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Battle of Manila - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Truth Co.

Le roi promettant de venir a Paris avec sa famille. Salve d'Artillerie...

Print shows the departure from Versailles of Louis XVI and his family accompanied by a large mob of citizens, mostly women, who have come to excort them back to Paris. Illustration from: Collection complète de... More

Battle of New Orleans and death of Major General Packenham [sic] on th...

Print shows the Battle of New Orleans from the British perspective, as British forces advance upon the earthworks or barricades from which the American forces, under the command of Andrew Jackson, repel the att... More

Charge of the light cavalry brigade, 25th Oct. 1854, under Major Gener...

Print shows Lord Cardigan leading the charge of the light brigade toward Russian artillery on the left, in the foreground, Russian artillery fire on the left flank of the charging light brigade, as artillery on... More

A hot day in the batteries / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Walker lith.

Print shows action in a British artillery battery, mortar fire, mortars and cannon being loaded, the removal of wounded, and in the distance, the fortifications of Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the... More

Bird's eye view of Mauch Chunk, from Mount Pisgah tow[ard Le]high Gap ...

Print showing the town of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania with Lehigh Canal, railroad, and mountains in distance. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Accession bo... More

Scene on the upper Mississippi (Am Ober-Mississippi)

Two steamboats and raft in foreground. Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The War in Virginia - rebuilding railway bridge over Goose Creek, near...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1862 May 10, p. 41. Reference copy in LOT 4420B.

Scene at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee River, Sunday Afternoon, 6th Apr...

Union soldiers running toward Riverboat at landing; Battle of Shiloh. Double-page wood engraving. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1862 May 8. Reference copy may be in LOT 4416(o). This record c... More

Capture of Fort Henry by U.S. gun boats under the command of Flag Offi...

Print shows four Union ironclads in the foreground, identified as the "St. Louis", "Carondelet", "Cincinnati", and the "Essex", bombarding Confederate Fort Henry in the background; also shows two Confederate st... More

Reception of the wounded soldiers by the national authorities at Fortr...

After a sketch by J.H. Schell. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1862 Aug. 16, p. 332.

At the White House, and breaking up the comissariat depot on the Pamun...

Steamboats on river; Union commissariat depot at White House landing burning in background. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1862 July 26, p. 285.

Headquarters of the Union Army commanded by General Grant, on the bank...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Wood engraving after sketch by Henri Lovie. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 16, no. 392 (1863 Apr. 4), p. 29.

The iron-clad BARRATARIA snagged in Amite River, La., and attacked by ...

Picryl description: Public domain reproduction of a steamship, steamer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The capture of Plymouth, North Carolina, October 31, 1864

Naval Battle. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1864 December 24), p. 820. Reference copy may be in LOT 9353 E. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: US Hist. 24 Dec. 1864; Shelf.

The war in Louisiana - destruction of the U.S. transport John Warner b...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, l864 June 18, p. 197.

Site of the first settlement at New Orleans

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A race on the Mississippi - Engraving, Public domain image

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5466

On the Mississippi: loading cotton, engraving, Library of Congress

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5004

Hailing a steamboat - Drawing. Public domain image.

Family of picnickers hailing a Mississippi river steamboat. Public domain photograph of steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago Fire, 1871 - A painting of a city with a train coming down the...

Public domain image of a city, buildings, cityscape, streets, 17th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Life sketches in the metropolis - Our homeless poor - Early morning in...

Homeless people in slum neighborhood. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 34, (1872 March 16), p. 5.

Greenwood Iron Works, Orange Co., N.Y., P.P. Parrott proprietor?

Lithograph from County Atlas of Orange, N.Y.500 Reference copy may be in LOT 4385-E. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: New York; PI; Industry Iron; Shelf.

The Sugar harvest in Louisiana / Drawn by A.R. Waud.

People harvesting sugar and sugar refinery in background. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1875 Oct. 30, p. 884.

Paper mill, Combined Locks, Wis

"479" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04778. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Appleton, Wis., mills from across river

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "579" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04782. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Unverified information in this record. 752 field.

Appleton, Wis., mills from across river

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Joseph Pennell - [Bethlehem Steel Works]

Pennsylvania, Bethlehem. As Wuerth described, "Watercolor in sepia brown, white and gray, on buff paper. Signed May '81." [View across river to relatively small steel operation, various smokestacks, one blowing... More

Lynn Conflagration No. 2, view from high rock during the progress of t...

Photograph shows an elevated view of a fire and smoke filled town with debris flying through the air.

The Ruins at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, after the flood, May 31, 1889

View of the P.R.R. Bridge and gorge, from which hundreds of bodies were taken daily. Copyright by Rothengatter & Dillon, Phila., Pa. No. 10.

Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H., steamer at wharf at Weirs

Title from jacket. "3000" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Colliery, Rhodesia]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H., steamer at wharf at Weirs]

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[The burning of Moscow, September 14, 1812; the retreat of Napoleon]

Reproduction of sepia drawing copyrighted by American Fine Art Company. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Russia; P.I.; Shelf.

In the timber region, Arkansas / Wittenberg & Sorber, St L.

Exterior view of sawmill surrounded by lumber. Illus. in: Arkansas. Statistics and information showing the agricultural and mineral resources / Missouri Pacific railway company. 17th edition, c1896, p. 43. Refe... More

Wisconsin. Appleton Paper Mills view, photochrome print postcard.

Copyright 1898 by Detroit Photographic Co. Caption for similar image (LC-D4-4781) lists title as: [Appleton, Wis., Ravine Paper Mills]. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53292". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Colle... More

Paterson, N.J. from Water Works Park

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011558. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Industrial plant, possibly related to mining or metallurgical industr...

Public domain photograph - Montana Folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harbor entrance, Buffalo, N.Y. - Public domain image of a steam boat

Picryl description: Public domain reproduction of a steamship, steamer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Channeling machine and steam shovel, Livingstone Channel

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Duquesne Steel Plant, Carnegie Steel Co., Duquesne, Pa

"G 6036" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071375. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Industrial plant, possibly related to mining or metallurgical industry...

Title devised by cataloger; jacket title: Another view of plant. "Butte, Mon." on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

American smelting plant, Velardena near Torreon, Mex

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Camille Pissarro - Great bridge at Rouen

Title from jacket. Photograph of a painting signed "C. Pissarro, '96." "McC 1353" and "duplicate" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 048242. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Washburn & Moen Mills, Waukegan, Ill.

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Channeling machine and steam shovel, Livingstone Channel

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071470. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Washburn & Moen Mills, Waukegan, Ill

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "WHJ 648" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013742. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Great bridge at Rouen] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain photo of French art painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Great Lakes Engineering Works, St. Clair, Mich

Title from jacket. "R 57" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043378. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Harbor entrance, Charlevoix, Michigan view, photochrome print postcard...

In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 53612. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955.

The cotton levee, New Orleans, La.

Stereograph showing thousands of bales of cotton and four docked steamers. H6425 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 805.

[Ore dock and harbor, Cleveland, Ohio]

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Bottleworks, Streator, Ill., Oct. 4, 1901, The

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bottleworks, Streator, Ill., Oct. 4, 1901, The

"JC 906" and "Detroit Photographic Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042643. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Government Locks at Sault Ste. Marie

H34089 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Crandall & Fletcher; August 3, 1903. Copyright claimant's address: Duluth, Minn.

Plant of the Westinghouse Air Brake Co., Wilmerding, Pa

Negative chipped lower left corner. "G 2972" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018672. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Crossing the Detroit River in winter

On steamboat: Lansdowne of Windsor. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 022154. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Steam shovel removing rock loosened by dynamite, Livingstone Channel, ...

Title from jacket. "G 5680" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036964. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[An American cruiser arriving in New York, probably at the time of the...

H68911 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, Nov. 23, 1905.

Plant of the Westinghouse Air Brake Co., Wilmerding, Pennsylvania

Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[An American cruiser firing its guns in salute as it arrives in New Yo...

H69001 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, Nov. 23, 1905.

Joseph Pennell - Pittsburgh, no. II

Print showing Pittsburgh across river through smoke produced tugboats and smokestacks on the riverside. Wuerth, 518. Edition of 30? Signed in pencil. Plate in LC. Title and other information from Beall. America... More

U. S. S. Illinois, Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts.

Postcard shows people on a thoroughfare with a tree lined divide in the Navy yard, a naval ship in dock on the right. F40268 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 311.

San Francisco earthquake, 1906: Dynamiting unsafe walls left by the ea...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. 8209. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ca. S- F-; Photog. Index; Humor; Refugees; Demolition; Shelf.

Departure of steamer, Nassau, Bahama Islands

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019723. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Tenn. - Nashville - four riverboats (sternwheelers) tied up at riverba...

Photo copyrighted by R.S. Patterson. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Wharves; Tenn. Nashville; Sternwheelers; Shelf.

Three engines hauling the Chicago special on the Horseshoe Curve, Penn...

H6368 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 13254. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Paper mills, Petoskey, Mich. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Saginaw River, Saginaw, Mich - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

"Langell Boys, or Mershon, Schuette, Parker & Co." on cargo ship. "No. 137 Clif." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070235. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Departure of coal fleets from Pittsburg [sic], Pennsylvania

Illustration showing a steam coal barge on the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Inscribed on image: No. 25. U.S. Engineer Office, Pittsburg, Pa. Illus. in: Report of examination of Ohio river with a vie... More

Joseph Pennell - East London - Public domain city architecture drawing

England, London. View across curved river running through factory district, lon e in small boat, foreground, smokestacks belching black smoke beyond and in distance. Date found on p. viii of Sydney Dark's Londo... More

Five-masted schooner, Paul Palmer, Portsmouth, N.H

"4280" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070499. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Paper mills, Petoskey, Mich - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

"G 4521" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070723. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Edgar Thomson's Steel Works / Pennell.

Wuerth, no. 517. Signed in pencil. Public domain photograph of air pollution, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lights and shadows / Keppler. - coin, public domain photograph

Illustration shows a fat businessman reclining on a large coin, basking in the bright light of "Special Privilege" while dreaming of castles in the air; on the other side of the coin is factory life in dark and... More

Joseph Pennell - [The great stack, Sheffield]

Print showing rooftops with chimneys and smokestacks and a lot of smoke. Library has two impressions No. 559-1: Wuerth, 559. Edition of 40? Signed in pencil. Ex coll.: E. A. Ballard. Plate destroyed. Title an... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of a ship in the ocean, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington... More

The wire mill, Donora, PA.

Wire mills spewing smoke along the Monongahela River, Donora, Pennsylvania. J139851? U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Bruce Dresbach, Donora, Pa.

Whaling station on California coast [with insert of man on rock lookin...

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Whaling station on California coast with insert of man on rock looking...

Wood engraving after Frenze, NY. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 21, no. 1069, cover. Reference copy may be in LOT 4706. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: A/P/P ... More

View from the county road of Scotia, Cal.

J172658 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Pasadena, Cal. On front: "Largest Trees on Earth Series, #567." Copyright deposit; S. U. Bunnell; September 3, 1912; DLC/PP-1912:44504.

The monitors and the Merrimac / K.

Illustration shows a battered ironclad labeled "High Cost of Living" being bombarded by several ironclads labeled "Berger, Shanks [sic], Sulzer, George, Jr., [and] Taft", their gunblasts labeled, respectively, ... More

Cambria steel works, Johnstown

Pennsylvania, Johnstown. Diagonal view of road with factory to right and in background with many smokestacks blowing smoke, telephone poles extending into distance on left of road.

Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Benning plant rear view

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Joseph Pennell - [Ship at rest]

New York City. View over warehouses and docks to Brooklyn Harbor crowded with ships all puffing clouds of white smoke, creating hazy view of skyscrapers behind. Wuerth annotated this group with 1/33. Wuerth, L.... More

A logging camp Concord, New Hampshire

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Lead-smelting "Plant", Leadville, Colo, Colorado 19th century steresco...

No. 22247. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Looking Northwest to "Greenback Mine," Leadville, Colo

No. 22124. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of an industrial area. Great Depression FFSA /...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a factory. Grea Depression era FSA/OWI phot...

To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; Un... More

A black and white photo of a train yard. Great Depression FFSA / OWI N...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a factory. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Nega...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a factory with smoke coming out of it. Grea...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Smoke over Des Moines, why Des Moines Public Forums / / designed & mad...

Poster announcing a citywide public forum with the St. Louis Smoke Commissioner to be held at Roosevelt High School, Des Moines, Iowa, and neighborhood forums with Royal H. Holbrook. Illustration shows smoke po... More

Steel plant on Monongahela River. Clairton, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Coal barges on Monongahela River, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Steel plant on Monongahela River. Clairton, Pennsylvania

Oil refinery on the bank of the ship channel. Port of Houston, Texas

A general view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, C...

12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

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