[Warren G. Harding, half-length portrait, seated in vehicle, facing ri...
National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph related to President Warren G. Harding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oldsmobile Sales Co., Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oldsmobile Sales Co., Scottish Rite
Public domain photograph of large public building, square, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
CHIEF EXECUTIVE RETURNS FROM WARM SPRINGS. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 10. ...
A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Artifacts in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Thea...
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Sculpture "Temperance" located at second floor elevator, no. 9, Depart...
Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, 1935. Aluminum, dimensions: 36" x 19" x 16". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the... More
Sculpture "Justice" located at second floor elevator, no. 9, Departmen...
Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, 1935. Aluminum, dimensions: 36" x 19" x 16". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the... More
Artifacts in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Thea...
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
National Cathedral interiors. Stained glass windows at National Cathed...
Titles devised. Public domain photograph of 13th-14th-century medieval illuminated manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
National Cathedral interiors. Stained glass windows at National Cathed...
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Door latch decorations, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
[Librarian's Room. Detail of mural. Library of Congress Thomas Jeffers...
Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
[Mural depicting baseball by Frederic C. Martin. Library of Congress T...
Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2011; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
[Manuscript Book mural in Evolution of the Book series, John W. Alexan...
Photo of one part of a six-part mural on the history of the book; after conservation of the mural. Depicts a monk illustrating a manuscript, with two monks in background. Mural marked at bottom left: Copyright ... More
Oil painting "Magna Charta" located in stairway of Great Hall, Departm...
Public domain reproduction of artwork, 15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[North Reading Room, west wall. Mural by Ezra Winter illustrating the ...
According to the inscription, this mural on the west wall shows (left to right): "The Miller, in the lead, piping the band out of Southwark; the Host of Tabard Inn; the Knight, followed by his son, the young Sq... More
[North Reading Room, east wall. Detail of mural by Ezra Winter illustr...
Photograph shows left half of the mural on the east wall. According to the inscription the figures are (left to right): "The Merchant, with his Flemish beaver hat and forked beard; the Friar; the Monk; the Fran... More
Sculpture "Alaska snowshoe mail carrier," by Chaim Gross at the Ariel ...
Date: 1936; dimensions: 4' 1" x 1'7" x 1'; material: aluminum. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photograph... More
[Library of Congress ("National Library"), Judiciary Square site, Wash...
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[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.
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Front elevation (Modern/modifie...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a palace, villa, or large historic building, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Painting copies for Robinson. Copy of a Renaissance painting I
Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Library of Congress ("National Library"), Judiciary Square site, Wash...
Public domain image of palace, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Library of Congress ("National Library"), Judiciary Square site, Wash...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a palace, villa, or large historic building, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Painting copies for Robinson. Copy of a Renaissance painting II
Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cast-Iron Stew Pot. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
ca. 1940 Source: Pedroli, Pete Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Proje... More
[The visitation], Albrecht Durer, German, Nuremberg.
Print after Albrecht Dürer's woodcut Visitation, no. 8 in his Life of the Virgin series, shows the Virgin and St. Elizabeth, both pregnant, greeting each other as Zacharias stands in a doorway. Dürer's pet dog ... More
[Main Reading Room. Portrait statue of Michelangelo along the balustra...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
[Second Floor Corridor. Printers' marks+columns. View of mural between...
Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2007; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Closter Reckum, the city of Luyck [Liège]
A black and white drawing of a village, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. a... More
Westover Library/Reed School, 1644 N. McKinley Rd., N.W., Washington, ...
The library opened to the public on October 30, 2009. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Print... More
Philippus de Champaigne Bruxellensis pictor regius, ... / Se ipse pinx...
Portrait print of artist Philippe de Champaigne, based on his self-portrait of 1668. Marsh Collection. Published in: The first Smithsonian collection : the European engravings of George Perkins Marsh and the r... More
Sculpture "Foot Postman, Colonial, 1691-1775 by Berta Margulies at the...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Folger Library copy work. Shakespeare portrait by Zucchero
William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain photograph of 17th-century male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
DCM 1636: Michael Seyfrit Flute in C
Flute made after Stanesby, jr., DCM 1125, copy based on performance characteristics. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, brass key.; 62.4 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, square flap. Mark Maximum: SEYFRI... More
Library of Congress. "Lyric Poetry", by H.O. Walker
Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mural "Arrival of mail in New Amsterdam," by Karl R. Free at the Ariel...
Date: 1938; dimensions: 7' x 13' 6". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograp... More
Anemometer - Thomas Sprat's, History of the Royal Society of London
A drawing of a clock and a ruler, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and els... More
[Great Hall. Bust of George Washington. Library of Congress Thomas Jef...
Exhibit caption: "The bronze bust of George Washington is a copy of a work by the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828)." (Source: MyLOC.gov Great Hall exhibit, 2008) Forms part of the Library of Con... More
Georgetown College D.C. - Public domain historic place engraving
Public domain image of an engraving, male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Inauguration of Washington at the Old City Hall 30th April 1789
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Colen.
[Site of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., in relation to pre...
Shows boundaries and names of original landholdings. Indicates "Approximate position of L. of C.--located by a later survey." "Traced from a map in 'Potomac Flats Case,' vol. VI." Lead pencil. Available also th... More
Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of ...
Title in left lower margin: Full-color facsimile of Pierre Charles L'Enfant's 1791 manuscript plan for the city of Washington. Full color facsim. of the earliest extant plan of Washington D.C. (The L'Enfant Pla... More
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Perspective]
Inscription on recto: A-2 Front and [...] Section of Capitol [...] Hallet plans. Conservation control number 8-99-815.4
[United States Capitol. Tortola scheme. Competition rendering of façad...
Architectural drawing showing Thornton's proposed design, known as the Tortola Scheme, with alternative design for flanking pavilions mounted to right. Inscribed in pencil by later hand: Dr. Wm. Thornton's Comp... More
[Monuments, Washington, D.C. Various studies - plans and elevations]
Sketches show studies for circular, rectilinear, domed, and pyramidal monuments, also notations and computations on verso. Some schemes probably for U.S. Capitol.
[Front facade and floor plan for 18th century building]
Illus. in: The country builder's assistant : containing a collection of new designs of carpentry and architecture ... / by Asher Benjamin. Printed at Greenfield, Massachusetts : By Thomas Dickman, 1797, pl. 26... More
Artifacts in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Thea...
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Design of the National Washington Monument
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Endicott
Washington - U.S. Capitol (west front)
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sachse & Co.
Washington in 1800 - Public domain engraving
Photo shows a black-and-white engraving published in 1834 to portray Washington, D.C. and the west front of the U.S. Capitol grounds as they were in 1800. Includes the west end of the west grounds and Pennsylv... More
Senate chamber of the United States
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Throop, J.V.N.
Design for the Washington Memorial New York by Robert Kerr, Architect
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Endicott
Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Woodring and Chief of Staff. ...
A group of men sitting around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General i... More
The Capitol in 1800 taken from advanced proof of plate 38 History of t...
Print showing exterior of U. S. Capitol building. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol... More
[Wu-Ting-Fang, Chinese minister, in Washington, D.C.]
Photo shows Wu Tingfang, Chinese diplomat, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, holding a fan in right hand, and with left hand resting on the arm of a chair; table with vase and flowers on the... More
Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Woodring and Chief of Staff. ...
A group of men sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Capitol, Washington - Print, Library of Congress collection
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Orr, Louis.
Washington - Hall of Representatives
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sachse & Co. check -I accidentally added *two* item level records to the one holding record.
Artifacts in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Thea...
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Artifacts in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Thea...
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
[House Members Room. Light of Truth (blue) panel in the Spectrum of Li...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an ornamental print, pattern design, mannerism, baroque, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Capitol. Washington, D.C - Print, Library of Congress collection
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kellogg, D.W. & Co.
Ebbitt House, C.C. Willard. Washington, D.C
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Unattributed.
Washington - grand eastern stairway- to the gallery of the House of Re...
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sachse & Co.
Capitole de Washington - Print, Library of Congress collection
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Gibert, [Henri-Emile]?.
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. North wing, section of grand ...
Inscription on recto: "Stair in the Old Capitol." Mounted on paper on linen. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).
House ("Tudor Place") for Thomas and Martha Custis Peter, 1644 31st St...
Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congress) Accession box no. DLC/PP-2010:100 no. 87.9052
House ("Tudor Place") for Thomas and Martha Custis Peter, 1644 31st St...
Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congress) Accession box no. DLC/PP-2010:100 no. 87.9051
House ("Tudor Place") for Thomas and Martha Custis Peter, 1644 31st St...
Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congress) Accession box no. DLC/PP-2010:100 no. 87.9050
Washington, looking up Pennsylvania Avenue from the new Terrace of the...
Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 672. (DLC/PP-1996:032.17). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "American Treasures" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.... More
Architectural drawing for a frame ("looking glass frame for President'...
Working drawing showing looking glass frame and mantel in Blue Room as elevation; rendering. UNIT title devised. Client's name from The Architectural drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1994. Inscriptions on re... More
North view of the President's house in the city of Washington
Photo from neg. by Frances Benjamin Johnston of drawing by Benjamin Latrobe, ca. 1810. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collecti... More
"Cyrus Tiffany in the Battle of Lake Erie, September 13, 1813," mural ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
The President's House in Washington, lately taken & destroyed by the B...
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Robinson, G.& S. From: Ladies' Magazine, October, 1814. No. 10.
Signatures, Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec Temp. note: Batch three.
"Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1814," mural ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photo... More
Signatures, Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec Temp. note: Batch three.
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. North wing, section looking w...
Inscriptions on recto: "Section of North wing of old Capitol as rebuilt looking west." "352." Mounted on paper on linen; verso obscured. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of Benjamin Henry Latr... More
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. South wing, section]
Inscriptions on recto: "Section of South wing of old Capitol as rebuilt looking north" "342." Verso obscured by lining. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Libr... More
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. South wing - section]
Inscriptions on recto: "Section of Old Capitol. (south wing) looking South. as rebuilt." "25" "Drawn by JHBLatrobe when he passed his [...] while a student at [...] Georgetown College in his fathers office ... More
Architectural drawing for alterations to a church ("St. John's Church"...
Working drawing showing church as section. UNIT title devised. Drawing not signed; attribution based on provenance. Date from information in P&P Curatorial Files. Church originally designed by Latrobe. Forms pa... More
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Library of Congress - variant...
Inscription on verso: Capitol Library. Date 1818-1820, per William Allen.
Draw bridge over Potomac at George Town, D.C. / J.R.S.
Drawing shows the Chain Bridge spanning the Potomac River at Georgetown, Washington, D.C., with a covered wagon on the bridge; also shows men loading a boat with barrels from a loading dock at left center, with... More
To my fellow-citizens. A gross, scandalous and unprovoked libel, appea...
Imprint 2.; On verso: 6 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 191, Folder 13.
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
[Church ("Unitarian Church"), D Street and 6th Street, Washington, D.C...
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
North front of the President's house / etched by W.I Stone, Washn.
Print shows an exterior view of the north front of the White House.
North front of the President's house etched by W.I. Stone, Washn
Print shows an exterior view of the north front of the White House. Printed at bottom: Engraved for the National Calendar 1822. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Our country . . . home industry
An anti-Jackson broadside issued during the 1824 presidential election campaign. The text strongly criticizes Jackson's anti-tariff platform and condemns him and William Coleman as advocates of British interes... More
[United States Capitol grounds, Washington, D.C. Plan of Capitol groun...
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[United States Capitol grounds, Washington, D.C. Elevations of fence a...
Inscription on recto: Gate, 12 feet. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, whi... More
Compendious chart exhibiting, at one view, the names of about thirteen...
"Entered according to Act of Congress the 3rd day of April 1827, by P. Hawkes of the State of Pennsylvania." Includes text, compass rose, and ill. of Capitol. Available also through the Library of Congress Web ... More
Barn owl - John James Audubon, The Birds of America, 1827-1838
A black and white photo of two owls, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and ... More
Compendious chart exhibiting, at one view, the names of about thirteen...
Includes text, compass rose, and ill. of Capitol. LC copy halved and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Phillips. Washington 149 Vault DCP
West front - a duplicated copy from the col[ore]d one Bullfinch's [i.e...
Drawing shows west front of the U.S. Capitol. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 663. (DLC/PP-1996:032.8). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).
Georgetown from Lee Hill From Fort Lee at Georgetown, Washington, D.C
Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 673. (DLC/PP-1996:032.18). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).
Fois. Pre. Guilme. Guizot (Historien,) Professeur d'Histoire à la Facu...
Print shows François Pierre Guillaume Guizot, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Print trimmed from original sheet before being mounted to paper backing. Stamped on verso: J.R. Young purchase W... More
[Interior wall with architectural ornaments of the U.S. Capitol buildi...
Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 668. (DLC/PP-1996:032.13). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).
[Southwest view of the U.S. Capitol building with cast-iron fence. Pre...
Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 658. (DLC/PP-1996:032.3). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).