historic sites

[Holstengate, Lubeck, Germany], Vintage Postcard by Detroit Publishing...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "1879". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[Da Mulla Palace, Venice, Italy] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "6997". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at ht... More

Gillender Building, New York City. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites The Gillender Building was a skyscraper located in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It was completed in 1896 and was one of the first steel-framed high-rise buildings in the city. The building wa... More

St. Paul Building, New York City

Historic Sites The St. Paul Building is a skyscraper located in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It was completed in 1898. The building is located at the corner of Nassau and Beekman Streets and was designed in... More

Archeology - Pottery from Puerco Pueblo

Beautiful ceramic pot from Puerco Pueblo

History - Painted Desert Inn Kabotie Planting Mural

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Archeology - People - Pottery Prep in the Lab

Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Library of Congress. "Lyric Poetry", by H.O. Walker

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A view of ye great clock in St. Mark's place at Venice / [Can]aleti pi...

Title also in French. Public domain photograph of 16th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plan of village of Newtown (Elmhurst) showing places of historical int...

Map of Elmhurst (Queens, N.Y.C.) as in late 18th cent. Shows buildings, lot lines, and 1908-period historic sites with index numbers. In lower margin: Map no. II., Excursion XI., City History Club. Removed from... More

A plan of the town of New Haven : with all the buildings in 1748 taken...

Pictorial historical map that shows historic buildings, historic trees, and ships. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Includes historical notes and index to lots of first grantees with names of grantee... More

National parks: Dungeness - public domain image - Cumberland Island Na...

Bird's eye view of Dungeness estate

The Hutchinson House, Boston Massachusetts

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Architecture from "Historic Sites of Suffolk. ... With introductory ve...

This image has been taken from scan 000012 from "Historic Sites of Suffolk. ... With introductory verses by B. Barton, and the author of 'Historical Reviews.'". The title and subject terms of this image have be... More

architecture from "Historic Sites of Suffolk. ... With introductory ve...

This image has been taken from scan 000309 from "Historic Sites of Suffolk. ... With introductory verses by B. Barton, and the author of 'Historical Reviews.'". The title and subject terms of this image have be... More

Architecture from "Historic Sites of Suffolk. ... With introductory ve...

This image has been taken from scan 000296 from "Historic Sites of Suffolk. ... With introductory verses by B. Barton, and the author of 'Historical Reviews.'". The title and subject terms of this image have be... More

Washington's Headquarters. Morristown, N.J., Stereoscope Card

Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century building, Victorian architecture style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The old mill, Newport, R I - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpa...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The pier at Castle Garden, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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General view of old Fort Ty, (Ticonderoga) from the south

Public domain photograph - 19th-century stereoscopic card, view, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Painting of Sutter's Mill in 1851

From the National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings.

The Rowlandson Pine, Lancaster, Massachusetts

When Lancaster was resettled after the attack that destroyed the Rowlandson garrison during King Philip's War in 1675-1676, resident Philip Goss built a house on the same site. It was burned by the French and N... More

Nebraska Territory, May 1854 : Nebraska centennial, 1854-1954 : this m...

Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map showing the Mormon, Oregon, Ox Bow, and California trails; routes of the Lewis & Clark, Mallet Brothers and Long expeditions; and historical sites. "This map prepared cou... More

Thoreau House, Prince St. 1727-

Thoreau House, Prince St. Built 1727 Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Old building on Prince St. Built 1770, and used by the British during ...

Newman House, corner of Sheafe & Salem . Built 1770 Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Tremont Street - Old Granary Burying Ground - Park St. Church

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John B. Wells House, North End, corner of Foster and Charter Streets (...

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Johnson-Singleton House, Charter St.

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th, 17th, 18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Wells House, Salem Street, North End

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Granary Burying Ground, Boston Massachusetts

Granary Burying Ground: Tremont St. Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain photograph - monument, cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Coles County Court House in Charleston, Ills., in which Lincoln of...

Photograph showing courthouse with people and horse-drawn wagons in front. Accession box no. DLC/PP-1972:140

Le Palais de Justice, Paris Cartes de visite

Le Palais de Justice, Paris. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

[Catholic church with walled courtyard garden in Beijing]

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 140. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

White Oak Church, Falmouth, Virginia--Headquarters of Christian Commis...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 1289. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mt. Vernon, 1861 - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed below image and lower left. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.122) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Gate to Granary Burying Ground - Boston pictorial archive

Granary Burial Ground Courtesy of Boston Public Library

From South Carolina. Our Martyr and His Mourners … Honor to Our Martyr...

Battle-field of Gettysburg - Northern portion of Gettysburg, from a po...

Tipton & Myers' stereoscopic views series. No. 576. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Battle-field of Gettysburg - Theological Seminary, used as a hospital ...

Tipton & Myers' stereoscopic views series. No. 574. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

North Square, Paul Revere House

North Square, Paul Revere House, North End Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Fallen columns at Pantheon, Quincy, Norfolk county, Massachusetts

Public domain reproduction of lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old public baths, Pompeii, Quincy, Norfolk county, Massachusetts

Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Street in Pompeii, Warren S. Parker, lantern slide, Queency, Massachus...

Public domain reproduction of lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fortifications on Little Round Top Tipton, Gettysburg, Pa

No. 383. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Mount Morris Park, N Y, Stereoscope Card

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Mount of Olives, Warren S. Parker, lantern slide, Queency, Massachuset...

Public domain reproduction of lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Odeon of Herod Atticus, Quincy, Norfolk county, Massachusetts

Public domain reproduction of lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Temple of Jupiter Olympus, Athens, Queency, Massachusetts

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Barbara Fritchie's home, Frederick, Md. J. Davis Byerly, successor to ...

Photograph shows house of Barbara Fritchie, famous for waving the Union flag as Confederate troops marched through Frederick, Maryland. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Medhurst &... More

Temple of the Winds, Quincy, Norfolk county, Massachusetts

Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

View of Pompeii, Warren S. Parker, lantern slide, Queency, Massachuset...

Public domain reproduction of lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mount of Olives, Warren S. Parker, lantern slide, Queency, Massachuset...

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Thoreau House at 57 Prince Street (formerly Black Horse Lane). Nowpart...

Thoreau House - 57 Prince Street (formerly Black Horse Lane). David Flynn furniture, crockery, glassware Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Temple of Neptune at Corinth, Quincy, Norfolk county, Massachusetts

Picryl description: Public domain image of a romantic landscape with ruins, historical building, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Thomas Paine cottage at New Rochelle, N. Y.]

Photograph shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine's cottage. Notation on verso: "From Mr. Goldsmith, 1325 E. 79 St., New York. Cottage at New Rochelle. Former home of Paine. Return to Moncure D. Conway."

The Spot where Captain Cook first obtained water in NZ, Tolaga Bay

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carte des monuments historiques de la France, dressée d'après la lis...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Home Insurance Company, cash assets $6,000,000, July / Kronheim & Co.,...

Print on recto shows calendar from the Home Insurance Company almanac, July 1876, with illustration of crowd outside of the Pennsylvania State House, Philadelphia, on July 8, 1776, for the announcement of the D... More

Birds eye view of Bennington & Bennington Centre, Bennington Co., Verm...

Bird's-eye view of Bennington to the horizon with enlarged "Graded school building." LC copy imperfect: Small section of left edge torn, taped on verso. Indexed. Available also through the Library of Congress W... More

Nouveau Paris monumental : itinéraire pratique de l'étranger dans Pari...

Selected buildings shown pictorially. Bird's eye view. LC copy mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

The Great Wall of China on the rugged hills near Nankow Pass

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Tower of London and the Tower Bridge, London, England

Picryl description: Public domain image of a stereoscopic card from Boston Public Library, free to use, no copyright restrictions photograph.

The new age in Copenhagen - Grundtvigs Church

Public domain photograph of church building - Picryl description

Old town square and Teyn Church, Prague, Czechoslovakia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a stereoscopic card from Boston Public Library, free to use, no copyright restrictions photograph.

The new age in Copenhagen - Grundtvigs Church

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Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, Stereoscope Card

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The Great Wall of China on the rugged hills near Nankow Pass

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Washington's headquarters at Newburgh, New York

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Westmoreland / C.D. Gedney, 1880.

(45474). Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Copp's Hill Burial Ground - Boston pictorial archive

Copp's Hill Burial Ground: Hull St. Entrance Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Somerville, Massachusetts - Prospect Hill, Somerville, Massachusetts

Public domain photograph of tower, column, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ross market hall. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

No. 10939. Moved from FOREIGN GEOG FILE - England - Ross-on-Wye to PR 06 CN 1244 as it is a duplicate of image in LOT 13415, no. 832. Variant image in LOT 13415, no. 832.

[The clock tower in the Square of the Tophane Factory] / Constantinopl...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a palace, villa, or large historic building, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Photograph of the Wallace Home in Independence, Missouri

Caption: Photograph of the home of Madge and David W. Wallace on Ruby Street in Independence, Missouri. This was the first home of Bess Wallace Truman. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Pe... More

Aztec calendar stone, City of Mexico

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of statue, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mexico, Popocatapetl [sic] from Amecameca. Photochrom print, 1880-1890...

Historic Sites Public domain image of a volcano, geyser, lava, smoke, eruption, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Mexico, Ixtacchihuatl from Amecameca. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain image of a volcano, geyser, lava, smoke, eruption, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Mexico, Aztec idol, Teoyaomiqui [Coatlicue (statue)]

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Mexico, Falls of Juanacatlan. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mexico, view showing Cathedral Lagos. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

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Aztec sacrificial stone, City of Mexico

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The altar, Church of Guadaloupe, [the Cathedral], City of Mexico

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mexico, Popocatapetl [sic] from plaza, Amecameca

Historic Sites Public domain image of a volcano, geyser, lava, smoke, eruption, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Mexico, the Cathedral, Chihuahua. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of historic landmark building, Cathedral, religious architecture, church, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The tree of Noche Triste, Popotla

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of historic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Canal de la Viga, City of Mexico

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of a canal, water landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The cathedral, City of Mexico. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mexico, view from bridge, Orizaba. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

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Florida - The Spanish cathedral - St. Augustine

R15462 U.S. Copyright Office. Gems of American Scenery. Copyright by George Barker.

Florida - The old slave market - St. Augustine

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic market square, downtown, commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Florida - The oldest house in St. Augustine

R15493 U.S. Copyright Office. Gems of American Scenery. Copyright by George Barker.

Florida - The city gates - St. Augustine

R15456 U.S. Copyright Office. Gems of American Scenery. Copyright by George Barker.

The Newman House, Boston Massachusetts

The Newman House. Sheafe and Salem Streets Courtesy of Boston Public Library

[Mont Blanc, the chain from La Flégère, Chamonix Valley, France]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "1380". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Franc... More

[Bridge over the Monnow, Monmouth, Wales]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of a bridge, arch over water, river, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[General view, Swanage, England] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10795". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[Bamberg, general view, Bavaria, Germany] view, photochrome print pos...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "1779". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[Porkington Terrace, Barmouth, Wales] view, photochrome print postcard...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "10603". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at... More

[Main Fair building, Nigni-Novgorod,(i.e., Nizhniĭ Novgorod), Russia]

Title devised by cataloger. Print no. "8938". Forms part of: Views of architecture and other sites primarily in Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine, in the Photochrom print collection.

[The moat, Raglan Castle, Wales] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10973". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More