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.
A black and white photo of a construction site. Dodge Brothers Motor C...
Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More
A black and white photo of a train yard. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...
Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More
Olandus verschafft das ein Caravel und eetliche Hütten gebauwet worden
Ships' carpenters building a caravel and thatched huts under construction by order of Lubus Olandus after Didacus Niquesa's ship heading for Veragua in the Panama isthmus is shipwrecked.
No. 5. De snelheid - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: De Charro, H.M.
[Early steam locomotive with toothed "propelling wheel" which gripped ...
Illus. in: The monthly magazine. [London : Printed for R. Phillips], 1814 June 1. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library ... More
Pack und transport dampfwagen auf der eisenbahn zwischen Liverpool und...
Print showing two views of freight trains of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, with flatbed cars for hauling standard freight and cars with rails and cages for hauling livestock, drawn by steam loco... More
Dome of U.S. Capitol, section showing one of the main ribs extending f...
U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
Mt. Pisgah Plane at Mauch Chunk L. Crepon lith. ; Amb. of H.P. Osborn ...
Print shows a view from the base of the incline of a switchback gravity railroad on a steep inclined plane to the top of Mount Pisgah at Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, with the steam operated cable facility at the ... More
Avoid the heat & dust of rail-roads. Summer arrangement... North & Sou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
1857. New and important arrangement. Royal Mail through line for Kings...
Advertisement for steamer service between Montreal and Hamilton. Reference copy may be in LOT 4426 C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Steamboats; Canada Hamil... More
Special notice. Royal Mail Through Line
Advertisement for Royal Mail Steamer travel, Canada. Reference copy may be in LOT 4426 C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Postal service Delivery Boat and shi... More
Portage Bridge, man standing on tracks
Title devised by Library Staff. Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
First locomotive to cross Allegheny Mountains
Photograph shows a group of passengers, including a woman, sitting and standing at the front of a Sandusky locomotive. LC 1391. Published in: Pioneer Women / Linda Peavy and Ursual Smith (1998), p. 24.
An instantaneous view, the Calzada del Monte
Stereograph showing a view of Calzada del Monte in Havana, Cuba. No. 90. Copyright by E. Anthony, 1860.
Rigi Railroad - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
View of railroad bridge on Rigi Mountain. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 38, lower left.
Derailed train, Manassas, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)
Cropped version of LC-B8184-614 (b&w film copy neg.) Brady-Handy Collection.
Union Mills, Virginia Orange and Alexandria R.R. (Andrew J. Russel)
No. B1319. 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 mixture of egg whites ... More
[Sanitary commission barge at the docks, City Point, Virginia]
Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 2517. Public domain photograph of a locomotive, train car, railroad trucks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General Bragg's camp, as seen from Fort Pickens / / drawn by an office...
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 June 15, p. 373. Public domain photograph of a locomotive, train car, railroad trucks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View on Pope's Head, near burnt bridge, Orange & Alexandria Railroad
Photograph showing two locomotives pulling into the Union Mills Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in Clifton, Virginia. Two soldiers stand guard on the bank at right. No. 229. Title from another ve... More
U.S. Military Railroad Construction Corps repairing Orange and Alexand...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A relic of Pope's retreat (Andrew J. Russel)
No. B614. Original negative at National Archives. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
[Dock on the south side of the James River, opposite Richmond, Virgini...
Title devised by Library staff from similar image in LOT 11486-C.
City Point, R.R., gelatin silver print
Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Railroad engine at City Point, Virginia
Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Long bridge, Washington, D.C. - A black and white photo of people on a...
Photograph shows General Daniel Craig McCallum, Military Director and Superintendent of the Union railroads during the Civil War, with unidentified men on railroad bridge. No. B266. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
The Long bridge, Washington, D.C. during American Civil War
No. 4452. Hand written on verso: "See: Miller, vol. 1, page 123". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Dock on south side of James River, opposite Richmond, Virginia
Photograph shows United States military railroad freight car at the wharf on the James River. No. 734. See also: LOT 11486-F, no. 12. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Stoneman's Station (Andrew J. Russel) during American Civil War
Photograph shows a view of Stoneman's Station from the rear of a railroad car.
[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men using levers f...
No. 50 & 51 (handwritten) and 2552 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (L... More
Ruins at Manassas Junction / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; positive b...
Illustration showing the remains of a turntable on the Orange and Alexandria railroad after the station was destroyed by retreating Confederates. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alex... More
Stoneman's Station, Acquia Creek, Virginia
This record contains unverified data from shelflist. 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 eg... More
Engine "Government" [Commodore?] down the "banks" near Brandy, April 1...
Photograph shows a train off the track laying on its side near Brandy Station, Virginia.
Engine "E.M. Stanton," Alexandria, July 1864 (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows the locomotive "E.M. Stanton," built in 1862 and named for the secretary of war, on a turntable at the Alexandria railroad station. No. 239.
Railroad mortar at Petersburg, Virginia, July 25, 1864 (Andrew J. Russ...
Photograph shows the mortar used to protect the United States Military Railroad. No. 304. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Bube... More
View of Knoxville, gelatin silver print
Photograph shows view from parapet of Fort Sanders looking SE. University of Tennessee in background, March 1864.
President's car, Alexandria - A black and white photo of a train
Photograph shows the president's rail car at the Alexandria station. Photograph probably taken in Jan. The car was later used as Lincoln's funeral car.
Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. A 10-inch Columbiad gun on the...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Confederate Battery on James River, Va., Above Dutch Gap Canal. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-I. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1... More
Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. A 10-inch Columbiad gun on the...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Engine W. H. Whiton, and President's car, Alexandria, January,1865
Photograph shows a United States Military Railroad locomotive, W.H. Whiton, and the president's rail car, later used as Lincoln's funeral car. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic print... More
Farmville, Virginia (vicinity). High Bridge over the Appomattox River ...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: High bridge, Appomattox River (north west view) Farmville, Va. (vicinity). Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, P... More
Long Bridge across Potomac River, 1865
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Home views. No. 15, Rebel prison - 1865
Stereograph shows a bird's-eye or elevated view of Elmira prison camp in New York, with a long line of prisoners standing along the fence with rows of buildings in the background. No. 15. Printed on label: A ... More
Long Bridge across Potomac River, 1865
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Copy neg. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is ... More
Alexandria, Virginia. Soldiers' Rest. (Railroad boxcars shown in foreg...
Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Farmville, Virginia (vicinity). High bridge of the South Side Railroad...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Farmville, Virginia (vicinity). High bridge of the South Side Railroad...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: High Bridge across Appomattox River, south side railroad. Farmvill, Va. (vicinity), April 1865. Corresponding print is in LOT 4177. Credit line:... More
Snow Plow of the Central Pacific R.R. Company - Near Cisco
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1263. LOT subdivision subject: Central Pacific Railroad Equipment and Tracks on Donner Pass Route.... More
View on the first Summit of Sierra Nevada Mts., June 15
Man, woman, and child in wagon in foreground. The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 635. LOT subdivision subject: Placerville-Tahoe Rte.... More
Bridge over the Mokelumne River, California, 19th century sterescope c...
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 867. LOT subdivision subject: Bridges in Northern California. This record contains unverified old ... More
Central Pacific Railroad Company - Freight Engine.
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1262. LOT subdivision subject: Central Pacific Railroad Equipment and Tracks on Donner Pass Route.... More
Big River Lumber Mills, Mendocino County
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1184. LOT subdivision subject: Mills (Lumber Mills, etc.). This record contains unverified data fr... More
Murphy's, Calaveras County - view from the West
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 870. LOT subdivision subject: Calaveras County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
Feeding the teams - scene on the Placerville Route
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 621. LOT subdivision subject: Wagon Trains and Stage Coaches. This record contains unverified data... More
Placer Mining. Worked-out Claim in Columbia Gulch, Tuolumne County
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1021. LOT subdivision subject: Placer Mining. This record contains unverified old data from captio... More
Cement Ridge, near Crystal Lake, on the Central Pacific Railroad - Old...
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1266. LOT subdivision subject: Central Pacific Railroad Equipment and Tracks on Donner Pass Route... More
Truckee River, looking towards Eastern Summit - 135 miles from Sacram...
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1265. LOT subdivision subject: Central Pacific Railroad Equipment and Tracks on the Donner Pass Ro... More
Railroad and suspension bridges at Folsom, Sacramento County
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1056. LOT subdivision subject: Bridges in Northern California. This record contains unverified dat... More
Hydraulic Mining - hauling Sluice Blocks, for the Blue Gravel Claim, S...
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
Teaming from the Central Pacific Railroad at Cisco, Placer County
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
Central Pacific Railroad freight train - Leaving Cisco, Placer County
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1254. LOT subdivision subject: Central Pacific Railroad Equipment and Tracks on Donner Route. This... More
Emigrant Gap - view from the tunnel, looking West - Central Pacific Ra...
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1268. LOT subdivision subject: Central Pacific Railroad Equipment and tracks on Donner Pass Route... More
Railroad wreck. Copy from early photograph
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Carlo Ponti - Castle of St. Angelo (Tomb of Hadrian) Rome
Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New import pier no. 27 north - Public domain graphic arts, Library of ...
General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Philadelphia and Reading Railway Co. Information o... More
Railroad wreck. Copy from early photograph
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Bird's-eye view of Pennsylvania Railroad at Manunka Chunk (now Jim Th...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railway tracks, train station, railroad building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Union Pacific railroad snow shed rest at Carbon, Mont.
This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Photo of drawing by C.R. Linde. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
[Library of Congress ("New Congress Library"), Washington, D.C. Princi...
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Pennsylvania Railroad advertising material: "Train view, West Philade...
Sepia photo copyrighted by W.P. Mange & Co., Phila. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads Stations Pa.; Railroads Ads [1874]; Railroads [ca. 1874]; Shelf.
[Pennsylvania Railroad advertising material: "Pennsylvania Air Line, b...
View down track toward tunnel under street. Sepia photo copyrighted by W.P. Mange & Co., Phila. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads Stations Pa.; Railro... More
Philadelphia centennial: guns in front of government building
Stereo by Centennial Photo Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf; Exhibitions-1876.
Arrival of the first locomotive in Arizona
Stereograph showing men posing on and near a locomotive, probably in Yuma, Arizona. Written in pen on back of mount: Fort Yuma, Cal. on bluff in background. "Descriptive views of the American Continent" printed... More
Old "31" the Pioneer engine of Arizona
Stereograph showing men posing on and near a locomotive, probably in Yuma, Arizona. Written in pen on back of mount: Yuma, Ariz., Fort Yuma, Cal. on bluff in background. "Descriptive views of the American Conti... More
Execution of John D. Lee, 19th century Utah stereoscope card.
Officers, soldiers, and spectators with covered wagons at Mountain Meadows, Utah, prior to the execution of John D. Lee, who is shown (center) speaking with Chaplain Stokes. H4233 U.S. Copyright Office. Title f... More
New York City--The development of rapid transit - the first train on t...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 46, no. 1,182 (1878 May 25), p. 201.
The Florida special - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
High bridge near Buena Vista - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...
On train: Colorado Midland. "W.H. Jackson & Co. Phot." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 60148. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Drainage canal of Nochistongo - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...
"3159" on negative. Attributed to Jackson based on catalog of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 03159. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Construction of mattrasses [i.e. mattresses]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Construction of mattresses, William Henry Jackson photograph
Attribution to Jackson and locale based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08428. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Queritaro [sic] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain photograph of train tracks, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Engines 4704 and 4051 of the L.S. and M.S. railroad]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
Construction of mattresses - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[The kitchen buildings which have been added to the Imperial Police St...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 7. In album: Police stations, Ministry of War buildings, and other structures, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Ha... More
Cane fields in Louisiana - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). "7424" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 8124. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
The old French Market, New Orleans
Public domain image of horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Engines 4704 and 4051 of the L.S. and M.S. railroad
Title devised. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Twentieth Century Limited - Mammoth Plate Photograph
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Summit near Villar, The - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Tracey sic, Minn., engine of the South Dakota division
"65" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04541. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Tracey [sic], Minn., engine of the South Dakota division
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Railroad station, Mexico] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Cane fields in Louisiana - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Summit near Villar, The - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Locale in Mexico based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). "W.H.J. Phot. Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 3984. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Unverified information in... More
Railroad station, Mexico, William Henry Jackson photograph
Title devised by cataloger. Attribution to Jackson based on negatives with similar numbers. "S" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 30161. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Construction of mattrasses i.e. mattresses
Attribution to Jackson and locale based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 8427. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.