Sculpture "Eagle; Justice Above All Else" at Jacob K. Javitz Federal B...
Artist: Theodore Roszak, 1970. Bronze. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photogr... More
[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding hi...
Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
School children, half of Polish and half of Italian descent, at a fest...
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Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus (born about 1446, d...
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Map of America by Diego Ribero 1529.
Spanish; title in English. Pen-and-ink and blue watercolor, mounted on cloth, mounted on paper. Traced from a map by Diego Ribero. On label affixed in upper right corner: 41. Available also through the Library ... More
Fleet of Galleys Escorted by a Caravel from The Sailing Vessels
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Three Caravels in a Rising Squall with Arion on a Dolphin from The Sai...
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels) Public domain photograph - engraving of a sailing ship, sea battle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fleet of Galleys Escorted by a Caravel from The Sailing Vessels
After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels)
Cantebrigia, opulentissimi Angli[a]e Regni vrbs celeberrimi nominis, a...
Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The Lionel Pincus and Princ... More
Jean Boisseau - America noviter delineata / Historic map, Library of C...
Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes insets of north and south polar regions. Acquisitions control no. 3-85
James Sharples - Abigail Smith Adams
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an aristocratic female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
James Sharples - Abigail Smith Adams
James Sharples (ca. 1751–1811) Public domain scan of female portrait engraving, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
William Hogarth - Columbus Breaking the Egg
William Hogarth (British, London 1697–1764 London) Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Johann Baptist Homann - Nova Anglia. Historic map, Library of Congress
Scale ca. 1:2,150,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Differs from other copy in engraving technique in cartouche. Man has 2 buttons on cuff, cloth in Indian's robe is unpat... More
A painting of a man reading a book. Benjamin franklin 1767 writer. - P...
A painting of a man reading a book
North America, and the West Indies; a new map, wherein the British Emp...
Scale ca. 1:5,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes historical notes, "Extract of the treaties of peace, proclamations &c. relative to America & the West Indies," "A particular map of Baffin... More
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), after a Painting by Greuze of 1777
Charles Paul Jérôme de Bréa (French, ca. 1739–1820) Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Certificate of oath of allegiance
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Jean Antoine Houdon - Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
A bust of a man with long hair, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jean Antoine Houdon - Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
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Veduta del porto de Malamocco ai lidi di Venezia / F. Tironi pinxit ; ...
Print showing harbor scene in Venice. Caption continues: Fortezza S. Pietro, eretta circa l'anno 1650.
The declaration of the united states of america. Constitution united s...
The declaration of the united states of america
The declaration of the united states of america. Constitution united s...
The declaration of the united states of america
The declaration of the united states of america. Constitution united s...
The declaration of the united states of america
Joseph Siffred Duplessis - Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
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Joseph Siffred Duplessis - Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
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Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia : ceded by...
Shows block numbers and proposed government buildings. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Also covers Georgetown. Facsimile. Original version: Engrav'd by Thackara & Vallance Philad'a 1792. [P... More
Surveyor's Compass, copper alloy, Pennsylvania
Public domain photo of a 3d object, North America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Surveyor's Compass, copper alloy
John Heilig (1765–1841) Made in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States Public domain photograph of archaeological object, copper alloy metal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photo of Paul Revere - Spur - Public domain dedication
Paul Revere, III (1760–1813) Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Obituary notice. Died at Quincy, the 28th October, 1818, Mrs. Abigail ...
On verso: Transfer. Shaw Papers. Manuscript Div. 8 June 1951. 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... More
[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with shield and American flag and...
Picryl description: Public domain image of postal stamp, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Banknote motif: Portrait on George Washington in a decorative panel
Attributed to Asher Brown Durand (American, Jefferson, New Jersey 1796–1886 Maplewood, New Jersey)
Map of the United States - Public domain vintage map
Also available in digital form.
map from "The Boston School Atlas. With elemental geography and astron...
This image has been taken from scan 000033 from "The Boston School Atlas. With elemental geography and astronomy, etc. (Fourth edition.) [Maps, with explanatory text.]". The title and subject terms of this imag... More
United States from "The Boston School Atlas. With elemental geography ...
This image has been taken from scan 000023 from "The Boston School Atlas. With elemental geography and astronomy, etc. (Fourth edition.) [Maps, with explanatory text.]". The title and subject terms of this imag... More
New Salem, home of Abraham Lincoln 1831 to 1837.
Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "Adopted as authentic by Old Salem Chautauqua Association, 1909." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 176 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as... More
sarcophagus from "Tomb of Washington, at Mount Vernon. (Washington's F...
This image has been taken from scan 000055 from "Tomb of Washington, at Mount Vernon. (Washington's Farewell Address.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users... More
Diagram from "The Discovery of America by the Northmen, in the tenth c...
This image has been taken from scan 000264 from "The Discovery of America by the Northmen, in the tenth century, with notices of the early settlements of the Irish in the Western Hemisphere. [With maps.]". The ... More
Francis Scott Key, 1780-1843 - Public domain portrait engraving
Portrait, bust, facing front. Exchange 399 March 20, 1946, Free Library of Philadelphia. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf.
[Christopher Columbus leaving Spain to go to America]
Public domain scan of 16th-17th century print, engraving, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Map of the United States of America.
Insets of the Atlantic Ocean and the Isthmus of Panama. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
zones from "Our Earth and its Story: a popular treatise on physical ge...
This image has been taken from scan 000375 from volume 02 of "Our Earth and its Story: a popular treatise on physical geography. Edited by R. Brown. With ... coloured plates and maps, etc". The title and subjec... More
world from "[Our Earth and its Story: a popular treatise on physical g...
This image has been taken from scan 000116 from volume 01 of "[Our Earth and its Story: a popular treatise on physical geography. Edited by R. Brown. With ... coloured plates and maps, etc.]". The title and sub... More
maps from "Our Earth and its Story: a popular treatise on physical geo...
This image has been taken from scan 000252 from volume 02 of "Our Earth and its Story: a popular treatise on physical geography. Edited by R. Brown. With ... coloured plates and maps, etc". The title and subjec... More
world from "The isthmus of Tehuatepec: being the results of a survey f...
This image has been taken from scan 000172 from "The isthmus of Tehuatepec: being the results of a survey for a railroad to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, made by the Scientific Commission under the d... More
Reynolds's political map of the United States, designed to exhibit the...
Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes statistics from the 1850 census and ill.
General map of the United States, showing the area and extent of the f...
"Entered in Sta. Hall, London - & according to act of Congress in the year 1857 by H.D. Rogers, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Massachusetts." Publishers advertisements on cover panels pasted on ... More
Map of the United States of America.
Insets. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Reversed a...
"On February 28, 1857, Alexander Hesler took the famous photograph of Lincoln in Chicago. About seven months earlier, so the story went, Lincoln had posed for William H. Masters of Princeton, Illinois. No photo... More
Excursion to Mount Vernon. by the American medical association, Friday...
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 203, Folder 15.
A new and complete rail road map of the United States compiled from re...
Map of the eastern half of the United States showing cities, state boundaries, "finished railroads," and "railroads in progress." Scale ca. 1:4,500,000. LC Railroad maps, 35 Description derived from published b... More
Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River t...
Very detailed map of the United States west of the Mississippi River indicating drainage, relief by hachures, cities and towns, forts, trails, wagon roads, and routes of exploration. An important map of western... More
Lloyd's American railroad map of the United States, showing the three ...
Outline map of the continental United States showing drainage, state boundaries, major cities, forts, finished and proposed railroads. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Relief shown by hachur... More
Washington and Lafayette at Mount Vernon, 1784 (The Home of Washington...
Public domain reproduction of artwork, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Map of the United States, Canada, Mexico, West Indies and Central Amer...
Includes State seals and portraits of Presidents. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
[Hagelberg portrait of Abraham Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.
39.5 x 31.5 cm. Mounted on 57 x 47.3 cm. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
National political chart & map of the United States.
Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1860, by Duane Rulison, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvan... More
Abigail Smith Adams wife of John Adams / photo of portrait by Gilbert ...
Photograph showing Mrs. John Adams, head and shoulder portrait, facing right. Photo of portrait by Gilbert Stuart; portrait at National Gallery. Photo by Chester A. Lawrence, Dorchester, Mass., of painting by ... More
Map from "[A System of Geography, for the use of Schools. Illustrated ...
This image has been taken from scan 000026 from "[A System of Geography, for the use of Schools. Illustrated with more than fifty cerographic maps, and numerous wood-cut engravings.]". The title and subject ter... More
[Harriet Tubman, full-length portrait, standing with hands on back of ...
Title devised by library staff. Date of photograph based on years photographer Harvey B. Lindsley was active and Tubman's clothing. (Source: researcher A. Cohn, 2016) Original photo not found in LOT since at le... More
[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Ostendorf, no. 29 Meserve, no. 27 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 49.
Abraham Lincoln and his son Thad
Abraham Lincoln and his son Thad looking at album. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Map from "[A System of Geography, for the use of Schools. Illustrated ...
This image has been taken from scan 000028 from "[A System of Geography, for the use of Schools. Illustrated with more than fifty cerographic maps, and numerous wood-cut engravings.]". The title and subject ter... More
[Civil War envelope showing portrait of Lieutenant General Winfield Sc...
Addressed to David Weir, 33 Gansevoort Stre[et], New York C[ity], New York; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Baltimore, Jul. 30[?]. Entered according to act of Congress by Bloom & Smith, in 1861, in the Clerk... More
[Civil War envelope showing sailor waving hat in front of American fla...
Addressed to Mr. Wm. E. Tingley, Harford, Susq. Co., Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 29. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem
The volunteers in defence of the government against usurpation, 1861 /...
Print shows a man standing at center, holding an American flag, with two soldiers in uniform and holding rifles, standing to the right and left in the foreground; behind them are the wheels of a wagon attached ... More
[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with forage cap in front of Ame...
Case: Leather urn interior with scroll exterior. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljunion
[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag in its talon and ...
Addressed to Mrs. A.C. Elsbree, Lewis Centre, Delaware Co., Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem
[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and Company H cap with bayonete...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
President Lincoln and His Cabinet, with Lt. General Scott, in the Coun...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a group of people, United States politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
President Lincoln & cabinet / lith. of J.H. Bufford.
Print shows Abraham Lincoln, bust portrait, facing right, at center, surrounded by bust portraits of members of his cabinet, clockwise from top, "Simon Cameron, Secy. of War", "Salmon P. Chase, Secy. of the Tre... More
[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag attacking 7-star ...
Addressed to Thomas Wood, Penningtonville, Chester Co., Pa.; postmarked by hand; bears 3 cent stamp. Notations on front: Prairie Pond, Ill., Jan. 13th, 1864; ans. Feb. 12th 64; broken leg [?] 12; 1-2 mo. in [?... More
[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag and stalk of whea...
Addressed to Otis B. String, Huntsburgh, Geauga County, Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp; barely legible postmark. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem
[Civil War envelope showing an eagle carrying an American flag in its ...
Addressed to Mrs. Sarah Ann Prall, Christianna, Lancaster County, Pa.; hand-canceled; bears 3 cent stamp. Notation: Post master, please forward soon. 1[?]th Penna. Regt. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-20... More
[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
President Lincoln's farewell address to his old neighbors.
Surrounded by black mourning border.
[Civil War envelope showing shaking hands in front of U.S. Constitutio...
Addressed to Miss Sarah A. Robison, Fairview, Erie County, Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem
The volunteers in defence of the government against usurpation, 1861 /...
Print shows a man standing at center, holding an American flag, with two soldiers in uniform and holding rifles, standing to the right and left in the foreground; behind them are the wheels of a wagon attached ... More
[Civil War envelope for Massachusettsachusetts Thirteenth Regiment Rif...
Addressed to Miss Lydia H. Weymouth, No. Braintree, Mass.; postmarked Hancock, Dec.; bearing 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil ... More
[Civil War envelope showing Columbia waving American flag and riding o...
Addressed to Isaac French, South Chesterville, Maine; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Washington, D.C. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War P... More
Daniel Boone : from the original painting by Chappel in the possession...
Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Family record; American allegiance. Affirmation of allegiance.
A form for affirmation of allegiance, with portraits of Washington, Lincoln and the Union Generals surrounding a seal of the United States. Quotations from George Washington and Abraham Lincoln on either side o... More
[Civil War envelope showing American flag with second stanza from Fran...
Addressed to Michael Fox Esq., Marlboro, Stark Co., Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of C... More
[Civil War envelope showing flag design with message "The Union and th...
Addressed to Mr. Jacob Guyer[?], No. 9 Maiden Lane, N.Y. City; bears 3 cent stamp. Notation on recto: Care D. Colton. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem
[Civil War envelope showing eagle holding American flag in talons with...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Civil War envelope showing eagle atop American flag and "American Con...
Addressed to Miss Marslin Blanchard, Keeseville, Essex County, N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem
[Civil War envelope showing soldier holding sword and flag]
Addressed to Mr. N. P. James, No. 167 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, O.; bears 3 cent stamp; sent from Reesville, O., Feb. 25. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem
[Civil War envelope showing eagle and American flags atop an arch list...
Addressed to Rev. C. L. Ehrenfeld, Altoona, Pa.; postmarked Johnstown, Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photogr... More
[Abraham Lincoln on battlefield at Antietam, Maryland, cropped version...
Abraham Lincoln with, from left: Col. Alexander S. Webb, Chief of Staff, 5th Corps.; Gen. George B. McClellan; Scout Adams; Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Army Medical Director; an unidentified person; and standing be... More
[Antietam, Md. Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Maj. Gen John A...
A black and white photo of two men standing next to a tent. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
map from "Colton and Fitch's modern School Geography. Illustrated by ....
This image has been taken from scan 000049 from "Colton and Fitch's modern School Geography. Illustrated by ... maps, and ... engravings. By G. W. Fitch. Maps ... by G. W. Colton. Revised edition, etc". The tit... More
map from "Colton and Fitch's modern School Geography. Illustrated by ....
This image has been taken from scan 000036 from "Colton and Fitch's modern School Geography. Illustrated by ... maps, and ... engravings. By G. W. Fitch. Maps ... by G. W. Colton. Revised edition, etc". The tit... More
[President Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]
Copy negative was made from a photograph in a private collection. Ostendorf, no. 77 Meserve, 59 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p.... More