

Drawing shows women washing clothes in tubs. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

William Berryman - Israel's Orange River

Drawing shows a log structure and buildings beside a river with mountains in the background. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

Nihonbashi yori fuji o miru zu - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows pedestrians on a high-arched bridge over the Nihonbashi River with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Fort Washington, head of Harlem River.

Scale not given. Manuscript; pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. Shows military troop positions. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

[View of Charleston, South Carolina, perhaps coming down the Cooper Ri...

Watermark: AMIES. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 93. (DLC/PP-1995:140.93). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith collection (Library of Congress).

View of the River Wye [England]

Illus. in: Aqua pictura / John Hassell. London, 1813. Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Niagara taken from the British side of the river at Newark / Stri...

Print shows Fort Niagara on a peninsula at the mouth of the Niagara River in Lake Ontario. Published in Port Folio Magazine October 1814, p. 297. Stamped on lower right on mount: Map Division Oct 4 '21 Library... More

Crossing a river. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration showing two men standing on raft, one punting, the other holding rope tied to a horse swimming alongside. Illus. in: Travels in Brazil / Henry Koster. London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown... More

View near Fort Montgomery / painted by G.W. [i.e., W.G.] Wall ; engrav...

Print shows a view of the Hudson River with several men on a log raft; also shows the steep hillsides that form the banks of the river. No. 18 of the Hudson River Port Folio. Stamped lower right: Map Division,... More

Fukagawa mannenbashi shita, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians crossing a high-arched bridge spanning a river with a fisherman and a boat in the foreground, view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Ni... More

Haverstraw Landing on the Hudson River [N.Y.]

Illus. in: Jacques Gérard Milbert, Itinéraire Pittoresque de fleuve Hudson ..., Paris, 1828-29, pl. 6. Reference copy may be in LOT 4385E. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption ca... More

[A person in a small boat on a river with Mount Fuji in the background...

Attributed to a group of drawings, formerly bound, referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Many of the drawings have a small tab of similar paper attached at a later date and numbered in pencil. Forms ... More

Fukagawa mannenbashi sita, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians crossing bridge spanning river, with boats on the river and and a person fishing from a rock, also a view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled ... More

White Mountains, New Hampshire - Public domain scenic engraving

Engraving by Fenner Sears & Co. after painting by Thomas Cole. Illus. in: John Howard Hinton, The History of the United States, 1832, v. 2, between p. 462 and p. 463. Reference copy may be available in Geog. Fi... More

Théodore Rousseau - [River landscape, the Seine at Chateau-Gaillard] /...

Title, attribution, date, subject, and physical description by Diane de Grazia, 2014. Inscriptions: Lower right in graphite: "T.H.R." Verso: all in graphite: "Rousseau. River Landscape/ 33-4/ Th.R (4)"; LC B st... More

Okazaki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows porters and retainers carrying bundles and a sedan chair across the bridge at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

Ryōgokubashi nōryō, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows many pedestrians on the Ryōgoku Bridge and several boats in the water beneath the bridge, at evening. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... More

Okazaki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows travelers on a bridge across a river with buildings in the background at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

View on the Susquehannah [Pennsylvania] - Public domain scenic drawing

Illus. in: Lucas' progressive drawing book. Balto., 1837. Aquatint after E. Van Blon.

Marion's brigade crossing the Pedee River, S.C.. 1778. On their way to...

Image shows Francis Marion "the Swamp Fox" and his band of men in boats preparing to cross the Pee Dee River.

[View of Hozu River and Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan]

Ukiyo-e drawing illustration showing a boatman poling his raft past blooming cherry trees as people walk across the Togetsu Bridge. Illus. in: Hiroshige gajō, early 1840s. Published in: The floating world of U... More

Astoria, Columbia River. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Oregon. View with large U.S. flag in mid-grd.; river and mtn. in backgrd.

Panoramic view of New York, from the East River

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Havell.

Panoramic view of New York. (taken from the North River)

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Havell.

Stony Point, near Gibraltar, on the Hudson River, U.S. July 24th 1846

Drawing shows a steamship on the Hudson River, with a view of the lighthouse at Stony Point, New York. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086

The Highlands from Newburgh and Butter Hill, Hudson River

Drawing shows a view of the Hudson River, looking toward the Hudson Highlands and Butter Hill. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). No. "4". Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086

1846 July 30, to New York from Raritan River

Drawing shows three boats and a floating lighthouse in a detailed view of the upper bay of the New York harbor from New Jersey. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Inscribed on item: New ... More

Leaving French Town, head of Chesapeak Bay, route to Baltimore, July 2...

Drawing shows view of the Elk River; in the distance, a sailboat. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Alternate title from accompanying caption. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086

Looking up the Hudson from West Point U.S. July 24th 1846

Drawing showing sailboats on the Hudson River at West Point. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Alternate title inscribed in pencil on lower right. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corn... More

Wooden bridge on the Mohawk River, Schenectady U.S. July 20th 1846

Drawing shows a wooden covered bridge spanning the Hudson River at Schenectady, New York. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086

Niagara River leaving Lewiston, U.S. July 22nd 1846

Drawing shows a lighthouse on a bluff above a narrow opening on the Niagara River near Lewiston, New York. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086

The Hudson River at Albany, U.S. Saturday July 18th 1846

Drawing shows several ships at dock on the waterfront of the Hudson River, and a view of the landscape across the river of buildings in Hudson, New York. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086)... More

A correct chart of Salt River - Public domain book illustration

"Salt River," the fictitious river of political doom, is charted here as a meandering stream of Democratic misfortunes. The chart was purportedly "prepared by Father Ritchie," i.e., Democratic editor and Polk a... More

A view of the south fork of the American River at Coloma in El Dorado ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Approximately 36 miles northeast of Sacramento, Coloma is most noted for being the site where James W. Marshall first discovered gold in California, at Su... More

[Chinese junk tied to Yang-tze River bank]

J228257 or 228258 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of 17th, 18th, 19th-century Japanese woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Explorers working on land, houses in the distance, two boats on a ri...

Plate 4. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Illus. in: Bontekoe, Willem Ysbrandsz. Ovrnael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinghe vande Oost-Indische reyse..., Hoorn : Ghedruckt by I. Wil... More

View of the falls and mills on the Spigot River, Methuen, Massachusett...

Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, mill, factory, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pennsylv...

Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress) Public domain scan of 19th-century salted paper print artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[View of a city on a river] - Engraving, Public domain image

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

Maxime Lalanne - [Landscape with river] / Lalanne.

Signed on plate. No. LCF 335. Public domain photograph - historical image of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boys fishing on the banks of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, wit...

Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Cochran, 116 (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson colle... More

View on Snake River Aug. 16th 1849 / A. Fay 1851.

Print shows a view of the waterfalls on the Snake River, Idaho.

Terrible rout & total destruction of the Whig Party. In Salt River

The 1852 Democratic victory under the standard of Franklin Pierce is foreseen as a debacle for the Whig party, led by Winfield Scott. Pierce (center) sits on his horse, holding aloft a banner bearing his and ru... More

[St. Paul's Cathedral in London, England, viewed from across the river...

Photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain photograph - historical image of Venice, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Crane on construction site at edge of river]

Photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain photograph of electric wires, power line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Crane by river with ships nearby (Washington Aqueduct?)]

Photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Timber raft on the Potomac River US

Drawing shows a timber raft floating down the Potomac River past Maryland house and Georgetown, although neither are visible in the sketch. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the Unite... More

River boat on the Potomac - Public domain scan / drawing

Sketch shows a sidewheel steamboat on the Potomac River. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with binder's title: Sk... More

Entrance to the Highland scenes Hudson River

Sketch shows the Hudson Highlands, near the Catskill Mountains, from the Hudson River. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in port... More

[Md. - Annapolis - U.S. Naval Academy, 1853: view of the Battery from ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1853 March 26). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Hudson River above Albany - Public domain drawing

Sketch shows the Hudson River above Albany, New York. Ships and ships' masts rise above trees and buildings that line the waterfront. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United Stat... More

The falls of Niagara from near Biddles Stairs

Drawing shows Niagara Falls from the American side looking toward Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side, from the vantage point of Biddles Stairs. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the... More

Potomac River from Aquia Creek Virginia

Drawing shows the Potomac River, as seen from Aquia Creek in Virginia. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with bind... More

Approach to New York East River [nearer view]

Drawing shows a view of the New York skyline from the East River, with buildings looming over trees. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 dr... More

West Point Hudson River - Public domain scenic drawing

Sketch shows West Point, New York from across the Hudson River. The United States Military Academy is in the distant hills above the river. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the Unite... More

Rhinebeck, Kingston, Shawagunck Mountains [e.g. Shawangunk], Hudson Ri...

Sketch shows sailboats on the Hudson River near Rhinebeck and Kingston, New York. The Shawangunk Mountains rise in the distance on the far side of the river. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign O... More

Ohio River at its juncture with the Aleghainy [i.e. Alleghany] and Mon...

Drawing shows a view of the hills around the Ohio, Alleghany and Monogahela rivers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally... More

The Hudson River from Poughkeepsie

Sketch shows the Hudson River from Poughkeepsie, New York. Sailboats dot the water and ships' masts rise along the waterfront. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1... More

Approach to New York East River [distant view]

Drawing shows a view of the New York skyline from the East River, with buildings looming over trees and along the waterfront. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 18... More

View of the Hudson River near Newburg [sic]

Print shows, on the right, a man and a woman standing on a portico of a building high above the Hudson River near Newburgh, New York; they are talking, a third person is sitting in a chair next to them; at cent... More

Okazaki - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a wooden bridge from below spanning a small river, with a man washing a horse at the edge of the river, in the foreground, at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road.

A section of Colton's large map of Indiana with the Fort Wayne and Sou...

Scale of map of the eastern half of the United States is ca. 1:3,300,000. The map indicates "Railroads finished and under way" and "railroads proposed." Chartered January 15, 1849. Scale ca. 1:350,000. LC Railr... More

View from the Schuylkill River looking up toward a mansion, possibly L...

Stamped on verso: 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: Documentary drawing filing series (L... More

Henry Hudson descending the Hudson River

Illustration shows Henry Hudson and his companions trading with Indians on the shore; in background, Hudson's ship and a canoe. Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial, v. 10 (1856 April 12), p. 233. Reference copy avai... More

Philœ. G[rea]t River Wall - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Island of Philae with remains of ancient temples and pylons. No. 1817. On verso: Philae. The Island from Biggah. With Great Wall.

Northeast panorama with Church of the Dormition (1674) (center), and C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a monastery, church, religious historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Kyōbashi takegashi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians crossing the Kyō Bridge as a man poles a boat on the river below, with long pieces of bamboo along the bank on the left, and a full moon overhead. Title and other descriptive information... More

Hannibal, Missouri - Public domain scenic drawing

Raft with sail on river; city in backgrd. Lithograph by Jnst. Arnst & Co. after drawing by H. Lewis. Illus. in: Henry Lewis, Das Illustrirte Mississippithal. Düsseldorf : Arnz & comp ..., 1857, opposite p. 268.... More

Kyōbashi takegashi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Ōhashi atake no yūdachi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows pedestrians crossing the great bridge at Atake during a rain storm.

Fort Shepherd, Columbia River no. 2

Photograph shows exterior view of two buildings at the Hudson Bay Co. post at Fort Shepherd, British Columbia. Right half of panorama. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

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