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The fort where native chiefs held off the 16th century Spaniards, Cuzc...

Copyright by the American Stereoscopic Co. No. 2080. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Southwest view of Fort George with the City of New York.

Public domain scan of a print with maritime landscape, ship in the harbor, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A north view of Fort Frederic or Crown Point.

Public domain scan of 17th-18th century print, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A view of Niagara Fort, taken by Sir William Johnson, on the 25th of J...

Public domain scan of 17th-18th century print, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The figure of the Indians' fort or palizado in New England and the man...

The village of the Pequot Indians which was attacked and destroyed by Captain Underhill and Captain Mason in 1637. Illus. in: Nevves from America / John Underhill. London : Printed by J.D. for Peter Cole, [...]... More

Johann Martin Lerch - Fortezza di Boros Jeno Lerch, incit

Birds-eye view print shows view of the six sided fortress castle of Boros Jeno in modern day Romania under siege by Turkish forces in 1660. View shows the fortress surrounded by swamp and Ottoman troop encampme... More

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

Fort Frederick. Art print related to American Revolution

Public domain illustrated book page scan, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A North view of Fort Johnson, drawn on the spot by Mr. Guy Johnson, Si...

Illustration showing fort and outbuildings in New York. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An east view of Fort Royal in the Island of Guadaloupe Vue du Fort Roy...

Print showing a view of Fort Royal on the coast of the Island of Guadeloupe with soldiers relaxing in the foreground, ships at sea, and sun rising in the background. Plate numbered in lower right corner: c.4 [... More

View of Fort William - Public domain scan / drawing

Topographical drawing shows Fort William on an island near Boston Neck in Massachusetts in 1770. The fort, Neck, lighthouse and a ship sailing out of the harbor are all identified. Published in: The American Re... More

The attack on the fort on Sulivan's Island the 28 June 1776 / painted ...

Drawing shows British ships firing on Fort Sullivan on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. Illus. in: Memoirs of the American Revolution ... / by John Drayton. Charleston : Printed by A.E. Miller, 1821, endpiec... More

Guerritte, a fort or small tower of stone or wood, on the point of a b...

Print shows a guérite on the corner of a fort. Illus. in: A new military, historical, and explanatory dictionary ... / Thomas Simes. Philadelphia : Sold by Humphreys, Bell, and Aitken, 1776. Published in: The ... More

View of the Rebel fort and works, on Mud Island comprehending Red-Bank...

Illus. on map: A survey of the city of Philadelphia and its environs shewing the several works constructed by His Majesty's troops, ... / surveyed & drawn by P. Nicole. [1777?] Published in: The American Revol... More

A British sailor offering a sword to an unarmed Spanish officer to def...

Engraved for Barnard's New complete & authentic history of England. Illus. in: The new, comprehensive and complete history of England : ... / By Edward Barnard, esq., assisted by ... Mr. Millar.... London : Pr... More

Gallant behavior of an English sailor in offering a sword to an unarme...

Engraved for Raymond's history of England. Illus. in: A new, universal and impartial history of England ... to the spring of the year 1784 ... / by George Frederick Raymond, Esq.... London : Printed for J. Coo... More

A view of Fort Robertdeau, in Sinking-Spring Valley, state of Pennsylv...

Print shows Fort Robertdeau at the lead mines in Sinking Spring Valley in Pennsylvania. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trench... More

Dick Archibald l - Fort Duquesne.

Public domain scan of 19th-19th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Washington wood engraving, Library of Congress

Fort Washington, with Native Americans and settlers in foreground.

[Plan of layout of Russian fort in Alaska, 1803-1806] / Capt'n. Lisian...

Reference copy in LOT 4390-P. Illus. in: Lisiansky. A voyage round the world, ..., London, 1814, pl. II.

Fort Niagara taken from the British side of the river at Newark / Stri...

Print shows Fort Niagara on a peninsula at the mouth of the Niagara River in Lake Ontario. Published in Port Folio Magazine October 1814, p. 297. Stamped on lower right on mount: Map Division Oct 4 '21 Library... More

A view of Fort McHenry, and the entrance of the harbour of Baltimore /...

Print shows a pastoral scene at the entrance to the harbor at Baltimore with Fort McHenry on the left and some people enjoying the scenery on the right.

Fort of Killeh Abdooleh. Troopers of the Auchukzye horse.

Public domain illustrated book or album page scan, related to architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort of Kelat-e-Giljee, a chieftain & female of the Giljee tribe & Huz...

Public domain illustrated book or album page scan, related to architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A N.b.E. view of the fort on the western end of Sulivans Island with t...

Print shows Sullivan's Island at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, and Fort Sullivan; prominent features identified by letter with legend printed below image. Possible restrikes from later edi... More

Capture of Fort George (Col. Winfield Scott leading the attack) / Chap...

Print shows American soldiers storming the gate at Fort George, Ontario.

Key West, Fla. Jan 14 60, garrisoned by U.S. troops. Fort Taylor

Includes sketch of interior of tent. Title inscribed above and below image. Sketch of tent inscribed with color indicators. Formerly Waud no. B-68. Possibly by William Waud. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919... More

Fort Vancouver, Hudson's Bay Co's. post, Columbia River, enclosing ten...

Photograph shows view of buildings and tents at the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River. The British North American Boundary Commission survey crews arrived at Fort Vancouver in... More

Hudson's Bay Co's. Fort Colville, Columbia River, 1860

Photograph shows a cluster of buildings of the Hudson's Bay Company Post at Fort Colville on an expanse of plains with hills and mountains in the background.

Officers' mess house, H. B. Co's. [i.e., Hudson's Bay Company's] post,...

Photograph shows exterior view officers' mess hall at the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861,... More

H. B. Co's. [i.e., Hudson's Bay Company's] post, Fort Vancouver, Colum...

Photograph shows view officers' quarters and other buildings at the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, ... More

Ft. Brady - Public domain scan / drawing

Landscapes with two shores of river. Title inscribed within image. Formerly Waud no. B-92. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.856) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

A soldier's wife at Fort Niagara / engd. by T. Walker.

Print shows a woman lifting cannon balls in an artillery bunker during a battle at Fort Niagara in New York, during the War of 1812. Entered according to act of Congress, AD 1860, by John Emmins, in the clerk'... More

Ft. Scott [and] Towards Alexandria

Two scenes. Title inscribed below images. Formerly Waud no. B-96. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.860) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ft. Runyon - Public domain document scan of drawing

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed above image with arrow indicator: Road to Mt. Vernon. Formerly Waud no. C-98. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1025) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ft. Monroe [Gunnery?] - Public domain scan / drawing

Title from inscription below image. Last word of the title is illegible, the conjecture is based on image content. Inscribed vertically upper left margin: No I 6. Faint sketch of man's head above image. Sketch ... More

[Union soldiers stand around a mounted cannon at a fort]

Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mi... More

Bombardment of Ft. Sumter - A group of men standing on top of a pile o...

Photograph shows Battery Stevens, commanded by First Lieutenant James Wilson from Battery C, 1st U.S. Artillery, after the fall of Battery Wagner. Photographer and date from another copy in the Hagley Library,... More

Fort Clinch, Fernandina, Fla., American Civil War Glass Negative.

Print shows soldiers on the dirt road leading up to Fort Clinch which was occupied by Federal troops in early 1862. No. 5816. Mounted with one print and two other photographs. Print is half of a stereograph pa... More

[Mounted guns and ammunition around the perimeter of a fort, and tents...

No. B621. Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Ft. Carroll, Wash., D.C. - A black and white photo of an old farm

Photograph showing guns and ammunition inside of Fort Carrol, near Giesboro, Washington, D.C.

Scenes at and around Fort Pickens / sketches by officers of the garris...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 Dec. 14, p. 793. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Putnam, previously Confederate Battery Gregg, Morris Island, S.C.

Photograph shows a parapet inside the fort with a sign, Fort Putnam", and artillery. No. 4110. Similar view in LC-B811-3479. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Bomb proof quarters at Ft. Burnham. The sides and top are 7 feet thick...

Stereograph showing three Union soldiers in front of bombproof quarters at Fort Burnham, near James River, Virginia.

Fort Putnam, previously Confederate Battery Gregg, Morris Island, S.C.

Photograph shows mounted guns inside the fort. No. B42. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Fort Brady [i.e. Fort Carroll] (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows mounted guns and ammunition around the perimeter of a fort, possibly interior of Fort Carrol in Giesboro, Washington, D.C. instead of Fort Brady. No. 587. Corrected title from published source... More

Fort Taylor, Key West, Fla., American Civil War Glass Negative.

Print shows Fort ZacharyTaylor on the coast of Key West, Florida. No. 5817. Mounted with one print and two other photographs. Print is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Fort Carroll, Wash., D.C. (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing guns and ammunition in Fort Carrol, near Giesboro, Washington, D.C.

View at Fort Prentiss (The old distillary at the Point)

Photograph shows a Union battery at Fort Prentiss (renamed Fort Defiance), with guns facing the Ohio River, Cairo, Illinois. Title from pencil inscription on item. Photograph possibly taken by Munn & Faul. Purc... More

Evacuation of Fort Moultrie, and burning of the gun carriages, on Sull...

Picryl description: Public domain historical book on American Civil War, Confederate States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Interior view of Fort Brady, James River, Virginia, near Dutch Gap Can...

Union soldiers by two large cannons positioned behind fortifications. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. B689.

The steamship Marion, on her way to New York with the wives and childr...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Feb. 23, p. 212.

[Two sketches: fort opposite Alexandria, 1861; opposite Ft. Scott on P...

Title devised from inscription above and below image. Formerly Waud no. C-12. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.939) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Fort Johnson and Battery Gregg - Public domain scan / drawing

Photograph of drawing shows soldiers rowing a boat in front of Fort Johnson and Battery Simpkins with Charleston in the background. No. B680. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Charlesto... More

South-Western angle and face of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, S.C....

Soldiers with cannons. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Earthwork fort at Alexandria protecting the left of the line of the gr...

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed within image as indicators: Fill in with soldiers of the Pennsylvania 4th drilling; narrow Road; Field rough; Trees cut down; distant country. Inscribed vertically left ma... More

Fort Pillow ?, Tenn., gelatin silver print

Photograph shows mounted guns and fortifications along the perimeter of a fort.

[Union soldiers and three mounted cannons inside a fort]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

View from the breastworks of Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldie...

Stereograph showing long wooden spikes, chevaux-de-frise, extending from the fortifications of Fort Sedgwick, Petersburg, Virginia.

Confederate flag flying. Ft. Sumter after the evacuation of Maj. Ande...

Photograph shows the Confederate flag flying at Fort Sumter, on April 15, 1861, following the surrender of Major Anderson and his Union troops, documenting the beginning of the Civil War; troops prepare to load... More

Ft. Brady, Interior (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing mounted guns and ammunition around the perimeter of a fort, possibly interior of Fort Carrol in Giesboro, Washington, D.C. instead of Fort Brady. Title from published source: Interior of Fo... More

[Fort Sedgwick near Petersburg], Confederate States of America. (Andre...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Interior of Fort Marion, Saint Augustine, Florida

Photograph shows soldiers with artillery in the yard of the fort. No. 4961. Mounted with two prints and one other photograph. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

300 pdr. [i.e. pounder] Parrot Rifle, Fort Chatfield, Morris Isand

Photograph shows a group of soldiers by the 300 pound Parrot rifled cannon with the name "Col. Brayton" inscribed on it in battery Chatfield on Morris Island. No. 4308. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. V, ... More

Brady's incidents of the war. (Fort Richardson Virginia) Camp 1st. Con...

Photograph shows Union soldiers with cannons in an artillery bunker at Fort Richardson, Arlington, Virginia. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by M.B. Brady, in the Clerks Office of the Dis... More

The campaign in Tennessee -- Interior of Fort Henry, on the morning af...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 13, no. 327 (1862 March1), p. 236.

Position of ft. Henry on Tennessee River

Steamboat on river heading toward fort. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-27. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.792 recto) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Capture of Fort Henry by U.S. gun boats under the command of Flag Offi...

Print shows four Union ironclads in the foreground, identified as the "St. Louis", "Carondelet", "Cincinnati", and the "Essex", bombarding Confederate Fort Henry in the background; also shows two Confederate st... More

Ft. Henry. Tennessee River, Library of Congress drawings collection

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Secesh Gun, Fort Welles [i.e., Wells], Hilton Head, S.C.

Photograph shows a cannon at Fort Wells, two Union soldiers appear to the left and right of the gun. Title is inscribed in ink on the bottom of the mount. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M22. Purchase; Wi... More

[Lieutenant Samuel K. Thompson of Co. C, 54th U.S. Colored Troops Infa...

Photograph shows identified soldier, Samuel K. Thompson, with unidentified soldiers. Weapon identification, fort identification, and date from information provided by Jack Melton, November 2015. Frame: Berg, n... More

Bombardment of Fort M'Allister by the iron-clad fleet / from a sketch ...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 326 (1863 March 28), p. 196.

The siege of Vicksburg, the fight in the crater of Fort Hill, after th...

Print shows Union soldiers in trench and behind wooden walls and gabions as an assault is made on Fort Hill during the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Includes a "description of the position" with a key that i... More

Mr. J. Ross Browne, our artist "correspondent at large" The iron-clad ...

Caricature of J. Ross Browne holding umbrella on horseback and view of the iron-clad Montauk engaging the rebel Fort McAllister. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 321 (1863 Feb. 21), p. 125.

[Civil War envelope from Private G.H. Fellows, Fort Federal Hill, Balt...

Envelope shows view of Fort Federal Hill, Baltimore, Maryland. Bears cancelled three cent stamp. Found with letter processed as LOT 14043-3, no. 32. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part o... More

View of Fort Clifton Rebel from the Mills House looking across the App...

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed above image, from left to right: The end as it should be; The Water Battery made two years ago; Rebel signal house; Clifton House; (Sketch 2); A Clifton Battery bearing do... More

Butler's victims of Fort St. Philip

Union General Benjamin F. Butler with Confederate prisoners at Fort St. Philip near New Orleans, Louisiana. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 18... More

Nr Fort Steadman [sic] - Public domain scan / drawing

Faint sketch of battery and earthworks. Title inscribed above image. Formerly Waud no. B-33. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.798) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Fort Ellsworth, near Alexandria, Virginia, interior view, April 3, 186...

Photograph shows a view from a rooftop of Fort Ellsworth named for Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, a Union officer killed in 1861. No. 271.

Knoxville from Fort Stanley - Public domain dedication image

Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; December 20, 1985; DLC/PP-1985:644. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe. No. 21. Landmarks labeled on image.

Sally port, Fort Monroe, Virginia - A black and white photo of people ...

Photograph shows Union guards among a group of men at the entrance to the fort.

[Nashville, Tenn., from Fort Negley looking northeast]

Ft. Brady, James River, Virginia View showing battery ready for action

Stereograph showing Union soldiers from Company C, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery standing in a battery of Parrott guns at Fort Brady, Virginia.

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter). Interior, showing remains of a cas...

Stereograph showing a fortified enclosure on the parapet, and gabions used as reinforcements inside Fort Sumter.

View of Ft. Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing a mingled mass of debris, s...

Stereograph showing two men seated on rocks amidst the debris of Fort Sumter. One man leans on a damaged cannon. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony... More

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, S.C., April...

Stereograph showing crowd at the flag-raising ceremony inside Fort Sumter on the occasion of the anniversary of Major General Anderson's surrender four years earlier. Part of series: The War for the Union. Phot... More

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing the debris, shot, and shel...

Stereograph showing ruins of artillery among the rocks on the exterior of Fort Sumter.

Appearance of the Union and Rebel lines at the "Front," from the Parap...

Landscape, with small figures indicating pickets, and cheveaux de frieze. A signal tower in tree in foreground. Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed below title on verso: Mem = It will be well to delinate the Pi... More

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, S.C., taken fro...

Stereograph showing three men standing on the sandbar next to a boat with three men inside. The exterior of Fort Sumter is in the distance. No. 3133. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History.... More

Interior of the Union Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldiers "For...

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing on the gabion fortifications inside Fort Sedgwick, Petersburg, Va. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony &... More

Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), east face, Charleston Harbor, S.C., showin...

Stereograph showing broken girders among piles of rocks next to the palmetto reinforcement on the exterior wall of Fort Sumter. No. 3127. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright ... More

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), S.C., looking south, showing o...

Stereograph showing gabion reinforced retaining walls, brick chimneys, rocks and other debris inside Fort Sumter. No. 3132. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H... More

The light house and bomb proofs of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), S.C.

Stereograph showing the entrance to a casemate beneath a beacon tower on the parapet of Fort Sumter. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Forms... More

Fort Moultrie Sallyport and ruins of the fort from the interior

Stereograph showing the ruins of the sally port and surrounding walls from the interior of Fort Moultrie, a former U.S. fort now occupied by the Confederacy near Charleston, South Carolina. No. 3065. Part of se... More

Barracks of Ft. Carroll, Wash., D.C. (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing barracks at Fort Carrol, near Giesboro, Washington, D.C. Date from caption in published source. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; w... More

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter). Interior, showing sallyport (entra...

Stereograph showing gabions and ruins inside Fort Sumter facing the entrance. Soldier being photographed on the parapet by Sam Cooley. No. 3062. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Cop... More

[Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, ...

Public domain scan of American Civil War photograph, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. Russkaia slobodka v ukr. Kazalinskie (Fort no...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 155.

Ft. Mahone. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Interior views of Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S.C., April, 1865

Photograph shows mounted gun and soldiers at the parapet of the fort. No. 3477. Mounted with five other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

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