"The government." No. 1, [Eye] take the responsibility
A satire on Andrew Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet," the pejorative name given his informal circle of close advisors. The print appeared during the heated controversy incited by Jackson's discontinuation of federal ... More
Treasury note, Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon
A parody of the often worthless fractional currencies or "shinplasters" issued by banks, businesses, and municipalities in lieu of coin. These fractional notes proliferated during the Panic of 1837 with the eme... More
Symptoms of a duel - Public domain portrait drawing
The second of two particularly well-drawn caricatures by the same artist, on the subject of the 1839 congressional probe of Van Buren's Treasury Department. (See above, nos. 1839-6 through -9.) The inquiry was ... More
Professor Wise, performing a surgical operation in Congress Hall
Representative Henry A. Wise, vociferous opponent of the Van Buren administration, is portrayed as a surgeon, operating on Treasury Secretary Levi Woodbury. The satire refers to the cross-examination of Woodbur... More
"Worse than a Spanish Inquisition", Political Cartoon
A commentary on the workings of the January 1839 congressional probe of the Treasury Department in the wake of the Swartwout embezzlement. (See "Price Current" and "Sub Treasurers Meeting in England," nos. 1838... More
A bull chase. The words of the wise, are as goads
Another satire on the special committee of the House of Representatives investigating Van Buren's Treasury Department. The committee, chaired by James Harlan but dominated by Henry A. Wise of Virginia, centered... More
A Select Committee of Enquiry hard at work
A swipe at the integrity of the House of Representatives committee investigating the Swartwout scandal under Van Buren's administration (see "Price Current" and "Sub Treasurers Meeting in England," nos. 1838-21... More
Called to account, Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon
Once more the House of Representatives investigation of Treasury practices under the Van Buren administration in connection with the Swartwout embezzlement scandal. (See above nos. 1839-6 through -9.) The print... More
Proposed south & west fronts of the Treasury extension Photographed (&...
Photograph shows an architectural drawing of a design for the south and west wings by Thomas U. Walter. Title on drawing: Design for the continuation of the Treasury building. Attributed to Walker based on dat... More
[U.S. Treasury building, Washington, D.C.]
Photograph shows the east front colonnade of the U.S. Treasury Building, designed by Robert Mills. Attributed to Walker based on date, subject matter, and size of print. Purchase; 1984; (DLC/PP-1984:057).
[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....
Construction equipment and ox teams hauling wagons loaded with stone at the Treasury Building construction site.
[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 7. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
Ground floor of the Treasury extension (Photographed & reduced from a ...
Photograph shows an architectural drawing of ground floor plan by Thomas U. Walter. Attributed to Walker based on date, subject matter, and size of print. Purchase; 1984; (DLC/PP-1984:057).
[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 4. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction equipment in excavation at site for the United States Tr...
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 5. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction site for the United States Treasury Building, Washington...
Workmen in excavation pit at Treasury Building construction site; hoist is in foreground. Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 9. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....
Construction equipment on the site for the U.S. Treasury building. Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 1. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 2. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction equipment on site for the United States Treasury Buildin...
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 3. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....
Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A.B. Young (of Boston) Supervising Architect, Treasury Department.
Photograph shows portrait of Ammi B. Young. Attributed to Walker based on date, subject matter, and size of print. Purchase; 1984; (DLC/PP-1984:057).
[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 28. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction of the south wing of the Treasury building]
Photograph shows construction of the south wing of the Treasury building from the east side. Blind stamp on mount: Reynolds's Bristolboard. Attributed to Walker based on date, subject matter, and size of print... More
S.W. view of excavations, south Treasury extension (Rear of the presen...
Photograph shows construction of the basement in the south wing of the Treasury building. Blind stamp on mount: Reynolds's Bristolboard. Attributed to Walker based on date, subject matter, and size of print. P... More
[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....
Construction equipment and workers at the Treasury Building construction site; in background are residential dwellings. Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 16. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 26. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 18. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 37. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 42. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 38. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Facade of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C., with...
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 33. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 43. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 44. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 47. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction of Treasury Building, Washington, D.C. With oxen in fore...
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
Strong's dime caricatures. No. 1, Domestic troubles
The first in a series of four satires published by Thomas W. Strong, criticizing the secession movement in the South during the closing months of the Buchanan administration. (This impression was deposited for ... More
[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 60. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction of the U.S. Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.]
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 73. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction equipment at the U.S. Treasury Building, Washington, D.C...
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 67. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[Construction of Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.: Men standing in ...
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
[U.S. Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.]. Washington DC sterescope c...
Section of U.S. Treasury, with fountain in foreground. Stereograph by William M. Chase. From the series: Metropolitan and suburban scenery, Washington, D.C. No. 1066.
U.S. Treasury, Washington, D.C - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...
Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04424. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
U.S. Treasury, Washington, D.C.
Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Congressional cracksmen / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon
Print shows "Policeman Puck" and Uncle Sam investigating a robbery at the U.S. Treasury, a safe has been broken into and a barrel labeled "150,000,000 $ Surplus" is empty; there is a hole in the floor which lea... More
[Dr. Miller, Treasury Department employee, half-length portrait, seate...
On verso: Miss Johnston, Washington, D.C. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
[Dr. Miller, Treasury Department employee, half-length portrait, seate...
Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Two Treasury Department employees seated at desk in office]
Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group portrait of people, managers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pi... More
[General Shelley, Treasury Department employee, half-length portrait, ...
Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[General Shelley, Auditor Navy, Treasury Department employee, half-len...
Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Three Treasury Department employees, Mr. Steele(?) and two other men,...
Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Gov. Thompson(?), Treasury Department employee, half-length portrait,...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
[Mr. McClelland(?), Treasury Department employee, half-length portrait...
Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Three Treasury Department employees in office]
Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group portrait of people, managers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pi... More
Snowed in / J. Keppler. - coin, public domain photograph
Illustration shows Puck offering an "Anti Silver Coinage" snow shovel to William M. Evarts during a snowstorm that is depositing silver coins on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol and the Department of Treasury bu... More
D.C., Washington, Treasury Building, exterior
Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Treasury currency wagon, Washington, D.C.
Part of title from jacket. Listed in Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019148. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
[U.S. Treasury curren]cy wagon, Washington, D.C.]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
She 's all right / Ehrhart. - coin, public domain photograph
Print shows an angel labeled "National Credit" with wings labeled "Sound Financial Policy" and "Repeal of Sherman Silver Law" rising above the flames of the wreck of the "U.S. Treasury", with among the wreckage... More
Trying his patience / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon
Print shows a disgruntled Uncle Sam, as a dairy farmer, standing on the right, holding a bucket labeled "U.S. Treasury" and a stool, on his way to milk a cow; at center is a cow labeled "Commonwealth" and a fat... More
D.C., Washington, Treasury Building, 1898, Exterior
Copyright by Detroit Photo Co. No. 53241. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Three Treasury Department employees, Mr. Graham, John Brown, and anot...
Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of a meeting, group of people working, discussion, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Our "infant" industries -- why can't they be content with the half the...
Illustration showing a gigantic Andrew Carnegie standing between two large pumps, one labeled "Protective tariff" representing the Treasury building and the other labeled "Legitimate business" representing his ... More
D.C., Washington, Treasury Building, 1901, exterior
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S. Treasury currency wagon, Washington, D.C.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S. Treasury currency wagon, Washington, D.C
"G 3479" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019148. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
U.S. Treasury, Washington DC, Waldon Fawcett photo, Washington DC
Two women with stacks of paper money. Copyright by Waldon Fawcett.
U.S. Treasury - Waldon Fawcett photograph
Photograph shows employees operating machinery at the U.S. Treasury. Copyright by Waldon Fawcett.
[Treasury annex, Washington, D.C.]
Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Treasury annex, Penna. Ave. & Madison
Treasury annex, Washington, D.C. No. 23267. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
[Bird's-eye view of the Cosmos Club, Shubert Belasco Theater, United S...
No. 23273. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
Treasury. A $75,000 wheelbarrow of mutilated money on way to vaults. E...
Man pushing wheelbarrow with money stacked on it. National Photo Company Collection.
[Women eating in a lounge at the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C....
National Photo Company Collection. No. 833. Public domain photograph of restaurant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
D.C., Washington, Treasury Building, 1910, exterior
Copyright by American Press Assn. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Money washing machine at the Treasury Dept.
Copyright by Scherer. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lend your money to your government Buy a United States government bond...
Poster showing a panoramic view of the U.S. Treasury Building from the southeast. No. 7.
Pan Am. Financial Corp. (Md) Group
A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Daniel Roper - Public domain photograph, glass negative
A man in a coat and top hat standing in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Treasury - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain photograph of large public building, square, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lunch time, Treasury Annex - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Treasury - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain photograph of large public building, square, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Early automobiles - Lunch, Treasury Annex
Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Treasury Dept.[?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain photograph of large public building, square, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
D.C., Washington, Treasury Building, 1918, exterior showing Liberty Lo...
J231435 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lunch vendors, Treasury Annex - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Daniel Roper - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Carrying money from Bureau to Treasury
Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
D.C., Washington, Treasury Building, exterior including new annex
J232934 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
United States Treasury Annex, National Photo Company, Washington DC
Treasury annex, Washington, D.C. No. 2630. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
Treasury Building, exterior, 1922
Civil War monument in foreground. J256422 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Preparing the engraved plate for the new small size paper currency
Photograph shows a man checking the printing plate (?). In album: Washington, D.C., 1 June 1929 to 27 Sept. 1929, v. 3, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 8, no. 42985. Forms part of: National Photo... More
Transporting the new small sized currency. Armoured trucks are used in...
Photograph shows armored guards moving large wooden(?) crates. No. 42980. In album: Washington, D.C., 1 June 1929 to 27 Sept. 1929, v. 3, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 7, no. 42980. Forms part... More
Wetting the paper for the new small sized currency
Photograph shows women, and some men, working at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing. In album: Washington, D.C., 1 June 1929 to 27 Sept. 1929, v. 3, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 8. Form... More
Printing the new small size currency at the Bureau of Printing and Eng...
Photograph shows a man standing by a printing press while four women and two men sit at a table nearby. In album: Washington, D.C., 1 June 1929 to 27 Sept. 1929, v. 3, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company... More
Examining the new small size currence [sic] at the Bureau of Engravin...
Photograph shows women examining currency. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Packing the small sized currency at the Bureau of Engraving and Printi...
In album: Washington, D.C., 1 June 1929 to 27 Sept. 1929, v. 3, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 8, no. 42982. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
Treasury Department, Procurement Division, Public Buildings Branch, Fo...
Photograph shows exterior view of Fort Knox from outside the gated entrance. Illus. in: Survey of the architecture of completed projects of the Public Works Administration / C.W. Short, Public Works Administrat... More
Department of the Treasury. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th centur...
Copyright by Alexander Gardner. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year of 1863, by Alex Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. Title partially devised by Lib... More
East front of the Treasury Department
Stereograph showing Treasury Department building with Washington Monument in left background. 45870 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by T.W. Ingersoll, 1897. No. 136.
In the Treasury Department. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th centur...
Stereograph showing a bird's-eye view of employees at their desks. J213187 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, U105983. On mount: Works and Studios, Arlington, N.J., Westwood, N.J. No. 12199.
Architectural drawing for a fireproof repository for the Treasury Depa...
Presentation drawing showing fireproof repository, vault, and case as plan, elevation, and section. UNIT title devised. Inscriptions on recto: "Design of a Fireproof Repository of Papers for the Treasury of the... More