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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Iowa City, IA, June 14, 2008 ...

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 Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

Mohawk Towpath Byway - Historic Erie Canal Photo: Aqueduct over the Mo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: This photo shows the early years of the Erie Canal as its stone aqueduct passes through Rexford. Location: Rexford, New York Status: P... More

Flooding - Fargo, N. D. , March 24, 2009 -- Members of the North Dakot...

The original database describes this as: Title: Sand bagging at the Fargodome in Fargo, ND Production Date: 03/24/2009 Caption: Fargo, N. D. , March 24, 2009 -- Members of the North Dakota National Guard and... 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

[A young girl holding a doll remembers the revelry during a festival b...

Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Sakura : Cherry Blossom as Living Symbol of Friendship" in the Graphic Arts Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congres... More

[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

[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

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.

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.

Convent and quays on the Vilaine, Rennes, (p. 268.)

Published with: Jephson, J. M. Narrative of a walking tour in Brittany by John Mounteney Jephson, F.S.A. ; accompanied by notes of a photographic expedition by Lovell Reeve, F.L.S., no. 78.

First party of Boundary Commission prepared to embark at Esquimalt for...

Photograph shows group portrait of members of the British North American Boundary Commission survey party at Esquimalt, Vancouver Island. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, ... More

United States military post, Fort Vancouver, Columbia River - General ...

Photograph shows view of the U.S. military post at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River; identifies General William Selby Harney's house on the right by the flag pole. Date for probably May 1860 provided by C... More

Near Huntington, Penna, R.R, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope ca...

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

Block house, upper Cascades, Columbia River - scene of a massacre of w...

Photograph shows a blockhouse and another building in a clearing in a densely wooded area along the Columbia River in the Cascade Range. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1... More

Fort Vancouver, Hudson's Bay Co's. post, Columbia River, enclosing ten...

Photograph shows view of buildings and tents at the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River. The British North American Boundary Commission survey crews arrived at Fort Vancouver in... More

Boundary line cutting, Yahk River - cairn just completed

Photograph shows cutting of the boundary line through the forest between United States and Canada; in the middle distance several men stand around a cairn marking the boundary line. In album: [British Northwes... More

Falls on the Colville (Mill) River with the H. B. Co's. [i.e., Hudson'...

Photograph shows waterfalls on the Colville River in Washington, with a Hudson's Bay Company mill above the falls in the background; also shows in the foreground, Ponderosa pine and alder trees. Caption contin... More

U.S. post, lower Cascades, Columbia River - guard house, May 1860

Photograph shows the guard house and cannon at a United States Army post on the Columbia River in the lower Cascade Range. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf... More

U.S. military post, lower Cascades, Columbia River, May 1860

Photograph shows buildings at a United States Army post on the Columbia River in the lower Cascade Range; snow covered mountain in the background. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related S... More

Falls on the Colville (Mill River), 1860

Photograph shows waterfalls on the Colville River in Washington. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 24]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

H. B. Co's. [i.e., Hudson's Bay Company's] post, Fort Vancouver, Colum...

Photograph shows view officers' quarters and other buildings at the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, ... More

[Scene on the Columbia River at the Dalles with tipi in the middle dis...

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a ... More

Les Bossons. Glacier - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Man sitting by river, mountains in background. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 32, lower right.

Island in Traun River near Ischl

Boulder with crucifix, in Traun River, near Bad Ischl, Austria. In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, opposite p. 156. No. R22.

Goat Island bridge Niagara. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope ...

Photograph shows Goat Island Bridge, Niagara Falls, New York. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GNG 136. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other... More

From the mouth of the Wissahickon

No. 223. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Double turretted [i.e. turreted] monitor, "Onondaga", James River, Vir...

No. B595. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. V, p. 311". Similar to LC-B811-2540. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Boundary Commission depot, Siniakwateen, Pend Oreille River - Indian w...

Photograph shows a tepee and a canoe in the foreground, across the Pend Oreille River is the British North American Boundary Commission depot at Siniakwateen. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission a... More

Gunboat "Mendota", Deep Bottom, James River, Virginia

No. B241. 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 an... More

[Scene on the Columbia River at the junction with the Pend Oreille Riv...

U.S. gunboat Milwaukee - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3131. Caption continue: Mississippi River fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Pontoon bridge at Deep Bottom, James River, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel...

No. B251. Original negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, 1921... More

[Sloped hill near the river] - A black and white photo of a river and ...

Title devised by library staff. Gift; George Holmes; July 26, 1941.

Pontoon bridge across James River above Jones' Landing (view from sout...

No. 2537. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

Indian encampment, Tobacco Plains, Kootenay [i.e., Kootenai] River - f...

Photograph shows tipis and fish trap at a Native encampment at Tobacco Plains on the Kootenai River in British Columbia. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 3... More

[Boats docked at the shore of a river in a wooded area]

Title devised by library staff. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

U.S. gunboats DeKalb, Mound City, and Cincinati [i.e. Cincinnati] - Mi...

No. 3123. 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

Water battery on James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Canal

No. 4248. Mounted with 5 other photographs, two photographs showing different views of the same location and three showing a different location. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Views at Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia

No. 4242. Mounted with 5 other photographs showing different views of the same location. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

New bridge over Potomac River on the Washington, Alexandria and George...

Photograph showing a railroad bridge across the Potomac River. Three men are seated at right: S. Seymour, chief engineer, C.B. Morse, constructing engineer, S.S. Post & Co., contractors. Exhibited: "East of th... More

Pontoon bridge across the James River (Andrew J. Russel)

Brady-Handy Collection. Hand written on mount: "See LC-B8184-40474 ZA".

A gun crew on deck of U.S.S. Mendota, James River, Virginia

Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Public domain image of an American navy warship, 19th-century ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. gunboat Mendota, James River, Virginia

No. B239. 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

Fleet of monitors, Trent's Reach, James River, Virginia Saugus in fore...

No. B848. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Ozark - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3124. 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

Fort Brady, James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Canal

No. B519. 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

Shenandoah River, near Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.

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

Pontoon bridge at Deep Bottom, James River, Virginia

No. B248. Original negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, 1921... More

White House Landing, Pamunkey River, Virginia

No. B362. 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

Building winter quarters at Fort Brady, James River, Virginia near Dut...

No. B512. 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

Pontoon bridge at Deep Bottom, James River, Virginia

No. B446. 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

General Butler's headquarters, Fraser's farm, north side of James Rive...

Row of log buildings. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2559.

View from Libby Hill, Richmond, Virginia looking westward up James Riv...

No. 733. 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 an... More

Officers on deck of monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia

No. B889. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

(River gunboat), gelatin silver print during American Civil War

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia

No. B596. 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

Confederate ram Atlanta (after capture), Trent's Reach, James River, V...

No. 5129. 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

View on James River, below Aikens

No. B757. 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

View on James River, near Jones' Landing

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 and salt, w... More

The monitor Casco, James River, Virginia

No. B589. Hand written on mount: "Light draft monitor turret has been removed". Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 177". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Colonel Paine's barracks, brigade hospital, Dr. [Sim's?] headquarters,...

Photograph shows a commercial street in Cairo, Illinois with Union military barracks in the distance. Title from inscriptions on mount reading top left to right. "No. 4" upper left corner. Photograph possibly t... More

Pontoon bridge across Rappahannock River below Fredericksburg, Virgini...

No. B613. 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

Swamp on Appomattox River, Virginia, near Broadway Landing

No. B497. 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

View of James River and part of city of Richmond looking west from Lib...

No. B151. 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

Double turretted [i.e. turreted] monitor "Onondaga", James River, Virg...

No. B482. 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

Com. Foot[e], Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, & Mip [i.e., Mississippi] riv...

Andrew Hull Foote in military uniform, full-length portrait, facing front. Gift; Mrs. Norman P. Mason; 1963 Oct. Printed on verso: from photographic negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. In album: Ca... More

U.S. gunboat Lexington [i.e. Tyler] - Mississippi River Fleet

Photograph shows a Union timberclad, the U.S.S. Tyler. No. 3122. Cited in Miller, vol. I, p. 203, as the U.S.S. Tyler. "U.S. Army Military History Institute also identifies it as (U.S.S) Tyler" inscribed on ve... More

Officers on deck of monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia

No. B655. Mounted with four other photographs. For information on the identification of the photographer see article: "Richmond Again Taken: Reappraising the Brady Legend through Photographs by Andrew J. Russe... More

Crew on deck of monitor Lehigh, James River, Virginia

No. B80. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 179". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Wreck of U.S. gunboat Indianola - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3117. 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

U.S. gunboat Tyler - Mississippi River Fleet

Photograph shows a Union timberclad, the U.S.S. Tyler. No. 3127. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. I, p. 189". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Pontoon bridge at Broadway Landing, Appomattox River, Virginia

No. B244. 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

Pontoon bridge at Deep Bottom, James River, Virginia

No. B274. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 5, p. 239". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Port Royal, Rappahannock River, Virginia during American Civil War

No. B147. 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

Army transports in James River, Virginia near Deep Bottom

No. B1233. 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 ... More

U.S. hospital boat Red Rover - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3125. Caption continues: Mississippi River fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Battery Rodgers, Potomac River, near Alexandria

No. B469. Hand written on verso: 15 inch Rodman. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 5, p. 87. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Ruins of Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge, James River, Richmon...

No. 746. 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 an... More

Temporary bridge across Pamunkey River, Virginia, near White House Lan...

No. B1270. Mounted with 5 other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Crew on deck of monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia

No. B343. 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

Signal tower near Point of Rocks, Appomattox River, Virginia

No. B263. 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

Officers and crew on deck of gunboat Agawam, James River, Virginia

No. B261. 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

Interior view of Fort Brady, James River, Virginia, near Dutch Gap Can...

Union soldiers by two large cannons positioned behind fortifications. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. B689.

U.S. gunboat Agawam and the monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia

No. B81. 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 an... More

Factories at Manchester, Virginia, on south side of James River opposi...

No. B111. 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

View on Savannah River - A black and white photo of a body of water

No. 976. Alternate title from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. Gift; Col. Godwin ... More

Confederate iron-clad, Atlanta, James River, Virginia, after her captu...

Officers on deck of the monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia

No. B759. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 143". Negative at National Archives, B5044. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Army bridge across the Tennessee River at Chattanooga, L8121

[Dock on the south side of the James River, opposite Richmond, Virgini...

Title devised by Library staff from similar image in LOT 11486-C.

U.S. gunboat Choctaw - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3116. 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

Aiken's House, James River, Virginia, American Civil War Glass Negativ...

African American men, women, and children seated on a pile of lumber. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2997.

U.S. gunboat Peosta - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3133. Cited in: The South Besieged: The Image of War, vol. 5, p. 49. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Views on James River, Virginia, near Deep Bottom

No. B826. Mounted with 4 other photographs with general caption: Views on James River, Va., near Deep Bottom. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of the monitor Lehigh, James River, Virginia

No. B671. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Army of the James, pontoon bridges across James River at Deep Bottom a...

No. B998. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Army of the James, pontoon bridges across James River at Deep Bottom and Varina. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Gun crew on deck of U.S.S. Miami, [i.e. Mendota] James River, Virginia

No. B504. Additional information from similar image, 111-B-374, held at the National Archives. Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 6, page 275". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Port Royal, Rappahannock River, Virginia during American Civil War

No. B8. 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 and... More

Smoke-stack of Confederate iron-clad Virginia on wharf at Richmond, Vi...

No. B223. 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

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