colonial period

Wenceslaus Hollar - Schelp, cypraea tigris

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Virginia, from 'Game of Geography' (Jeu de la Géographie)

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America, from 'Game of Geography' (Jeu de la Géographie)

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Native American Indian, "Unus Americanus ex Virginia"

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Unus Americanus ex Virginia (An American from Virginia)

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Indo-Persian carpet with repeat pattern of vine scrolls and palmettes.

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Chest, 17th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Indo-Persian carpet with vine scroll and palmette pattern

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Indo-Persian carpet with repeat pattern of vine scrolls and palmettes

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Indo-Persian carpet with vine scroll and palmette pattern

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Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae Nec Non Partis Virginiae

Published by Nicolas Joannis Visscher (Dutch, 17th century) Public domain scan of Dutch 17th-century print, Netherlands, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A mapp of Virginia discovered to ye hills, and in it's latt. from 35 d...

Relief shown pictorially. Based on a manuscript map drawn by John Farrer. Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, portrait of ... More

Novi Belgii, quod nunc Novi Jorck vocatur, Novæ [que] Angliæ & partis ...

Scale ca. 1:3,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the author's America, London, 1670. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. Vault AACR2

Manatvs gelegen op de Noot [sic] Riuier.

Manuscript. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Covers New York City region. Pictorial map showing buildings and points of interest. Depths shown by soundings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as... More

The general laws and liberties of the Massachusets Colony : revised & ...

The general laws and liberties of the Massachusetts Colony Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Virginia and Maryland as it is planted and inhabited this present year...

Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes cartouche, portait of Augustine Herrman, text, and ill. Vault

Public domain photograph of weaving textile, free to use, no copyright...

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Bedcover, silk fiber - Indo Portuguese

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Oude Indo-Moslim heilige in zijn kluizenaarshut, omringd door mensen m...

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Pas caarte van Nieu Nederlandt nautical chart

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Pas caerte van Nieu Nederlandt en de Engelsche Virginies : van Cabo Co...

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Indo-Persian carpet with medallions

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Indo-Persian carpet with medallions

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A new map of Virginia, Maryland, and the improved parts of Pennsylvani...

Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Date and attribution from On the Map, 1983 (Figure 24). First state of map published originally in 1685 by Christopher Browne with the imprint in the cartouc... More

A map of ye English Empire in ye continent of America : viz Virginia, ...

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Novi Belgii Novæque Angliæ : nec non partis Virginiæ tabula multis in ...

The Toilet of the Princess (from a pair of Indo-European scenes), Lond...

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Porringer with Cover - Public domain dedication photo

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The Concert from a pair of Indo-European scenes, London, England

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At the General Court of their Majesties Colony of the Massachusetts Ba...

Positive Photostat.; This is supposed to be the first emission of paper money in the colonies.; Paper money. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as... More

A new map of New England, New York, New Iarsey, Pensilvania, Maryland,...

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

At a General Court for their Majesties Colony of the Massachusetts Bay...

Incomplete. p. 2 wanting.; Positive Photostat.; Proclamation. 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

Carte particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie, la Nouvelle Ia...

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Hinge from the Hendrick Smit House, New York

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A new map of Virginia, Maryland, and the improved parts of Pennsylvani...

Relief shown pictorially. Date and attribution from On the map, 1983. Second state of map published originally in 1685 by Christopher Browne. This state differs from the earlier one in lacking the publisher's i... More

Bench, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Benjamin Franklin Butler to Andrew Jackson

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Settee, 18th century, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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A Portion of New York from the Hudson River west to the Unadilla Branc...

Scale ca. 1:65,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor on parchment. Area is divided into the various tracts of land with the owners identified. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1079 Available also thr... More

Världskulturmuseet - - Fotografi -

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Drop-leaf Dining Table - Public domain dedication photo

Possibly made in Newport, Rhode Island, United States

New map of the West Indies for the history of the British colonies /

Dressing table, 18th century, Boston, Massachusetts

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Franklin, Benjamin - Public domain portrait engraving

Maler: Wilson, Benjamin (1721) Stecher: Haid, Johann Elias Public domain scan of 18th-century portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Corner Cupboard, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

Made in Virginia, United States Public domain photograph of museum object, China, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Siffred Duplessis - Benjamin Franklin, 18th century - Jean Fran...

Jean François Janinet (French, Paris 1752–1814 Paris) Public domain scan of French 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benjamin Franklin / J. Pelicier sculp. 1782.

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing fur collar, in oval draped with foliage on pedestal with books, map, eagles, storm clouds and lightning, and with "VIR" ... More

Porringer with Cover - Public domain dedication photo

Possibly made in New England; Possibly made in New York, New York, United States

Dressing table, 18th century - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Chest with drawer - Public domain dedication photo

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[Benjamin Franklin and US Independence]

[Benjamin Franklin and US Independence] - [PAR-8315 through PAR-8333] Public domain photograph related to United States diplomacy, embassies, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Plat of a survey for William Hughes, Jr. of 460 acres in Frederick Co...

Title from Lawrence Martin's The George Washington Atlas. 1932. Survey plot is located either in Hampshire County or Morgan County, W. Va. Handwritten on verso: William Hughes Junr., plat for 460 acres, 1753,... More

[Benjamin Franklin and US Independence]

[Benjamin Franklin and US Independence] - [PAR-8315 through PAR-8333] Public domain photograph of a French engraving, portrait, illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Square Tea Table, Rhode Island - Public domain dedication photo

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Corner cupboard from a House in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Easy Chair, 18th century, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Plan de la va. y Fuerte Rl. de la Isla Martinica.

Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Watermarks: I. Honig; and, fleur-de-lis. Black and brown inks. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 520 Available also through t... More

Province of the Massachusetts Bay. To the constables of any or either ...

Betty Lamp, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

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[Benjamin Franklin's Exhibit, Bibl. Nationale]

[Benjamin Franklin's Exhibit, Bibl. Nationale] - [PAR-9009 through PAR-9053] Public domain photograph related to United States diplomacy, embassies, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Representation du théatre ou l'on joue les comédies pour le divertisse...

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Settee, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Ewer with Engraved Fish Scale Pattern, Inscribed in Persian with the n...

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Fireback, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Hinge from the Hendrick Smit House

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An explanation on the prospect draft of the Fort William and Mary on P...

Drawing shows Fort William and Mary on the Piscataqua River with surrounding landscape and buildings in "the town of New Castle on the Great Island"; many features are identified by letter with corresponding ke... More

Chest with drawer - Public domain dedication photo

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Chest-on-frame - Public domain dedication photo

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Chest with drawer, Connecticut - Public domain dedication photo

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Chest with drawer, Connecticut - Public domain dedication photo

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Box, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Chest-on-frame, Connecticut - Public domain dedication photo

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Box, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Locket, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

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A new mapp of East and West New Jarsey [sic] : being an exact survey /

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. See Report of the Library of Congress for 1917, p. 56. Vault

A new map of Virginia and Maryland - Public domain map

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High chest of drawers - Public domain dedication photo

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Dressing table, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Table, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Leather settle, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Desk, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Leather settle, 18th century, Pennsylvania

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Dressing table, 18th century, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Side Chair, 18th century, Massachusetts

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Cupboard, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

Made in New England, United States Public domain photograph of furniture, museum object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Desk, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

Made in New England, United States

High chest of drawers - Public domain dedication photo

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Side Chair, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Dressing table, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Armchair, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Table, 18th century, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Dressing table, 18th century, Connecticut

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Side Chair, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Side Chair, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

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Cupboard, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

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High chest of drawers, Boston, Massachusetts

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Edme Bouchardon - America, 17th century

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Armchair, 18th century - Public domain dedication photo

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High chest of drawers, Boston, Massachusetts

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A compleat description of the province of Carolina in 3 parts : 1st, t...

Shows coastal area from North Carolina to Florida. Relief shown pictorially. Depth shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Charles Town. Mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... More