domestic life

Daifukuya no dan, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows a man sitting behind a screen watching two women, one holding a long pipe. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the seri... More

[Small girl leaning against an overturned wash tub on which two puppie...

Public domain reproduction of still life painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Christmas eve--getting ready for Santa Claus

Six african american children hanging stockings at a fireplace. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1876, Dec. 30, p. 1052.

The two paths--What will the girl become

Image of an African American girl of seven years old, flanked by two columns of illustrations showing on left: the girl reading bad literature, flirting, drinking with men, and as an outcast, and on right: the ... More

Edward S. Curtis - Drying meat, Native American woman portrait

Two Dakota women hanging meat to dry on poles, tent in background. H118518 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2455-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North Am... More

Seminole Indian and family dugout canoe, Miami, Fla.

Public domain photograph of people with a small paddle boat, or canoe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A happy New Year 1867 - a happy New Year 1917 / Rea Irvin.

Two-panel cartoon. The 1867 panel shows a proper Victorian family -- father, mother, and little girl -- in their parlor, taking tea. The 1917 panel shows a riotous party in a restaurant with champagne corks p... More

Peasants in the re-taken Somme District work hard without horses or ca...

Photograph shows three women pulling a plow through a field. J213224 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed on negative: 156488 FC. Copyright August 3, 1917.

Town of Shakespeare, Lordsburg, Hidalgo County, NM

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lines Farm, House, East of Smoketown Road, Sharpsburg, Washington Coun...

Significance: The Lines House is a good example of a late-nineteenth century vernacular farm dwelling. Survey number: HABS MD-960 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038

R.G. Slauer, residence at 10 Vreeland Ave., Nutley, New Jersey. Sewing...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American residential architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bhotia tailor sewing a vest at Geyzing (Gyalshing) Government Farm in...

Date from information for related slides: LC-KAN05-2612 and LC-KAN05-2613. Date on slide: "Aug. 71" possibly reflects date of later use or publication. Published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Ali... More

Demorest's illustrated monthly and Mme Demorest's mirror of fashions, ...

Magazine cover shows four vingettes of women engaged in daily activities. Images of men, children, flower garlands, vases of flowers and an emblem of the United States (eagle over a shield surrounded by flags) ... More

Casa Vives, 88 Calle Paseo Atocha, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR

2017 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: Casa Vives was constructed during the second half of the nineteenth century, a period when the urban center of Ponce was undergoing myriad transformatio... More

Dogan House, U.S. Route 29 & State Route 622, Groveton, Prince William...

Significance: Left unit of the Dogan House as one faces it from the East is built of oak logs roughly squared with a modified type of notching. Shurtleff in The Log Cabin Myth identifies the type as that used ... More

John Young Homestead, 62-3601 Kawaihae Road, Kawaihae, Hawaii County, ...

See Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site (HALS HI-17) for additional documentation. Significance: The John Young Homestead site is significant for its association with John Young, who was integral to the est... More

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Arco Naval Proving Ground, Scov...

Significance: The Arco Naval Proving Ground (NPG) was one of five specialized ordnance facilities established in the United States during World War II to support ordnance testing and research and experiments re... More

J. Arthur Roy House, 1204 Johnston Street, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish...

2015 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The J. Arthur Roy House was constructed in 1901 at the same time as first buildings for Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute (later renamed University ... More

Dr. John Brockenbrough House, 1201 East Clay Street, Richmond, Indepen...

Significance: The White House of the Confederacy served as the Executive Mansion for Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family from August 1861 to April 1865. Survey number: HABS VA-861 Building/s... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

Andrew Johnson House, 217 South Main Street, Greeneville, Greene Count...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS TN-142 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1865 Subsequent Work Buildin... More

Kimball House, 2 Summer Street, Kennebunk, York County, ME

Hilderbrand House, 4571 Airways Boulevard, Memphis, Shelby County, TN

Survey number: HABS TN-249 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1900 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1915 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1950 Su... More

Yarnall-Hibberd House, Plumsock Road (Willistown Township), Whitehorse...

Significance: The original portion of this house, probably erected very early in the eighteenth century, provides a good example of the two-room stone farm houses, with corner fireplaces, built during this peri... More

Stuart-Robertson House (Entrance Gates), 120 Church Street, Staunton, ...

Significance: Archibald Stuart built the house and the influences of the Classical Revival style of architectural design are evident in the temple-form of the structure and in its portico. The interior of the b... More

Eslava House, 152 Tuthill Lane, Spring Hill, Mobile County, AL

Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Albert L. Scott House, 29 South Market Street, Petersburg, Petersburg,...

Significance: This fine Victorian house, built c. 1860-1861, is particularly noteworthy on the exterior because of its paneled facade, heavy bracketed entablature, bold balusters on the balconies and entrance s... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 54, Deneen Road, 134.0 mile...

Survey number: HABS MD-797 Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Isaac N. Hagan House, Kentuck Knob, U.S. Route 40 vicinity (Stewart To...

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Isaac N. Hagan House, Kentuck Knob, U.S. Route 40 vicinity (Stewart To...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

E. D. Sweeney Building, 102 South Curry Street, Carson City, Carson Ci...

Significance: This is one of the earliest commercial buildings in Carson City, and one of the few brick buildings remaining from the city's earliest years. Located at what was an important intersection, the bu... More

Gamble House, 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Significance: The Gamble House is the most complete and best preserved example of the work of Architects Greene and Greene. Built in 1908, during the architects most refined period, it embodies the highest lev... More

36 Wood Street (Rowhouse), 36 Wood Street, Natrona, Allegheny County, ...

Significance: The Pennsalt Historic District, an early and architecturally intact collection of housing built by the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company, is a significant example of a western Pennsylvania c... More

Cueto House, 1822 East Fourteenth Street, Tampa, Hillsborough County, ...

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived form its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

514-16 North Twelfth Street, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

Significance: This building is a representative example of the duplex residential property type and as a late and simplified example of the Queen Ann style. It is significant because of its historical associati... More

Oakland Plantation, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

See also HABS No. LA-2-2 for additional documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Oakland Plantation is one of the most important agrarian settings in the U.S. The main hous... More

McIntire-Garrison House, South Berwick Road (State Route 91), Scotland...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7 Survey number: HABS ME-9 Building/structure dates: 1660-1692 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1775- before. 1800 Subsequen... More

McIntire-Garrison House, South Berwick Road (State Route 91), Scotland...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7 Survey number: HABS ME-9 Building/structure dates: 1660-1692 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1775- before. 1800 Subsequen... More

1803 North Central Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Tampa Heights National Register Historic District. This district is significant for its importanc... More

Toddsbury, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, ...

Significance: This is a story and a half building of brick laid in Flemish bond. It is covered with a gambrel roof with unusually steep lower slope, which is pierce by gabled dormers. In plan the house is L s... More

John H. Smith's Row, 209-215 High Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virg...

Significance: These four fine Federal row houses were built c. 1837-1838 and are notable on the exterior for the wooden door light and iron fence remaining on and along the south facade of the 209 house. On th... More

Bethel Sanctuary, Inman, McPherson County, KS

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Bethel Sanctuary, built in 1880, is the sole remaining example of the Mennonite "Prayer House" in North America. The structure was constructe... More

Bethel Sanctuary, Inman, McPherson County, KS

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Bethel Sanctuary, built in 1880, is the sole remaining example of the Mennonite "Prayer House" in North America. The structure was constructe... More

Bethel Sanctuary, Inman, McPherson County, KS

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Bethel Sanctuary, built in 1880, is the sole remaining example of the Mennonite "Prayer House" in North America. The structure was constructe... More

Samuel Freeman House, 1962 Glencoe Way, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Count...

Structure incorporates FLW's "Textile Blocks." Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright textile block house (California). / The Samuel Freeman House, one of Frank Lloyd Wright's California textile block houses, was des... More

McElroy Octagon House, 2645 Gough Street (moved), San Francisco, San F...

Significance: The Octagon House was constructed ca. 1860-1861 with plain concrete walls surfaced with "V" groove redwood rustic siding, and with wood quoins at the angles and modified Classical Revival cornice ... More

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More

Sandgates on Cat Creek, East of Oakville on State Route 472, Oakville,...

Survey number: HABS MD-874 Building/structure dates: ca. 1740- ca. 1780 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1961-1965 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78003179

Colonel W.F. Sanders House, Idaho Street, Virginia City, Madison Count...

Significance: 1-1/2 story frame building is now almost 100 years old and has been well maintained over the years. Although not the oldest house in town, it is probably the best preserved. The original owner, Co... More

Morrow House, 1408 Kentucky Street, Lawrence, Douglas County, KS

Survey number: HABS KS-43 Building/structure dates: 1865-1870 Initial Construction

For the benefit of the girl about to graduate / Charles Howard Johnson...

Woman in graduation robes sleeping at desk, as pots, pans, and other household utensils on legs walk threateningly towards her.

Old Stone House, Brownington Center Road at Derby Line, Brownington Ce...

Significance: This is a large 4-story granite building erected as a dormitory for the Orleans County Grammar School in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. An unusually well-preserved institutional bu... More

Fletcher-Switzer House, Washington & Second Streets, Nicodemus, Graham...

See HABS No. KS-49 for list of structures that are contributing to the historic district & fieldnotes. Significance: The Fletcher-Switzer site was an important focus of activity on the Nicodemus town-site. The ... More

Acadian House, Union Street, Guilford, New Haven County, CT

Survey number: HABS CT-15 Building/structure dates: 1670 Initial Construction

Korner's Folly, 271 South Main Street, Kernersville, Forsyth County, N...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wynne House, 209 Ashe Avenue, Raleigh, Wake County, NC

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Sherrick Farm, House, Burnside Bridge Road (Rural Route 1), Sha...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Harewood, 17600 Meeting House Road, Sandy Spring, Montgomery County, M...

Significance: Erected in 1793-1794, Harewood is the historic homestead of the influential Stabler family and is among a handful of extant dwellings built by the early founding families of the Friends community ... More

Judge A. V. Parson Mansion, 5 East Fourth Street, Williamsport, Lycomi...

Survey number: HABS PA-326 Building/structure dates: 1840 Initial Construction

Salubria, Salubria Lane, Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia

Significance: Salubria is a refined and rare example of a mid-eighteenth century Georgian mansion of Piedmont Virginia. The dwelling is architecturally significant for its austere, yet well-proportioned, exteri... More

Mar-a-Lago, 1100 South Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County,...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fallingwater, Guest House, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyl...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1587 Survey number: HABS PA-5346-A Building/structure dates: 1939 Initial Construction National Register of H... More

Fallingwater, Guest House, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyl...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1587 Survey number: HABS PA-5346-A Building/structure dates: 1939 Initial Construction National Register of H... More

Fallingwater, Guest House, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyl...

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1587 Survey number: HABS PA-5346-A Building/structure dates: 1939 Initial Construction National Register of H... More

Marcellus Whitehead House, 223 North Fulton Street, Salisbury, Rowan C...

Survey number: HABS NC-262 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction

Westover, State Route 633, Westover, Charles City, Virginia

Significance: Westover was patented in 1637 and was purchased by William Byrd I in 1688. The present 18th century complex was erected for William Byrd II, the noted colonial leader, planter, diarist, and founde... More

Shaker Church Family Dwelling House, State Route 4A, Enfield, Grafton ...

Significance: Unusually large and heavy masonry structure for this area. The largest of several remaining buildings of a defunct Shaker colony. Characteristically Shaker in its lack of decoration and austerit... More

Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, Virginia

Significance: Poplar Forest, one of Thomas Jefferson's most accomplished architectural essays, was built from 1806-19. It was described by its designer-builder as "...the best dwelling in the state, except th... More

Grove Farm, G. N. Wilcox House, Nawiliwili Road (State Route 58), Lihu...

Significance: Grove Farm, founded by George N. Wilcox in 1864, was one of 86 sugar plantations known to have operated in the Hawaiian Islands. Wilcox cultivated and harvested sugarcane and raised beef cattle, g... More

Chateau-sur-Mer, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: "Chateau-sur-Mer," its lodge, entrance arch, and greenhouse were built in 1851-1852 by the Newport contractor Seth C. Bradford for William Shepard Wetmore, merchant in the China trade. His son, Ge... More

Birch-bark Indian wigwams wood engraving, Library of Congress

Indians in camp. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1871 Aug. 5, p. 725.

Egg-O-See - Victorian era public domain image

: tradecards,3489 ( tradecards,3489 ) .. Subject (TGM): Children; Children & animals; Children eating & drinking; Dogs; Cats; Animals; Cereal products; Prepared cereals; Domestic life; Milk; Boys; Eating ... More

The decay of home-life among the "smart set" / Ehrhart.

Print shows a vignette cartoon about the aspirations for social life among the well-to-do; at center, "The Will-o'-the-Wisp of Social Aspirations" shows a crowd of rich people chasing after "Social Ambition", a... More

T. Thomas Fortune House, 94 West Bergen Place, Red Bank, Monmouth Coun...

West Bergen Place has been renamed Drs. James Parker Boulevard. Significance: Born a slave, crusading journalist T. Thomas Fortune eventually owned and operated three newspapers which he used to fight against c... More

"For all my fancy dwells on Nancy" / W. Dendy Sadler ; painted by W. D...

Print showing a middle-aged couple in a domestic scene in the space between a mudroom and a kitchen. The man, wearing a fox hunting outfit, is sitting in a chair, holding a glass in his right hand on a table, h... More

A wicky-up / Miles Bros., Native American woman portrait

An Ahtena Indian family in a wickiup, Valdez, Alaska or vicinity. H27407 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 909.

Edward S. Curtis - [Zuni bread maker]

Zuni woman making bread. H34035 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by E.S. Curtis. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 821.

The family washing, Nazareth, Palestine - stereocsopic card

H67166 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from recto of item. Copyright by George W. Griffith. No. 11933 (33).

How to keep a servant girl - and keep her satisfied - in the country /...

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon that lightheartedly depicts Irish domestic servants being pampered and coddled by their employers in efforts to keep them happy and happily employed, chiefly, by taking the... More

Hide stretching--Apsaroke, Native Americans

Apsaroke woman stretching hide that has been secured to the ground by stakes, tipi in background, cliff on left.

Edward S. Curtis - Hide scraping--Apsaroke

Apsaroke woman scraping hide that is secured to the ground by numerous stakes, tipi in background. H113102 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2774-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congr... More

Yokugo no onna - Public domain portrait painting

Print shows a nude woman, seated, facing right, after bathing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full-color woodblock shin hanga... More

[The sky is now her limit] / Bushnell.

Cartoon shows a young woman carrying buckets on a yoke, looking up at ladder ascending up to the sky, bottom rungs labeled "Slavery," "House Drudgery," and "Shop Work." Top rungs labeled "Equal Suffrage," "Wage... More

"Dat's a remarkable fine chile, Mis' Peebles, what name have you giv h...

A cartoon of a black man in tattered clothing conversing with a black woman surrounded by her family, as she hangs her laundry to dry in her front yard. Her husband sleeps in a chair next to the front door. A... More

House, Pilgrim Village, Salem, Essex County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-1315 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zelmar House, 521 Lindell Street, Akron, Summit County, OH

2017 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Zelmar House was built in 1916 in the Goodyear Heights planned neighborhood of Akron. Goodyear Heights was created as a planned community during a period ... More

Chorus: - 'Yah! 'Let'er go Gallagher' ', Sterescope Card, Boston Publi...

Local Accession Number: 06_11_004389.Title: Chorus: - 'Yah! 'Let'er go Gallagher' '.Genre: Stereographs; Photographic prints.Created/Published: Meadville, Penna. : Keystone View Company.Copyright date: 1894.Phy... More

Dr. John Brockenbrough House, 1201 East Clay Street, Richmond, Indepen...

Significance: The White House of the Confederacy served as the Executive Mansion for Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family from August 1861 to April 1865. Survey number: HABS VA-861 Building/s... More

Verona, U.S. Route 158, Jackson, Northampton County, NC

Significance: Verona was built by Matt Whittaker Ransom in 1853, its romantic latticework and balconies were inspired by similar structures in Ransom's home town, Shucco Springs, and were not the result of Rans... More

Pascault Row, 651-665 West Lexington Street, Baltimore, Independent Ci...

Significance: Last remaining early Baltimore row, built for Jean-Charles-Marie-Louis-Felix-Pascault, Marquis de Poleon, as speculative houses on his estate - "Chatsworth," William F. Small, architect, in 1819. ... More

Workman House, Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum, 15415 East Do...

Survey number: HABS CA-2736 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000519

Richmond Hill Plantation, Ford Mansion, East of Richmond Hill on Ford ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Richmond Hill Plantation, Ford Mansion, East of Richmond Hill on Ford ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, fireplace, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Junior Bac...

Significance: This house is significant as an example of adaptation of a residential building during World War II to another use. It was designed as a house and returned to residential use after the war. Duri... More

Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable C...

Significance: This is a fine specimen of a Cape Cod "double house," and Dr. Ernest Allen Connally, HABS Architect and historian, in his survey of Cape Cod houses in the summer of 1959, reported that this was lo... More

Dr. Alexander Glass Strachan House, 302 Cross Street, Petersburg, Pete...

Significance: The main portion of this house was probably built by Dr. Alexander Glass Strachan, a physician, and graduate of the University of Edinburgh, about the middle of the eighteenth century. Strachan w... More

Robert H. Allerton Estate, Monticello, Piatt County, IL

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LeJeune House, 507 East Main Street, New Roads, Pointe Coupee Parish, ...

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Lejeune House was the first home to occupy what is now the town of New Roads which overlooks the Mississippi River's abandon oxbow, False River. The hous... More

LeJeune House, 507 East Main Street, New Roads, Pointe Coupee Parish, ...

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Lejeune House was the first home to occupy what is now the town of New Roads which overlooks the Mississippi River's abandon oxbow, False River. The hous... More