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[Senate Members Room. Detail of cherub carving on mantel. Library of C...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Senate Chamber. Hall of the House of Representatives / W.I Stone sc. W...

Print shows an interior view of the Senate and the House of Representatives chambers showing a numbered seating arrangement (key to the Senate chamber seating is filed with print). Printed at bottom: Engraved ... More

Plan of the Senate chamber of the United States by D. H. Burr. 2d sess...

Plan of the Senate Chamber of the U. S. Senate.; U. S. Congress. Senate. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera... More

Fifty cents. Shin plaster - Public domain scan / drawing

Another mock shinplaster (see also nos. 1837-9 and -10 above). Again the artist attributes the shortage of hard money to the successive monetary programs of presidents Jackson and Van Buren, particularly to the... More

Senate Chamber / P. Haas, lithographer.

Print shows Old Senate Chamber from gallery. Stamped: Map Division, Apr. 25, 1925, Library of Congress.

Scene in Uncle Sam's Senate. 17th April 1850

A somewhat tongue-in-cheek dramatization of the moment during the heated debate in the Senate over the admission of California as a free state when Mississippi senator Henry S. Foote drew a pistol on Thomas Har... More

The sad parting between two old friends

Senators Thomas Hart Benton and Henry S. Foote are paired here in a facetious farewell scene, as Benton departs the "Shop of the Senate." In reality Benton lost his Senate seat in a January 1851 election, large... More

Elevations of gallery fronts, Senate Chamber

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Arrangement of closet in room of Secretary of Senate

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of gallery of Senate Chamber

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Fan-room for Senate Chamber - Public domain architectural plan drawing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Iron backs of corner seats of gallery, Senate

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Register for Senate Chamber - Public domain cabinet drawing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Iron risers for steps of gallery, Senate Chamber, n.w.

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Fan-room for Senate Chamber - Public domain architectural drawing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

The gladiators of the Senate! The bulley's of the House

The artist parodies recent outbreaks of violence in Congress, and offers a pointed comparison between the elevated rhetorical sparring in the Senate and a more physical brand of combat in the House of Represent... More

Air-duct for Senate Chamber, north wing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of skylights in ceiling of Senate Chamber

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Iron risers of steps in Senate Chamber, n.w.

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Iron backs of corner seates of gallery, Senate

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Iron backs of corner seats of gallery, Senate

U.S. Capitol (drawing). The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was c... More

Iron risers for steps of gallery, Senate Chamber, n.w.

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Iron risers of steps in Senate Chamber, n.w.

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Iron backs of corner seates of gallery, Senate

Fan-room for Senate Chamber - Public domain architectural drawing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Screen across corridor under Senate Gallery

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of Senate post office - Public domain architectural plan drawi...

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Abraham Lincoln while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, taken in Chica...

Original photograph: The original daguerreotype is at the Chicago Historical Society. Ostendorf, no. 6 Meserve, no. 3 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Roc... More

[Panel detail from bronze doors for the east portico of the Senate win...

Photograph of bronze doors detail showing panel from left valve, depicting inauguration of George Washington. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 167. The doors were designed and modeled by Thomas... More

[Panel and medallion details from bronze doors for the east portico of...

Photograph of bronze doors detail showing panel, depicting ovation for George Washington at Trenton, New Jersey, and allegorical medallion of peace and agriculture, from bottom of left valve. In album: Benjamin... More

[Panel and medallion details from bronze doors for the east portico of...

Photograph of bronze doors detail showing panel, depicting the battle of Yorktown and gallantry of Alexander Hamilton, and allegorical medallion of war, depicting Hessian soldier and New Jersey farmer, from bot... More

The United States Senate, A.D. 1850 / drawn by P.F. Rothermel ; engrav...

Print shows 1. Senator Henry Clay speaking about the Compromise of 1850 in the Old Senate Chamber. Among those shown are 2. Daniel Webster, 3. Thomas H. Benton, 4. Lewis Cass, 5. William H. Seward, 6. Millard F... More

[Panel details from bronze doors for the east portico of the Senate wi...

Photograph of bronze doors detail showing two panels from top of right valve, one depicting the battle of Bunker Hill and death of General Warren and the other depicting the battle of Monmouth and rebuke of Gen... More

[Bronze doors for the east portico of the Senate wing, U.S. Capitol]

Photograph of maquette of bronze doors for the U.S. Capitol by Thomas Crawford depicting events in the life of George Washington and Revolutionary War battles. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. ... More

Progressive view of dome, first column on roof, 2; east front from Sen...

Photograph showing beginning stages of adding the dome to the Capitol. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 21. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[Abraham Lincoln: Immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...

Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Ostendorf, no. 2 Meserve, no. 6 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 6-7.

[Abraham Lincoln, immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...

Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. According to Ostendorf, this portrait by Hessler was copied during Lincoln's campaign and further distributed. Ostendorf, no. 2 (variation) Meserve, n... More

Construction for supporting ceiling of Senate chamber, n. wing

Photograph showing scaffolding and pipes during the construction of the Capitol. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 51. Notations: Scaffold not removed; curved pipes contain gas; burners: light ... More

[Detail of "Justice and History" to be placed above Senate bronze door...

Photograph of maquette showing allegorical Justice and History figures by Thomas Crawford. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 123. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

United States Senate / M. B. Brady.

Composite photograph showing 68 Senators of the 36th Congress. Key to portraits is available in LOT 11507. Handwritten on front of mount: Deposited in Clerk's office Southern Dist. New York, Sept. 20, 1859. Cop... More

U.S. Capitol - Seventh [i.e, Senate] Chamber, c. 1873

A large room filled with lots of tables and chairs. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Senate Chamber U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C

Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Doolittle, Honorable James R. of Wisc. 36th Senate

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Presidential Journey - reception of the President in the hall of t...

Lincoln waving from rostrum to large crowd. Reference print may be available in Presidential File - Lincoln Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper,(1861 March 2). This record contains unverified, old d... More

The Southern Confederacy - Senate Chamber in the Capitol at Montgomery...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 11, no. 275 (1861 Mar. 2), p. 229. Reference copy may be in LOT 4421-A. Caption card tracings: Al... More

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization" east pediment of the Senate wing...

Photograph of sculpture for pediment, placed outdoors in grounds, showing Columbia with sunburst and eagle.

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization" east pediment of the Senate wing...

Photograph of maquette showing mechanic with a hammer and gear. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 79. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization" east pediment of the Senate wing...

Photograph of maquette showing a soldier. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the curr... More

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization" east pediment of the Senate wing...

Photograph of maquette showing two sheaves of wheat and an anchor.

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization" east pediment of the Senate wing...

Photograph of maquette showing two youths. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 83. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization" east pediment of the senate wing...

Photograph showing maquette of a man seated on a package bound with rope, another on the right, his hand resting a ball above that. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 85. Reference copy in LOT 1... More

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization," east pediment of the Senate win...

Photograph of maquette showing a young hunter with his quarry and dog. . In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 95. Reference copy in LOT 12251, ... More

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization," east pediment of the Senate win...

Photograph of maquette showing an Indian grave. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 117. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization" east pediment of the Senate wing...

Photograph of sculpture for pediment, placed outdoors in grounds, showing Columbia with sunburst and eagle.

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization" east pediment of the Senate wing...

Photograph showing maquette of schoolmaster and child. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 81. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization," east pediment of the Senate win...

Photograph of maquette showing woodsman felling a tree. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 93. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization," east pediment of the Senate win...

Photograph of maquette showing Indian mother and child. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 117. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[Capitol, detail of "Progress of Civilization," Thomas Crawford; east ...

Photograph shows detail of schoolmaster and child from Thomas Crawford's Progress of Civilization in the pediment over the east entrance to the Senate wing of the U.S. Capitol In album: Benjamin Brown French "P... More

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization" east pediment of the Senate wing...

Photograph of maquette showing two sheaves of wheat, an anchor, a mechanic, and a schoolmaster and child, representing the diversity of human endeavor. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 75. Ref... More

Caperton, Honorable Allen Taylor of West Virginia. (Member of the Conf...

An old black and white photo of a man with a long beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Senate Chamber Hall, Washington, D.C.. Washington DC sterescope card, ...

Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GDC 16A Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) Purchase; Larry Gotthe... More

Key to Powell & Co's. photographs of Abraham Lincoln, Hannibal Hamlin ...

Key to composite photograph with list of names identifying legislators who voted to abolish slavery.

Thompson, Honorable J.G. Sgt-of-Arms, U.S. Senate

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Senator William Wallace Eaton, Senator and Representative Conn. B. Co...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

North Wing and Portico of the U.S. Capitol (Senate end - East Front)

Photo by Charles K. Stellwagen (?). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: D.C. Washington. U.S. Capitol ext. East Shelf.

The Senate as a Court of Impeachment for the Trial of Andrew Johnson

Wood engraving after T.R. Davis. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 12, 1868, p. 232-3. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

The ladies' gallery in the Senate chamber, Washington, D.C. The gentle...

Illustrations show (top) women observing congressional proceedings with varying degrees of interest; (bottom) African American men drowsing as white men observe legislators with interest. Illus. in: Frank Lesli... More

The ladies' gallery of the Senate during the impeachment trial / W.S.L...

Men and women in gallery of the Senate, during the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 12, 1868 April 18, p. 248.

Formal notice of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, by the House Commi...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 14 March 1868. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Congress ; Pres.; B.I. (2); U.S. Hist. 1868.

Impeachment - Thaddeus Stevens and John A. Bingham before the Senate /...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 12, no. 585 (1868 March 14), p. 161.

Office of the Secretary of the Senate, Washington, D.C. - preparing th...

Wood engraving after a sketch by James E. Taylor. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1868 March 28, p. 28. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Publ.... More

Gov. William A Graham, N.C. Gov of N.C. 1845-1849, Sec. of the Navy in...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C.--the inauguration--scene in the Senate chamber at the...

Swearing in Henry Wilson as vice-president. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Compl... More

U.S. Senators, 43rd Congress / Redington & Shaffer, landscape photogra...

Photograph showing members of the 43rd Congress, U.S. Capitol building with a key to people depicted printed on the mount. 2417 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption below title reads: Taken Thursday, February 12th, ... More

U.S. Senators, 43d Congress / Redington & Shaffer, Landscape Photograp...

Photograph showing members of the 43rd Congress, U.S. Capitol building. 2417 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption below title reads: Taken Thursday, February 12th, 1874, at East Senate Portico of the Capitol. Additio... More

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Garfield's bond of friendship for the unfriendly senators / SC.

James Garfield wrapping ribbon "patronage" around James Blaine and Roscoe Conkling. Illus. in: Puck, v. 8, 1881 March 2, p. 431.

This is not the New York Stock Exchange, it is the patronage exchange,...

Senators holding papers "patronage," "sold out," and "New York quotations," with T.C. Platt handcuffed to man on left, who is handing "orders of the boss" to Chester Arthur. Illus. in: Puck, v. 9, 1881 April 13... More

A dreadful attack of "presidential fever" in the U.S. Senate / F. Oppe...

Illustration shows Puck in the Senate chamber, among many senators sick with "Presidential Fever"; Puck is offering a spoonful of "Anti-Presidential Quinine" to John Sherman. Among the senators present are Wade... More

An artist's rambles in Washington - No. 3: the Senate lobby and the fl...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 57, 1884 Jan. 5, p. 309.

Corridor of Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol

Stereo by W.M. Chase, Baltimore, MD. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: D.C., Wash. U.S. Capitol Senate; Shelf.

Senator Edmunds, "the substitute" of James G. Blaine in the Senate now...

Political cartoon showing Senator Edmunds defending "Fort Boodle." Wood engraving by Thomas Nast. Illus. in: The Daily Graphic, 1888 Oct. 13, v. 47, no. 4842. Reference copy may be available in SSF - Congress, ... More

The Crown covers a multitude of shortcomings Sir James (G.B.) "No one ...

Cartoon shows former Senator James G. Blaine as a heavy-set man in a loud plaid suit with unkempt hair, a white beard, a monocle, and spats. Next to him can be seen the rear of a lion with a crown labeled "Jim... More

[Caius College and Senate House, Cambridge, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10091". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

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[Capt. Isaac Bassett, employee of U.S. Senate for over 60 years, turni...

3557 U.S. Copyright Office.

Puck magazine cover - "Senatorial courtesy" / Dalrymple.

Print shows a senator, probably William M. Stewart, with papers in his pocket labeled "Silver Mine Owner", addressing the Senate, though all the senators are asleep. Illus. from Puck, v. 34, no. 867, (1893 Oct... More

Throw 'em out! / J. Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows senators labeled "Stewart, Peffer, Vest, Jones, Teller, [and] Wolcott" thrown out of windows in a building labeled "U.S. Senate" by laborers and other citizens; papers labeled "Anti-Repeal Drivel" a... More

The "peanut" Hagenbeck and his "senatorial courtesy" animal show / C.J...

Print shows David B. Hill as the animal trainer Carl "Hagenbeck" performing a circus act with trained animals labeled "Murphy, Pugh, Chandler, Peffer, Morgan, Coke, Higgins, Stewart, Teller, Cullom, [and] Hoar"... More

The only thing that would scare our thick-skinned senators / C.J. Tayl...

Print shows the U.S. Senate chamber reduced to pandemonium when a Senate Page announces the unexpected arrival of "Investigators Lexow and Goff"; among the senators scrambling for cover are Arthur P. Gorman, Ma... More

A senate for revenue only / Dalrymple.

Print shows Uncle Sam sitting on the Speaker's desk in the "U.S. Senate", bound by tape labeled "McKinley's High Protection Monopoly Tariff", facing a group of senators labeled "Coal Senator, R. Road Senator, C... More

"The right man in the right place" / F.M.H.

Print shows Stephen B. Elkins walking down an aisle in the "U.S. Senate", holding a "Certificate of Election to U.S. Senate - Stephen B. Elkins"; seated on the left are "Teller - Senator on Cash Basis" and "Smi... More

Shrunk to their proper size at last - an edifying sight in the United ...

Print shows members of the U.S. Senate looking down on five diminutive members seated in the front, they are identified as "Hill Repudiated by New York", "Murphy Repudiated by New York", "Gorman Repudiated by M... More

Painting, "The Battle of San Jacinto," hanging in the Senate Chamber o...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Artist: Henry McArdle, 1895 (Source: tsl.texas.gov, 2014) Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. High... More

Mutual sympathy / F.M. Hutchins., Political Cartoon

Print shows John Bull and Uncle Sam, both bent under the weight of the governing bodies that they are carrying on their backs with papers labeled "Hereditary Right to Obstruct Legislation" and "Senatorial Rules... More

Puck magazine cover - "McKinleyism" / Keppler. Businessman

Print shows, on the left, a fat businessman labeled "Monopolist" being welcomed into the "U.S. Senate", and on the right, a "Tax Payer" being booted out by a large shoe labeled "Tariff Legislation". Illus. fro... More

Crowning the abomination / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows a huge figure labeled "Tariff for Trusts" wearing a quilted cape labeled with products and percentages, holding papers labeled "Concessions", and sitting between the Senate and House chambers, with ... More