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Greek Orthodox priests from St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai

Greek Orthodox priests from St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai

Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Sinai. Photograph taken from the long terrace of the wooden monk/hermit c... More

Chapel at the Castello di Amorosa winery, an authentic-styled, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle winery featuring hand-crafted Italian style wines. California

Chapel at the Castello di Amorosa winery, an authentic-styled, 12th ce...

The winery opened in April 2007. 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... More

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery; featuring hand-crafted Italian style wines in California

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery;...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery; featuring hand-crafted Italian style wines in California

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery;...

The winery opened in April 2007. 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... More

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery; featuring hand-crafted Italian style wines in California

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery;...

The winery opened in April 2007. 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... More

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery; featuring hand-crafted Italian style wines in California

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery;...

The winery opened in April 2007. 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... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

The Clarisses (left) where the old people died like flies after bad treatment from the Germans in the occupied districts of France. At the right is an old 12th century castle. In the center is the tower of the old village church

The Clarisses (left) where the old people died like flies after bad tr...

Title and note information from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Rapatries. Plate to Secretary General. Print in album. Date based on date range for negative series. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 a... More

The Clarisses (left) where the old people died like flies after bad treatment from the Germans in the occupied districts of France. At the right is an old 12th century castle. In the center is the tower of the old village church

The Clarisses (left) where the old people died like flies after bad tr...

Title and note information from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Rapatries. Plate to Secretary General. Print in album. Date based on date range for negative series. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 a... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery; featuring hand-crafted Italian style wines in California

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery;...

The winery opened in April 2007. 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... More

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery; featuring hand-crafted Italian style wines in California

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery;...

The winery opened in April 2007. 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... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 317 Leroy Avenue, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 317 Leroy Avenue, Buffalo, Erie...

Significance: The church is one of the purest examples of 12th century Lombard-Romanesque architecture in the nation. In the interior, there are over 2,000 symbols and images in terra cotta tiles, paintings and... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Greek Orthodox priest from St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai holding prized manuscript with silver cover from their library

Greek Orthodox priest from St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai hold...

Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Sinai. Photograph taken from in front of the 6th century CE basilica, loo... More

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery; featuring hand-crafted Italian style wines in California

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery;...

The winery opened in April 2007. 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... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Smithsonian Castle Aerial, Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian Castle Aerial, Washington, D.C.

The Smithsonian Institution Building, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., behind the National Museum of African Art, houses the Smithsonian Institution's administrative offices and information cen... More

Hens roam the grounds at Castello di Amorosa. Castello di Amorosa Authentic-styled, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle winery featuring hand-crafted Italian style wines in California

Hens roam the grounds at Castello di Amorosa. Castello di Amorosa Auth...

The winery opened in April 2007. 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... More

Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 317 Leroy Avenue, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 317 Leroy Avenue, Buffalo, Erie...

Significance: The church is one of the purest examples of 12th century Lombard-Romanesque architecture in the nation. In the interior, there are over 2,000 symbols and images in terra cotta tiles, paintings and... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

[Reproduction of illustration showing a mosaic Crucifixion as Tree of Life]

[Reproduction of illustration showing a mosaic Crucifixion as Tree of ...

Photograph of a mosaic, 12th century, San Clemente, Rome. On slide (printed): Red outline flower design, "Set no.," "Slide No.," and "Title" (all blank). Also, red seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances... More

Yu ji tu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Yu ji tu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Stone rubbing dated 1903? One of the earliest stone maps, it consists of 5,110 grids, each grid is approximately 100 li. Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the For... More

Greek Orthodox priest at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai

Greek Orthodox priest at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai

Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Sinai. Photograph taken from in front of the 6th century CE basilica, loo... More

Sinaikloster von der Nordostecke aus. Rechts: Pilgerhaus, nach links anschliessend (mit Giebeldach) Bibliotek dann Minaret und moderner Glockenturm, dahinter alte Kirche des Kaisers Justinian. 1910.

Sinaikloster von der Nordostecke aus. Rechts: Pilgerhaus, nach links a...

Plate 92 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina. Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Letterpress caption in German. Translated title by Library staff. Photograph taken from the northwester... More

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery; featuring hand-crafted Italian style wines in California

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery;...

The winery opened in April 2007. 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... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 317 Leroy Avenue, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 317 Leroy Avenue, Buffalo, Erie...

Significance: The church is one of the purest examples of 12th century Lombard-Romanesque architecture in the nation. In the interior, there are over 2,000 symbols and images in terra cotta tiles, paintings and... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Cannonball Pueblo, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Cannonball Pueblo was constructed and occupied during the late 12th century by people associated with the ancestral Puebloan Mesa Verde culture which flourish... More

Hua yi tu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Hua yi tu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Stone rubbing dated 1903? Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the Forest of Stone Steles Museum in Xi'an, China. Covers China in Nan Song Dynasty, from east to the ... More

Yu ji tu. Historic map, Library of Congress
To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Buttresses of the exterior wall Monastery of St. Catherine

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Buttresses of the exte...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Buttresses of the exterior wall. Identified as the Monastery of St. Catherine based on captions for negatives with neighbo... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Monastery of St. Katherine i.e., Monastery of St. Catherine near view

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Monastery of St. Kathe...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Monastery of St. Katherine near view. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from the slopes of Gebel El Dier (Selib... More

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery; featuring hand-crafted Italian style wines in California

Castello di Amorosa, 12th century medieval Tuscan-style castle Winery;...

Public domain photograph of a castle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description