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The upper reaches of Frost Bank Tower, a prominent Austin, Texas, skys...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 33-story building was developed by Cousins Properties from November 2001 to December 2003. It was the first high- rise building t... more

Steam locomotives in the roundhouse of the Durango & Silverton Narrow ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... more

Andrew Jackson, president of the United States / painted by W.J. Hubar...

Print shows Andrew Jackson, full-length portrait, sitting in a chair, facing front, with legs crossed and hands on lap.

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-201... more

Stained glass in Neiman Marcus store, San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This stain glass in Neiman Marcus on Union Square, was once in The City of Paris store. The architectural centerpiece of the building is the original rotu... more

Pops Route 66 Restaurant and gift shop, Arcadia, Oklahoma

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

Sculpture "Eagle; Justice Above All Else" at Jacob K. Javitz Federal B...

Artist: Theodore Roszak, 1970. Bronze. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photogr... more

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding hi...

Neon sign at the Horseshoe Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... more

Smokestacks and bridge of a steamboat docked at Jackson Square on the ...

U.S.S. Chicago, one of the crew

Gillender Building, New York City

Historic Sites

City Hall subway station, New York

St. Paul Building, New York City

Historic Sites

Ruins of City Hall, [1906 earthquake, San Francisco, Calif.]

A spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. Dec. 3/08. Witness, Sa...

Frank F. Gibson, 1305 Linden St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger...

Mrs. Phil Riley, St.Clair car

Two Dollars 1928

Banknotes of United States Notes, also known as the Legal Tender Notes were printed in the years 1862-1971. Their second unofficial name was "green" (green back).

Carefully trained women inspectors check and inspect cargo transport i...

American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft...

Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., p...

World's Fair. Soviet Socialist Republics Building at night

Santa Fe R.R. locomotive shops, Topeka, Kansas

Gus Worke, a farmer who came from Germany 40 years ago, Southington, C...

Saying grace before the barbeque dinner at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fa...

C & NW RR; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill...

Marine Sgt. at New Orleans, La.

Truck trailers line up at a freight house to load and unload goods fro...

Jim Norris, homesteader, Pie Town, New Mexico

School children, half of Polish and half of Italian descent, at a fest...

Photographs of President Richard Nixon Greeting the Apollo 11 Astronau...

Original caption: NASA/APOLLO. ABOARD THE USS HORNET - President Richard M. Nixon appears to be holding the Presidential Seal which is attached to the door of the Mobile Quarantine Facility during his greeting... more

President Richard Nixon Wearing a Traditional Lei Garland during a Sto...

Nixon White House Photographs

Taft Parade, Admiral Coghlan in auto, New York

[High school route boys. Adolescents. Some in back row have been newsb...

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes .Arbeidere portrettert under oppføringen av Empire State Building. New York. .NMFF.003710

First call I need you in the Navy this minute! Our country will always...

Recruiting poster showing Uncle Sam.

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]

Ford Motor Co. Marine Car at Dist. Bldg., 9/14/26

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundho...

CHIEF EXECUTIVE RETURNS FROM WARM SPRINGS. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 10. ...

Mountaineers and farmers trading mules and horses on "Jockey St.," nea...

Photograph shows Sign on building: Wolfe County Office WPA Project Superintendent; sign on car: Jesus saves.

World's Fair. Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Building at night II

Commuters, who have just come off the train, waiting for the bus to go...

World's Fair. Arctic Girl's tomb of ice II

Puerto Rico 1939, Gov. Leahy

Title: Puerto Rico 1939, Gov. Leahy..Alternative Title: [Governor William D. Leahy, Puerto Rico]. .Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: 1939..Place: Isla Grande, Puerto Rico..Physical Description: 1 tra... more

Detail of a historic car with license plates from the 1940s. San Franc...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... more

Ida Fieldman March 1945

Ida was a 2nd Lt. Army Nurse stationed in US. She took care of the men from overseas...Collection of The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford..We're happy for you to share this digital image within th... more

[Master Bedroom, Theodore Newton Law Residence]

Title: [Master Bedroom, Theodore Newton Law Residence]..Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984..Date: October 30, 1965..Place: Houston, Texas..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie photograph collection..Physical ... more

View of Lower Manhattan from the Manhattan Bridge, September 11, 2001

Historic Electric City sign, restored in 2008, shines again. Scranton,...

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-201... more

Visit of First Lady Michelle Obama to HUD headquarters

Photographer: Rick Vargas, David Valdez--HUD Photo Creation Date: 2/4/2009 Visit of First Lady Michelle Obama to HUD headquarters

Mardi Gras Parade, New Orleans, Louisiana

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Mardi Gras is organized by Carnival krewes. Krewe float riders toss throws to the crowds; the most common are strings of plastic colorful beads, doubloons... more

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

Memorial Church on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, Califo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Pr... more

Ford Motor Co., new medical center parking lot

Untitled (Native American in buffalo headdress)

Artist: Richard Throssel.Artist Bio: American, 1882 - 1933.Creation Date: c. 1910.Process: gelatin silver print.Credit Line: Gift of Graham and Susan Nash.Accession Number: 2003.003.053

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant...

Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is the last large reinforced concrete automobile plant left in the Detroit area. The Dodge factory led to the ... more

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant...

Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is the last large reinforced concrete automobile plant left in the Detroit area. The Dodge factory led to the ... more

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant...

Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is the last large reinforced concrete automobile plant left in the Detroit area. The Dodge factory led to the ... more

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant...

Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is the last large reinforced concrete automobile plant left in the Detroit area. The Dodge factory led to the ... more

Steam locomotives in the roundhouse of the Durango & Silverton Narrow ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... more

Washington and Franklin

Birdstone

Prick Spur

Face Harvest Jug

Birdstone

Necklace

Crouching Lion

Bannerstone

Bannerstone

Prick Spur

Bannerstone

Cavesson (Psálion)

Buckle

Button, maybe for a Horse Tack

KC-97 Stratofreighter

Stock photo of KC-97 Stratofreighter.

William DeRagon Selected as the USACE, Albuquerque District's 2018 Dis...

Biologist William DeRagon was selected as the Albuquerque District's 2018 Distinguished Retiree.

Members of the Oregon National Guard's CBRNE Enhanced

Members of the Oregon National Guard's CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP)Search and Extraction Team, assist a simulated distressed casualty away from a rubble pile, while participating in the Vigilan... more

Members of the Oregon and Hawaii National Guard's Medical

Members of the Oregon and Hawaii National Guard's Medical Support Teams assigned to assist the CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) get a group photo together on the final day of the Vigilant Guard-M... more

From humble beginnings to proud mentor

Air Force Staff Sgt. William H. Dameron and his mentee Romel pose for a photo during a field trip in 2015. Dameron is a mentor with the Joint Uniformed Mentorship Program (JUMP!) at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling... more

Members of a boarding team aboard a cutter boat-large

Members of a boarding team aboard a cutter boat-large from USCGC Kukui (WLB 203) await permission to conduct an at-sea boarding of a fishing vessel March 24, 2016. The crew of Kukui is currently underway conduc... more

HONOLULU (November 11, 2016) Maj. Gen. Mark J. O’Neil,

HONOLULU (November 11, 2016) Maj. Gen. Mark J. O’Neil, the Chief of Staff of United States Army Pacific, speaks at the Veteran’s Day Ceremony put on by Oahu Veteran’s Council at the National Memorial Cemetery o... more

Each quarter, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program

Each quarter, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program publishes “SEVIS by the Numbers,” a report that provides a snapshot of international students studying in the U.S. Data for the November report was extract... more

Gen. James C. McConville

Gen. James C. McConville, 36th Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, poses for a command portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA, June 16, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Monica King/Released)

Joint Civilian Orientation Conference

The file photo taken August 31, 2017, is part of a Department of Defense campaign to raise awareness of and highlight the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference (JCOC). JCOC was established in 1948 as a Secretar... more

A Soldier from the Maine Army National Guard does pull-ups

A Soldier from the Maine Army National Guard does pull-ups while his squad cheers him on September 9, 2017 as part of the state's Best Squad Competition. In this event Soldiers were required to perform as many... more

All 12 Lees children (and one significant other) pose

All 12 Lees children (and one significant other) pose together at a family photo shoot. Photo courtesy of the Lees family

Senior Airman David Heinz, a loadmaster from the 40th

Senior Airman David Heinz, a loadmaster from the 40th Airlift Squadron, directs an air transporter at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., while loading pallets destined for Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Oct. 18, 2... more

Oregon Army National Guard Sgt. Maj. Vinnie Jacques

Oregon Army National Guard Sgt. Maj. Vinnie Jacques (right), Senior Enlisted Advisor to Joint Domestic Operations Commander, shakes hands with Maj. Lynette Jones while Suzanne DeLaurentiis looks on during the g... more

TSCHR Sailors Volunteer for CYP

Adam D'Amico, NC1 Alex Edmonston and FCSN Nickolas Jordan get ready to spruce up the CYP soccer fields.

Peruvian Vice Adm. Fernando Cerdan, commander, Pacific

Peruvian Vice Adm. Fernando Cerdan, commander, Pacific Operations General Command, speaks about amphibious operations during the Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium (PALS) 2018 held in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 21... more

180823-N-ST310-003 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (Aug. 23, 2018)

180823-N-ST310-003 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (Aug. 23, 2018) Christina Escalante (left), the School Liaison Officer for Naval Station Norfolk, helps a participant sign in for “The PCS Challenge – Building Empathy for ... more

U.S. Customs and Border Protection prepares to respond

U.S. Customs and Border Protection prepares to respond to the aftermath of Hurricane Florence and continues to monitor the storm's track at CBP’s Norfolk, Virginia Incident Command Post September 13, 2018. For... more

A Soldier from the Florida National Guard’s Chemical,

A Soldier from the Florida National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) unit, uses a chainsaw to help clear a roadway to ... more

Dianne Costlow, SES, NSWC Corona Technical Director

Dianne Costlow, SES, NSWC Corona Technical Director (Photo courtesy of Society of Women Engineers)

Coast Guard interdicts suspected migrant smuggling boat off Florida co...

A 20-foot boat floats on the water Jan. 19, 2019 approximately 30 miles east of Sunny Isles, Florida. The Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber (WPC-1101) crew interdicted the boat with six people, which include... more

Joint Civilian Orientation Conference

The file photo is part of a Department of Defense campaign to raise awareness of and highlight the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference (JCOC). JCOC was established in 1948 as a Secretary of Defense-sponsored ... more

Tech. Sgt. Justin, 558th Flying Training Squadron,

Tech. Sgt. Justin, 558th Flying Training Squadron, remotely piloted aircraft student pilot, receives a pre-flight brief from Maj. Josh Peterson, 558th FTS RPA instructor, prior to a pre-check flight in a T-6 Te... more

The Army Career Program (CP) 53 (Medical) Planning

The Army Career Program (CP) 53 (Medical) Planning Board (CPPB) met on Aug. 14-15, 2019, to discuss issues related to CP53 medical careerists with emphasis on Medical Readiness. CP53 is the Army's lead for car... more