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[Illustrated cover and back page advertisement from Appleton's railway...

Illustration showing train coming out of mountain tunnel and advertisement for sale of farming and wood lands showing men threshing.

Instantaneous view. Group of vessels in the harbor of Havana

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1860 by E. Anthony, in the Clerks' office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York." on mount.

[Looking down James River from Dutch Gap, February 1865]

No. B594. Title devised by library staff. Title based on similar image: LOT 11486-F, no. 10. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Capsizing the lifeboat] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

At Şile. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 40. No. 642. In album: Ships and naval personnel, Istanbul and Black Sea lifesaving stations, Ottoman Empire. Forms pa... More

[The Ship Kadıköy] - Public domain image of a steam boat

Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. Title translated from album caption. No. 31. In album: Ships, Black Sea lifesaving stations, naval personnel and facilities, Turkey, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul... More

A trestle on California Western Railroad and Navigation Co.

Photograph shows train, with smoke blowing, moving across the tracks; passengers standing outside on last railroad car. No. 409. Additional title on item: California. Trestle on the California Western Railroad ... More

[The port of Haydarpaşa] / Lieutenant Colonel of the General Staff, Al...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 27. In album: Palaces, mosques, monuments and other structures, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collecti... More

[Lifeboat moving with sail] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

At Şile. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 38. No. 644. In album: Ships and naval personnel, Istanbul and Black Sea lifesaving stations, Ottoman Empire. Forms pa... More

[Lifeboat moving with oars] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

At Şile. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 39. No. 641. In album: Ships and naval personnel, Istanbul and Black Sea lifesaving stations, Ottoman Empire. Forms pa... More

[The deck of the Imperial Ironclad Corvette, Necm-i Şevket] / Constant...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 5. No. 625. In album: Ships and naval personnel, Istanbul and Black Sea lifesaving stations, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdu... More

The first light-house build within the limits of the United States

At top of page: U.S. Light-house Establishment, 1884. Illus. in: Annual Report of the U.S. Light-House Board, 1884, frontispiece. Reproduction of mezzotint from 1729 by William Burgis.

Ohio River. Dredging at Warsaw Bar, Oct. 1884

Dredges loading barges with silt. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Dredges; Ohio R-; Ind. F-; Shelf.

New York. The Bay, looking towards the Narrows

Sailing ships on bay. Stereo copyrighted by George Barker, Niagara Falls, N.Y. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Ships [1889]; Ocean; NY NYC Harb... More

[Transatlantic Panorama Pavilion, the Palace of the French Navy and th...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Amazon rubber boat, Brazil - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Brazil. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Boats.

["Osborne", royal yacht] view, photochrome print postcard.

Image shows the paddle steamer Royal Yacht of the Royal Navy, the HMY Osborne, participating in a procession to celebrate the opening of the Kiel Canal in Kiel, Germany. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) ... More

[Yachts Defender, Jubilee and Volunteer with bows to left]

No. 135. Copyright by J.S. Johnston, N.Y. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Moonbeams dancing on the bosom of the deep

Stereograph showing moonlight on water, and sailing ships at anchor. aa24331 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Geo. Barker.

The discovery of the Hudson - Drawing. Public domain image.

The ship HALF MOON dropping anchor in Hudson River; greeted by Indians in canoes. Photogravure of painting by Warren Sheppard, copyrighted by Woodfall Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption ... More

The DEFENDER. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

A sailing ship with passengers. 45066-aa U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by J.S. Johnston, N.Y. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Sailboats; Shelf.

An Arab market boat on the Nile, Egypt

Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Boat races]: Group of five yachts

Photoprint copyrighted by C.E. Bolles. No. 662. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Races; Yachts.

Honk Kong from the harbor, China

Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Str. WILLAMETTE discharging freight at Skaguay, Alaska

Horses, bales of hay and men on pier in foregrd. Photoprint copyrighted by Winter & Pond. No. 355. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ships; Freight; Gold Rush.

A fleet of Arab boats on the Nile, Egypt

Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sailboats sailing: JILT and FANCY passing lighthouse

Photo copyrighted by N.L. Stebbins, Boston. No. 9195. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Mass. Boston Waterfront; Yachts...; Lighthous... More

[Start of the Dories]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Four sail boats. 46702 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by Charles E. Bolles, Brooklyn, New York. No. 973. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Sailboats; Shelf.

MAINE wreck, forward looking aft - Spanish divers at work - Havana Har...

25541 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Strohmeyer & Wyman. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: US Hist. War of 1898; Cuba Havana; Ships US Govt.; Shelf.

Elephantine Island, Assouan, Egypt - stereocsopic card

41776 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 9712 (a). Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elephantine Island, Assouan, Egypt - stereocsopic card

41804 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 9712. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Menasha Lock & Dam, Lockkeeper's Residence, Approximately 75 feet east...

Significance: The lockkeeper's residence served as a residence for the lockkeeper and family, functioning as part of the operation of the Menasha Lock and Dam Complex. Survey number: HAER WI-90-A Building/str... More

Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Storage Building at Lock 3, Approximately 30 feet...

Significance: This frame storage/garage serves as part of the Fox River Project Office located at Kaukauna Lock 3. The storage facility is an important part of the Kaukauna Locks and Dam Complex. Survey number... More

Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Timber Shed at Lock 3, Approximately 300 feet Wes...

Significance: The timber shed serves as part of the Fox River Project Office located at Kaukauna Lock 3. The timber shed is an integral part of the Kaukauna Locks and Dam Complex. Survey number: HAER WI-87-M ... More

Half Moon - sailing vessel - Public domain portrait photograph

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

[Boat races]: Finish of Cup Race

Photoprint copyrighted by C.E. Bolles. No. 1331. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Races; Yachts.

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Arab sailing vessel on...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Arab vessel. On negative: 1509 (crossed out). Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from the Gulf of Suez opposite ... More

North German Lloyd steamship, Kronprinz Wilhelm

Print shows a port side view of the steamship Kronprinz Wilhelm under steam at sea. Includes a remarque on lower left corner showing a naval officer standing at a railing or on a gangplank. 9094 (Class F) U.S. ... More

A Chinese junk, Hong Kong Harbor, Hong Kong, China

H38932 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 506. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Korean coolies unloading junks, Fusan, Korea

Stereo copyrighted by C.H. Graves (Universal Photo Art Co.). No. 2. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Geogr.; Waterfronts.

Some of the crafts of lagoon navigation, World's Fair, St. Louis

H53547 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 90. Sold only by Up To Date View Co., Salt Lake City, Utah.

Clumsy Chinese junk under full sail on the Yellow Sea-coast of Manchur...

Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Junks laden with sea-weed, the Korean's table delicacy - in harbor of ...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ph. Ind.; Industry Fishing; Food crops Seaweed.

Embarkation of New England troops under Governor Pepperell during the ...

Reproduction of painting by Charles Delort. Public domain photograph - engraving of a sailing ship, sea battle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A typical old Chinese junk, Shanghai harbor

Cape Lookout Light Station, Summer Kitchen, Cape Lookout, Carteret Cou...

Significance: A new Keeper's Dwelling (HABS NC-189-A), with detached Summer Kitchen, was constructed at the Cape Lookout Light Station in 1907. Built of wood frame construction, and resting today on a poured-in... More

Half Moon ramming to the Clermont

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Crowd waiting to board excursion fleet and other ships, Hampton Roads

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

PRINCE ADALBERT German heavy cruiser

Photograph shows the SMS Prinz Adalbert, an armored cruiser of the Imperial German Navy which was torpedoed and sunk on Oct. 23, 1915. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Title from data provided by the Bain... More

Long Beach at waterfront, Long Beach, Calif., Oct. 7th, 1911

J161621 U.S. Copyright Office No. 4. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal. Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; October 19, 1911; DLC/PP-1911:44369.

Destruction of "Maine", Havana harbor, Cuba, Spanish-American War 1898

Photograph shows sailors and others in small boats near the wreckage of the U. S. S. Maine; a wreath is tossed from the Maine's crows nest, American flag waving. Additional devised title: [Ceremonial sinking at... More

S.S. Victorio Louise [sic] entering Havana Harbour

J170152 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Havana, Cuba. Name on side of ship is Victoria Luise. Copyright deposit; American Photo Co.; June 10, 1912; DLC/PP-1912:44465.

The "Niagara" on the scene of her battle 1813

Oliver Perry's flagship the "Niagara" and two other ships in Put-in-Bay Harbor, Lake Erie. J183986(?) U.S. Copyright Office.

Atlantic entrance, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

J188516 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: 143 Baronne St., New Orleans, La. No. 528. Copyright deposit; Gordon Panoramic Photo Co.; December 29, 1913; DLC/PP-1914:44724.

Steamer EMPRESS OF RUSSIA off Mt. Fujiyama, the sacred mountain of Jap...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Japan. Photograph by Canadian Pacific Railway. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

Navigation at Bagdad - kufas, [round boats], meeting European steamer

J195485 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. (39)-11665. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Boats...; Iraq Bagdad 1914; Photog.... More

Memphis, U.S.S., caskets of dead, brought home by U.S. Hospital Ship S...

A group of people standing next to a large ship, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Date based on date of negatives in same range. Title from LC-H261-7842. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General... More

EMPRESS OF BRITAIN, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

Rapide Croche Lock & Dam, Lock Shelter, On northern embankment near lo...

Significance: The lock shelter provides shelter for the lockkeeper while on active duty. Further, the lock shelter provides office space and first aid facilities for office personnel. As such the lock shelter f... More

Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Lock Shelter at Lock 3, On Northern Embankment, m...

Significance: The lock shelter provides shelter for the lockkeeper while on active duty. In addition, the lock shelter provides office space and first aid facilities for office personnel. As such the lock shelt... More

Appleton Locks & Dams, Lock Shelter at Lock 3, North of Lock 3, midway...

Significance: The lock shelter provides shelter for the lockkeeper while on active duty. Further, the lock shelter provides office space and first aid facilities for office personnel. As such, the lock shelte... More

Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Lock Shelter at Lock 4, On Northern Embankment, n...

Significance: The lock shelter provides shelter for the lockkeeper while on active duty. In addition, the lock shelter provides office space and first aid facilities for office personnel. As such the lock shelt... More

Little Chute Lock & Dam, Lock Shelter at Combined Locks, Between Waste...

Significance: The lock shelter provides shelter for the lockkeeper while on active duty. In addition, the lock shelter provides office space and first aid facilities for office personnel. As such the lock shelt... More

Cedars Lock & Dam, Lock Shelter, Approximately 35 feet Southwest of Up...

Significance: The lock shelter provides shelter for the lockkeeper while on active duty. Further, the lock shelter provides office space and first aid facilities for office personnel. As such the lock shelter... More

End of war, American National Red Cross, 1919, wwi

Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov... More

Devil's Island Light Station, La Pointe, Ashland County, WI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N47 Survey number: HABS WI-324

Michigan Island Light Station, La Pointe, Ashland County, WI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N45 Survey number: HABS WI-317

LaPointe Light Station, La Pointe, Ashland County, WI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N48 Survey number: HABS WI-325

Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Storage Building at Lock 4, Approximately 15 feet...

Significance: The storage shed functions as part of the daily operation of the Kaukauna Locks and Dam Complex. Survey number: HAER WI-87-P Building/structure dates: after 1982 Initial Construction

Little Chute Lock & Dam, Lock Shelter at Lock 2, On Southern Embankmen...

Significance: The lock shelter provides shelter for the lockkeeper while on active duty. In addition, the lock shelter provides office space and first aid facilities for office personnel. As such the lock shelt... More

Outer Island Light Station, Fog Signal Building, La Pointe, Ashland Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N46 Survey number: HABS WI-318-B

Ham's Bluff Lighthouse, Marron Ridge of Ham's Bluff, North Star, St. C...

Survey number: HABS VI-165

Fort Point, Fort Point Light, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, Rockingha...

Survey number: HABS NH-239-B Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rapide Croche Lock & Dam, Garage, Approximately 65 feet of lockkeeper'...

Significance: The garage served as part of the lockkeeper's residence complex. Survey number: HAER WI-91-C Building/structure dates: 1979 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number... More

Outer Island Light Station, La Pointe, Ashland County, WI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N46 Survey number: HABS WI-318

Sand Island Light Station, Bayfield, Bayfield County, WI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N44 Survey number: HABS WI-313

Michigan Island Light Station, New Light Base (1880), La Pointe, Ashla...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N45 Survey number: HABS WI-317-D

Anacapa Island Light Station, House, East Anacapa Island, Ventura, Ven...

Survey number: HABS CA-2335-A Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Anacapa Island Light Station, Light Tower, East Anacapa Island, Ventur...

Survey number: HABS CA-2335-B Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Appleton Locks & Dams, Storage Building at Lock 3, South of Lock 3, ne...

Significance: The storage building functions as part of the daily operation of the Appleton Locks and Dams Complex. Survey number: HAER WI-84-J Building/structure dates: 1978 Initial Construction

Appleton Locks & Dams, Lock Shelter at Lock 2, North of Lock 2, near U...

Significance: The lock shelter provides shelter for the lockkeeper while on active duty. Further, the lock shelter provides office space and first aid facilities for office personnel. As such, the lock shelte... More

Raspberry Island Light Station, Bayfield, Bayfield County, WI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N43 Survey number: HABS WI-312

Devil's Island Light Station, Boat House, La Pointe, Ashland County, W...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N47 Survey number: HABS WI-324-D

Arkansas Historical Map, Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR

Survey number: HABS AR-27

Light Stations of the Apostle Islands, Bayfield, Bayfield County, WI

Survey number: HABS WI-332

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Oil House, 46379 Lighthouse Road, Buxton, Da...

Significance: The Oil House at the Cape Hatteras Light Station was constructed in 1892 (at the same time as the addition to the nearby Double Keeper's Quarters) in order to store oil for the adjacent Lighthouse... More

Oil painting "Government Aids to Harbor Navigation" located on west wa...

Artist: George Harding, 1938. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More

New Chief of U.S.N. navigation assumes post. Washington, D.C., June 11...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 19... More

Boys trained in the fundamentals of navigation may become technicians ...

12002-40. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Learning how to determine latitude by using a sextant is Senta Osoling...

12002-40. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Boys trained in the fundamentals of navigation may become technicians ...

12002-40. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Vue de la Baye de Kings-town, Isle de St. Vincent et de la prise de ce...

Photograph shows the French assault on the island of Saint Vincent in the West Indies; British batteries above the town of Kingstown on the Bay of Kingstown, and three captured British ships disembarking French... More

"Captain" Mary Converse, instructing V-7 (candidates for United States...

Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI C... More

Saint Petersburg, Florida. Trainee at the United States Maritime Servi...

Image source: U.S. Maritime Service training station. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. Mor... More

[Baltimore Lighthouse, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, showing installation ...

Press release by United States Coast Guard, Public Information Division, Washington, D.C. Release No. 50-64. Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph 6077.

DePere Lock & Dam, Lock Shelter, Near Upper Gate, De Pere, Brown Count...

Significance: The lock shelter provides shelter for the lockkeeper while on active duty. Further, the lock shelter provides office space and first aid facilities for office personnel. As such the lock shelter... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BASSWOOD, Marianas Section, Victor Wharf, Agan...

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The U.S. Coa... More

Appleton Locks & Dams, Lock Shelter at Lock 4, Near Lower Gate of Lock...

Significance: The lock shelter provides shelter for the lockkeeper while on active duty. Further, the lock shelter provides office space and first aid facilities for office personnel. As such, the lock shelte... More

Little Chute Lock & Dam, Sanitary Building at Lock 2, Approximately 10...

Significance: The sanitary building serves as part of the daily operation of the Little Chute Locks and Dam Complex. Survey number: HAER WI-88-E Building/structure dates: 1976 Initial Construction

Appleton Locks & Dams, Garage at Lock 4, West of Lawe Street, East of ...

Significance: The garage serves as part of the lockkeeper's residence complex. Survey number: HAER WI-84-M Building/structure dates: 1957 Initial Construction

Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Storage Building at Lock 3, Approximately 20 feet...

Significance: The storage building functions as part of the daily operation of the Kaukauna Locks and Dam Complex. Survey number: HAER WI-87-I Building/structure dates: 1982 Initial Construction

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