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Le Combat des soldats nés des dents du serpent, between 1742 and 1743. Creator: Jean Francois de Troy
Le Combat des soldats nes des dents du serpent, between 1742 and 1743. Combat of soldiers born from dragon's teeth. An army of soldiers emerges from the earth after Jason planted the teeth of a

G.N. Press Car, between 1913 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. G.N. Press Car, between 1913 and 1918
G.N. Press Car, between 1913 and 1918. Men in printing works

Secretary William Jennings Bryan with his double, between 1913 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Secretary William Jennings Bryan with his double, between 1913 and 1917. American lawyer, orator and politician

Les Macrobes : « L'armée des Macrobes était là rangée sur les deux rives », 1909. Creator: Andre Devambez
Les Macrobes : « L'armee des Macrobes etait la rangee sur les deux rives », 1909. The army of Macrobes positioned on both sides of the river. Monsters on the banks of the Seine in Paris

La tentation de saint Antoine, 1897. Creator: Henri Fantin-Latour
La tentation de saint Antoine, 1897. The Temptation of St Anthony

Signaling, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Signaling, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Signaling, between 1910 and 1917. USA. Man in military uniform teaching women (scout leaders?) semaphore

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Sulpice : L'Assomption de la Vierge, 1869
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint-Sulpice : L'Assomption de la Vierge, 1869. Assumption of the Virgin

United Service Club, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. United Service Club, between 1910 and 1920
United Service Club, between 1910 and 1920. US military personnel on a sofa. The man in the centre is wearing leather leg protectors

Capt. Buzzcott's army kitchen, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Capt
Capt. Buzzcott's [sic] army kitchen, between 1910 and 1920. USA Motor Field Kitchen, designed by Francis H. Buzzacott

Smithfield Court House, Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, between 1933 and 1935

County fair, tintype booth of Miss. F.B. Johnston, May 1903, 1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
County fair, tintype booth of Miss. F.B. Johnston, May 1903, 1903. Photograph shows photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston [centre], with women and men outside a tent offering tintype portraits

Grey Gardens, East Hampton, Long Island, New York, 1913 or 1916. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
N.Y. Long Island, Mrs. Robert Hill, Gray [sic] Gardens, East Hampton, gen. view ESE, 1913 or 1916. [Grey Gardens was the home of the reclusive mother and daughter both named Edith Beale]

U.S.S. Olympia - crew's mess, 1899. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
U.S.S. Olympia - crew's mess, 1899. Interior view of dining area aboard the USS Olympia, showing sailors eating at a table suspended by ropes

Frances Benjamin Johnston (right), full-length self-portrait dressed as a man with... c1880 - 1900
Frances Benjamin Johnston (right), full-length self-portrait dressed as a man with false moustache, posed with two unidentified women, one of whom is also dressed as a man, between 1880 and 1900

Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length self-portrait dressed as a man with false... c1890 - 1900
Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length self-portrait dressed as a man with false moustache, posed with bicycle, facing left, between 1890 and 1900

Bobroff voting machine being considered for use in house, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Bobroff voting machine being considered for use in house, between 1910 and 1917. Standing right to left: Representatives Jacoway; Caraway; and Britten'. Sign reads: Bill no

Candlestick, c. 1935. Creator: Benjamin Resnick
Candlestick, c. 1935

Graduation Day at Annapolis - cadet receiving his diploma from President Theodore Roosevelt, 1902. [Participants enjoy a joke together]

Alvey Augustus Adee, Assistant Secretary of State, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Alvey Augustus Adee, Assistant Secretary of State, 1914. US politician, Washington, DC

Alvey Augustus Adee, Assistant Secretary of State, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Alvey Augustus Adee, Assistant Secretary of State, 1914. US politician, Washington, DC

Three African American women...State Fair at Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Three African American women, full-length portrait, standing, at the State Fair at Saint Paul, Minn. 1903

Gardener standing alongside shrub trimmed into shape of a rooster, in garden at Villa... 1925
Gardener standing alongside shrub trimmed into shape of a rooster, in garden at Villa Trianon, France, 1925

Deverow child, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Deverow child, between 1910 and 1917
Deverow child, between 1910 and 1917. Boy in Roman dress driving a chariot pulled by ponies, USA

Miss Johnston & audience, Lake Como, Italy, 1899. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Miss Johnston & audience, Lake Como, Italy, 1899. [Photographer] Frances Benjamin Johnston, standing with her camera, and group of children

Goat team, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Goat team, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Goat team, between 1910 and 1917. African American man with wagon pulled by goats

Front page of the Christmas supplement of the Illustrated London News, 23 December 1854. Creator: George W. Terry
Front page of the Christmas supplement of the Illustrated London News, 23 December 1854. Calendar for the year 1855, with central image of a woman by a kitchen range

House Committee To Investigate American Sugar Refining Co. And Others - Racker... 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
House Committee To Investigate American Sugar Refining Co. And Others - Racker, John Edward of California; Garrett, Finis James, Rep. From Tennessee; Hardwick, Thomas William, Rep

Sea Anemones in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's-Park, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Sea Anemones in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's-Park, 1854. Aquatic life at London Zoo. From the...background rises up a tall, massive

Edward B. McLean, between 1909 and 1923. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Edward B. McLean, between 1909 and 1923
Edward B. McLean, between 1909 and 1923. American newspaperman and racehorse owner Edward Beale McLean, publisher and owner of The Washington Post

A Child's Dream of Twelfth Night - drawn by Charles Keene, 1854. Creator: Unknown
A Child's Dream of Twelfth Night - drawn by Charles Keene, 1854. Toys come to life, dancing on the bedroom floor. From "Illustrated London News", 1854

Winter Clothing for the British Troops in the Crimea, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Winter Clothing for the British Troops in the Crimea, 1854. To protect our troops from the rigour of the Crimean winter, a variety of new provision has been made in the clothing

Toys made by Russian prisoners at Lewes, 1854. Creator: J Brown
Toys made by Russian prisoners at Lewes, 1854. Wooden puzzles made in England by prisoners of the Crimean War. These Toys...are so constructed that they can be taken to pieces

Weather in the Baltic - Bows of H.M. Corvette "Cruiser", 1854. Creator: Unknown
Weather in the Baltic - Bows of H.M. Corvette "Cruiser", 1854. Royal Navy warship during the Crimean War. On the approaching arrival of the fleet from the Baltic

Egg box, between 1909 and 1923. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Egg box, between 1909 and 1923. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Egg box, between 1909 and 1923. Labels for sending eggs and empty egg boxes through the post. When Tag is attached from one end the string cancels address not in use; Place Forward Postage Here;

Group of school children in front of statue of George Washington, Washington, D.C. (1899?). [African American children on a school trip

Camp, between 1916 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Camp, between 1916 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Camp, between 1916 and 1918. US military personnel

Camp, between 1916 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Camp, between 1916 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Camp, between 1916 and 1918. US military personnel

T. Aud in Life Saving Suit, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing. T. Aud in Life Saving Suit, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing
T. Aud in Life Saving Suit, 1916. First World War

Confederate Reunion - Human Flag On Monument Grounds, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Confederate Reunion - Human Flag On Monument Grounds, 1917. People forming the US flag by the Washington Monument, Washington, DC. (Note cardboard stars)

Confederate Reunion - Human Flag On Monument Grounds, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Confederate Reunion - Human Flag On Monument Grounds, 1917. People forming the US flag by the Washington Monument, Washington, DC. (Note cardboard stars)

President Woodrow Wilson and wife Ellen Axson Wilson, Mrs. Willoughbys Chesley, Baseball, 1917
President Woodrow Wilson and wife Ellen Axson Wilson [sic], Mrs. Willoughbys Chesley, Baseball, 1917. The president throws the ball back. (His second wife, Edith, is behind him)

The New Fashion Phaeton, February 22, 1776. Creator: Philip Dawe
The New Fashion Phaeton, February 22, 1776. Sic Itur ad Astra, (Thus one goes to the stars). Attributed to Philip Dawe

U.S. Capitol - Pediment On House Front; Sculpture By Paul Bartlett, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S
U.S. Capitol - Pediment On House Front; Sculpture By Paul Bartlett, 1916. Installing Apotheosis of Democracy marble relief sculpture by Paul Wayland Bartlett, Washington DC

U.S. Capitol - Pediment On House Front; Sculpture By Paul Bartlett, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S
U.S. Capitol - Pediment On House Front; Sculpture By Paul Bartlett, 1916. Installing Apotheosis of Democracy marble relief sculpture by Paul Wayland Bartlett, Washington DC

U.S. Capitol - Cleaning Interior, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S. Capitol - Cleaning Interior, 1914
U.S. Capitol - Cleaning Interior, 1914. African American custodians cleaning spittoons, Washington DC

U.S. Capitol - Cleaning Interior, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S. Capitol - Cleaning Interior, 1914
U.S. Capitol - Cleaning Interior, 1914. African American custodians cleaning spittoons, Washington DC

Mason's International Congress of 33rd Degree, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Mason's International Congress of 33rd Degree. Gibson; Dr. Paul Etier; Castellot; Jean Marie Raymond, 1912. [ [Freemasons. Grand Commander Jose Castellot?]

Mason's International Congress of 33rd Degree - Jose Castellot, Gr. Comdr. Mexico, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Mason's International Congress of 33rd Degree - Jose Castellot, Gr. Comdr. Mexico, 1912. [ [Freemasons. Grand Commander Jose Castellot?]

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