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Libby Prison - Print, Library of Congress collection

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

View of the new jail for Suffolk County, in the state of Massachusetts...

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

John Bunyan in Bedford Jail, 1667, his blind child leaving him for the...

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

Elevation of the New York state prison

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

Shylock's year, or 1840 with no bankrupt law

An unusually well-drawn satire on the failure of Congress to pass a national bankruptcy act before it adjourned in July 1840. The measure was passed by the Senate in May 1840 but later defeated in the House. T... More

Kansas. Fort Leavenworth. U.S. Military Prison

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

Lynch law in California - surrender of prisoners at the county gaol [j...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1856 July 12, p. 36. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: California San Francisco; California Hist. 1856; Lynching; Prisons.

The Oberlin rescuers at Cuyahoga Co. jail

Twenty named men posed in front of building. Photo by T.J. Rice, Oberlin, Ohio. This photograph was published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 7, 1859, p. 351. Reference copy may be in SSF - Prisone... More

Corridor of the prison in which Mr. Sickles is confined

Daniel Sickles and jailor at door of cell, Wash., D.C., jail.

Walnut St. prison Phil. S.E. corner of 6th St

Drawing shows a street-level, perspective view of the Walnut Street Prison, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drawing is mounted on paper which is mounted on a large sheet of cream paper watermarked on the left side... More

Castle Thunder, Richmond, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

No. 892. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Castle Pinkney [i.e. Pinckney], Charleston, S.C., August 1861, Federal...

No. 4376. Mounted with one other photograph. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. I, page 165". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The old Capitol prison, Washington, D.C.

Photograph shows old Capitol prison used during the Civil War. No. 4159. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 2, pl. 9... More

Rebel prisoners in the dungeon of the State House at Jefferson City, M...

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

Castle Pinkney [i.e. Pinckney], Charleston, S.C. August, 1861, interio...

Photograph shows Federal prisoners from Bull Run in the yard and Confederate guards on the parapet. No. 5139. Hand written on verso: "Prisoners from Bull Run". Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. I, page 165"... More

Federal prisoners captured at battle of Bull Run, Castle Pinkney [i.e....

Photograph shows Confederate soldiers above watching Union prisoners below in the yard. No. 4375. Hand written on verso: "See Miller vol. 7, p. 4". Mounted with one other photograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Federal prisoners captured at battle of Bull Run, Castle Pinkney [i.e....

Photograph shows group from the 69th New York Infantry (Fighting 69th), some seated, others standing in the rear, facing front. A sign above the door, No. 7 Musical Hall, 444th Broadway. No. 4374. Mounted wit... More

Secrets of the prison-house--a cell in the female department of the Wa...

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

The old Capitol prison - A group of people standing in front of a buil...

No. 1019. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views in Washington, D.C. Hand written on verso: "from B815-1019 print". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Henrico County Jail, Richmond, Virginia during American Civil War

Wood engraving after sketch by a Union prisoner. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1861. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Va. R-; Civil War Prisons Richmond; Geogr.; Shelf.

Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia drawn from nature by F. Dielman ; lit...

Print shows a slightly elevated view of the exterior of the Libby Prison building, with the front of the building facing left, a woman with a child walking on the lower left, and a man riding in a horsedrawn wa... More

[Early photographic view of Washington, D.C. from Capitol Hill, lookin...

Northwest view with 1st, B, C, D streets, and Indiana Ave. in the foreground; view includes the Washington Jail, Aldrich's Wholesale Flour, Grain & Feed Warehouse, Dyers American House, Shamokin & Lykins Valley... More

Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, Confederate States of America.

Photograph showing a group of people gathered outside Libby Prison, an old tobacco warehouse and former Confederate military prison, now held by the Union Army. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of... More

Charles City Court House, Virginia. View of jail

Photographer name from negative sleeve: T.H. O'Sullivan. Caption from negative sleeve: Jail at Charles City Court House, Va., 13th June 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4165-G. Credit line: Civil war photogr... More

Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia sketched by W.C. Schwartzburg, Co. A,...

Print shows an exterior of Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, from across a street, with inmates behind barred windows and guards patrolling in front of the building. Publication date based on copyright state... More

Charles City Court House, Virginia. View of jail

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old Capitol prison Washington, D.C. circa 1864

no. 103. See also variant of this image: LC-F8-1839. Photograph manipulated with the addition of two figures drawn in ink in the foreground.

After a little while - Public domain book illustration, Library of Con...

A pro-Republican campaign print casting Lincoln as peacemaker, and as the hope for reconciliation between the North and South. The top half of the composition represents the North and the bottom the South. In... More

Richmond, Virginia. Libby prison on Cary street

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Richmond, Va., Libby Prison. On Cary Street. Photographer: Alexander Gardner. File print in LOT 4162-C. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861... More

Washington, District of Columbia. General William Hoffman (Commissary ...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. Wm. Hoffman and staff. Washington D.C. April 1865 (Commissary General of Prisoners). Annotation from negative, glass side: Gen. Hoffman & L... More

Richmond, Virginia. Libby prison on Cary street

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Richmond, Va., Libby Prison. On Cary Street. File print in LOT 4162-B. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Print... More

Interior of court-yard, Castle Thunder, Richmond, Virginia, April, 186...

Photograph shows soldiers in the courtyard of the prison. 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 ... More

Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, April 1865 (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows the north side of Libby Prison, a Confederate military prison taken over by Union troops.

Castle Thunder Prison, Petersburg [i.e. Richmond], April, 1865 (Andrew...

Photograph shows a Union guard standing next to Castle Thunder, a Confederate military prison in Richmond, Virginia. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ;... More

Commissioned officers of 19th Iowa Infantry after their exchange as pr...

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Richmond, Virginia. Castle Thunder. Warehouse used as a prison

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, District of Columbia. General William Hoffman (Commissary ...

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Views of Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865

Photograph shows crowd outside Libby Prison. No. B967. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 7, page 121 (middle)". Mounted with five other photographs with general captions: Views of Castle Thunder and Libby P... More

Commissioned officers of 19th Iowa Infantry after their exchange as pr...

Caption from negative sleeve: Commissioned Officers 19th Iowa Infantry Photographed at New Orleans as they appeared on arrival from Camp Ford, Texas as exchanged Prisoners of War. Copy Neg.; Miller, vol. 7, p. ... More

Richmond, Virginia. Libby prison on Cary street

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Waiting for a load of exchanged prisoners at Aiken's Landing, James Ri...

Stereograph showing steamer New York at dock waiting for exchange of prisoners at Aiken's Landing, on the James River in Virginia. No. 6619. Copyright in 1904 by John C. Taylor, Hartford, Conn. Forms part of: ... More

Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865

Photograph shows crowd with tents and a covered wagon outside Libby Prison. No. B128. Hand written on verso: "Miller vol. 7, p. 91 (top)". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Old Capitol Prison, Washington / negative by William R. Pywell, positi...

Photograph showing the prison located behind the Capitol building in which a number of Confederate prisoners were held. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington,... More

State Prison and Warm Springs, near Carson City

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 700. LOT subdivision subject: Nevada Cities and Towns. This record contains unverified old data fr... More

Lima. The penitentiary - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 2.

"Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make" - Old Song. "No prison is big enoug...

Head of "Boss" Tweed sticking out of jail wall and his feet out another wall. Drawing by Thomas Nast. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1872 Jan. 6, p. 13. Ref. copy may be in LOT 4405 (1872). Th... More

[Cartoon depicting scenes in the life of John Morrissey, showing him a...

Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An untitled 1932 oil painting by George Sanderson Bickerstaff, display...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum showcases fifteen outdoor structures and West Texas artifacts that reach back to the late 19th century and the early 20th ... More

Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 05931. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[One side of the great wall] / Abdullah Frères.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet

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

Elation of the "heathen Chinee" over a recent event in San Francisco [...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 50 (1880 April 3), p. 80.

Prison at Cintra. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1933:0175). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Neglected Corner of Europe," Harper's magazine, 63:406 (Aug. 1881).

Speaker Keifer's kaleidoscopic speech, at the N.Y. Chamber of Commerce...

Print shows a vignette cartoon with a carriage at center in which Jay Gould, Russell Sage, Cyrus W. Field, and William H. Vanderbilt are riding with large money bags, the wheels are labeled "Corporations" and "... More

Justice out of a job / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Justice as an old woman, asleep at a desk, with cobwebs, spiders, and mice taking over the courtroom; outside a window an armed group of vigilantes have broken down the door to a jail and rem... More

The death-watch - the execution postponed / F. Opper.

Print shows a woman labeled "Republican Party" in the "Condemned Cell" labeled "To Be Executed Nov. 6th 1883" of a jail, with Charles A. Dana labeled "Jailor" and Henry Watterson labeled "Turnkey"; Watterson lo... More

Soldiers and prisoner T. Hovenden 1884 ; Fredk. Juengling sc. N.Y. '84

Print shows John Brown leaving a jail on the way to his execution by hanging; he stops on the steps to kiss an African American infant. A delegation of sheriff and deputies follow him and the way is lined with ... More

Waverly House and county jail, Thomasville, Georgia

In album: p. 71. Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First jail in Broken Bow, Nebraska

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

The Law vindicated, - four of the Chicago anarchists pay the penalty o...

Two scenes in the Cook County jail showing anarchist Parsons singing in his cell, and march of four Chicago anarchists to the scaffold before the moment of execution. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newsp... More

Knox County Court House, at Knoxville, Tenn.: Cross section and longit...

Architectural drawing copyrighted by Palliser, Palliser & Co. Illus. in: Palliser, Palliser & Co., Palliser's court houses, village, town and city halls, jails and plans of other public building prepare..., New... More

Knox County Court House, at Knoxville, Tenn.: Front elevation - plate ...

Knox County Court House, at Knoxville, Tenn.: Roof plan and foundation...

[Plans for exteriors and interiors]

A village hook and ladder and trustees' offices - two sets of floor plans for town or village offices. Reproduction of drawing. Copyrighted by Palliser, Palliser, & Co. Illus. in: Palliser's Court Houses, City ... More

Knox County Court House, at Knoxville, Tenn.: Side elevation - plate 3...

[Plans for exteriors and interiors], engraving, Library of Congress

City Hall, Watertown, [South] Dakota. Reproduction of drawing. Copyrighted by Palliser, Palliser, & Co. Illus. in: Palliser's Court Houses, City Halls, Jails, Etc., p. 67. This record contains unverified data f... More

[Prisoners' gate, Hague, Holland] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J, foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, c1905. Print no. "17464". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at... More

The penitentiary, Guadalajara, William Henry Jackson photograph

Attribution to Jackson based on similarity of title to photo no. 8498 in Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). "8 x 10 = 3945, cut down" and "30169" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09071. Gift; St... More

New York Tombs, N.Y. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: Stereoscopic Gems. New York & Vicinity. Public domain image of 19th-century New York City architecture, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The penitentiary, Guadalajara - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

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

Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia: exterior view from southeast

Photo by Chas. Loeber. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf; CW-Prisons-Libby Prison; PI.

Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia: interior, Streight's room

Photo by Chas. Loeber. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf; CW-Prisons-Libby Prison; PI.

Condemned to die / F. Opper. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows David B. Hill labeled "Hill-ism", Richard Croker as the Tammany Tiger labeled "Croker-ism", and Roswell P. Flower, wearing a tall stove-pipe hat, labeled "Flower-ism", standing on the right on "Cond... More

Convicts lined up outside dormitory at Khabarovsk

Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-USZ62-47622. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library... More

Revolt in prison, Damascus. 19th century, Library of Congress collecti...

Crowd of people outside prison. 16386-7 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Robert E.M. Bain.

The prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope Hooper

Poster shows a castle on a hill and owls. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. K91.1895. Gift; J.H. Corning estate.

[Cossack huts in far east Siberia near Khabarovsk]

Title from original negative jacket. Similar to lantern slide (W7-1084) titled: Convict camp - 10 men in front of sod house. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Hi... More

Jail (1896), Philipsburg, Montana

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Municipal misc.; Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roads... More

Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphiadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19th century st...

Stereo copyrighted by Alfred S. Campbell, Elizabeth, N.J. No. 482. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pa. Phila. M- Prison; Prisons; Photog. I.; Pa. Phila. Corre... More

Human hearts an idyl of the Arkansaw hills.

Caption: My pa used to raise apples like these! Created by "The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." Direction, W.E. Nankeville. No. 7476. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collecti... More

The Halls of Justice, the Tombs ED French sc 1896

Print shows the prison, built 1835-1840, at Centre, Elm, Franklin, and Leonard Streets, New York City. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Society of... More

[Mercer County Court House, Trenton, N.J.; exterior, flanked by jail a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jail (1896), Philipsburg, Montana

Tombs Prison, New York City. 19th century, Library of Congress collect...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tombs Prison - New York. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereosco...

No. 482. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Florence military prison series--"Bringing the log into camp" / J.E. T...

Prisoner on his knees and elbows bringing a log into camp. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897. No. 33.

Hobson's cell in Morro Castle, Santiago, 1898

Picryl description: Public domain image of a castle, view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hobson's cell in Morro Castle, Santiago, 1898

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Negative cracked lower right corner. "924" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021517. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

"Providence Spring". 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Andersonville Military Prison Series. Photograph of painting by J.E. Taylor, 1896. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

"Wirz straightening the line". 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Andersonville Military Prison Series. Photograph of painting by J.E. Taylor, 1896. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

"Shot at the dead-line". 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Andersonville Military Prison Series. Photograph of painting by J.E. Taylor, 1896. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Execution by the garrote in the yard of the city prison, Havana, Cuba

48721 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 9956. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Filipino prisoners of war - Public domain portrait print

Group of prisoners of war, posed in courtyard. No. 160. Illus. from: The Philippines through a camera / George C. Dotter. Los Angeles, Ca. : [Kingsley-Barnes & Neuner Co.], 1899. (DS659.D72)

Filipino prisoners of war at Pasig, Philippine Islands / Strohmeyer & ...

Photograph shows male prisoners squatting and standing in two lines. 52296 U.S. Copyright Office. Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, New York, London, Toronto - Canada, Ottawa - Kansas. Copyright by Underwood ... More

[Plans for exteriors and interiors]

A small village hall - a model village hall. Reproduction of drawing. Copyrighted by Palliser, Palliser, & Co. Illus. in: Palliser's Court Houses, City Halls, Jails, Etc., p. 67. This record contains unverified... More

House of correction, Detroit, Mich

"26-C" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 014537. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

J. Montefiore Meyers going to jail, New York

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More