[King Kelly, Chicago White Stockings, baseball card portrait]
Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. "$10,000"- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.
U.S.S. Chicago, one of the crew
Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Advertisement: Victor Records: the Benson Orch. of Chicago
Public domain photograph of music band, orchestra, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
C & NW RR; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Truck trailers line up at a freight house to load and unload goods fro...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundho...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Illinois River Road - Ancient Clay Pot
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: This intricately designed clay pot is an artifact from the Dickenson Mounds Museum Collection. Location: Location: Illinois Status: Pu... More
Illinois Army National Guard (ILARNG), Major (MAJ) Sue Mantel, Company...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: New Amsterdam State: Berbice District Country: Guyana (GUY) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeromy K Cross, USAF Release Status: Released to Public ... More
Pipe, arts of africa oceania and the americas
A bronze vessel, with a long narrow spout, with a long narrow spout, with a long narrow spout, with a long narrow spout, and a long narrow spout, North and Central America, free to use, no copyright restriction... More
Bannerstone, arts of africa oceania and the americas
A vase with a white and brown design, North and Central America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Saint Mark, bronze, medieval - Public domain dedication photo
Public domain photo of a Medieval 3d object, Europe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Saint Mark, bronze, Italian - Public domain dedication photo
Made in Padua Public domain photograph of figurine, small sculpture, archaeology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
DCM 1592: Anonymous, English Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory(?) cap and ferrules, nickel silver key.; 59.8 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, square flap. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Lower body joint warped. Key is not ... More
Guitar, 16th century - Public domain dedication museum photo
Public domain photo of a 3d object, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Illinois River Road - Father Jacques Marquette
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Father Jacques Marquette talks to a native tribe next to the Mississippi River. Location: Location: Mississippi River, Illinois Status... More
Archaic Bannerstone - Public domain dedication photo
United States, Illinois Public domain photograph of stone archaeological object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
DCM 0580: Firth & Hall Flute in E-flat
Instrument type: Flute in E-flat Medium: Boxwood, brass key, ivory ferrules.; 50.95 cm. (as is) Key Holes System: 1 key, square flat flap, pin in block. Mark Maximum: FIRTH & HALL / 358 / PEARL . ST / N . YORK... More
DCM 0791: Anonymous, North American Indian (Mandan) Courting Flute (Ve...
DCM ledger: "Mandan." The brass mouthpipe appears to have been a shell casing. Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Unidentified soft wood, entirely covered with a length of animal i... More
DCM 0845: Anonymous, North American Indian (Potawatomi) Courting Flute...
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Potawatomi." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Tube apparently made of a segment of gun barrel, quite old, having a hammer weld seam. Stained wood fl... More
DCM 0076: Frank Aman Flute in C
DCM ledger: "Special 'Aman' Model...Boehm system made with the idea of a good flute for cheap, quantity production.... This flute made especially for this collection. Was the first one for which he received 're... More
DCM 0790: Anonymous, North American Indian (Shoshone) Courting Flute (...
DCM ledger: "Shoshone." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Bamboo tube, lead flue plate, wood flue cover, leather thong.; 53.3 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No ma... More
Photo of DCM 0497: Anonymous Flute in C - Public domain dedication
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, nickel silver keys and ferrules.; 48.95 cm. (as is) Key Holes System: 6 keys, modern style key cups. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Head cracked, full length. Pa... More
DCM 1205: V. Kohlert's Söhne Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys and ferrules.; 71.1 cm. Key Holes System: 13 keys, modern style key cups, post and rod. Mark Maximum: TRADE / V.K.S. (in oval) / MARK / WIEN CHICAG... More
DCM 1353: C. G. Conn Flute in C - Public domain museum object photo
Head joint ebonite or similar hard rubber composition over metal tube, with engraved silver lip plate adhered to surface. Tubing silver-plated with gold-plated keys, head joint cap, and decorative ferrules. Ins... More
DCM 0496: Rudall & Rose Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Rosewood, nickel silver keys, ferrules, and oval lip plate (incorporates half of embouchure), metal-lined head and mounts.; 66.25 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, Ni... More
Archaic Grooved axe - Public domain dedication photo
United States, Illinois Public domain photograph of stone archaeological object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
DCM 1355: Johann Friedrich Boie Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebony, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism and ferrules, silver keys.; 60.8 cm., 61.6 cm., 62.6 cm. Key Holes System: 4 keys, square flat flaps, pin in block. Mark Maximum: (f... More
DCM 0847: Anonymous, North American Indian (Winnebago) Courting Flute ...
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Winnebago." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Tube, including integral mouthpiece, of unidentified wood. Lead bands, carved walnut flue cover, lead f... More
DCM 1368: Ziegner Swanson, inventor; Chicago Musical Instrument Co. To...
Instrument type: Tonette Medium: Black tenite.; 18.9 cm. Key Holes System: 1/7 holes. Mark Maximum: THE / SWANSON / TONETTE / MADE IN / U.S.A. / PATENT APPLIED FOR Provenance: Lyon & Healy, Cleveland, Ohio, 27... More
Photo of DCM 0077: Stecher Flute in C - Public domain dedication
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver with nickel plated keys, ferrules, and other fittings.; 69.7 cm. Key Holes System: 13 keys, foot to B, post and rod with pins, modern style key cup... More
DCM 1634: Moritz-Max Mönnig Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver keys, tenons, and lined sockets (with inner tube).; 67.5 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, with Schleiff key, and patent B-flat/C trill key. Mark... More
A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and...
Scale ca. 1:1,270,000. Hand colored. LC copy annotated in pen-and-ink. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Shows military bounty lands. Includes historical and des... More
DCM 0717: Claude Laurent Flute in C
Safety lock at head joint. DCM ledger: "Seems to be identical with Victoria and Albert specimen, dated 1815." Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Clear glass, frosted inside, fluted exterior, mother-of-pearl ca... More
DCM 0523: George Cloos Fife in C (B-flat)
Apprentice under Crosby? Crosby model? Instrument type: Fife in C (B-flat) Medium: Unidentified wood, stained brown, silver tips.; 39.7 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: CROSBY / [BROOKLYN?] [desi... More
DCM 0486: Hawkes Band Flute in A-flat
Instrument type: Band Flute in A-flat Medium: Cocus body and head joint upper section, ebonite barrel, nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 37.9 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, round flaps, post a... More
DCM 1371: Ziegner Swanson, inventor; Chicago Musical Instrument Co. To...
Instrument type: Tonette Medium: Clear tenite.; 18.7 cm. Key Holes System: 1/7 holes. Mark Maximum: THE / SWANSON / TONETTE / MADE IN / U.S.A. / PATENT APPLIED FOR Condition: Upper section warped. Provenance: ... More
Archaic Bannerstone - Public domain dedication photo
United States, Illinois Public domain photograph of stone archaeological object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, an...
Scale ca. 1:1,270,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Includes descriptive and historical notes. Supplements the author's A topographical descri... More
A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and...
Scale ca. 1:1,270,000. LC copy annotated in ink. One annotation shows "Indian line as of treaty in 1784." Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Includes historical a... More
A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and...
Scale ca. 1:1,300,000. Hand colored. Annotated in ink. One annotation shows where "Genr. Wayne defeated the Indians Augt. 20, 1794." Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and Lo... More
Partie occidentale de la Virginie, Pensylvanie, Maryland, et Caroline ...
Scale ca. 1:2,500,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Translation of Thomas Hutchins' New map of the western part of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Mar... More
St. Louis des Illinois, 1796. - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
St. Louis des Illinois, 1796. ; October 1990 Public domain image of 17th-18th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copy... More
Chstematisch zusammengesteilter Wand, Bilder, Atlas zur Naturgeschicht...
Print shows illustrations of different species of birds surrounded by text.
The land of our birth. The following poem was then read by Prof. Rodne...
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 18, Folder 27.
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres - View of Saint Peter's in Rome
Public domain photo of Italian art print or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Geographical history of the rail road regiment, 89th regiment of Illin...
Scale 1:633,600. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 77.6 Map of parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia showing the operations of the 89th regiment of Illinois volunteers. The regiment was first attached t... More
Republic Life Building, Chicago
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Chicago Lithographing Co.
Field building, Chicago - Print, Library of Congress collection
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Greengard, B.
God bless our family, family record, Chicago IL.
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Great Western Supply House.
University of Notre Dame St. Joseph County, Ind.
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Chicago Lith. Co.
Mr. Lincoln. Residence and horse. In Springfield, Illinois, as they ap...
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kurz, Louis.
Panorama of Moline, Ill. As seen from the Island of Rock Island, Ill.
D5940 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hageboeck, A.
Family register - Print, Library of Congress collection
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Chicago Lith. Co.
Firing Flintlocks at Harpers Ferry
Reenactors fire flintlocks at Harpers Ferry. In 1803, Meriwether Lewis obtained from 15 rifles, 15 powder horns, 30 bullet molds, 30 ball screws, extra rifle and musket locks, gunsmith's repair tools, several d... More
Quarters at Camp Dubois - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Replica of quarters at Camp Dubois (Illinois) where the Corps spent the winter of 1803-1804.
Earth lodge at Knife River NHS - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
The Mandan and Hidatsa peoples, among whom the Expedition spent the winter of 1804-1805, lived in permanent villages of well-constructed earthlodge dwellings.
Spirit Mound - National Parks Gallery
Lewis and Clark, along with nine of their men, visited Spirit Mound on August 25, 1804. The Otoe, Omaha, and Sioux believed the site was home to 18 inch tall “deavels” armed with sharp arrows. Clark found the v... More
Three Forks from Lewis Lookout - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
On August 5, 1805, Meriwether Lewis climbed to the top of a hill now known as Lewis Lookout and located a short distance from Dillon, MT. He hoped to gain a better perspective on the landscape and confirm his b... More
Percussion Longrifle, copper alloy, Metropolitan Museum of Art
A very fine and unusual gun, North and Central America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mr. Denon unrolling a mummy - Public domain drawing
Print shows Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon unwrapping a mummy on a table with several guests observing and a woman seated on the left sketching the scene, in a parlor presumably at Mr. Denon's residence. Two men ... More
Map of Illinois - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
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
[1st] Seal of the State of Illinois
Facsimile of woodcut. Illus. in: Illinois Blue Book, 1907, p. 528. Ref. copy may be in LOT 4389 C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
map from "[Notes on a journey in America, from the coast of Virginia t...
This image has been taken from scan 000012 from "[Notes on a journey in America, from the coast of Virginia to the territory of Illinois ... The third edition.]". The title and subject terms of this image have ... More
Map of Illinoise [sic] / - Public domain vintage map
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Includes references to the township and range rectangular survey system. Prime meridians: Washington and London. Annotated on verso: No... More
map from "[Letters from Illinois ... Illustrated by a map of the Unite...
This image has been taken from scan 000137 from "[Letters from Illinois ... Illustrated by a map of the United States shewing Mr. Birkbeck's journey from Norfolk to Illinois, and a map of English Prairie and th... More
Map and Text Describing the Location of Fort Armstrong on Rock Island,...
"Fortifications Map File" Plans of Military Forts Public domain scan of architectural plan, map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Agreement in Musick for use of Johnson v. Baughn & Jackson, [Law paper...
Portion of document appears to be in Lincoln's hand. Summary: Baughn sued Johnson to recover a horse, valued at $90, and filed with Sheriff Musick a $180 replevin bond, which would be void if Baughn won the cas... More
Pennsylvania from "A Visit to North America and the English Settlement...
This image has been taken from scan 000057 from "A Visit to North America and the English Settlements in Illinois, with a winter residence at Philadelphia, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More
Maryland from "A Visit to North America and the English Settlements in...
This image has been taken from scan 000191 from "A Visit to North America and the English Settlements in Illinois, with a winter residence at Philadelphia, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More
Scrub Ridge from "A Visit to North America and the English Settlements...
This image has been taken from scan 000071 from "A Visit to North America and the English Settlements in Illinois, with a winter residence at Philadelphia, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More
Frankfort, Kentucky from "A Visit to North America and the English Set...
This image has been taken from scan 000108 from "A Visit to North America and the English Settlements in Illinois, with a winter residence at Philadelphia, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More
Pennsylvania from "A Visit to North America and the English Settlement...
This image has been taken from scan 000052 from "A Visit to North America and the English Settlements in Illinois, with a winter residence at Philadelphia, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More
Ohio River from "A Visit to North America and the English Settlements ...
This image has been taken from scan 000093 from "A Visit to North America and the English Settlements in Illinois, with a winter residence at Philadelphia, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More
Pennsylvania from "A Visit to North America and the English Settlement...
This image has been taken from scan 000063 from "A Visit to North America and the English Settlements in Illinois, with a winter residence at Philadelphia, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More
Susquehannah River from "A Visit to North America and the English Sett...
This image has been taken from scan 000059 from "A Visit to North America and the English Settlements in Illinois, with a winter residence at Philadelphia, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More
Ohio River from "A Visit to North America and the English Settlements ...
This image has been taken from scan 000099 from "A Visit to North America and the English Settlements in Illinois, with a winter residence at Philadelphia, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More
bridge from "A Visit to North America and the English Settlements in I...
This image has been taken from scan 000183 from "A Visit to North America and the English Settlements in Illinois, with a winter residence at Philadelphia, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More
map from "Two Years Residence in the Settlement on the English Prairie...
This image has been taken from scan 000013 from "Two Years Residence in the Settlement on the English Prairie, in the Illinois Country, United States, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have been g... More
map from "Two Years Residence in the Settlement on the English Prairie...
This image has been taken from scan 000325 from "Two Years Residence in the Settlement on the English Prairie, in the Illinois Country, United States, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have been g... More
map from "Two Years Residence in the Settlement on the English Prairie...
This image has been taken from scan 000010 from "Two Years Residence in the Settlement on the English Prairie, in the Illinois Country, United States, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have been g... More
Mr. Mazurier dans le rôle de Polichinel vampire, Théâtre de la porte S...
Public domain image of a 17th-18th century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Site of Fort St. Louis 1683-1692. (photograph)
Site of Fort St. Louis 1683-1692. (photograph)
Western states - Public domain vintage map
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
La Naiade - Public domain portrait print
Public domain scan of portrait art print, England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The states of Ohio, Indiana & Illinois and Michigan Territory : from t...
Shows parts of adjoining states. Prime meridian: Washington [D.C.]. Colored by county. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy: Signed inside front cover: Millard Fill... More
A map of Illinois - Public domain vintage map
Committee Papers of the House Committee on Public Lands of the 24th Congress Relating to Various Subjects
map from "Illinois in 1837; a sketch descriptive of the situation ... ...
This image has been taken from scan 000015 from "Illinois in 1837; a sketch descriptive of the situation ... agricultural productions ... manufactures, &c. of the State of Illinois ... together with a letter on... More
New Salem, home of Abraham Lincoln 1831 to 1837.
Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "Adopted as authentic by Old Salem Chautauqua Association, 1909." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 176 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as... More
Fond du lac in 1837 - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Chicago Lithographing Co.
Drawing of the Alton education lottery for the promotion of education....
Lotteries.; Imprint 3. 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 15, Folder 4.
Drawing of the Illinois State lottery, authorized by the Legislature t...
Lotteries.; Imprint 3. 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 15, Folder 3.
Notice. A lecture will be delivered before the "Alton literary society...
Imprint 3. 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 15, Folder 9.
Illinois state lottery; authorized by the Legislature to raise funds f...
Lotteries.; Imprint 3. 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 15, Folder 8.
Notice. All citizens who wish to sign the Memorial to the State Legisl...
Imprint 3. 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 15, Folder 11.
map from "Sketches of Illinois, etc. [By S. A. Mitchell.]"
This image has been taken from scan 000012 from "Sketches of Illinois, etc. [By S. A. Mitchell.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Librar... More
Lost!! on Friday or Saturday last, a wallet, containing a number of pa...
Reward.; Imprint 2. 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 15, Folder 13.
Collector's notice. To the tax payers of Macoupin County ... B. T. Bur...
Imprint 2. 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 15, Folder 17.
Notice at the next regular meeting of the Upper Alton lyceum, to be he...
Slavery.; Imprint 2. 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 15, Folder 15.
Drawing of the Illinois state lottery. Authorized by the Legislature t...
Lotteries.; Imprint 2. 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 15, Folder 12.