"General Haupt" locomotive, used by General Herman Haupt during the Ci...
Photograph shows the "Gen. Haupt" locomotive and five men posed inside the car and outside near the railroad tracks. Title from Prints and Photographs accessions record. Letter relating the history of the locom... More
The attitudes of a country editor
Carte-de-visite sized photographs show "O. Mont. Howard" (center portrait) in various poses illustrating the duties of a newspaper editor. A5236 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted in 1870.
Portrait photo of [Presbyterian Conference, Chicago, 1871]
Photograph of a picture on a pedestal, showing a composite scene with men and women attending a meeting in a large facility. Views of people on balconies appear to be drawn or painted into the image. Title devi... More
Portrait photo of U. S. international tennis players
Photograph shows group portrait of fourteen member all female tennis team; some members hold tennis racquets. Image of America no. 273.
Company G, 9th U.S. volunteer infantry, posed on tier
Black soldiers. 84768 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by L. Leland Barton, Washington, D.C.
[Ainsworth Rand Spofford (1825-1908). Sixth Librarian of Congress, 186...
Photograph by L.C. Handy Studios, Washington, D.C. Brady-Handy Collection. Title and date from Ten First Street, Southeast: Congress Builds a Library, 1886-1897 / Helen-Anne Hilker. Washington, DC: Library of C... More
Portrait photo of [Dartmouth football team, 1901]
Photograph shows portrait of Darmouth football team; African American player on back row. Copyright 1901 by H. H. H. Langill.
The cobbler / George H. Van Norman, photographer, Springfield, Massach...
Photograph shows a cobbler seated in shop resoling a shoe in his lap. Copyright 1901 by Van Norman. Reference copy filed in: SSF - Industry Boots & Shoes.
Chicago in door base ball team - Public domain portrait print
17428 U.S. Copyright Office. This is believed to be, according to baseball historian Paul Dickson, the first photo of a "softball" (indoor baseball) team. Copyright by X.O. Howe, '97.
Land of cotton / E. W. Day, Charlotte N.C. Photos.
Photographic print showing a group of African American men, women, and children standing in a cotton field, some holding baskets containing cotton.
Land of cotton / E. W. Day, Charlotte N.C. Photos.
Photographic print showing a group of African American men, women, and children standing in a cotton field, some holding baskets containing cotton.