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CollectionVisual materials from the O.M. Poe papers ca. 650 items (chiefly stereographs and photographic prints) ; various sizes. | Includes 400 stereographs and over 200 photographic prints relating to Poe's military and government careers, personal life, and interests (filed in LOT). Subjects include Civil War battle sights as depicted in panoramas, mammoth plate prints, and stereographs by George N. Barnard and views of the siege of Charleston, S.C., by Haas and...
- Contributor: O'Sullivan, Timothy H. - Jackson, William Henry - Barnard, George N. - Haas & Peale - Watkins, Carleton E. - Hillers, John K. - Bell, William
- Date: 1800
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Photo, Print, DrawingBarriere des Champs Elisées 1 print. | Reproduction of original color aquatint, showing people drinking and dancing as they approach the Champs-Elysées for Premier May celebration.
- Date: 1914-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingSerment fédératif du 14 Juillet 1790 1 print. | Reproduction of original color aquatint, showing Major General de la Fayette addressing a large crowd.
- Date: 1914-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLe peuple franc̜ais reconnaît l'être suprème et l'immortalité de l'âme 1 print. | Reproduction of original etching, featuring text, with a family and objects associated with country life below a radiant sun.
- Date: 1921-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingKey to the engraving of Franklin at the Court of France, by William Overend Geller, after the original painting by Baron Jolly of Bruxelles 1 print ; sheet 16 x 23 cm. | Print shows key to engraving with people identified as: 1. Franklin, 2. Count d'Artois, 3. Louis XVI, 4. Marie Antoinette, 5. Count de Vergennes, 6. Count de Maurepas, 7. Princess Elizabeth, 8. Countess Diana Polignac, 9. Madame Campan, 10. Duchess Jules de Polignac, 11. Princess de Chimay, 12. Mademoiselle de Marolles, 13. Princess de Lamballe,...
- Contributor: Jolly, André Édouard - Geller, William Overend - Jolly, Andr ̌ Douard, Baron
- Date: 1853-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingGrand ballon captif a vapeur de la cour des Tuileries 1 print (broadside) : hand-colored. | Broadside announcing the ascension of Henri Giffard's giant captive balloon from the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris, probably during the Paris Exposition of 1878. Includes picture of the giant balloon stationed in the center of the courtyard next to a smaller balloon.
- Date: 1878-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingGrand ballon captif a vapeur de la cour des Tuileries, Paris, 1878 1 print (broadside) on blue paper. | Broadside announcing the ascension of Henri Giffard's giant captive balloon from the courtyard of the Tuileries during the Paris Exposition of 1878. Includes picture of the giant balloon stationed at the center of the courtyard next to a smaller balloon.
- Date: 1878-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLe grand ballon captif a vapeur de la cour des Tuileries (1879), M. Henry Giffard, ingénieur-constructeur 1 print (broadside). | Broadside announcing the ascension of Henri Giffard's captive balloon in the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris. Includes picture of the giant balloon with passengers in the basket.
- Date: 1879-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingAscension captive. 42, avenue de Suffren tous les jours de 1 à 5 h. Exposition de l'aérostat et des machines ... / 1 print (broadside). | Broadside announcing a captive balloon ascension during the Paris Exposition of 1867. Includes pictures of the balloon being inflated ("Le Gonflement") and spectators watching the captive balloon ascend in the air ("L'Ascension").
- Date: 1867-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingNouvelle expérience de Mlle. Élisa Garnerin. Avis. 1 print (broadside). | Broadside announcing a parachute jump at Rouen, France, by Elisa Garnerin, who made many parachute descents between 1815 and 1836. Includes two pictures of parachutes.
- Date: 1815-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingSalle de concert du cercie artistique ... Exposition du gigantesque ballon Cita di Firenze de Eugène Godard, aéronaute de l'Empereur ... Place St. Michel dimanche 30 janvier 1870 ... grande fete populaire, ... 1 print (broadside) on green paper. | Broadside announcing a balloon exhibition and ascension by Eugène Godard in his balloon "Cita di Firenze" from the Place St. Michel, Paris. Includes picture of a mirage observed by Godard and Camille Flammarion from their balloon during an ascension in 1868.
- Date: 1870-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLe ballon captif de la cour des Tuileries, construit par M. Giffard, ingénieur à Paris 1 print (broadside). | Broadside announcing one of Henri Giffard's balloon ascensions in 1878 and 1879 from the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris. Includes picture of the captive balloon floating over the courtyard.
- Date: 1878-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingChamp-de-Mars. Première ascension aérostatique du ballon le Pole Nord executee le dimanche 27 juin, a cinq heures, au profit de l'expedition de M. Gustave Lambert ... 1 print (broadside). | Broadside announcing an ascension of the giant balloon "Le Pole Nord" from the Champ-de-Mars, Paris, June 27, 1869. Proceeds from the event, organized by balloonists Wilfrid de Fonvielle and Gaston Tissandier, to support Gustave Lambert's North Pole ballooning expedition. Includes picture of "Le Pole Nord" and a second balloon in flight.
- Date: 1869-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingChamp de Mars, dimanche 17 juin, a 5 heures préciss. Ascension aérostatique du ballon le Pole Nord au bénéfice de l'expédition de M. Gustave Lambert 1 print (broadside). | Broadside announcing an ascension of the giant balloon "Le Pole Nord" from the Champ-de-Mars, Paris, June 27, 1869. Proceeds from the event, organized by balloonists Wilfrid de Fonvielle and Gaston Tissandier, to support Gustave Lambert's North Pole ballooning expedition. Includes picture of balloons in flight.
- Date: 1869-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing3ème et dernière expérience de descente en parachute par Melle. Garnerin, au Champ de Mars, dimanche 21 avril, a son profit 1 print (broadside). | Broadside announcing the final parachute jump at Champ-de-Mars, Paris, April 21, by Elisa Garnerin, who made many parachute descents between 1815 and 1836. Includes two pictures of parachutes.
- Date: 1815-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingTrente jours de plaisirs. 1000 fr. de plaisirs pour 15 fr. Pour 50 centimes par jour, on pourra, pendant un mois, aller chaque jour a des théatres, bals, concerts, cirques, arènes, etc. 1 print (advertisement) : color. | Advertisement for a monthly subscription to theatrical productions, balls, concerts, the circus, and other entertainments, probably at venues in and around Paris. Text appears within an outline of a balloon ascending with seven passengers. Costumed figures on winged creatures fly alongside the balloon, rest on top of the balloon, or climb balloon ropes.
- Date: 1840-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingSalle de conférences ... Conférences experimentales sur la navigation aérienne par l'ingénieur Camille Vert, de la Drôme le plus léger que l'air par le poisson volant : le plus lourd que l'air ... 1 print (broadside). | Broadside announcing a conference on flight designs by Camille Vert. Includes pictures of a lighter-than-air 'flying fish' airship and a heavier-than-air 'winged man' ornithopter.
- Date: 1859-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLe grand ballon captif des Tuileries 1 print (broadside). | Broadside announcing Henri Giffard's captive balloon ascension in the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris. Includes picture of passengers in the basket of the giant balloon.
- Date: 1878-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingBlanchard-Deguitard, caoutchouc dilaté, spécialité de plumets ... spécialité de préservatifs et surprises, nouveaux bois a gorges, gazomètres pour gonfler les ballons 1 print (advertisement). | Advertisement for Blanchard-Deguitard, a French merchant of balloons and other products. Includes a picture Maison Blanchard, with office, store, and a shed where women lay out cloth on long tables.
- Date: 1878-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingIllustrations and other printed material from the papers of Orlando Poe 15 items (engravings, lithographs, photomechanical prints) ; 44 x 61 cm. or smaller. | Includes among other items, an illustration of Fort Sumter as it appeared the afternoon of Aug. 23rd, 1863; an unidentified map dated 1860; a lithograph of an unidentified battle scene; a watercolor sketch dated 1866 and signed Thomas Lee Brent; a cover page for a French periodical titled: Album autographique....
- Date: 1814
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Photo, Print, DrawingGrèce. Hellas! Hélas! avec lequel danser? Hellas! Alas! with which shall I dance? 1 print : postcard format ; sheet 9 x 14 cm. | Postcard shows a soldier in traditional Greek costume, choosing between a German helmet in one hand and a French kepi in the other.
- Contributor: Dupuis, Emil
- Date: 1916-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingErecting the statue in Paris 1 print ; sheet 12 x 9 cm. | Print shows the Statue of Liberty in scaffolding, being set up in Paris, France.
- Contributor: Wittemann, A. (Adolph)
- Date: 1887-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingFrance & Islam. Matinée Franco-Musulmane 1 print. | Cover of program for theatrical production at Palais de Versailles.
- Date: 1916-01-01
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