Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 35, Milepost 176...
Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More
Keggereis Ford Bridge, Spanning West Branch Conococheague Creek at Sta...
Significance: Keggereis Ford Bridge is a multiple-span reinforced concrete arch bridge built by a regionally significant bridge contractor. It is of engineering interest for its rib arch design and its relativ... More
Oxon Hill Manor, Manager's Residence, Garage & Greenhouse, 6701 Oxon H...
Survey number: HABS MD-301-B Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Little Falls Tie Line Towers, Near Little Dam Falls on Spokane River, ...
Significance: The Little Falls Tie Lint Towers are significant as components of one of the trans-Mississippian West's earliest steel tower transmission lines. This system distributed electrical power from The ... More
Hacienda Mercedita Foundry, Sabanetas, Ponce Municipio, PR
Significance: A significant part of the Serralles family empire. Typical of the sugar cane plantations in Puerto Rico which underwent considerable technological change and became a full-mechanized producer of ... More
Vermont Bridge No. 48, Spanning Winooski River at U.S. Route 2, Waterb...
Significance: The bridge is significant as a representative example of bridges constructed in the early 20th Century. During this time, the use of trusses dominated the bridge industry, replacing the variety o... More
R. K. LeBlond Machine Tool Company, Front Office Block, 2980 Madison R...
Significance: The four story front office block with its clock tower is the symbolic "face" of the factory. The building contained most of the non-production functions of the factory such as executive offices,... More
Johnson Steel Street Rail Company, Drawing Room & Laying-Out Floor Bui...
Survey number: HAER PA-271-A Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction
Germantown Covered Bridge, Center Street spanning Little Twin Creek, G...
Significance: The bridge is a composite wood and iron rigid suspension truss. It is an early work of David H. Morrison, founder of the Columbia Bridge Works of Dayton, Ohio, and one of the most important bridg... More
Susquehanna River Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, Havre de Grace, ...
Significance: The Susquehanna River Bridge was constructed in 1908 to replace an older, timber Howe truss structure. The first bridge built by the B&O Railroad on this site consisted of twelve 250 foot spans, ... More
Cape Creek Bridge, Spanning Cape Creek at Oregon Coast Highway, Floren...
Significance: The Cape Creek Bridge is an example of an ancient bridge design combined with early twentieth-century use of reinforced concrete construction techniques. While reminiscent of Roman stone aqueduct... More
Hot Springs National Park, Bathhouse Row, Hale Bathhouse: Mechanical &...
Significance: The Hale Bathhouse is part of Bathhouse Row, which represents a typical American Spa. The spring piping, heating and ventilation systems are examples of early twentieth century state-of-the-art t... More
American Screw Company, Stevens Street, Providence, Providence County,...
Significance: This site represents a 19th century industrial complex that, at the time of documentation, was little altered by 20th century development. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structur... More
Putnam Street Bridge, Spanning Muskingum River, Marietta, Washington C...
Significance: The bridge, built in 1800, was the first free bridge crossing the Muskingum River is Marietta, Ohio. That bridge was swept away in the 1913 flood. The present Putnam Street Swing bridge was built ... More
Putnam Street Bridge, Spanning Muskingum River, Marietta, Washington C...
Significance: The bridge, built in 1800, was the first free bridge crossing the Muskingum River is Marietta, Ohio. That bridge was swept away in the 1913 flood. The present Putnam Street Swing bridge was built ... More
Vintage cars are everywhere on the Paseo de Martí (del Prado)
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... More
Short Stirrup Covers. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Maker: Capriola, J.M., Elko, Nevada Snouted taps made ca. 1960; these shorter stirrup covers have largely replaced the longer types used formerly The Paradise Valley Folklife ... 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
[Portrait of Violette Verdy, in Serenade]
Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVII SS 20. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebritie... More
Portrait photo of [Portrait of Durward Collins, Jr.]
Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: IX TT 18. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More
NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101...
Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 is significant because it is a representative example of NIKE batteries in New England and in Rhode Island. PR-79 is an intact, physical manifestation of Ame... More
Fort Custer Military Reservation, P-67 Radar Station, .25 mile north o...
Significance: The Fort Custer P-67 Radar Station is significant because it illustrates the link between World War II technology and the implementation of computer operated SAGE technology. Survey number: HAER MI-87-A
NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101...
Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 is significant because it is a representative example of NIKE batteries in New England and in Rhode Island. PR-79 is an intact, physical manifestation of Ame... More
Selfridge Field, Building No. 3566, Ammo Road northeast of Taxiway A, ...
Significance: This hangar complex is the best preserved and most directly related to Selfridge's Cold War Air Defense Command mission of any facility on base: its aircraft bays still include "Scrambia" monitors... More
Fort Custer Military Reservation, P-67 Radar Station, .25 mile north o...
Significance: The Fort Custer P-67 Radar Station is significant because it illustrates the link between World War II technology and the implementation of computer operated SAGE technology. Survey number: HAER MI-87-A
Old Croton Aqueduct, Harlem River Crossing, Spanning Harlem River, Bro...
Significance: The Old Croton Aqueduct was New York City's first municipal water supply project, and is an outstanding example of early 19th century civil engineering. High Bridge best exemplifies this. Upon c... More
San Carlos Irrigation Project, Pima Lateral, Main Canal at Sacaton Dam...
Survey number: HAER AZ-50-H Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mounds Bridge, County Road 115 Spanning Price River, 12 miles Northeas...
Significance: The Mounds Bridge is a steel Warren pony truss bridge. Survey number: HAER UT-90 Building/structure dates: 1914 Initial Construction
R. K. LeBlond Machine Tool Company, Front Office Block, 2980 Madison R...
Significance: The four story front office block with its clock tower is the symbolic "face" of the factory. The building contained most of the non-production functions of the factory such as executive offices,... More
Watervliet Arsenal, Building 14, South Broadway, on Hudson River, Wate...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-33 Survey number: HAER NY-218 Building/structure dates: 1841 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/s... More
Anderson-Christofani Shipyard, Innes Avenue & Griffith Street, San Fra...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: This shipyard is most notable for retaining the last steam powered winch on the West Coast. The winch powers the marine railway and allows ships to be "pulled" f... More
Big Lake Dam, Fourth Street, South of Atlantic Avenue, Marietta, Cobb ...
Significance: This straight-crested gravity storage dame demonstrates an early use of concrete construction in Georgia and is perhaps the earliest identified concrete dam in the state. The dam measures some 55... More
New Block, Dutton Street, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Silver Bay-Reserve Mining, Magnetic Concentration Plant, Dump Car Buil...
Survey number: HAER MN-28-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chambers-McKee Window Glass Company, Batch Plant, Clay Avenue Extensio...
Survey number: HAER PA-221-A Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bird Pond Road Bridge, Spanning Carter Creek on County Road 184, Colle...
Significance: The simple span Warren pony truss is a riveted example of a relatively common bridge type. The gracile structural members indicate an early construction date. The bridge and associated road prov... More
Green's Ledge Lighthouse, Long Island Sound, Norwalk, Fairfield County...
Significance: Green's Ledge Lighthouse, built 1902, is significant as an example of a pre-fabricated, conical, cast-iron light tower built on a cylindrical cast-iron and concrete foundation. That design was de... More
Crooked River Bridge, Spanning Crooked River on Elliot Lane (County Ro...
Significance: The Crooked River Bridge is a rare example of a Double Intersection Warren Through Truss (the main span), with a secondary span comprised of a Warren Pony Truss with Polygonal Upper Chords. Both s... More
Yakima Park Highway, Between Mather Memorial Parkway & Yakima Park, Lo...
Significance: The Yakima Park Highway provided access to the high mountain meadows at Yakima Park on the northeast flank of Mount Rainier and fostered the development of the Sunrise area. Survey number: HAER W... More
Prado Dam, Outlet Works, Santa Ana River near junction of State Highwa...
Significance: The construction of Prado Dam was a significant event in the history of flood control in southern California and specifically Orange County. The Dam has played a vital role in the economies and d... More
American Screw Company, Stevens Street, Providence, Providence County,...
Significance: This site represents a 19th century industrial complex that, at the time of documentation, was little altered by 20th century development. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structur... More
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak route between CT & MA state lines,...
Survey number: HAER RI-19 Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Larry with the car. Hawthorne, New Jersey
Forms part of a group of images documenting Larry Schneider and his family at their home in Hawthorne, New Jersey. Larry is a machinist who works at Watson Machine International in Paterson. Larry Schneider's ... More
[Portrait of Violette Verdy, in Serenade]
Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVIII SS 2. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebritie... More
Selfridge Field, Building No. 3566, Ammo Road northeast of Taxiway A, ...
Significance: This hangar complex is the best preserved and most directly related to Selfridge's Cold War Air Defense Command mission of any facility on base: its aircraft bays still include "Scrambia" monitors... More
Selfridge Field, Building No. 3566, Ammo Road northeast of Taxiway A, ...
Significance: This hangar complex is the best preserved and most directly related to Selfridge's Cold War Air Defense Command mission of any facility on base: its aircraft bays still include "Scrambia" monitors... More
Fort Custer Military Reservation, P-67 Radar Station, .25 mile north o...
Significance: The Fort Custer P-67 Radar Station is significant because it illustrates the link between World War II technology and the implementation of computer operated SAGE technology. Survey number: HAER MI-87-A
Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Power Plant, Salt River, Tortilla Flat, Marico...
Survey number: HAER AZ-6-A Building/structure dates: 1906- 1908 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100001454
Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Power Plant, Salt River, Tortilla Flat, Marico...
Survey number: HAER AZ-6-A Building/structure dates: 1906- 1908 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100001454
Plattsmouth Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Plattsmouth, Cass County,...
See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Survey number: HAER NE-5
Hacienda Mercedita Foundry, Sabanetas, Ponce Municipio, PR
Significance: A significant part of the Serralles family empire. Typical of the sugar cane plantations in Puerto Rico which underwent considerable technological change and became a full-mechanized producer of ... More
Hacienda Mercedita Foundry, Sabanetas, Ponce Municipio, PR
Significance: A significant part of the Serralles family empire. Typical of the sugar cane plantations in Puerto Rico which underwent considerable technological change and became a full-mechanized producer of ... More
Dougal Truss Bridge, Across Pennsylvania Canal at Gobbler's Way (Legis...
Survey number: HAER PA-196 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Morse Near Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Pentwater River, Pentwater...
Significance: The bridge is a single-span steel, riveted Warren Pony Truss built according to Michigan State Highway Department standard plans, fabricated by the Groton Bridge Company of Groton, New York. It is... More
Morse Near Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Pentwater River, Pentwater...
Significance: The bridge is a single-span steel, riveted Warren Pony Truss built according to Michigan State Highway Department standard plans, fabricated by the Groton Bridge Company of Groton, New York. It is... More
Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge No. 128, Spanning Turtle Creek,...
Significance: The Tiffany Stone Bridge is the oldest remaining stone arch bridge in the State of Wisconsin. It is an excellent representative example of the stonework done by the Chicago & North Western Railwa... More
Latah Creek Bridge No. 4102, Prairie View Road, Waverly, Spokane Count...
Survey number: HAER WA-163 Building/structure dates: 1924 Initial Construction
Crooked River Bridge, Spanning Crooked River on Elliot Lane (County Ro...
Significance: The Crooked River Bridge is a rare example of a Double Intersection Warren Through Truss (the main span), with a secondary span comprised of a Warren Pony Truss with Polygonal Upper Chords. Both s... More
New York House, Rainier Avenue, Port Gamble, Kitsap County, WA
Survey number: HAER WA-152 Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000746
Shooters Island, Ships Graveyard, Newark Bay, Staten Island (subdivisi...
Significance: Shooters Island was one of five major ship graveyards in the Greater New York Harbor. From the mid-nineteenth century through 1922, the island was used for small scale industrial and shipbuilding... More
Putnam Street Bridge, Spanning Muskingum River, Marietta, Washington C...
Significance: The bridge, built in 1800, was the first free bridge crossing the Muskingum River is Marietta, Ohio. That bridge was swept away in the 1913 flood. The present Putnam Street Swing bridge was built ... More
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak route between CT & MA state lines,...
Survey number: HAER RI-19 Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - historical im... 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
Portrait of the Reed family in the backyard of the old homeplace, Glen...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Henry Reed playing the fiddle in his living room, Glen Lyn, Virginia, ...
Photograph by Karen Singer Jabbour, reproduced with permission. Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Selfridge Field, Building No. 3566, Ammo Road northeast of Taxiway A, ...
Significance: This hangar complex is the best preserved and most directly related to Selfridge's Cold War Air Defense Command mission of any facility on base: its aircraft bays still include "Scrambia" monitors... More
Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Power Plant, Salt River, Tortilla Flat, Marico...
Survey number: HAER AZ-6-A Building/structure dates: 1906- 1908 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100001454
Old Croton Aqueduct, Harlem River Crossing, Spanning Harlem River, Bro...
Significance: The Old Croton Aqueduct was New York City's first municipal water supply project, and is an outstanding example of early 19th century civil engineering. High Bridge best exemplifies this. Upon c... More
Central of Georgia Railway, Bay Street Viaduct, U.S. 17 & Bay Street, ...
Significance: The Bay Street Viaduct is representative of an intact example of an early 20th century viaduct built to span railroad tracks and yards. It is a relatively rare example for an important type of 20... More
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Atlanta Passenger & Freight S...
Significance: The station at Atlanta is a representative example of the "combination" station (one that has the ability to service both freight and passengers separately under the same roof). This station is v... More
[Portrait of Mahalia Jackson] - Public domain portrait print
Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: IV TT 19. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More
Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Ku Tree Reservoir, Spillway, ...
Significance: The spillway is significant as an element of the Ku Tree Reservoir and as a good example of a spillway constructed for an earth-fill dam in Hawaii in the 1920s. The spillway embodies the distinct... More
Copper Canyon Camp of the International Smelting & Refining Company, C...
Survey number: HAER NV-21-N Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Anderson-Christofani Shipyard, Innes Avenue & Griffith Street, San Fra...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: This shipyard is most notable for retaining the last steam powered winch on the West Coast. The winch powers the marine railway and allows ships to be "pulled" f... More
Morse Near Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Pentwater River, Pentwater...
Significance: The bridge is a single-span steel, riveted Warren Pony Truss built according to Michigan State Highway Department standard plans, fabricated by the Groton Bridge Company of Groton, New York. It is... More
Nicholson Township Lenticular Bridge, Spanning Tunkhannock Creek at St...
Significance: It is a well-preserved example of a truss fabricated by the Corrugated Metal Company. Of special interest is how the company fabricated the pin connections at the end-posts and on the top chord...... More
Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Pyrotechnic Shed, N...
Survey number: HAER CA-133-1-M Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Crooked River Bridge, Spanning Crooked River on Elliot Lane (County Ro...
Significance: The Crooked River Bridge is a rare example of a Double Intersection Warren Through Truss (the main span), with a secondary span comprised of a Warren Pony Truss with Polygonal Upper Chords. Both s... More
Crooked River Bridge, Spanning Crooked River on Elliot Lane (County Ro...
Significance: The Crooked River Bridge is a rare example of a Double Intersection Warren Through Truss (the main span), with a secondary span comprised of a Warren Pony Truss with Polygonal Upper Chords. Both s... More
Schenectady County Courthouse, 108 Union Street, Schenectady, Schenect...
Significance: An important public building of Schenectady County for over a century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-134 Survey number: HABS NY-334 Building/structure dates: 18... More
Prado Dam, Outlet Works, Santa Ana River near junction of State Highwa...
Significance: The construction of Prado Dam was a significant event in the history of flood control in southern California and specifically Orange County. The Dam has played a vital role in the economies and d... More
Route 206 Raritan River Bridge, U.S. Route 206 over Raritan River, Som...
Significance: The Route 206 Raritan River Bridge is a well-preserved example of a concrete open-spandrel, barrel-arch bridge, representative of the early work of New Jersey State Highway Department Chief Bridge... More
Route 206 Raritan River Bridge, U.S. Route 206 over Raritan River, Som...
Significance: The Route 206 Raritan River Bridge is a well-preserved example of a concrete open-spandrel, barrel-arch bridge, representative of the early work of New Jersey State Highway Department Chief Bridge... More
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak route between CT & MA state lines,...
Survey number: HAER RI-19 Public domain photograph of train depot, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak route between CT & MA state lines,...
Survey number: HAER RI-19 Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - historical im... More
Sweater. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
Source: Pedroli, Pete Button-front, navy-blue "Sportswear," ca. 1960 Public domain photograph of a coat, clothing, fashion, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valle... More
[Roger and Karen Reynolds, Paris, June 1964]
Photograph supplied to Library of Congress by Roger Reynolds. (acquisition) Public domain photograph - historical image of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Miss Porter's School, Farmington, Connecticut. New library exterior I
Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101...
Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 is significant because it is a representative example of NIKE batteries in New England and in Rhode Island. PR-79 is an intact, physical manifestation of Ame... More
Loux Covered Bridge, Carversville-Wisner Road across Cabin Run, Pipers...
Significance: Example of Town lattice truss. Survey number: HAER PA-198 Building/structure dates: 1874 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 80003442
Armour's Warehouse, Williams Street, Seneca, La Salle County, IL
Significance: Armour's Warehouse is the largest and oldest of the remaining grain elevators on the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Grain elevators such as this one served as storage facilities for grain brought b... More
Hughes Aircraft Company, Prototype Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centin...
Significance: The last of the research and development buildings completed at HAC's Culver City plant, Building 21 is starkly industrial in appearance. Nearly square in plan, the 50,000 sq ft, two story struct... More
Germantown Covered Bridge, Center Street spanning Little Twin Creek, G...
Significance: The bridge is a composite wood and iron rigid suspension truss. It is an early work of David H. Morrison, founder of the Columbia Bridge Works of Dayton, Ohio, and one of the most important bridg... More
Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test S...
Significance: By providing a facility where the Titan I and Titan II intercontinental ballistic missiles could be "flown on the ground" under controlled conditions prior to actual launch, Captive Test Stand D-1... More
Chambers-McKee Window Glass Company, Batch Plant, Clay Avenue Extensio...
Survey number: HAER PA-221-A Public domain photograph of manufacturing workers, factory building, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Embroidery Mill, Paramus, Bergen County, NJ
Survey number: HAER NJ-147 Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Waverly Street Bridge, Spanning George's Creek, Westernport, MD, Weste...
Significance: The Waverly Street Bridge is significant as one of the few remaining bowstring arch-truss bridges in Maryland. The bowstring arch truss was one of the first metal trusses to be widely used in nin... More
Silver Bridge, Spanning Bitterroot River at U.S. Highway 93, Hamilton,...
Survey number: HAER MT-129 Building/structure dates: 1940 Initial Construction
Pamelia Creek Bridge, Spanning Pamelia Creek at Milepoint 62.78 on Nor...
Significance: The Pamelia Creek Bridge #06805 is located on the North Santiam Highway within the boundaries of the Willamette National Forest. The bridge was designed in 1933 by the Bureau of Public Roads and b... More
City Market, 118 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: Typical 1880s commercial structure of old Sacramento. Built on site of one of city's first meat markets (1849). Survey number: HABS CA-199 Building/structure dates: ca. 1880 Initial Construction