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[View of Richmond, Virginia, at the close of the rebellion]

Stereograph shows rubble, as the city of Richmond lies in ruin. Title from data in record for LOT 4162, no. 213, which shows similar scene. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Ruins at Hampton, Virginia showing chimneys, and man standing]

Civil War Photograph Collection. Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The great 10,000 mile wall China

No. 15348. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Sumter, showing the effects of the bombardment by the artillery o...

Copy photograph shows a photo of the damaged walls of Fort Sumter viewed by men on a nearby sandbar. The photo is mounted above a printed caption with Engineer Department noted on the left. Mounted with two ot... More

Exterior view of the gorge of Fort Sumter on the 14th, April 1861 afte...

Copy photograph showing a group of men in front of the damaged walls of Fort Sumter near the gorge. Mounted with two other photographs. Photograph is possibly half of a stereograph pair. Letter "A" is noted in... More

Exterior view of the gorge of Fort Sumter on the 14th April 1861 after...

Copy photograph shows a photo of a group of men in front of the damaged walls of Fort Sumter near the gorge. Mounted with two other photographs. Photograph is possibly half of a stereograph pair. Letter "B" is... More

U.S. iron clad Galena, after her attack on Fort Darling, James River, ...

Photograph showing the deck of the warship after receiving Confederate cannon fire, with holes in the smokestack. Mounted on board with five other photographs. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congr... More

Home in Charleston, S.C., American Civil War Glass Negative.

Ruins of home in Charleston, South Carolina and another house in background. Photograph by Haas and Peale. No. 46.

Rebel caisson destroyed by Federal shells, at Fredericksburgh, May 3, ...

Photograph showing General Herman Haupt, W.W. Wright, and an unidentified man at the scene of the destruction of Confederate caissons. Eight horses were killed.

Ruins of Circular Church and Secession Hall, Charleston, S.C., St. Phi...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 6077. Brady Handy Studio.

General Herman Haupt and W.W. Wright at the scene of the destruction o...

Notation on recto: "8 horses and 2 caissons overturned by one shell from our batteries at 2d battle of Fredricksburg." Another copy of this photograph processed as LOT 11486-D, no. 21. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist... More

City of Atlanta, Ga., no. 2 / photo from nature by G.N. Barnard.

Photograph shows a view from an elevated vantage point with railroad tracks in the foreground and view up a street with a damaged building on the right next to a "Billiard - Saloon", and wagons on the street. ... More

View of the outer trenches on the last day of the battle in front of N...

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Photographer name attribution based on date. Formerly attributed to George N. Barnard, based on LC-B811-26... More

Panoramic view, the ruins of Charleston, S.C., Roman Catholic Cathedra...

Stereograph showing a young man seated on the ruins of exterior stairs. The ruins of several buildings, and the cathedral are in the distance. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Hand... More

View of Ft. Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing a mingled mass of debris, s...

Stereograph showing two men seated on rocks amidst the debris of Fort Sumter. One man leans on a damaged cannon. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony... More

The custom house, Richmond, Virginia, Ap. 1865 (Andrew J. Russel)

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

The ruins of the Circular church and Seccession Hall, Meeting St., Cha...

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. II, p. 172. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Librar... More

Ruins of the Catholic Cathedral, Charleston, S.C. Front view

Stereograph showing the ruins of the Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar on Broad and Legare Streets in Charleston that was destroyed by fire December 1861. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic ... More

View of the Lynchburgh (i.e. Lynchburg) Canal, and the ruins of the Da...

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Date from negative sleeve. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Origi... More

Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), east face, Charleston Harbor, S.C., showin...

Stereograph showing broken girders among piles of rocks next to the palmetto reinforcement on the exterior wall of Fort Sumter. No. 3127. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright ... More

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), S.C., looking south, showing o...

Stereograph showing gabion reinforced retaining walls, brick chimneys, rocks and other debris inside Fort Sumter. No. 3132. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H... More

Wreck of Blakely gun on the Frazer's wharf, Charleston, S.C.

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 3088. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The ruins of the 600 lb. Blakely Gun, Frazier's Wharf, Charleston, S.C...

Stereograph showing wrecked carriage of Blakely gun on the Battery in Charleston, South Carolina. No. 3088. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in ... More

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter). Interior, showing sallyport (entra...

Stereograph showing gabions and ruins inside Fort Sumter facing the entrance. Soldier being photographed on the parapet by Sam Cooley. No. 3062. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Cop... More

Fort Moultrie Sallyport and ruins of the fort from the interior

Stereograph showing the ruins of the sally port and surrounding walls from the interior of Fort Moultrie, a former U.S. fort now occupied by the Confederacy near Charleston, South Carolina. No. 3065. Part of se... More

Vendue Range, Charleston, S.C., looking east, from near the corner of ...

Stereograph showing damaged buildings along a street. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (... More

Meeting St., Charleston, S.C., looking South, showing the ruins of Cir...

No. 3104. The same negative used for items 227 and 228. A copy negative is available for item 228, which shows the full image without the caption. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. C... More

Ruins of Richmond, Virginia, 1865 / Cosmos Pictures Co.

41670570 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by A.A. Hopkins. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View in central church-yard, showing the effect of shot among the monu...

Stereograph showing the bombarded graveyard of the Circular Church. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Photograph attributed to George N.... More

View from the Petersburgh [i.e. Petersburg] railroad Depot, Richmond, ...

Photo shows buildings damaged by fires that began to burn out of control after the Confederate government and troops left Richmond, Va., at the end of the Civil War. Union troops helped put the fires out when t... More

Interior of the Roman Catholic Cathedral, St. John and St. Finbar, Bro...

Stereograph showing ruins of the church on Broad and Legare Streets which was destroyed in the fire of December 1861. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony... More

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing the debris, shot and shell

Stereograph showing a man seated on rocks amidst the debris of outer wall a result of bombardment from August 17 to September 23, 1863. Also showing chevaux-de-frise for protection against assault. No. 3050. Pa... More

The ruins of the 600 lb. Blakely Gun, Frazier's Wharf, Charleston, S.C...

Stereograph showing a soldier sitting beside the ruins of the Blakely Gun carriage on the Battery. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Han... More

Ruins of the North Eastern R. R. Depot, where so many lives were lost ...

Stereograph shows a group of men observing the ruins of a railroad station. No. 3082. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: C... More

View of the Petersburg Gas Works / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, positi...

Photograph showing the damage to the gas works building and smoke stack caused by Union Army bombs. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solo... More

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), S.C., looking south-east

Stereograph showing cannon shells, rocks, debris, and gabion reinforcement retaining walls inside Fort Sumter. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony &... More

Ruins of Gaines' Mill, Virginia / negative by J. Reekie, positive by A...

Photograph showing the brick superstructure of Gaines' Mill where fire destroyed the rest of the building during a serious battle in 1862. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander G... More

Ruins of Gaines' Mill, Virginia, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 932. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Meeting St., Charleston, S.C., looking South, showing the ruins of Cir...

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. III, p. 174. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Libra... More

Interior views of Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S.C., April, 1865

Photograph shows debris at the parapet. No. 4388. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. V, p. 120". Mounted with four other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), on the parapet, overlooking the ha...

Stereograph showing damaged gabions amid the fortifications on the parapet of Fort Sumter. Photographer Samuel Cooley sets up his camera in the distance. No. 3053. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photogr... More

Ruins of the Roman Catholic Cathedral. Interior view

Stereograph showing ruins of the Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar, Broad and Legare Streets, destroyed in the fire of December 1861. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright b... More

The Mills House, Meeting St., Charleston, S.C.

Stereograph showing a man walking by the fire-scarred Mills House; Hibernian Hall at left. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part ... More

Mechanicsville, Virginia / negative by J. Reekie, positive by A. Gardn...

Photograph showing a group of structures in Mechanicsville, Virginia after a series of battles. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons... More

Fort Sumter in April, 1865, Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows ruins of Fort Sumter with a group of men rowing a boat nearby. No. B554. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Ruins of Circular Church, St. Philips Church in the distance, ruins of...

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative may be available: ... More

O'Connor House, where the Union Officers were imprisoned, under fire, ...

Stereograph showing three men near all that remains of a brick chimney in front of the O'Connor house at 180 Broad Street. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. An... More

View of the east face of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor...

Stereograph showing destroyed exterior brick wall of Fort Sumter. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Handwritten on verso: Miller, vol. V, p. 122. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony ... More

Ruins of Mayo's Bridge, Richmond, Virginia

Man standing on shore overlooking ruins of bridge with ruins of city in background. Brady-Handy Collection. No. 3271.

Wreck of the large Blakely Gun, on the Battery, Charleston, S.C.

Stereograph showing remains of wrecked Blakely gun, facing the coastline. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. V, p. 121. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anth... More

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing the debris, shot, shell, a...

Stereograph showing debris among the rocks on exterior of Fort Sumter. No. 3052. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Attributed to George N. B... More

City of Atlanta, Ga., no. 2 / Photo from nature by G. N. Barnard.

Illustration showing a street corner in Atlanta with a destroyed bank building, intact neighboring buildings and shops, and covered wagons. Illus. in: Photographic views of Sherman's campaign, from negatives ta... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Dizag [sic]. Ravatl'ikskiia vorota, miesto...

Photograph shows the gate to a fortress at Dzhizak, Uzbekistan. The towers flanking the gate, as well as the walls, have been heavily damaged. Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, ... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Dizag [sic]. Razvaliny tsitadeli

Photograph shows ruins of Razvaliny citadel at Dzhizak, Uzbekistan. Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 46.

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. Miesto byvshikh breshei cherez kotorye samark...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 35.

Ruins on Carey Street, Richmond, Virginia

Photograph shows a view of damaged buildings along Carey Street in Richmond, Virginia, with several men standing in the middle distance in front of a heavily damaged building, and a sign further up the street s... More

The Stone fort at El Caney, Cuba, after it was besieged and captured b...

Stone fort in ruins. 72488 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 9407.

El Caney Church, Cuba--63 Spaniards were killed in the steeple

Spanish style church in ruins. 57640 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 9974.

Interior of Caloocan church after bombardment

Interior of church after bombardment, during Philippine Insurrection, Caloocan, Philippines. No. 538. Copyright by Perley Fremont Rockett of San Francisco.

Manila--Where insurgents were fighting from house tops

Ruined buildings of Manila. Caption transcribed from item: From house tops and windows, native sympathizers menaced our boys as they passed to the lines. No. 582. Copyright by Perley Fremont Rockett, San Francisco.

Top of southern gate, Peking, showing effect of bombardment, China

H15177 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3826. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miss Smith, a heroine of the siege and protected refugees, among the r...

H2162 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph taken by photographer James Ricalton during his trip to China in 1900. (Source: China through the stereoscope; a journey through the dragon empire at the time of the Box... More

Village of Fung Chow, showing complete destruction by the allied force...

H15168 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3817. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The incline at the Southern Gate, known as Dead Man's Climb, Peking, C...

H15173 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3822. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Hole made by 500 lb. Japanese shell and building wrecked by its fragm...

H63716 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7796.

Rokoku no senji kannon - Public domain print

Print shows a Japanese soldier with rifle fixed with bayonet smashing Russian railroads and battleships in front of the one thousand-armed Russian Bodhisattva of mercy holding in its many arms battleships and m... More

[Ravages of the bombardment -- cars and buildings torn by Japanese she...

H63734 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7800.

[Desolation of the terrible siege - from wrecked home looking over doo...

Photograph shows rubble in a bombed home; in the background a war ship. H63437 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7797.

[The abandoned palace of Viceroy Alexieff, destroyed by Japanese shell...

H63739 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7758.

Moscow. [Bullet-pocked building]. [Bullet-pocked church]

Titles from item and devised by Library staff. From disbound album of James Maxwell Pringle's business trip to Russia and Asia for First National City Bank of New York. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2010:041

Moscow. [Bullet-pocked building]. Results of the fighting

Photograph captioned Results of the fighting shows destruction inside a building. Titles from item and devised by library staff. From disbound album of James Maxwell Pringle's business trip to Russia and Asia f... More

Ruins of Antwerp after German bombardment

Photograph shows destroyed buildings in Antwerp. J197573 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph by Donald Thompson, New York (Source: Catalogue of Copyright Entries ...: Works of arts, etc., Volume 9, p. 562).

Moscow. [People gathered in city square]. Effect of the Bolshevik Revo...

Photograph captioned Effect of the Bolshevik Revolution shows bullet-pocked building. Titles from item and devised by library staff. From disbound album of James Maxwell Pringle's business trip to Russia and As... More

[Naval academy damaged by shells from "U.S.S. Chester" in Vera Cruz, d...

J194366 U.S. Copyright Office Public domain image of a American navy warship of World War One time, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Q.M. warehouses destroyed in Paris air raid - Saint-Denis, September 1...

Photograph shows the destruction to a U.S. Quartermaster Corps warehouse in Saint-Denis caused by an air raid on the night of September 15, 1918. In album: Photographic supplement to historical record of quart... More

I have left no stone unturned, for peace -- Kaiser to Krupp workmen

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 72:643 (Oct. 31, 1918).

Cambrai, France, 1919. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph

J251602 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; W. L. King; November 12, 1921; DLC/PP-1921:46432. On front: "Photo by W. L. King, Millersberg, Ohio; by courtesy of Military Intelligence Div., General Staff, U.... More

A sermon at Rheims - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, Jan. 28, 1919, p. 3.

View of Verdun, France, looking east and south

J236976 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Mann & Landry; September 26, 1919; DLC/PP-1919:46009. On front: "Photographed by W. L. Mann, Aug. 16, 1919, of Mann & Landry, 325 N. Howard St., Baltimore, Md."

A church in Arras cut in half by German shells

Photograph shows a church with considerable damage sustained during bombardment by German guns in Arras, France, during World War I. Inscribed on lower left corner of photo: 2300. Caption sheet mounted on vers... More

Digging for homes, gelatin silver print

Photograph shows a man rebuilding a foundation wall as another man with horse and wagon passes nearby, in the background are the ruins of buildings that sustained considerable damage in Ypres, during World War ... More

Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1828-1850. Cockspur Island, Savannah River. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11835-26. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of ... More

Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

The British Eight [sic] Army's victory in Cyrenaica: Havoc wrought by ...

British official photograph : BM 7920. No. BO-847. Picture taken S.W. of Gazaia.

Cyrenaica reconquered - An eighth Army officer beside a German dual pu...

British official photograph : BM 7865. No. BO-845. Public domain photograph - Artillery gun, cannon, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Catholic church at Tobruk

Photograph shows a soldier, standing in rubble, looking through gapping holes made by bomb blast into a Catholic church; a statue of an angel holding candles can be seen inside undamaged. Note on photograph fro... More

[Pearl Harbor naval base and U.S.S. Shaw ablaze after the Japanese att...

U.S. Navy photograph. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Malay Chinaman erecting a temporary shelter amid the ruins of his ho...

Photograph shows Malaysian people working on a wood and grass structure next to the ruins of a house. No. OA-8835. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).

General panoramic view of Hiroshima after the bomb ... shows the devas...

Official U.S. Army photo. Date stamped on verso: Jun 26 1946. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Boy seated in wreckage of building after a bombing raid of London duri...

Date from information in related LOT 12457. Forms part of: Toni Frissell collection (Library of Congress).

People and wreckage of buildings after a bombing raid of London during...

Date from information in related LOT 12457. Forms part of: Toni Frissell collection (Library of Congress).

Stripping aside tarps covering the cockpit of the fighter plane, the m...

Photoprint by Sgt. J. Pazen. Photo No. 3; No. 783. Public domain photograph of Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Battersea incident, England, January 1945--girl among the ruins, Brit...

Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Battersea incident, England, January 1945--two men load a wagon with ...

Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Low-level aerial view of destruction of a refinery in the Tokyo area,...

U.S. Army A.A.F. photo. No. A-58492 A.C. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aerial view of Hiroshima after the bomb

New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Official U.S. Army photo.

View of a Hiroshima bridge 4,400 feet east of X

Photograph shows aftermath of the August 6, 1945 atomic bomb blast in Hiroshima, Japan. Title from caption on item. Date from stamp on verso. Official U.S. Army photo. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and... More

Photograph of Bessemer Ranger District, National Forest Service photog...

Original caption: CP 4A. Bessemer Ranger District. Same point and subject as photo #469594 except different bearing. Windstorm of 10/10/49 caused 25-30% blowdown of spruce and aspen - harvested winter prior to ... More

War logs This collection of tree stumps, filled with shot and shell, i...

Photograph shows displays of Civil War battlefield artifacts in the Libby Prison War Museum; Libby Prison was moved to Chicago from Richmond in 1888 and open to the public as a museum between 1889 and 1897. No... More

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