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A view of the harbour & city of the Havana, taken from the hill near t...

Print showing various types of trees and shrubs, with a distant view of many ships in the harbor and of the city of Havana. Includes a numbered key showing: 1. The Cavanos; 2. The Morro; 3. Entrance of the Harb... More

A view of the city of the Havana, taken from the road near Colonel How...

Print showing a group of people resting or having a picnic, with distant view of the harbor and city of Havana. Trimmed within plate mark.

An explanation on the prospect draft of the Fort William and Mary on P...

Drawing shows Fort William and Mary on the Piscataqua River with surrounding landscape and buildings in "the town of New Castle on the Great Island"; many features are identified by letter with corresponding ke... More

A plan of the harbour and town of Louisbourg in the Island of Cape Bre...

Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the upper right. Appears in An authentic account of the reduction of Louisbourg, in June and July 1758. London : W. Owen, 1758. LC Maps and charts of North Ameri... More

Baye et port d'Yorc, capitale de la Nouvelle Yorc.

Scale ca. 1:63,000. Depths shown by soundings. "Tome I. No. 32." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1223 Available also through the Library of Congress Web sit... More

Plan du port de St. Augustin dans la Floride.

Scale ca. 1:100,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in feet. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1641 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

This print representing part of the town and harbour of Halifax in Nov...

Print shows a broad view of the town and harbor of Halifax, Nova Scotia, with meadow in the foreground, buildings of the town along the waterfront, and ships in the harbor, also two islands and a distant view o... More

A view of the harbour and city of the Havana, taken from Jesu del Mont...

Print showing a two-wheeled coach without horse, a saddled horse grazing nearby, two men sitting on the ground resting, and a woman approaching them; distant view over many palm trees of the harbor and city of ... More

A view of Louisburg in North America, taken near the light house when ...

Print shows view from the headlands above the lighthouse, with ships in the harbor, Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, center, and distant view of the harbor. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer ... More

Vuë de la basse ville a Quebeck. Prospect von der untern stadt in Queb...

Print shows the harbor at Québec, one ship at anchor, men working loading or unloading a boat, and merchandise on shore; an idealized view depicting Québec as a typical European city. (as characteristic of opt... More

Vue du port Philadelphie - dans l'Amérique - graveé d'aprés le tableau...

Print of an idealized, European view of the port of Philadelphia showing buildings on the waterfront of the Delaware River, a boat in the foreground, and a windmill on the right.

A View of Christmas Harbour, in Kerguelen's Land / Webber del. ; Cook ...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition. Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A view from Paulushook of Horsimus on the Jersey shore and part of Yor...

Drawing shows men cutting branches off trees and using stumps for a fence at the edge of a meadow with crops growing on the right, view of the bay in the background, showing the Jersey shore and York Island.

Veduta del porto de Malamocco ai lidi di Venezia / F. Tironi pinxit ; ...

Print showing harbor scene in Venice. Caption continues: Fortezza S. Pietro, eretta circa l'anno 1650.

Light house S.W.b.S. 1 mile distant

Print is oval insert on a chart of Halifax Harbor showing the lighthouse at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des B... More

Veduta del porto di ancona L. De Vegni inc

Print shows a view of the port of Ancona with several sailing ships, rowboats, and activity on a wharf. Printed at top center: No. 2. Trimmed to within plate mark at top. Blind stamped on lower left, in oval: ... More

Veduta della pescheria di Palermo in Sicilia

Print shows boats in the harbor and the fish market at Palermo, Sicily.

Vue de la basse ville à Québec vers le fleuve St. Laurent / gravé par ...

Ryōgoku, depicting Mount Fuji - Public domain city architecture drawin...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Ryōgoku section of Edo (Tokyo) with harbor, boats, and bridge. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. ... More

William Berryman - View looking towards Old Harbor(?), Jamaica

Public domain image, 18th-19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[View of Charleston, South Carolina, possibly looking north toward Sul...

Drawing shows in lower left the figure of a man walking along the shoreline and a larger preliminary sketch of the man, also to the right of the man is a preliminary sketch of a woman walking to the right carry... More

[View of Charleston, South Carolina, perhaps looking southwest, showin...

Preliminary sketches of human figures on verso. Includes a remarque at lower left center of sheet showing the figure of a man in a rowboat. Watermark: AMIES. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 92. (DLC/PP-... More

A view taken from the S.W. end of Charleston, S.C. Jany 17th 1812

Preliminary sketches of human figures on verso. Watermark: AMIES. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 90. (DLC/PP-1995:140.90). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith collection (Library of Congress).

New York from Fort Wood - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a panoramic view of New York from Bedloe's Island. A group of people in a boat row away from the island into the harbor. (DLC/PP-1995:140.269) Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory no. 269. Forms pa... More

A view of Fort McHenry, and the entrance of the harbour of Baltimore /...

Print shows a pastoral scene at the entrance to the harbor at Baltimore with Fort McHenry on the left and some people enjoying the scenery on the right.

Ships at sea, one during a storm C.K

Print shows five different ships, some may be schooners, three at sea, one of which has sustained damaged during storm; at bottom is a harbor view with two ships, a small sailboat, and a view of a city in the d... More

[South view of the town and fortifications of Puerto Rico]

Public domain photograph of 19th-century landscape drawing, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View near Bordenton, from the gardens of the Count De Survilliers / en...

Print shows a distant view of the harbor at Bordentown, New Jersey from the gardens of Joseph "Count de Survilliers" Bonaparte, with deer, statues, and a large tree in the foreground, with ships and waterfront ... More

View of Philadelphia as seen from top of Great Ship House, Augt. 1829 ...

(DLC/PP-1996:023.12) Notations below, above and within image identify types of ships and places. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory no. 152. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress).

Shibaura no seiran, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two boats anchored in the harbor at Shibaura, smaller boats and low buildings of the village in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print sp... More

Takanawa ōkido no zu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows sailing ships in the harbor, men moving goods by hand and with carts in the port area, and a small building, possibly the customs house. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunk... More

Shimōsa nobuto, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several people digging for clams on the beach, with small village in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fro... More

Miya no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a woman standing on cloud looking down at the harbor and seaport of Miya, the 42nd station on the Tōkaidō Road.

[New York Harbor] - Public domain drawing

Landscape drawing shows men fishing off the pier, perhaps on Staten Island, looking across New York Harbor. Sailboats dot the water. Below the image, on the mount, various locations are identified in the drawin... More

From the Cambria steamer, starting from Boston, U.S. Bunker's Hill Mon...

Drawing shows view of ships in Boston Harbor. To the right, Bunker Hill Monument. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086

An exact prospect of Charlestown, the metropolis of the province of So...

Print shows a view of the waterfront at Charleston harbor, Charleston, South Carolina, with several ships and small boats in the harbor and men, some with fishing nets, standing on a bit of land in the lower le... More

Vista de la playa de Mayagues L. Luthy fecit

Print shows a cityscape view of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, as seen from a ship in the harbor looking back toward the beach and city, with several ships at anchor in the foreground and rolling hills in the backgroun... More

Un vieux port de la Normandie (Marée basse) / Lalanne.

Beraldi, 114 No. LCF 325. Public domain photograph - historical image of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gênes Vue prise au dessus de la lanterne / / dessine par Guesdon ; lit...

Bird's-eye view of the harbor and city of Genoa, Italy.

Piraeus. Harbor of Athens - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 17, left side.

San Francisco, upper California / Lith., Britton & Rey.

Pictorial lettersheet shows view of city and harbor. Annotation on recto: Where my office was in S. Francisco in 1851. I have seen 2 or 3 times as many ships in harbor as here shown. Baird, California pictoria... More

James Stuart hung by the vigilance committee on Market St. wharf on th...

Pictorial lettersheet shows man hanging from scaffolding surrounded by spectators; with attached blank leaf. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 121. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.13

Takanawa tsuki no kei - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows full moon shining on boats in harbor and many people walking between buildings on the beach.

Balaklava, looking towards the sea / W. Simpson del. ; W. Walton lith.

Print shows view of Balaklava looking over the rooftops toward the harbor which is getting crowded with British ships; two bell tents in the foreground, and remains of an old castle on the hillside in the background.

Kanagawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows a view of ships in a harbor and an inn under a full moon on the coast at the Kanagawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print... More

Maisaka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows a bird's-eye view of ships offshore with small peninsula and large mountain; station 31 on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... More

Ōtsu, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows a bird's-eye view of pilgrims ascending hillside to temple buildings, with view over community near the coast and the sweeping curve of coastline along which ships sail toward Mount Fuji; Ōtsu is th... More

The north side of the harbour of Sebastopol - from the top of the harb...

Print shows a view of the north side of the harbor at Sevastopolʹ showing Russian forts on hills in the distance. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 24.

Head of the harbour, Sebastopol / W. Simpson del. ; T. Picken lith.

Print shows bird's-eye view of the head of the harbor of Sevastopolʹ, with the mouth of the Tchernaya River in the center.

The old Genoese Castle at Balaklava, from above the castle pier

View of ships in Balaklava harbor and hill with castle or fort ruins, conical tents, buildings, and animals. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crim... More

[French naval expedition to the Indo-Chinese archipelago: Port of Toum...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 26, p. 340.

[French naval expedition to the Indo-Chinese archipelago: Entrance to ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 26, p. 340.

Assouan, Egypt - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Boats harbored in the Aswan area on the Nile River. No. 1832. On verso: Assouan.

[French naval expedition to the Indo-Chinese archipelago: Port of Napa...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 26, p. 341.

Simoda from Vandalia Bluff / from nature by Heine ; lith. of Sarony & ...

Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... in 1852, 1853, and 1854, under ... M.C. Perry / Matthew C. Perry, Francis L. Hawks, comp. Washington : Nicholson p... More

Macao from Penha Hill W. Heine ; J. Queen delt. ; P.S. Duval & Co., Ph...

Print shows a view of the harbor at Macao, with buildings along the waterfront; also shows two porters with shoulder poles on a roadway at bottom center, and a group of women on the lower right who may be nuns.... More

Landing place. Assouan - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Boats harbored in the Aswan area on the Nile River. No. 1831. On verso: Assouan. Landing place.

Napha from the sea / from nature by W. Heine ; shipping by Lieut. H. W...

Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... in ... 1852, 1853, and 1854, under ... M.C. Perry ... / Matthew C. Perry ; Francis L. Hawks, comp. Washington : A... More

Hakkeisaka yoroikakematsu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers at rest stop on bluff with large pine tree near the harbor at Edo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the seri... More

Teppōzu inaribashi minato jinjya Andō Hiroshige

Print shows view from between the masts of a sailboat of the harbor with cargo boats, the Inari Bridge, a shrine, and Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-... More

Eitaibashi tukudajima, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows view from water level with pillar of the Eitai bridge on the left and the helm of a boat passing to the right, with ships anchored nearby and Tsukuda island in the background, half-moon in the sky o... More

Pilots Station / H. Lewis pinx. ; Lith. Jnst. Arnz & Co. Düsseldorf.

Bird's-eye view of harbor, New Orleans, Louisiana. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Takanawa ushimachi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a view looking out from a sea wall past the wheel on a cart, two small dogs, and two pieces of melon rind, with ships under sail in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by ... More

Takanawa ushimachi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Teppōzu inaribashi minato jinja Andō Hiroshige

Print shows view from between the masts of a sailboat of the harbor with cargo boats, the Inari Bridge, the Minato shrine, and Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nic... More

Tōto tsukuda oki, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows wooden ships anchored among reeds in harbor, with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

Banshū murotsu shunkei, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows bird's-eye view of harbor with boats and mountains. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Shokoku meisyō hyak... More

Echigo niigata no kei - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows a bird's-eye view of village and coastline, with sailboats anchored in the harbor at Niigata in the Echigo Province. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More

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.

Villafranca. American fleet. Architecture of 1860s Europe

American fleet in European harbor with mountains in background. In album: Genoa, Pisa, Nice, Avignon, Parma, Milan, Verona, Vienna, p. 101, back, top.

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

Harbor and docks with fishing smacks, Italy

Attributed to Frank Duveneck. Public domain photograph - historical image of Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Charleston Harbor and its Defences

Landscape with harbor and wetlands; Charleston on horizon upper left and ironclads and ships in harbor upper right. Damaged dwelling right margin. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image to indicacte... More

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

Prince of Wales at Portland Maine

Photograph shows spectators at the harbor, watching the Prince of Wales' ship, the Hero, on its departure from Portland, Maine, October 20, 1860. Title from back of card. "Charlie" written on back of card. Gott... More

Shipping, East River, N.Y., showing boats inlcuding boat from Georgeto...

On mount: New H Series: New York City. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

[Bayonne in southwestern France near Spanish border]

In album: Spain, opposite p. 44. 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, w... More

Alger. Cityscape photograph - North Africa and Middle East

Boats of various sizes in a busy harbor, Algiers, Algeria. 73.

Catskill from West Catskill in three views. View No. 2

Stereograph damaged with top portion broken off. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Alger - La Grande Mosqueé - North Africa and Middle East

People, a bar, and a street railroad near the New Mosque (Jamaa el-Jedid) in Algiers, dock and harbor in background.

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.

Barcelona. Vista panoràmica de Barcelona, desde Monjuich / J. Laurent.

Panoramic view of Barcelona from Monjuich, showing harbor. In album: Spain, p. 61. No. 390.

[View of transports, barges, etc., City Point, Virginia]

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 3332 VA. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[View of City Point, Virginia, showing barges, transports, etc.]

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 449. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the harbor of Pensacola--Santa Rosa Island and Fort Pickens in...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 December 7, pp. 776-777. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union, Landscape view print - Public domain print

Print shows the harbor at "Annapolis", Maryland, and a view of "Fort McHenry", on an unfolded lampshade. 660 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed in ink on ve... More

Aquia Creek, on the Potomac, new base of supplies of the Army of the P...

Illus. from: Harper's weekly, 1862 Dec. 6, p. 779. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Benjamin S. Wright, a schooner, held in the ice at Square Island ...

Title devised by Library staff (Source: The Labrador Coast by Alpheus Spring Packard). Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 2] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as J... More

[Harbor on the coast of Labrador, with two wooden buildings on the roc...

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

[The Benjamin S. Wright, a schooner, held in the ice at Square Island ...

Title devised by Library staff (Source: The Labrador Coast by Alpheus Spring Packard). Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 1] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as J... More

[The Benjamin S. Wright, a schooner, navigating through ice at Square ...

Title devised by Library staff (Source: The Labrador Coast by Alpheus Spring Packard). Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 4] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as J... More

The shipping New York - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Stereograph shows boats sailing in New York Harbor. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GNY 101A. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early ph... More

A fleet of Schooners - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Card number: "376". Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GNY 96. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) Pu... More

The shipping New York - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Stereograph shows boats sailing in New York Harbor. Card number: "384." Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GNY 101. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs... More

Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor. New York City sterescopic card, 19th ...

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of New-York. No. 1872.

New York Harbor and ferry boat - stereoscopic view, public domain phot...

Stereograph shows a ferry boat sailing in New York Harbor. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GNY 103. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other ea... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, no. 600 / George Stacy.

Stereograph shows three men standing on a sandbar next to a boat with three men sitting inside anchored opposite of Fort Sumter. Gottheim collection code: GCW 45. Handwritten number on verso: 1083-WS. Handwrit... More

Ferry from E. New York to 39th St., Bklyn i.e. Brooklyn

Stereograph shows ferry boats sailing in New York Harbor. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GNY 104. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other ear... More

Ferry boat - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Stereograph shows ferry boats sailing in New York Harbor. Card number: "No. 382." Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GNY 102. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of st... More

Three ferry boats - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Stereograph shows ferry boats sailing in New York Harbor. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GNY 104B. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other ea... More

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