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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

A rusted old truck and remnants of a "Fort Worth Spudder" in Marfa, Texas

A rusted old truck and remnants of a "Fort Worth Spudder" in Marfa, Te...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Spudder was a wooden oilfield rig popular in the 1940s. Since Marfa is replete with art galleries and outdoor art, this could wel... More

A little Mexican-food stand near the "ghost town," some of which is still occupied and some of which consists of ruins of the Chisos quicksilver-mining company which operated from 1905 into the early 1940s, and the residences of those who worked there. Terlingua, Texas

A little Mexican-food stand near the "ghost town," some of which is st...

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

Part of a frieze, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and the Pan-American Exposition in 1937 in Dallas, Texas

Part of a frieze, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Cen...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

A 1950s-vintage truck outside a general store in Jefferson, a town in Marion County in East Texas on whose main street almost every commercial building, and many nearby homes, have a historic marker

A 1950s-vintage truck outside a general store in Jefferson, a town 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

Tee Pee Curios Shop, Route 66 in Tucumcari, New Mexico

Tee Pee Curios Shop, Route 66 in Tucumcari, 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

Carrie A. Tuggle Memorial, Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama

Carrie A. Tuggle Memorial, Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama

Kelly Ingram Park (formerly West Park) was a staging ground for civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s. It is located adjacent to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the 16th Street Baptist Church. Titl... More

The George Parks Highway Scenic Byway - Denali Country

The George Parks Highway Scenic Byway - Denali Country

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Denali country is dominated by the lofty, snow-covered peaks of the Alaska Range, active glaciers, rolling tundra, boggy muskegs, and ha... More

Talimena Scenic Drive - Dwarfs of Rich Mountain

Talimena Scenic Drive - Dwarfs of Rich Mountain

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Stop by this informative plaque to learn more about the vegetation of the area. Location: Arkansas (34.675° N 94.329° W) Status: Publi... More

Great River Road - Entry Arch at the Arkansas-Missouri Border

Great River Road - Entry Arch at the Arkansas-Missouri Border

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A delicate arch graces the border of Arkansas and Missouri. Location: Location: Arkansas-Missouri Border, Arkansas (35.999° N 89.898° W... More

Great River Road - A Forest Service Recreation Site near Helena, Arkansas

Great River Road - A Forest Service Recreation Site near Helena, Arkan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Towering trees offer shelter at this recreation site near Helena. Location: Location: Near Helena, Arkansas (34.600° N 90.619° W) Stat... More

Mural "An Incident in Contemporary American Life," by Mitchell Jamieson at the Department of Interior, Washington, D.C.

Mural "An Incident in Contemporary American Life," by Mitchell Jamieso...

Date: 1943; dimensions: 148" x 82"; medium: oil. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit lin... More

Side exterior, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Laredo, Texas

Side exterior, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Laredo, Texas

Architect: James Knox Taylor. Built in 1906-1907 and 1933. The building originally housed the customs service. The 1930's expansion more than doubled the space to the rear of the building. Photographed as part ... More

William Kenzo Nakamura U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, Washington

William Kenzo Nakamura U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, Washington

Built in 1939-1940 by Architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood in Modernistic style. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided ... More

Sculpture "Contemporary postman," by Attilio Piccirilli at the Ariel Rios Federal Building, Washington, D.C.

Sculpture "Contemporary postman," by Attilio Piccirilli at the Ariel R...

Date: 1937; dimensions: 3' 11" x 1' 8" x 1' 2"; material: aluminum. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photo... More

"Crispus Attucks," by Herschel Levit, mural at the Recorder of Deeds building, built in 1943. 515 D St., NW, Washington, D.C.

"Crispus Attucks," by Herschel Levit, mural at the Recorder of Deeds b...

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

Mural "Harvest Dance," by James Auchiah at the Department of Interior Building, Washington, D.C.

Mural "Harvest Dance," by James Auchiah at the Department of Interior ...

Date: 1939; dimensions: 96" x 600". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograph... More

Auditorium with mural at the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, Washington, D.C.

Auditorium with mural at the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, Washing...

Completed between the years 1939-1940, by architect Charles Z. Klauder. Architectural style is stripped classicism. Originally constructed as and called the Social Security Building, it was renamed in 1988 for ... More

The Ball-Eddleman-McFarland House in Fort Worth, Texas, one of the best-preserved examples of Victorian architecture left in Texas

The Ball-Eddleman-McFarland House in Fort Worth, Texas, one of the bes...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1899, the Ball-Eddleman-McFarland House is Fort Worth's premier example of Queen Anne-style Victorian architec... More

Potter Stewart U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Cincinnati, Ohio

Potter Stewart U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Cincinnati, Ohio

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1939 by architect/builder Louis A. Simon. Credit l... More

The Moody Mansion, a restored, four-story structure originally completed in 1895 in Galveston, Texas

The Moody Mansion, a restored, four-story structure originally complet...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Home of William Lewis Moody, Jr., an American financier and entrepreneur. The house, made of limestone and brick, was ... More

Courtroom ceiling, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Providence, Rhode Island

Courtroom ceiling, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Providence, R...

Architect: Clarke & Howe. Beaux-Arts building built in 1904-1908. It is of steel frame construction, clad entirely in grey granite. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration.... More

Exterior, Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is a monument five-story limestone building in Little Rock, Arkansas

Exterior, Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is a...

Built in 1932 by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs i... More

Details from the "million dollar courthouse," the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan

Details from the "million dollar courthouse," the Theodore Levin Unite...

Courtroom is from the previous building built in 1896. It was disassembled and reassembled in the new building in 1932. It contains over 30 types of marble. Behind the bench is a frieze of 10 female figures dep... More

Interior lobby, John W. McCormack U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Boston, Massachusettsachusetts

Interior lobby, John W. McCormack U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Bos...

Built in 1931-1933 by Architect Cram & Ferguson. The 16-story main mass rises to a height of 258' on Post Office Square. Restored by General Services Administration in 2009. Photographed as part of an assignmen... More

Courtroom, U.S. Courthouse, Toledo, Ohio

Courtroom, U.S. Courthouse, Toledo, Ohio

Architect: James A. Wetmore. Four story building designed in the Beaux Art Classicism style of architecture and clad in buff-colored limestone veneer. Built 1929-1932. Photographed as part of an assignment for ... More

Sculpture "Wisdom and Courage" at the David W. Dyer Federal Building and Courthouse, Miami, Florida

Sculpture "Wisdom and Courage" at the David W. Dyer Federal Building a...

Artist: Alexander Sambugnac, 1938. Cast stone, dimensions: 4' x 6' x 3". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the ... More

Riders enjoy (or endure) a spin on the Big Dipper roller-coaster at Camden Park, an amusement park on the outskirts of Huntington, West Virginia

Riders enjoy (or endure) a spin on the Big Dipper roller-coaster at Ca...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Established in 1902 as a picnic spot by the Camden Interstate Railway Company, where riders traveling between Huntington and nearby ci... More

The old Spencer Hotel, now the Lowe Hotel, in Point Pleasant, a city on the Ohio River in West Virginia

The old Spencer Hotel, now the Lowe Hotel, in Point Pleasant, a city o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1901 and originally named in honor of J.S. Spencer, a local judge and steamboat-company operator, the hotel was operated by t... More

The George M. Jacobs Building, erected c. 1903, was long one of Fairmont, West Virginia's elite business addresses. No longer

The George M. Jacobs Building, erected c. 1903, was long one of Fairmo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

The 1915 Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) Building in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia

The 1915 Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) Building in downto...

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

Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church in Wheeling, West Virginia, built in 1897 by industrialist James Nelson Vance in honor of his parents

Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church in Wheeling, West Virginia, built i...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Interior lobby stairs, Forest Service Building, Ogden, Utah

Interior lobby stairs, Forest Service Building, Ogden, Utah

Architect: Hodgson & McClenahan. Built in 1933-34. Art Deco style originally built to provide offices for the U.S. Forest Service Intermountain Region. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Serv... More

El Capitolio, Havana, Cuba - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy

El Capitolio, Havana, Cuba - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy

The Havana Capitol, built from April 1, 1926-1929. The building cost 17 million pesos. After the Revolution of 1959, the Capitol became the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba and then Ministry of S... More

Oil painting "Ship Propeller" located on lobby ceiling, U.S. Custom House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Oil painting "Ship Propeller" located on lobby ceiling, U.S. Custom Ho...

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

Front exterior. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Grand Junction, Colorado

Front exterior. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. In 2010, the Federal Building & US Courthouse received $15M... More

Truman study, fireplace detail, Blair House, located across from the White House, Washington, D.C.

Truman study, fireplace detail, Blair House, located across from the W...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The Blair House serves as the President's guest house, and therefore is the guest house of the nation. Built in 1824. Title, date, ... More

Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 266, presents the flags during the closing ceremonies at Operation STAND DOWN at Lighthouse Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Operation Stand Down was a five day drug, alcohol, and violence-free haven for homeless Veterans. More than 400 volunteers helped the participants with legal, dental, and medical services

Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 266, presents the flags during th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: STAND DOWN Base: Philadelphia State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Scott ... More

Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton Placing a Wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia

Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton Placing a Wreath at ...

This item is a photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The image was photographed by Ralph Alswang.... More

A private security guard watches an Alabama National Guardsman, carrying an M16A2 assault rifle, checks the engine compartment of a car entering the main gate at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Security has been heightened in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon

A private security guard watches an Alabama National Guardsman, carryi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Redstone Arsenal State: Alabama (AL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Dick Christiansen, Civilian Release Status: ... More

The US Navys United States Ship (USS) CAMDEN (AOE 2), a fast combat support ship from Bremerton, Washington, is tugged into the Port of Valdez, Alaska city terminal in support of the Alaskan Command exercise Northern Edge 2002

The US Navys United States Ship (USS) CAMDEN (AOE 2), a fast combat su...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Port Of Valdez State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Steve Fauli... More

On the Elmendorf Air Force Base flight line, an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron (FS) stands ready to launch in support of a Cope Thunder scenario during exercise Northern Edge 2002

On the Elmendorf Air Force Base flight line, an F-15E Strike Eagle fig...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT M... More

US Navy (USN) Lieutenant (LT) Jeff Bleile, with the command element, landing force Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), performs an examination on a Marine, aboard the US Navy (USN) Anchorage Class, USS ANCHORAGE (LSD36)

US Navy (USN) Lieutenant (LT) Jeff Bleile, with the command element, l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Anchorage (LSD 36) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

US Air Force (USAF) Honor Guardsmen AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Richard Hardin and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Thomas Boyle from Bolling Air Force Base (AFB), District of Columbia (DC), pay tribute to former Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF), John L. McLucas, by placing his remains and a US flag on the US Army (USA) honor guard caisson during his funeral at the Arlington National Cemetery (ANC)

US Air Force (USAF) Honor Guardsmen AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Richard H...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington National Cemetery State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jera T. Stubblefield, USAF R... More

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST (SPC) Adam Alford from the 946th Forward Surgical Team (FST), an Army Reserve unit from Mobile, Alabama, demonstrates proper radio procedures using the Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS)

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST (SPC) Adam Alford from the 946th Forward Surg...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Gordon State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSG John Marlow, USA Release Status: Released to ... More

Monument Valley, Arizona

Monument Valley, Arizona

Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Two Alaskan moose graze on an open field where a US Army (USA) Blackhawk (Black Hawk) helicopter lands with US Air Force (USAF) and USA troops all from Fort Wainwright, Alaska (AK)

Two Alaskan moose graze on an open field where a US Army (USA) Blackha...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joshua Strang, USAF Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Appearing supersonic a US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker air-to-air refueling aircraft from the Wisconsin Air National Guard (WIANG) creates water vapor over its wings during a foggy morning take off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), in support of Exercise Northern Edge 04

Appearing supersonic a US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker air-to-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jo... More

Badlands, South Dakota - Drawing. Public domain image.

Badlands, South Dakota - Drawing. Public domain image.

Badlands National Park, in southwest South Dakota, United States preserves 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles, and spires blended with the largest protected mixed grass prairie in the United Stat... More

Aerial view of Waikiki Beach and Honolulu, Hawaii

Aerial view of Waikiki Beach and Honolulu, Hawaii

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Photographer's choice (America project). Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchas... More

Aerial view of Honolulu, Hawaii

Aerial view of Honolulu, Hawaii

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

The Gates Art, Central Park, New York, New York

The Gates Art, Central Park, New York, New York

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. The artists installed 7,503 vinyl "gates" along 23 miles of pathways in February 2005. From each gate hung a panel of deep saffron-colored nylon fabric. C... More

Kazakhstanian E.O.D. (Explosive Ordance Detachment) Soldiers collect old munitions left stock piled from the old Regime, near Camp Delta, Iraq on June 7, 2005.(U.S. Army photo by SGT. Arthur Hamilton)(Released)

Kazakhstanian E.O.D. (Explosive Ordance Detachment) Soldiers collect o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Delta Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Arthur Hamilton, USA Release Status: Released ... More

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Pedro Chavez, 2nd Battalion (BN), 1ST Infantry Regiment (INF REGT), 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), Fort Wainwright, Alaska (AK), radios to other units in the area while on patrol in Mosul, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Pedro Chavez, 2nd Battalion (BN), 1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James L. Harper Jr., USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

Hackberry General Store, Route 66, Hackberry, Arizona

Hackberry General Store, Route 66, Hackberry, 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

Aerial, Camden Yards Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland.

Aerial, Camden Yards Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland.

Oriole Park at Camden Yards is a ballpark located in Baltimore, Maryland, which was completed in 1992 to replace Memorial Stadium. It is the home field of the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball. Title, ... More

Mardi Gras Parade, 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana

Mardi Gras Parade, 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana

Public domain photograph of parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

French Quarter Detail, New Orleans, Louisiana

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

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Driver, Mark McFarland, driver of the US Navy (USN) sponsored No. 88 "Accelerate Your Life" Chevrolet Monte Carlo, is strapped in and ready to start his engine prior to the start of the NASCAR Busch Series O'Reilly 300 held at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas (TX)

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Driver, Mark M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Worth State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael A. Kaplan, USAF Release Status: Release... More

A U.S. Coast Guard HH-60J Jayhawk search and rescue helicopter, from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka, conducts a search and rescue flight training exercise over Sitka Sound, on Dec. 11, 2006. Mount Edgecumbe, a long-dormant volcano located on Kruzof Island, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, is seen in the far background. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Aviation Electronics Technician 1ST Class William Greer) (Released)

A U.S. Coast Guard HH-60J Jayhawk search and rescue helicopter, from U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sitka Sound State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AET1 William Greer, Uscg Release Status: Released ... More

Architectural art "Cenozoic Codex" at three locations on building exterior of the Census Computer Facility, Bowie, Maryland

Architectural art "Cenozoic Codex" at three locations on building exte...

Artist: Keith Sonnier, 1997. Blue, red, and yellow neon tubes. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photograph... More

Rose Center for Earth and Space by Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest, New York, New York

Rose Center for Earth and Space by Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest...

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

Oil painting "Menes," stairway of Great Hall, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Oil painting "Menes," stairway of Great Hall, Department of Justice, W...

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Great Hall, view of second floor with Minerva in distance. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall, view of second floor with Minerva in distance. Library of...

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

Dried flowers from the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.

Dried flowers from the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. Artifact in the mus...

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

[African and Middle Eastern Reading Room (Area Studies). Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[African and Middle Eastern Reading Room (Area Studies). Library of Co...

Carol M. Highsmith made this digital image by scanning a color transparency or negative that she created in the 1990s. Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[North Corridor, Great Hall. Religion 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. Religion mural in lunette from the Family...

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

[Interior detail. Moulding in area between west elevator lobby and main entrance to center reading room on fifth floor. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Interior detail. Moulding in area between west elevator lobby and mai...

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

Old Motels and Historic Neon Art, Las Vegas, Nevada

Old Motels and Historic Neon Art, 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

Skyline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Skyline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Skyline, including PPG Place with the spiked roofline to the far left designed by famous architect Philip Johnson Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's Americ... More

Detail of the coat Abraham Lincoln wore the night he was assassinated at Ford's Theatre. Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.

Detail of the coat Abraham Lincoln wore the night he was assassinated ...

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

Untitled art glass window at entrance to atrium, U.S. Courthouse, Orlando, Florida

Untitled art glass window at entrance to atrium, U.S. Courthouse, Orla...

Artist: Al Held, 2006. Dimensions: 20 x 50 feet. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit lin... More

[Second Floor Corridor. Printers' marks+Columns. Printer's mark of Charles Scribner's Sons in North Corridor. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Second Floor Corridor. Printers' marks+Columns. Printer's mark of Cha...

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

July 4th fireworks, Washington, D.C.

July 4th fireworks, Washington, D.C.

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

[Aerial view from the southwest of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Aerial view from the southwest of the Library of Congress Thomas Jeff...

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

Removal of Petroleum Contaminated Soil at the Municipal Garage

Removal of Petroleum Contaminated Soil at the Municipal Garage

The original caption reads: Excavation of petroleum contaminated soil at the northwest corner of the former Municipal Garage nearly complete. Location: St. Paul Island, Alaska Site: Non-Two Party Agreement, ... More

Ruth Gorge, Denali National Park, Alaska

Ruth Gorge, Denali National Park, Alaska

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Mount Foraker, Denali National Park, Alaska

Mount Foraker, Denali National Park, Alaska

Picryl description: Public domain image of a glacier, arctic landscape, mountains landscape, ice, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nationals Park, baseball stadium, Washington, D.C.

Nationals Park, baseball stadium, Washington, D.C.

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

Bas relief detail on floor, interior of the National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Bas relief detail on floor, interior of the National Archives, Washing...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a relief sculpture, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bas relief detail on floor, interior of the National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Bas relief detail on floor, interior of the National Archives, Washing...

The United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with ... More

Architectural details, Grand Central Station, New York, New York

Architectural details, Grand Central Station, New York, New York

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

Seattle Music Project by architect Frank O. Gehry, Seattle, Washington

Seattle Music Project by architect Frank O. Gehry, Seattle, Washington

The Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (abbreviation rendered with a pipe as EMP|SFM) is a museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fic... More

Exterior eagle detail, Joseph P. Kinnerary U.S. Courthouse, Columbus, Ohio

Exterior eagle detail, Joseph P. Kinnerary U.S. Courthouse, Columbus, ...

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

2009 Inaugural Parade. Michelle and Barack Obama watch the parade from the viewing stand in front of the White House, Washington, D.C.

2009 Inaugural Parade. Michelle and Barack Obama watch the parade from...

Title and date provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2009:083-1)... More

"Gone Fishing" old shack, Seligman, Arizona

"Gone Fishing" old shack, Seligman, 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

Full-sized reproduction of the statue of "David" by Michelangelo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Full-sized reproduction of the statue of "David" by Michelangelo, Siou...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a monument or sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Nuthin But Fire Records mural, New Orleans, Louisiana

Nuthin But Fire Records mural, New Orleans, Louisiana

The St. Charles Avenue streetcar line is the oldest continuously operating street railway system in the world. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, ... More

Industrial site logo in Monroeville, Alabama, showing the bird and the old Monroe County Courthouse used in the play "To Kill a Mockingbird" by resident Harper Lee

Industrial site logo in Monroeville, Alabama, showing the bird and the...

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

Twin Sears houses built from kits ordered from the Sears Department Store catalog. Tuscumbia, Alabama

Twin Sears houses built from kits ordered from the Sears Department St...

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

The Cupcake Queens bakery wagon (in an old Airstream house trailer) in Albany, Texas, seat of Shackelford County

The Cupcake Queens bakery wagon (in an old Airstream house trailer) 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

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

Aerial view of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota

Aerial view of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture by Gutzon Borglum (1867-1941), located within the United States Presidential Memorial that represents the first 1... More

A downtown mural, by artist Crystal Goodman, in San Angelo, the seat of Tom Green County, Texas. It depicts an early stagecoach of the type that brought pioneers to the city in the 1840s

A downtown mural, by artist Crystal Goodman, in San Angelo, the seat o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Rural Alabama in the spring

Rural Alabama in the spring

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Outhouse door at the Buffalo Gap Historic Village in the unincorporated Taylor County, Texas, town of the same name, near Abilene

Outhouse door at the Buffalo Gap Historic Village in the unincorporate...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum showcases fifteen outdoor structures and West Texas artifacts that reach back to the late 19th century and the early 20th ... More

Façade of the Ursuline Convent and other buildings in Old Havana, Cuba

Façade of the Ursuline Convent and other buildings in Old 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

Necropolis de Colon, Havana, Cuba

Necropolis de Colon, Havana, Cuba

Necropolis de Colon (Havana's Cemetery) has 131 years of history. Also known as Christopher Columbus Cemetery. It was built by Galician architect Calixto Areliano de Lorira y Cordoso. The first work in the ceme... More

The Art Deco, 1100 New York Ave., NW., Washington, D.C.

The Art Deco, 1100 New York Ave., NW., Washington, D.C.

Building was once a Greyhouse Bus depot. 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. Hig... More

The 1908 Fort Bend County Courthouse in Richmond, Texas, southwest of Houston

The 1908 Fort Bend County Courthouse in Richmond, Texas, southwest of ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Out front stands a statue of Georgia native, later Richmond resident, Mirabeau B. Lamar, who held three offices, including president,... More

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