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
Signs in Luckenbach, Texas, a dot of a place in Gillespie County, Texa...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Luckenbach, made famous by the country song about "Waylon (Jennings), Willie (Nelson) and the Boys." Its oldest building is a combina... More
Sign at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California
The Pier, a large double-jointed pier located at the foot of Colorado Avenue is a prominent, 100-year-old landmark. Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The ... More
Neon sign in Bishop, a small town in Inyo County, California, at the n...
The town was named for Bishop Creek, which flows out of the Sierras. The creek, in turn, was named after Samuel Addison Bishop, an early Owens Valley settler. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photograp... More
Appropriate advertising sign for Leddy's boot shop in the Stockyards D...
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
Sign at the entrance to the Stockyards, a historic livestock-market di...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The arrival of railroads in 1876 made Fort Worth an important livestock center. Fort Worth Union Stockyards opened for... More
Route 66 restaurant, 1819 Will Rogers Drive, Santa Rosa, 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
1722 55th St., Oakland, CA, 2006
Photograph shows the "Praises of Zion Missionary Baptist Church." Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Holiday Motel, Las Vegas, Nevada
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
Neon sign on Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood, California
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
Street sign for Peters Brothers "Texas Hat" shop in Fort Worth, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The company was founded by Jim and Tom Peters in 1911. They were Greek immigrants who began their business shining shoes in Waco, Tex... More
Full Moon Bar-b-que signs 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
Salmon Jerky sign in Northern California
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Neon sign in Bishop, a small town in Inyo County, California, at the n...
The town was named for Bishop Creek, which flows out of the Sierras. The creek, in turn, was named after Samuel Addison Bishop, an early Owens Valley settler. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photograp... More
Street sign for the Thunderbird Lodge in Redding, California
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
Sign at Motel, Lee Vining, California
Lee Vining was named after Leroy Vining, who founded the town in 1852 as a mining camp. Previous names for the town include "Lakeview" and "Poverty Flats." The economy of Lee Vining relies largely on tourism, s... More
Neon sign at the Buffalo Club, a sophisticated restaurant where movie ...
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
Red Coca Cola sign in San Francisco, California
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
Hotel marquee for Hotel Texas in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth...
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
[The Border Theatre, Mission, Texas]
Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:054)... More
Restaurant sign above the River Walk, also known as the Passeo del Rio...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Lined by bars, shops and restaurants, the River Walk is a free gathering place attraction that loops under bridges as two parallel si... More
Neon sign for Theo's drive-in restaurant in Grand Prairie, Texas, alon...
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
Old Coca-Cola and local restaurant signs on a wall in downtown Morgant...
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
Historic Coffee Shop Sign near the Lorraine Motel Historic Site, Memph...
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
Neon sign outside Hut's Hamburgers, an Austin, Texas, institution dati...
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
Neon sign for Foster's Bighorn Bar and Restaurant in Rio Vista, Califo...
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 b... More
Motel sign in Northern California along the Pacific Coast Highway
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
Old neon motel sign on King's Highway in California
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
Rancho Super Car Wash neon sign in Rancho Mirage, California
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
Neon sign at Rossetti's Bar in Valley Springs, California
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
Elms Motel sign in Bishop, a small town in Inyo County, California, at...
Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Eat Beef sign along the road in Northern California
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
[Old sign for Fireside Inn Motel, Santa Cruz, 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
Neon sign "Indian Jewelry" Northern California Redwood attraction
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
Vintage Coca-Cola sign in Cedarville, California
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
Provocative neon sign at a Lucy's Fried Chicken location on Burnet Roa...
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
14849 Livernois Ave., Detroit, 2000
Photograph shows a storefront church with the sign "Pure in heart."
Glitter Girl neon sign at the Freemont Street Experience, Las Vegas, N...
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
Welcome sign in Italy, Texas. Gabriel J. Penn, postmaster in Waxahachi...
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
Sign at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California
The Pier, a large double-jointed pier located at the foot of Colorado Avenue is a prominent, 100-year-old landmark. Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The ... More
Ken's Sporting Goods sign in Bridgeport, California, on the eastern sl...
Located near the ghost town Bodie on the eastern slope of the Sierra Mountains, it is the county seat of Mono County. Formerly known as Big Meado, the town attracts tourists, many of whom come to the area for w... More
Motel sign, Yreka, California - Drawing. Public domain image.
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
Road signs on Santa Catalina Island, a rocky island off the coast of C...
The island is 22 miles long and 8 miles across. It is one of the Channel Islands of California archipelago and is part of Los Angeles County. It was originally settled by Native Americans who called the island ... More
Neon sign of the In-Out Burger fast-food chain in Pasadena, California
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
Horse figure, a longtime signature of Fincher's White Front Western 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
Beer sign ("Jax Beer") inside Lil' Red's Longhorn Saloon in the Stocky...
Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"Texas" sign on an old building in Stanton, Martin County, Texas
Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beer sign ("Lone Star Beer, The National Beer of Texas") inside Lil' R...
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
Sign in daytime, Las Vegas, Nevada
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
Welcome sign in Italy, Texas. Gabriel J. Penn, postmaster in Waxahachi...
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
Sports Tahoe sign in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada County,...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California... More
Several forms of signs and statues invite customers to the Willo Steak...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The restaurant was established in 1969. The saloon dates to 1946. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsm... More
Sign "Pacific Park" at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, Californ...
The Pier, a large double-jointed pier located at the foot of Colorado Avenue is a prominent, 100-year-old landmark. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Colle... More
Welcome sign on Santa Catalina Island, a rocky island off the coast of...
The island is 22 miles long and 8 miles across. It is one of the Channel Islands of California archipelago and is part of Los Angeles County. It was originally settled by Native Americans who called the island ... More
Vintage Coca-Cola sign in Cedarville, California
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
Colorful liquor-store sign in North Hollywood, California
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
Neon sign in Pasadena, California
Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Decorative sign ("Texas, The Lone Star State") inside Lil' Red's Longh...
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
Sign for the Tradewinds Hotel in Grand Prairie, Texas, along old Texas...
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
Good luck was in short supply at the closed Shamrock Motel in Texarkan...
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
Beer sign ("Pearl Lager Beer") inside Lil' Red's Longhorn Saloon in th...
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
Sign, El Capitan Hotel, Van Horn, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by famed architect Henry C. Trost, the El Capitan Hotel was one of five "gateway hotels" built in New Mexico and West Texas ... More
Blackburn's Antiques and collectibles store in Paris, Texas
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
Entryway sign at the Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The cemetery, in which graves date as far back as the Revolutionary War, is built on, and around, a Hopewellian mound, known as the Ro... More
1940s-vintage Dr Pepper neon sign at the Dublin Bottling Works and W.P...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This plant produced a distinctive form of Dr Pepper, a soda popular throughout the South. The distinction: it used only pure cane suga... More
Dolles Salt Water Taffy sign, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
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
Bell Gas sign, Truxton, 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
Pig neon sign, Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee
Established in 2002 on Historic Beale Street in Memphis Tennessee, The Pig on Beale quickly became a local favorite for "Memphis Style" Hickory Smoked BBQ pork shoulder and BBQ ribs. Title, date, and subjects p... More
Stock yards sign, South Dakota - Drawing. Public domain image.
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
The Hollywood sign, a landmark and American cultural icon located in L...
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
Beverly Hills sign in Los Angeles, California
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
Neon sign advertising chop suey at an Asian cafe in downtown Napa, Cal...
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
Old motel sign in Lee Vining, California, the closest town to the east...
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
Flying A Service sign in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada Cou...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California... More
One of what are fairly common bear-crossing signs in California's Sier...
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
Sign for Motel and Cafe Hi-Lo in Northern California
Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Neon sign for Mel's Drive-In and "celebrity bar" in the Hollywood sect...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The restaurant, part of a small California chain of diners, is located in the historic Max Factor building that includes a beauty salon whose client list ... More
Dusk shot of a neon sign for the Maverick Inn in Alpine, Texas
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
French Quarter Detail, New Orleans, Louisiana
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
Abe Lincoln sits on a wagon, Route 66, Lincoln, Illinois
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
Greyhound Bus sign, South Carolina
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Blake's Lotaburger sign, New Mexico
More than fifty years ago Blake Chanslor opened his first hamburger stand in Albuquerque. From the start, Blake was committed to using only high quality products for all his made to order menu items. Sometimes ... More
Sign for Del Oro Theatre in Nevada City, California
Built in 1940 by United Artists, the theater is famous for its Art Deco architecture and illuminated, 70-foot tower. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Coll... More
Sign for Del Oro Theatre in Nevada City, California
Built in 1940 by United Artists, the theater is famous for its Art Deco architecture and illuminated, 70-foot tower. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Coll... More
Roof sign, visible for miles, of the Hotel Grim, which was the "Crown ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Opened on Wednesday, July 15, 1924, it was designed by architects George Mann and Eugene Stern and named after William Rhodes Grim, a... More
Apropos advertising signs in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Te...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The neighborhood celebrates a former livestock market that operated under various owners from 1866. Fort Worth Union Stockyards opene... More
Sign for Willow Springs Motel and Trailer park in Bridgeport, Californ...
Located near the ghost town Bodie on the eastern slope of the Sierra Mountains, it is the county seat of Mono County. Formerly known as Big Meado, the town attracts tourists, many of whom come to the area for w... More
Signs in Coleville located in northern Mono County in California's Ant...
Coleville is named after California's first congressman, Cornelius Cole. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M.... More
The Hollywood sign, a landmark and American cultural icon located in L...
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
One of many vibrant neon signs in Austin, the Texas state capital, whi...
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
Neon sign for Billy Bob's western nighclub and honky-tonk bar in Fort ...
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
This is certainly not the "last drive-in picture show" in Gatesville, ...
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
Neon sign for the Leddy's boot company in the Stockyards District of F...
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
Appropriate advertising sign for Leddy's boot shop in the Stockyards D...
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
Way of Holiness Church, 5258 Indiana Avenue, Chicago, 2003
Photograph shows a hand-made sign, "When everything fails, try prayer."
Apropos advertising signs in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Te...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The neighborhood celebrates a former livestock market that operated under various owners from 1866. Fort Worth Union Stockyards opene... More
Flying A Service sign in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada Cou...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California... More
Beware of bears crossing the road sign in Northern California mountain...
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
Motel 66, Barstow, California - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Settlement of Barstow began in the late 1840s in the Mormon Corridor. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Hi... More
Sign at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California
The Pier, a large double-jointed pier located at the foot of Colorado Avenue is a prominent, 100-year-old landmark. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Colle... More