Crew of H.M.S. Malabar (foreground, left) watch as USS Missouri explodes and burns in the distance from accidental fire after completing first trans-Atlantic voyage of a U.S. steam powered ship the day prior.
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 66, Folder 8.
Print shows an explosion on the steamboat Alfred Thomas at Easton, Pennsylvania; a few people are standing on the shore of the river and Easton is visible to the left, in the background. Purchase; 1958.
Print shows Union soldiers in trench and behind wooden walls and gabions as an assault is made on Fort Hill during the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Includes a "description of the position" with a key that i More
Masthead and illustration of the Union gunboat Commodore Barney blown in air by torpedo (underwater mine). Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 16, no. 413 (1863 Aug. 29), p. 357.
Woodcut after a sketch by Fred. B. Schell. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1864 Jan. 2), front page. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
Stereograph shows a group of men observing the ruins of a railroad station. No. 3082. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: C More
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 168. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Lawrence and Houseworth's Store. This record contains More
This image has been taken from scan 000445 from "The South: a tour of its Battle-Fields and Ruined Cities ... being a description of the present state of the country ... Illustrated". The title and subject term More
Trade cards from the "Pirates of the Spanish Main" series (N19), issued ca. 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
This is a stereoscopic view, but must be cut apart and transposed in order to get the effect, as you probably know. In order to blast the logs deep holes were bored along the top of the log. A charge of "Giant More