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John Longden Houses, 105-107 South Royal Street, Alexandria, Independe...

Significance: These two adjoining buildings were associated with a prominent Alexandrian during the heyday of the city as a port. Later alterations to the facades conceal what were likely buildings of the trad... More

Henry Willibrand Brewery, 700 Block, Main Street, Alexandria, Huntingd...

Significance: The Willibrand Brewery was once an important commercial enterprise in Alexandria from the inception of the canal era until at least mid-century, into the period dominated by the railroad. It refle... More

Egypt. Alexandria. A main boulevard

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Egypt. Alexandria. A public square

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Construction workers eating in cafe in Alexandria, they say food is up...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Construction worker from Camp Livingston eating in new cafe by entranc...

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Wife and child of construction worker in tent home near Alexandria, Lo...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Son of construction worker near Alexandria, Louisiana

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Shack built of tin, lived in by ten construction workers from Texas no...

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Signboard advertising trailer homes by gas station along main highway ...

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Gravel pit camp near Camp Beauregard, Alexandria, Louisiana. Construct...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Showers and toilets for trailer camp occupants. Trailer camp in Alexan...

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wartime food demonstration. Winners of the butterless, sugarless cake ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. C&P building at 1306 Mt. Ver...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Damaged shaft I

Public domain photograph of midcentury American industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carol M. Highsmith - Aerial view of Alexandria, Virginia

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Photograph taken in the 1980s. Title, date, subject not... More

Christian Liljenquist poses at the grave of a soldier ("Nath'l Shoup, ...

Before the Liljenquist Family donated the ambrotype photo of Nathaniel Shoup to the Library of Congress, they took the photo to Shoup's grave site. Shoup died of typhoid fever in 1862 while serving in the 84th ... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Kingstowne Library, Alexandria, Virginia

Opened on June 24, 2000, the branch serves its vibrant, growing community from a convenient location on the lower level of the Landsdowne Centre shopping center. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided... More

Alexandria Alms House, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-103 Survey number: HABS VA-134 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Wise-Hooe-Lloyd House, 220 North Washington Street, Alexandria, Indepe...

Significance: The Lloyd House, of late Georgian style and formal in composition is recognized as one of Alexandria's great mansions. This building is noteworthy as the full development of the town house with c... More

Wise-Hooe-Lloyd House, 220 North Washington Street, Alexandria, Indepe...

First National Bank, 503-507 King Street, Alexandria, Independent City...

Significance: An early twentieth century bank building of the classical-revival style, the structure housed a conservative banking institution. Survey number: HABS VA-672 Building/structure dates: 1909 Initia... More

First National Bank, 503-507 King Street, Alexandria, Independent City...

John Carlyle House, 123 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-89, FN-345 Survey number: HABS VA-101 Building/structure dates: 1752 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1800 Subsequent Work Nationa... More

John Carlyle House, 123 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent ...

Presbyterian Meetinghouse, 321 South Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Indep...

Survey number: HABS VA-231 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Presbyterian Meetinghouse, 321 South Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Indep...

Survey number: HABS VA-231 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

View on Orange and Alexandria R.R. near Union Mills, Virginia

No. B210. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Headquarters Capt. J.G.C. Lee, A.Q.M, Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. ...

Photograph shows several men standing in front of the U.S. Army Quartermasters Dept. in Alexandria, Virginia. No. 170.

Queen Street Area Survey, 319-325 Queen Street (Row Houses), Alexandri...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Latham House, 1200 North Quaker Lane, Alexandria, Independent City, Vi...

Significance: While lacking in historical or architectural significance, Latham House is early to mid-19th century vernacular architecture in the original section and late 19th century vernacular architecture i... More

Latham House, 1200 North Quaker Lane, Alexandria, Independent City, Vi...

Convalescent camp, near Alexandria, Virginia during American Civil War

No. B427. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

113 Prince Street (House), 113 Prince Street, Alexandria, Independent ...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Alexandria, Virginia. Slave pen. Interior view

Address: 1315 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Government hay barns, Alexandria, Va., July, 1863 (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows railroad tracks leading into a group of wooden barns. No. 287. Exhibited: "East of the Mississippi : Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography" at the National Gallery of Art, Washingt... More

Alexandria Housing Authority, Cameron Virginialley Housing, Alexandria...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1073 Survey number: HABS VA-1371

Friendship Fire Company, 107 South Alfred Street, Alexandria, Independ...

Significance: The Friendship Firehouse was built in 1855 as the home of the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Company as traditionally founded by George Washington in 1774. George Washington, a charter member of... More

Water Street (Warehouse), Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benjamin Dulany House, 601 Duke Street, Alexandria, Independent City, ...

Significance: The Benjamin Dulany House is one of Alexandria's finest homes thrice distinguished by its architecture, its historical associations, and the connoisseurship of the owners. Richard Pratt in A Trea... More

[Alexandria, Virginia The Marshall House, King and Pitt Streets]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, views of Alexandria, Va. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Alexandria, Virginia Soldiers' Cemetery]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of Alexandria, Va. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vowell-Snowden-Black House, 619 South Lee Street, Alexandria, Independ...

Significance: The Vowell-Snowden-Black House, certainly one of the outstanding examples of the Federal "row" type buildings in Alexandria, has fortunately been spared the face of suffocation. By precept and ex... More

William Ramsay House, 221 King Street, Alexandria, Independent City, V...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-92, FN-93 Survey number: HABS VA-103 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

[Alexandria, Virginia Steam frigate Pensacola] - 19th century Virgini...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

Some of the youngsters on day shift (next week on night shift) at Old ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Alexandria Avenue Bridge, Mount Vernon ...

Significance: The Alexandria Avenue Bridge, also known as the Welling Underpass, was one of the first group of parkway bridges to be operated and maintained by the U.S. Government. The appearance of this bridg... More

Bank of Alexandria, 133 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent ...

Survey number: HABS VA-449 Building/structure dates: 17q4 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Bailey's Dam, Red River, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, LA

Significance: This 100-year-old dam is significant in that there has been no development in the area since the 1860s. Survey number: HAER LA-6 Building/structure dates: 1864 Initial Construction

Bailey's Dam, Red River, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, LA

Significance: This 100-year-old dam is significant in that there has been no development in the area since the 1860s. Survey number: HAER LA-6 Building/structure dates: 1864 Initial Construction

James Cameron House, Main Street (at western borough boundary), Alexan...

Significance: This substantial dwelling of modest Federal ornament reflects the typical houses constructed during Alexandria's early canal days: brick structure and a five-bay rectangular plan. Samuel Isenberg,... More

Lincoln funeral car on the old tracks of the Illinois Central Railroad...

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Slave pen, Alexandria, Virginia - A black and white photo of a jail ce...

Photograph shows interior view of a slave pen, showing the doors of cells where the slaves were held before being sold. Building address: 1315 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA. No. 2297. Mounted with five other pho... More

Dr. Daniel Houtz House, Main Street, Alexandria, Huntingdon County, PA

Significance: This two-story brick residence is significant for its ownership by two important figures in Alexandria's history; state Senator Harry McAteer, a lawyer who introduced the first telephone line to A... More

Kent Plantation House, 3601 Bayou Rapides Road, Alexandria, Rapides Pa...

Moved in 1964 from original location, approximately 2 miles southeast of current location. 2001 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Kent House is the oldest known standing structure in central Lo... More

Slave pen, Alexandria, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph shows the interior of a Union military prison; prior to its capture by the Union Army in 1861, the facility had been used by Price, Birch & Co. slave dealership to hold slaves before they auctioned.... More

Duke Street Area Survey, 700 Duke Street (House), Alexandria, Independ...

Survey number: HABS VA-1051 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Lawrence Lewis House, 815 Franklin Street (moved to 11701 River Drive,...

Significance: This building is important both from the standpoint of history and architectural details. It has long been dated circa 1800, but research among records of the Assurance Society of Virginia in Ric... More

Burnt bridge over Pope's Head, near Devereux Station, Orange & Alexand...

Photograph shows man sitting on the remains of a railroad bridge over Pope's Head Creek in Clifton, Virginia. No. 258.

607 Prince Street (House), Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-965 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Jonah Thompson Houses, 211 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independe...

Survey number: HABS VA-251 Building/structure dates: after 1790 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Taylor-Fraser House, 414 Franklin Street (moved from 109 South Pitt St...

Significance: This late eighteenth century residence exhibiting fine detailing may have been built by an Alexandria mayor. It recently gained much notice for its dramatic removal (because of its location on an... More

Wharf at Alexandria, Virginia, used by U.S. Military Railroad Departme...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Christ Church (Episcopal), Columbus & Cameron Streets, Alexandria, Ind...

Significance: Belonging to the Alexandria-Fairfax Church Group, based on plan of James Wren, local architect and builder. Original dimensions proposed 40' x 60' but the building was enlarged to approximately 5... More

Christ Church (Episcopal), Columbus & Cameron Streets, Alexandria, Ind...

Patterson-Fitzgerald Warehouse, 101-105 South Union Street, Alexandria...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-102 Survey number: HABS VA-132 Building/structure dates: 17t4 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Patterson-Fitzgerald Warehouse, 101-105 South Union Street, Alexandria...

Flounder Tavern Building, Sharpskin & Market Square Alleys, Alexandria...

Significance: This Alexandria founder building was built near 1800 and was doubled shortly after its construction with another "back-to-back" flounder building. This structure is sometimes reputed to have been... More

Lyceum, 201 South Washington Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Vir...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-120 Survey number: HABS VA-185 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Lyceum, 201 South Washington Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Vir...

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City...

Significance: This structure was built contemporaneously with its twin next door at 609 Oronoco, later known as Hallowell School. Together these chaste Georgian buildings confer distinction to the block, a qua... More

Alexandria National Cemetery, 209 East Shamrock Street, Pineville, Rap...

Survey number: HALS LA-4 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97000767

Alexandria National Cemetery, 209 East Shamrock Street, Pineville, Rap...

Survey number: HALS LA-4 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97000767

Alexandria National Cemetery, 209 East Shamrock Street, Pineville, Rap...

Survey number: HALS LA-4 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97000767

Alexandria National Cemetery, 209 East Shamrock Street, Pineville, Rap...

Survey number: HALS LA-4 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97000767

William Gregory House, 329 North Washington Street, Alexandria, Indepe...

Survey number: HABS VA-416 Building/structure dates: 18t1 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Ford Motor Company Plant, 700 South Union Street, Alexandria, Independ...

Survey number: HAER VA-123 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Alexandria National Cemetery, 1450 Wilkes Street, Alexandria, Independ...

Survey number: HALS VA-2 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 95000106

Headquarters of convalescent camp, near Alexandria, Virginia

No. B1174. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 ... More

Camp of the 44th New York Infantry near Alexandria, Virginia

Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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, w... More

Alexandria, Virginia. The Marshall house, American Civil War Glass Neg...

Public domain photograph of building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Practice Chapel Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia

Photograph shows five men seated on the lawn in front of the chapel. Original negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady ... More

Mansion House Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)

No. 1290. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 7, pg. 233". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Fairfax Seminary, near Alexandria, Virginia during American Civil War

No. B1143. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 ... More

View on Pope's Head, near burnt bridge, Orange & Alexandria Railroad

Photograph showing two locomotives pulling into the Union Mills Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in Clifton, Virginia. Two soldiers stand guard on the bank at right. No. 229. Title from another ve... More

In spotlight at Labor Espionage Investigation. Washington D.C. E.C. Da...

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Christ Church and Fairfax House, Alexandria, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fairfax Street (old bldgs.,), Alexandria, Virginia

Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wash. School, Alex., [Virginia]

Public domain photograph of shool building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First Presbyterian Church, Alex., Virginia

Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Keefer House, Alex. County, [Virginia], Jefferson Park

Public domain photograph of house building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Keefer, Potomac Yards, Alexandria, Virginia

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Res. of Dr. Hugh McGuire, Alex., Virginia

Public domain photograph of building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

ALEXANDRIA AIRPLANE FACTORY - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Public domain photograph of building interior, office, room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[William Albert Smoot, Jr., house, 220 North Washington Street, Alexan...

Site History. House Architecture: Georgian brick house built circa 1767 with changes. Landscape: Harriet Ansley (Mrs. William A.) Smoot, Jr. Other: Also know as Lloyd house, purchased by Smoot in 1916. Today: ... More

Yates Gardens in Alexandria, Virginia. To window, Yates Gardens

Item title devised. Subject card annotation: Edward Carr. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked i... More