"Asvatthama Fires the Narayana Weapon (Cosmic Fire) at the Pandavas", ...
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Twee friezen boven elkaar, in het bovenste fires knielen drie mannen
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La physique confond l'ignorance Dedié aux souscripteurs.
French cartoon shows a woman (Physics personified) whipping the bare bottom of one man (possibly Janinet) while another (possibly Abbé Miollan), walks away pulling up his trousers. In the background, men are in... More
Fifth Interlude: Vulcan (Intermedio quinto di Volcano), from the serie...
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"Asvatthama Fires the Narayana Weapon (Cosmic Fire) at the Pandavas", ...
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[Men operating water pumps during building fire]
Illus. in: Theatrum machinarvm novvm, exhibeus aqvarias, alatas, ivmentarias, manuarias .... Coloniæ Agrippinæ : sumptibus P. Principis, 1662. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western t... More
William Hogarth - Night - Engraving, Public domain image
Scene near Charing Cross with le Sueur's equestrian statue of Charles I in the background and celebrations of the anniversary of the Restoration of Charles II (29 May, known as "Oak Apple Day"). In the foregrou... More
William Hogarth - The times, pl. 1
A city on fire, emblematic of the Seven Years War and George III's efforts to bring about peace. In the center, a fire-engine on which stands a man with a badge lettered "GR" aiming his hose at a shop-sign of t... More
William Hogarth - Night - Engraving, Public domain image
Scene near Charing Cross with le Sueur's equestrian statue of Charles I in the background and celebrations of the anniversary of the Restoration of Charles II (29 May, known as "Oak Apple Day"). In the foregrou... More
A plan of the city of Savannah : with a drawing of the part of the cit...
Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north toward lower right. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Select buildings shown pictorially. Annotations in pencil. Minor tears around edges of sheet repaired by conservatio... More
[Native American mortuary customs: row of Indians carrying bodies over...
Illus. in: Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains, comparées aux moeurs des premiers temps / Joseph Francois Lafitau. Paris : Saugrain l'aîné [etc.], 1724, v. 2, pl. 22, opp. p. 456.
A scene of witchcraft. Plate 4 from: Scherzi di Fantasia (Sktches of F...
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi - The smoking fire.
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A plan of the town of Boston, in New-England, distinguishing that part...
Plan of the city of Boston, showing the part of the city near the Old Wharf that was destroyed by fire. Street names are labeled. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Orders to be observed during the time of fires by the inhabitants .. [...
Positive Photostat.; Stamped on verso: 504. 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 Collectio... More
Protestants, remember the massacre of St. Bartholemews in Paris, & the...
Print shows a British minister handing a copy of the Québec Act to a kneeling bishop, George III is standing to the left, next to him is Lord Bute, with another minister and other clergymen completing the audie... More
Escape from a fire, Thomas Rowlandson
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The town of Falmouth, burnt, by Captain Moet, Octbr. 18th 1775
Print shows bird's-eye view of the burning of Falmouth, Maine, by Captain Henry Mowat, whose ships, in the foreground, fire on the town. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Bri... More
Incendie de New-York / dessiné par le Barbier peintre du Roi ; gravé p...
Print shows a riot in New York City and several buildings on fire. Illus. in: Essais historiques et politiques sur les Anglo-Américains, ... / par M. Hilliard d'Auberteuil .... Bruxelles : 1782, v. 3 (atlas of... More
L'ignorance prouvée. Ou les evénements de la journée du 11 juillet 178...
French cartoon ridicules the attempt of Abbé Miollan and Janinet to ascend in a hot air balloon by showing the balloon on fire and billowing smoke while being inflated on July 11, 1784 at the Luxembourg gardens... More
Appeal from Boston for Aid After the Great Fire, 1794
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Old State House, showing First Church in background & a section of Sta...
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No. 20. Grotesque borders, Thomas Rowlandson
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Mug salvaged from the Great Chelsea Fire of 1908
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Brick salvaged from the Great Chelsea Fire of 1908
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Insurance against fire only. Capital 500,000 dolls engraved by W. Knea...
Print shows fire fighters manning firehoses and pump wagons at a fire in a commercial building or warehouse, as other men attempt to salvage property from the burning building. At right center is a statue of a ... More
Blade salvaged from the Great Chelsea Fire of 1908
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Pitcher salvaged from the Great Chelsea Fire of 1908
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Knife salvaged from the Great Chelsea Fire of 1908
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Fork salvaged from the Great Chelsea Fire of 1908
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Fork salvaged from the Great Chelsea Fire of 1908
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Blade salvaged from the Great Chelsea Fire of 1908
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Democratic glory ; Democratic consolations, James Gillray
Two panels from a sequence of eight designs, arranged in two rows, titled "Democracy - or - a Sketch of the Life of Buonaparte." [Left] Democratic Glory. Buonaparte as Grand Consul of France receiving the adula... More
Unidentified item salvaged from the Great Chelsea Fire of 1908
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Unidentified item salvaged from the Great Chelsea Fire of 1908
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Advantages of wearing muslin dresses!, James Gillray
After the title, "dedicated to the serious attention of the Fashionable Ladies of Great Britain." An enormously fat lady flings up arms, legs, and tea-cup in terror, as her flimsy gown catches fire from a red-h... More
Apotheosis of the Corsican-phoenix, James Gillray
Napoleon's flaming nest is the terrestrial globe, resting on sheaves of bayoneted muskets laid on a flat-topped pinnacle. Clouds and crags frame the design. The phoenix, with flaming wings, has the head of Napo... More
True reform of Parliament,--i.e.--patriots lighting a revolutionary-bo...
Print shows Sir Francis Burdett making a speech and waving a bonnet rouge shaped like a fool's cap as Horne Tooke lights on fire a pile of acts and charters, as well as a Bible, with a flaming baton labeled "Se... More
Salem, 10 Washington Square, Franklin building, first building, 1810
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Sports of a country fair, Thomas Rowlandson
The sport in this case is accidental, and the amusement verges on peril of a terrible character. A temporary theatre, Cockburns Company, is on fire, and the spectators are escaping as best they may. The entranc... More
A doleful disaster : Or Miss Fubby Fatarmin's wig caught fire
A stout lady is in all the consternation of a blazing head of hair ; the enormous superstructure piled on her head has caught fire at the top from the sconces on the mantel ; her armchair is kicked over, and th... More
Sellers & Pennock 231 High Street Philadelphia
Print shows an advertisement for Sellers & Pennock showing several men operating a firehose water-pumping machine. Caption continues: Patent rivet hose, fire bucket and hydraulion manufacturers. Trimmed to wit... More
Sellers & Pennock 231 High Street Philadelphia
Print shows an advertisement for Sellers & Pennock showing several men operating a firehose water-pumping machine. Caption continues: Patent rivet hose, fire bucket and hydraulion manufacturers. Another impres... More
Burning of Savannah. Art print
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Old State House, State Street - Boston pictorial archive
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View of old Massachusetts State House aflame, Pendleton's lithography,...
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Hamamatsu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows travelers warming themselves by a fire next to a large pine tree, with view across a field of haystacks and buildings near the Hamamatsu station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive info... More
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Henry Egbert...
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Minamoto no muneyuki ason - Public domain scenic drawing
Print shows five men warming themselves by a fire outside a hut covered with snow. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Hy... More
Advertisement. This is to give notice, that houses can be preserved fr...
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 196, Folder 4a.
Turning of the new Hutt road at Taita
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[Three hunters by a camp fire] - Public domain drawing
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[Front page of the Illustrated London news, illustrated with view of L...
Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1842 May 14, p. 1.
The explosion of the United States Steam Frigate Missouri, at Gibralte...
Crew of H.M.S. Malabar (foreground, left) watch as USS Missouri explodes and burns in the distance from accidental fire after completing first trans-Atlantic voyage of a U.S. steam powered ship the day prior.
Plan of the city of Quebec : shewing the portions destroyed by the two...
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Great conflagration at Pittsburgh. View of the ruins of the city of Pi...
Print shows a panoramic view from across the Monongahela River of the ruins of Pittsburgh after a fire destroyed a large portion of the city on April 10th, 1845. Caption continues: City of Pittsburgh after the... More
Map of that section of the town of Nantucket, which was destroyed by t...
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President's house after its destruction by the British
Print shows fire damage to the White House after burning by the British during the war of 1812. Inscribed on mount: Watterson's new guide to Washington, 1847-48. Library has two impressions. Phillips, 1189 Pub... More
Afbeelding van de Schouwplaats, geduurende den Brand van den Shouwburg...
Print shows an interior view of a theater with flames emerging on the left, as the frightened audience rushes to escape, in Amsterdam, May 11, 1772.
View of the burnt district San Francisco Snyder & Black Lith 87 Fulton...
Print shows small groups of people in the foreground and others scattered among the ruins of burned buildings around the "Portsmouth Square" section of San Francisco, California. On the left is one building ide... More
Hörnet av Stortorget och Norra smedjegatan före branden 1887.
Hörnet av Stortorget och Norra smedjegatan före branden 1887. Public domain image of 17th-18th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pi... More
Washington St. Northern limits of the fire
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Fire in Philadelphia J. Queen - Public domain portrait drawing
Drawing shows Weccacoe engine fire fighters and Hibernia fire fighters before the Hope fire station in Philadelphia, which has caught on fire. The fire fighters are operating fire engines to pump water into the... More
View of the ruins of the city of Pittsburgh from Boyd's Hill painted b...
Print shows a bird's-eye view of the ruins of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after the fire of April 10, 1845. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. For... More
Watson Machine Works prior to 1850s fires.
Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More
Watson Machine Works prior to 1850s fires.
Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More
Conflagration of the National Theatre, corner of Portland and Traverse...
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Fire at Charlestown, and burning of the ship "Bell Rock"
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Ruins of a building identified as the Chinese museum
Photograph shows the ruins of the building that formerly housed Nathan Dunn's Chinese Museum at the corner of 9th and Sansom streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building was destroyed by fire in 1854, so... More
The great fire at Philadelphia: Entire front page
Illus. and text in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 26, p. 305.
The great fire at Philadelphia: Front page, illustration only
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 26, p. 305.
Alphonse Legros - Victimes d'incendie par des chemineaux
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Alphonse Legros - L'incendie (1st plate)
A man in a shirt comes from a house in flames, carrying a child at right, two women scarcely dress, kneeling, and lamenting beside a cradle; in the background, a cart, the shafts in the air; signature "A. Legro... More
Alphonse Legros - L'incendie du hameau
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Alphonse Legros - Victimes d'incendie par des chemineaux
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Alphonse Legros - Victimes d'incendie par des chemineaux
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Alphonse Legros - Victimes d'incendie par des chemineaux
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Alphonse Legros - L'incendie du hameau
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Alphonse Legros - L'incendie (2nd plate)
A man in a shirt comes from a house in flames, carrying a child at right, two women scarcely dress, kneeling, and lamenting beside a cradle; in the background, in place of a cart, there is a heap consisting of ... More
Alphonse Legros - Victime d'un incendie
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Alphonse Legros - L'incendie (1st plate)
Edition of four proofs, after which the plate was destoryed. A man in a shirt comes from a house in flames, carrying a child at right, two women scarcely dress, kneeling, and lamenting beside a cradle; in the b... More
Alphonse Legros - Victimes d'incendie par des chemineaux
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Alphonse Legros - Victimes d'incendie par des chemineaux
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Alphonse Legros - L'Incendie (2nd plate)
A man in a shirt comes from a house in flames, carrying a child at right, two women scarcely dress, kneeling, and lamenting beside a cradle; in the background, in place of a cart, there is a heap consisting of ... More
Alphonse Legros - L'incendie (3rd plate)
The plate was afterwards reduced in size and reworked. Only 4 impressions. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Alphonse Legros - Victime d'un incendie
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Alphonse Legros - Victimes d'incendie par des chemineaux
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Alphonse Legros - Le brûleur d'herbes
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Alphonse Legros - L'incendie (2nd plate)
A man in a shirt comes from a house in flames, carrying a child at right, two women scarcely dress, kneeling, and lamenting beside a cradle; in the background, in place of a cart, there is a heap consisting of ... More
Alphonse Legros - L'incendie (3rd plate)
Fire's sacrifice Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Alphonse Legros - Victime d'un incendie
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Alphonse Legros - L'incendie (2nd plate)
A man in a shirt comes from a house in flames, carrying a child at right, two women scarcely dress, kneeling, and lamenting beside a cradle; in the background, in place of a cart, there is a heap consisting of ... More
Alphonse Legros - Victimes d'incendie par des chemineaux
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Alphonse Legros - Le brûleur d'herbes
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Alphonse Legros - Victime d'un incendie
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Alphonse Legros - Victimes d'incendie par des chemineaux
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The burning of the City Hall, New York, August 18, 1858
Crowd watching as firemen fight fire on top of City Hall, New York City.
Coins salvaged from the Great Chelsea Fire of 1908
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Terrible loss of life! Burning of a tenement-house in Forty-fifth Stre...
Title continues: Two women and eight children burned to death. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 227 (1860 Apr. 7), p. 299.