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Syracuse, N.Y., Landscape view print

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Syracuse, New York, showing Onondaga Lake in the background. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

The aerial steam carriage - Drawing. Public domain image.

Pictorial lettersheet shows British inventor William Samuel Henson's proposed steam powered flying machine in an imaginary flight over the Thames River, London, 1843. Attempts to fly a model of the aerial steam... More

Sunday morning ; Log cabin / / Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, San...

Pictorial lettersheet with two images on one page shows (top) miners in camp eating and reading; and (bottom) miners standing in front of log cabin; with attached blank leaf. Baird, California pictorial letter... More

A prospecting party / Lith. & Pubd. by Britton & Rey, San Francisco.

Pictorial lettersheet shows progression of optimistic to disappointed prospectors. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 209 (variation) Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.03

Flume ; Elevating water wheel / / Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, ...

Pictorial lettersheet with two images on one page shows (top) miners working next to flume; and (bottom) miners working next to river with water wheel leading to sluice; with attached blank leaf. Baird, Califo... More

Dividing the pile ; Hard road to travel Lith. & pubd. by Britton & Rey...

Pictorial lettersheet with two images on one page and attached blank leaf shows (top) prospectors at a table, one weighing gold; and (bottom) prospectors and pack animals walking along a trail. No. 7. Baird, C... More

Life in the gold mines, California ; / Lithographed from a photograph ...

Pictorial lettersheet shows operations at a mining camp. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 132. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.19

Mariposa City / Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, corner of Californ...

Pictorial lettersheet shows view of gold mining town; with attached blank leaf. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 151. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.21

Kingston, Lake Ontario (Ontario See), engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Kingston on Lake Ontario. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

The mining business in four pictures : Going in to it, making somethin...

Pictorial lettersheet with four images on one page and attached blank leaf. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 171. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.07

Sundry amusements in the mines ; A Sundays amusements ; A daily pleasu...

Pictorial lettersheet shows four images of camp activities while not mining: washing clothes, cooking, mending clothes and boots, and discovering a bear warming its paws by the fire inside a tent; attached blan... More

Mission Dolores / Lith. & publ. by Quirot & Co., corner California and...

Pictorial lettersheet shows view of mission; with attached blank leaf. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 173. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.14

Bankettsaal und Gabentempel des dritten Amerikanischen Bundes-Schiesse...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Magnus, C. Purchase, Hubbard Fund, 1965.

A fight with a grizly [i.e. grizzly] / Lith. & Pubd. by Britton & Rey,...

Pictorial lettersheet shows progression of a hunter winning a fight with a bear. No. 18. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 76. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.05

Troy, N.Y - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Magnus, C. Purchase, Hubbard Fund, 1965.

Toledo, O - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Magnus, C. Purchase, Hubbard Fund, 1965.

[Miners panning for gold ; entering a mine shaft ; miners with equipme...

Pictorial lettersheet shows four images of mining life; attached blank leaf.

City hall, San-Francisco, Cal. / Lith. & publ. by Quirot & Co., corner...

Pictorial lettersheet shows early San Francisco city hall, formerly Jenny Lind Theatre, between El Dorado Hotel and The Union; with attached blank leaf. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 30. Acces... More

San Francisco, upper California / Lith., Britton & Rey.

Pictorial lettersheet shows view of city and harbor. Annotation on recto: Where my office was in S. Francisco in 1851. I have seen 2 or 3 times as many ships in harbor as here shown. Baird, California pictoria... More

James Stuart hung by the vigilance committee on Market St. wharf on th...

Pictorial lettersheet shows man hanging from scaffolding surrounded by spectators; with attached blank leaf. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 121. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.13

Stockton ; June 1st, 1852 / / Lith. & publd. by Britton & Rey, corn. M...

Pictorial lettersheet shows view of gold mining town and waterway. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sacramento ; First frame house erected Jany. 1st, 1849, by S. Brannan ...

Pictorial lettersheet shows view of city with people and animals in the streets. Annotation on recto: April 1854. Altogether more extensive than here represented. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no.... More

Sonora from the north / G. H. Goddard, del. Lith. Britton & Rey, San F...

Pictorial lettersheet shows business district, houses, barns, and church in California Gold Rush town. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 257. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.02

Springfield, Tuolumne County / G. H. Goddard, del., lith. Britton & Re...

Pictorial lettersheet shows town square and scattered dwellings in California Gold Rush town.

Sonora Jany. 1853 / / George H. Goddard, del. ; Lith. by Britton & Rey...

Pictorial lettersheet shows view of gold mining town; with attached blank leaf. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 259. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.25

Disasters of 60 days : Wreck of Steamship Tennessee, Indian Cove, Marc...

Pictorial lettersheet shows four images of shipwrecks on one page plus two vignettes of (top) a shepherdess and a bear and (center) Explosion R.K. Page Nicolaus, Feather River, March 21th, 1853; with attached b... More

Wreck & burning of the steamer Independence on the island of Margarita...

Pictorial lettersheet shows rescue attempts being made on burning and sinking ship; with attached blank leaf. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 337. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.16

The May Festival of the Turnverein Association, San Francisco

Pictorial lettersheet shows gymnasts performing for spectators. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 152. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.04

Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission

Print shows letterhead for the Great Central Fair in Philadelphia showing scenes in which members of the Sanitary Commission help soldiers on battlefields; includes letter notifying the recipient of being appoi... More

Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commis[sion]

Print shows letterhead for the Great Central Fair in Philadelphia showing scenes in which members of the Sanitary Commission help soldiers on battlefields; includes letter notifying the recipient of being appoi... More

Colossal-Statue der "Freiheits-Göttin" im New Yorker Hafen

View shows the Statue of Liberty, with Jeresey City and Hoboken at the left and New York, Brooklyn, and Long Island to the right. "Depot, No. 5 Chambers St., N.Y., Charles Magnus' 'New York as it is,' 150 graph... More

Washington, D.C., Washington DC

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

[Harrison letter sheet, portrait print

An illustrated Whig campaign letter sheet. On the left is a vignette bust portrait of William Henry Harrison framed with entwined ears of corn, stalks of wheat, and fruit. On the right, with the same enframemen... More

Celestial empire in California : Miners ; gamblers Lith. & published b...

Pictorial lettersheet with two images on one page shows (top) caricatured Chinese miners in camp eating and nitpicking; and (bottom) playing a game of chance; attached leaf contains an annotation. Baird, Calif... More

Rochester / exec. by G.G. Lange, Darmstadt.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Magnus. Purchase, Hubbard Fund, 1965.

Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Mangus, C. Purchase, Hubbard Fund, 1965.

Louisville, KY - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Magnus, C. Purchase, Hubbard Fund, 1965.

United-States firemen - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Magnus, C. Purchase, Hubbard Fund, 1965.

Bowling Green / Lith of Chs. Magnus N.Yk.

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Letter from Isaac McCoy to his mother, Nancy McCoy, from Louisville, K...

Handwritten letter from Private Isaac McCoy of Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, on pictorial lettersheet showing the U.S. Capitol building. Caption on print: View of the Capitol at Washington. Envelop... More

Celestial empire in California : Miners ; gamblers Lith. & published b...

Pictorial lettersheet with two images on one page shows (top) caricatured Chinese miners in camp eating and nitpicking; and (bottom) playing a game of chance; attached leaf contains an annotation. Baird, Calif... More

Letter from Isaac McCoy to his mother, Nancy McCoy, from Louisville, K...

Handwritten letter from Private Isaac McCoy of Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, on pictorial lettersheet showing the U.S. Capitol building. Caption on print: View of the Capitol at Washington. Envelop... More

Letter from Isaac McCoy to his mother, Nancy McCoy, from Louisville, K...

Handwritten letter from Private Isaac McCoy of Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, on pictorial lettersheet showing the U.S. Capitol building. Caption on print: View of the Capitol at Washington. Envelop... More