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Officers of 36th Illinois Infantry, Camp Harker, June, 1865

No. 4331. 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 C.F. Smith, Co. L, 2d New York Artillery

Group of soldiers with cannon and caisson. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 675. Original neg. number: LC-B817-7675.

President A. Lincoln reading the Bible to his son / retouched and photographed by A. Berger, 285 Fulton Street, Brooklyn.

Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln, seated, facing right, reading to his son Tad, standing to the President's left, facing front.

Portrait photo of Infantry company on parade, 1865?

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Vinnie Ream at work upon her Lincoln bust which rests upon the stand she used in the White House while President Lincoln posed for her

Vinnie Ream, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, next to bust of Lincoln. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / More

General Henry S. Gansevoort and staff, Prospect Hill, Virginia (near Wash., D.C.)

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Maj. H.H. Humphrey and others, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Three Civil War Union soldiers, drinking outside a canopied living quarters area, African American on right holding bottle. Original neg. no.: LC-B817-7406.

General Ferrero and staff, Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg), Virginia

Stereograph showing General Edward Ferrero and staff on the steps of a building in Petersburg, Virginia. No. 3333. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright in 1865 by E. & H. T. A More

Quartermaster's Office at 7th St. Wharf, Wash., D.C.

Fourteen men posed in front. Brady-Handy Studio. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 876.

Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 1865

Photograph shows group of Federal soldiers with rifles. For larger image of portrait, see LOT 4165-G, no. 70.

Satan tempting Booth to the murder of the President, [Magee Portrait of Booth].

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Co. H, 10th Veteran Reserve Corps, Washington, D.C. April, 1865

No. 911. 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

Panorama of Washington, [D.C.], 1865 [showing White House & Treasury Building]

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[President Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

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General Belknap and Staff, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

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The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet / painted by F.B. Carpenter ; engraved by A.H. Ritchie.

Print shows a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862, painted by Francis B. Carpenter at the White House in 1864. Depicted, from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanto More

Pawnee Killer and his braves Discovering the remains of Lieutenant Kidder and ten men of the Seventh United States Cavalry / / sketched by T.R. Davis.

Two Illustrations: one showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Pawnee Killer and his two braves; and the other showing soldiers looking at skeletons filled with arrows.

Washington's reception at the White House, 1776 / Geo Spohni.

Print showing George and Martha Washington among crowd at reception. Caption continues: Respectfully dedicated to the people of the United States by the Publisher. Entered according to act of Congress in the y More

[President Ulysses S. Grant, half-length portrait, seated, facing right]

Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress). LC-BH826-3703. Public domain photograph related to President Ulysses Grant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[President and Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes (Lucy Webb Hayes), full-length portrait, looking slightly left]

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[President James A. Garfield, half-length portrait, facing right]

Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress). LC-BH826-1484-B. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[President James A. Garfield, half-length portrait, standing, right profile] / Sarony, N.Y.

No. A43156. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

President Grant at his cottage by the sea

Photograph shows President Ulysses S. Grant on vacation, seated on porch with his wife, Julia, and son, Jesse, in Long Branch, New Jersey. Copyright by G.W. Pach.

Our Japanese visitors / from photographs by Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco.

Two group portraits of men and women of the Japanese embassy on diplomatic mission to the United States. Included in picture is C.E. Delong, U.S. minister at Japan, and his wife. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 187 More

Wash., D.C., 1874. House of Representatives, U. S., 43rd Congress. Taken on the east portice, House wing of Capitol, February 20

Photograph shows members of the 43rd Congress of the House of Representatives standing on the steps of the Capitol; names of all 183 members are printed underneath the photograph. Entered according to Act of Co More

Portraits and autograph signatures of the framers and signers of the Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia, July 4th, 1776 / Thomas Hunter, lith, Philada.

Copyright 1874 by J. H. Hobart, Jr. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Wedding at the White House. The ceremony in the East Room--Reverend Dr. Tiffany declaring Mr. A.C.F. Sartoris and Miss Nellie Grant husband and wife / sketched by our special artist, Mr. Harry Ogden.

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1874 June 6, cover, p. 193.

U.S. Senators, 43rd Congress / Redington & Shaffer, landscape photographers, P.O. Box 258, Washington, D.C.

Photograph showing members of the 43rd Congress, U.S. Capitol building with a key to people depicted printed on the mount. 2417 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption below title reads: Taken Thursday, February 12th, More

U.S. Senators, 43d Congress / Redington & Shaffer, Landscape Photographers, P.O. Box 258, Washington, D.C.

Photograph showing members of the 43rd Congress, U.S. Capitol building. 2417 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption below title reads: Taken Thursday, February 12th, 1874, at East Senate Portico of the Capitol. Additio More

[Exterior of the White House, Washington, D.C.] / H.H. Nichols, sc.

Copyright by DeB. R. Keim. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The White House, Washington, D.C. / photographed by L.E. Walker.

The White House with horse-drawn carriages in front. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 21, no. 1055 (1877 March 17), p. 205.

[President Rutherford B. Hayes, half-length portrait, seated, facing left]

Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress). LC-BH826-400. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of the Grant family above a piano in the Red Room of the White House]

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Sarah Childress Polk, wife of President J.K. Polk / photo of portrait by George Dury.

Photograph showing Mrs. James K. Polk, head-and-shoulder portrait, facing slightly right. Photo of portrait.

Taking the census at Standing Rock Agency - South Dakota

Men seated at two tables with large crowd of people. On mount: D.F. Barry, West Superior, Wis.

[Grover Cleveland, bust portrait, seated, facing right]

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New Jersey--The removal of President Garfield, with his physicians and attendants, from the White House to the Francklyn cottage, at Elberon by the sea, September 6th / from sketches by a staff artist.

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1881 Sept. 24, p. 56-57.

Another president who had a rise in the world--"From the toe-path to the White House" / F. Opper.

Page of Puck magazine with cartoon showing Chester Arthur kicked out of the New York Custom House, by man holding paper "charges," in front of sign pointing to Washington. Illus. in: Puck, 1881 Oct. 19, p. 101.

[Large group of Union veterans of the Civil War. including William Tecumseh Sherman (front row, center), posed]

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Union commanders With compliments of the Travelers Insurance Company.

Photographic montage shows Abraham Lincoln surrounded by Admiral David G. Farrugut, General William T. Sherman, General George Henry Thomas, General George Gordon Meade, General Ulysses S. Grant, General Joseph More

[Three Treasury Department employees, Mr. Steele(?) and two other men, posed in office]

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

[Two Treasury Department employees seated at desk in office]

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group portrait of people, managers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pi More

[Three Treasury Department employees in office]

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group portrait of people, managers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pi 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

Annual meeting, American Society of Civil Engineers, Deer Park Hotel, Deer Park, Md.

A group of men standing in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women delegates to the 1886 convention of the Knights of Labor

Photograph shows group portrait of eight women and a baby; Miss Mary Anderson, seated, hand on baby's head, and Miss Laura Graddick, standing, second from right.

Washington, D.C.--The wedding at the White House, June 2nd--the mother's kiss / from a sketch by C. Bunnell.

Wedding of Grover Cleveland, with Mrs. Grover Cleveland receiving kiss from her mother. Cover Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1886 June 12, p. 257.

Capt. Dewey and officers, Pensacola Navy Yard

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U.S. commissioners and delegations of Sioux chiefs visiting Washington, October 13, 1888

Group portrait of commissioners and Sioux Indians on steps of U.S. Capitol building. Copyright by C.M. Bell. Published in: Many nations: A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Indian and Alaska n More

[President Grover Cleveland, half-length portrait, facing right]

Copyright by C.M. Bell. No. 4. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frances Benjamin Johnston - White House, 1889--Easter Monday

Crowd of people around pool, with the White House in background. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative may be available: LC-J682-5.

[Views of the White House public rooms - the East Room, the Green Room, the Red Room, and the Blue Room]

Illus. in: Washington Album. Published by Ph. Frey, Louis Glaser, and J. F. Jarvis, p. 14. Glaser/Frey Collection of American View Books (Library of Congress)

Green houses, White House, Washington, D.C.

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The New administration--visitors paying their respects to President Harrison at the White House. The presidential train "held up" at Harrisburg by a little son of Gov. Beaver, who takes a photograph of General Harrison and family. Close of the ice-harvest--scenes on an ice-farm near Athens, on the Hudson River / from a sketch by Joseph Becker.

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1889 March 16, p. 96.

[Three men in office in Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D.C.]

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[Dining(?) room in the White House, Washington, D.C.]

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White House, Conservatory, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

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Frances Benjamin Johnston - White House, east corridor

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative may be available: LC-J698-81347

A Group of patients, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

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Pay Director Edwin Stewart, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts

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A Group of cadets, U.S. Naval Academy

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Pay Director Edwin Stewart, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts

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Portrait photo of Paymaster Rodgers and Mr. Lasiers

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Within sight of the White House : section of Washington, D.C., known as "Hooker's Division," which contains 50 saloons and 109 bawdy-houses--list of 61 places where liquor is sold with government [sic] but without city licenses.

Cadastral map. Newspaper clipping. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, directory of unlicensed premises, and index to points of interest. LC copy mounted on More