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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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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.

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with shield and American flag and...

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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]

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Daniel Boone & his friends rescuing his daughter Jemina

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.

[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

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

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

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

[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

[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

[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 & 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 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 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 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

[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 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

[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

[Gardner portrait of Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Meserve no. 59. A photograph made by Alexander Gardner in Washington November 15, 1863. (From the Photographic Portraits of Abraham Lincoln; Lincoln Memorial University; The Meserve Collection, 1941.) Alexande... More

Emancipation Proclamation / del., lith. and print. by L. Lipman, Milwa...

Print shows at center the text of the Emancipation Proclamation with vignettes surrounding it; on the left are scenes related to slavery and on the right are scenes showing the benefits attained through freedom... More

Alexander Millener, aged 104, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans. A similar photograph, with hands in a different position, appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The Last Men of the Revolut... More

Last moments of President Lincoln. Washington, D. C., April 15th, 1865...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The assassination of President Lincoln. At Ford's Theatre, Washington,...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding hi...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abraham Lincoln as a father. [Portrait of Lincoln and Tad.]

'Yours truly A. Lincoln' [facsimile signature]. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Waugh portrait of Lincoln and his family.]

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Lincoln and the drummer boy, [Knapp portrait].

The boy advanced and with bowed head and timid accents said I have no Mother, no Father and bursting into tears-Nobody cares for me.

Abolishing Slavery. Joint resolution of the thirty eight Congress of t...

Includes list of Congressmen voting aye. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Liberty Bell [resting upon dais ringed with liberty caps and fasces to...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 13, (1869 July 10), p.437. Ref. copy in 4412LF. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Liberty Bell; Eagles; Geogr.

[Bank note vignettes showing explorers including Christopher Columbus(...

In album: Engravings of the American Banknote Company ... p. 86. Public domain photograph of electric industrial equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abigail Smith Adams - A black and white photo of a woman in a bonnet

1/2 length, facing right. 13831Cp2s-2 U.S. Copyright Office Photo by Chester A. Lawrence, Dorchester, Mass., of painting by Gilbert Stuart. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption c... More

[Civil War veteran John Wilson and Sarah Bowman Wilson]

Photograph shows Captain John Wilson of Co. C, 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Union), who was known for being the first Union soldier to plant his regiment's battle flag on the summit of Lookout Mountain durin... More

[Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, half-length portrait, facing...

Photo of Lincoln made from a negative taken in Springfield, Illinois, by Alexander Hesler on June 3, 1860. One of several poses from that day. "Wrote Lincoln's law partner, William H. Herndon, 'There is the pec... More

[Bathing beauties by boat with flag, Atlantic City, N.J.]

Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Christopher Columbus. Discoverer of America, engraving, Library of Con...

Christopher Columbus, head-and-shoulders portrait, and crossed flags, composed of 41,819 letters representing the biography of Columbus. 46092 U.S. Copyright Office.

Christopher Columbus: Discoverer of America 1492

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1176.

Spanish caravel Santa Maria - A black and white photo of a boat in the...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Silver statue of Justice in exhibit hall, Montana exhibit, World's Co...

55575Y1 U.S. Copyright Office. "Copyrighted 1893 by Souvenir Photo Co." Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Photo shows Lincoln in a print made from a negative taken by Alexander Hesler, Springfield, Illinois, June 3, 1860. Lincoln said of this portrait: "That looks better and expresses me better than any I have ever... More

Chief Joseph, Nez Perces - Public domain portrait drawing

Reproduction of bust-length portrait painting by E.A. Burbank. Copyright by W. Scott Thurber. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Entrance to Cottage of John & Abigail Adams

Doorway. 22964Cp2s-2 U.S. Copyright Office Photo copyrighted by Quincy Historical Society, owner. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mass. Q-; Photog. Index; Pre... More

The Old Kitchen in Cottage of John & Abigail Adams

Two rocking chairs by fireplace with cooking pots. 22966Cp2s-1 U.S. Copyright Office Photo copyrighted by Quincy Historical Society, owner. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption c... More

[Pledge of allegiance to the flag, 8th Division]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "8th Division."

Mayflower - A black and white photo of a large boat

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

Mayflower - A black and white photo of people on a boat

Public domain photograph of ship deck, boarding people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln, seated in chair, full portrait]

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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[Plymouth Rock, Plymouth, Massachusetts]

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The Mayflower in Plymouth harbor, engraving, Library of Congress

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Francis Scott Key] - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain photo of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mayflower - A black and white photo of a ship in the ocean

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Chief Joseph, ca. 1840-1904 half-length portrait, seated, facing fron...

Picryl description: Public domain image of Native Americans, Indians of North America, indigenous tribes, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Chief Joseph, ca. 1840-1904] - An old black and white photo of a man

Half lgth., facing front. H18700 U.S. Copyright Office Photoprint by Rudolph B. Scott, Spokane, Wash, 1899 Oct. 17. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[George Washington Carver, full-length portrait, seated on steps, faci...

Reference copy (modern print) in BIOG FILE - Carver, George Washington. Forms part of: Booker T. Washington Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative may be available: LC-J694-159

The flag must "stay put" / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows George F. Hoar, Carl Schurz, David B. Hill, and former Massachusetts Governor George S. Boutwell, anti-expansionists, placing their "Anti-Expansion Speech" at the feet of a huge American sold... More

"Boston tea-party." Three cargoes of tea destroyed. Dec. 16, 1773

G6078 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction based on engraving by D. Berger, 1784, after D. Chodowiecki. No. 8. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Liberty Bell being moved on wagon with an escort of uniformed militia...

Photo copyrighted by Thomas E. Marr. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Bells...; Geogr.; Militia Penna.; Ph. Ind.

BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN FLAG - Public domain portrait photograph

A group of women posing for a picture with an american flag. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[George Washington Carver, full-length portrait, standing in field, pr...

Booker T. Washington Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative may be available: LC-J694-520

[George Washington Carver, half-length portrait, facing right, Tuskege...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth, Massachusetts.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Spanish caravel Santa Maria] - A black and white photo of a ship in t...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait]

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait]

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plymouth Rock, in front of Pilgrim Hall, "1834"

Rock, dated 1620, in circular fence, Plymouth, Mass. Copyright by A.W. Anderson.

[Portrait of Abigail Adams by Benjamin Blyth]

Public domain portrait photograph, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Plymouth Rock] - A black and white photo of a loaf of bread

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

Ford Motor Co. Lincoln at Lincoln Memorial, [Washington, D.C.]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

How Columbus discovered America

Public domain scan of music disk label, pathephone record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Harriet Tubman, full-length portrait, seated in chair, facing front, ...

Illus. in: Scrapbooks of Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller / Elizabeth Smith Miller. New York : Geneva, 1897-1911, section 16, no. 9, p. 47. National American Woman Suffrage Association Collectio... More

[Abraham Lincoln, last portrait sitting in Springfield, Illinois, befo...

Illus. in: The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln / Frederick Hill Meserve. New York, Privately printed, 1911, p. 59. Ostendorf, no. 43 Meserve, no. 35 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Ll... More

Photograph of Harriet Tubman - An old woman sitting in a chair with a ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Sacajawea [sic] Monument in City Park, Portland, Oregon. Statue by Ali...

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[African-American laborer with Lincoln Memorial in background. Washing...

A black and white photo of a man carrying a wheelbarrow. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Paul Revere' Paul Reveres ride - A black record with a label on it

Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

DISTRICT PUBLIC SCHOOLS. FIRST COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION AT P...

A large group of people sitting in front of an american flag. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description