1848

School of applied chemistry ... Analytical laboratory, Yale College. N...

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 8, Folder 23.

Map & profiles of the Vt. Central and Vt. and Canada Railroads /

Scale ca. 1:180,000. "May 1st 1848." Oriented with north toward the upper left. Relief shown by hachures. Includes 2 elevation profiles. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image... More

Rowing him up Salt River - Public domain book illustration, Library of...

The cartoonist is optimistic about the prospects of Whig presidential candidate Zachary Taylor, here shown rowing Democratic oppponent Lewis Cass up the river of political misfortune. Cass, seated in the stern,... More

Political map of the United States. - Public domain map

Specimen of index to reports of committees & executive documents, from...

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 199, Folder 14.

Totsuka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows porters carrying a traveler in a sedan chair and carrying bundles on a shoulder pole as they follow the roadway through pine trees toward Totsuka station along the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other desc... More

Numazu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers and porters with palanquin passing village at the Numazu station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Kawasaki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers on a ferry crossing a river at the Kawasaki station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From ... More

View of Cincinnati, Ohio from Covington, Ky. / drawn from nature by E....

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified man, about 50 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Scratched on back of plate: 146; 177. Hallmark: Rinhart 21. Same sitter as DAG no. 194. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Prod... More

"Misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows"

A satire on the unlikely alliance of rival editors Horace Greeley and James Watson Webb in support of Zachary Taylor for the presidency in 1848. Unlike Webb, one of Taylor's earliest and most enthusiastic New Y... More

Totsuka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows porters carrying a sedan chair and one carrying a shoulder pole with bundles on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2... More

To the citizens of Washington. It is well known to you that events hav...

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 199, Folder 4.

[Map showing coast of State of Campeche from Campeche City to Seiba] /

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, half-length portrait, facing...

Scratched on back of plate: 257; 283 [canceled] Hallmark: Rinhart 4b. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Bra... More

Red-Bird, a Winnebago / lith. printed & cold. by J.T. Bowen.

Print shows Red-Bird, a Winnebago, full-length portrait. Also shows another Native American seated on the ground.

To the people of the United States. [n. p. n. d.].

Van Buren & Free soil - Adams & Liberty. To be said or sung at all "Fr...

Verse. 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 120, Folder 16.

[Unidentified man and woman, seated, facing front]

Case: front - Rinhart 162; back - oval surrounded by scrolls. Barboza number: 6019.005. Stamped on silk pad: J. Turpin. Gift; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (L... More

[Map of the Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania].

Cadastral map showing buildings. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Date in map interior: Aug. 4t[h] 1848. From the Orlando M. Poe papers in the LC Manuscript Division. Inde... More

Lewis Cass - Print, Library of Congress collection

226 U.S. Copyright Office. "Copyright Deposit, Southern District of N.Y. Jun. 10, 1848 No. 226." This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Robinson, H.R.

Political game of brag. Shew of hands

The artist resorts to the familiar metaphor of a card game for the presidential stakes in his rendition of the 1848 contest. The major contenders play a game of "brag" (an early form of poker). Around the tabl... More

I'd Offer Thee This Hand of Mine

Musical cover showing man and woman by stream with water mill. LOT subdivision subject: Love, Courtship and Marriage. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Published and copyrighte... More

Immense literary, scientific and religious attraction, at the moral ce...

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 120, Folder 15.

"The Philomethean Society," North Star

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Shimada kanaya, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a long trail of travelers crossing the Oi River between the Shimada and Kanaya stations on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... More

Mishima, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women(?), one carrying a tray of rice or grain on her head and the other is holding a parasol from which wooden cooking utensils are hanging. Mishima is the 12th station on the Tōkaidō Road. Tit... More

Lamartine membre du gouvernement provisoire - ministre des affaires et...

Print shows Alphonse de Lamartine, three-quarter length portrait, sitting in a chair, facing left, with right elbow resting on a table and right hand at his chin. Signed on stone on lower left: M. Alophe. Incl... More

Le Général Cavaignac. President du Conseil-Chef du Pouvoir execeutif /...

Louis Eugène Cavaignac, half-length portrait, standing, facing right. Paris, Goupil, Vibert & Cie. Reference copy in Biog. File. Copyright by Goupil, Vibert & Co.

Futagawa - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows travelers with palanquins and approaching on foot, a shop with the merchant sitting on a bench in front, at the Futagawa station on the Tōkaidō Road.

Utagawa Hiroshige - Hara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows travelers, including a person riding in a basket on horseback, pass rice fields near the Hara station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive info... More

[Unidentified man, about 50 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Scratched on back of plate: 194. Hallmark: Rinhart 21. Same sitter as DAG no. 177. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced ... More

The scotch march - Public domain sheet music. Piano, march.

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Plan stolichnago goroda Pekina s okrestnostīi︠u︡ /

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Perpetual calendar. showing the day of any month corresponding to any ...

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 199, Folder 17a.

Yui, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers on a street at the Yui station on the Tōkaidō Road, with cliffs and view of the sea in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

A map of the internal improvements of Virginia; prepared by C. Crozet,...

The map indicates drainage, county boundaries, mines, cities and towns, roads, canals, and railroads. Scale 1:950,000. LC Railroad maps, 307 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also throu... More

Map of Pennsylvania - Public domain vintage map

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

Skeleton map showing the Rail Roads completed and in progress in the U...

Outline map of the eastern half of the United States indicating drainage, state boundaries, major cities, and constructed and contemplated railroads. The southern portion of map indicates proposed shipping rou... More

Outlines of Vermont : adapted to Thompson's Geography & geology of Ver...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows minor civil subdivisions. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. Includes indexes and ill. Inset: Geological map of Vermont. Copy imperfect: Darkened, stained, mounted on cloth backing... More

Map of rail road routes from Rouse's Point to Portsmouth and Boston; c...

Map shows Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Includes a table of distances and indicates "constructed & completed" and "contemplated & chartered" railroads. The Cocheco line was chartered on July 2, 184... More

Who says gas? Or the Democratic b-hoy

A pro-Democrat satire, pitting Democratic candidate Lewis Cass against Whig nominee Zachary Taylor in a bout for the presidency. Cass (center) is the obvious favorite. He wears the stovepipe hat, boots, bold pl... More

Cass & his cabinet in 1849 - Political cartoon, public domain image

The satire imputes to the Democrats of 1848, led by candidate Lewis Cass, the corrupt practices of the Van Buren-era party. The artist also criticizes Whig repudiation of stalwart party leader Henry Clay in fav... More

William Jenkins Worth, 1794-1849

Half lgth., facing right. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George W. Dole to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, March 30, 1848 (Appointm...

Knock'd into a cock'd hat - Public domain scan / print

Zachary Taylor's presidential nomination at the Whig national convention in Philadelphia on June 9, 1848, is represented as a severe blow to Lewis Cass, nominated by the Democrats a few weeks earlier. The extre... More

Dr. Wynkoop's, katharismic Honduras, sarsaparilla

347 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sarony & Major. Copyright deposit, southern district of N.Y.: Jan 31, 1848 no. 347.

The modern Gilpins. Love's labor lost

A parody of Democratic politics in the months preceding the party's 1848 national convention. Specifically, the artist ridicules the rivalry within the party between Free Soil or anti-slavery interests, which u... More

Order of the procession for the funeral of the Hon. John Quincy Adams,...

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 232, Folder 45.

Jesus imprints his face on a cloth. / Jesus impreso su rostro en un pa...

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grand set to between rough and ready and Genal. Gas

Zachary Taylor and Lewis Cass engage in a bout of fisticuffs in their battle for the presidency in 1848. Taylor, clearly getting the better of his opponent, seizes Cass by the lapels saying, "A little more gra... More

[Ancient Indian burial mounds. Moundsville, W.Va.] Great Mound at Grav...

Engraving by J.W. Orr. Illus. in: Squier & Davis, Ancient Monuments..., 1848. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: W.Va. Moundsv... More

By the President of the United States. It has pleased Divine Providenc...

Adams, John Quincy- Death. 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 232, Folder 44.

The case of passed Midshipman Rogers. [From Houston's Senate reports.]...

Rogers, Midshipman 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 232, Folder 28.

Self-inflating pillow. Book illustration from Library of Congress

American general Gideon J. Pillow's self-promoting attempts to discredit Mexican War commander Gen. Winfield Scott are ridiculed in this portrayal of Scott puncturing "Polk's Patent" pillow. Pillow's efforts we... More

The strife, between an old hunker, a barnburner and a no party man

A particularly well-drawn satire on the three major presidential contenders for 1848, (left to right) Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren and Lewis Cass. Of the three the artist seems to favor Van Buren, the "Barn... More

A statue of a man on a pedestal in a plaza. Szeged hungary statue koss...

A statue of in the center of the city / A statue of a man and a woman in a black robe / Public domain stock photo.

Railroads in Virginia and part of North Carolina, drawn and engraved f...

Shows rail connections between Harpers Ferry and Winchester, Acquia Creek to Rocky Mount and Huntsville, N.C., and a line from Gosport to Newsons Depot.

Mariko, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows the snow-covered village of Mariko during winter on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: T... More

The great sea serpent. The sea serpent when first seen from H[er] M[aj...

Long sea monster in front of ship. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1848 Oct. 28. Reference copy may be in SSF - Sea monsters. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tr... More

Camp march - Public domain sheet music. Piano, march.

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Chiryū, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers leading horses and letting them graze in fields at the Chiryū station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

The Democratic funeral of 1848 - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Foreseeing political death for the Democrats in the election, the artist imagines a funeral of the party's standard-bearers with a procession of the faithful. Democratic senators (left to right) Sam Houston of ... More

Suruga miho no ura Andō Hiroshige

Print shows groves of trees along the coast and the sails of ships on Miho or Suruga Bay, Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Forma... More

[Pair of oxen with their drovers]

Case: variant of Rinhart 138. No electronic surrogate available. Purchase; 2004; (DLC/PP-2004:060). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of... More

[Manuscript map of Mexican War campaign in Mexico] /

Location indeterminable. Relief shown by shading. Title supplied by cataloger. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 1008 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

[A cartoon] The strufe between an old hunker, a barnburner, and a no p...

Negative Photostat.; Cartoon.; On verso: Ac. 4327; $ 5.00. 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

Topographical sketch of the gold & quicksilver district of California.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. 4 copies, vary slightly.

Map of Oregon and upper California from the surveys of John Charles Fr...

Scale 1:3,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows area of U.S. west of the Continental Divide. Includes notes and "Profile of the travelling route from the South Pass of the Rock... More

Croquis de la Ysla de Balanguingui y sus adyacentes en el Archipielago...

Shows Samales Group, Philippines. Depths shown by soundings. Watermark: Whatman 1849. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 738 Available also through the Library of Cong... More

[El Dorado, California. View of scattered log cabins]

Photograph shows four log cabins scattered along the hillside; prospectors stand near or atop piles of large rocks; a flume can be seen on the far left.

Ishiyakushi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers on village street with many buildings, street lights (lanterns) and signs, and a large tree at the Ishiyakushi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled... More

The seamen's ready reckoner ... Published by Henry Wood. New York. c. ...

On verso: Filed Aug. 29, 1848; Mr. Henry Wood. 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 12... More

Fujisawa - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows travelers on street among shops with banners in the commercial district of the Fujisawa station on the Tōkaidō Road.

A statue of a man with a hat and coat. Monument german danish war 1864...

Wartime images: Free images of war, available for commercial use and free download. Copyright-free, no attribution required.

Justin Butterfield to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 10, 1848 (Reques...

[Prospectus for fall term of 1848].

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 177, Folder 25.

Nihonbashi akebono no zu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows porters carrying sedan chairs and pedestrians crossing the Nihon Bridge. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: ... More

Stella and Alice Grey. lantern and whalebone: "passing the stand"

Artist: Louis Maurer (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6227

Chiryū, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers, some with horses, and vendor stands at the Chiryū station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006... More

Christmas tree at Windsor Castle / drawn by J.L. Williams.

Family around Christmas tree, depicted in an oval with border showing winter scenes and the fruits and animals of a bountiful harvest. Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, Christmas supplement, 1848, p. 409.

New-York, in 1849 / drawn by E. Purcell ; engraved by S. Weekes.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Public domain photograph of the city, skyscraper buildings, cityscape, downtown, urban environment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image -... More

Fuchū - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows travelers stopping at a rest stop at the Fuchū station on the Tōkaidō Road.

Dr. Jackson's rheumatic liniment. Where this liniment is applied pain ...

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 155, Folder 13.

... To the Editor of the Vt. Journal. The following paper, prepared in...

Nissaka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers standing around large rock with writing on it at the Nissaka station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Fukuroi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows travelers resting and cooking near the Fukuroi station on the Tōkaidō Road, includes a woman seated sidesaddle on a horse.

A tea party will be held by the ladies of the E. Street Baptist church...

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 199, Folder 13.

Great Mound at Marietta, Ohio, engraving, Library of Congress

Lithograph by Sarony & Major, Chas. Sullivan. Illus. in: Squire, Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley, (1848) plate XLV. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings... More

Voyage of life - childhood From the original painting by Thomas Cole, ...

Print showing allegorical scene in a landscape with a child in a boat with an angel at the helm. Entered according to Act of Congress U.S.A. [...] by James Smillie, in the Clerks Office of the U.S. District Co... More

Fording Salt River. Book illustration from Library of Congress

An election-year satire favoring Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren in the 1848 presidential contest. A long-legged John Van Buren carries his father piggyback through Salt River, heading toward the White Ho... More

Sumida tsutsumi hanami no zu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows sightseers walking along pathway viewing cherry blossoms on the bank of the Sumida River. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006... More

Bagging the game. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The artist predicts a decisive Whig victory in the presidential election of 1848, with Whig candidate Zachary Taylor "bagging" all of the states in an electoral sweep. (Taylor actually carried only fifteen of t... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kanbara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows travelers walking along shore of a river, possibly engaging boats to ferry them across, near the Kanbara station on the Tōkaidō Road; view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptiv... More

Trial of the Irish patriots at Clonmel, Oct. 22nd. 1848 Thomas F. Meag...

Print shows Lord Chief Justice Doherty, standing (left), delivering a death sentence to members of the rebel group, Young Ireland, standing (right). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Rese... More

Otsuka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows porters carrying goods and palanquins near the Otsuka station of the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From ... More

Chart. Historic map, Library of Congress

"...to accompany Report no. 596, made by T. Butler King,..." Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Sam Houston - Print, Library of Congress collection

74 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Nagel, L.

Dance Twiggs rifle-men's quick step - Public domain musical sheets

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Conway [i.e., Conwy] Bridge, North Wales / drawn by G. Hawkins ; engra...

Print shows the River Conwy in North Wales with boats on shore in the foreground and the Conwy Castle with a railroad bridge, designed by Robert Stephenson, extending across the river in the background. Also sh... More