French Quarter Detail, New Orleans, Louisiana
Photograph taken a few months after Hurricane Katrina. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gi... More
Neon sign in Bishop, a small town in Inyo County, California, at the n...
The town was named for Bishop Creek, which flows out of the Sierras. The creek, in turn, was named after Samuel Addison Bishop, an early Owens Valley settler. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photograp... More
Appropriate advertising sign for Leddy's boot shop in the Stockyards D...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
1722 55th St., Oakland, CA, 2006
Photograph shows the "Praises of Zion Missionary Baptist Church." Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Neon sign on Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Old neon motel sign on King's Highway in California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Eat Beef sign along the road in Northern California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
[Old sign for Fireside Inn Motel, Santa Cruz, California]
Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; The Capital Group Companies Charitable... More
Vintage Coca-Cola sign in Cedarville, California
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Provocative neon sign at a Lucy's Fried Chicken location on Burnet Roa...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
1940s neon Dr Pepper sign at the Dublin Bottling Works and W.P. Kloste...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This plant produced a distinctive form of Dr Pepper, a soda popular throughout the South. The distinction: it used only pure cane suga... More
Historic Shell gas station, Raleigh, North Carolina
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sign "Welcome to ths world famous wine growing region, Napa Valley," C...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Neon sign advertising the services of "Madam Sophia," a palm reader in...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Red Coca Cola sign in San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Neon sign for Theo's drive-in restaurant in Grand Prairie, Texas, alon...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Restaurant sign above the River Walk, also known as the Passeo del Rio...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Lined by bars, shops and restaurants, the River Walk is a free gathering place attraction that loops under bridges as two parallel si... More
Glitter Girl neon sign at the Freemont Street Experience, Las Vegas, N...
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Sign at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California
The Pier, a large double-jointed pier located at the foot of Colorado Avenue is a prominent, 100-year-old landmark. Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The ... More
Motel sign, Yreka, California - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Neon sign of the In-Out Burger fast-food chain in Pasadena, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Beer sign ("Lone Star Beer, The National Beer of Texas") inside Lil' R...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Beer sign ("Jax Beer") inside Lil' Red's Longhorn Saloon in the Stocky...
Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sign in daytime, Las Vegas, Nevada
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Colorful liquor-store sign in North Hollywood, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Vintage Coca-Cola sign in Cedarville, California
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Sign for the Tradewinds Hotel in Grand Prairie, Texas, along old Texas...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Beer sign ("Pearl Lager Beer") inside Lil' Red's Longhorn Saloon in th...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Good luck was in short supply at the closed Shamrock Motel in Texarkan...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Decorative sign ("Texas, The Lone Star State") inside Lil' Red's Longh...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Abe Lincoln sits on a wagon, Route 66, Lincoln, Illinois
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase ; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-201... More
French Quarter Detail, New Orleans, Louisiana
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Greyhound Bus sign, South Carolina
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Blake's Lotaburger sign, New Mexico
More than fifty years ago Blake Chanslor opened his first hamburger stand in Albuquerque. From the start, Blake was committed to using only high quality products for all his made to order menu items. Sometimes ... More
Sign for Del Oro Theatre in Nevada City, California
Built in 1940 by United Artists, the theater is famous for its Art Deco architecture and illuminated, 70-foot tower. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Coll... More
The Hollywood sign, a landmark and American cultural icon located in L...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
This is certainly not the "last drive-in picture show" in Gatesville, ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Bell Gas sign, Truxton, Arizona
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Dolles Salt Water Taffy sign, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Flying A Service sign in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada Cou...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California... More
Sign for Motel and Cafe Hi-Lo in Northern California
Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Hollywood sign, a landmark and American cultural icon located in L...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Beverly Hills sign in Los Angeles, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Old motel sign in Lee Vining, California, the closest town to the east...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Neon sign for Mel's Drive-In and "celebrity bar" in the Hollywood sect...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The restaurant, part of a small California chain of diners, is located in the historic Max Factor building that includes a beauty salon whose client list ... More
Flying A Service sign in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada Cou...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California... More
Motel 66, Barstow, California - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Settlement of Barstow began in the late 1840s in the Mormon Corridor. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Hi... More
Beware of bears crossing the road sign in Northern California mountain...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Appropriate advertising sign for Leddy's boot shop in the Stockyards D...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Old Dr Pepper advertising mural on a building in the town of Hico in H...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Blackburn's Antiques and collectibles store in Paris, Texas
Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Daytime view of a neon sign for the Maverick Inn in Alpine, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Here it is! Jackrabbit Trading Post, Route 66, Joseph City, Arizona
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Jack Rabbit Trading Post was started in 1949 by Jim Taylor and his wife. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photog... More
Apropos advertising signs in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Te...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The neighborhood celebrates a former livestock market that operated under various owners from 1866. Fort Worth Union Stockyards opene... More
The Hollywood sign, a landmark and American cultural icon located in L...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A neon sign from Hollywood and Vine in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Califor...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, became famous in the 1920s for its concentration of radio and movie-related businesses. The Holly... More
A neon sign along 5th Street in Amarillo, Texas, where a piece of hist...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Historic Electric City sign, restored in 2008, shines again. Scranton,...
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase ; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-201... More
Lollipop Motel sign, Wildwood, New Jersey
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Fun House sign, Seattle, Washington
Located right inside the shadow cast by the Space Needle, the Funhouse is Seattle's oldest surviving punk rock club. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's Ame... More
Apropos advertising signs in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Te...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The neighborhood celebrates a former livestock market that operated under various owners from 1866. Fort Worth Union Stockyards opene... More
Neon sign outside a bar, not Billy Bob's, which is a separate night cl...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The neighborhood celebrates a former livestock market that operated under various owners from 1866. Fort Worth Union Stockyards opene... More
Neon sign in Bishop, a small town in Inyo County, California, at the n...
Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Grain Belt Beer sign, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift;... More
The Torches Motel, Barstow, California
Settlement of Barstow began in the late 1840s in the Mormon Corridor. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Hi... More
Motel 66 sign in Barstow, California
Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old Dr Pepper mural on a building in the town of Hico in Hamilton Coun...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Mural artist: name not given. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Libr... More
Sign on the lawn of Rose Hill Manor, also called the Woodworth House, ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1906 by Rome Hatch Woodworth, an early mayor. Bequeathed the home to the city in 1948, it has served as a meeting place for ... More
Signs in Luckenbach, Texas, a dot of a place in Gillespie County, Texa...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Luckenbach, made famous by the country song about "Waylon (Jennings), Willie (Nelson) and the Boys." Its oldest building is a combina... More
Sign at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California
The Pier, a large double-jointed pier located at the foot of Colorado Avenue is a prominent, 100-year-old landmark. Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The ... More
Neon sign at the Willo Steakhouse and saloon, an authentic California ...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The restaurant was established in 1969. The saloon dates to 1946. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsm... More
An old billboard in remote Presidio County, Texas, for the Motel Thund...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The sign would lead one to believe that the hotel, like the sign, would be a decrepit shell of its former self from the days of roman... More
Horse statue advertising sign in the Stockyards, a historic livestock-...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The arrival of railroads in 1876 made Fort Worth an important livestock center. Fort Worth Union Stockyards opened for... More
Sign at the entrance to the Stockyards, a historic livestock-market di...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The arrival of railroads in 1876 made Fort Worth an important livestock center. Fort Worth Union Stockyards opened for... More
Route 66 restaurant, 1819 Will Rogers Drive, Santa Rosa, New Mexico
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Holiday Motel, Las Vegas, Nevada
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Signs for Luckenbach, Texas, a dot of a place in Gillespie County, Tex...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Luckenbach, made famous by the country song about "Waylon (Jennings), Willie (Nelson) and the Boys." Its oldest building is a combina... More
Historic Coffee Shop Sign near the Lorraine Motel Historic Site, Memph...
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Neon sign for Foster's Bighorn Bar and Restaurant in Rio Vista, Califo...
Located west of Lodi, the restaurant displays one of the most extensive collections of animal "trophy heads" in America. Bill Foster, a big-game hunter opened the restaurant in 1931. Title, date, and keywords b... More
Neon sign outside Hut's Hamburgers, an Austin, Texas, institution dati...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Elms Motel sign in Bishop, a small town in Inyo County, California, at...
Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Neon sign at Rossetti's Bar in Valley Springs, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Rancho Super Car Wash neon sign in Rancho Mirage, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Motel sign in Northern California along the Pacific Coast Highway
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Neon sign "Indian Jewelry" Northern California Redwood attraction
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Roosevelt Hotel sign, Seattle, Washington
Built in 1929 during the onslaught of the Great Depression, the Roosevelt Hotel provided first class high rise accommodations in the very new and burgeoning city of Seattle. Title, date, and subjects provided b... More
Full Moon Bar-b-que signs in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hand painted revolutionary signs in Havana, Cuba
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... More
Memphis Music neon sign, Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee
Beale Street has been playing the blues for more than half a century. Named after an unknown military hero in 1841, it acted as General Ulysses S. Grant's headquarters during the Civil War. But, Beale Street's ... More
Neon sign for the Grotto Fish Market, Old Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey,...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Constructed before the turn of the century, it was purchased by the City of Monterey in 1913 and has been reconstructed several times... More
Chop Suey sign in Locke, an unincorporated community in the Sacramento...
Also known as the Locke Historic District, it was established after a fire broke out in the Chinese section of nearby Walnut Grove. Chinese merchants approached landowner George Locke and inquired if they could... More
[Sign for deep fried Hostess Twinkies in Santa Cruz, the county seat a...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer for similar group of images: LC-DIG-higsm-21615 thru LC-DIG-highsm-21624. Chartered in 1866 and located on the northern edge of the Mo... More
Sign for El Rancho motel in Barstow, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Sign: Manzanar War Relocation Center, California
One of ten camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned during World War II. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collect... More
A merchant's clever and creative advertising sign in Shingletown, a sm...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Neon sign in Pasadena, California
Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old motel sign in northern California
Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Klamath sign in Northern California
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Although this looks for all the world like a theater marquee, it is in...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
This looks like one of the funky artistic neon signs that are everywhe...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More