[Lieutenant Colonel Karl Friedrich Heinrich von Trebra, Union officer ...
Sitter identified by Michael Peake. Date based on Trebra's emigration from Germany in 1854 and death in 1863. Subject is wearing a German military uniform. In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 16. Colo... More
Major Crappe. Museum of New Zealand collection. New Zealand Wars perio...
The New Zealand Wars took place from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori on one side and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the other. Public domain vintage photo from New... More
Unidentified soldier in New York Infantry uniform with shako hat
Case: Berg, no. 3-160. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Libra... More
Lives of the presidents of the United States. By Robert W. Lincoln
Print shows trimmed frontispiece to one of the G.H. Salisbury edition's of Lives of the presidents of the United States ... / By Robert W. Lincoln with portrait of George Washington in front of soldiers. In al... More
Untitled (Portrait of a Man Holding a Pick-Axe)
Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Architectural detail, interior, Battle House Hotel, Mobile, Alabama
Originally built in 1852, the Battle House was established on the site of a military headquarters set up by Andrew Jackson during the war of 1812. The property served as a Confederate hospital during the Civil ... More
Architectural detail, interior, Battle House Hotel, Mobile, Alabama
Originally built in 1852, the Battle House was established on the site of a military headquarters set up by Andrew Jackson during the war of 1812. The property served as a Confederate hospital during the Civil ... More
[Portrait of seated man holding the Charleston Zeitung, possibly the o...
Purchase; Dennis A. Waters; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:147). Forms part of: Daguerreotype Collection (Library of Congress). Vender : Dennis A. Waters.
Impeachment committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, Lowell Nat...
Exact date unknown. These men belonged to the impeachment committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. Benjamin Butler, President Johnson's fiercest opponent and later Governor of Massachusetts and president... More
Henrico County, Virginia / Historic map, Library of Congress
Relief shown by hachures. Title and statement of responsibility in manuscript above bar scale. Annotated in ink: Smith's map of Henrico County, Virginia, from actual surveys by James Keily, Richmond, Robert P. ... More
[Abraham Lincoln while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, taken in Chica...
Original photograph: The original daguerreotype is at the Chicago Historical Society. Ostendorf, no. 6 Meserve, no. 3 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Roc... More
Broadside with 48 scenes telling the 'impartial' story of the civil wa...
Public domain reproduction of a relief art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
De Joinville, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Constitutional Convention, Topeka, Kansas Territory [Topeka]
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 1, no, 1 (1855 Dec. 15), p. 16.
Honorable Chas. Brooks Hoard of N.Y - Public domain portrait photograp...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Manufactured arms for the Gov't during Civil War. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purc... More
Honorable Sempronius Hamilton Boyd, American Civil War Photograph, Gla...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. M.C. from MO; Commanded Lyon Legion Regt in 1861; Raised the 24th Mo. Inf. during Civil War and served as Colonel. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph colle... More
Honorable John Bell of Tenn, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Nega...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Original negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of C... More
General John Gordon, C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Nega...
A black and white photo of a man with a pipe in his mouth. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Andrew Johnson, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Confederate Generals. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War pe...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Copy neg; Gen. Pierce, Wilcox; Photographed in Mexico Oct. 9, 1865. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogra... More
General William Cogswell, U.S.A., Glass negative photograph, American ...
A black and white photo of a man in a military uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Maj. Tinletty, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General D.B. Birney, U.S.A., Glass negative photograph, American Civil...
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Honorable Gerrit Smith of N.Y., American Civil War Photograph, Glass N...
A man with a long beard sitting in a chair. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Honorable Andrew Johnson, half-length portrait, facing left]
Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress). Print reversed from original(?) LC-BH82-4437.
General Briggs. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, glass side: _iggs. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase;... More
Broadside with 48 scenes telling the 'impartial' story of the civil wa...
Public domain reproduction of a relief art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mrs. U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
Public domain portrait photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
General Meredith, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General Briggs, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lt. Stoakes, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General Meigs, U.S.A. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War pe...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Meigs. M.C. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More
Executive Committee of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Left to right: Dr...
Title from: Nevins, A., ed. The Diary of George Templeton Strong, The Civil War, 1860-1865, 1952, p. 208a. Caption from unverified information on negative sleeve: New York Police. Commissioners in sixties. File... More
Honorable John Bell of Tenn, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Nega...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Original negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of C... More
Gideon Welles, 1802-1878. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Half length, seated, facing right. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Crane ; Croskey ; Davis, Jefferson ; Davis, L.R
Page in album contains cartes de visite portraits of a Union officer named Crane; a man in civilian dress named Henry Croskey by photographer Edward P. Hipple, 820 Arch Street, Philadelphia, which is signed on ... More
General W.S. Hancock, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Corresponding print in LOT 4192. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. C... More
General and Mrs. J. B. Ricketts - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man and a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General Meigs, U.S.A., Glass negative photograph, American Civil War t...
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Honorable Abram Wakeman, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. M.C. N.Y.; at the outbreak of Civil War raised the 81st Pa. Vols. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More
Ulysses S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
Unverified information on negative sleeve: Grant. Horan item no. 260. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Ev... More
General Tyler, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bishop Reverend (John) McGill, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Ne...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. [?] of his church destroyed during the Civil War; Care of wounded and established an infirmary in Richmond to their benefit; consecrated Bishop on Nov. 10, ... More
Mrs. U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a woman in a dress. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jefferson Davis in uniform with sword in front of painted backdrop sho...
In album: U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period, leaf 5, lower left.
Storming of Palace Hill at the Battle of Monterey [i.e. Monterrey] / D...
Print shows a scene from the Battle of Monterrey, led by General Zachary Taylor and General William J. Worth, during the Mexican-American War. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos... More
General H.W. Halleck, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, in pencil: Halleck. Corresponding print in LOT 4192. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints a... More
Executive Committee of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Left to right: Dr...
Title information from: Nevins, A., ed. The Diary of George Templeton Strong, The Civil War, 1860-1865, 1952, p. 208a; and D. Dodge, 2017. Caption from unverified information on negative sleeve: New York Police... More
Confederate Generals, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General W.S. Hancock, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, in pencil: Hancock. Stereo filed in LOT 4191. Corresponding print in LOT 4192. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Lib... More
Col. E.G. Marshall. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War peri...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: E.G. Marshall. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More
George H. Boker, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: George H. Boker. Author. During Civil war wrote many patriotic lyrics collected in volume called Poems of... More
James J.M. Wardrop, Esqr. Grenadier Guards - Roger Fenton's Crimean Wa...
James J.M. Wardrop, full-length portrait, seated on gabion, facing slightly right. Title transcribed from verso. Photo marked for cropping with vertical line on the left. "231" written or printed to the left of... More
Broadside with 48 scenes telling the 'impartial' story of the civil wa...
Public domain reproduction of a relief art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Col. F.G. D'Utassy & Brother, Glass negative photograph, American Civi...
A couple of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Col. E.G. Marshall, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time...
A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Honorable William Irvine of N.Y, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. B. Broome Co, N.Y. 1820, d. San Francisco, Cal. 1882; practiced law, Corning, N.Y. 1849; M.C. 1859-61; served Civil War; Lieut. Col. 10th Reg. Cav. N.Y. Vo... More
Alex Stephen, C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
De Joinville, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Andrew Johnson, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions for spring & summer 1855, publ...
Print shows in two horizontal panels, at top, men, a woman, and two children standing in a large drawing room, and at bottom, men, a woman, and two children standing outdoors on a street at seaside. At bottom c... More
Prof. French, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.
A black and white photo of a man with a hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John C. Fremont, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Explorer. Corresponding print in LOT 4192. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; ... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Ho! For the Kansas Plains during American Civil War
Music cover showing Indian and settler with inset scene of battle between pro- and anti-slavery forces. Composer: Jas. G. Clark. LOT subdivision subject: Pre-Civil War. Title and other information transcribed f... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...
The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More
[Abraham Lincoln: Immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...
Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Ostendorf, no. 2 Meserve, no. 6 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 6-7.
[Abraham Lincoln while a traveling lawyer, taken in Danville, Illinois
Illus. in: The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln / Frederick Hill Meserve. New York, Privately printed, 1911, p. 43. Original photograph: The original ambrotype is at the Illinois State Historical Library. Ostendo... More
Winter holydays in the Southern States. Plantation frolic on Christmas...
Illustration shows Christmas festivities on a southern plantation where enslaved African Americans dance, feast, and play music as their white owners observe. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v... More
[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
[Abraham Lincoln, immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...
Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. According to Ostendorf, this portrait by Hessler was copied during Lincoln's campaign and further distributed. Ostendorf, no. 2 (variation) Meserve, n... More
Head Quarters at Harrison's Landing
Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Runaway reward poster, Washington DC
November 16, 1858
Sergeant Alex Rogers with Battle Flag, Eighty-third Pennsylvania Volun...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
General Grant - Public domain portrait print
Public domain photograph - portrait, 19th-century albumen print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]
Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbons in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More
[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]
Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbons in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More
Maj. General G.A. Custer / From photographic negative in Brady's Natio...
Photograph shows portrait of George Armstrong Custer in uniform. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Thomas Harris, New York, New York, May 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Co... More
[Abraham Lincoln, bust-length portrait, facing right]
Ostendorf, no. 12 Meserve, no. 4 Original photograph: The original tintype is at the National Lincoln Museum (Old Ford's Theatre), according to Ostendorf. Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album /... More
John Swanger Meyers of Newport, Perry County, Pennsylvania, with rifle
Notation in case behind photo: "John S. Meyers, April 1858." Case: Leather; geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Pickwick Antiques, St. Peters... More
[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing left]
Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbins in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More
[General John Buford of General Staff U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regimen...
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: The Excelsior Brigade, Inc., April 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper
[Private Vernon Mosher of Co. F, 97th New York Infantry Regiment, in u...
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Rick Brown, May 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper
Portrait of a Man - Public domain portrait photograph
Artist: Cutting & Bowdoin.Artist Bio: American photography studio, active mid 19th century.Creation Date: 1858.Process: ambrotype.Credit Line: Gift of Stanley B. Burns ... More
[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]
Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbins in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More
General McClellan and Staff - Early photography, Public domain image
Picryl description: Public domain image of war, military conflict, infantry, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish p... More