A 1936 Auburn 654 appears in the foreground of this photo of the Aubur...
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
Bas-relief sculpture, Robert N.C. Nix Federal Building, Philadelphia, ...
Architect: Harry Sternfeld. Art Deco style. Built in 1937. Limestone with granite base. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by t... More
Elevator lobby, Appraisers Building, San Francisco, California
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1944 by architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood. Credi... More
Full view of painting "Law Guides Florida Progress" at David W. Dyer F...
Artist: Denman Fink, 1941. Oil, dimensions: 25' 3" x 11' 2". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer... More
One of four large but intricate mosaic-tile murals inside the Cincinna...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Executed by Winold Reiss, a German immigrant, this and one other of the mosaics describe the construction of Union Terminal. The other... More
Courtroom detail, John W. McCormack U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, B...
Built in 1931-1933 by Architect Cram & Ferguson. The 16-story main mass rises to a height of 258' on Post Office Square. Restored by General Services Administration in 2009. Photographed as part of an assignmen... More
Library door detail, John W. McCormack U.S. Post Office and Courthouse...
Built in 1931-1933 by Architect Cram & Ferguson. The 16-story main mass rises to a height of 258' on Post Office Square. Restored by General Services Administration in 2009. Photographed as part of an assignmen... More
Hanging light fixture at Century Station Federal Building and Postal S...
Built between 1874-1878 by architect Alfred B. Mullett. Additions were added between 1936-1938. The style is Second Empire. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, ... More
Exterior view of Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Binghamton, New...
An Art Deco interpretation of a classical style. Built in 1935. Architect: Conrad & Cummings. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provide... More
Department of State, Harry S. Truman Building, Washington, D.C.
Architect: Underwood & Foster. Built between 1939-1941. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Ph... More
William Kenzo Nakamura U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, Washington
Built in 1939-1940 by Architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood in Modernistic style. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided ... More
Sign for Del Oro Theatre in Nevada City, California
Built in 1940 by United Artists, the theater is famous for its Art Deco architecture and illuminated, 70-foot tower. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Coll... More
The marquee neon tower of the Lakewood Theatre, which has served as a ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The restored Streamline Moderne theater shows classic films and hosts contemporary musical and comedy events. Credit line: The Lyda H... More
Sign for Del Oro Theatre in Nevada City, California
Built in 1940 by United Artists, the theater is famous for its Art Deco architecture and illuminated, 70-foot tower. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Coll... More
View of casino, Santa Catalina Island, a rocky island off the coast of...
The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More
The Catalina Casino, built on the site formerly known as Sugarloaf Poi...
The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean Rev... More
Detail of the ornate, art deco-style Public Service Building, which op...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More
Birth of Venus figure over Avalon theater stage at The Catalina Casino...
The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More
Exterior architectural detail from the abandoned First National Bank B...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1936, it is an excellent example of Art Deco architecture. The building is decorated with reliefs of workers and business pe... More
Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California
Designed by Timothy Pfleger in 1931, the landmark features a resplendent Art Deco auditorium with bas-relief sculptural panels, a grand ceiling, and a 1931 Wurlitzer organ. Title, date and keywords based on inf... More
Tower Theatre, a Sacramento landmark, built in 1938, that is famous fo...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Visitors sometimes associate the glowing tower with Tower Records, a nationwide retail giant founded in Sacramento. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Colle... More
Avalon theater located at the Catalina Casino, built on the site forme...
The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More
Amargos Opera House just outside Death Valley National Park in Inyo Co...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. At the time of this photograph in late 2012, the theater was an "art house," used to screen independent films and community plays and concerts. Credit lin... More
Fresco painting above room 5138 entrance, Department of Justice, Washi...
Artist: Henry Varnum Poor, 1936. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs i... More
Murals "Louisville Murals - Coal Mining," by Frank Weathers Long at th...
Date: 1937; dimensions: 3' 4" x 23' 5". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photog... More
Mural "Insular Possession: Alaska," by James Michael Newell at the Dep...
Date: 1939; dimensions: 114 1/2" x 234 1/2". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More
Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...
Artist name from related image in same group: LC-DIG-highsm-30087. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being the only ... More
Exterior detail of the Hall of State at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Te...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More
Part of a frieze, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Cen...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More
Exterior doorway detail of the Hall of State at Fair Park, site of the...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More
Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More
Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...
Artist name from related image in same group: LC-DIG-highsm-30087. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being the only ... More
Ceiling detail in courtroom at the Isaac C. Parker Federal Building & ...
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 1936, the building con... More
Art deco building in South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida
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
Pinnacle of the Chrysler Building, New York, New York
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
Art deco building in South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida
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
John W. McCormack U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Boston, Massachuset...
Built in 1931-1933. Architect: Cram & Ferguson. Building consists of three towers rising above a five story base. It is 16 stories tall. The exterior is an excellent example of Art Deco institutional design. Ph... More
Entrance. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Alexandria, 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 Edward Neild. Art Deco style. Cr... More
WPA mural. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Gra...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. In 2010, the Federal Building & US Courthouse received $15M... More
Oil painting "Rural Delivery" shown in context. East main lobby of Cla...
Artist: Charles Ward, 1937. Dimensions: 5' 9" x 19' 3". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cre... More
The first floor lobby in Building 500, the iconic administration build...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The building gained fame as Fitzsimons Army Hospital, a predecessor of the civilian campus. It was constructed between 1939 and 1941 f... More
Courtroom window. 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
Oil painting "Coast Guard Cutters on International Ice Patrol" located...
Artist: George Harding, 1938. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More
John W. McCormack U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Boston, Massachuset...
Built in 1931-1933. Architect: Cram & Ferguson. Building consists of three towers rising above a five story base. It is 16 stories tall. The exterior is an excellent example of Art Deco institutional design. Ph... More
Stairs from above. U.S. Court House, Austin, Texas
Neoclassical/Art Deco design completed in 1936 by architect Charles H. Page. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by ... More
Lobby, U.S. Courthouse, Tallahassee, Florida
Architect: Eric Kebbon. Built between 1935-1936. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograp... More
Oil painting "Phases of the Sun" located on second floor rotunda ceili...
Artist: George Harding, 1938. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More
Oil painting "Northern Lights" located on second floor rotunda, west s...
Artist: George Harding, 1938. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More
Exterior. Potter Stewart U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Cincinnati, ...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1939 by architect/builder Louis A. Simon. Credit l... More
Bas relief at the F. Edward Hebert Federal Building, New Orleans, Loui...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1939, the building is a large, modernistic, eleven... More
Courtroom detail, John W. McCormack U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, B...
Built in 1931-1933 by Architect Cram & Ferguson. The 16-story main mass rises to a height of 258' on Post Office Square. Restored by General Services Administration in 2009. Photographed as part of an assignmen... More
Entrance, Appraisers Building, San Francisco, California
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1944 by architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood. Credi... More
Exterior mural, Cohen Building, Washington, D.C.
Architect: Charles Klauder. Built 1939-1940. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs i... More
Interior lobby light fixture, William R. Cotter Federal Building, Hart...
Architect: Adams & Malfeldt & Prentice. Built in 1933. Stripped Classical/Art Deco style. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by... More
Interior hanging light fixture at Century Station Federal Building and...
Built between 1874-1878 by architect Alfred B. Mullett. Additions were added between 1936-1938. The style is Second Empire. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, ... More
Building 500, an iconic symbol of the University of Colorado Anschutz ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within... More
Courtroom ceiling detail of Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Bing...
An Art Deco interpretation of a classical style. Built in 1935. Architect: Conrad & Cummings. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provide... More
Courtroom mural at the U.S. Post Office & Court House, Lexington, Kent...
Neoclassical design. Built in 1934 by architect H.A. Churchill and John P. Gillig. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provid... More
Murals in Avalon theater located at the Catalina Casino, built on the ...
The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More
Exterior architectural detail from the abandoned First National Bank B...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1936, it is an excellent example of Art Deco architecture. The building is decorated with reliefs of workers and business pe... More
Ornate tower of the 1932 Niagara Mohawk Building in Syracuse, New York...
According to the National Park Service, its architecture "expressed the technology of electricity through its modernistic design, material, and extraordinary program of exterior lighting. . . . architects Melvi... More
Medallion on the exterior entrance of the Tower Building, now park hea...
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 Ph... More
Allie Victoria Tennant's "Tejas Warrior" statue outside the Hall of St...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Hall of State (originally the State of Texas Building) commemorates the history of Texas. Built in 1936 at the astronomical (espec... More
Architectural details at the Catalina Casino, built on the site former...
The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More
Facade of the long-abandoned First National Bank Building, which opene...
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
Centennial Hall, a 94,000-square-foot exhibition hall at Fair Park, th...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Centennial Hall is actually the amalgam of different buildings constructed at different times. One stage of the structure, which peop... More
Tower of the landmark, art deco-style City Hall Building in downtown A...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Douglas D. Ellington, an architect who came to Asheville in the mid-1920s, designed the eight-story building, which was completed in 1... More
Frankln D. Roosevelt's 1938 Ford convertible, displayed at the "Little...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally named Bullochville for the Bulloch family of Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, mother of President Theodore Roosevelt and maternal ... More
Western-themed bas relief on the art-deco-style Natrona County Courtho...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More
Murals and details in Avalon theater located at the Catalina Casino, b...
The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More
Mural "The Arts," by Millard Owen Sheets at the Department of Interior...
Date: 1939; dimensions: 107" x 77"; medium: oil. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit lin... More
WPA mural, Cohen Building, Washington, D.C.
Architect: Charles Klauder. Built 1939- 1940. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: ... More
The "Winged Mercury" bas-relief atop the entrance to the 1940 Air Term...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. As of 2014, the terminal and nearby 1928 Carter Field Hangar are being restored and operated by the nonprofit Houston Aeronautical He... More
Oil painting "The Future" located in fifth floor, main library, Depart...
Artist: Maurice Sterne, 1941. Dimensions: 6' x 4'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit l... More
Part of a frieze, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Cen...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More
Statue at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More
Statue at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More
Statue at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More
Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...
Artist name from related image in same group: LC-DIG-highsm-30087. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being the only ... More
Exterior art, William R. Cotter Federal Building, Hartford, Connecticu...
Architect: Adams & Malfeldt & Prentice. Built in 1933. Stripped Classical/Art Deco style. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by... More
Elevator door, first floor lobby, Appraisers Building, San Francisco, ...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1944 by architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood. Credi... More
Sculpture "Postal Service" exterior southwest side of Federal Building...
Artist: Freeman Schoolcraft., 1939. Stone 6' 3" x 4' x ? Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cr... More
Appraisers Building, San Francisco, California
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1944 by architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood. Credi... More
The Sidney M. Aronovitz U.S. Courthouse, Post Office and Custom House,...
Built in 1933 in the Art Deco style, the two-story, Key Largo limestone clad building was designed by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. T... More
Oil painting "Radio Warning" located on second floor rotunda ceiling, ...
Artist: George Harding, 1938. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More
One of several Great Depression-era murals mounted in the World Food P...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Often referred to as W.P.A. murals, because the artists who created them between 1937 and 1941 were paid by the job-creating New Deal ... More
Oil painting "Derelicts, Drifting Obstructions" located on first floor...
Artist: George Harding, 1938. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More
Bas-relief sculpture, Robert N.C. Nix Federal Building, Philadelphia, ...
Architect: Harry Sternfeld. Art Deco style. Built in 1937. Limestone with granite base. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by t... More
Courtroom lighting fixture of Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Bi...
An Art Deco interpretation of a classical style. Built in 1935. Architect: Conrad & Cummings. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provide... More
Mural detail, U.S. Courthouse, Tallahassee, Florida
Architect: Eric Kebbon. Built between 1935-1936. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit lin... More
Exterior roof tower detail, Forest Service Building, Ogden, Utah
Architect: Hodgson & McClenahan. Built in 1933-34. Art Deco style originally built to provide offices for the U.S. Forest Service Intermountain Region. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Serv... More
Interior light fixture. 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
One of two heroic bas-reliefs on the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The reliefs flanking the station's rotunda were carved by Maxfield Keck and his team in 1932. Once the limestone of the exterior was i... More
Sculpture "Canon Law" at Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, 1933. Plaster, dimensions: 36" x 20". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photog... More
John W. McCormack U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Boston, Massachuset...
Built in 1931-1933. Architect: Cram & Ferguson. Building consists of three towers rising above a five story base. It is 16 stories tall. The exterior is an excellent example of Art Deco institutional design. Ph... More
Bas-relief sculpture, Robert N.C. Nix Federal Building, Philadelphia, ...
Architect: Harry Sternfeld. Art Deco style. Built in 1937. Limestone with granite base. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by t... More
Mural "Bureau of Indian Affairs: Indian & Soldier," by Maynard Dixon a...
Date: 1939; dimensions: 105" x 157 1/2. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photog... More
The Internal Revenue Service Building, located in the center of the Fe...
Built between 1928-1936 by architect Louis Simon. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit li... More
Architectural detail with eagles at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Feder...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1931-1933; architect: Albert Ted Eyck Brown; st... More
Sculpture "Eagle," by Gifford MacGregor Proctor at the F. Edward Heber...
Date: 1941; dimensions: 4' 8" x 6' 11"; medium: granite. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Cr... More