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 remnant of one the unusual structures at Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle V...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Large metal chickens for sale at the Pottery Ranch pottery store in Ma...
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
[Mural depicting baseball by Frederic C. Martin. Library of Congress T...
Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2011; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Sculpture "Alaska snowshoe mail carrier," by Chaim Gross at the Ariel ...
Date: 1936; dimensions: 4' 1" x 1'7" x 1'; material: aluminum. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photograph... More
Oil painting "Amsterdam" at Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, New ...
Public domain photo of American art painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Inside an old woodshop, one of a collection of 1800s and early-1900s h...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Bas relief "Jackson, Defender of New Orleans, 1818," by Auguste DeFras...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,... More
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.
Architectural detail of interior, Cathedral of the Immaculate Concepti...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
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
Painting "Author's Frieze" second floor, interior hallway, Federal Com...
Artist: Elmer E. Garnsey, ca. 1899. Oil, dimensions: 48" x 182.6". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photog... More
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
Art at Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, Binghamton, New York
An Art Deco interpretation of a classical style. Built in 1935. Architect: Conrad & Cummings. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject ... More
Fresco painting above room 5137 entrance, Department of Justice, Washi...
Artist: Henry Varnum Poor, 1936. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs i... More
Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Oil painting "Foreign Imports to Philadelphia" located on north wall, ...
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
Painting "O Pass of the North Now the Old Giants Are Gone We Little Me...
Artist: Tom Lea, 1938. Oil, dimensions: 12' x 50'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit l... More
Mural "Post dispatch rider, 1776," by George Harding at the Ariel Rios...
Date: 1938; dimensions: 6' 8" x 13' 6". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photog... More
Mural "Petroleum Industry: Production," by Edgar Britton at the Depart...
Date: 1939; dimensions: 111" x 235". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograp... More
Painting "Cavalrymen Crossing a River" at Court House Annex, Richmond,...
Artist: Jared French, 1939. Oil, dimensions: 83" x 36". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cre... More
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
Old truck in Bodie, a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra...
Located about 75 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe, the town become a state historic park in 1962. Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Colle... More
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
Dignitaries (left to right): Alaska State Senator Gary Wilken (R-Fairb...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fairbanks State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D. Myles Cullen, USAF Release Status: Released ... More
Four US Air Force (USAF) F-15 Eagle aircraft fly overhead in a missing...
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 US Air Force (USAF) O-2 Skymaster (right) forward air control (FAC) ...
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
Oil painting "Justice Tempered by Mercy" located in fifth floor, main ...
Artist: Maurice Sterne, 1941. Dimensions: 6' x 8'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit l... More
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
Philip Johnson's Glass House and Pavillion, New Canaan, Connecticut
The Glass House or Johnson house, built in 1949 in New Canaan, Connecticut, was designed by Philip Johnson as his own residence and is a masterpiece in the use of glass. Title, date, and subjects provided by th... More
Colorfully painted vintage automobile, which just happens to match the...
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
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
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
Art deco relief, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Cent...
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
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
Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...
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
Actors from a Movie - National Archives Alaska Collection
The original caption reads: Three Aleut 'Seamen,' St. Paul, filming of the 1952 film, "World in His Arms," filmed partly on the Pribilof Islands. Location: St. Paul Island, Alaska [Media Creator: G. Dallas ... More
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More
Statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in the Kelly Ingram Park, Birmi...
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
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
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
President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, loved the...
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
Montgomery Zoo, Montgomery, Alabama
The Montgomery Zoo was established in 1920 as part of Oak Park. It grew and thrived there until the 1960s. Eleven years later, the Zoo was re-established and moved to its current located in north Montgomery. In... More
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More
Sculpture "Destiny" at Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, Oklahoma Ci...
Artist: Bernard Frazier, 1966. Stone measuring 22' 6" x 13' x 16". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photog... More
Bronze sculpture "Thermopylae" at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building...
Artist: Dimitri Hadzi, 1966. Dimensions: 16 ' x 7' x 5'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cr... More
The Texas Theatre, which closed in 1983 in San Angelo, the seat of Tom...
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
Llamas and an affectionate farm cat at Heritage Farm Museum and Villag...
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
STS064-66-015 - STS-064 - SPARTAN 201 being released from the RMS
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy 201 (SPARTAN 201) being deployed from the Space Shuttle Discove... More
STS068-229-012 - STS-068 - Earth observations during STS-68 mission
The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Earth, viewed from the Orbiter Endeavour during STS-68. Subject Terms: STS-68 EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) Categories: Earth Observations Int... More
STS064-66-037 - STS-064 - SPARTAN 201 being released from the RMS
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy 201 (SPARTAN 201) being deployed from the Space Shuttle Discove... More
STS064-66-019 - STS-064 - SPARTAN 201 being released from the RMS
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy 201 (SPARTAN 201) being deployed from the Space Shuttle Discove... More
STS068-229-004 - STS-068 - Earth observations during STS-68 mission
The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Earth, viewed from the Orbiter Endeavour during STS-68. Subject Terms: STS-68 EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) Categories: Earth Observations Int... More
61A-481-005 - 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
61A-476-018 - 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
S01-11-157 - STS-001 - Earth observations taken during STS-1 mission
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-1 mission from the space shuttle Columbia. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-1, COLUMBIA (ORB... More
STS064-66-033 - STS-064 - SPARTAN 201 being released from the RMS
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy 201 (SPARTAN 201) being deployed from the Space Shuttle Discove... More
STS062-87-162 - STS-062 - Earth observations from STS-62 flight
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Earth taken from the Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-62. Subject Terms: STS-62 EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) Cat... More
A view of an avionics shop under construction
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: SSGT Carol A. Britton Release Status: R... More
Contractors prepare the site of the foundation for an avionics shop un...
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: SSGT Carol A. Britton Release Status: R... More
S09-40-2651 - STS-009 - Earth observations taken by the STS-9 crew
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation as seen by the STS-9 crew aboard the orbiter Columbia. Subject Terms: STS-9 EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) Categories: Earth Obser... More
51B-45-038 - 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-45-031 - 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
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, August 5, 2009 -- Alaska Gove...
The original database describes this as: Title: Alaska Governor Sean Parnell is briefed by Federal Coordinating Officer Doug Mayne and staff Production Date: 08/05/2009 Caption: Eagle, Alaska, August 5, 2009... More
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
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
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
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
The original finding aid described this item as: Property Number: X 15015 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings
Flooding ^ Winter Storm - Stevens Village, Alaska, August 4, 2009 -- M...
The original database describes this as: Title: Insulation Production Date: 08/04/2009 Caption: Stevens Village, Alaska, August 4, 2009 -- Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers sprayed insulation foam in the... More
Tornado - Holt, Ala. , August 19, 2011 - Construction workers build t...
The original database describes this as: Title: Going the Distance Production Date: 08/19/2011 Caption: Holt, Ala. , August 19, 2011 - Construction workers build the foundation to repair a section of Hurric... More
US Embassy in Athens - Mid-Level Position Residence
Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tornado - Holt, Ala. , August 19, 2011 - A bulldozer hoists concrete ...
The original database describes this as: Title: The High Road to Recovery Production Date: 08/19/2011 Caption: Holt, Ala. , August 19, 2011 - A bulldozer hoists concrete buckets to repair a section of Hurri... More
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
PH1 Chuck Mussi Arlington, Va....A close-up view of a tombstone at the...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
S47-213-004 - 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
Alabama's Coastal Connection - Touring Fort Morgan
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Visitors walk through the casements and see authentic cannons of the Civil War era at Fort Morgan. Location: Fort Morgan, Alabama (30.2... More
Haines Highway - Valley of the Eagles - Diorama in the American Bald E...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Visitors view the diorama of eagles and animals indigenous to the Haines area at the American Bald Eagle Foundation. Location: Location... More
Alabama's Coastal Connection - Biking Past a Curve in the Gulf Oak Rid...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Two cyclists ride past a picnic area on a curve on the Gulf Oak Ridge Trail in the Hugh S. Branson Back Country Trail system near Gulf S... More
Crowley's Ridge Parkway - Pond at Crowley's Ridge State Park
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Bare trees frame a snowless pond shoreline and park buildings at Crowley's Ridge State Park Location: Arkansas (36.045° N 90.666° W) S... More
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
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
Crowley's Ridge Parkway - Confederate Cemetery
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A gray stone monument stands at the Confederate Cemetery in Helena. Location: (36.484° N 90.157° W) Status: Public domain. Courtesy of... More
The George Parks Highway Scenic Byway - Lower Troublesome Creek
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Visitors can picnic, camp, and fish, at Troublesome Creek. A small pavilion provides shelter in the forest. Location: Lower Troublesome... More
Alabama's Coastal Connection - Farmlands Along Alabama's Coastal Conne...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Great rolls of hay can be seen along Alabama's Coastal Connection in hayfields such as this one. Pecan orchards are also common sites al... More
Alabama's Coastal Connection - Downtown Foley
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The Depot Museum, waiting for passers-by, is one of several historic buildings that earned Foley its historic commercial district design... More
Great River Road - Car Passing a Lake on the Great River Road in Arkan...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A car passes the blue waters of a lake on the Great River Road on an autumn day. Location: Location: Arkansas (33.596° N 91.219° W) St... More
Haines Highway - Valley of the Eagles - Interpretive Signage at North ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Interpretive panels about eagles stand under shelters at North Council Grounds, where visitors can see views of the river valley. Locat... More
Crowley's Ridge Parkway - St. Francis National Forest
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The St. Francis National Forest is the smallest national forest in the country and includes the only upland hardwood forest along Arkans... More
Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic Byway - Historic Mine Along the Gol...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Over 500 underground mines were located within the Cripple Creek Mining District. These mines produced more gold than the Alaska and Cal... More
Great River Road - River Sunrise Near Blytheville
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A brilliant sunrise coats the Mississippi River in warm hues. Location: Location: Near Blytheville, Arkansas (35.882° N 89.768° W) Sta... More
Crowley's Ridge Parkway - Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Conference Cen...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Hemingway wrote portions of his novel, , at this home in Piggott, Arkansas, now a visitor center of the Crowley's Ridge Parkway. Locati... More
Great River Road - Entry Arch at the Arkansas-Missouri Border
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A car drives beneath the delicate arch gracing the border of Arkansas and Missouri. Location: Location: Arkansas-Missouri Border, Arkan... More
Haines Highway - Valley of the Eagles - Anway House
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: In this vintage photo, founder and owner Charles Anway stands by his home, today known as the Anway Homestead House. Location: Location... More
Glenn Highway - The Old Chickaloon River Bridge
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Originally built as a railroad trestle to haul coal from the Chickaloon area around Mile 76 of the Glenn Highway, this bridge has since ... More
Alaska's Marine Highway - Glaciers Along Alaska's Marine Highway
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The marine highway passes by some of the most active ice fields in the world. The majority of these are along the Inside Passage, Prince... More
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
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