Detail of the 1883 Saint Thomas of Villanova Church, Villanova, Pennsy...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Ceiling detail at the Baltimore Basilica, Baltimore, Maryland
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Carol M. Highsmith - Modern house architectural details
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
Classical Revival style building built in 1925, 14th and G St., NW, Wa...
Formerly the National Bank of Washington which was the oldest bank in Washington, D.C. It closed around 1999 when it was taken over by the FDIC. It was designed by Alfred C. Bossom and Jules-Henri de Sibour. Pl... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Architectural details at the Robert A. Grant Federal Building & U.S. C...
Built in 1933 by architectural firm Austin & Shambleau, the building served its original purpose for fifty years. In 1983, the U.S. Postal Service moved from the building into a new facility. Photographed as pa... More
Architectural details. The Jack Brooks Federal Building in Beaumont, T...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 by Architects Fred C. Stone, and F.W. and D.E... More
Exterior detail, bas relief of eagle, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse,...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1933 by architect Edward Neild. Art Deco style. Cr... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Lobby detail. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Tyler, Texas
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 by architect Shirley Simons. Neoclassical sty... More
Elaborate doorway of the Second Renaissance Revival-style Hotel Vail i...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Named after Pueblo newspaperman John E. Vail, the hotel constructed in 1910 was considered to be the most modern hotel west of Chicago... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Detail inside the Hall of State at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas C...
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Architectural details. The Jack Brooks Federal Building in Beaumont, T...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 by Architects Fred C. Stone, and F.W. and D.E... More
Architectural detail. The Jack Brooks Federal Building in Beaumont, Te...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 by Architects Fred C. Stone, and F.W. and D.E... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Exterior architectural details on the 1915 Home Building Association B...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed with liberal use of terra cotta tile and mosaics, rather than his usual red brick, by noted Chicago architect Louis Sullivan,... More
Exterior. Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1933 by Architect Moise Goldstein in Neoclassicism... More
Bas Relief detail on floor, interior of the National Archives, Washing...
The United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with ... More
Wood detail, James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse, San Francisco, Califor...
James Robert Browning, a federal judge, is credited with holding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit together at a time when there was enormous pressure to split the nation's largest and busiest cir... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
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Architectural detail, interior, Alabama Theatre, Birmingham, Alabama
The Alabama Theatre was built in 1927 by Paramount Studios as an Alabama showcase for Paramount films. It was used primarily as a movie palace for 55 years, with the exception of the annual Miss Alabama pagent ... More
Architectural details from the Rogers Building in downtown Florence, A...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Architectural details in the Camara de Representantes building in Hava...
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
Architectural detail, interior, Alabama Theatre, Birmingham, Alabama
The Alabama Theatre was built in 1927 by Paramount Studios as an Alabama showcase for Paramount films. It was used primarily as a movie palace for 55 years, with the exception of the annual Miss Alabama pagent ... More
Architectural details from the Rogers Building in downtown Florence, A...
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Architectural details in the Camara de Representantes building in Hava...
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
Exterior detail of a longhorn on the massive 1933 U.S. Post Office in ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The building was designed by Wyatt C. Hedrick and features architecture of icons within the city. Although it was constructed as a pa... More
Architectural detail. United States Post Office and Courthouse, Athens...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built by architect Louis A. Simon in 1942. Credit line: Pho... More
Upper reaches of the former Dallas County Courthouse, fondly known loc...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1892 of red sandstone rusticated marble accents, it was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architecture by ar... More
Architectural details on entrance way to apartment building, Connectic...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Facade detail of the Grand Opera House, also known as the Janey Slaugh...
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
Detail of the historic Adolphus Hotel in downtown Dallas, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by Thomas P. Barnett of Barnett, Haynes & Barnett of St. Louis and built by the founder of the Anheuser-Busch Company, Adolp... More
Architectural details at Old Post Office Building located on Pennsylva...
Also known as Old Post Office and Clock Tower and officially renamed the Nancy Hanks Center in 1983. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from ... More
Wall and ceiling details in the Dome Bar of the Hotel Camino Real in E...
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
Architectural detail from the Allen County Courthouse in Fort Wayne, I...
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
Interior doorway art detail. Art Deco style Federal Building & U.S. Co...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Architect: James A. Wetmore. Credit line: Photographs in th... More
Architectural detail, interior, Battle House Hotel, Mobile, Alabama
Originally built in 1852, the Battle House was established on the site of a military headquarters set up by Andrew Jackson during the war of 1812. The property served as a Confederate hospital during the Civil ... More
Carol M. Highsmith - Modern house architectural details
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
Carol M. Highsmith - Architectural detail in Washington, D.C.
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Architectural details. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Asheville...
Built as the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in 1929, the building is currently occupied by the U.S. Courthouse and other government agencies, including Social Security Administration, the U.S. Forestry Commiss... More
Architectural detail at the Robert A. Grant Federal Building & U.S. Co...
Built in 1933 by architectural firm Austin & Shambleau, the building served its original purpose for fifty years. In 1983, the U.S. Postal Service moved from the building into a new facility. Photographed as pa... More
Exterior detail. U.S. Courthouse, El Paso, Texas
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1936 by architectural firm McGhee Frazer Lippincot... More
Detail, U.S. Custom House in New Orleans, Louisiana
Architect was Alexander Thompson Wood. Built between the years 1848-1881, the building occupies the full trapezoidal downtown city block bounded by Canal, North Peters, Iberville and Decatur Streets. The entire... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Owlish architectural detail at Parkersburg High School, designed by Fr...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Courtroom detail. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Tyler, Texas
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 by architect Shirley Simons. Neoclassical sty... More
Architectural details on the Carnegie Library at Mount Vernon Square, ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Paramount Theatre Building, Oakland, California
Oakland's Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. Designed by renowned San Francisco architect Timothy L. Pflueger and completed in late 1931, it was o... More
Architectural detail in the interior of the National Theatre (Palacio ...
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
Architectural details on apartments buildings, Connecticut Ave., NW, n...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Classical Revival style building built in 1925, 14th and G St., NW, Wa...
Formerly the National Bank of Washington which was the oldest bank in Washington, D.C. It closed around 1999 when it was taken over by the FDIC. It was designed by Alfred C. Bossom and Jules-Henri de Sibour. Pl... More
Architectural details in the Camara de Representantes building in Hava...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Architectural detail of the Grove Arcade, now a shopping location in A...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Also known as The Grove Arcade and the Asheville Federal Building, it was built in the late 1920s and features a roof deck with a bron... More
Architectural detail, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Mont...
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Eagle column capitol architectural detail, Kiel Opera House, St. Louis...
The Kiel Opera House is a civic performing arts building in St. Louis, Missouri. It opened it 1934 and operated until 1991, when it and the adjacent Kiel Auditorium were closed so the auditorium could be demoli... More
Architectural detail on building in Havana, Cuba
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-... More
Architectural details on the Colorado Building, 14th and G St., NW, Wa...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
A portion of the historic (1887) American Brewery building, now (2018)...
Formerly abandoned and left to decay, it was renovated and beautified and became the headquarters of Humanim Inc. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Architectural details on the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building, a 40...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-2) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More
Architectural detail on Fountain Square in Montgomery, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Architectural detail at the Bronx Zoo in The Bronx, one of five county...
The largest metropolitan zoo in the United States and among the largest in the world, this zoo, which opened in 1899, has attracts more than two million visitors each year. It comprises 265 acres of parkland an... More
Architectural details Old Post Office Building located on Pennsylvania...
Also known as Old Post Office and Clock Tower and officially renamed the Nancy Hanks Center in 1983. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from ... More
Exterior column detail. U.S. Custom House, East Bay and Bull Streets, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Architectural detail from the River Walk, a popular gathering spot alo...
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
Decorative detail on a building at 203 E. Mills Avenue in El Paso, Tex...
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
Etched stone depicting several figures of three civilizations, on a bu...
Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, war, 17th, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Architectural detail from the Allen County Courthouse in Fort Wayne, I...
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
One of several animal-oriented small architectural details incorporate...
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
Detail of the old Bank Block Building on a corner of downtown Decorah,...
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
Architectural detail of interior, Cathedral of the Immaculate Concepti...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
Carol M. Highsmith - Architectural detail
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Ceiling detail at the Washington National Bank Building, Washington, D...
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Architectural details of the National Archives Building, Washington, D...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Arched architectural detail in the Federal Triangle located in Washing...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Ceiling of the Reading Room in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferso...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Exterior details. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Tyler, Texas
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 by architect Shirley Simons. Neoclassical sty... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Architectural details. Lawton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, La...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Designed by Architect Oscar Wenderoth, the three-story, neo... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Architectural detail at the Robert A. Grant Federal Building & U.S. Co...
Built in 1933 by architectural firm Austin & Shambleau, the building served its original purpose for fifty years. In 1983, the U.S. Postal Service moved from the building into a new facility. Photographed as pa... More
Architectural details at the John Minor Wisdom U.S. Court of Appeals B...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Originally the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse. In 1908, th... More
Architectural detail, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Gainesvill...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1910; architect: James Knox Taylor. Credit line... More
Bas relief detail on floor, interior of the National Archives, Washing...
The United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with ... More
Bas relief detail on floor, interior of the National Archives, Washing...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a relief sculpture, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Architectural details, Grand Central Station, New York, New York
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
Architectural detail on a building in Havana, Cuba
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
Detail of the Swan House, a historic house museum in Atlanta, the capi...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Swan House was built in 1928 for Edward and Emily Inmanon 28 acres in Buckhead, a northern Atlanta community. Noted architect Philip T... More
Classical Revival style building built in 1925, 14th and G St., NW, Wa...
Formerly the National Bank of Washington which was the oldest bank in Washington, D.C. It closed around 1999 when it was taken over by the FDIC. It was designed by Alfred C. Bossom and Jules-Henri de Sibour. Pl... More
Architectural detail, interior, Alabama Theatre, Birmingham, Alabama
The Alabama Theatre was built in 1927 by Paramount Studios as an Alabama showcase for Paramount films. It was used primarily as a movie palace for 55 years, with the exception of the annual Miss Alabama pagent ... More
Architectural details in the Camara de Representantes building in Hava...
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
Façade detail at the Cathedral of St. Augustine in Tucson, Arizona
The mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson was rebuilt from earlier interations in 1897. The original plans called for a Gothic structure, but the spires were never completed. In 1928 the brick s... More
Ornate upper reaches of the First Citizens Bank Building in downtown A...
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