Pictorial Americana
Selected Images from the Collections of the Library of
Congress
EXPERIMENTS AND INVENTIONS
General | City
Lighting
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![Franklin's experiment, June 1752](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090110052144im_/http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3b50000/3b50000/3b50200/3b50238t.gif) |
Franklin's experiment, June 1752. Demonstrating
the identity of lightning and electricity,
from which he invented the lightning rod.
Lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1876.
Reproduction number: LC-USZC2-2364
(color film copy slide) |
![The first cotton gin](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090110052144im_/http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3a00000/3a04000/3a04700/3a04710t.gif) |
The first cotton gin. Wood engraving in Harper's
Weekly, Dec. 18, 1869 after Wm.
Sheppard.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-802 |
![Samuel F. B. Morse](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090110052144im_/http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3a00000/3a05000/3a05900/3a05915t.gif) |
Samuel F. B. Morse. (Three-quarter length).
Photograph by Mathew Brady.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-2188 |
![The first telegraphic instrument](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090110052144im_/http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3a00000/3a05000/3a05200/3a05220t.gif) |
The first telegraphic instrument. Photograph
by New York Fine Art Company, 1870.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-1406 |
![What hath God wrought](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090110052144im_/http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3a00000/3a09000/3a09100/3a09181t.gif) |
What hath God wrought. (First telegraphic
message). Photograph.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-5883 |
![The progress of the country](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090110052144im_/http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3a00000/3a04000/3a04500/3a04582t.gif) |
The progress of the country. The lightning
steam press. The electric telegraph. The
locomotive. The steamboat. Lithograph by
Currier & Ives, 1876.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-664 |
![Alexander Graham Bell](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090110052144im_/http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3a00000/3a06000/3a06700/3a06757t.gif) |
Alexander Graham Bell. (Bust) Photograph
by Pach Bros., 1904.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-3205 |
![Trial exhibition of Bell's telephone for the transmission of sound by electricity](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090110052144im_/http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3a00000/3a04000/3a04700/3a04702t.gif) |
Trial exhibition of Bell's telephone for
the transmission of sound by electricity,
operated between Salem & Boston, Mass., Mar.
15 ... Bell addressing a party of scientific
men. Wood engraving in Frank Leslie's
Illustrated Newspaper, Mar. 31, 1877,
after E. R. Morse.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-794 |
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G. Marconi sending first wireless marine
message in America. Photograph copyrighted
by Benjamin A. Howes, 1899.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-7310 |
![New Orleans. A leave at night](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090110052144im_/http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3a00000/3a08000/3a08600/3a08676t.gif) |
New Orleans. A leave at night. Electric-light
illumination. Reproduction in Harper's
Weekly, Mar. 3, 1883, of drawing by
J. O. Davidson.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-5367 |
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A street lighted by natural gas at Findlay,
Ohio. Wood engraving in Harper's Weekly,
Dec. 19, 1885, after drawing by Charles Graham
of photos. by Zay, Crozier & Linaweaver.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-5771 |
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