The Phenomenal Digital Collection of Prints of the New York Public Library

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Image Title: [Group of boys in military costume, holding rifles, flags and a drum.]
Creator: Leck, George H. -- Photographer
Source: Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views. / United States. / States / Massachusetts. / Stereoscopic views of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Source Description: Approx. 72,000 stereoscopic views : 10 x 18 cm. or smaller.
Location: Humanities and Social Sciences Library / Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
Catalog Call Number: MFY Dennis Coll 90-F243
Digital ID: G90F243_019F
Record ID: 656020
Digital Item Published: 8-31-2005; updated 7-22-2008


Image Title: Tattoo in camp.
Published Date: 1890
Depicted Date: 1863
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 15 x 29 cm. (5 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
Notes: Printed on border: "115" Written on border: "Gettysburg"
Original Source: From An artist's story of the great war, 30 years after . . . : illustrated with nearly 300 relief etchings after sketches in the field, and 20 half-tone equestrian portraits from original oil paintings. (New York : Fords, Howard & Hulbert, c1890) Forbes, Edwin (1839-1895), Author.
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / American history -- 1863
Source Description: 4 folders (152 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC AME-1863
Digital ID: 813432
Record ID: 702584
Digital Item Published: 10-28-2005; updated 1-16-2008


Image Title: Timbalier, tambour a cheval. XVIIe siècle. Règne de Louis XIV.
Alternate Title: Costumes de Paris a travers les siècles.
Creator(s): Garcia -- Artist
Chevrolat -- Engraver
Specific Material Type: prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : col. ; 17.3 x 23 cm.
Notes: Written on border: "French army"
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Music -- drum
Source Description: 1 folder (38 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC MUSIC-Dru
Digital ID: 832410
Record ID: 1062099
Digital Item Published: 2-29-2008; updated 3-15-2008


Image Title: Rappahannock Station, Va., Feb. 13, 1864.
Alternate Title: [Rappahannock Station, Virginia, February 13, 1864.]
Creator: Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895 -- Artist
Published Date: 1890
Depicted Date: 1864
Specific Material Type: prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 30.6 x 21.8 cm.
Notes: Printed on image: "From life"
Original Source: From An artist's story of the great war, 30 years after . . . : illustrated with nearly 300 relief etchings after sketches in the field, and 20 half-tone equestrian portraits from original oil paintings. (New York : Fords, Howard & Hulbert, c1890) Forbes, Edwin (1839-1895), Author.
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Music -- drum
Source Description: 1 folder (38 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC MUSIC-Dru
Digital ID: 832436
Record ID: 1062125
Digital Item Published: 1-29-2008; updated 2-29-2008


Image Title: View of a boy with a drum and a dog. Dubuque, Iowa.
Alternate Title: Scenery on the Mississippi & tributaries in the vicinity of Dubuque, Iowa.
Creator: Root, Samuel, 1819-1889 -- Photographer
Created Date: ca. 1867
Source: Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views. / United States. / States / Iowa. / Stereoscopic views of Dubuque, Iowa / by S. Root.
Source Description: Approx. 72,000 stereoscopic views : 10 x 18 cm. or smaller.
Location: Humanities and Social Sciences Library / Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
Catalog Call Number: MFY Dennis Coll 90-F193
Digital ID: G90F193_001F
Record ID: 654217
Digital Item Published: 6-15-2005; updated 7-22-2008


Image Title: Drum Beaten at the Battle of Lexington by William Dimond, Now in Possesion of the Lexington Historical Society. The Long Roll on This Drum was the First Overt Act of the Revolution
Additional Name(s): Lexington Historical Society (Mass.) -- Copyright Holder
Medium: Offset photomechanical prints
Specific Material Type: Photomechanical prints
Source: Detroit Publishing Company postcards / Unnumbered cards
Source Description: 347 postcards
Location: Humanities and Social Sciences Library / Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
Catalog Call Number: MFY 95-29
Digital ID: 79331
Record ID: 204685
Digital Item Published: 4-9-2004; updated 7-28-2007


Image Title: [View of a large bass drum.]["LET US HAVE PEACE"]
Source: Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views. / United States. / States / Massachusetts. / Stereoscopic views of the Boston coliseum and the peace jubilees, 1869, 1872.
Source Description: Approx. 72,000 stereoscopic views : 10 x 18 cm. or smaller.
Location: Humanities and Social Sciences Library / Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
Catalog Call Number: MFY Dennis Coll 90-F330
Digital ID: G90F330_014F
Record ID: 658677
Digital Item Published: 3-9-2006; updated 7-22-2008


Image Title: L'ancien tambour supprimé dans l'armée par le général Farre et rétabli par le général Billot.
Creator(s): Hyon, Georges Louis, b. 1855 -- Artist, Coste -- Engraver
Published Date: 1882
Medium: Engravings
Specific Material Type: prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 27.2 x 22.5 cm.
Notes: Written on border: "Le Monde illustre July 15, 1882"
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Music -- drum
Source Description: 1 folder (38 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC MUSIC-Dru
Digital ID: 832404
Record ID: 1062093
Digital Item Published: 1-29-2008; updated 2-29-2008


Image Title: Johnnie Clem, the drummer of Shiloh.
Published Date: 1891
Depicted Date: ca. 1862
Specific Material Type: prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 12.7 x 7.5 cm.
Notes: Illegible artist signature on image.
Original Source: From Historical collections of Ohio . . . contrasting the Ohio of 1846 with 1886. (Columbus : Henry Howe & Son, 1891) Howe, Henry (1816-1893), Author.
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Music -- drum
Source Description: 1 folder (38 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC MUSIC-Dru
Digital ID: 832409
Record ID: 1062098
Digital Item Published: 1-29-2008; updated 2-29-2008


Image Title: Leut. "Jimmy" Europe and his famous band; Another drum, beaten by Willie Webb, of Louisville, Ky., was a trophy left by the Germans when they retreated hurriedly in the Champagne engagement.
Additional Name(s): Miller, Kelly, 1863-1939 -- Author
Medium: Halftone photomechanical prints
Specific Material Type: Prints
Item/Page/Plate: Plate # 34 + C
Source: Kelly Miller's history of the world war for human rights; being an intensely human and brilliant account of the world war and why and for what purpose America and the allies are fighting and the important part taken by the Negro, including the horrors and wonders of modern warfare, the new and strange devices, etc. ... by Kelly Miller ... illustrated with 128 genuine pictures from recent official photographs, also outline map drawings.
Source Description: xiii, 17-608 p. front., illus., maps, plates (1 double) ports. 21cm.
Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / General Research and Reference Division
Catalog Call Number: Sc 940.9-M (Miller, K. History of the world war for human rights)
Digital ID: 1206660
Record ID: 482393
Digital Item Published: 4-15-2004; updated 10-4-2007


Image Title: [....] Infanterie [Two soldiers in white uniforms with read trim. First soldier is playing a drum, the second is blowing a bugle.]
Creator: Cenni, G. -- Artist
Additional Name(s): Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus -- Collector
Medium: Pen works
Specific Material Type: drawings
Source: The Vinkhuijzen collection of military uniforms / Mexico. / Mexico, 1826-1862 [part 1].
Source Description: 26 drawings : pen work: 20 x 12 cm. or smaller; 10 prints : lithographs ; 20 x 12 cm. or smaller
Location: Humanities and Social Sciences Library / General Research Division
Catalog Call Number: 8-MMEH (Vinkhuijzen collection of military uniforms), vol. 472
Digital ID: 76664
Record ID: 120886
Digital Item Published: 2-20-2004; updated 1-16-2008


Image Title: The Infant Drummer, Wm. Henry Marsh. Aged 2½ Years.
Medium: Engravings
Specific Material Type: Prints
Source: Muller Collection / William Henry Marsh
Location: The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts / Music Division
Catalog Call Number: Muller Collection (Marsh, William Henry #1)
Digital ID: 1270440
Record ID: 624934
Digital Item Published: 10-24-2005; updated 7-31-2007


Image Title: The drummer-boy.
Alternate Title: [Drummer for the French army, 19th century.]
Creator(s): Yves & Barret -- Engraver Neuville, Alphonse Marie de, 1835-1885 -- Artist
Created Date: 1877
Specific Material Type: prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 18.3 x 12 cm.
Notes: Printed on border: "Fac-simile of a sketch from the original painting by A. De Neuville."
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Music -- drum
Source Description: 1 folder (38 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC MUSIC-Dru
Digital ID: 832412
Record ID: 1062101
Digital Item Published: 1-29-2008; updated 2-29-2008


Image Title: A morning lesson.
Alternate Title: Drummer boys with Sherman at Atlanta, 1864.
Creator: Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895 -- Artist
Published Date: 1890
Depicted Date: 1864
Specific Material Type: prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 8.5 x 10.3 cm.
Original Source: From An artist's story of the great war, 30 years after . . . : illustrated with nearly 300 relief etchings after sketches in the field, and 20 half-tone equestrian portraits from original oil paintings. (New York : Fords, Howard & Hulbert, c1890) Forbes, Edwin (1839-1895), Author.
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Music -- drum
Source Description: 1 folder (38 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC MUSIC-Dru
Digital ID: 832413
Record ID: 1062102
Digital Item Published: 2-29-2008; updated 3-15-2008

Image Title: The drummers of the Republic.
Creator: Jimenez, Luis -- unknown role
Additional Name(s): Boussod, Valadon & Co. -- unknown role
Published Date: 1896
Specific Material Type: Prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : col. ; 14 x 23 cm. (5 1/2 x 9 in.)
Notes: Printed on border: "Publication authorized by the artist." "Typogravure Boussod, Valadon & Co, Paris." "From the painting by Luis Jimenez." Stamp imprint on border: "Gift of A.A. Hopkins." Underneath signature on image: "[illegible] [1871?]."
Original Source: From Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. (New York : Century, 1896) Sloane, William Milligan (1850-1928), Author.
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Army -- France -- 1700s
Source Description: 2 folders (53 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC ARMY-Fra-17
Digital ID: 830359
Record ID: 707273
Digital Item Published: 10-28-2005; updated 1-16-2008


Image Title: [Studio view of a group of women holding brooms(?) and 1 woman with a drum.]
Source: Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views. / United States. / States / Massachusetts. / Stereoscopic views of Lowell, Massachusetts.
Source Description: Approx. 72,000 stereoscopic views : 10 x 18 cm. or smaller.
Location: Humanities and Social Sciences Library / Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
Catalog Call Number: MFY Dennis Coll 90-F246
Digital ID: G90F246_044ZF
Record ID: 656094
Digital Item Published: 8-31-2005; updated 7-22-2008


Image Title: Clarence Mackenzie.
Depicted Date: ca. 1861
Specific Material Type: prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 14.2 x 11.2 cm.
Notes: Written on verso: "Drummer boy of the 13th regiment of Brooklyn." Clarence Mackenzie was the first member of his regiment to be killed in 1861 at the age of twelve.
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Music -- drum
Source Description: 1 folder (38 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC MUSIC-Dru
Digital ID: 832418
Record ID: 1062107
Digital Item Published: 1-29-2008; updated 2-29-2008

Image Title: A.R. Carrington, champion drum soloist, 1870s.
Creator: Armstrong & Co. (Boston, Mass.) -- Lithographer
Published Date: 187-
Medium: Lithographs
Specific Material Type: prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 27.6 x 21.4 cm.
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Music -- drum
Source Description: 1 folder (38 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC MUSIC-Dru
Digital ID: 832408
Record ID: 1062097
Digital Item Published: 1-29-2008; updated 2-29-2008


Image Title: Drum used by Americans in the Battle of New Orleans
Creator: Fritch, Louis T., 1882-1956 -- Photographer
Specific Material Type: Photographs
Item Physical Description: 24.5 x 19 cm.
Notes: In collection of the Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans
Source: "The Pageant of America" Collection / v.6 - The winning of freedom / (Unpublished photographs) / Andre, Arnold and Nathan Hale [also labeled "Arms, Artillery, Equipment"]
Source Description: Approx. 8,000 photographs
Location: Humanities and Social Sciences Library / Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
Digital ID: 112396
Record ID: 134802
Digital Item Published: 2-20-2004; updated 7-21-2008


Image Title: The Kings Herb-woman, & her 6 Maids, with baskets of sweet herbs & flowers, strewing the way; the deans beadle of Westin; the high constable of Westminster; a fife; drums; the drum major.
Additional Name(s): Sandford, Francis, 1630-1694 -- Author
Medium: Engravings
Specific Material Type: Prints
Item Physical Description: 53 x 43 cm.
Item/Page/Plate: Plate 1
Source: The history of the coronation of ... James II ... King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, and of ... Queen Mary ... in ... Westminster ... the 23 of April ... 1685 ...
Source Description: 29 x 44 cm.
Location: Humanities and Social Sciences Library / General Research Division
Catalog Call Number: CI++ (Sandford, F. History of the coronation)
Digital ID: 1117390
Record ID: 355100
Digital Item Published: 3-3-2004; updated 10-4-2007


Image Title: Ninth Cavalry Drum Corps [1918]
Additional Name(s): Curtis, Mary -- Author
Medium: Halftone photomechanical prints
Specific Material Type: Photomechanical prints
Item/Page/Plate: 40
Source: The black soldier; or, the colored boys of the United States army.
Source Description: 60 p. illus., ports. 23 cm.
Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / General Research and Reference Division
Catalog Call Number: Sc 355-C (Curtis, M. Black soldier)
Digital ID: 1233762
Record ID: 583043
Digital Item Published: 10-21-2004; updated 10-4-2007

Image Title: Drum corps.
Creator: Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909 -- Artist
Additional Name(s): Aikman, Walter Monteith, 1857-1939 -- Engraver
Published Date: 1889
Created Date: 1889
Specific Material Type: Prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 14 x 21 cm. (5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)
Notes: Printed on image: "Frederic Remington, City of Mexico '89." Written on border: "Nov, 1889."
Original Source: From Harper's magazine. (New York : Harper Brothers, 1850-) .
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Army -- Mexico
Source Description: 1 folder (10 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC ARMY-Mex
Digital ID: 831156
Record ID: 697582
Digital Item Published: 10-28-2005; updated 9-2-2008