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Lt. Com. G.L. Carden
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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Call Number: LC-B2- 4433-13
Bergen County Court House Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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The Bergen County Court House
Bergen County Court House is located in Bergen County, New JerseyBergen County Court House
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LocationCourt, Main and Essex Streets, Hackensack, New Jersey
Coordinates40°52′41″N 74°02′38″WCoordinates: 40°52′41″N 74°02′38″W
Area5.9 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1910
ArchitectJames Riely Gordon
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference #83001468[1]
NJRHP #520[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 11, 1983
Designated NJRHPNovember 22, 1982
Bergen County, New Jersey had a series of court houses. The current one stands in Hackensack, New Jersey.
Contents
1History
2Construction
3In popular culture
3.1Film
3.2Television
4See also
5References
History[edit]
The current Bergen County Courthouse is not the first courthouse but actually the sixth courthouse built for Bergen County. In 1683 four counties were created in East Jersey and they were Bergen, Essex, Middlesex and Monmouth. In 1710 Hackensack became the county seat in Bergen. In 1715 the first courthouse was built and it was located three blocks from the current courthouse. The courthouse also housed a jail. The second courthouse was built in 1734 near the “Green”, but was burned by the British in 1780 during the Revolutionary War. The third courthouse, a log building, was then built in Oakland. This was considered a temporary location and the courthouse later moved to the home of John Hopper in Ho-Ho-Kus. After the war, the courthouse was moved to the house of Archibald Campbell of Hackensack.
Freeholder Peter Zabriskie later donated land near his Hackensack home located at the northeast corner of Main and Bridge Streets and in 1786 a new courthouse and jail opened. Peter Zabriskie's home, called “The Mansion” was also called “Washington’s Headquarters” because George Washington frequently was a guest there. Years later the Mansion became a hotel. The Mansion was then torn down in 1945. In 1822 due to space limitations, a new courthouse was built at the location of the current courthouse and it was utilized for over 90 years.
The current courthouse is the sixth Bergen County courthouse. James Riely Gordon, a civil engineer, born in Winchester, Virginia, won a competition to design the Bergen County courthouse. The style of the courthouse building is known as American Renaissance. Construction began in 1910 and was completed in 1912 at a cost of one million dollars. The jail was also completed in 1912 and the style of the jail is medieval revival. The courthouse was placed on the New Jersey and National Registers of historic places in 1982 and 1983.
Enoch Poor's burial site. Bergen County Court House is in the background.
The Green is a public square located across the street from the courthouse at the corner of Main Street and Court Street. On the west side of the green is a marker showing where the second courthouse stood before it was burned by the British in 1780. A bronze statue is located at the intersection of Court Street and Washington Place. This statue is of General Enoch Poor. General Poor, a New Hampshire native, was a hero at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777. General Poor served under General Washington. He was in New Jersey organizing an army to raid New York City. General Poor died in 1780 and is buried across the street from the Green at the Dutch Reformed Church. General Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette attended General Poor's funeral.
Construction[edit]
The interior dome of the rotunda area of the courthouse is modeled after the Pantheon in Rome. On the first floor of the rotunda building there was a fountain. The fountain was removed in 1930. In the 1930s as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), murals were painted in courtrooms 253 and 352. In the early 1940s an additional mural was added in courtroom 357. All three murals were designed by Teaneck resident William Winter. The murals in room 352 (formerly known as the Supreme Court Room) represent the roots of American Law. The murals in room 253 (formerly known as the Freeholder Chambers) represent local historical sights. The murals in room 357 (formerly known as the Circuit Court Chamber) represent Roman Law. There are four stained glass skylights in the rotunda building. The first is located in the rotunda dome and it measures eight feet in diameter. Eight trapezoidal sections carry the name of a historically significant English or American jurist. The three remaining skylights contain the Bergen County seal. The glass utilized for these skylights was made by M.J. Lamb. The interior of the rotunda and its courtrooms were treated with marble, scagliola, bronze and cast iron.
The exterior walls of the courthouse rotunda building were made from Vermont marble. On top of the dome is a copper figure entitled “Enlightenment Giving Power” by Johannes Gelert. Around the drum of the dome is a relief consisting of forty panels that represent twelve tablets of the first Roman Law. Five bronze eagles adorn the balustrades on the corners of the building. The eagles and “Enlightenment” were resurfaced with gold leaf in 1994. There are four sculptures on the front of the rotunda building that faces Court Street. Two of the sculptures each contain three figures. The left group consists of Truth holding a mirror flanked by Justice and Integrity. The right group consists of Honor flanked by Law and Order. There are two statues located on the walls of the main steps. The left statue represents History and the right statue represents Law.
Construction for the Administration Building started in 1929 and was completed in 1933. The style of this building is called neoclassical. The exterior walls of the Administration Building were made from Arkansas limestone. The Annex building that joins the Administration Building with the rotunda building was completed in 1958.
[Three unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms]
[between 1861 and 1865]
1 photograph : sixth-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 8.1 x 9.3 cm (case)
Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
Case: Leather gem geometric design.
Photograph shows soldier on left wearing coat that identifies him as a corporal.
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).
Subjects:
United States.--Army.--People--1860-1870.
Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.
Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
Format: Group portraits--1860-1870.
Portrait photographs--1860-1870.
Tintypes--Hand-colored--1860-1870.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Ambrotype/Tintype filing series (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650518
Liljenquist Family collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650519
More information about this collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.27273
Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 2410
Chavis Creek, camp 14th, drawing in graphite, ink, and crayon on paper by Daniel A. Jenks, 1859. Drawing shows a man wrapped in a blanket walking through the snow toward a sod or log structure lacking a door. Another man walks behind him carrying a log. A man and a woman stand in the doorway of the structure while two men stock a wagon. On Wednesday, April 13, 1859, Jenks' party arrived at Camp 14 - Chavis Creek. He wrote in his diary, "more snowing and blowing."
Daniel Jenks traveled to Yreka, California, twice from his native Pawtucket, Rhode Island. In 1849 he joined thousands of '49ers who poured into California by sailing around Cape Horn. In 1859, after a few months at home, Jenks began his overland journey, intending to mine for gold at Pike's Peak. Disillusioned, he returned to Yreka and, on December 24, 1859, bought a mining claim on Long Gulch, where he had mined previously.
From the American treasures exhibit at the U.S. Library of Congress.
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Resizing rings
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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Call Number: LC-B2- 4525-4
From the Library of Congress Faces of the Civil War collection. the original Flickr image is found at www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5228577825/in/a...
[Trademark registration by Arlington Collar and Cuff Company for [Neptune logo] brand Waterproof Collars and Cuffs]
1892 Mar. 29.
1 item ; sheet 26 x 39 cm
Notes:
Served by appointment because the material requires special handling. For more information, see: Materials Designated "Served by Appointment Only ," hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.info.apptonly
Title devised by library staff.
Date based on trademark registration date.
Business location(s) listed on label: Arlington and New York, NJ and NY, United States.
Product Category of Patent Office: Shirts, Collars, and Cuffs.
Format: Advertising labels--1890-1900.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: U.S. Patent Office trademarks (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010632663
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Call Number: TRADEMARKS, no. 20901
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Sergi Tanejew
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
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Call Number: LC-B2- 4513-8
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Armenian refugees
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
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Call Number: LC-B2- 4490-10
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On the lake, tuxedo
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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Call Number: LC-B2- 3725-11
Margolies, John,, photographer.
Statue of Liberty, Jefferson County Courthouse, Fairfield, Iowa
2003.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
Notes:
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
Margolies category: Statue of Liberty.
Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-4).
Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.
Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Subjects:
Courthouses--2000-2010.
Sculpture--2000-2010.
United States--Iowa--Fairfield.
Format: Slides--2000-2010.--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110
General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
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Call Number: LC-MA05- 1985
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John A. Leach
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
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Call Number: LC-B2- 4455-15
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From Woolworth Bldg.
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
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Call Number: LC-B2- 4892-4
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E. Caruso
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.24090
Call Number: LC-B2- 4170-2
Margolies, John,, photographer.
Gas station, Portland, Oregon
1976.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
Notes:
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
Margolies categories: Gas stations, pumps and signs.
Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142).
Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.
Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Subjects:
Automobile service stations--1970-1980.
United States--Oregon--Portland.
Format: Slides--1970-1980.--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110
General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
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Call Number: LC-MA05- 5325
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Chas. A. Beard
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
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Call Number: LC-B2- 4361-9
Hand-colored photographs of Jerusalem and Palestine. Photographs were created by the photographers of the American Colony Photo Department, located in Jerusalem. Founded in the late 1890s by Elijah Meyers, the photo agency was headed during its heyday (ca. 1903-1933) by Lewis Larsson, whose staff photographers included Erik Lind, Lars Lind, Furman Baldwin, and G. Eric Matson.
Taken from the American Colony Jerusalem Collection at the U.S. Library of Congress.
More pictures from the American Colony Jerusalem
[PD] This picture is in the public domain.
The library of Congress in Washington, DC., February 2005. Great tour!
Taken with a Canon Elan, scanned from a Kodak 400 negative.
Antioch 14th July celebrations. The Turks march in to stay. Types of Alouites at 14th July religious festivity, when they always picnic at their shrines. Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region from June 30 to Dec. 31, 1938. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs focus on a trip to Syria with Mr. Moore for the National Geographic Magazine, but also include locations in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip) and Lebanon.
From the American Colony Jerusalem Collection at the U.S. Library of Congress.
More pictures from the American Colony Jerusalem
[PD] This picture is in the public domain.
José Delgado y Gálvez, La tauromaquia, o arte de torear, Barcelona, Editorial G. Gili, 1959 — illustrations by Picasso – from the collection of the Library of Congress
José Delgado y Gálvez, La tauromaquia, o arte de torear, Barcelona, Editorial G. Gili, 1959 — illustrations by Picasso – from the collection of the Library of Congress
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[Outside of building -- the Royal's Service flag]
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
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Call Number: LC-B2- 4380-17
(Best viewed Large.)
The restored lobby of the Library of Congress is so breathtakingly beautiful as to be beyond description. And it defies photographic capture. I shot a bunch of pics in there, but am only posting two here, because I just couldn't capture the full impact of it. The rotunda of the great reading room is even more beautiful, but they don't allow photography there.
Gottlieb, William P., 1917-, photographer.
[Portrait of Doris Day, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946]
1 negative : b&w ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.
Notes:
Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 103
Purchase William P. Gottlieb
Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Day, Doris, 1924-
Women jazz musicians--1940-1950.
Jazz singers--1940-1950.
Actresses--1940-1950.
Aquarium
Format: Portrait photographs--1940-1950.
Film negatives--1940-1950.
Rights Info: Mr. Gottlieb has dedicated these works to the public domain, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply. lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/gottlieb-copyrig...
Repository: (negative) Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (DLC) 99-401005
General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/gottlieb-home.html
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.10741
Call Number: LC-GLB13- 1074
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Heber Grant
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
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Call Number: LC-B2- 4577-5
Korab, Balthazar,, photographer.
IBM Manufacturing and Administrative Center, Rochester, Minnesota, 1956-58. Façade study
[between 1956 and 1958]
1 slide : color.
Notes:
Box. no. 3.
No. 451.
Title and date from Eero Saarinen by De Long and Peatross, 2008.
Gift; Balthazar Korab; 2007.
Forms part of: Balthazar Korab collection.
Published in: Eero Saarinen: buildings from the Balthazar Korab archive / edited by David G. De Long and C. Ford Peatross, 2008.
Subjects:
Office buildings.
United States--Minnesota--Rochester.
Format: Slides--Color.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For information, see: "Balthazar Korab collection," hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.598.kora
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Eero Saarinen book project, 2005-2008 (DLC) 2009632510
General information about the Balthazar Korab collection is available at: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.krb
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Call Number: LC-KRB00- 451
Women from all fields have joined the production army, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942.
U.S. Library of Congress photo.
Complete details and reader advisory on the blog: Full-Color Time Travel, Courtesy of Your Library of Congress
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Lt. Gurnee Munn
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
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Call Number: LC-B2- 4657-6
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W.E. Undsey
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
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Call Number: LC-B2- 4492-12
The Library of Congress and the Capitol are connected by an underground tunnel. This is the entrance to the Library of Congress
The photograph shows the president's rail car at the Alexandria, Virginia station. It was probably taken in January, 1865. It was used as Lincoln's funeral car but he never rode in it in life.
"Constructed over a period of two years at the U.S. Military Rail Road car shops in Alexandria, Virginia, the car, named the United States, was built as a luxurious vehicle intended for use by the living Lincoln. Although the presidential car had been completed in February prior to Lincoln’s 1865 inauguration, he never rode in it or even saw it. The elegant interior, finished with walnut and oak, and upholstered with crimson silk, contained three rooms—a stateroom, a drawing room, and a parlor or dining room. A corridor ran the length of the car and gave access to each room. The exterior was painted chocolate brown, hand-rubbed to a high sheen, and on both sides of the car hung identical oval paintings of an eagle and the coat of arms of the United States. As soon as [Secretary of War Edwin] Stanton knew that Lincoln’s body would be carried home to Illinois by railroad, he authorized the U.S.M.R.R. to modify the car, decorate it with symbols of mourning, and build two catafalques so that it could accommodate the coffins of the president and his son." - Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln’s Corpse by James L. Swanson
I modified the original Library of Congress high resolution TIFF Photo using Photoshop (Unsharp Mask filter + Auto Levels adjust).
No known restrictions to publication.
There is an interesting article here about an investigation to determine the actual color of the car.
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Anti - Aircraft gun
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.21707
Call Number: LC-B2- 3853-5