Map of the southeastern United States shows capes, bays, rivers, mountain ranges and cities primarily in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. According to inscriptions, the map is based on surveys and observations by Joseph Purcell...
Capitols; Buildings; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.); United States. Congress. Senate
View of the chambers for the United States Senate. Rows of small desks in a half circle face an elevated desk in the center. Text on left: J.F. Jarvis' Stereoscopic Views. Text on right: 185 Penn. Ave., Wash'n, D.C. Written on back of card: Senate...
A crowd, many holding umbrellas, stand on or near the steps to a white building, probably the United States Government Building, which has pediments, columns, two United States flags at the entrance, and more flags on top of the roof. Title...
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Gunboats
U.S. steamer Lexington, labeled "United States Steamer Lexington" at the base of the drawing, which is signed "F. Muller." The Lexington has vertical sides with a domed section. Lines hang down in many directions from the...
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Gunboats; Essex (Ironclad steamer); Vehicles
Drawing of warship labeled, "United States steamer Essex." The Essex has slanting sides narrowing up, and a domed section with flat sides as well as a rounded dome atop the other end of the ship. Two ships are in the distance.
Map of North America, prepared for a French trading company, shows ports, bays, large lakes, mountain ranges, settlements, and villages as well as routes of various explorers. Disproportionate space is allocated to the eastern portion of...
Printed below the title in French, "By Sr. Janvier, geographer of Paris, engraved by Lattre, S. Jacques Street in the city of Bordeaux 1762 with privilege of the king." National borders are hand colored and relief is shown pictorially....
Map of United States shows national borders according to 1783 Treaty of Peace plus state borders, mountain ranges, rivers, major creeks, large lakes, cities, and towns. It also shows land reserved for Virginia and North Carolina troops. Printed...
Map of northeastern United States, excluding New England but including "New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and the Territory N:W: of Ohio," shows state borders, mountain ranges, rivers, major creeks, large lakes, cities, and...
Plan of the city of Washington, D.C. illustrates the L'Enfant design and shows the location of the Capitol Building, the President's House and streets named for the first fifteen states, including Kentucky. Each block is numbered. Elevation versus...
View down a tree-lined Pennsylvania Avenue from the steps of the Treasury Building. At the end of the street is the United States Capitol with other buildings lining both sides of the avenue. Men and women stand on the Treasury Building steps....
Portraits; Group portraits; Men; Government officials
L. Edwin Cranor shaking hands with Francis M. McCain, while Seldon R. Glenn stands behind them. Photograph has been badly creased, painted on, and bears discoloration marks. Stamped on back of image: September 22, 1934. Attached to back, original...
Ferries; Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
THREE STATES (Way #5385), a stern-wheel ferry with wood hull (118 ft. x 26 ft. 4 ft.), was built at Howard in 1914. Owned by Cairo City Ferry Co., THREE STATES (Way #5385) operated in the Cairo, Illinois area. THREE STATES (Way #5385) was still...
Map of eastern North America includes states, territories, rivers, cities and mountain ranges. Kentucky is shown as the western part of Virginia and there are seven county names printed in the Kentucky area: Fayette, Madison, Lincoln, Jefferson,...
Post offices; Post Office and Customs House (Louisville, Ky.)
United States Post Office and Custom House in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1892. Construction is being done on steeple. Handwritten on back of print: "Old Post Office, about 1892; Steeples." Title supplied by cataloger.
Large room filled with rocking chairs and upholstered, straight-backed chairs. The room has wall-to-wall carpet with a design and a row of three chandeliers. Title: 12 United States Hotel Parlors, Saratoga, N.Y. Copyright statement: Copyright...
Two horse-drawn wagons, one covered and the other flatbed, sit at the junction of the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia in the Cumberland Mountains. Three men sit on the wagons while one man stands in front of the covered wagon. Another...
Eleven men and women stand on the top deck of a docked, smoke-blowing ferry boat which is marked "Katherine" and "Cairo. Birds Point. Wickliffe." The boat, two stories with a small enclosure above, is on the Mississippi River,...
Map of the Kentucky and Tennessee shows mountain ranges, rivers, creeks, roads, counties, cities, and towns. Relief is shown by hachures. Printed just below map frame, "Engraved and printed by Fenner Sears & Co." Printed in the lower...
Topographic map on a scale of 1:125000 of the area near Huntington, West Virginia, with Lawrence County, Ohio to the northwest. Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln, Putnam, and Logan Counties of West Virginia are shown. Kentucky, to the west, is only shown in...
