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Plate 1010 - A, bathroom Renaissance

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[Print speciman of stock certificate for Loudon Park Cemetery Company ...

Illus. in: Lithography, engraving and printing establishment of Augs. Kollner : designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer, [p. 3]

[U.S.S. Susquehanna, Commodore Perry's flag ship, full starboard view]

Drawing is on the "Susquehanna & Mississippil Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan. Watercolor drawing Taguchi Shumpei.

Hats, pistol case, drum, shoe, and pipe used by American Marines and s...

Panels four of the "Machinery scroll' depicting Perry's expedition to Japan, 1853. Watercolor by a contemporary Japanese artist.

[Paddle wheel mechanism of side-wheel steamer]

Drawing is third panel on the "Machinery Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853. Watercolor drawing by contemporary Japanese artist.

[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.

The camp of the 1st Division, looking north towards the camp of the 2n...

Print shows a distant view of bell tents at British military camps, as well as hospital tents, soldiers and a wagon hauling supplies toward the camps, the skeletal remains of an animal on the roadside, and men ... More

Commissariat difficulties - the road from Balaklava to Sevastopol, at ...

Print shows wagons and a cannon mired in mud, broken wagons, and dead or dying horses and oxen on the roadside, at Kadikoi, on the road to Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by perm... More

Huts and warm clothing for the army / W. Simpson del. ; E. Morin lith.

Print shows soldiers transporting winter clothing, lumber for huts, and other supplies through a snow-covered landscape, with partially buried dead horses along the roadside, to the British camps; huts under co... More

[Kamara Heights in the distance, artillery waggons in the foreground]

View of plateau of Sevastopolʹ showing rows of caissons, with tents on the plains in the background. Title from 1855 exhibition catalog. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s. Purchase; ... More

Locomotive and tender, Great Western Railway, Canada

Photograph shows the locomotive "Spitfire" and tender. Attributed to London Stereoscopic Co., based on label on the back of the stereo. No. 211.

Coffee all out and no where to straggle to

Title inscribed left margin. Inscribed right margin: The Veteran Coffee boiler Now they are going to have another fight I ain't spoiling for a fight But I don't see any help for it, I've boiled coffee till I ha... More

[Military standards of the cavalry during the American Civil War]

Fifteen flags identified by brigade and division. Title devised. Inscribed above the three flags on the left margin: Headquarters flag cavalry; Artillery brigade cavalry; Chief Quartermaster of cavalry. Source unknown.

[Fifteen military standards related to the American Civil War]

Title devised. Source unknown. Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Taylor's Dam on the Rappahannock

Landscape with two cannons in foreground. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.134) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Wood Station. 2 miles from City point. Stationary engine, sawing wood

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Rodman 10 pounder field piece - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.24) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Patricks Station. Terminus U.S.M.R.R. Petersburg

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[A Cannon] - Public domain drawing

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.660) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Corn piled up on forward deck - Public domain scenic drawing

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-29. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.956) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Cohorn [sic] - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-82. Mounted on tan paper with DRWG/US - Waud, no. 1005. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1009) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Flag of the Richland Volunteer Rifle Company]

Title devised. Inscribed: 1815/ August 8/ Richland Volunteer Rifle Company/ Semper/ Paratiis/ Radcliffe/ Noli Me Tangere. Inscribed upside down above image: No I 3. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.455... More

Well - Public domain scan / drawing

Soldier drawing water from mountain top well. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-81. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.845) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Cedar Level U.S.M.R.R., Nr Petersburg

Title inscribed lower right. Formerly Waud no. C-22. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.949) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

U.S. service rifle, Harpers Ferry, Virginia

Photograph of mechanical drawing showing rifle with bayonet from the side, top, and bottom. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 110. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[Medical supply boat "Planter" on Appomattox River, Virginia]

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 1038 VA. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Mountain howitzer of the 5th Ohio Cavalry Company]

Case: Leather; birds and grapes design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Rick Carlile, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Con... More

Private Davis J. Shepard of 11th New York Light Artillery Battery in u...

Photograph shows identified soldier. (Source: The Embattled Confederacy / [editor, William C. Davis]. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1982, page 314) Case: Berg, no. 1-38; manufactured by Littlefield, Parsons &... More

Artillery harness - Public domain drawing

Photograph of drawing showing saddles & harnesses. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 108. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[Rifle] - Public domain drawing

Photograph of mechanical drawing showing rifle with trigger assembly. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 110. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Mrs. Ridgley Brown, American Civil War.

Photograph shows Mrs. Ridgley (or Ridgely?) Brown, possibly the wife of Lieutenant Colonel Ridgely Brown of Co. K, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment, and Co. A, 1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion, holding 11-star Confe... More

[Unidentified soldiers of 5th Ohio Cavalry Company with horses and mou...

Frame: Thermoplastic. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Rick Carlile, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part... More

Artillery harness - Public domain engraving

Photograph of engraving showing two horses, one labeled "near wheel horse" and the other "off leader," fitted with an artillery harness. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 108. J.W. Butler Delt.... More

[Swords and scabbards] - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Photograph of mechanical drawing showing drawings of swords and scabbards used by foot soldiers and those used by officers and others; mechanical drawing of equipment is on left. In album: Benjamin Brown French... More

U.S. horse equipment Pattern 1854.

Photograph of design drawing showing items of horse tack such as saddle, bridle, and bit. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 110. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Uniforms of United Sta[tes Volu]nteers and state militia

Illustration showing Union uniforms from various Civil War regiments. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 244 (1861 August 31), pp. 552-553.

Hancock's headquarters 1861 - Public domain weapon drawing

Photograph shows a caisson and cannon in the foreground with a military camp and house that served as the headquarters of a person named Hancock, probably General Winfield Scott Hancock, probably at Camp Griffi... More

[Depot of the Commissary, Cedar Level, Virginia]

Commissary with mound of decapitated cow or bull heads in front. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 2527 VA.

[Rear view of a cannon with a soldier sitting adjacent to it facing fo...

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support wi... More

[African American workers standing on railroad tracks in front of a st...

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

Unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with 1841 six pound cannon

Photograph shows soldiers in battleshirts, one with crossed cannons on his kepi, one with 19th regiment insignia on his shirt, and one with Co. F and K insignias. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchas... More

[Horses and covered wagons in front of two-chimney brick house and out...

Photograph probably by G. H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album and fellow resident of Mead's in Brattleboro, Vermont. Houghton worked as a photographer at Camp Griffin and in the Tidewat... More

Jefferson and pontoon bridge on the Shenandoah

Photograph shows a man sitting on Jefferson Rock above the Shenandoah River at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. A pontoon bridge is shown on the right. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs ... More

[Sling for heavy artillery. Drewry's Bluff, Virginia]

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative may be available: LC-B811-1152.

U.S. service rifle, Harpers Ferry, Virginia

Photograph of mechanical drawing showing rifle from the side, top, and bottom. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 110. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[Civil War weapons] - Public domain drawing

Photograph of mechanical drawing showing field gun, howitzer, siege gun, and mortars. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 108. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

8 inch barbette in battery - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Photograph of mechanical drawing showing cannon and barbette. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 109. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[The gun "Jeff Davis," identified as a Rodman smooth bore gun in Port ...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 196. Public domain photograph - Artillery gun, cannon, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Gun-boat New Era, just built at St. Louis, Missouri / sketched by ...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 Oct. 12, p. 646. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior view of Fort Brady, James River, Virginia, near Dutch Gap Can...

Union soldiers by two large cannons positioned behind fortifications. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. B689.

[ U.S. Signal Corp. barometer, made by L. Casella, London, England]

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

Battle-torn regimental flag of 82nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, January 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

[Civil War envelope from the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of stamped postal envelope, free to use, no copyright restrictions

[Three soldiers posing by a mounted cannon with a wall of sandbags beh...

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support wi... More

Iron casemate carriages / Gustav Stolz, carriage maker of ordn.

Photograph of mechanical drawing showing parts of carriages for ordnance. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 109. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Ft. Brady, Interior (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing mounted guns and ammunition around the perimeter of a fort, possibly interior of Fort Carrol in Giesboro, Washington, D.C. instead of Fort Brady. Title from published source: Interior of Fo... More

[Sailors and a cannon on deck of a gunboat]

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trunnion chains - A drawing of a number of different chains

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 108. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

The ordnance armory, Charleston, S.C. - the volunteer troops trying th...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Feb. 16, p. 205.

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

The Meritanza i.e. Maratanza, as she appeared immediately after the ca...

Photograph shows Union gunboat Maritanza after capture of the Confederate ship Teaser on the James River, Richmond, Virginia. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 484. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purc... More

Quartermasters moving, Cedar run, Virginia

Title inscribed lower right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.676) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Fort Sumner - Fair Oaks, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Glass transparency stereograph shows Union cannoneers preparing for an attack as infantry soldiers line up in the distance by the Chickahominy River, near Fair Oaks, Virginia, in June, 1862. No. 2339. Glass is cracked.

Flag of Genl Cleburne's Division, Confederate States of America

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-63. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.990) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Longitudinal section of the "Naugatuck" ; The Stevens iron steam gun-b...

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The Vermont soldiers inspecting the Lincoln Gun at Fortress Monroe / M...

Photograph shows reproduction of drawing by Larkin Goldsmith Mead of soldiers checking over a large cannon at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia. Photograph of drawing possibly by George H. Houghton, photographer o... More

Views on Hilton Head, South Carolina

Six images: siege train, two views of Army wharf, Army bakery, Army headquarters, and commissary headquarters. Civil War Photograph Collection. Nos. 166, 170, 210, 209, 4977, and 4978.

Richmond, Virginia, vicinity. 1st New York Pettit's Battery, Artillery

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. Title and photographer name from Civil War caption books. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1965, Library of Con... More

Battery No. 1, near Yorktown, Virginia / negative by Wood & Gibson ; p...

Photograph showing the cannons used by the Union army in a battery near the York River. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866... More

[Richmond, Virginia, vicinity. 1st New York Pettit's Battery, Artiller...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Regimental flags of 41st O.V.I. / Baker's Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., Overland Park, Kansas, December 2014. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).... More

An U.S. baggage train on its way to the Army at Falmouth, Virginia

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 Jan. 3, p. 228.

Quaker gun in Annandale - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed upper right. Formerly Waud no. C-35. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.962) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The food question down south, Confederate States of America

Editorial cartoon shows Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate states, offering a new pair of boots to General Beauregard who, though barefoot, would rather have food for his troops.

Wagon park, Brandy Station, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, po...

Photograph showing an assembly of wagons belonging to the Quartermaster's Department, which handled field repairs for the Army of the Potomac at Brandy Station, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sket... More

[Railroad yard, Chattanooga, Tennessee] during American Civil War

Photograph shows a pile of bent rails with a Western & Atlantic Railroad flatcar in the foreground and buildings in the background. Purchase; Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc.; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:117). Exhibited: "Th... More

[Title page of Harper's weekly, September 5, 1863, showing Mosby's gue...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 September 5, title page.

Army beef swimming the Occoquan River, Virginia / sketched by Mr. A.R....

Two illustrations: top, cattle crossing the Occoquan River, and bottom, hand-to-hand combat during the battle at Milliken's Bend. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 340 (1863 July 4), p. 428.

Gunboat Tyler, where W.W. Stuart served during the Civil War

Photograph shows timberclad steamer gunboat USS Tyler with crew on deck. Tax stamp on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photograph... More

The Shebang, or quarters of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, Brandy Stati...

Photograph showing the facilities of the United States Sanitary Commission, a privately funded agency that provided care and supplies to soldiers.

[Captain James William Forsyth, Provost Marshall of 18th Regular Army ...

Associated negative: LC-B811-214. Caption on negative sleeve: Capt. J. W. Forsyth, Provost Marshall, Aquia Creek, Feb. 1863.

Freedom for all--6th United States Colored Troops

Photograph of the regimental flag of the 6th U.S. Colored Troops depicting an African American soldier with the figure of liberty; plantation scene in the background.

U.S. Fire Department, Alexandria, Virginia, with steam fire engines, J...

Photograph shows fire fighters and steam fire engines in front of the Alexandria, Virginia fire department which was taken over by Union forces in early 1863. No. 265.

Searching for arms, Confederate States of America.

Union soldiers searching a bedroom for Confederate weapons. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: Sketches from the Civil War in North America, 1861, '62, '63 / by V. Blada. London [i.e. Baltimore],... More

Army repair shop / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner...

Photograph showing military personnel engaged in various repair activities at the field workshop of the Ninth Army Corps near Petersburg. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Ga... More

[Bayoneted rifles on racks at arsenal of 134th Illinois Volunteer Infa...

Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:122). 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 ... More

[Soldiers herding cattle and pigs with Union army supply wagons in bac...

Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 33.

The flags of General Harrison's Regiment, photographed just after the ...

Photograph shows tattered flags of the 70th Indiana Infantry Regiment, commanded by Colonel Benjamin Harrison, after Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC... More

General Stewart's sic return from Pennsylvania

Confederate General Jeb Stuart with captured horses and supplies after Gettysburg campaign, 1863. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 32.

Lower wharf, Belle Plain, built by U.S.M.R.R. Construction Corps

Photograph showing a steamboat carrying medical supplies at the landing at Belle Plain, Virginia.

Mortar dictator in front of Petersburg / negative by David Knox ; posi...

Photograph showing a group of military personnel around a thirteen inch mortar used to fire on Petersburg. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp... More

Captain Hubert Dilger at Resaca, Georgia, May 1864

Drawing shows Captain Dilger standing atop a platform supervising the placement of a cannon, Resaca, Georgia. Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. Title on mat (source unverified): Capt. Fl Digger at ... More

Battery A, Fourth U.S. Artillery, Robertson's brigade / negative by J....

Photograph showing the mounted battery of Captain Robertson. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 2, no. 59. Copyright ... More

Commissary Department, Head-quarters, Army of the Potomac / negative b...

Photograph showing a group of soldiers in front of the commissary buildings at the Army of the Potomac headquarters at Brandy Station, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexa... More

[John B. Gallie gun, Fort McAllister, Georgia]

Title devised by Library staff based on identification by David Richardson, Jack Melton, and Talley Kirkland, September 2015. Photo formerly misidentified as Swamp Angel gun, Morris Island, South Carolina. Date... More

Pontoon boat, Brandy Station, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, ...

Photograph showing a wooden boat, used by the Army of the Potomac to build pontoon bridges, resting on a cart. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : P... More

Field telegraph battery wagon / negative by David Knox, positive by A....

Photograph showing the wagon in which the battery used to power the field telegraph system was carried. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & ... More

Lee's Ord. Park, Petersburg - A black and white photo of a pile of bri...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ruins, historic place, landmark, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sanitary Commission at Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, May 1864

Two men standing in foreground, horses and two covered supply wagons; crowd of people standing on hill in background. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 2478.