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Oldsmobile Sales Co., Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE RETURNS FROM WARM SPRINGS. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 10. ...

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Artifacts in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Thea...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Sculpture "Temperance" located at second floor elevator, no. 9, Depart...

Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, 1935. Aluminum, dimensions: 36" x 19" x 16". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the... More

Sculpture "Justice" located at second floor elevator, no. 9, Departmen...

Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, 1935. Aluminum, dimensions: 36" x 19" x 16". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the... More

Artifacts in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Thea...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

National Cathedral interiors. Stained glass windows at National Cathed...

Titles devised. Public domain photograph of 13th-14th-century medieval illuminated manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Cathedral interiors. Stained glass windows at National Cathed...

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Door latch decorations, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Sculpture "Alaska snowshoe mail carrier," by Chaim Gross at the Ariel ...

Date: 1936; dimensions: 4' 1" x 1'7" x 1'; material: aluminum. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photograph... More

Painting copies for Robinson. Copy of a Renaissance painting I

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Painting copies for Robinson. Copy of a Renaissance painting II

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Cast-Iron Stew Pot. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

ca. 1940 Source: Pedroli, Pete Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Proje... More

Westover Library/Reed School, 1644 N. McKinley Rd., N.W., Washington, ...

The library opened to the public on October 30, 2009. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Print... More

Sculpture "Foot Postman, Colonial, 1691-1775 by Berta Margulies at the...

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Folger Library copy work. Shakespeare portrait by Zucchero

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain photograph of 17th-century male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Library of Congress. "Lyric Poetry", by H.O. Walker

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Mural "Arrival of mail in New Amsterdam," by Karl R. Free at the Ariel...

Date: 1938; dimensions: 7' x 13' 6". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograp... More

[Great Hall. Bust of George Washington. Library of Congress Thomas Jef...

Exhibit caption: "The bronze bust of George Washington is a copy of a work by the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828)." (Source: MyLOC.gov Great Hall exhibit, 2008) Forms part of the Library of Con... More

Georgetown College D.C. - Public domain historic place engraving

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A description of the situation and plan of the city of Washington : no...

Text only; does not include map. "London, York Hotel, Bridge-street, Black-friars, March 12, 1793." LC copy fold-lined and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ... More

Hepburn & Dundass, vs. Colin Auld. Error from the court of Ch'7. [Wash...

Artifacts in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Thea...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Woodring and Chief of Staff. ...

A group of men sitting around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General i... More

Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Woodring and Chief of Staff. ...

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Artifacts in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Thea...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Artifacts in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Thea...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Eighth Congress of the United States: at the first session, begun and ...

Regulations of the Port and Harbour of Georgetown. ... Ratified in Tow...

Title.; Imprint 2. 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 172, Folder 22.

"Cyrus Tiffany in the Battle of Lake Erie, September 13, 1813," mural ...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

"Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1814," mural ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photo... More

Capture of Washington [Cut] On Wednesday, August 24, there was a sever...

Positive Photostat.; Verse.; War of 1812- Ballads. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Co... More

American quarterly review [Prospectus] P. Force. City of Washington, D...

Prospectus.; Imprint 2. 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 191, Folder 3.

This is to certify, that of entitled to shares in the capital stock of...

Filled in in manuscript for Daniel Renner dated May 1, 1819. 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;... More

To the Senate and House of representatives of the United States. The m...

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 193, Folder 28.

Supreme court, February, 1820. John Hopkins. Plaintiff in error, versu...

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 191, Folder 10a.

To my fellow-citizens. A gross, scandalous and unprovoked libel, appea...

Imprint 2.; On verso: 6 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 191, Folder 13.

The minor literary exhibition of the College of Georgetown, D. C. will...

Imprint 2. 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 191, Folder 15.

Senate Chamber. Hall of the House of Representatives / W.I Stone sc. W...

Print shows an interior view of the Senate and the House of Representatives chambers showing a numbered seating arrangement (key to the Senate chamber seating is filed with print). Printed at bottom: Engraved ... More

To the voters of the City of Washington. Some vile incendiaries, who h...

Proposals, by Judah Delano, for publishing a directory for the City of...

Prospectus.; Imprint 2. 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 191, Folder 24.

Prospectus of The National Journal, a semi-weekly newspaper, to be pub...

Imprint 3.; Prospectus. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 192, Fo... More

First commencement of the Columbian College, in the District of Columb...

Imprint 2. 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 192, Folder 11.

National parks: Fountain - public domain image

The first time the fountain was truned on in Meridian Hill Park.

Commencement of The Columbian College in the District of Columbia, Wed...

Imprint 2. 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 192, Folder 17.

Proposals for publishing a weekly newspaper in the city of Washington ...

Page Order: Leaflet 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 192, Folder 23a.

To the voters of the third ward. You have offered to your choice, this...

Political campaign.; Imprint 2.; On verso: 1827 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 1... More

Commencement of The Columbian College in the District of Columbia. Wed...

Imprint 2. 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 192, Folder 24.

Metropolitan - Extra. [On the deaths of Presidents Jefferson and Adams...

Dated July 12, 1826. Includes statement by John Cox, mayor of Georgetown. dated July 10, 1826.; 1. Adams, John, Pres. U.S., 1735-1826.; 2. Jefferson, Thomas, Pres. U.S., 1743-1826.; I. Cox, John. Available also... More

Advice. If wisdom's heights you wish to climb, And order's laws embrac...

Imprint 2.; 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 192, Folder 23.

[Interior wall with architectural ornaments of the U.S. Capitol buildi...

Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 668. (DLC/PP-1996:032.13). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

License is hereby given to within the jurisdiction of the Corporation ...

Blank form of license filled in in mss. for Jos. Jackson. dated Oct. 15, 1829.; On verso: John Cox Mayor 1822-1845 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images... More

Prospectus of a history of the administration of John Quincy Adams, pr...

Prospectus. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 193, Folder 16. Cop... More

Grand lodge of the District of Columbia. At the annual communication o...

On verso: Grand Lodge. Page Order: Leaflet 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 193, Folder 25.

Order of services, at the ordination of the Rev. Cazneau Palfrey, as p...

A plan of Congress hall, with the names of the members and officers, n...

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 230, Folder 2.

Address of the mechanics and other working men of Washington City, to ...

Address of the mechanics and other working men of Washington City, to their Fellow-Citizens. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SG... More

Printers' ode. Written for the celebration of the French revolution, i...

Toasts for the National Republican Clay celebration of the Fourth of J...

Fourth of July celebration. 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 194, Folder 13.

Interior of the House of Representatives, Washington drawn by W. Gooda...

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The Department of State, Washington / drawn by C. Burton, N.Y. ; engra...

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Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is located in Arlington National Cemetery. The land was once a 1,100 acre plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. His only surviving child, Mary Anna Rand... More

Capitol of the United States, Washington / drawn by H. Brown ; engrave...

Engraving showing Capitol building in background; people walking, riding horses, riding in carriages on road leading to the Capitol. On verso: John Hinton, History Topography of the U.S. 1830-32.

Capitol of the United States, Washington

Engraving showing Capitol building in background; people walking, riding horses, riding in carriages on road leading to the Capitol. Right corner under image: George Washington with men on horseback (caption: "... More

Public meeting of the friends of Henry Clay. The standing committee of...

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Proclamation by the mayor. Whereas, by an act of Congress, entitled "A...

On verso: 43 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 194, Folder 31.

Statement of facts in relation to a bargain between Thomas Herbert and...

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 194, Folder 28.

National Republican Young men's meeting. The National Republican young...

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Hero of the Thames. The citizens of the District of Columbia, friendly...

Treasury department, April 11th, 1833. The President of the United Sta...

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 195, Folder 4.

... The U. States bank will pay on demand five dollars in panic, distr...

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 231, Folder 5.

To the inhabitants of the City of Washington. Fellow citizens. A crisi...

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 195, Folder 6.

Capt. J. D. Woodside's patent pump or ship for measuring correctly the...

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 195, Folder 11.

Supreme court of the U. States. January term, 1834. The United States ...

Page Order: Leaflet 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 231, Folder 2a.

"The government." No. 1, [Eye] take the responsibility

A satire on Andrew Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet," the pejorative name given his informal circle of close advisors. The print appeared during the heated controversy incited by Jackson's discontinuation of federal ... More

Supreme court of the U. States. January term, 1834. The United States,...

On verso: D. Page Order: Leaflet 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 231, Folder 2.

To the voters of the Second Ward. Fellow-Citizens ... C. L. Coltman. [...

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 195, Folder 18.

Washington Monument- free images of flowers

Cherry blossoms on the Washington Monument grounds The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washingt... More

Washington Monument from the Tidal Basin

Washington Monument from the Tidal Basin The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washington, the fi... More

View out West Windows of the Washington Monument

View out West Windows of the Washington Monument The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washington... More

Cherry trees near Washington Monument

Cherry trees near Washington Monument The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washington, the first... More

Washington Monument, National Parks gallery

Washington Monument administered by National Mall & Memorial Parks, DC The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicate... More

Independence Day Concert, National Symphony Orchestra and Capitol Conc...

Crowds on Capitol lawn with Washington Monument in background. The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to Geo... More

Washington Monument during the Cherry Blossom Season

Washington Monument during the Cherry Blossom Season The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washin... More

Washington Monument, National Parks gallery

The Washington Monument during the springtime. The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washington, ... More

State of Pennsylvania, Washington Monument, 2016.

One of many commemorative stones within the monument. The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washi... More

Tourist Attraction - National Mall & Memorial Parks

View of Washington Monument across the Tidal Basin The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washingt... More

Washington Monument from the Reflecting Pool

Washington Monument from the Reflecting Pool The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washington, th... More

Washington Monument, National Parks gallery

Washington Monument at National Mall & Memorial Parks The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washi... More

Plan of the Senate chamber of the United States by D. H. Burr. 2d sess...

Plan of the Senate Chamber of the U. S. Senate.; U. S. Congress. Senate. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera... More

Treasury note, Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon

A parody of the often worthless fractional currencies or "shinplasters" issued by banks, businesses, and municipalities in lieu of coin. These fractional notes proliferated during the Panic of 1837 with the eme... More

Arrangement for the inauguration of the president elect on the fourth ...

On verso: 22. 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 231, Folder 13.

Symptoms of a duel - Public domain portrait drawing

The second of two particularly well-drawn caricatures by the same artist, on the subject of the 1839 congressional probe of Van Buren's Treasury Department. (See above, nos. 1839-6 through -9.) The inquiry was ... More

Professor Wise, performing a surgical operation in Congress Hall

Representative Henry A. Wise, vociferous opponent of the Van Buren administration, is portrayed as a surgeon, operating on Treasury Secretary Levi Woodbury. The satire refers to the cross-examination of Woodbur... More

"Worse than a Spanish Inquisition", Political Cartoon

A commentary on the workings of the January 1839 congressional probe of the Treasury Department in the wake of the Swartwout embezzlement. (See "Price Current" and "Sub Treasurers Meeting in England," nos. 1838... More

Called to account, Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon

Once more the House of Representatives investigation of Treasury practices under the Van Buren administration in connection with the Swartwout embezzlement scandal. (See above nos. 1839-6 through -9.) The print... More

Supreme court of the United States. Susan Decatur, Appellant vs J. K. ...

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 197, Folder 1b.

Sir: On behalf of the Republican committee of seventy-six, appointed b...

Page Order: Leaflet 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 197, Folder 3.

U.S. Treasury, [Washington, D.C.], 1840 to 1855

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William Henry Harrison painted by A.G. Hoit, 1840 ; engraved by O. Pel...

Print shows William Henry Harrison, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left. On the right and left margins are clusters of flags and the weapons of battle; at top are battle scenes from the Battle of... More