Portrait photo of [Unidentified elderly woman with cap]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The Sabbath among slaves - Public domain scan / engraving
Illustration showing Afro-American dancing, playing banjo, and resting. Illus. in: Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb, an American slave, New York, 1849, p. 38. Published in: The African-America... More
We have been friends together - Public domain American sheet music
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
[Title page - no illus.] - Public domain dedication image
Illus. in: Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard, 1793, Phila., B. Franklin [n.d.] [Phila. C. Marshall, 1849], title page. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: RBD; BI W... More
The Oriental Life Elixir: A Great Egyptian Remedy for All Diseases
LOT subdivision subject: Egypt. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item.
[Bandstand. Elevation rendering in color, with plan and side elevation...
Original architectural drawing (examination drawing) by student Richard Morris Hunt for the "concours sur esquisse" of March 7, 1849, at the École des beaux-arts, Paris. No. 28. Gift; American Institute of Arc... More
Road map of the island of Rhode Island or Aquidneck /
Relief shown by hachures. Includes inset of Newport. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Traveller's map of the middle, northern, eastern states and Canada sho...
Map covers the northeastern portion of the United States. Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. At bottom of map: List of "Canal, rail road & steamboat routes." LC also has editions of 1850 and 1856. LC Railroad maps, 12 Desc... More
Standing committees of the Senate. [1849?].
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 175, Folder 13. Copy scanned: 2
U. S. Patent office. November 12, 1849. Sir: A copy of the accompanyin...
Page Order: Leaflet 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 25a.
The star of the road - Engraving, Public domain image
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6110
Railroad map of New England & eastern New York complied from the most ...
Shows county and township boundaries, and "Railroads completed, located and in progress." Scale [ca. 1:700,000]. LC Railroad maps, 102 Description derived from published bibliography. Inset: Boston & vicinity s... More
U. S. Patent office. November 8, 1849. Sir: Endeavoring to trace up th...
Page Order: Leaflet 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 25.
Defense of the California Bank - Public domain book illustration, Libr...
A mildly jingoistic satire voicing American suspicions of foreign designs on California after the discovery of gold there in 1848. The bay and coastline of San Francisco are shown, menaced by foreign invaders ... More
Elevation and Plan of Execution Rocks Lighthouse, New York
Lighthouse Maps and Plans for Execution Rocks, New York
Paper-Mill tract : [on Rock Creek, N.W. Washington D.C.].
Partial cadastral survey map showing mill, cistern, millrace, dam, and associated features. Pen-and-ink and lead pencil. Soiled, torn, fold-lined, missing sections at edges, and mounted on cloth backing. Inclu... More
A map of the New England states, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massac...
Detailed county and township map indicating drainage, relief by hachures, cities and towns, roads, railroads, and railroad stations. Scale [ca. 1:525,000]. LC also has 1853 edition. LC Railroad maps, 103 Descri... More
The landing in England / W. Roberts.
Illustration showing Roman ships in harbor. Illus. in: History of Julius Caesar / Jacob Abbott. 1849, opp. p. 102. Reference copy in LOT 4613.
Diagram of the south part of Shaker Village, Canterbury, NH.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Structures drawn in elevations, numbered, and identified by a legend. "The artist who drew this diagram, not being acquainted with any rules of drawing, hopes it will be sufficient ... More
City water rates. No. street. Boston, 1849. To the City of Boston, Dr....
Bill for city water for John Hancock dated in mss. Jan 1, 1849 for $15.00.; Handwritten on verso: 1850. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full... More
Map of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania : from original surveys /
General-content county map showing rural buildings and householders' names. Also covers southern portion of county annexed by City of Philadelphia in 1854. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward t... More
List of officers for 1849. Troy, Kneeland and Co's steam press. [1849]...
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 24h.
[Mr. Hamilton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right]
Scratched on face of plate: 265; Hamilton, HBM, R.N. Scratched on back of plate: 252. Hallmark: Rinhart 42. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Librar... More
Infancy of Jesus: infancia de Jesu-Cristo / enfance de Jésus
Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Louisa - Public domain portrait engraving, engraving, Library of Congr...
Public domain reproduction of art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
List of Senators of the General Assembly, of the State of Tennessee, c...
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 175, Folder 9.
Monument of the New York Fire Department
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Trembly. Copyright deposit, Southern District of N.Y.
Iron Store-House for California - sent to San Francisco
Built by John Walker, son of Richard Walker, orig. mfr. and patentee; of corrugated iron. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1849, July 14, p. 20. This record contains unverified, old data from caption car... More
[Elisa and John McAllister, children of W.Y. McAllister, Elisa standin...
Written on paper label on velvet lining inside case: July 23, 1849. Written on paper label on case: Lissie & John McAllister July 23, 1849. Labels adhered to case: "23," "51," and "71." Embossed on velvet linin... More
Circular. Important to all whom it may concern. I have permanently loc...
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 137, Folder 2b.
The place we hear about - Public domain book illustration, Library of ...
Another grim portrayal of violent goldfield life in California, similar to "Things as They Are" (no. 1849-3) and equally critical of the outgoing Polk administration. Here again mayhem erupts, as prospectors an... More
Susannah, and the elders - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Cong...
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sarony & Major. Copyright deposit, southern district of Penn.
Official map of San Francisco. - Public domain old map
Scale 1:6,600; 550 English ft. to the in. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1849 by Henry Reed." Available also through the Library of Cong... More
The tabernacle in the wilderness, and plan of the encampment. Exod. XI...
Print shows a temporary tabernacle building surrounded by a curtained wall in a large clearing with tents comprising the "First Division Camp of Judah" on the east side, the "Second Division Camp of Reuben" on ... More
A list of the members and officers of the House of representatives. Pr...
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 175, Folder 12.
Hymenial expositor, or, matrimonial chart / desigd. by A. Kollner ; Tr...
Print shows at top, a wedding being performed; at left and right are spaces for recording marriages; at center is "The Great Ocean of Love" dotted with many small islands, bays, straits, gulfs, and rivers, the ... More
Grand inauguration ball.
Picryl description: Public domain American history related, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
[View near San Francisco, Upper California]
Two Spanish cowboys roping a bull. Wood engraving in Illustrated London News, 1949 January 13. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Main entrance, north front, Smithsonian Institution / W. Wade del.
Photographic reproduction of a lithograph showing people standing at the front entrance to the Smithsonian Institution castle. Lower left corner: W Wade, del. Published in Historic of Public Architecture by Rob... More
The great naval blockade of Round Island. Showing the immense importa...
A satire on Taylor administration efforts to curtail American "filibusters," armed expeditions against Cuba for the purpose of freeing the island from Spanish rule. Specific reference here is to the Navy's bloc... More
Things as they are - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congr...
Perkins's grim picture of conditions in the goldfields of California during the 1849 Gold Rush contains a backhanded swipe at the outgoing Polk administration. In the foreground, violence breaks out against a ... More
Map of the United States, the British provinces, Mexico &c.
Shows California's gold region and western trails. LC Trails, 51 Variant ed. in same year. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 4 copies, vary slightly Additional copy, Filmore #30
Map of the United States of America, the British Provinces, Mexico, th...
Wall map. Shows Canada only along United States border. Relief shown by hachures. Gift; Buffy Cafritz, Madison Council; 2004. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. Differs from other 1849 ed. by omiss... More
The game cock / el gallo de pelea: in full feather
Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Shankland's American fashions, 1849]
Print shows in two horizontal panels, at top, eight men, a woman, and four children standing outdoors along a dirt roadway, two of the men are dressed for hunting and carry rifles, and at bottom, eight men and ... More
An ordinance, to regulate the public grave-yard .... Carlisle, Pa. Pri...
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 19.
Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, grav...
Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dr. Jewett's...health restoring bitters
LOT subdivision subject: Printing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by S. Jewett & Co. Caption card tracings: Bitters; Patent medicines; Shelf.
[Time table and general rules] To take effect October 8, 1849. Boston,...
Gift Miss Theo H. Twichell Sept. 10, 1946. 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 59, Folder 22d.
Head of navigation of the Potomac River / nautical chart
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Photocopy of ms. map. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes notes. LC copy originally printed on separate sheets, assembled to 1 s... More
A map of the counties of Salem and Gloucester, New Jersey : from actua...
Wall map showing roads, buildings, and landholders' names. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Washington D.C. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1849 by Smith & Wistar in the Clerk's Offic... More