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Smokestacks and bridge of a steamboat docked at Jackson Square on the ...

Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plan of Mr. Fitch's steam boat - Public domain image of a steam boat

Print shows broadside view of John Fitch's design for ferry boat with steam-driven oars. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or monthly miscellany,.... Philadelphia : Printed for T. Seddon, W. Spotswood, C. Cis... More

Water proof - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a female figure possibly representing Columbia or Commerce, full-length, seated, facing right, wearing a helmet with an eagle(?) with wings spread on top; she is holding a pike with her right hand, ... More

[Amphibious steam powered carriage and paddle boat designed by Oliver ...

Illus. in: The Boston mechanic and journal of the useful arts and sciences. Boston : G.W. Light & Co., 1834 July, p. 17. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonar... More

Study sketches of two ships - a sailing ship and a steamship, possibly...

Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (L... More

Stony Point, near Gibraltar, on the Hudson River, U.S. July 24th 1846

Drawing shows a steamship on the Hudson River, with a view of the lighthouse at Stony Point, New York. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086

[Lampshade design with six views: "Kansas", "Jefferson City", "Erie R....

Stamped on lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

St. Louis in 1832. From an original painting by George Catlin in posse...

Print shows a side paddle wheel steamer named the "St. Louis" headed up the Mississippi River under steam, with a view of the Saint Louis waterfront in the background. Based on an original oil painting by Geor... More

[Ben Campbell, steamship at landing]

Photographer unidentified. Case: front, variant of Rinhart 163; back, central spiral within rectangular border. Purchase; 1982; (DLC/PP-1982:095). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

River boat on the Potomac - Public domain scan / drawing

Sketch shows a sidewheel steamboat on the Potomac River. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with binder's title: Sk... More

[Stern paddle-wheel steam tugboat towing British warship]

Illus. in: A description and draught of a new-invented machine for carrying vessels or ships out of, or into any harbour,.... [London : Reprinted for J. Sheepshanks, 1855 from 1737 edition]. Published in: The ... More

East view of Philadelphiadelphia, Pennsylva. and part of Camden, New J...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Camden, New Jersey in the foreground, with many buildings of commercial and residential nature, the Delaware River with steamboats and ships, and a view from the east of Philade... More

[Scene on the Delaware River at Philada. during the severe winter of 1...

Drawing shows many people from Philadelphia ice skating on the Delaware River, possibly near the Philadelphia Navy Yard, "during the severe winter of 1856." Title from lithograph published after this drawing. (... More

Fitch's steamboat On the Delaware River, opposite Philadelphiadelphia ...

Illus. from: The life of Robert Fulton [...] / John Franklin Reigart. Philadelphia: C.G. Henderson & Co., 1856.

Scene on the Delaware River at Philada. during the severe winter of 18...

Print shows many people from Philadelphia ice skating on the Delaware River, possibly near the Philadelphia Navy Yard, "during the severe winter of 1856." At head of title: Souvenir of the coldest winter on re... More

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

Transatlantic sketches--the Mississippi River

Wood engravings showing three views of the Mississippi River, captioned: 1. Down the lower Mississippi--from the Baton Rouge; 2. Voyageurs ascending the lower Mississippi; 3. Woodchopper's hut, lower Mississippi.

From Grays Ferry looking south / Jas. Queen.

Drawing shows two steamboats at dock and four riverboats or barges on the Schuylkill River, with marsh in the foreground. Signed "Jas. Queen" on lower right. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson c... More

Captured steamer used as a picket boat St. Johns River

Broadside view. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: 74. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.341) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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.

Joseph Whitney - Public domain drawing

Three fragmentary drawings of steamboat Joseph Whitney. Title inscribed center right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.39). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Scene on the upper Mississippi (Am Ober-Mississippi)

Two steamboats and raft in foreground. Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S.S. Silver Lake, a U.S. Navy tin-clad steamboat which patrolled Con...

Gift; Connor Paul Younkin; 2017; (DLC/PP-2017:151). Forms part of: Younkin collection of cartes de visite. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2017:151, no. 5 (AA size part)

Bushū Yokohama hakkei no uchi - hatoba no kihan

Japanese print shows a man and a woman standing on the docks as a steamboat returns to the pier. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 1. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. Annotations, stamps, etc. on ver... More

U.S. gunboat Queen City - An old photo of a boat in the water

No. 3147. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The steamship Marion, on her way to New York with the wives and childr...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Feb. 23, p. 212.

Arrival of the Twenty-Second Indiana Volunteers, Colonel J.C. Davis, a...

Soldiers getting off steamboat. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 246 (1861 Sept. 14), p. 582.

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

Tennessee River near Florence, Alabama, 1862

Drawing shows a steamboat on the Tennessee River, near Florence, Alabama. Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. Title on mat (source unverified): Tennessee River near Florence, Alabama, July 18, 1862. ... More

Commodore Farragut's squadron and Captain Porter's mortar fleet enteri...

Print shows a large squadron of battleships and ironclads entering the Mississippi River near the "Light-house of Southwest Pass"; some are identified as the "Colorado, 40 Guns", "Pensacola on the Bar", "Westfi... More

Capture of Fort Henry by U.S. gun boats under the command of Flag Offi...

Print shows four Union ironclads in the foreground, identified as the "St. Louis", "Carondelet", "Cincinnati", and the "Essex", bombarding Confederate Fort Henry in the background; also shows two Confederate st... More

Memphis (Tennessee) before the war / sketched by Porte Crayon.

Composite of three scenes showing the old battery at the navy yard, steamboat landing, and the cotton levee, Memphis, Tennessee. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1862 March 15, p. 168. David Strother (1816-1888), 19... More

The National steamer Oriental, on shore on the sandpit near Nag's Head...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1862 July 5, p. 221.

Difficulties of a working general among the bayous Bayou navigation in...

Four illustrations: men poling a flatboat; man seated on shore; soldiers along bayou; and a steamboat. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 328 (1863 April 11), p. 225. DCRM(G) example 1F1.1 - Material without... More

Headquarters of the Union Army commanded by General Grant, on the bank...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Wood engraving after sketch by Henri Lovie. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 16, no. 392 (1863 Apr. 4), p. 29.

Hampton Roads, Virginia. Ammunition schooners, American Civil War Glas...

Photo shows boats anchored off City Point, Virginia, including the schooner William Spear of Baltimore (name on stern); a sidewheel steamboat (left center) with the likely name Metamora; astern of her, the hosp... More

Chapin, Honorable Chester William of Massachusetts. (early mail contra...

An old photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Review of the returned veterans by Gov. Curtin--General Meade and staf...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1865 July 1, p. 236.

View of Cincinnati, Ohio - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

490 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright entry no. 490 dated August 15, 1866 in volume covering time period, Nov. 9, 1864 - May 9, 1867. Transfer; U.S. District Court. Ohio. Southern District.

Wheeling, West Virginia, Ohio River steamer and the Island in 1869

Photograph shows stern wheeler, the R. R. Hudson docked. Photo owned by Wm. Richardson.

James Howard cabin. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photograph shows stove in the main cabin of the steamer, James Howard.

Scenes of the great Red River raft - 1873

Photograph showing the steam snag boat, US AID, clearing logjam in the Red River, Louisiana. In album: Photographic views of Red River raft, made in April & May, 1873, under directions of C.W. Howell, Capt. Co... More

[Composite of ten steamboats] - Public domain image of a steam boat

Picryl description: Public domain reproduction of a steamship, steamer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

James McNeill Whistler - [Steamboats off the Tower]

Print shows view of the Thames River with the Tower of London on the opposite side. Title and some other information from the Whistler Etching Project website: http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. Signed with butter... More

U. S. S. Huron, which was lost Nov. 24, 1877 near Oregon Inlet, North ...

Photograph shows side view of U. S. S. Huron anchored. Copyright 1897 by C. F. Holden, Charlestown, Mass. Copyright 18?8 at Washington, D.C. No. 452.

North Carolina. The steamship "Metropolis," wrecked in a gale off Cur...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1878 Feb. 16, p. 413.

Alleghany Mountains - Print, Library of Congress collection

2504 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Bruns, William, copyri... More

Moonlight at Griffith's Point - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...

17621 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Inscribed: Pub by Kre... More

Boating on the Tomoka - Public domain image of a steam boat

Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Levee below the bridge, The - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Locale in Winona, Minn. based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "Lafayette Lamb, Port of LaCrosse" on left ship. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04503. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Wood landing in Jupiter Narrows

Attribution to Jackson based on listing as photo no. 8032 in Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Possibly a lumber site. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 7232. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

A.W. Chesterton - Public domain image of a steam boat

Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cotton on the levee, New Orleans

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Steamer landing, Lake Chautauqua

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04473. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Boating on the Tomoka - Public domain image of a steam boat

Dead alligator on prow. Steamboat "Nemo." "W.H.J. & Co." and "9" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 03621. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

A scene on the levee, New Orleans

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

Anthony's Nose, the Highlands - Public domain image of a steam boat

Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Ransom B. Fuller] - Public domain image of a steam boat

Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Ship Kadıköy] - Public domain image of a steam boat

Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. Title translated from album caption. No. 31. In album: Ships, Black Sea lifesaving stations, naval personnel and facilities, Turkey, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul... More

Beaver Dam Lake, Wis., the Edna

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "349" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04698. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Heading(s) in 610 field(s) unverified.

St. Lucie at Eden, Indian River

"111" on negative. Title and attribution to Jackson from Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 3656. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Princess on Dunn's Creek, The - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

"W.H.J. & Co." and "25" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 3584. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Unverified information in this record. 752 and 610 fields.

[Imperial steamship Izzeddin near the Dolmabahc̜e Sarayı (palace)]

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

An American river scene - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congr...

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Krebs Lith. Co., copyright claimant. Blind stamp o... More

Duck shooting from the Cleo - Public domain image of a steam boat

Attribution to Jackson based on similarity of title to photo no. 7999 in Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Probably in Florida, possibly on Indian River. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 7099. Gift; State H... More

Africa, steamboat - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Steamboat at wharf, Africa. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

Wood landing in Jupiter Narrows

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

On the Halifax near Daytona - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of historic place, landmark, 19th-century, vintage travel, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The steamboat St. Lucie - Public domain image of a steam boat

Attribution to Jackson and local based on similarity of title to photo no. 8033 in Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 7233. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

On the Ocklawaha sic, Florida - Public domain image of a steam boat

Attribution to Jackson based on similarity of title to photo no. 7972 in Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 7073. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Terrible collision between the steamboats Stonington and Narragansett:...

Print shows people in lifeboats and people jumping from blazing steamboats. 7163 U.S. Copyright Office. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6461

Anthony's Nose, the Highlands - Public domain image of a steam boat

Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Negative taped to second sheet of glass. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 07869. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

St. Lucie [at Eden], Indian River

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in the sea, harbor, maritime, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Beresford on the St. John's, Fla

"W.H.J. & Co." and "103" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 3692. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Unverified information in this record. 752 and 610 fields.

Brown's landing, Rice Creek - Public domain image of a steam boat

"W.H.J. & Co." and "102" on negative. Negative cracked across lower left. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 03574. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Unverified information in this record. Est. Brown's Landing

Beresford on the St. John's, Fla.

Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A scene on the levee, New Orleans

Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). "7421" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 8121. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Cotton on the levee, New Orleans

Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). "7417" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 8117. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The Okeehumkee on the Ocklawaha sic

"W.H.J. & Co." and "27" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 3580. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Beaver Dam Lake, Wis., Camp Dixon

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

Duck shooting from the Cleo - Public domain image of a steam boat

Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brown's landing, Rice Creek - Public domain image of a steam boat

Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On the Halifax near Daytona - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Attribution to Jackson based on listing as photo no. 7987 in Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Negative taped to second sheet of glass. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 7087. Gift; State Historical Society ... More

A.W. Chesterton steamboat - Public domain image of a steam boat

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04929. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Heading(s) in 610 field(s) unverified.

North from the battery, West Point

Title and attribution to Jackson based on similarity to photo nos. 7870-7871 in Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). From United States Military Academy. Battery is part of United States Military Academy... More

[The ship Aydın] - Public domain image of a steam boat

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 11. In album: Ships, naval schools and the Naval Fire Brigade, Istanbul an environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid ... More

[The torpedo steamboats] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 21. No. 35. In album: Ships and naval personnel, Istanbul and Black Sea lifesaving stations, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abd... More

Cotton on the levee, New Orleans

Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). "7420" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 8120. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[North from the battery, West Point]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

On the Ocklawaha [sic], Florida

Public domain image of a boat in the water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Levee below the bridge, The - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Princess on Dunn's Creek, The - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Steamer of Ob River system, Tiumen

Photo by Sokolov. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

[Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia]

Photograph shows the exterior of the Winter Palace along the Neva River, with steam-powered passenger boats and posts in the foreground. Library of Congress copy mounted on cardboard. Purchase; I. Daziro; St. ... More

Deep Creek, Fla.. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ransom B. Fuller steamboat - Public domain image of a steam boat

Title devised by cataloger. Photograph of photographic print marked "N.L. Stebbins, Photo. Boston, Mass." Detroit Publishing Co. no. 21241. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[The torpedo steamboats] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 22. In album: Ships and naval personnel, Istanbul and Black Sea lifesaving stations, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid... More