Greenwood Cemetery is the original cemetery in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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 Miracle Worker" play that is actually performed in the back yard ...
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
Medallion on the exterior entrance of the Tower Building, now park hea...
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
Building at the intersection of U St. and Vermont 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
Talladega Superspeedway Race, Talladega, Alabama
Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex that opened in 1969. The track hosts the NASCAR series. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegge... More
Street scene in downtown Montgomery, Alabama
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
Row houses, East Capitol St., Washington, D.C.
East Capitol St. is a major street that divides the NE and SE quadrants of Washington, D.C. It runs due east from the U.S. Capitol to the DC-Maryland border. The western stretch of East Capitol St., which passe... More
[Leland Stanford Mansion, Sacramento, California]
Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; The Capital Group Companies Charitable... More
Grand National Golf Course, part of the Robert Trent Jones Trail, Opel...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a golf field, park, outdoor activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama
Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More
Funnel cakes are available in many flavors at the Mardi Gras celebrati...
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
[Goggles carried by Lincoln's bodyguards during his train ride through...
; part of title from Ford's Theater Collection website. 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
Scene from the Texas Cavaliers River Parade on the San Antonio River, ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The water-borne parade is one event in month- long Fiesta San Antonio festival. Every year, the floating parade features more than 45... More
The Moundville site, occupied from around A.D. 1000 until A.D. 1450, i...
At the time of Moundville's heaviest residential population, the community took the form of a three hundred-acre village built on a bluff overlooking the river. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided ... More
Blind Boys of Alabama Group at Alabama Country Music Hall of Fame conc...
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
Aerial view of buildings, northern Virginia
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency not held by the Library. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M.... More
Recently expanded in 2002, the Mobile Museum of Art in beautiful Langa...
The 95,000 square foot facility is the setting for a permanent collection of over 8,000 works of art spanning two centuries of culture. Designed by The Architects Group. Title, date, subject note, and keywords ... More
Tule Lake Refuge in California - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Established in 1928, the Refuge encompasses 39,116 acres of mostly open water and croplands. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Pho... More
Tulips pop in late winter at the Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens in ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Over 50 years, philanthropist and art collector Ima Hogg amassed a collection of American paintings and decorative pieces throughout ... More
Allie Victoria Tennant's "Tejas Warrior" statue outside the Hall of St...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Hall of State (originally the State of Texas Building) commemorates the history of Texas. Built in 1936 at the astronomical (espec... More
Main Street, Greensboro, Alabama
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
Court Square Fountain, Montgomery, Alabama
The Court Square Fountain was erected in 1885. This well was the original watering site for Montgomery and the surrounding communities. On top of the fountain is "Hebe, goddess of youth and cup bearer to the Go... More
Mission Santa Cruz was a Spanish mission founded by the Franciscan ord...
Founded in 1791 and named for the feast of the Exultation of the Cross, the name that the explorer Gaspar de Portola gave to the area when he camped on the banks of the San Lorenzo River on October 17, 1769, an... More
The Japanese Tea Garden, located inside Golden Gate Park, San Francisc...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Originally created as a "Japanese Village" exhibit for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition. When the fair closed, Japanese landscape ar... More
"The Miracle Worker" play that is actually performed in the back yard ...
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 Prime Time Express mounted drill team passes in the 124th Rose Par...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The first parade was staged in 1890 by members of Pasadena's Valley Hunt Club. According to the parade's official program, the club was made up of former ... More
Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama
Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More
Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama
Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More
Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama
Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More
Old Coca-cola machine at a gas station in historic Stockton, Alabama
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
Historic buildings in Cullman, Alabama
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
Display in virtual body lab showing how each organ works at My BodyWor...
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
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group. Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers. Colorful beads and Moon Pies (two large cookies with marshmellow in between ... More
Alabama Music Hall of Fame, Tuscumbia, Alabama
The Muscle Shoals Music Association, an organization of recording studio owners, producers, musicians, songwriters and other music professionals created the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Board in 1980 with a manda... More
"The Miracle Worker" play that is actually performed in the back yard ...
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
Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama
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 grounds and interiors of Ivy Green, the house where Helen Keller g...
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
Performance of "The Flying Dutchman" Opera in Mobile, Alabama
Mobile Opera Guild Auxiliary (affiliated with the Metropolitan Opera Guild) presents mainstage productions and opera excerpts throughout a five-state area. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by th... More
President Lincoln's cottage at Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C.
Located on a picturesque hilltop at the Soldiers' Home in Washington, D.C., President Lincoln's Cottage is the most significant historic site directly associated with Lincoln's presidency aside from the White ... More
Mr. George F. Landegger (far left), sponsor of the 13th Annual Alabama...
The 13th Annual Alabama Writers Symposium involves two days of author readings, panel discussions, and literary entertainment, all moderated by some of Alabama's finest literary scholars. The Harper Lee Award f... More
Scene from the Texas Cavaliers River Parade on the San Antonio River, ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The water-borne parade is one event in month- long Fiesta San Antonio festival. Every year, the floating parade features more than 45... More
Dining room at Mount Vernon, a near (but larger) replica in Dallas, Te...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. On January 1, 1938, legendary oilman H.L. Hunt moved his family into the neoclassical Georgian home, built in 1930. Specimen live oak... More
Store fronts on Calle Obispo 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
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Plant located in Tuscaloosa County, A...
This plant is responsible for more than 10,000 direct and indirect jobs in the region, and has an annual economic impact of more than 1.5 billion. In addition, MBUSI has become the state's largest exporter, wit... More
A-Day Game football scrimmage for University of Alabama, with coach Ni...
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 Shackelford County Courthouse in Albany, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 1883 courthouse was the first to be restored under the Texas Historical Commission's Courthouse Preservation Program. It was rede... More
Southeastern Livestock Exposition Championship Rodeo, Montgomery, Alab...
Started in 1958 by Jim Adams, J. Ernest Lambert, W.O. Crawford, E. Ham Wilson, Aubrey H. Fleming, C. Ed Teague, Edward Wadsworth and W.H. Gregory, The Southeastern Livestock Exposition was formed to promote the... More
Interior, Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, California
Founded by the Franciscan order on March 31, 1782, it was the ninth Spanish mission established in California. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection... More
Talladega Superspeedway Race, Talladega, Alabama
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
Gee's Bend, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Gee's Bend, also known as Boykin, is a very poor tenant community in Alabama, lying at the edge of the Black Belt in Wilcox County, about thirty miles southwest of Selma. Gee's Bend is well known for it's quilt... More
Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama
Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More
Interior kitchen of a small home 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
A-Day Game football scrimmage for University of Alabama, with coach Ni...
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
Statue in a business park in Huntsville, Alabama
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a monument or sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Buildings, H St. between 7th and 8th St., NE, Washington, D.C.
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
Ave Maria Grotto, Cullman, Alabama
Known as "Jerusalem in Miniature," this four-acre park (dedicated in 1934) was designed to provide a setting for 125 miniature reproductions of famous historic buildings and shrines the work of Brother Joseph Z... More
Alabama Music Hall of Fame, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama
Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More
Row houses, East Capitol St., Washington, D.C.
East Capitol St. is a major street that divides the NE and SE quadrants of Washington, D.C. It runs due east from the U.S. Capitol to the DC-Maryland border. The western stretch of East Capitol St., which passe... More
Confederate Memorial Monument, Montgomery, Alabama, Confederate States...
Designed by Alexander Doyle and built in 1886, the monument commemorates the 122,000 Alabamians who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War and sits on the Alabama Capitol grounds. Title, date, subject ... More
Alabama Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...
The complex includes an Education Center, a historical timeline walkway, and a temple engraved with the 11,000 names of Alabamians lost to war in the 20th Century. Each pedestal features detailed artworks. Titl... More
Glencairn Plantation, Greensboro, Alabama
Built in 1831 by Col. John Erwin. 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, Li... More
Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monaste...
Just over an hour from Huntsville in Hanceville, Alabama near Cullman, you can witness a magnificent shrine with an unusual story. A cloistered community, where the nuns take vows of poverty, chastity, and obed... More
LaFayette Park, located directly north of the White House on H Street ...
Lafayette Square is a seven-acre public park. The Square and the surrounding structures were designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1970. Originally planned as part of the pleasure grounds surround... More
Historic downtown Cordova, Alabama
Cordova is in Walker County. It was originally a settlement on the Warrior River Called "Dent" or "Dent's Place." The city was dubbed "Cordova" by Captain Benjamin M. Long in 1859. He named the city after a cit... More
March from Selma to Montgomery recreating the important Civil Rights e...
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
Foster's Bighorn Bar and Restaurant in Rio Vista, California
Located west of Lodi, the restaurant displays one of the most extensive collections of animal "trophy heads" in America. Bill Foster, a big-game hunter opened the restaurant in 1931. Title, date, and keywords p... More
Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monaste...
Just over an hour from Huntsville in Hanceville, Alabama near Cullman, you can witness a magnificent shrine with an unusual story. A cloistered community, where the nuns take vows of poverty, chastity, and obed... More
Statue of Rear Admiral Semmes of the C.S. Navy, Mobile, Alabama
Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes (1809-1877) was an officer in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1860 and the Confederate States Navy from 1860 to 1865. During the American Civil War he was captain of the famous c... More
Aerial view of Montgomery, Alabama
Title, date, 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 Photographs Divisi... More
Beautiful communities and rural scenes in Baldwin County, Alabama. Pec...
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
Architectural details on the Colorado Building, 14th and G St., NW, Wa...
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
Rural Studio architecture, Greensboro, Alabama
The Rural Studio is a design-build architecture studio run by Auburn University which aims to teach students about the social responsibilities of the profession of architecture while also providing safe, well-c... More
Playground designed by the Rural Studio, Newbern, Alabama
Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Skier on ski slope, Mammoth Lakes, California
In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More
Old Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama
Old Live Oak Cemetery has the graves of Confederate soldiers and prominent Selma residents. Includes statue of Elodie B. Todd, half-sister of Mary Todd Lincoln, mausoleum of Vice President William Rufus King, a... More
Tivoli Theater, 14th and Monroe St., Columbia Heights, 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
Two of 11 grand Victorian homes erected in the "Bremond Block" in down...
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
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama
Public domain image of carnival, parade, celebration, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Sphinx, Scottish Rite Temple, Mobile, Alabama
Completed in 1921 to serve as the meeting place for the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, the building was designed by George Bigelow Rogers, a local Mobile architect who also designed the Bellingrath Home and the ... More
Aerial view of the Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C.
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. that is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an American Founding Father and the third president of the United States. The neoclassical bui... More
Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama
Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More
The cheerleaders are amazing to watch. The boys throw the girls into t...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Photo shows the annual spring practice scrimmage game called A-Day. The Alabama Crimson Tide team began playing in 1892 and has claimed many... More
Rough wooden crosses and peeling hand-lettered signs bearing Bible scr...
If the late W.C. Rice's stark Cross Garden doesn't save you, there's no one to blame but yourself. His frightening jumble of white crosses cling to hills on either side of a curving county road next to a traile... More
2000 block of Rhode Island Ave., NE, Washington, D.C.
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
Mission San Carlos Borroméo del río Carmelo, Carmel Mission, Carmel Ca...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. A Roman Catholic mission church in Carmel, California. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Destroyed ... More
Confederate Memorial Monument, Montgomery, Alabama, Confederate States...
Designed by Alexander Doyle and built in 1886, the monument commemorates the 122,000 Alabamians who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War and sits on the Alabama Capitol grounds. Title, date, subject ... More
Historic Rikard's Mill is a truly historic site near Beatrice, Alabama
Built by Jacob Rikard about 1840, it is a working grist mill. Run by the power of water from Flat Creek that runs under it, the mill has been grinding corn into meal and grits ever since. Title, date, subject n... More
The courthouse for Brewster County, the largest county in Texas (becau...
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
Buildings and cars, H St. near intersection with 14th St., NE, Washing...
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
Map of Alabama sculpted by Gregg LeFevre and Jennifer Andrews in 2005 ...
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
Artwork at the Watts Towers, a collection of structures and art in the...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The towers were built by Italian immigrant construction worker Sabato Rodia in his spare time from 1921 to 1954. Constructed from steel pipes and rods, wr... More
Late summer at the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.
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
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Plant located in Tuscaloosa County, A...
This plant is responsible for more than 10,000 direct and indirect jobs in the region, and has an annual economic impact of more than 1.5 billion. In addition, MBUSI has become the state's largest exporter, wit... More
Foster's Bighorn Bar and Restaurant in Rio Vista, California
Located west of Lodi, the restaurant displays one of the most extensive collections of animal "trophy heads" in America. Bill Foster, a big-game hunter opened the restaurant in 1931. Title, date, and keywords p... More
Prattville, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Prattville, founded in 1839 by Daniel Pratt who purchased land for his manufacturing facilities. The location on the banks of the Autauga creek was chosen because the creek could supply power to cotton gin manu... More
Bronze equestrian statue of Major General George Brinton McClellan loc...
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
Court Square Fountain, Montgomery, Alabama
The Court Square Fountain was erected in 1885. This well was the original watering site for Montgomery and the surrounding communities. On top of the fountain is Hebe, goddess of youth and cup bearer to the God... More
Ave Maria Grotto, Cullman, Alabama
Known as "Jerusalem in Miniature," this four-acre park (dedicated in 1934) was designed to provide a setting for 125 miniature reproductions of famous historic buildings and shrines the work of Brother Joseph Z... More
Cemetery at Confederate Memorial Park, Marbury, Alabama
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