Every body and his big grandmother are going to buy their valentines a...
Valentine. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 200, Folder 19.
New York City - Medical College for Women, East Twelfth Street and Sec...
Class. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1870), p. 72. Reference copy may be in LOT 4399. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY NYC ; Shelf.
[Fifth Avenue at Fifty-seventh Street, north to Central Park, New York...
Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y.] - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...
Public domain photograph of New York City, Broadway, downtown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Policemen's parade, Fifth Avenue, New York
Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
[Colorado Street at Fair Oaks Avenue, probably Pasadena, California]
Public domain photograph of a tram car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Fifth Avenue from Thirty-third Street, New York, N.Y.]
Public domain photograph of New York City, Broadway, downtown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Congressional Union for Woman's Suffrage, National Summer Headquarters...
Photograph shows group portrait of suffragettes standing outside in front of headquarters. Copyright 1914 by Ernst & Thuot, Newport, R. I. Copyright registration title: Congressional union for woman's suffrage,... More
Aerial Photograph of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC including t...
This photograph was taken by the Army Air Corps stationed at Bolling Field and looks east across Pennsylvania Avenue. "Airscapes" of American and Foreign Areas
Photograph of an Aerial View of the National Archives Building, Consti...
This photograph is part of the McCloskey Co. Contract for the construction of the extension of the National Archives Building. Construction of the National Archives Building
Chemawa Indian School, 5495 Chugach Avenue, Salem, Marion, OR - Bureau...
Significance: Chemawa Indian School is the oldest, continuously operating non-reservation boarding school in the United States. Survey number: HABS OR-129 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 92001333
South Seaville Methodist Camp Meeting Grounds, Cottage 60, 2 Morris Av...
Significance: This is a well-preserved two-story gothic cottage typical of South Seaville Camp Meeting construction of the 1870s-1890s. This basic cottage form is seen in different stages of alteration througho... More
Hopewell Baptist Church, 2315 Twenty-sixth Avenue North, Birmingham, J...
Survey number: HABS AL-968 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ferd-Heim Brewing Company, 424 West Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Logan Co...
Survey number: HABS OK-19 Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction
Sulphur Springs Hotel, 8122 North Nebraska Avenue, Tampa, Hillsborough...
Significance: The hotel was situated near the "miraculous" mineral waters of Hillsborough River and represents an excellent example of a resort recreation facility of early 20th century. The most distinguished... More
A group of men walking down a street. Great Depression FSA photogpraph
Picryl description: Public domain photograph related to mass media, press, newspaper, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Detroit, Michigan. Fashion show presented by the Chrysler Girls' Club ...
Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New York, New York. Italian bakery of First Avenue between Tenth and F...
Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Schenectady, New York. Third graders at the Elmer Avenue Elementary Sc...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
New York City Public Market, 1st Ave. and 73rd St., New York City. Int...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of street life, food vendor, city market, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[African American children on way to PS204, 82nd Street and 15th Avenu...
NYWT&S staff photograph. Caption handwritten on verso. Date stamped on verso: Sep 13 1965. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Chicago Police Officers on Michigan Avenue
This is an exhibit from criminal case 69CR180, United States v. Dellinger, et al. United States v Dellinger, et al.
Christmas tree in the historic PNC Bank Building, formerly Bank of Ame...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Originally built in 1902 and 1905 by York & Sawyer, wit... More
Members of the US Army 3rd Infantry (The Old Guard) dressed in colonia...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT John M. Taylor Release Status: R... More
Apple Store, 5th Avenue, New York, New York
Designed by San Francisco based design firm Eight Inc. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gi... More
New York, N.Y., March 11, 2014 -- Bellevue Hospital (center) sits in t...
The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Kenneth Wilsey Keywords: FEMA ^ NYC ^ NY4085 ^ Bellevue Hospital ^ East river ^ Hospital Row ^ VA Medical Ce... More
Pawn Shop, 48 Third Avenue, Manhattan.
Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th-century, the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Plate 32, Part of Section 2: [Bounded by W. 14th Street, E. 14th Stree...
Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Plate 188: [Bounded by W. 214th Street, (Harlem River) Columbus Avenue...
Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Plate 140, Part of Section 7: [Bounded by W. 127th Street, Lenox Avenu...
Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More
Charles Bissell House, 666 East Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, NY
Significance: Built between 1852 and 1854, for Mr. & Mrs. Charles Perkins Bissell this Gothic Revival structure is attributed to Andrew Jackson Warner. This inspiration for the exterior treatment was undoubtedl... More
Blenheim Hotel, Ohio Avenue & Boardwalk, Atlantic City, Atlantic Count...
Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Blenheim Hotel, Ohio Avenue & Boardwalk, Atlantic City, Atlantic Count...
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, North Bergen Tunnel, Through ...
Significance: The North Bergen Tunnel is significant for its role in the development and expansion of the D.L&W. Railroad system. The tunnel was one of the first major construction projects undertaken after the... More
Dix Bascule Bridge, Spanning Rouge River at Dix Avenue, Detroit, Wayne...
Significance: The Dix Bascule Bridge is the newest of three double-leaf trunnion drawbridges constructed over the Rouge River in the 1920's. It is important in local history for its relation to the economic de... More
Sam & Alfreda Maloof Compound, Main Residence & Workshop, 9553 Highlan...
Survey number: HABS CA-2708-A Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1962 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1966... More
Richard Brown House, 587 Rochambeau Avenue, Providence, Providence Cou...
Significance: Earliest known brick house in Providence. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS RI-31 Building/structure dates: 1733 Initial Construction
Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...
Significance: The Robie House is one of the best known early works of Frank Lloyd Wright. It has been cited as a Landmark by the Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks: "In recognition of the creation of... More
Melville Klauber House, 3060 Sixth Avenue, San Diego, San Diego County...
Significance: The Melville Klauber House is a significant example of the work of Irving J. Gill, showing the transition from his formative period to his mature style. The Klauber family was one of San Diego's ... More
First Presbyterian Church, Seventh Street & College Avenue, Racine, Ra...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS WI-28-8 Building/structure dates: 1851 Initial Construction
Keswick Theater, 291 North Keswick Avenue, Glenside, Montgomery County...
The locational information was corrected from 1419 Bethlehem Pike, Flourtown, PA to 291 North Keswick Avenue, Glenside, PA. Significance: The Keswick Theatre is a noteworthy theater building, having the distinc... More
Fort McClellan Ammunition Storage Area, Building No. 4414, Second Aven...
Significance: The Ammunition Storage Area of Fort McClellan represents two eras of building design. Buildings 4403 and 4404 are standard field depot magazines built in 1917, while Buildings 4408, 4409, and 441... More
Germantown Historical Society Area Study, Howell House, 5218 Germantow...
Survey number: HABS PA-1694-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Abner Pratt House, 107 North Kalamazoo Avenue, Marshall, Calhoun Count...
Significance: This mid-nineteenth century mansion is believed locally to be a replica of the dwelling which Abner Pratt occupied when Consol to the Sandwich Islands in 1857. / This mansion, built in 1860 for a ... More
Oaklawn Avenue Waiting Station, Oaklawn Avenue at Fair Oaks Avenue, So...
1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The Oaklawn Avenue Waiting Station, designed by Charles and Henry Greene and built in 1906 is an amazing combination of redwood timber, brick, cobblesto... More
White Crystal Diner, 20 Center Avenue, Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth Co...
Public domain photograph of restaurant kitchen, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
West Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Root River at West Sixth Street & K...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Egyptian Theater, 157 Bala Avenue, Bala-Cynwyd, Montgomery County, PA
Significance: The Egyptian Theatre, currently known as the Bala Theatre, is an excellent example of the Egyptian Revival style, a rare form of exotic revival popular during the mid-19th through early 20th centu... More
Arroyo Seco Parkway, Avenue 60 Bridge, Milepost 28.76, Los Angeles, Lo...
Survey number: HAER CA-265-T Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church, 2401 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook Co...
2000 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designated a Chicago Landmark in 1977 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, the Quinn Chapel houses the oldest African American cong... More
Tuba City Boarding School, Manuelito Hall, Navajo Reservation, Main St...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: It is a good example of turn-of-the-century Bureau of Indian Affairs architecture in the southwest and for its association with early BIA education programs on th... More
626-628 North Eutaw Street (Commercial Building), 626-628 North Eutaw ...
Significance: These seven building housed the headquarters of the "Afro-American," the largest and most influential Black newspaper chain in the country. The buildings were built before 1850 and passed through... More
Nihon Go Gakko, 1715 South Tacoma Avenue, Tacoma, Pierce County, WA
Significance: Tacoma's Nihon Go Gakko was the second of over four dozen Japanese Language Schools constructed by Japanese immigrant communities in the Pacific states of Washington, Oregon, and California. Curr... More
Nihon Go Gakko, 1715 South Tacoma Avenue, Tacoma, Pierce County, WA
Significance: Tacoma's Nihon Go Gakko was the second of over four dozen Japanese Language Schools constructed by Japanese immigrant communities in the Pacific states of Washington, Oregon, and California. Curr... More
Kiel Ranch, Brown House, 200 West Carey Avenue, North Las Vegas, Clark...
Survey number: HABS NV-19-F Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction
Heart of Dixie Railroad, Rolling Stock, 1800 Block Powell Avenue, Birm...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Seton Belt Barn, West Side of Church Road, north of Central Avenue (Ro...
Significance: The Seton Belt Barn is a unique, decorative example of a late 19th-century multi-use barn. The venture of a wealthy planter, William Seton Belt, the barn exhibits decorative features of Victorian... More
John N. A. Griswold House, 76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County...
Significance: This is an early and key example of a major style of domestic architecture in America in the second half of the 19th century. It is characterized by open planning, irregular and picturesque massi... More
U. S. Naval Asylum, Laning Hall, Gray's Ferry Avenue, Philadelphia, Ph...
Significance: The large, handsome hospital building was designed by the architect of the Philadelphia City Hall, John McArthur, Jr. It exhibits a combination of Second Empire and Italianate styling. It replaced... More
Moanalua Shopping Center, Stewart Avenue & Spence Street, Honolulu, Ho...
Significance: It was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in June 2003 because the shopping center was designed by the prominent Hawai'i architect, Alfred Preis, and was t... More
Ogden Arsenal, Loading Line & Assembly Building, 3263 Hickory Avenue, ...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
No. 635 Park Avenue. Southeast Corner Sixty-sixth Street.
Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Facade: Alwyn Court, 174-182 West 58th Street and 911-917 Seventh Aven...
Public domain photograph of apartment building, architectural plan, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Storage Tank, December Seventh Avenue & D Stre...
Survey number: HAER CO-21-W Public domain photograph of a storage tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
126-255 Auburn Avenue (Commercial Buildings), Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, ...
Buildings include: Atlanta Life Building, Atlantic Life Building, Smith House, Rucker Building, Hooper Building, Alexander Building, Bethel Towers, Big Bethel Church, Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, Cox Buil... More
Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home, 501 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century building, Victorian architecture style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home, 501 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI
Significance: The Redwood Library is a notable specimen of the architectural taste of the early 18th century. As an important work of the architect Peter Harrison, it is a key building in the introduction of E... More
Caribbean Motel, 5600 Ocean Avenue, Wildwood Crest, Cape May County, N...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Fourth Place Significance: Well-preserved Wildwood motel with distinctive original 1950s architectural features: "levitating" concrete ramp, lean in/lean out glass walls on the s... More
Hialeah Park Race Track, East Fourth Avenue, Hialeah, Miami-Dade Count...
Significance: Hialeah Park is an historically significant recreation complex which both reflects and has contributed to the development of the City of Hialeah and the popularization of south Florida as a winter... More
Hialeah Park Race Track, East Fourth Avenue, Hialeah, Miami-Dade Count...
Significance: Hialeah Park is an historically significant recreation complex which both reflects and has contributed to the development of the City of Hialeah and the popularization of south Florida as a winter... More
Hialeah Park Race Track, East Fourth Avenue, Hialeah, Miami-Dade Count...
Significance: Hialeah Park is an historically significant recreation complex which both reflects and has contributed to the development of the City of Hialeah and the popularization of south Florida as a winter... More
Hialeah Park Race Track, East Fourth Avenue, Hialeah, Miami-Dade Count...
Significance: Hialeah Park is an historically significant recreation complex which both reflects and has contributed to the development of the City of Hialeah and the popularization of south Florida as a winter... More
Hialeah Park Race Track, East Fourth Avenue, Hialeah, Miami-Dade Count...
Significance: Hialeah Park is an historically significant recreation complex which both reflects and has contributed to the development of the City of Hialeah and the popularization of south Florida as a winter... More
Hialeah Park Race Track, East Fourth Avenue, Hialeah, Miami-Dade Count...
Significance: Hialeah Park is an historically significant recreation complex which both reflects and has contributed to the development of the City of Hialeah and the popularization of south Florida as a winter... More
Magie House, 330 Elmora Avenue, Elizabeth, Union County, NJ
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fourth Avenue Theatre, 630 West Fourth Avenue, Anchorage, Anchorage, A...
Significance: Constructed during a period of growth and transition in the community, this building represents the transition from frame structures to the larger and more solid forms of modern architecture. Cap... More
Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Amberson Avenue & Westminister Place, P...
Significance: The Shadyside Church is a fine example of a late 19th century suburban church designed by the noted Boston architectural firm of Shepley, Ruten, and Coolidge. Supported by a devoted congregation, ... More
Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake Cou...
Significance: The Water Tower is an impressive stone and brick structure, 167 feet high, which serves as a focal point for Fort Sheridan and the surrounding area. Its excellent design and construction are of in... More
Mosel Avenue Grade Separation, Spanning Riverview Drive, Kalamazoo, Ka...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Judge Frederick Kinsman House, 303 Mahoning Avenue, Warren, Trumbull C...
Survey number: HABS OH-264 Building/structure dates: 1833 Initial Construction
Bell-Bennett House, 412 Lauderdale Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL
Survey number: HABS AL-707 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction
Villa Las Palmas, 315 Alachua Avenue, Fernandina Beach, Nassau County,...
Significance: The Villa Las Palmas is a magnificent structure and a remainder of the elaborate but tasteful expressions of eclecticism found in many houses of the early twentieth century. It should also be not... More
Roosevelt Stadium, State Route 440 & Danforth Avenue, Jersey City, Hud...
Significance: A significant structure in the history of New Jersey and the racial integration of baseball. The stadium is associated the Mayor Frank Hague as a physical manifestation of his power and strong con... More
Roosevelt Stadium, State Route 440 & Danforth Avenue, Jersey City, Hud...
Significance: A significant structure in the history of New Jersey and the racial integration of baseball. The stadium is associated the Mayor Frank Hague as a physical manifestation of his power and strong con... More
Bella Vista Terrace, Mountain Trail & Alegria Avenue, Sierra Madre, Lo...
1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Bella Vista Terrace (1910), located in Sierra Madre, California, is nested against the southern foothills of the San Gabriel mountains. Architect Irving John... More
Sidney T. Smith House, Michigan Avenue (U.S. Route 12), Grass Lake, Ja...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-26 Survey number: HABS MI-115 Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kresge Auditorium, Massachusett...
Significance: The building is an outstanding example of the neo-expressionist style, designed by well-known 20th century architect, Eero Saarinen. Survey number: HABS MA-1217 Building/structure dates: 1953 In... More
Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...
Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More
Merriam Park Branch Library, 1831 Marshall Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey ...
Significance: Built in 1930 from a design by municipal staff architect James C. Niemeyer, the Merriam Park Branch Public Library is a fine local example of the Collegiate Gothic style of architecture. During i... More
Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...
See also HABS No. PA-1125 and PA-1125-A for related documentation on The Woodlands & The Woodlands, Stable-Carriage House. Additional documentation includes measured drawings, photographs, & written data. Signi... More
Sumner Field Homes, Bounded by Olson Memorial Highway on south, North ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Long-Waterman House, 2408 First Avenue, San Diego, San Diego County, C...
Significance: The Long-Waterman House is one of the grandest of the great Bankers' Hill mansions constructed in the boom period of 1880's. A major example of the American "Queen Anne" style, it is in an excell... More
Basilica of St. Josaphat, 601 West Lincoln Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwauke...
Significance: This grand, imposing, richly ornamented Neo-Renaissance edifice is a major landmark of Milwaukee's south side, the only Roman Catholic basilica in Wisconsin, and one of the nation's most important... More
Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...
Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More
Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Significance: Orchestra Hall resembles the typical theatre of its day, with a restrained and elegant adaptation of Renaissance style that preceded the exuberant eclecticism of the next decade. It was designed ... More
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, 1530 Sixth Avenue North, Birmingham, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Richard Allen Homes, Bounded by Poplar & Ninth Streets, Fairmount Aven...
Significance: Richard Allen Homes, also known as the Poplar Project during its planning and early days, was the Philadelphia Housing Authority's (PHA) first low-rent housing project to combine slum clearance wi... More
Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes & ...
Significance: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are sti... More