Burning of the Library of Congress 1892 Frame Style:Canvas Wrap Abraham Lincoln — a portrait

Abraham Lincoln — a portrait of the wartime president whose face

Alexander Anderson

The Underground Arteries New York City Transit Map charts the IRT

The Great Explosion in New York

Burning of the Library of Congress 1892 Frame Style:Canvas Wrap Abraham Lincoln — a portraitBurning of the Library of Congress 1892 a press engraving of the night flame found the nation's bookshelves, smoke pouring from the Capitol's old west front while clerks hauled volumes into the cold air, the republic briefly reading itself by firelight. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the lithographic publishers