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Bas relief at the Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.

Bas relief at the Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

John Wilkes Booth diary, artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.

John Wilkes Booth diary, artifact in the museum collection, National P...

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

Alabama's Coastal Connection - Orange Beach Waterfront Park

Alabama's Coastal Connection - Orange Beach Waterfront Park

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Orange Beach Waterfront Park offers picnic areas, water access, and a pier on Wolf Bay. It is representative of similar parks on Dauphin... More

Towns and Cities: Occupied - Alaska, National Forest Service photograph.

Towns and Cities: Occupied - Alaska, National Forest Service photograp...

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Towns and Cities: Occupied - Alaska, National Forest Service photograph.

Towns and Cities: Occupied - Alaska, National Forest Service photograp...

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Towns and Cities: Occupied - Alaska, National Forest Service photograph.

Towns and Cities: Occupied - Alaska, National Forest Service photograp...

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant General (LGEN) Howie Chandler, Commander, 11th Air Force (11thAF), speaks during the Dedication Ceremony, for the new 11th Air Force World War Two (WWII) Memorial Wall, at Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK). The wall was built in honor of all those US Military and Canadian Armed Forces personel who paid the ultimate sacrifice here in Alaska (AK), during that time

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant General (LGEN) Howie Chandler, Commande...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rhiannon Willard, USAF Release S... More

A tribute to the fallen men and women of the Armed Forces stands in Heritage Park on Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK). The park, dedicated on July 20, 2000, includes five static aircraft, a POW/MIA memorial, a World War II (WWII) era replica of a hangar, a memorial to Carl Ben Eielson, and a new AIRMAN's Memorial, due to open later this year

A tribute to the fallen men and women of the Armed Forces stands in He...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joshua Strang, USAF Release Status:... More

Detail view of oil painting "Life Before the Pioneer Era" at C. Clifton Young Federal Building and Courthouse, Reno, Nevada C. Clifton Young Federal Building and Courthouse Reno, Nevada

Detail view of oil painting "Life Before the Pioneer Era" at C. Clifto...

Artist: Richard Guy Walton, 1966. Dimensions: 6.5' x 24.5'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer.... More

An old log church at Heritage Farm Museum and Village, in Harveytown, West Virginia, just south of downtown Huntington

An old log church at Heritage Farm Museum and Village, in Harveytown, ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Not to be confused with Heritage Station downtown, Heritage Farm Museum displays a wide collection of historical items related to Appa... More

Various implements outside a blacksmith shop at Heritage Farm Museum and Village, in Harveytown, West Virginia, just south of downtown Huntington

Various implements outside a blacksmith shop at Heritage Farm Museum a...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Not to be confused with Heritage Station downtown, Heritage Farm Museum displays a wide collection of historical items related to Appa... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, two bald eagles stand sentinel as STS-129 Commander Charles O. Hobaugh and Pilot Barry E. Wilmore practice landings in a Shuttle Training Aircraft in preparation for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission. The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge coexists with Kennedy Space Center and provides a habitat for 330 species of birds including bald eagles.  Bald eagles, which mate for life, use a specific territory for nesting, winter feeding or a year-round residence. Its natural domain is from Alaska to Baja, Calif., and from Maine to Florida.  For information on the refuge, visit http://www.fws.gov/merrittisland/Index.html.    Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-6262

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kenne...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, two bald eagles stand sentinel as STS-129 Commander Charles O. Hobaugh and Pilot Barry E. Wilmore practice landi... More

Unclaimed Baggage is a one-of-a-kind store located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Scottsboro, Alabama

Unclaimed Baggage is a one-of-a-kind store located in the foothills of...

Founded in 1970 by Doyle and Sue Owens. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's Ameri... More

Old truck and automobile outside the "Vehicles You Deserve" used-car dealership in Mesquite, Texas

Old truck and automobile outside the "Vehicles You Deserve" used-car 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

Marquee of the Texas Theatre, which closed in 1983 in San Angelo, the seat of Tom Green County, Texas

Marquee of the Texas Theatre, which closed in 1983 in San Angelo, the ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Opened on Thanksgiving Day, 1929 the theater's equipment made San Angelo one of the first cities in the nation to play motion picture... More

Berwyn car spindle, Berwyn, Illinois

Berwyn car spindle, Berwyn, Illinois

Spindle was a sculpture created in 1989 by artist Dustin Shuler. It consisted of a 50 foot spike with eight cars impaled on it. From 1989 until its demolition on May 2, 2008, it was located in the parking lot o... More

The Texas Theater in Waxahachie, Texas, a Dallas suburb

The Texas Theater in Waxahachie, Texas, a Dallas suburb

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Constructed in 1895 as the Dixie vaudeville theater, it was converted to a movie theater in 1920 and served as such until the late 19... More

Historic El Cortez Hotel neon sign, Freemont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada

Historic El Cortez Hotel neon sign, Freemont Street, 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

STS074-702-008 - STS-074 - Earth observations taken during STS-74 mission

STS074-702-008 - STS-074 - Earth observations taken during STS-74 miss...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-74 mission from the space shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-74 Categories: ... More

61A-476-022 - STS-61A - STS-61A ESA earth observations

61A-476-022 - STS-61A - STS-61A ESA earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing European Space Agency (ESA) STS-61A earth observations. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) SPACE SHUTTLE... More

PH2 Michael Poche Alaska....Vice President J. Danforth Quayle addresses the crew of the amphibious transport dock USS Juneau (LPD-10) as CAPT. Ted Willandt, commanding officer, stands by. Quayle is visiting Alaska to review government efforts to combat the massive oil spill which occurred when the commercial tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground while transiting the waters of Prince William Sound on March 24th. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

PH2 Michael Poche Alaska....Vice President J. Danforth Quayle addresse...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

S09-31-1030 - STS-009 - Earth observations taken by the STS-9 crew

S09-31-1030 - STS-009 - Earth observations taken by the STS-9 crew

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-9 mission from the space shuttle Columbia. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-9 Categories: E... More

41G-43-016 - STS-41G - STS-41G earth observations

41G-43-016 - STS-41G - STS-41G earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-41G earth observations. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 41-G Categories: E... More

51B-45-033 - STS-51B - STS-51B earth observation

51B-45-033 - STS-51B - STS-51B earth observation

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-51B earth observations. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 51-B Categories: ... More

51B-45-025 - STS-51B - STS-51B earth observation

51B-45-025 - STS-51B - STS-51B earth observation

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-51B earth observations. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 51-B Categories: ... More

51B-45-039 - STS-51B - STS-51B earth observation

51B-45-039 - STS-51B - STS-51B earth observation

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-51B earth observations. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 51-B Categories: ... More

Flooding ^ Winter Storm - Stevens Village, Alaska, August 4, 2009 -- This home was carried off of its original foundation by flood waters this past spring.  Ben Brennan/FEMA

Flooding ^ Winter Storm - Stevens Village, Alaska, August 4, 2009 -- T...

The original database describes this as: Title: Home shifted from its foundation by flooding in Alaska Production Date: 08/04/2009 Caption: Stevens Village, Alaska, August 4, 2009 -- This home was carried of... More

US Embassy in Athens - Chancery Office Building

US Embassy in Athens - Chancery Office Building

The original finding aid described this item as: Property Number: X 15015 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

US Embassy in Athens - Chancery Office Building

US Embassy in Athens - Chancery Office Building

The original finding aid described this item as: Property Number: X 15015 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

US Embassy in Athens - Chancery Office Building

US Embassy in Athens - Chancery Office Building

The original finding aid described this item as: Property Number: X 15015 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

US Embassy in Athens - Chancery Office Building

US Embassy in Athens - Chancery Office Building

The original finding aid described this item as: Property Number: X 15015 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

US Embassy in Athens - Chancery Office Building

US Embassy in Athens - Chancery Office Building

The original finding aid described this item as: Property Number: X 15015 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Flooding ^ Winter Storm - Eagle, Alaska, July 24, 2009 -- This log home is one of many that are being built in Eagle, Alaska, where an entire village has been moved to hire ground after being destroyed by flooding and ice jams this past spring.  The kit for this log cabin was purchased through FEMA assistance and Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers provided the labor to build it. - Ben Brennan/FEMA

Flooding ^ Winter Storm - Eagle, Alaska, July 24, 2009 -- This log hom...

The original database describes this as: Title: Finished Log Home in Alaska Production Date: 07/24/2009 Caption: Eagle, Alaska, July 24, 2009 -- This log home is one of many that are being built in Eagle, Al... More

Flooding - Eagle, Alaska, July 1, 2010 -- FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino and Region 10 Administrator Kenneth Murphy accompany Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Director John Madden on a tour of new log cabins built in the wake of devastating ice jams and floods in May 2009.  FEMA grants helped survivors buy cabin materials and also supported travel costs for faith-based volunteer groups to travel to Alaska to help with cabin construction.  FEMA and Alaska officials toured the progress of recovery efforts one year on. FEMA/David Bibo

Flooding - Eagle, Alaska, July 1, 2010 -- FEMA Deputy Administrator Ri...

The original database describes this as: Title: FEMA, State Officials Tour Eagle, Alaska Recovery Production Date: 07/01/2010 Caption: Eagle, Alaska, July 1, 2010 -- FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino ... More

S47-213-005 - STS-047 - STS-47 Earth observations

S47-213-005 - STS-047 - STS-47 Earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of earth observations. Subject Terms: ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER), STS-47, EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) Categories: Earth Observ... More

Historic Route 66 - 2nd Street in Albuquerque

Historic Route 66 - 2nd Street in Albuquerque

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: There's plenty to do on 2nd Street in downtown Albuquerque. Look for great restaurants and hip clubs. Location: Location: Albuquerque, ... More

Historic Route 66 - Interior Decoration in the KiMo Theatre in Albuquerque, NM

Historic Route 66 - Interior Decoration in the KiMo Theatre in Albuque...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A visitor marvels at the Pueblo Deco style found in the KiMo Theatre. Location: Location: New Mexico (35.085° N 106.652° W) Status: Pu... More

Talimena Scenic Drive - Historic Queen Wilhelmina Lodge

Talimena Scenic Drive - Historic Queen Wilhelmina Lodge

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The original Queen Wilhelmina Lodge stands in ruins after being open for only 12 years. Location: Arkansas (34.685° N 94.370° W) Statu... More

Natchez Trace Parkway - Biking near Tennessee River in Alabama

Natchez Trace Parkway - Biking near Tennessee River in Alabama

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A trio of cyclists enjoys a beautiful fall day on the Natchez Trace Parkway near the Tennessee River. Location: Tennessee River, Natche... More

Great River Road - Birds at an Arkansas Lake

Great River Road - Birds at an Arkansas Lake

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Birds skim the water at this lake on the Great River Road in Arkansas. Location: Location: Arkansas (33.358° N 91.261° W) Status: Publ... More

Haines Highway - Valley of the Eagles - Approaching Porcupine Crossing in Autumn

Haines Highway - Valley of the Eagles - Approaching Porcupine Crossing...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A car headed south on the Haines Highway approaches the Porcupine Crossing turnoff. Clouds spill over the mountain range ahead and the t... More

The George Parks Highway Scenic Byway - Bicyclists at the Denali National Park Welcome Sign

The George Parks Highway Scenic Byway - Bicyclists at the Denali Natio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Two cyclists, with bikes loaded up for a long trip, pause at the entrance to Denali National Park and Preserve. Location: Denali Nation... More

Glenn Highway - Alaska's Matanuska Glacier

Glenn Highway - Alaska's Matanuska Glacier

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The Matanuska Glacier is the river of ice that made it all. Location: Location: Alaska Status: Public domain. Courtesy of Bill Evans, ... More

Crowley's Ridge Parkway - Evening Lake

Crowley's Ridge Parkway - Evening Lake

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Trees reflect in the gently rippling waters of Evening Lake. Location: Crowley's Ridge Parkway, Arkansas (36.047° N 90.667° W) Status:... More

Great River Road - Barge at Sunrise Near Blytheville

Great River Road - Barge at Sunrise Near Blytheville

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A river barge passes by beneath a brilliant sunrise on the Mississippi River. Location: Location: Near Blytheville, Arkansas (35.964° N... More

Alaska's Marine Highway - Harbor Seal and Pup on Buldir Island

Alaska's Marine Highway - Harbor Seal and Pup on Buldir Island

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: This harbor seal and pup seem to pose for this picture as they relax among pink and gray rocks on Buldir Island. Location: Buldir Islan... More

Glenn Highway - Downtown Anchorage During the Summer

Glenn Highway - Downtown Anchorage During the Summer

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: This is an aerial view of Anchorage and the beginning of the Glenn Highway Corridor with the Chugach Mountains in the background. Locat... More

Haines Highway - Valley of the Eagles - Haines Highway--Valley of the Eagles

Haines Highway - Valley of the Eagles - Haines Highway--Valley of the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: At Mile Point 32, the driver sees the road heading directly north with the mountains of Alaska and Canada on the horizon and catches his... More

Alaska's Marine Highway - Sitka Black-tailed Deer

Alaska's Marine Highway - Sitka Black-tailed Deer

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Frozen temporarily among the constant motion surrounding it, this Sitka black-tailed deer is an example of Alaska's wildlife. Location:... More

Talimena Scenic Drive - Queen Wilhelmina Lake Vista

Talimena Scenic Drive - Queen Wilhelmina Lake Vista

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Queen Wilhelmina Lake reflects the sun's light on hazy afternoon. Location: Arkansas (34.685° N 94.370° W) Status: Public domain. Digi... More

Crowley's Ridge Parkway - Byway Sign in Piggott

Crowley's Ridge Parkway - Byway Sign in Piggott

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: This sign points travelers to the Crowley's Ridge Parkway. Location: Piggott, Arkansas (36.386° N 90.187° W) Status: Public domain. Ph... More

Crowley's Ridge Parkway - Marianna Town Square

Crowley's Ridge Parkway - Marianna Town Square

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Blue sky spreads above Marianna's town square, one of the oldest towns in the Arkansas Delta. Location: Marianna, Arkansas (34.774° N 9... More

Crowley's Ridge Parkway - Home in Paragould

Crowley's Ridge Parkway - Home in Paragould

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: This house illustrates the kind of architecture travelers can expect to find along the Crowley's Ridge Parkway. Location: Paragould, Ar... More

Crowley's Ridge Parkway - Wyld's Log Cabin

Crowley's Ridge Parkway - Wyld's Log Cabin

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Wooden planks of a fence guard the old structure of Wyld's Cabin. Location: Arkansas (35.482° N 90.733° W) Status: Public domain. Cour... More

Painting "Justice in West Virginia" interior civic lobby, U.S. Courthouse and Federal Complex, Beckley, West Virginia

Painting "Justice in West Virginia" interior civic lobby, U.S. Courtho...

Artist: Richard Haas, 1999. Canvas. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograph... More

Oil painting "China Pattern" at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, California

Oil painting "China Pattern" at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, ...

Artist: Deborah Oropallo, 1999. Dimensions: 9 feet x 76 inches. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photograp... More

Sculpture "Urns of Justice" at exterior entrance plinith of the John M. Shaw U.S. Courthouse, Lafayette, Louisiana

Sculpture "Urns of Justice" at exterior entrance plinith of the John M...

Artist: Diana Moore, 1999. Cast concrete, dimensions: 5' x 5'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photograph... More

The American Village, Monetvallo, Alabama

The American Village, Monetvallo, Alabama

The American Village opened on November 30, 1999, as Alabama's civic education center. It's buildings are replications of famous buildings in American history. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided b... More

Sculpture "Urns of Justice" at exterior entrance plinith of the John M. Shaw U.S. Courthouse, Lafayette, Louisiana

Sculpture "Urns of Justice" at exterior entrance plinith of the John M...

Artist: Diana Moore, 1999. Cast concrete, dimensions: 5' x 5'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photograph... More

The Venetian Hotel on the Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada

The Venetian Hotel on the Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada

Built in 1999 on the same spot as the historic Sands Hotel once stood, Sheldon G. Adelson, Chairman of the Board of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, set out to authentically recreate the famous Italian city of Veni... More

Textile "Chinadom" at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, California

Textile "Chinadom" at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento...

Artist: Holley Junker, 1999. Dimensions: 51 3/4 x 75 inches. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer... More

Sculpture "Gold Rush" at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, California

Sculpture "Gold Rush" at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacrame...

Artist: Tom Otterness, 1999. Bronze, variable dimensions. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More

Untitled poetry at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, California

Untitled poetry at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, C...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Poet: Rita Dove, 1999; etched marble, 12 pieces, each measuring 3 x 2 feet in diameter. Title information, date, and subject note p... More

Sculpture "Gold Rush" at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, California

Sculpture "Gold Rush" at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacrame...

Artist: Tom Otterness, 1999. Bronze, variable dimensions. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More

Sculpture "Europe" at main entrance to Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, New York, New York

Sculpture "Europe" at main entrance to Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom ...

Artist: Daniel Chester French, 1907. Marble, measuring 11' x 2" high. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the pho... More

Exterior elevation, EPA East and West, located on 12th and Constitution Avenue, N.W. and part of the Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C.

Exterior elevation, EPA East and West, located on 12th and Constitutio...

Architect: Arthur Brown, Jr. Built in 1934, the exterior elevations, particularly at Constitution Avenue, are embellished with Beaux-Arts sculpture. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Service... More

Confederate Memorial Monument, Montgomery, Alabama, Confederate States of America

Confederate Memorial Monument, Montgomery, Alabama, Confederate States...

Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph related to Confed... More

Mural "Insular Possession: Alaska," by James Michael at the Department of Interior, Washington, D.C.

Mural "Insular Possession: Alaska," by James Michael at the Department...

Date: 1939; dimensions: 114 1/2" x 234 1/2". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More

Executive suite corridor detail, EPA East and West, located on 12th and Constitution Avenue, N.W. and part of the Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C.

Executive suite corridor detail, EPA East and West, located on 12th an...

Architect: Arthur Brown, Jr. Built in 1934, the exterior elevations, particularly at Constitution Avenue, are embellished with Beaux-Arts sculpture. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Service... More

Close up of oil painting "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor lobby, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Close up of oil painting "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor...

Artist: Emil Bisttram, 1937. Dimensions: 11' 10" x 7' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More

The Peace Monument, Washington, D.C.

The Peace Monument, Washington, D.C.

The Peace Monument, originally known as the Naval Monument or Civil War Sailors Monument, sits on the grounds of the United States Capitol in Peace Circle at First Street, N.W., and Pennsylvania Avenue. Execute... More

Lobby ceiling detail, National Archives, St. Louis, Missouri

Lobby ceiling detail, National Archives, St. Louis, Missouri

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title and date provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Print... More

Sculpture "Liberty of Worship, Oscar S. Straus Memorial Fountain," by Adolph Alexander Weinman at the Environmental Protection Agency, Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, D.C.

Sculpture "Liberty of Worship, Oscar S. Straus Memorial Fountain," by ...

Date: 1947; dimensions: 5' x 5' 6" x 11' 6"'; medium: bronze. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographe... More

Old cars and old façades in Havana, Cuba

Old cars and old façades 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

Aerial tram at the Village at Squaw Valley, a year-round Sierra Mountain resort in Olympic Valley, west of Tahoe City, California

Aerial tram at the Village at Squaw Valley, a year-round Sierra Mounta...

Best known for skiing and snowboarding, Squaw Valley was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California P... More

[Great Hall, second floor, north corridor. Figure carrying a torch. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall, second floor, north corridor. Figure carrying a torch. Li...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Mural: "Desert," by Nicolai Cikovsky at the Department of Interior, Washington, D.C.

Mural: "Desert," by Nicolai Cikovsky at the Department of Interior, Wa...

Date:1938; dimensions: 92" x 68"; medium: oil. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line:... More

[Librarian's Room. Circular Mural in pendentive illustrating Study the Watchword of Fame, by Edward J. Holslag. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Librarian's Room. Circular Mural in pendentive illustrating Study the...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Oil painting "Government Aids to Harbor Navigation" located on west wall of lobby, U.S. Custom House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Oil painting "Government Aids to Harbor Navigation" located on west wa...

Artist: George Harding, 1938. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and the Pan-American Exposition in 1937 in Dallas, Texas

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Artist name from related image in same group: LC-DIG-highsm-30087. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being the only ... More

Mural at Amargosa Opera House, a remarkable image from what is largely a ghost town: Death Valley Junction, just outside Death Valley National Park in Inyo County, California

Mural at Amargosa Opera House, a remarkable image from what is largely...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The community, once a dusty mining, railroad, and mill town, was known as Amargosa, after the desert valley that surrounds it. A recreation hall at the no... More

Classical Revival style building built in 1925, 14th and G St., NW, Washington, D.C.

Classical Revival style building built in 1925, 14th and G St., NW, Wa...

Formerly the National Bank of Washington which was the oldest bank in Washington, D.C. It closed around 1999 when it was taken over by the FDIC. It was designed by Alfred C. Bossom and Jules-Henri de Sibour. Pl... More

Poster broadcasting the hunt for John Wilkes Booth. Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.

Poster broadcasting the hunt for John Wilkes Booth. Artifact in the mu...

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

Jerry Brown pottery, Hamilton, Alabama

Jerry Brown pottery, Hamilton, Alabama

The only known mule-powered pug mill still operating in the United States is located in northwest Alabama. Ninth-generation potter Jerry Brown and his mule, Blue, mix and grind the clay used to make his unique ... More

[North Corridor, Great Hall. "Rest" mural in lunette from the Family and Education series by Charles Sprague Pearce. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[North Corridor, Great Hall. "Rest" mural in lunette from the Family a...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

The Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California

The Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California

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Part of an elaborate "fish mural," painted in 1906 by a local (reputedly one-armed) fisherman on the acade of the Champion Building, Port Isabel, Texas

Part of an elaborate "fish mural," painted in 1906 by a local (reputed...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Formerly a 1899-vintage dry-goods store owned by Charles Champion in Port Isabel, Texas, the building is now the town's historical mu... More

The Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Francisco, California

The Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Street names commemorate two early San Francisco leaders: Pioneer and exchange banker Henry Haight and Munroe Ashbury. The district is noted for its role ... More

View of an old, decorative stairway leading to the long-abandoned Swift and Company facility, high above the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

View of an old, decorative stairway leading to the long-abandoned Swif...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. A major branch of the nation's leading nineteenth-century meat-packing firm and one of the nation's Big Four meat-packers of the early... More

Courtroom, William O. Douglas Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Yakima, Washington

Courtroom, William O. Douglas Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Ya...

Architect: James Knox Taylor. First constructed as the U.S. Post Office for North Yakima. Built in 1911-12. Second Renaissance Revival. First constructed as the U.S. Post Office for North Yakima. Photographed a... More

Mural in town, depicting the chapel of San Elizario, founded in 1789, which is often mistaken for a Spanish mission, since it lies quite near two missions in nearby El Paso, Texas

Mural in town, depicting the chapel of San Elizario, founded in 1789, ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Mural artist: name not given. The church is an example of late adobe church architecture of the Spanish colonial period and today is ... More

Sculpture "Eagle," by Gifford MacGregor Proctor at the F. Edward Hebert Federal Building in New Orleans, Louisiana

Sculpture "Eagle," by Gifford MacGregor Proctor at the F. Edward Heber...

Date: 1941; dimensions: 4' 8" x 6' 11"; medium: granite. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Cr... More

Mural "Bauzite Mining," by Julius Woeltz, located in the Saline County Courthouse in Benton, Arkansas

Mural "Bauzite Mining," by Julius Woeltz, located in the Saline County...

Date: 1942; dimensions: 73" x 143 1/4"; medium: oil. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit... More

The Havana Cathedral on the Plaza de la Catedral, in Havana, Cuba

The Havana Cathedral on the Plaza de la Catedral, in Havana, Cuba

The square took definitive shape in the second half of the eighteenth century. The Cathedrals construction was begun around 1748 as a temple to the Jesuit fathers. This order was expelled in 1767, the half-fin... More

Cross-stitched art [i.e., needlepoint] located in sanctuary, Highlands Methodist Episcopal Church at Five Points, Birmingham, Alabama

Cross-stitched art [i.e., needlepoint] located in sanctuary, Highlands...

Construction on the Sanctuary Building began in 1907, and with it came a new name for the congregation, Highlands Methodist Episcopal Church, South. After two years construction, the Spanish Renaissance Revival... More

Part of an elaborate "fish mural," painted in 1906 by a local (reputedly one-armed) fisherman on the acade of the Champion Building, Port Isabel, Texas

Part of an elaborate "fish mural," painted in 1906 by a local (reputed...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Formerly a 1899-vintage dry-goods store owned by Charles Champion in Port Isabel, Texas, the building is now the town's historical mu... More

Details from the Magnolia Building, home of the boutique Magnolia Hotel, in downtown Dallas, Texas

Details from the Magnolia Building, home of the boutique Magnolia Hote...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ceiling dome, Minneapolis Federal Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ceiling dome, Minneapolis Federal Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Originally constructed as a post office, this neoclassical style building was built in 1915 by architect James Knox Taylor. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, ... More

The ramshackle metal Gatewood-Shelton building in Palestine (which locals pronounce pallis-teen), Texas, has served every manner of function since the 1880s: cotton gin, machine shop, ôIndianö trading post, antique store, and, most recently (as of 2014), a music club

The ramshackle metal Gatewood-Shelton building in Palestine (which loc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Potter Kerry Kennedy molds mud into pots at the Kentuck Arts Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Potter Kerry Kennedy molds mud into pots at the Kentuck Arts Center in...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

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