aerial views

Novi Belgii Novæque Angliæ : nec non partis Virginiæ tabula multis in ...

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Samarkand. Chast' goroda prilegaiushchaia ...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 143.

Bird's eye view of Jefferson City, the capitol of Missouri 1869.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 427 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1

Birds eye view of Columbus, Ohio /

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. LC copy imperfect. PM3

Black Hawk, Colo. 1882.

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Frederica National Monument, Georgia

"*GPO: 2005--310-394/00302. Reprint 2005." Bird's-eye views. Title from panel. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Includes text and descriptive index. Map of St. Simons Island showing site of the Battl... More

[Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, showing olive and cedar trees, the Basili...

Blind stamp: American Colony, Jerusalem. Forms part of: G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

General panoramic view of Hiroshima after the bomb ... shows the devas...

Official U.S. Army photo. Date stamped on verso: Jun 26 1946. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Waikiki Beach aerial, Oahu, Hawaii

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Waikiki Beach Aerial, Oahu, Hawaii. Waikiki is a neighborhood of Honolulu, in the City & County of Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oahu, Haw... More

Miles and miles of homes, 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

Aerial view in 2014 of sprawling Houston, Texas, in the midst of an en...

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aerial view of neighborhoods along Lake Mendota, including the state c...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

Aerial view of Indianapolis, Indiana

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The skyscraper with the somewhat pointed roof is (as of 2016) the city's tallest building: the 49-story Chase Tower, formerly known as... More

Pequannock, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-8). Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol... More

Beaches on the New Jersey shore in Cape May, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Cape May has become known both for its Victorian gingerbread homes and its cultural offerings and in the summer, Cape May's population... More

Aerial view of downtown Portland, Oregon, with Tilikum Crossing, Bridg...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Aerial view of downtown Seattle, Washington

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-13) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Aerial view of downtown Portland, Oregon

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Aerial view of the Tucson, Arizona, area, with a focus on a giant airp...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

[Map and views illustrating Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage, 15...

The first engraving is a map of Drake's voyage [showing Europe, western Africa, northern South America, and eastern North America]; the four other engravings consist of bird's-eye battle plan views of the citie... More

Civitates orbis terrarvm. Historic map, Library of Congress

Public domain image of an old city plan, vintage cartography, 18th-19th century map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Civitates orbis terrarvm. Historic map, Library of Congress

Public domain image of an old city plan, vintage cartography, 18th-19th century map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[View in the direction of Nuruosmaniye and Kadıköy from the firetower]...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 12. In album: Palaces, mosques, monuments and other structures, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collecti... More

Plan stolichnago goroda Sanktpeterburga c izobrazhenïem znashni︠e︡ĭshi...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Plan stolichnago goroda Sanktpeterburga c izobrazhenïem znashni︠e︡ĭshi...

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain image of 16th-17th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright... More

View of Johnson's Island, near Sandusky City, O.

Not drawn to scale. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 320 Perspective drawing showing fortifications, prison, buildings, and vegetation. Principal buildings are keyed by number to a list in the lower left corner. De... More

View of Beirut, looking towards body of water Bonfils

No. 246. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy s... More

Bird's eye view of the city of Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska 18...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 465 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 6... More

Bird's eye view of the city of Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania 1870.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.) 772 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 65... More

Bird's-eye view of Boston, United States.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 274 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651

Bird's eye view of the city of Santa Fé, N.M. 1882.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 533 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Bird's eye view of the city of Seattle, W.T., Puget Sound, county seat...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 974 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and 2 views. AACR2

Stratford on Avon. Historic map, Library of Congress

Bird's-eye view showing Shakespearean landmarks and other points of interest. Xerographic copy. Includes index to points of interest, ill. of Shakespeare, extensive ill. of literary and related landmarks, and c... More

Aero view of Bangor, Pennsylvania 1918 /

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 734 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus., index to points of interest, and business directo... More

View of downtown San Antonio, Texas, from the Tower of the Americas

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

Aerial view of Indianapolis, Indiana

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The skyscraper with the somewhat pointed roof is (as of 2016) the city's tallest building: the 49-story Chase Tower, formerly known as... More

An aerial view of Cincinnati, Ohio, with a close look at the Great Ame...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

Aerial view of dowtown Cincinnati, Ohio from the Ohio River

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In the foreground is Paul Brown Stadium, home of the city's National Football League franchise, the Cincinnati Bengals. Credit line: P... More

Marsh area at the New Jersey shore near Atlantic City

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-8). Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol... More

Pictorial St. Louis, the great metropolis of the Mississippi valley; a...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

New York with the city of Brooklyn in the distance. From the steeple o...

Print shows commercial buildings in New York City, including Brady's Daguerrian Miniature Gallery and Barnum's Museum. The harbor and Brooklyn appear in the distance. Exhibited: A Perfect Fit : The Garment Ind... More

Tour de Triumph, a la Haquie

Photograph shows a Roman arch at Latakia (Lattaquia), Syria, surrounded by trees. No. 17. Written in pencil on mount: "Photo by Dumas, 188- ".

Bird's eye view of the city of Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois 186...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking north east." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 164 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interes... More

Bird's eye view of Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota 1869.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking south east." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.) 401 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. Vault AACR2: ... More

Panoramic view of the city of Red Wing, Goddhue [sic] Co., Minnesota, ...

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes col. ill. and index to points of interest. PM3

The city of Buffalo, N.Y. 1880.

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bird's eye view of Golden, Colo. co. seat of Jefferson County, 1882

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 68 Available also through the Library of Congress We... More

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 1888.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 630 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and view of ... More

Fort Reno, Oklahoma Territory 1891.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 714.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. Vault AACR2

Dunbar, Fayette County, Pennsylvania 1900.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 764 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Amman, the theatre from castle hill

Photograph showing aerial view of section of Jordan on a hillside. Original negative: LC-M31-3325. No. P-244. On verso - American Colony Photo Cards, copyrighted. On verso: American Colony Stores, Jerusalem. ... More

Bird's eye view of Denver, Colorado, 1908.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 66 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1; 710/1

Il tricolore Italiano in Tripolitania e Cirenacia : diario illustrato ...

Italian propaganda map of the Italo-Turco war in Libya in 1912. "1° Novembre 1911." Includes text, shows troop position by oversize Italian and Turkish flags. Available also through the Library of Congress Web ... More

Derʻâh 123 km von Damaskus, 529 m ü. M. In der Mitte der Kerak (Burgbe...

Plate 17 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina. Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Letterpress caption in German. Translated title by Library staff.

Fort Frederica National Monument, Georgia

"*GPO: 1991--281-954/20162." Bird's-eye views. Title from panel. Orientation varies. Includes descriptive index and text. Map of St. Simons Island showing site of the Battle of Bloody Marsh, ill. (chiefly col.)... More

Aerial view in 2014 of Houston, Texas, with a bird's-eye view of Relia...

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

Aerial view of Indianapolis, Indiana, with a focus on the Indiana Capi...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The skyscraper with the somewhat pointed roof is (as of 2016) the city's tallest building: the 49-story Chase Tower, formerly known as... More

Beaches on the New Jersey shore in Cape May, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Cape May has become known both for its Victorian gingerbread homes and its cultural offerings and in the summer, Cape May's population... More

Beaches and boardwalk on the New Jersey shore in Ocean City, New Jerse...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-8). Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol... More

Aerial view of Newport on Aquidneck Island in the U.S. state of Rhode ...

The city is famous for its rich nautical history and its array of elegant mansions owned by the rich and famous. The 1892 home's last private owner was American heiressand philanthropist Doris Duke, and is curr... More

The procession approaching Union Square. New York (state) 19th Century...

Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession on Broadway heading towards Union Square. The building on the left is the home of Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, grandfather of Theodore Roosevelt. (Sour... More

[View of the areas of Azapkapısı and Galata seen from the Sultan Selim...

View from the Sultan Selim I Camii (mosque) showing the Golden Horn.

Panorama de Damas / Bonfils.

Aerial view of Damascus, Syria. No. 793. No. 2. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg wh... More

Deadwood, [S.D.] from McGovern Hill

Bird's-eye view of small city; trees and mountains in background. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

Baalbek. General view

No. 400.

Fortress Monroe, Va. and its vicinity

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 548 Perspective drawing with 20 important places keyed by number to a list below the map. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through th... More

Giesboro, Md., 1864 (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing horses in stables at the Giesboro cavalry depot. Alternate title from published source: Giesboro stables; July 1865. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by ... More

Birds eye view of the city of Atlanta, the capitol of Georgia 1871.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking north east." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.) 121 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1

View of Dedham, Mass. in 1876 /

Bird's-eye view. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Copy imperfect: Small tears along edges. PM3 Acquisitions control no.: 2009-016

Bird's eye view of Louisville, Kentucky 1876.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 236 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 710/1; 710/2

View of new Tacoma and Mount Rainier, Puget Sound, Washington Territor...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 979 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Panoramic view of the city of Youngstown, county seat of Mahoning Co.,...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking south west." Bird's-eye view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 713 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of inter... More

Plymouth, Mass., 1882. Historic map, Library of Congress

Bird's-eye view. Relief shown pictorially. Includes index to points of interest and 6 ill. of buildings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Copy imperfect: Brittle, torn ... More

Lebanon, Grafton County, N.H., 1884.

Bird's-eye view. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest. Insets: [View of Scytheville] -- [View of Mt. Moosilau... More

Panoramic map of Delhi, N.Y. 1887.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 555 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Vue de la ville et l'Acropole, prise du théâtre Roman, Pergame / Sébah...

View of Bergama. No. 28. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which cr... More

Oakdale, Massachusetts. Historic map, Library of Congress

Bird's-eye view. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and col. ill. LC copy stained. PM3 Acquisitions control no.: 91-14

Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pa. 1892.

Perspe tive map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 733 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

Panoramic map of Geneva, N.Y., 1893.

Aerial view of town. LC copy imperfect: Darkened on verso, torn, taped, annotated in pencil on verso. Buildings and landscape printed in black; sky and border printed in light grayish tint. Includes inset panor... More

Panoramic map of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1897.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 866 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Bird's-eye-view of the business district of Chicago.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Oriented with north to the right. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 153 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Nassau Harbor, Bahama Islands view, photochrome print postcard.

Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Nassau Harbor. Caption for similar image (LC-D4-13453) lists title as: Harbor from Royal Victoria [Hotel], Nassau, Bahama Islds. Detroit Publ... More

Birds eye view of Havre de Grace, Maryland 1907.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Includes illus. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 260 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Army camp Columbus, N.M., auto truck supply train about to leave for M...

Aerial view of parked army trucks with camp tents and buildings in background, probably during the expedition to find Mexican guerrilla leader Pancho Villa.

Aero-view of Absecon, New Jersey 1924.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Oriented with north toward the lower right. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 500 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Inclu... More

[Terraces with religious shrine?, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. ... More

Aerial view of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture by Gutzon Borglum (1867-1941), located within the United States Presidential Memorial that represents the first 1... More

Aerial view in 2014 of the Houston Ship Channel and surrounding energy...

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

Aerial view of the the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Camp Randall ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

Aerial view of the array of bridges connecting Kentucky (to the right)...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

Aerial photograph of the skyscraper-filled downtown heart of Atlanta, ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-5). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Aerial view of downtown Seattle, Washington, bisected by several lanes...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-13) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Aerial view of Newport on Aquidneck Island in the U.S. state of Rhode ...

The 1895 mansion was built as the Newport summer "cottage" of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, a member of the wealthy United States Vanderbilt family, in an architectural style based on the Italian Renaissance. It was... More

Aerial view of Seattle, Washington, with a focus on the Hiram M. Chitt...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-13) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Aerial view of the Tucson, Arizona, area, with a focus on a giant airp...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Deadwood. From Mt. Moriah

Bird's-eye view of a section of Deadwood, South Dakota; trees and hills in background. Title transcribed from item. Copyright deposit. Forms part of: John C. H. Grabill Collection (Library of Congress).

Manzanar Relocation Center from tower / photograph by Ansel Adams.

Bird's-eye view of grounds from guard tower; view west, showing buildings, roads, and Sierra Nevada mountains in background. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-... More

Plan stolichnago goroda Sanktpeterburga c izobrazhenïem znashni︠e︡ĭshi...

Plan stolichnago goroda Sanktpeterburga c izobrazhenïem znashni︠e︡ĭshi...

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain image of 16th-17th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright... More

Nowel Amsterdam en Lameriqve : 1672 /

Bird's-eye view of Lisbon, Portugal (not New Amsterdam) showing individual buildings and place-names in French. Map based on: Braun, George, 1540 or 41-1622. Civitates orbis terrarum, [1612-1618] Vol. 5, Olissi... More