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Eine Cracke von S. Thome Wirdt...

Dutch? naval battle. Engraving by Thodor de Bry. Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, India Orientalis (Peregrination in India), 1605, part 7, plate XII. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Capti... More

U.S. Iron clad steamer, New Ironsides

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Rease, W.H.

United States & Macedonian - Public domain drawing

Preliminary drawing for an oil painting showing the sea battle between the USS United States, under the command of Stephen Decatur, and HMS Macedonian off the coast of Maderia on October 25, 1812. The original... More

A painting shows a scene from the Battle of Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813.

WASHINGTON (Sep. 06, 2013) A painting shows a scene from the Battle of Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813. The battle took place between the opposing forces of the U.S. and Britain on the contested waters of Lake Erie d... More

The troops disembarking to attack Fort Oswego, under the command of Ge...

Seascape drawing shows British sailors leaving their ships and rowing toward Fort Oswego on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. The 2nd battalion of the Royal Marines, under Lieutenant General Sir George Gordo... More

Enterprise and Boxer. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows the American warship Enterprise engaged in battle with HMS Boxer. In decorative border with anchors, American flags, ship rigging, an eagle, and cameo portraits of two ships.

Constitution's escape from the British squadron after a chase of sixty...

Print shows rowboats towing the USS Constitution away from the British fleet as the British frigate Belvidera fires it's cannons. In the background, rowboats tow the British frigate Shannon. Other ships in the ... More

[Napoleon I boards the Bellerophon to surrender] / Baugean delt. & scu...

Print shows a view of the HMS Bellerophon from the aft with a rowboat drawn along the starboard side and Napoleon I climbing stairs to board the ship in order to surrender to the British and Captain Frederick L... More

First view of Com. Perry's victory / M. Cornè ; W.B. Annin sc.

Print shows American warships under the command of Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry, firing on British warships during the Battle of Lake Erie. Printed above image: Engraved for the Naval Monument. Published in: Th... More

Second view of Com. Perry's victory / M. Cornè p. ; W.B. Annin sc.

Capture of the Guerriere by the Constitution / T. Birch A.C.S.A. ; D. ...

Print shows the Constitution, in the background, firing on the wreckage of the HMS Guerriere, the last remaining mast is falling, in the aftermath of the battle between the two ships. Printed below title: Vol.... More

A quarter starboard stern view of the All Sail, Civil War Era Warship,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, CIV Release Status: Released to... More

Starboard quarter stern view of the All Sail, Civil War Era Warship, U...

A starboard side stern view of the All Sail, Civil War Era Warship, US...

The Constitution and Guerriere / drawn by G. White ; engd by J.C. McRa...

Print shows the Constitution, in the background, firing on the wreckage of the HMS Guerriere in the aftermath of the battle between the two ships.

The great pictorial romance of the age, or, steam ship commodores & Un...

American political cartoon about the awarding of United States mail contracts. Print shows steamships (two shaped like rocking horses) and a balloon labeled "California mail balloon via Nicaragua," with discuss... More

[Port views of the U.S.S. Susquehanna and the U.S.S. Mississippi under...

Drawings are panels one and two of the "Machinery scroll' depicting Perry's expedition to Japan, 1853. Watercolor by a contemporary Japanese artist.

United States "Auxiliary Screw" steam frigate "Merrimac" 60 guns. Off ...

Print showing a broadside view of the port side of the steam frigate U.S.S. Merrimack undersail near the entrance to New York harbor.

United States "Auxiliary Screw" steam frigate "Merrimac" 60 guns. Off ...

Print showing a broadside view of the port side of the steam frigate U.S.S. Merrimack undersail near the entrance to New York harbor. Includes measurements for length, breadth, weight, and horse power. Blind e... More

Battle between the Constitution and the Guerriere / painted by Alonzo ...

Print shows the Constitution and the wreckage of the HMS Guerriere, at sea in the aftermath of the battle between the two ships.

Action between the Constitution and the Guerriere / Chapin ; Rogers.

Print shows HMS Guerriere without masts in the aftermath of battle with the USS Constitution.

U.S. Gun Boat "Seminole" - Public domain document scan of drawing

Broadside view of steamship. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: The "Wabash" is like the "Minnesota" of which you have a drawing. Formerly Waud no. C-44. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1... More

The United States gun-boat "Wyandotte" firing a salute on Washington's...

Shown are the gun-boat "Wyandotte," and in the background left to right Fort Barrancas, Barrancas barracks, and United States Marine Hospital. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 April 6, p. 212.

U.S. gunboat Meteor [i.e. Cricket] during American Civil War

No. 3145. Correction to title made on card mount comparing images of the two gunboats. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Silver Cloud - An old photo of a boat in the water

No. 3149. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Cited in Fighting for Time: the Image of War, vol. 4, p. 334. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Mendota, James River, Virginia

No. B239. 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 a... More

(Sailors on deck of warship) - A black and white photo of a large grou...

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Cited in Miller, vol. 6, p. 278-279, as the gunboat Mendota.

Admiral Farragut and Captain Drayton on deck of U.S. frigate Hartford

No. 3168. 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 a... More

U.S. gunboat Black Hawk - An old photo of a steamboat boat in the wate...

No. 3140. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of U.S.S. Vermont off Charleston, S.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. gunboat Agawam and the monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia

No. B81. 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 an... More

U.S. gunboat Cricket - An old photo of a boat in the water

No. 3142. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Navy crewmen on the deck of a ship]

No. 5132. Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of U.S. Frigate Hartford

No. 3152. Mounted with four other photographs and one print. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 187 (bottom)". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Three U.S. Navy ships, from left, the Macedonian, the Dale, and the S...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The iron-clad New Ironsides under sail

Photograph shows a reproduction of an engraving of the ironclad. No. 5511. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The Iron-coated French frigate La Gloire / Smythh.

Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1861 March 9, p. 227.

Double-ended ferry gunboat with Union soldiers on deck

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Steven J. Meadow, June 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

U.S. iron clad Galena, after her attack on Fort Darling, James River, ...

Photograph showing the deck of the warship after receiving Confederate cannon fire, with holes in the smokestack. Mounted on board with five other photographs. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congr... More

Commodore Farragut's squadron and Captain Porter's mortar fleet enteri...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1862 May 17, pp. 312-313. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, District of Columbia. Brazilian Steam Frigate at Navy Yard...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Brazilian ship. Brazilian steam frigate, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Jan. 1863. Yards manned on the occasion of the President's visit. See Gardn... More

U.S.S. Niagara, Boston, Massachusetts., Sept., 1863

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Monroe, Virginia. Gunboat SANTIAGO DE CUBA off Fort Monroe

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Hampton Roads, Virginia. Ammunition schooners, American Civil War Glas...

Photo shows boats anchored off City Point, Virginia, including the schooner William Spear of Baltimore (name on stern); a sidewheel steamboat (left center) with the likely name Metamora; astern of her, the hosp... More

Flag ship, LANCASTER, U.S. Navy, California, 19th century sterescope c...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 327. LOT subdivision subject: USS Lancaster. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

[U.S.S. Constitution - artists' conceptions: starboard, full sail]

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Columbia the Gem of the Ocean - Drawing. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in the sea, harbor, maritime, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[The Imperial Ironclad Corvette, Necm-i Şevket] / Constantinople, Abdu...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[The rigging drill on the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Mes'udiye] / Const...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 24. No. 429. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collectio... More

Columbia the Gem of the Ocean - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.

[The Imperial Ironclad Frigate Mes'udiye] / Constantinople, Abdullah F...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

U.S.S. Thetis, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Compa...

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021020. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Thetis - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

U.S. gunboat ST. LOUIS during American Civil War

Illus. in: Century Magazine, v. 29, Nov.-Apr. 1884-85, p. 429. Reference copy may be available in LOT 9393 O. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Civil War, 1861-... More

U.S.S. Dolphin, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Comp...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "Hart" and "565" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020357. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer active about 1890

Collapse of another Buddensiek structure John Roach - "It's all Whitne...

Illustration shows John Roach with George Robeson and William Chandler holding a paper labeled "J. Roach & Co. assignments" as Secretary of the Navy William C. Whitney beats a door with a club in front of a co... More

G.W. Gail & Ax, Navy - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

8607 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Hoen (A.) & Co., copyr... More

U.S.S. Colorado, screw steam frigate

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in the sea, harbor, maritime, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The United States steamer "Vandalia" The United States steamer "Nipsic...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1889 April 13, p. 288. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S.S. Brooklyn, the old ship, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit ...

Photo shows the U.S.S. Brooklyn that was decommissioned in 1889 while she was still carrying her weaponry. (Source: C. Seavey, 2017). Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Photograph of a photo. Detroit Pu... More

U.S.S. Petrel, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Compa...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "X 97" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020092. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Despatch, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Com...

Date based on title in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901), which continues: ... Washington Centennial, April 29, 1899 [i.e. 1889] "N.Y. Hart" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020347. Gift; State Historical Soci... More

U.S.S. Trenton, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Comp...

Attribution to Hart based on negatives with similar numbers. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021023. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, Amer... More

U.S.S. Wabash, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Compa...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Photograph of photographic print from unknown source titled: U.S. steam screw frigate Wabash. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021054. Gift; State Historical Society of Colo... More

U.S.S. Fern, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Company...

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032278. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Vanderbilt, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing C...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Photograph of a photo. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020108. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Dolphin, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Comp...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08924. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Sabine - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in the sea, harbor, maritime, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S.S. Jamestown - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S.S. Hartford, inspection, looking aft., starboard side

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in the sea, harbor, maritime, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S.S. San Jacinto, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing ...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Photograph of a drawing. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020104. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Yale, loading stores, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Pu...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Photograph of photographic print from unknown source. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021057. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Hartford, inspection, looking aft., starboard side

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020407. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. St. Mary's, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing C...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020930. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Buffalo, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Comp...

Attribution to Hart based on negative D4-20261 B. Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0622. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Constellation, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishin...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020335. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Hartford - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S.S. Kearsarge. Warship photograph collection

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

U.S.S. Columbia, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Com...

Possibly by Edward H. Hart. Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0636. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

U.S.S. Sandoval, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Com...

"Hart" and "985" on negative. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020957. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer active about 1890

U.S.S. Constellation, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishin...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020338. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Enterprise, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing C...

"Detroit Photographic Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020369. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Rynoda i.e. Rynda, Russian navy

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021188. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Monongahela, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing ...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020628. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Constellation. Warship photograph collection

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

U.S.S. Powhatan, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Com...

Attribution to Hart based on negatives with similar numbers. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020889. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, Amer... More

U.S.S. Mississippi, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing ...

Title of drawing: U.S. side wheel steamer Mississippi. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020625. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Wabash - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S.S. Brooklyn, the old ship - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S.S. Hartford, maintop from foretop

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

U.S.S. Pensacola, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Co...

Attribution to Hart based on negatives with similar numbers. Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020867. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American... More

U.S.S. Trenton, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Comp...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Photograph of a photo. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020107. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Constellation. Warship photograph collection

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in the sea, harbor, maritime, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S.S. Quinnebaug, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing C...

Attribution to Hart based on negatives with similar numbers. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020898. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, Amer... More

U.S.S. Philadelphia, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "X 174" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020096. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Kearsarge, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Co...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Possibly a reproduction. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020033. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Solace, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Compa...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "Hart" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020960. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer active about 1890