Bird's eye view of Azusa, Los Angeles Co. Cal., 1887 /
"Rare early view of the newly laid out town of Azusa. In 1887, Jonathan Slauson and a group of local developers laid out the town of Azusa. This plan was likely published by Slauson"--From the 16th-19th centuri... More
[Overhead view showing path of obelisk during move from the Circus Ner...
Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: The tradition of technology : L... More
Provincia d[e] S. Diego de Mexico en la nueba España tiene 14 co[n]ven...
Bird's-eye view. Relief shown pictorially. In upper border: Nova delineatio s[t]rictissimæ, S. Didaci Provinciæ in Nova Hispania. Accompanied by paper pulls of recto and verso of the cooperplate. ([2] leaves : ... More
Panorama dal campanile di S. Marco verso S. Maria della Salute
Photograph shows aerial view of the mouth of the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, with the Church of Santa Maria della Salute and the Church of the Redentore.
[Ming shi san ling tu]. - Public domain dedication image
Not drawn to scale. Title supplied. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Brush-and-ink and watercolor. Shows panoramic view of the 13 tombs of the Ming emperors. ... More
Stadt St. Domingo. Historic map, Library of Congress
Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "No. 7." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1
Georges Louis le Rouge - Vue de Quebec, capitale du Canada.
LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 1073.3 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes "Renvois" indicating 10 important buildings as seen from the east. Vault AACR2: 100; 440; 651/1
Plan of the city of New York ; An exact prospect of Charlestown : the ...
New York City map shows streets, wharves, ferries, principal buildings, and built-up area. Charleston view is panorama of waterfront and quays with principal buildings lettered for identification (no index pres... More
First view of the Battle of Patapsco Neck : dedicated to those who los...
Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain image of 16th-17th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright... More
Plan & view of the city of Mobile
"Copyright secured by according to law." Includes city view and insets of 9 buildings. LC copy mounted on cloth. Annotated on verso: Goodwin and Haire Plan of Mobile, 1825. In pencil in lower left corner on ver... More
Kyōto no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan
Print shows a woman sitting on a cloud overlooking Kyōto, the final station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fro... More
East view of the village of North Bridgewater, Massachusetts. 1844.
LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 315 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "From a lithograph in possession of Mr. R. C. Kimball." Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 651/1; 710/2
View of York, Pennsylvania panoramic view
LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 876.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes col. illus. AACR2: 651/1; 710/1
City of St. Paul, capital of Minnesota /
Panorama. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853, by Thompson Ritchie, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penna." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 406.1 Available... More
View from the hills. Assouan - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
Shallows and rocky outcroppings on the Nile River. No. 1830. On verso: Assouan.
Assouan, Egypt - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
Aerial view of Aswan area on the Nile River, seen through trees. No. 1833. On verso: Assouan.
Island of Philœ - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
Island of Philae with remains of ancient temple and pylons. No. 1815. On verso: Philae.
View of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville & Monticello, take...
"Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1856, by Casimir Bohn, in the Clerks Office of the District Court, of the District of Columbia." Gift; Alan M. Voorhees; LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 953.2 ... More
Bird's eye view of Philadelphia.
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic city, cityscape, street view, buildings, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Liverpool, 1859, part of Birkenhead, the docks, and Cheshire coast
Low-angle bird's-eye view. "Published February 28, 1859, by John R. Isaac ... New York, published by M. Knoedler ... February 28th 1859 ..." LC copy annotated in ink in lower margin: Deposited in Clerk's Office... More
Granada. Vista general de la Alhambra desde la torre del Homenaje / J....
View toward the palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada, Spain. In album: Spain, opposite p. 28. No. 1105.
View of the Bosphorus - North Africa and Middle East
Photograph shows harbor, boats, and buildings on shore. Identified on mount verso as Bosporus, but probably is another location.
Burgos. Vista general de Burgos desde el Castillo
View of Burgos from the castle. In album: Spain, p.2. No. 98.
Camp Dennison : taken from Old Aunt Roady's Hill /
Bird's-eye view. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.) 318.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 19-87
View of the Bosphorus - North Africa and Middle East
Aerial view of a waterfront section of Istanbul. Public domain photograph - historical image of Istanbul, Turkey, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tour de Triumph, a la Haquie - Drawing. Public domain image.
Photograph shows a Roman arch at Latakia (Lattaquia), Syria, surrounded by trees. No. 17. Written in pencil on mount: "Photo by Dumas, 188- ".
Baalbek Panorama - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
Aerial view of temple ruins of Baʻlabakk. On mount: Thomas Wilson, Washington, D.C. Written in pencil on mount: "Photo by Dumas, 188- ". Note on verso: Temple of Douris, Baalbek.
Chesapeake and Ohio canal - Plan of Foundry site : [Washington D.C.] /
Shows foundry buildings and "Depot for guns." Also covers part of Potomac River waterfront and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Relief shown by hachures. From the Taggart Estate papers. Accompanied by ill.: Plan & el... More
City Hall, N. Y. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.
On mount: American Views. Standard Series. Public domain image of 19th-century New York City architecture, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Veu perse de la cour du Serasker
Aerial view of a waterfront section of Istanbul. Public domain photograph - historical image of Istanbul, Turkey, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Le Pont-Neuf, vu du quai des Grands Augustins / Photographie H.J. à Pa...
Stereograph shows aerial view of Pont-Neuf, Paris. 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
[Bird's-eye view of the residential compound of a nobleman in Beijing;...
Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 151. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).
Jerusalem / Frank M. Good, Phot. ; London.
City of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Baalbek. General view - An old photo of a view of a city
No. 400. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View from Agriculture Dep't, Washington, D. C
On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Baltimore, Md.; Ottawa, Kas.
View of Sorrento from Capodimonte, engraving, Library of Congress
Stamped on mount: Sommer & Behles, Photographes, Naples. In album: Browning Collection of Portraits, etc., p. 45 (bottom left). Color laser copy reference surrogate for LOT 6633 is available for use in the Prin... More
View of Victoria, Vancouver Island.
LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 1075 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Shows points of interest. AACR2: 651/1; 700/1; 710/2
Lucerne. Cityscape photograph - Public domain albumen print photogrpap...
In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 38, upper right.
The gold mining town of Rock Creek, British Columbia, 1860
Photograph shows a cluster of log buildings, one identified as a restaurant, of the gold mining town, Rock Creek, British Columbia, as seen from a hillside above the town, with the creek in the background. In ... More
Newport, R.I. : view from Fort Wolcott, Goat Island /
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; David Doret; August 2000. Copy imperfect: Darkened, stained, mounted on cardboard backing. PM3 Acquisitions control no.: 2000-79
Stuttgard. Palace--statue Schiller
View of the old palace showing plaza with trees and statue of Friedrich Schiller. In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, opposite p. 191. No. 362.
El Escorial. Vista del monasterio desde la presa
In album: Spain, opposite p. 6. No. 49. 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 ... More
Alger. Cityscape photograph - North Africa and Middle East
Boats of various sizes in a busy harbor, Algiers, Algeria. 73.
Bird's eye view of Camp Chase near Columbus, Ohio.
Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Grand bazar au Kasr el Nil, Cairo / Zangaki.
Aerial view of people and animals gathered in open air market. Photograph by Adelphi and Constantine Zangaki. No. 390.
Boulevard des Italiens. Paris France sterescope card, 19th century.
Stereograph shows aerial view of Boulevard des Italiens, Paris. On mount: Paris. Vue instantanée.
The Bosphorus. Cityscape photograph - North Africa and Middle East
Photograph shows harbor, boats, and buildings on shore. Identified on mount verso as the Bosporus, but probably is another location.
Panorama of the seat of war : bird's eye view of Texas and part of Mex...
Shows the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico from "Littel [i.e., Little] Constance Bay," Louisiana to the Rio Grande. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by John Bachmann ... Southern District o... More
Town of Phillippi, Barbour County, West Virginia. 1861.
Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 1008 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1
Bird's-eye view of Sickel Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. Ru...
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
View down the Potomac from Union Arch (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph showing an aerial view of a wharf facility with large stone bricks scattered around. No. 131. Title from published source: Entrance to Washington Water Works, Great Falls, Potomac River. Published i... More
Richmond from Holywood Levy & Cohen Cartes de visite
View of Richmond, Va. from Holywood, Va. No. 454. One of six views on LC-B8184-10382 (b&w film copy neg.)
Richmond, Virginia. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Gift; George Holmes; July 26, 1941. 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 sal... More
Civil war glass negatives and related prints - Harris and Ewing, Washi...
A black and white photo of an old town, 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
View of James River and part of city of Richmond looking west from Lib...
No. B151. 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
Fort Sumter Historic map, Library of Congress
Bird's-eye view of Fort Sumter in 1861. "*GPO: 1992--312-248/60041." Panel title: Fort Sumter, Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina, official park guide. Includes descriptive index, text, ill., and map... More
Petersburg, Virginia, gelatin silver print during American Civil War
Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New Hope Church, Georgia - A black and white photo of a dirt road
Photograph shows aerial view of land with railroad tracks, dirt roads, and a few buildings. Brady-Handy Collection.
Potomac River, looking down from Georgetown, showing Mason's Island, L...
Photograph shows an aerial view of Georgetown rooftops and backyard gardens, the Potomac River, and Mason's Island, now known as Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington, D.C.
Camp of 44th New York Infantry near Alexandria, Virginia
Photograph shows an aerial view of Alexandria looking East with King Street on the left. No. B172. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
View of Chattanooga, Tenn. - A black and white photo of a small town
Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort, and Hygeia Hotel, Virginia
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by E. Sachse & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Maryland." Low angle view. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 547.1 Available also through the Li... More
Chattanooga, Tennessee, gelatin silver print during American Civil War
Photograph shows aerial vew of Chattanooga. Date based on LOT 4164-E, no. 21. Brady-Handy Collection.
Central (i.e. Circular) Church, Charleston, S.C.
Photograph shows aerial view of the ruins of Circular Church and Secession Hall. No. 4419. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
View of Charleston, South Carolina during American Civil War
Photograph shows aerial view of Charleston including some ruined buildings. No. 4444. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
District of Columbia and the seat of war on the Potomac.
Low-angle bird's-eye view. Shows cities of Washington and Alexandria in foreground. Includes index of military positions with regiment names. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 678 Stephenson. Cartography of northern... More
Giesboro, Md. (Andrew J. Russel) during American Civil War
Photograph showing an aerial view of the Giesboro cavalry depot. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a m... More
Panorama of the seat of war. Birds eye view of Virginia, Maryland, Del...
Shows various Civil War fortifications (battle sites noted by crossed swords) and smoke over Manassas (Bull Run) vicinity. Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web si... More
Arsenal yard, Washington, D.C., from roof of model arsenal (Andrew J. ...
Photograph showing an aerial view of the Washington Arsenal yard. No. 274.
Government Bakery, Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows an aerial view of the facility with Alexandria skyline in the background. No. 220.
Birds eye view of the seat of war around Richmond showing the battle o...
Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 621 Perspective drawing. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Encampment of U.St. troops at Newport News, Virginia, 1861 & 1862 /
Bird's eye view. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 2001-31 CW3
Fortress Monroe, Virginia and its vicinity
Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 548 Perspective drawing with 20 important places keyed by number to a list below the map. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through th... More
Seabrook's negro quarters. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...
Photograph shows an aerial view of the slave quarters at Seabrook's Plantation.
[Aerial view of commercial district of St. Louis, Missouri]
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
[B]alloon view of the attack on Fort Darling in the James River, by Co...
Not drawn to scale. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 541.2 From Harper's weekly, v. 6, May 31, 1862. p. [337] This view was acquired by the Library of Congress in 1948 with the purchase of the papers and maps of Ma... More
Richmond, Virginia and its vicinity.
LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 961.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 651/1; 700/1
View of Gettysburg from the Northwest
No. 970. Date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. Caption continues: First and ... More
map of louisiana Historic map, Library of Congress
Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 241 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 651/1
View of Gettysburg from Cemetery Hill
No. 967. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, pl. 35. Caption continues: The road on the left is the Baltimore pike... More
View of Fredericksburg, Virginia Nov. 1862.
Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 956 LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 554 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
Looking up Appomattox River, from Point of Rocks, December 1864
Photograph showing the channel of the Appomattox River from Point of Rocks.
Army bridge, Chattanooga, 1864 - A black and white photo of a river an...
Photograph shows an aerial view of the bridge across the Tennessee River built by the Federal Army. No. B769. Hand written on verso: "Miller III, 253". Photograph is half stereograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Fort Ellsworth, near Alexandria, Virginia, interior view, April 3, 186...
Photograph shows a view from a rooftop of Fort Ellsworth named for Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, a Union officer killed in 1861. No. 271.
Giesboro, Md., 1864 (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph showing horses in stables at the Giesboro cavalry depot. Alternate title from published source: Giesboro stables; July 1865. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by ... More
Chattanooga, Tennessee, circa 1864 during American Civil War
Photograph shows aerial view of Chattanooga. 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... More
View of Knoxville, Tenn. April 1864
Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pontoon bridges across James River, Richmond Virginia
Photograph shows an aerial view of the James River with a pontoon bridge going across it. No. B841. Mounted with four other photographs with general caption: Views in Richmond, Va., April, 1865. Photograph is ... More
Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Samarkand. Chast' goroda prilegaiushchaia ...
Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 143.
Zaravshanskii okrug. G. Urgut. Chast' goroda "Adil' Pervanachi"
Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 152.
Bird's eye view of New York and environs.
Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 594.6 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1
[Fort Collins, Colorado. Historic map, Library of Congress
Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picr... More
Giesboro, Md (Andrew J. Russel) during American Civil War
Photograph showing soldiers' tents at the Giesboro cavalry depot. Alternate title from published source: Giesboro cavalry depot; July 1865. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints /... More
Washington, D.C., April, 1865, Confederate States of America.
Photograph showing aerial view of cattle grazing in the city. Illus. in: Davis, William C., ed. The Image of War, 1861-1865, vol. 3, The Embattled Confederacy, pg. 256. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
[View of Richmond, Virginia] - 19th century Virginia.
Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.
Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865, American Civil War Glass Negative.
Panorama of Richmond, Va. showing burnt district. No. 623. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, pu... More
Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. Zapadnaia chast' g. Chimkenda, vid s tsitadel...
Photograph shows aerial view of one-story adobe thatched-roof buildings in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 95.
Washington, D.C., April, 1865, American Civil War Glass Negative.
Photograph shows Maine Ave., S.W., looking N.E. towards Capitol from Armory vic. (Maine Ave. ran from 3rd to 6th sts., S.W., just north, of and parallel to, Maryland Ave. in 1865). Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Interior views of Fort Sumter, in April, 1865
Photograph shows the parapet and interior of Fort Sumter with gabions used as reinforcements in construction of a bombproof structure. No. 4384. Mounted with five other photographs. Photograph is half of a ste... More
Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865, looking westward
No. B47. 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