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President Calvin Coolidge. Kitchen stove

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President James K. Polk, residence in Columbia, Tennessee. To piano

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Calvin Coolidge residence, 21 Massuit Ave., Northampton, Massachusetts...

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President Grover Cleveland's birthplace, in Caldwell, New Jersey. Livi...

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President Calvin Coolidge. Family graves

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Andrew Johnson, residence in Greeneville, Tennessee. Kitchen

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Tyler, Sherwood Forest, residence in Virginia. To Tyler table and...

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Old Merchant's House, formerly Seabury Tredwell's residence on E. 4th ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Photograph of a Prehistoric Mound Located within the City Limits of Th...

Original caption: A prehistoric mound located within the city limits of The Plains, Ohio. No history of the origin exists. Historic Photographs

Sagamore Hill, residence of Theodore Roosevelt. Treaty of Portsmouth, ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Kern's Mill, 375 Main Street, Slatington, Lehigh County, PA

Significance: Three story mill built by Joshua Kern (slate markers in gable ends), that has irregular slate load-bearing walls. Machinery found includes, in basement: 1 Eureka brush machine, turbine waterwheel... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Shakertown, South Union, Kentucky

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Established in 1805 when a group of Shakers came to cen... More

Historic buildings in Perdue Hill, 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 Fort Deposit, 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, Wisconsin Ave., NW, in the Georgetown neighborhood...

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

Historic buildings in Fort Deposit, 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 and antiques in Mooresville, Alabama

Mooresville is the oldest incorporated town in Alabama (November 16, 1818). The entire town, characterized as a picturesque early 19th century village, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tit... More

Historic buildings, Wisconsin Ave., NW, in the Georgetown neighborhood...

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Historic buildings in the city of 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

Historic buildings, Wisconsin Ave., NW, in the Georgetown neighborhood...

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Historic buildings located in the town of Oak Hill, Alabama

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Bells at Old Post Office Building located on Pennsylvania Avenue in Wa...

Also known as Old Post Office and Clock Tower and officially renamed the Nancy Hanks Center in 1983. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from ... More

Tourist Attraction - Archeology - Newspaper Rock Petroglyphs

Newspaper Rock is covered with hundreds of petroglyphs Picryl description: Public domain photograph of National Park, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A tree with pink flowers in the middle of it. Winter flowers plum blos...

Japanese gardens have their roots in the Japanese religion of Shinto, with its story of the creation of eight perfect islands, and of the shinchi, the lakes of the gods. Prehistoric Shinto shrines to the kami, ... More

Makam asta tinggi sumenep madura. A yellow and green building with a d...

Architecture stock photograph: A yellow and green building with a red roof / A yellow and green building with a dome on top.

Amsterdam, De Oude Sohan. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

The Old Sans, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 6086. P.Z. Item removed from FOREIGN GEOG FILE - Netherlands Amsterdam in 2017. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/l... More

[Market square by the Chateau des Comtes in Ghent, Belgium]

Photograph shows activity in the market square in Ghent Belgium; with Chateau des Comtes in the background. Item removed from FOREIGN GEOG FILE - Belgioum Ghent in 2017. More information about the Photochrom P... More

L'Arc de Triomphe. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

No. 8907. Also captioned in Cyrillic. Item removed from FOREIGN GEOG FILE - Russia Moscow in 2017. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz Forms... More

Nelson House, Yorktown, Virginia, headquarters of General Cornwallis

No. 16544. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Obshchīĭ vid pami︠a︡tnika na Borodinskom poli...

In album: Views of the Napoleonic campaign area, Russian Empire, LOT 10337, no. 12. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information... More

Monticello, Virginia. Front of Monticello from right with reflection i...

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

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Views along the Murmansk railway, Russian Emp...

Photographic survey of the construction of the Murmansk railway, including views of the railroad, excavation and construction, depots and stations, railroad bridges, workers, and officials. Also includes views ... More

Main Street District, 614-632 Main Street, Rapid City, Pennington Coun...

Significance: The Main Street District borders the Rapid City Historic Commercial District which was a commercial center for transient miners in the 1870s and soon became the whole-sale center for western South... More

Augusta Canal Industrial District, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Survey number: HAER GA-36 Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the Bennett House, four miles west of Durham, N.C. The house i...

689791 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on stone: R.B. Reference copy in LOT 4416-J (1864).

[Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero, Exposition Universelle, 1900, Paris, ...

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Feeding Pigeons in St. Mark's Place, Venice, Italy]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "8011". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at ht... More

Muzhsk. Chernoostrovskīĭ monastyrʹ. Vkhodnyi︠a︡ vrata, izbityi︠a︡ fran...

Public domain photograph of church, Russian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Death Valley Ranch, Chimes Tower, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, ...

Significance: The Chimes Tower is the most prominent structure within the Death Valley Ranch complex for a variety of reasons. Its height and hilltop location, large clock, lavish use of brightly colored tile ... More

Death Valley Ranch, Chimes Tower, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, ...

Significance: The Chimes Tower is the most prominent structure within the Death Valley Ranch complex for a variety of reasons. Its height and hilltop location, large clock, lavish use of brightly colored tile ... More

Death Valley Ranch, Chimes Tower, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, ...

Significance: The Chimes Tower is the most prominent structure within the Death Valley Ranch complex for a variety of reasons. Its height and hilltop location, large clock, lavish use of brightly colored tile ... More

Death Valley Ranch, Chimes Tower, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, ...

Significance: The Chimes Tower is the most prominent structure within the Death Valley Ranch complex for a variety of reasons. Its height and hilltop location, large clock, lavish use of brightly colored tile ... More

Death Valley Ranch, Chimes Tower, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, ...

Significance: The Chimes Tower is the most prominent structure within the Death Valley Ranch complex for a variety of reasons. Its height and hilltop location, large clock, lavish use of brightly colored tile ... More

Alexandria Market House & City Hall (Masonic Hall), 301 King Street, A...

Significance: From the earliest days in Alexandria's history to the present, the Market Square has been the established center of the city. In 1749, two half-acre lots were set aside for a Town Hall-Court Hous... More

Alexandria Market House & City Hall (Masonic Hall), 301 King Street, A...

Significance: From the earliest days in Alexandria's history to the present, the Market Square has been the established center of the city. In 1749, two half-acre lots were set aside for a Town Hall-Court Hous... More

Alexandria Market House & City Hall (Masonic Hall), 301 King Street, A...

Significance: From the earliest days in Alexandria's history to the present, the Market Square has been the established center of the city. In 1749, two half-acre lots were set aside for a Town Hall-Court Hous... More

[Eiffel Tower, full-view, looking toward the Palais du Trocadéro, Pari...

Print no. "1052". Printed on lower left: 1052. P.Z. - Paris La Tour Eiffel. Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in France in the Photochrom print collection.

Down the Mississippi from Indian Mound Park, St. Paul

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Down the Mississippi from Indian Mound Park, St. Paul

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The Bowery, New York City. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

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Prospect Point, Niagara. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

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Fort Totten, 12 miles southwest of Devils Lake City off Route 57, Devi...

Significance: The Fort Totten State Historic Site, administered by the State Historical Society of North Dakota (State Historical Board), is one of the best preserved military posts of the Trans-Mississippi Wes... More

Girard-Peterson House, 332 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...

Significance: No. 332 Spruce is one of a row of houses built by Stephen Girard around 1820; today it is home to Charles Peterson, one of the founders and early leaders of the Historic American Buildings Survey... More

Girard-Peterson House, 332 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...

Significance: No. 332 Spruce is one of a row of houses built by Stephen Girard around 1820; today it is home to Charles Peterson, one of the founders and early leaders of the Historic American Buildings Survey... More

Girard-Peterson House, 332 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...

Significance: No. 332 Spruce is one of a row of houses built by Stephen Girard around 1820; today it is home to Charles Peterson, one of the founders and early leaders of the Historic American Buildings Survey... More

Girard-Peterson House, 332 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...

Significance: No. 332 Spruce is one of a row of houses built by Stephen Girard around 1820; today it is home to Charles Peterson, one of the founders and early leaders of the Historic American Buildings Survey... More

Girard-Peterson House, 332 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...

Significance: No. 332 Spruce is one of a row of houses built by Stephen Girard around 1820; today it is home to Charles Peterson, one of the founders and early leaders of the Historic American Buildings Survey... More

Girard-Peterson House, 332 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...

Significance: No. 332 Spruce is one of a row of houses built by Stephen Girard around 1820; today it is home to Charles Peterson, one of the founders and early leaders of the Historic American Buildings Survey... More

Crested Butte Historic District, Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison C...

Survey number: HABS CO-181 Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, ...

Significance: The Hamilton Street Dam is an integral part of the Lehigh Canal, which was of major economic importance in the development of industry in the Lehigh Valley in the nineteenth century. The V-shaped... More

Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, ...

Significance: The Hamilton Street Dam is an integral part of the Lehigh Canal, which was of major economic importance in the development of industry in the Lehigh Valley in the nineteenth century. The V-shaped... More

[Palais de Justice and bridge to exchange, Paris, France]

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[St. Mark's Place with campanile, Venice, Italy]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "6979". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at ht... More

Sultan Mountain, Colorado. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

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Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

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[Alma bridge, Paris, France] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "1055". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Franc... More

Fort Davis, Quarters, HB-14, Texas Route 17, Fort Davis, Jeff Davis Co...

Significance: Fort Davis was established in 1854 to protect travelers on the Overland Trail between San Antonio and El Paso. The original fort was located in the canyon to the west of the hospital. Turned over ... More

High Bridge, New York City. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

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A Monday washing, New York City

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Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Old Courthouse, Courthouse Green, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia

Significance: The Courthouse, built to serve both Williamsburg and James City County, was built between 1770 and 1772. The building housed a courtroom and rooms for justices and juries. The various dimensions... More

Rounding up a herd on a Texas Ranch

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no co... More

Rounding up a herd on a Texas Ranch

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no co... More

A view of a saw mill and block house upon Fort Anne Creek, the propert...

Public domain scan of 17th-18th century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Colorado, Canon of the Rio las Animas

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of Colorado railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Colorado, Canon of the Rio las Animas

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Lehigh Canal, Easton Dam, Confluence of Lehigh & Delaware Rivers, East...

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

Smithfield Street Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River on Smithfield Str...

Significance: Designed by Gustav Lindenthal, one of America's most famous bridge engineers, as a two-lane bridge. One lane was erected in 1883, and another was added in 1891. The span is Pittsburgh's most gra... More

Mount Vernon Place, Charles & Monument Streets, Baltimore, Independent...

Survey number: HALS MD-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001037

Mount Vernon Place, Charles & Monument Streets, Baltimore, Independent...

Survey number: HALS MD-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001037

Mount Vernon Place, Charles & Monument Streets, Baltimore, Independent...

Survey number: HALS MD-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001037

Mount Vernon Place, Charles & Monument Streets, Baltimore, Independent...

Survey number: HALS MD-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001037

Mount Vernon Place, Charles & Monument Streets, Baltimore, Independent...

Survey number: HALS MD-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001037

Fairmount Waterworks, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

See also HAER PA-51 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS PA-1654 Building/structure dates: 1814-1815 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1821-1822 Subsequent Work Building/structure d... More

Paul Revere house - lived here 1777-1800

Photograph shows front view of the Paul Revere house with an automobile parked in front.

[Near St. Mark's, Venice, Italy] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "1125". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at ht... More