Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is located in Arlington National Cemetery. The land was once a 1,100 acre plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. His only surviving child, Mary Anna Rand... More
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is located in Arlington National Cemetery. The land was once a 1,100 acre plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. His only surviving child, Mary Anna Rand... More
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is located in Arlington National Cemetery. The land was once a 1,100 acre plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. His only surviving child, Mary Anna Rand... More
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is located in Arlington National Cemetery. The land was once a 1,100 acre plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. His only surviving child, Mary Anna Rand... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: E...
Telegram regarding military affairs at Cairo
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...
Telegram regarding military affairs; endorsed by William Seward to Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Telegram concerning military affairs
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: W...
Telegram reporting New York election results
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: C...
Telegram reporting Louisiana election results
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Concern for his appointment as collector
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Appointment of collector at Cleveland
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: M...
Telegram concerning national day of thanksgiving
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Telegram reporting New Hampshire election results
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Cover with address only
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: L...
Wants to know Lincoln's position on secession
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Introduction; endorsed by Andrew G. Curtin
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Recommendation for Caleb Smith
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: H...
Telegram regarding military affairs
map from "Sketches in Portugal during the Civil War of 1834 ... With o...
This image has been taken from scan 000129 from "Sketches in Portugal during the Civil War of 1834 ... With observations on the present state and future prospects of Portugal. [With plates.]". The title and sub... 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
Henry Russell / R. Street pinxt. ; R. Street lith.
Print shows Henry Russell, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, with right hand resting on piano keyboard, open sheet music in the foreground and a shipwreck on storm tossed waves in the background. Inc... More
Final Attack Lane, Antietam National Battlefield
This trail incorporates portions of the historic Otto Farm lane, built between 1790 and 1840. The fencing, stone walls, topography, and vegetation were all features of the historic landscape in the Burnside B... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: W...
Meeting with delegation from Maine
Crimson fronted Purple Finch / Drawn from nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R....
Print shows bird on flowering pea vine surrounded by border of vines, birds, a woman, and a bird's nest. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmit... More
map from "The History of Leicester during the ... Civil War. A lecture...
This image has been taken from scan 000005 from "The History of Leicester during the ... Civil War. A lecture, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of ... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 4. Addenda, 1774-1948: Envelope, undate...
[Gift Miss Elinor Andrews]
Baker Farm Panorama - National Parks Gallery
The Baker Farm shares the characteristics of neighboring farms with their fertile soil, access to water, woodlands, and access to both the Georgetown and Buckeystown Pikes. Fencing and structures were probably ... More
On Main Street, just past Lovell's Lane was the home of George Mecarta...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Walking dresses for January 1843 Engraved for the Lady's World.
Print from Lady's World magazine shows two women dressed in clothing for the outdoors. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmith Mead], no. F1 (f... More
[Unidentified U.S. Army officer, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly...
Scratched on back of plate: 299. Alternative identification: John Joseph Abercrombie. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produc... More
[Unidentified man, about 30 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...
Scratched on back of plate: 275; I.(?) G. Fenden at Brady's. Corners rounded. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Ma... More
[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right]
Scratched on face of plate: Fowler. Scratched on back of plate: 449. Alternative identification: Fowler (cat. 5). Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (... More
[Nathaniel Bowditch Blunt, head-and-shoulders portrait, head slightly ...
Copy daguerreotype. Scratched on back of plate: No. 297. Identification provided by Owen Blevins (12/2012) based on a print in the collection of the New York PubliC Library NYPL Dig ID #1121838. Transfer; U.S. ... More
[Unidentified man, about 30 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...
Scratched on back of plate: 189; 295. Corners rounded. Possibly a portrait of John Bigelow based on similarity to image LC-BH82- 4625 in Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Source: Owen Blevins 4/2017). Transfer... More
[Joshua R. Giddings, half-length poirtrait, facing slightly right]
Congressman from Ohio, 1838-1859. Scratched on back of plate: 322. Copy daguerreotype. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produ... More
[Levi Woodbury, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to the right...
Governor of New Hampshire, 1823-1824; Democratic Senator, 1825-1831, 1841-1845; Secretary of the Navy, 1831-1834; Secretary of the Treasury, 1834-1841; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1845-1851. Sc... More
[Unidentified man, about 35 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...
Vignetted at bottom. Scratched on back of plate: 23. Corners rounded. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Bra... More
[Unidentified man, about 50 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...
Scratched on back of plate: 259. Corners trimmed. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[Pliny Earle, three-quarters to left]
Author and physician. Identification from Sanborn's Life of Earle. Scratched on face of plate: 39; Earle. Scratched on back of plate: 113 Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Da... More
[Unidentified man, about 45 years of age, half-length portrait, slight...
Alternative identification: Fitzpatrick (cat. 5). Scratched on face of plate: 33; Fitzpatrick. Scratched on back of plate: 292; Sen from [?] Identified by Owen Blevins 4/2017 based on similar image in the Biogr... More
[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the ...
Scratched on back of plate: 338. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[Shepherd Knapp, half-length portrait, slightly to right, eyes front]
Leather merchant and later a banker in New York City. Scratched on face of plate: 206; Shepherd Knapp. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of ... More
[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, e...
Scratched on back of plate: 122; 164. Corners trimmed. Alternative identification: Charles William Cathcart. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Libra... More
[Memucan Hunt, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right]
Envoy, Minister Plenipotentiary, from Republic of Texas. Identification from engraving in DeBow's Southern and Western Review, October, 1852, frontispiece. Scratched on face of plate: 207; Hunt, Texas. Scratche... More
[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the ...
Scratched on face of plate: 37; Hunt. Scratched on back of plate: 280. Alternative identification: Mr. Hunt (cat. 5). Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collecti... More
[Unidentified woman, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seat...
Scratched on back of plate: 336. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[A. Oakey Hall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right, eyes fr...
Mayor of New York City. Identification from engraving of a later photograph by Sarony in Daily graphic, March 31, 1883, p. 221. Scratched on back of plate: 109; Oakey Hall. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DL... More
[Mr. Simms, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]
Scratched on back of plate: 121. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[Truman Smith, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing spectacles]
Whig Congressman from Connecticut, 1839-1843, 1845-1949; Senator, 1849-1854. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Identification ... More
[William Kent, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, wear...
Scratched on back of plate: 81; 245. Identified by Owen Blevins 8/2014 based on lithograph by Charles Chester Buttre in the Harvard University Library. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). For... More
[Hugh Brady, half-length portrait, facing front, in civilian dress]
U.S. Army General. Scratched on face of plate: 150. Scratched on back of plate: Gen. Brady. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). ... More
[Unidentified man, about 30 years of age, half-length portrait, nearly...
Scratched on face of plate: 155. Scratched on back of plate: 289. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, full-length portrait, standing slightly...
Whig Congressman from Virginia, 1841-1843; Secretary of the Interior, 1850-1853. Scratched on face of plate: 185; Stuart. Scratched on back of plate: 279. Slightly trimmed. Identification from engraving by A.H.... More
[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Scratched on back of plate: 361. Hallmark: Rinhart 2. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[Unidentified copy of a daguerreotype portrait of a woman]
Scratched on back of plate: 212. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, three-quarter length portrait, seated in ar...
Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England. Identical to DAG no. 170. Scratched on face of plate: Card. Wiseman. Scratched on back of plate: 183. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms p... More
[Unidentified man, about 30 years of age, half-length portrait, facing...
Scratched on back of plate: 359. Corners trimmed. Hallmark: Rinhart 31a. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew ... More
[John Peter Van Ness, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]
Scratched on face of plate: 103; Van Ness, NY. Scratched on back of plate: 111. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by ... More
[John M. Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to th...
U.S. Army Bvt. Colonel. Scratched on back of plate: 329; Bvt. Col. Jno. M. Washington. 4th arty. lost on Steamer San Francisco. Corners trimmed. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-19... More
[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to righ...
Scratched on back of plate: 352. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]
Scratched on back of plate: 379. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[Crucifix]. American Civil War photograph by Mathew Brady.
Hallmark: 40. Scratched on face of plate: 54. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
Not a drum was heard nor a funeral note . . .
The erosion of Democratic support for presidential hopeful Martin Van Buren is portrayed as the funeral of "the Kinderhook fox." The print was deposited for copyright on May 22, 1844, one week before the Democr... More
[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, body in profile to left, faci...
Photograph shows man, probably artist Thomas Hicks. (Hicks identification provided by Clair Robertson, 2010, based on a portrait in Scribners, April 1895, p. 442.) A previous identification suggested another a... More
[William Murray, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the le...
Scratched on back of plate: 36; Murry. Alternative identification: William M. Murray (cat. 5). Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress... More
[Two unidentified girls, about three and five years of age, the younge...
Scratched on back of plate: 98. Hallmark: [paschal lamb] 40 [Upside down A] Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Math... More
[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, half-length portrait, three-...
Scratched on back of plate: 138. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[Editorial staff of the New York Tribune]
Seated, left to right: George M. Snow, financial editor; Bayard Taylor; Horace Greeley; George Ripley, literary editor; Standing, left to right: William Henry Fry, music editor; Charles A. Dana; Henry J. Raymon... More
[Painting of man with beard wearing ruff]
Scratched on back of plate: 331. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[William C. Bouck, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]
Governor of New York. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[Unidentified woman in theatrical costume]. American Civil War photogr...
Alternative identification: Madame Augusta (cat. 5). Scratched on face of plate: 86; Augusta. Scratched on back of plate: 455. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype... More
[Unidentified man, about 35 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...
Alternative identification: James Speed. Scratched on back of plate: 117; 436 [canceled] Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Pro... More
[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, ...
Scratched on back of plate: 169; 293 [cancelled]; 295. Alternative identification: Stephen Vail, proprietor of the Speedwell Iron Works, Morristown, N.J. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). F... More
[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, three-quarter length portrai...
Scratched on back of plate: 76; 177 [cancelled] Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, half-length portrait, facing...
Scratched on back of plate: 339. Hallmark: Rinhart 31b. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, half-length portrait, three-...
Scratched on face of plate: 154. Scratched on back of plate: 278; 271. Edges trimmed. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produc... More
[Unidentified woman]. American Civil War photograph by Mathew Brady.
Scratched on face of plate: 187; Betty Bliss. Scratched on back of plate: 447. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by M... More
[Charles James Napier, three-quarter length portrait, facing right]
Alternative identifications: G.F. (or Q.F.) Yung (cat. 5); Hunt. Identified by Owen Blevins (12/2012) based on a similar image in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery (London). Transfer; U.S. War Col... More
[Stephen Arnold Douglas, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left...
Democratic Congressman from Illinois, 1843-1847; Senator, 1847-1861. Hallmark: J ROUSSEAU & CO. Written on back of plate: Douglas Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978,... More
[James Bruce Elgin, 8th Earl of Elgin, head-and-shoulders portrait, th...
Identification from a woodcut engraving from an ambrotype by Brady in Harper's Weekly, June 6, 1857, p. 357. Corners trimmed. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Forms part of: Brady-Handy collectio... More
[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left, ey...
Copy of DAG no. 304. Scratched on face of plate: 180. Scratched on back of plate: 11 [canceled]; 116. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of C... More
[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]
Scratched on back of plate: 312. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[Unidentified woman with spectacles, head-and-shoulders portrait, faci...
Scratched on back of plate: 333. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right, eyes...
Scratched on face of plate: 256; Capt. Dunn. Scratched on back of plate: 127. Alternative identification: Mr. Dunn (Captain Charles Dunn who served in the Black Hawk War and later became Chief Justice of the W... More
[Unidentified man, about 45 years of age, half-length portrait, facing...
Scratched on face of plate: 193; Dexter. Scratched on back of plate: 29. Alternative identification: Dexter. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Libra... More