Norman's plan of New Orleans & environs, 1845.
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Receipt from Mayoralty of New Orleans for registering the report of pa...
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"Gombo" Recipe, 1845 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Recipe for "Gombo" sent to Fanny Longfellow by her sister-in-law Mary (Longfellow) Greenleaf from New Orleans. Put a Table-spoon-full of butter + flour into a pot and let it brown over the fire, then fry in th... More
Receipt from Charity Hospital, New Orleans for tax paid on passengers ...
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Jackson at New Orleans / Lossing - Barritt.
Print shows Andrew Jackson rallying his troops as the British advance on the barricades at the battle of New Orleans, January 8th, 1815.
To Southern travellers! Spring, Summer and Fall arrangement of the gre...
Transportation. 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 30, Folder 27a.
Bulletin by telegraph to "Union," Washington To the editor of the Unio...
Mexican war. 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 198, Folder 28.
Freight and passenger list of the ship Timoleon from Boston to New Orl...
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Self-inflating pillow. Book illustration from Library of Congress
American general Gideon J. Pillow's self-promoting attempts to discredit Mexican War commander Gen. Winfield Scott are ridiculed in this portrayal of Scott puncturing "Polk's Patent" pillow. Pillow's efforts we... More
Bill of lading, Gage, Hittinger & Co. for items shipped on Timoleon, B...
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Bill of lading, Gage, Hittinger & Co. for items shipped on Timoleon, B...
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The great naval blockade of Round Island. Showing the immense importa...
A satire on Taylor administration efforts to curtail American "filibusters," armed expeditions against Cuba for the purpose of freeing the island from Spanish rule. Specific reference here is to the Navy's bloc... More
[Group of 18 Stereograph Views of the 1884/1885 New Orleans Centennial...
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, which creates a glossy surface to h... More
A map of a part of the southern & western states showing the contempla...
The map covers an area from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi delta, and from Columbus, Ohio, to Little Rock, Ark. It shows Ft. Massac and "Capitol City" in southern Illinois and northern Kentucky as sites selec... More
New edition of the plantation record and account book by Thomas Afflec...
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 25, Folder 13.
Ecrivains Louisianais. Alfred Mercier [Signed X.]. [n. d.].
Mercier, Alfred. 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 25, Folder 15.
Capture of New Orleans. By Wm. Densmore. U.S. Ship Brooklyn
In English. (language) Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Limerick races. Hopkins, printer, 784 Tchoupitoulas- St. New Orleans
"As sung by Barney Williams, in the St. Charles Theatre, New Orleans." In English. (language)
Map showing the N.E. & S.W. Alabama R.R. with its connections also the...
Outline map of the eastern United states including Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico. Shows the railroad network and steamship routes. Indicates the railroad land grant and the coal and iron deposits in Alabama. Dist... More
General map of the Orange & Alexandria Rail Road and its connections n...
Outline map of the southeastern United States showing major drainage and important cities. "Directions and route to New Orleans and Memphis" are listed below the map title. Chartered March 22, 1848. Opened to G... More
John Bull's fish monopoly - Victorian era public domain image
An anti-British satire, reflecting American enragement at Britain's tightening of restrictions on territorial waters open to American fishermen off the coast of Canada. In July 1852, England notified the Unite... More
Map of the Cairo & Fulton Railroad exhibiting the principal tributary ...
Map showing Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and part of Texas. Shows drainage, cities and towns, and state boundaries, west of the Mississippi River. The adjoining area east of the Mississippi River shows only t... More
Sketch showing the route of the New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western...
Rough outline map of the southwestern United States showing major rivers and few important cities. Scale 1:3,041,280. Relief shown by hachures. Across top of map: "Distance from New Orleans to the Pacific 1600 ... More
Iron caps used as skewbacks to the ground arches in the New Custom Hou...
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Josiah S. Brown, New Orleans, La., autograph letter signed to Ziba B. ...
Arrival of Sandy and plans for him. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Map of a part of the State of Louisiana exhibiting the route of the Ne...
Mississippi delta area shows drainage, sugar crop, parishes, major cities and towns, canals, and railroads with lines named and distances on the main line. This railroad was opened for first 50 miles on March 6... More
Riggers fitting the mast for derrick New Custom House.
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Section through the Collector's Room Custom House New Orleans.
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New Orleans waterworks.
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Battle of New Orleans - from a painting by Merritt
Print shows American forces defending their barricades against an assault by British soldiers during the battle of New Orleans. Illus. from: Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, vol. 7, no. 5 (1854 Augu... More
W. J. Martin, New Orleans, autograph letter signed to Ziba B. Oakes, 1...
Information on Charleston market. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Norman's plan of New Orleans & environs, 1854.
Shows boundary lines, streets and public buildings. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854, by B.M. Norman in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for Eastern District o... More
W.J. Martin, New Orleans, La., autograph letter signed to Ziba B. Oake...
Requests bill of sale for Florida girl. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Nugent (Richard) & Co., New Orleans, La., manuscript letter signed to ...
Sends two checks, one for C.D. Hamilton. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Plan of collector's room, new custom house, New Orleans
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Steel Chapel. Felicity Road New Orleans.
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Womack & Martin, New Orleans La., manuscript letter signed to Ziba B. ...
Acknowledges check; asks market prices in Charleston. In hand of Jas E. Sutton. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Cameo Portrait of Frederick Marshall
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New Custom House New Orleans.
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James H. Bryan, New Orleans, La., autograph letter signed to Ziba B. O...
Has set up business at New Orleans; proposes that Oakes supply Negroes from Charleston, setting forth terms of payment. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
James H. Bryan, New Orleans, La., autograph letter signed to Ziba B. O...
Has set up business at New Orleans; proposes that Oakes supply Negroes from Charleston, setting forth terms of payment. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
James H. Bryan, New Orleans, La., autograph letter signed to Ziba B. O...
Has set up business at New Orleans; proposes that Oakes supply Negroes from Charleston, setting forth terms of payment. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Maps of Nicaragua, North and Central America : population and square m...
Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
View of New Orleans - Public domain city architecture engraving
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James H. Bryan, New Orleans, La., autograph letter signed to Ziba B. O...
Has set up business at New Orleans; proposes that Oakes supply Negroes from Charleston, setting forth terms of payment. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
John B. Smith, New Orleans, La., autograph letter signed to Ziba B. Oa...
Has received Negroes except Andrew; requests recovery of latter, a runaway. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
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
[Design drawing for stained glass window showing 22 figures kneeling, ...
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New-Orleans (Louisiana) / H. Lewis pinx. ; Lith. Jnst. Arnz & Co. Düss...
Panoramic view of harbor with ships. Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
E.D. Galbraith, New Orleans, La., autograph letter signed to Ziba B. O...
Requests publication of notice cancelling note given J.J. Williams for a Negro who soon died. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
The Battle of New Orleans January 8th 1815 / D.M. Carter ; T. Phillibr...
Print shows General Andrew Jackson on horseback, rallying American soldiers behind barricades, during the Battle of New Orleans. The original painting is now in the Historic New Orleans Collection.
Map exhibiting the fixed location of the main trunk of the New-Orleans...
Outline map of the south-central states from Mississippi to the Rio Grande. Shows the "Wheat Region of Texas." Indicates completed, located and proposed lines. Table of distances in left side of map. Scale 1:1,... More
Map of Texas showing the Sabine and Galveston Bay Rail Road, or Texas ...
Outline map of Texas and vicinity showing railroads actually built, under construction, and chartered but not under contract. Scale ca. 1:2,002,000. LC Railroad maps, 551 Description derived from published bibl... More
Winer's Canadian vermifuge a speedy and effective remedy for worms. J....
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hatch. Check 260 field. c1860.
New Orleans song of the times - Public domain song sheet
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Limerick races. Hopkins, printer, 784 Tchoupitoulas- St. New Orleans
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Map of Texas, showing the line of the Texas and New Orleans Rail Road,...
Shows railroads actually built, partially finished, under contract, and chartered but not under contract. Covers area of the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico and includes Louisiana, Arkansas, and parts of adj... More
The ball at Tammany Hall, New York, on January 8, 1860, in commemorati...
Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1860. Reference copy may be in LOT 4394 A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
Platform of the Friends of United Southern action ... New Orleans, Dec...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 5 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 24, Folder 26. Copy scanned: 1
View of the famous levee of New Orleans, the capital of Louisiana, whi...
Levee with bales of cotton, African-American workers and steamboats. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 228 (1860 Apr. 14), p. 306 and 315.
Canal Street, west from Saint Charles Street
No. 519. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old Hickory - fabrica de tobacos - superiores de la vuelta abajo - Hab...
Print shows a tobacco labeled with Andrew Jackson, "Old Hickory", at the Battle of New Orleans, 1815, with other officers on horseback. Copyright by Thomas G. Little. Entered according to Act of congress in th... More
Mr. W. H. Crisp, Lessee and manager of Crisp's gaiety, New Orleans; Sa...
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 175, Folder 17.
Saint Charles Hotel, Saint Charles Street
No. 505. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Honorable William Pitt Kellogg of La - Public domain portrait photogra...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Appointed by Lincoln collector of the port of New Orleans April 13, 1865. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
The Naval attack on Forts Jackson and St. Philip, New Orleans
Night scene illuminated by gun flashes from Federal gunboats on Mississippi River. Apr. 1862. Photo "copied from a painting belonging to Adm. Porter". This record contains unverified, old data from caption card... More
Non-commissioned officers, 19th Iowa Infantry, exchanged prisoners fro...
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The mint at New Orleans, seized by the state
Horse-drawn carriage in front of the mint at New Orleans. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 Feb. 16, p. 109.
Non-commissioned officers, 19th Iowa Infantry, exchanged prisoners fro...
Title from negative sleeve. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov Forms pa... More
[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Crescent City Guards ...
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New bridge over Potomac River on the Washington, Alexandria and George...
Photograph showing a railroad bridge across the Potomac River. Three men are seated at right: S. Seymour, chief engineer, C.B. Morse, constructing engineer, S.S. Post & Co., contractors. Exhibited: "East of th... More
The Battle of New Orleans / designed by W. Momberger ; engraved by H.B...
Print shows General Andrew Jackson, American soldiers, African Americans, and irregulars firing on the advancing British forces from behind bales of cotton at the Battle of New Orleans.
Aqueduct Bridge, Georgetown, D.C., looking toward Washington (Andrew J...
Photograph shows three men in a field in the foreground with Aqueduct Bridge and C & O Canal in the background. No. 273. Exhibited: "East of the Mississippi : Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography"... More
[Civil War envelope showing eagle above portrait of George Washington ...
Addressed to Rorelmia [?] Sturtevent, Savoy, Mass.; postmarked Dec. 23, 1862, New Orleans, La.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection ... More
General Butler's headquarters, New Orleans, La.
No. 3159. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More
[Civil War envelope showing American flag with message "The star spang...
Addressed to Miss Mary A. Davis, Hawleyville, Conn.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1862. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem
Map of the city of New Orleans, and the adjacent towns
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Quartermaster's store [rooms?], the point ...
Photograph shows the levee at Fort Prentiss, Cairo, Illinois. View includes the Ohio River in the background, military facilities, and railroad tracks. Title from inscriptions on item. Additional inscriptions i... More
Capt. W.H. May / Photographed by McPherson & Oliver, No. 132 Canal Str...
Photograph shows Captain William H. May of Co. I, 23rd Connecticut Infantry Regiment, after being released as a prisoner-of-war from Camp Ford, Tyler, Texas, with bedroll, haversack, canteen, and violin case, w... More
[Photocopy showing two images of soldiers with handwritten captions. I...
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Civil War envelope showing Union soldier with bayoneted musket and bed...
Addressed to Mrs. Lydia Harris, care of H. Champlain, New London, Connecticut ; postmarked New Orleans, La., Jan. 17, 186[3?] ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Don To... More
The ladies of New Orleans before Gen. Butler's Proclamation [2 ugly wo...
Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1862 July 12, p. 448. Reference copy may be in LOT 4421-E. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Women in cartoons 1862; CW, 1861-1865 C... More
Capture of New Orleans, April 24, 1862
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Proclamation headquarters Department of the gulf. New Orleans May 1st,...
Another issue. 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 24, Folder 31.
New Orleans Militia. Officer. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Full-length portrait sketch. Title inscribed vertically, left margin. Inscribed: Light blue cap + frock; grey pants white crossbelts; other troops in grey; artillery grey red facings. Formerly Waud no. B-125. G... More
Map showing the defenses of the Mississippi below New Orleans and Farr...
Map shows the Confederate fortifications at Fort Jackson under Gen. Duncan, Fort St. Philip and the Union fleet along the Mississippi River. This map, also shows the positions of Union ships under Farragut, who... More
Produce loan in aid of the Confederate states. To the people of Louisi...
Title. 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 24, Folder 29.
The starving people of New Orleans fed by the United States military a...
Illustration from: Harper's Weekly, 1862 June 14, p. 380. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 3. General Correspondence. 1837-1897: A...
Return of Gen. Butler to New Orleans
Rebecca, Charley and Rosa, Slave Children from New Orleans
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, which creates a glossy surface to h... More
Revival of the old slave laws of Louisiana--a scene in New Orleans--ar...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 March 7, p. 381.
Learning is Wealth—Wilson, Charley, Rebecca, and Rosa, Slaves from New...
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