... Whereas Congress did, by a resolution of the twenty-third day of S...
Caption title: at head of title: Congress of the United States at the third session, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia on Monday the sixth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety.; Signed: F... More
The confession, last words, and dying speech of John Stewart, a native...
Enclosed in heavy borders with a cut of coffin at the top.; 21018 18 24 May 46.; Rec. 6-21-46.; $6.00. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full ... More
A lecture and a song, concerning the roberry at Newbury, to some men i...
Title.; Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 51, Folder 14.
Murder! $500 reward. A reward of $500 will be given for the apprehensi...
Gift, from the Edward McPherson Papers, 1908. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 137,... More
Kidnapping again!! : A man was stolen last night by the Fugitive Slave...
This broadside publicizes the arrest of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, who escaped from Richmond, Virginia and made his way to Boston where, on May 24th, 1854, he was arrested. While he was awaiting trial fo... More
Fellow citizens of Massachusetts! : Read and consider
This broadside publicizes the arrest of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, who escaped from Richmond, Virginia and made his way to Boston where, on May 24th, 1854, he was arrested. While he was awaiting trial fo... More
The man is not bought! : He is still in the slave pen in the courthous...
This broadside publicizes the arrest of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, who escaped from Richmond, Virginia and made his way to Boston where, on May 24th, 1854, he was arrested. While he was awaiting trial fo... More
The man is not bought! : He is still in the slave pen in the courthous...
This broadside publicizes the arrest of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, who escaped from Richmond, Virginia and made his way to Boston where, on May 24th, 1854, he was arrested. While he was awaiting trial fo... More
Fellow citizens of Massachusetts! : Read and consider
This broadside publicizes the arrest of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, who escaped from Richmond, Virginia and made his way to Boston where, on May 24th, 1854, he was arrested. While he was awaiting trial fo... More
A man kidnapped! : A public meeting at Faneuil Hall will be held.. to ...
This broadside publicizes the arrest of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, who escaped from Richmond, Virginia and made his way to Boston where, on May 24th, 1854, he was arrested. While he was awaiting trial fo... More
To the inspectors, directors, wardens, chaplains, &c. of penitentiarie...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 31, Folder 10.
Important state paper. "Extention." Being a piece of the State liquor ...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 66, Folder 8.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet
Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
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
House of correction, Detroit, Mich
"26-C" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 014537. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Resigns as Director of Federal Prisons. Washington D.C. Sanford Bates,...
A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a door. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Penitentiary, Columbus, Ohio - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "2006" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017365. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
[House of Correction, Detroit, Mich.]
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Old jail of York, Me. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old jail of York, Me - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "Museum of colonial relics" on building. "613" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013955. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
House of correction, Detroit, Mich.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Penitentiary, Columbus, O[hio] - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
House of Correction, Detroit, Mich.
Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033250. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Old jail of York, Me. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a tavern, pub, or small restaurant, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Old jail of York, Me - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
"Museum of colonial relics" on building. "612" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013954. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Puck magazine cover - Jail the only remedy / Gallaway.
Illustration shows an automobile driver who broke the traffic laws and has been placed in jail with other criminals. Caption: Fines are a farce when dealing with the auto law breaker. Illus. in: Puck, v. 52, n... More
Bridge of Sighs, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The Jail, Lowell, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry plate nega...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Piscataqua River and naval prison, Portsmouth, N.H. [sic]
Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Ex-Prisoners Acknowledging the Greetings of Friends From Their Hea...
WSPU suffrage demonstration from Holloway Jail to Queen's Hall. Public domain photograph of 19th-century photomechanical print, book illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nell Mercer, Norfolk, Virginia - Public domain portrait
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Half-length portrait of Nell Mercer, seated, with painted backdrop, wearing broad-collared suit and hat with leaves and berries. Printed as a picture postcard. Nell Mercer ... More
District Jail, Wash. D.C. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mrs. Frederick (Mary) Nolan. National Woman Party
Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, Mary A. Nolan, facing forward, with lace collar and necklace. Mrs. Mary A. Nolan of Jacksonville, Fla., was often described... More
District Jail, [Washington, D.C.]
Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mrs. Catherine Boyle, 908 Young St., New Castle, Del.
Summary: Full-length studio portrait of Catherine Boyle, New Castle, Delaware, holding a tricolor suffrage flag and wearing a two-piece outfit with a locket or pocket watch pinned below her left shoulder, stand... More
Housing conditions in the settlement of Dunbar. They are better than t...
Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
FEUD. SCENES IN VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN TOWN AT TRIAL AFTER FEUD
A black and white photo of a man laying in bed, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Photo shows Floyd Allen wounded in jail, after his capture. Photo taken in Carroll County, Virginia, between Marc... More
FEUD. SCENES IN VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN TOWN AT TRIAL AFTER FEUD
A black and white photo of a man laying in a bed, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Photo shows Floyd Allen wounded in jail after his capture. Photo taken in Carroll County, Virginia, between Mar... More
Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wh...
Picryl description: Public domain image of bicyclist, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Margaret Whittemore campaigning in Oregon in white on platform.
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Margaret Whittemore (on left, in white dress) and others on platform in front of large female audience (some seated, some standing or departing) at outdoor me... More
Miss Joy Young, of Washington, D.C. Assistant Editor of "The Suffragis...
Joy Young of New York City, formerly of Washington, D.C., was the wife of Merrill Rogers. She worked as an assistant on the staff of The Suffragist and later became an organizer for the NWP in various parts of ... More
Washington Jail where ninety-seven members of the National Woman's Par...
Public domain photograph of White House, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
State prison (exterior), Jackson, [Michigan]
Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Miss Alice Paul, New Jersey, National Chairman, Congressional Union fo...
Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Studio portrait of Alice Paul in linen dress, seated in rocking chair, window background. Alice Paul of Moorestown, New Jersey, was appointed chairman of th... More
Abby Scott Baker. - Public domain dedication image
Summary: Informal, three-quarter-length portrait of Abby Scott Baker of Washington, D.C., sitting at a desk, facing left, and reading, with papers, books, and a typewriter nearby. Title supplied by Library of C... More
Mabel Vernon Speaking at Suffrage Rally, May, 1916
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Mabel Vernon speaking to large crowd (mostly men) outside building in Chicago. Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 4, no. 25 (June ... More
Miss Virginia Arnold, of North Carolina, is one of the organizers for ...
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Three-quarter-length portrait of Virginia Arnold of North Carolina, facing right, looking toward camera, in hat and coat holding pocketbook. Photograph published in The Suf... More
Vida Milholland, New York City, New York City
Summary: Half-length studio portrait of Vida Milholland, seated on decorative bench, turned to look toward camera, wearing fur-trimmed embroidered jacket and large-brimmed hat, decorated with ruffle trim, beadw... More
Rose Winslow of New York; daughter of Polish miner and steel worker in...
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Half-length portrait of Rose Winslow (born Ruza Wenclawska, Poland], wearing dark jumper and white blouse, with dark tam. Cropped version of the photograph published in The... More
Elsie Hill speaking [at street meeting in St. Paul, Minn., during Proh...
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Elsie Hill, standing in the back seat of an automobile that is parked at curb, speaking to a crowd of people (mostly men} standing on a sidewalk, on a street ... More
Bertha Moller, left, and Bertha Arnold hold party banner which was hel...
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of two women in hats and coats holding up a banner, Berthe Moller (Left) and Bertha Arnold ( R), standing in front of NWP headquarters. Banner reads: "We protest... More
Cell blocks at Occoquan [Workhouse]
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of the exterior of cell blocks at Occoquan prison.
Helena Hill Weed, Norwalk, Conn. Serving 3 day sentence in D.C. prison...
Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Helena Hill Weed, facing forward, standing behind bars in a prison cell. Mrs. Helena Hill Weed of Norwalk, Conn., was a graduate of Vassar Col... More
Miss Mabel Vernon, National Secretary, National Woman's Party
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Mabel Vernon, in dark broad-brimmed hat, wearing light-colored suit with lace-collared blouse and pendant necklace. Cropped version of the ph... More
Cell at Occoquan [Workhouse]. National Woman Party
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of a prison cell in Occoquan Workhouse seen through door with bars.
Miss Elsie M. Hill, of Conn[ecticut], a Congressional Union picket at ...
Title transcribed from image. Summary: Informal portrait, half-length, Elsie M. Hill, taken outdoors on picket line, wearing wide-brimmed hat with fur trim, coat, fur stole, and tricolor (purple, white, gold) s... More
Miss [Lucy] Burns in Occoquan Workhouse, Washington
Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, Lucy Burns, three-quarter length, seated, facing forward, holding a newspaper in her lap in front of a prison cell, likely at Occoquan Wo... More
Negro women prostitutes were brought to this sleeping room and placed ...
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of interior of prison sleeping quarters lined with beds. Also on verso of item: Interior of sleeping room.
Miss Hazel Hunkins of Montana on the picket line.
Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from image. Summary: Informal portrait, head and chest, face turned slightly to left in partial profile, Hazel Hunkins-Hallinan, picketing outside in front... More
The day after the police announce that future pickets would be given l...
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Alice Paul emerging from National Woman's Party headquarters holding banner, followed by Dora Lewis (with no banner). Unidentified women stand with a banner i... More
Mrs. Pauline Adams in the prison garb she wore while serving a sixty-d...
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Pauline Adams, three-quarter-length portrait, sitting at a table in prison clothes with right arm raised holding a cup. Mrs. Pauline Adams of Norfolk, Virginia, was arreste... More
WOMAN SUFFRAGE. IN JAIL - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Miss Anne Martin, of Reno, Nevada, legislative chairman of the Nationa...
Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, three-quarter length, Anne Martin, facing forward, seated in chair, with body turned slightly to left, wearing a suit with open-collared bl... More
Kate Heffelfinger after her release from Occoquan Prison, ca. 1917.
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of a woman escorting Kate Heffelfinger, wrapped in blanket, outside near a car, after release from jail. Kate Heffelfinger, of Shamokin, Penn., was an art studen... More
Mrs. Sarah Colvin of St. Paul, newly elected National chairman of the ...
Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, full-length, Sarah T. Colvin of St. Paul, Minnesota, standing in front of National Woman’s Party headquarters, Jacks... More
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. VARIOUS VIEWS AT D.C. JAIL
Public domain photograph of victorian building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old Cap. prison - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Located at 1st and A Streets, N.E., the Old Capitol Prison was converte... More
Old Capitol ruins - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National P... More
Old Capitol ruins - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. VARIOUS VIEWS AT D.C. JAIL
Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description