Fresco painting "Press Interviewing Celebrity on Deck of the Queen Mar...
Artist: Reginald Marsh, 1937. 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
Sculpture "America" and "Europe" at Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom Hou...
Artist: Daniel Chester French, 1907. Marble sculpture, 9' 8" high. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photog... More
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
Door detail, Federal Building, Grand Island, Nebraska
Architect: James Knox Taylor. Neoclassical Revival. The original portion was built between 1908-1910. The two-story addition built between 1933-1935. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Servic... More
The Allen log cabin at the West Virginia State Farm Museum, a 50-acre ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The two-story log house built around 1830 by John Allen and his son William near Procter, West Virginia, in what was then far-western ... More
Joseph C. O'Mahoney Federal Center, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Built in 1964, it is the largest GSA-owned property in the state. It is named after U.S. Senator Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (1884-1962). Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administ... More
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
Courtroom. U.S. Court House, Augusta, Georgia
Designed by architect Oscar Wendroth and built in 1916, the courthouse is a 3-story Renaissance Revival federal building, executed in white marble. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services... More
A tourist barge plies a canal that's part of the Historic Arkansas Riv...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The riverwalk is a 32-acre urban waterfront experience open to the public daily. Beginning in the 1990s, the Riverwalk returned the ri... More
Sculpture "Providence as Independent Thought, Flanked by Industry and ...
Date: 1908; dimensions: 13' x 7' x 7'; medium: limestone. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. C... More
Scene from Old Trail Town, a historic museum complex in Cody, Wyoming
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. On this site in 1895, Western scout and showman William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody laid out the original townsite of Cody, Wyoming, which ... More
Courtroom lamp at the the U.S. Courthouse, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Built in 1930 by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More
Architectural detail at the Robert A. Grant Federal Building & U.S. Co...
Built in 1933 by architectural firm Austin & Shambleau, the building served its original purpose for fifty years. In 1983, the U.S. Postal Service moved from the building into a new facility. Photographed as pa... More
Interior lobby, John O. Pastore Federal Building, Providence, Rhode Is...
Architect: Jackson, Robertson, and Adams. Built in 1940. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More
Architectural details at the John Minor Wisdom U.S. Court of Appeals B...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Originally the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse. In 1908, th... More
Urn, Herbert C. Hoover Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washingt...
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
Lobby, James A. Walsh U.S. Courthouse, Tucson, Arizona
Architect: James A. Wetmore. Built between 1929-1930. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Phot... More
Lion statues on the Prado Promenade in Havana, Cuba
The lion statues were brought to Cuba by Carlos Miguel de Caspedes from London in 1920. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library... More
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
Exterior bas-relief, EPA East and West, located on 12th and Constituti...
Architect: Arthur Brown, Jr. Built in 1934, the exterior elevations, particularly at Constitution Avenue, are embellished with Beaux-Arts sculpture. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Service... More
Stained-glass details in the Hutzler Reading room located in Gilman Ha...
Located in Gilman Hall and designed by Douglas Thomas. Construction of Gilman Hall began in 1913, and the building was dedicated on May 21, 1915, and named for Daniel Coit Gilman, the first president of the uni... More
Constructed in 1897 as the Bank of Greenbrier (County), this building ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It features Romanesque Revival architecture, a symmetrical facade, round arches and semicircular arches on the windows, red brick, rus... More
The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, a town on the eastern edge of Rocky M...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 140-room Colonial Revival hotel was built by Freelan Oscar Stanley (co-founder of the company that built the early "Stanley Steame... More
A Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) steam train crosse...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The D&SNG operates 45.2 miles of track between Durango and Silverton in southwest Colorado. The route was originally opened in 1882 by... More
Bust of William H. Welch at the William H. Welch Medical Library, the ...
Founded in 1929 with the merger of three libraries, namely, the library of the School of Medicine, the library of the School of Hygiene and Public Health, and the library of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Title, d... More
Architectural detail, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Gainesvill...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1910; architect: James Knox Taylor. Credit line... More
Exterior detail, U.S. Custom House, Charleston, South Carolina
Greek Revival building built during 1853-1879 by architect Ammi B. Young. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographe... More
Grille. The Jack Brooks Federal Building in Beaumont, Texas
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 by Architects Fred C. Stone, and F.W. and D.E... More
Ceiling mural "The Four Seasons and Signs of the Zodiac (Spring)," by ...
Date: 1940; dimensions: 13' 4" x 21'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photogra... More
Musician Donavon Cline and his adoring dog Boston in the mile-long 16t...
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
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
Courtroom at U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Galveston, Texas
Built in 1937 in the Art Deco style of architecture, the building is significant as a representation of the federal government in Galveston for over 60 years. Photographed as part of an assignment for the Gener... More
Ohev Sholom Temple, a synagogue in Huntington, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Now known as B'Nai Sholom Congregation, the building was designed by the Charleston, West Virginia, architectural firm of Meanor and H... More
Elizabeth Moore Hall, a historic woman's physical education building a...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It was built between 1926 and 1928, and is a three-story, red brick building with Georgian Revival detailing. An addition was complete... More
The Muncie Public Library building in Muncie, Indiana
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It is a "Carnegie Library," built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. A total of 2... More
Courtroom at the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, A...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1937-1939 by Architect Wyatt C. Hedrick. Neoclass... More
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
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
Detail in the interior of the Capitol building "El Capitolio," Havana,...
This beautiful room, once used when congress was in session, now sits empty and unused. The Havana Capitol was built from April 1, 1926-1929 and cost 17 million pesos. Title, date, subject note, and keywords pr... More
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
Exterior columns, Robert J. Nealon Federal Building and U.S. Courthous...
Architect: James A. Wetmore. Built in 1931. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in... More
Courtroom, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Gainesville, Georgia
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1910; architect: James Knox Taylor. Credit line... More
Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1909; architect: James Knox Taylor. Credit line... More
Courtroom, Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse, Portland, Maine
Designed by architect James Knox Taylor and built 1908-1911. Addition in 1931-1932 by James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords fr... More
Clifton Branch of the Enoch Pratt Library System located on the corner...
The site was donated by Frank and Florence Novak in 1914. The branch was later erected in 1916 with funds given by Andrew Carnegie. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit l... More
Interior bas relief detail, United States Commerce building, Washingto...
Architect: Cass Gilbert. Built 1922-1925. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More
Path through what is now, as it was in 1904, mostly a pasture at the H...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright had already flown their Wright Flyer III, the world's first practical heavier-than-air plane, for 5... More
Lobby architectural details, Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S. Post Office ...
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
Sculpture "Timothy Pickering, former postmaster general," by Gleb W. D...
Date: 1937; dimensions: 2' 10"; material: wood. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line... More
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
Exterior. Lawton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Lawton, Oklahom...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Designed by Architect Oscar Wenderoth, the three-story, neo... More
Sculpture "Seafaring Nations, Genoa" on façade, Alexander Hamilton U.S...
Artist: Henry Augustus Lukeman, 1907. Marble, measuring 11' x 7' x ? Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the phot... More
The 1905 Carnegie Library building, which served as the Albany County ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More
George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute ...
In 1857 George Peabody, a Massachusetts-born philanthropist, dedicated the Peabody Institute to the citizens of Baltimore in appreciation of their ""kindness and hospitality."" The Peabody Library building, whi... More
Devils Tower, also known by more benign names, including Bear Lodge, b...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. America's first declared national monument (in 1906), the formation is an "igneous intrusion," formed when molten lava deep beneath th... More
Lobby. The Old Post Office and Clock Tower, Washington, D.C
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Old Post Office and Clock Tower and located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. Construction began in 1892, and completed in 1899. The bui... More
Lower Manhattan skyline, including the World Trade Center, New York, N...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The shot was taken two months before the 9/11/2001 terr... More
Aerial view of New York City, with Twin Towers of the World Trade Cent...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. This photo was taken about one month before the towers ... More
Million Native American March, June 27, 2003, Washington, D.C.
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Some in attendance were completing a 3,200-mile walk fr... More
Participants in the "Million Indian March" on Washington, D.C., photog...
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
Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Park, 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
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
Glacier National Park, Montana - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Glacier National Park contains two mountain ranges, sometimes referred to as the southern extension of the Canadian Rockies mountain ranges, with over 130 named lakes, more than 1,100 different species of vascu... More
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
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
Mardi Gras Parade, 2006, 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
Fall view of Philip Johnson's Glass House, 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. It was an important and influential proj... More
Drayton Hall plantation, Charleston, South Carolina
Drayton Hall, in the Carolina "Low Country" near Charleston, South Carolina, is one of the most handsome examples of Palladian architecture in North America. The house was built for John Drayton, begun in 1738 ... More
Niagara Falls, New York - Drawing. Public domain image.
The Niagara Falls are voluminous waterfalls on the Niagara River, straddling the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York. Niagara Falls were formed when glac... More
Mardi Gras Parade, 2006, 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
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
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
Civil Rights Memorial, Montgomery, Alabama
The Civil Rights Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, is a circular black granite table that chronicles the history of the movement in lines that radiate like the hands of a clock. Water emerges from the table's cen... More
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 view of the World War II memorial, Washington, D.C.
The U.S. National World War II Memorial is a National Memorial dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II. Consisting of 56 pillars and a pair of arches surroundi... More
Mural, Route 66, 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
Aerial view of Pennsylvania Avenue Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C.
The Federal Triangle is the triangular area in Washington, D.C. formed by 15th Street, Constitution Avenue, and Pennsylvania Avenue. It is the site of many U.S. federal government buildings. Title, date, and su... More
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
[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.
Art "Chicago Murals" interior of Harold Washington Social Security Cen...
Artist: Ilya Bolotowsky, 1976. Architectural arts, porcelain enamel on steel; four murals: 14' x 45', 10' x 60', and two at 10' x 42'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administrati... More
[Exterior view. Detail of bronze main entrance doors labelled Research...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
[Second Floor, North Corridor. Mural representing Understanding, by Ro...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
[Second Floor, West Corridor. Mural of Geology by Walter Shirlaw. Libr...
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 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
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
[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.
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
[Aerial view of Capitol Hill featuring the Madison, Jefferson and Adam...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
[Exterior view. Door detail, east entrance. Hermes and Itzama, sculpte...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
[Exterior view. Torch of Learning, cupola, and dome. Library of Congre...
More information about the Highsmith Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.highsm Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Art "Level As A Level," "Don't Nod," "I DID, DID I," and "MAPS, DNA, a...
Artist: Edward Ruscha, 2007. Archival ink on polyester scrim. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographe... More
[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.
[Great Hall. Detail of putti (student and printer) on the Grand stairc...
Photo shows "A Student, with a book in his hand and a mortar board on his head. A Printer, with types, a press, and a type case." (Source: MyLOC.gov Great Hall exhibit, 2008) Forms part of the Library of Cong... More
Full view of oil paintings, fifth floor elevator no. 10, Department of...
Artist: Louis Bouche. 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 the Carol... More
[South Corridor, Great Hall. Adonis mural of the Lyric Poetry series b...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
[Exterior view. Ethnological heads called "Turk," "Modern Egyptian (Ha...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Sculpture "Freedom" at the Jackson Federal Building, Seattle, Washingt...
Artist: Philip McCraken, 1979. Cast bronze. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Ph... More
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
[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.
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