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[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

Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, gelatin silver print

Photograph showing Mrs. James Monroe, bust portrait, facing right. Photo of oil portrait by John Vanderlyn.

A few small temples still retain their lines of classic beauty. With t...

Photographs show ruins of the Acropolis and Frank Carpenter with the Prime Minister of Greece, Colonel Stylianos Gonatas, Athens, Greece. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. Written on page: Greece.... More

Lee Moorhouse - Lucy Coyote - Public domain portrait

Photograph shows Lucy Coyote, an American Indian woman, half-length portrait, facing right. 1810 U.S. Copyright Office. On back: "Photo by Lee Moorhouse." Copyrighted Jan. 19, 1900 by Lee Moorhouse. No. 98. WSUNA

Thomas Sully - Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of Thomas Jefferson

Photograph showing Martha Randolph, head and shoulder portrait, facing left. Portrait by Thomas Sully.

Mary Abigail Fillmore, hostess for President Fillmore at White House

Photograph showing Mary Fillmore, head-and-shoulder portrait, facing front. Photo of portrait.

[Andrew Jackson, half length portrait, seated, facing left]

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

[George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

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

[James Buchanan, bust portrait, facing right]

Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harriet Lane Johnston, White House hostess for President Buchanan

Photograph showing Harriet Johnston, head and shoulders portrait, left profile. Photo of engraving by J.C. Buttre. From Laura C. Holloway, The Ladies of the White House, 1881, opp. p. 442.

Letitia Tyler Semple, daughter of President John Tyler

Photograph showing Letitia Semple, three-quarter-length portrait, standing, leaning on rail. Photo of portrait.

[San Francisco, 1851, from Rincon Hill]

J141156 U.S. Copyright Office Reproduction of daguerreotypes likely taken prior to April 22, 1851. Date based on the presence of the steamer "C.M. Weber," which was in San Francisco for repairs. Sections missin... More

[Abraham Lincoln while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, taken in Chica...

Original photograph: The original daguerreotype is at the Chicago Historical Society. Ostendorf, no. 6 Meserve, no. 3 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Roc... More

Charlotte Cushman as Meg Merrilies in "Guy Mannering"

Photograph by Mathew Brady Studio. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New ... More

[Abraham Lincoln: Immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...

Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Ostendorf, no. 2 Meserve, no. 6 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 6-7.

[Abraham Lincoln while a traveling lawyer, taken in Danville, Illinois

Illus. in: The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln / Frederick Hill Meserve. New York, Privately printed, 1911, p. 43. Original photograph: The original ambrotype is at the Illinois State Historical Library. Ostendo... More

[Abraham Lincoln, immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...

Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. According to Ostendorf, this portrait by Hessler was copied during Lincoln's campaign and further distributed. Ostendorf, no. 2 (variation) Meserve, n... More

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]

Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbons in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More

[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, three-quarter length p...

Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly right. Illus. in: The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln / Frederick Hill Meserve. New York, Privately printed, 1911, p. 51. Ostendorf, no.... More

[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, before delivering his ...

Ostendorf, no. 17 (variant) Meserve, no. 19 or no. 20 (detail) Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 385.

Abigail Smith Adams wife of John Adams / photo of portrait by Gilbert ...

Photograph showing Mrs. John Adams, head and shoulder portrait, facing right. Photo of portrait by Gilbert Stuart; portrait at National Gallery. Photo by Chester A. Lawrence, Dorchester, Mass., of painting by ... More

[Abraham Lincoln: President-elect]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Ostendorf, no. 40 Meserve, no. 33 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 67.

[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, ...

Photo shows presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, two days after he won his party's nomination. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 42.) The Library's print is a copy of an ambrotype. As a result,... More

[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, ...

Photo shows presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, two days after he won his party's nomination. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 42-3.) Title devised by Library staff Previously attributed to W... More

Encampment near Washington, D.C. 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

U.S. Transport Chickamauga, gelatin silver print

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Camp of 31st Regt. Pennsylvania Vols. hdq. General Graham's Brigade

Inscribed on negative: Murfreesboro. Copy of original photograph in LOT 13412 (H). Photograph copyrighted by Mathew Brady in 1861 as a part of series: "Brady's incidents of the war."

Bombardment of Ft. Sumter - A group of men standing on top of a pile o...

Photograph shows Battery Stevens, commanded by First Lieutenant James Wilson from Battery C, 1st U.S. Artillery, after the fall of Battery Wagner. Photographer and date from another copy in the Hagley Library,... More

Scott, General Winfield & staff. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows Lieutenant General Scott, General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army with staff. Date from: Photography and the American Civil War, Jeff Rosenheim, 2013, p. 71.

Camp kitchen, gelatin silver print during American Civil War

Part of Brady Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Removing wounded, Fredericksburg, Virginia? 57th N.Y. Ambulance Corps.

Brady-Handy Collection. Negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes,... More

Derailed train, Manassas, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)

Cropped version of LC-B8184-614 (b&w film copy neg.) Brady-Handy Collection.

City Point, Va., unloading stores for Army of Potomac

Photograph shows men standing on gangplank between boat and dock, with stacks of barrels onshore surrounded by the aftermath of an explosion that took place on August 9, 1864. No. 813. Hand written on verso: "... More

Pontoon bridge across James River above Jones' Landing (view from sout...

No. 2537. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

Sumter Light Guards, Company K, 4th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantr...

Photograph showing four rows of Confederate soldiers with guns and one soldier holding the Confederate flag.

[Boats docked at the shore of a river in a wooded area]

Title devised by library staff. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

Chattanooga, Tenn. View of Army camp

Reproduction of image from unnamed source. Inscribed below image: Vol. 75 opp p. 3708.

Port Royal, S.C. [i.e. Virginia] - A black and white photo of a river ...

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drum Corps, 93rd N.Y. Infantry, Bealton [i.e. Bealeton], Virginia

Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Union officer holding a sword in his arm]

Title devised by library staff. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pontoon bridge across the James River (Andrew J. Russel)

Brady-Handy Collection. Hand written on mount: "See LC-B8184-40474 ZA".

South Mountain, Maryland?, gelatin silver print

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ox team with cannon, 15th & Penn. Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Photograph shows a team of oxen hauling a 15 inch Rodman at the intersection of 15th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. No. 1486.

Generals, Barlow, Birney, Gibbon, & Hancock, USA

Photograph shows a group of Federal generals: Winfield Scott Hancock (seated), with division commanders, Francis Channing Barlow, (left), David Bell Birney, and John Gibbon.

Pontoon bridge, 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

Corduroy road, 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

(Sailors on deck of warship) - A black and white photo of a large grou...

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Cited in Miller, vol. 6, p. 278-279, as the gunboat Mendota.

Shell damage, Charleston, S.C. - A black and white photo of a large bu...

Photograph shows shell damaged buildings on Meeting Street with Hibernian Hall on the left. Brady-Handy Collection.

Heintzelman, General S. P. and staff, U.S.A., at Arlington, Virginia

Inscribed in negative: Brady Photo. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First Conn. Artillery, Ft. Richardson, Arlington Heights, Virginia

Public domain photograph - Artillery gun, cannon, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicamauga (i.e. Chickamauga) battlefield during American Civil War

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Another print of this negative identifies the location as Resaca, Georgia.

Engine "Fred Leach? (i.e.) The General

Printed on mount: (Miller, v. 8, p. 277). Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

(River gunboat), gelatin silver print during American Civil War

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Appomattox Court House, Virginia. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows Federal troops with rifles in front of the court house. Two children stand on the fence. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 9, p. 127". Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; ... More

Aerial view of a camp in the distance

Title devised by library staff. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

General Grant's headquarters at City Point, Virginia

No. 2545. Mounted with 3 other photographs. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

Confederate dead on Matthews Hill, Bull Run (i.e. Antietam)

Illustrated in: Divided We Fought: A Pictorial History of the War, 1861-1865, p. 21. Illustrated in: Frassanito, William A., E474.65.F7 (P&P) Antietam: The Photographic Legacy of America's Bloodiest Day, E474.... More

View from Lookout Mountain, Tenn. during American Civil War

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

(Drum Corps) 30th Pennsylvania Infantry. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wharves at City Point, Virginia, Lincoln's car in foreground

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Group portrait showing Colonel John Singleton Mosby and some members ...

Title devised by library staff. Photographer attributed based on information from the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. Published in "Divided We Fought: A Pictorial History of the War 1861-1865", Milh... More

Wauhatchie bridge, gelatin silver print during American Civil War

Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

(Meat for the army) - A group of men standing in front of a tent

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

(Camp), gelatin silver print - Public domain historic place print

Part of Brady Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Camp Jameson, near Washington, D.C. 2nd Rhode Island Infantry

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wallach House, Culpeper, Virginia - A black and white photo of a man s...

Photograph shows tents in front of the house which served as headquarters for the Army of the Potomac. A man leans against the fence in the background. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DL... More

[Street view of a row of houses]

Title devised by library staff. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Generals Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Hooker, Harney, Dodge, Gibbon, and ...

Photograph shows a group gathered for a meeting regarding the Union Pacific Railroad at Fort Sanders Wyoming, in July of 1868. Attendees included Generals P. H. Sheridan, John Gibbon, U.S. Grant, William T. She... More

Fortifications. Fredericksburg, Virginia?, gelatin silver print

Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hancock, General W.S. & group (Birney, Barlow, & Gibbons)

Photograph shows a group of Federal generals: Winfield Scott Hancock (seated), with division commanders, Francis Channing Barlow, (left), David Bell Birney, and John Gibbon. Part of Brady-Handy Collection.

Petersburg, Virginia (?), gelatin silver print during American Civil W...

Photograph shows homes along a dirt road. View may be of Gettysburg rather than Petersburg. Brady-Handy Collection.

Ruins of Richmond, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows a soldier standing by a pile of cannon barrels and cannon balls with the ruins of the city in the distance. No. H22. Original neg. is at National Archives. Brady Handy Collection.

Chattanooga, Tenn. (vicinity) Nashville & Chattanooga railroad at foot...

Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The church. Falls Church, Virginia - An old black and white photo of a...

Photograph shows two men outside the church. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

City Point, Cooking, West Point, Virginia

No. 2597. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

Camp of 40th Massachusetts. Infantry Miner's Hill, Virginia

Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

Soldiers having fun, gelatin silver print

Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wagon train, gelatin silver print during American Civil War

Part of Brady Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Confederate camp, Confederate States of America.

Photograph showing Alabama troops at camp, Pensacola, Fla. Photo attributed to J. D. Edwards.

Group of soldiers. American Civil War 1861-1865.

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.

Confederate camp, Confederate States of America.

Photograph showing 9th Miss. Confederate soldiers at camp near Pensacola, Fla., Ap. 1861. Photo attributed to J. D. Edwards. "Reproduced in Miller, vol. I, p. 201".

City Point, R.R., gelatin silver print

Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ft. Sumter, the day after its first bombardment

No. 33. Printed on board mount: Patriot Publishing Company, Myrick Building, Springfield, Mass. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 9, p. 41". Copyright date: April 11, 1911.

Twenty-six New York Infantry. (i.e. Infantry), Ft. Lyon, Virginia

No. H24. Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Similar to LOT 4173, no. 44.

View of battlefield. Peach Tree Creek, Ga.

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Published in: Barnard, George N., Photographic views of Sherman's campaign. New York: Dover Publishers, 1977, E475.97 .B32 1977. Hand written on verso: Similar to Miller III, 125.

[Portrait of Union soldier holding a sword]

No. 163. Title devised by library staff. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Jeff. C. Davis - A group of people sitting around a tent

Alternate title, photographer, and 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. Pur... More

Gunboat on the Mississippi - A black and white photo of people on a bo...

Part of the Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Docks in City Point, Virginia - A black and white photo of a harbor wi...

No. 812. Hand written on verso: "James River, City Point, Va." Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

U.S.S. Mendota, gelatin silver print during American Civil War

Public domain image of an American navy warship, 19th-century ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

(Group of officers & men). American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photographs shows a group of soldiers in camp. Brady-Handy Collection.

Hospital ship, Nashville, gelatin silver print

Public domain photograph of hospital building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chain bridge, Washington, D.C. - A black and white photo of a train cr...

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Railroad engine at City Point, Virginia

Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Battery Rodgers, (interior), vicinity, Alexandria, Virginia

Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

Herold, David. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Original negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, 1921-1940, Ite... More

Civil War, Fort Pulaski - A black and white photo of a brick wall

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