Oil painting "An Arrest" located on fifth floor, elevator no. 10, Depa...
Artist: Louis Bouche, 1937. Dimensions: 11' x 2' 8" approx. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer.... More
Murals "Louisville Murals - Fox Hunting," by Frank Weathers Long at th...
Date: 1937; dimensions: 3' 4" x 10' 4". 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
Close up of oil painting "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor...
Artist: Emil Bisttram, 1937. Dimensions: 11' 10" x 7' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More
Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraf...
12002-19. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More
Sculpture "The Law" at Robert C. Nix Federal Courthouse, Philadelphia,...
Artist: Donald DeLue, 1941. Marble, dimensions: 9' x 16 'x 10'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photograp... More
Grill in courtroom at the Isaac C. Parker Federal Building & U.S. Cour...
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
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
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
Exterior detail, 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
Oil painting "International Signal Code" located on first floor rotund...
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
Front facade, 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
Grille. Potter Stewart U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Cincinnati, Oh...
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
Oil painting "Hammurabi," stairway of Great Hall, Department of Justic...
Artist: Boardman Robinson, 1937. Dimensions: 12' 7" x 4' 3". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer... More
Exterior details. The L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building and Court ...
Designed in the art deco style by architects Murphy & Olmstead and built in 1933. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provide... More
Mural "Ceremonial Shields & Bull's Head," by Stephen Mopope at the Dep...
Date: 1939; dimensions: 42" x 576". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograph... More
Exterior detail, metalwork "The Mail Plane," U.S. Post Office and Cour...
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
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
Interior. The Joel Solomon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Chatt...
Located in the central business district, it was built by Reuben Harrison Hunt in 1933. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information p... More
Interior. The Joel Solomon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Chatt...
Located in the central business district, it was built by Reuben Harrison Hunt in 1933. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information p... 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
Exterior eagle detail of Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Bingham...
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
Sculpture "Air" 9th and Pennsylvania Ave. lobby, Department of Justice...
Artist: Anthony Di Lorenzo, 1933, limestone sculpture 24" X 38". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photogra... More
Oil paintings "Grotius" and "Vitoria," in stairway of Great Hall, Depa...
Artist: Boardman Robinson, 1937. Dimensions, each: 12' 7" x 4' 3". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photog... More
Exterior. The L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building and Court House in...
Designed in the art deco style by architects Murphy & Olmstead and built in 1933. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provide... More
Oil painting "The Past" located in fifth floor, main library, Departme...
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
Architectural details. Potter Stewart 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 1939 by architect/builder Louis A. Simon. Credit l... More
Oil painting "Communications" on elevator lobby ceiling, U.S. Custom H...
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
Stairway. 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
Wooden sculpture "Freemen Prosper" by Sahl Swarz, in the courtroom lob...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Architect: R. Stanley Brown, 1939. Neoclassical design. Cre... More
Exterior. The Joel Solomon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Chatt...
Located in the central business district, it was built by Reuben Harrison Hunt in 1933. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information p... More
First National Bank Building, 215 River Front Drive, Mankato, Blue Ear...
Significance: The First National Bank of Mankato, built in 1913, is recognized as one of Mankato's most handsome commercial buildings. Designed by the St. Paul firm of Ellerbe and Round, the bank is one of the... More
Pan Pacific Auditorium, 1600 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angel...
Significance: Essentially this building is a shed with an image-imparting entrance facade. The Pan Pacific Auditorium achieves not just the styling of the great streamlined World's Fairs of the 1930's, but the... More
Small Art Deco Building, Thirteenth & Adams Streets, Decatur, Adams Co...
Significance: The fact that this little structure, located at a prominent position in the community on the major north-south artery (Rt. 27), is the only building in the area constructed in the "Art Deco" style... More
Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL
Sometimes referred to as "Mayan" architectural elements. Survey number: HABS FL-322 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79000667
Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL
Sometimes referred to as "Mayan" architectural elements. Survey number: HABS FL-322 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79000667
Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL
Sometimes referred to as "Mayan" architectural elements. Survey number: HABS FL-322 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79000667
Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL
Sometimes referred to as "Mayan" architectural elements. Survey number: HABS FL-322 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79000667
Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL
Sometimes referred to as "Mayan" architectural elements. Survey number: HABS FL-322 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79000667
Fourth Avenue Theatre, 630 West Fourth Avenue, Anchorage, Anchorage, A...
Significance: Constructed during a period of growth and transition in the community, this building represents the transition from frame structures to the larger and more solid forms of modern architecture. Cap... More
Municipal Building, 200 North Walker, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, ...
Survey number: HABS OK-40 Building/structure dates: 1936 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1981 Subsequent Work
Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N...
Significance: The Seventh Regiment Armory is significant for being the first true armory built in Manhattan, for its distinctive high Victorian design and interiors to which many notable architects and designer... More
Close up of "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor lobby, Depar...
Artist: Emil Bisttram, 1937. Dimensions: 11' 10" x 7' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More
Oil painting "Commerce of the East" located at center of Lobby, U.S. C...
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
Mural: "Science," 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 line... More
Art Deco Cavalier Hotel, 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
Intricate Art Deco bas relief in Anacostia neighborhood, Washington, D...
Photo shows Public Works Administration frieze: "The Progress of the Negro Race," by Daniel Olney, located in the courtyard of the Langston Terrace Dwellings near Benning Road, N.E., Kingman Park neighborhood, ... More
Sculpture "The Southwest" located in fifth floor lobby, Department of ...
Artist: Henry Kreis, 1933. Plaster, 48" x 88" x 1.5". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credi... More
Elevator lobby at 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
Sculpture "Pacific Coast" located in fifth floor lobby, Department of ...
Artist: Henry Kreis, 1933. Plaster, 48" x 88" x 1.5". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credi... More
Close up of painting "Law Guides Florida Progress" at David W. Dyer Fe...
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
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
Interior lobby, John W. McCormack U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Bos...
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
Sculpture "Young American Woman" at Federal Building and U.S. Courthou...
Artist: Henry Kreis, 1939. Aluminum, dimensions: 4' 6" x 18" x 12". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photo... More
Exterior eagle detail, 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
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
Rear door, Federal Building and U.S. Court House, Peoria, Illinois
Built in 1938 by architect Howard Cheney. Neoclassical/Art Deco design. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... More
Interior clock, Robert J. Nealon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse,...
Architect: James A. Wetmore. Built in 1931. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in... More
Interior details at U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Galveston, Texas
Built in 1937 in the Art Deco style of architecture, the building is significant as a representation of the federal government in Galveston for over 60 years. Photographed as part of an assignment for the Gener... More
Exterior lamp post. Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse in Baton Rouge,...
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
Stairway at the Federal Building and U.S. Court House, Peoria, Illinoi...
Built in 1938 by architect Howard Cheney. Neoclassical/Art Deco design. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... More
Elevator lobby at 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
Sculpture "The Eastern States" located in fifth floor lobby, Departmen...
Artist: Henry Kreis, 1933. Plaster, 48" x 88" x 1.5". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credi... More
Exterior detail, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Camden, New Jersey
Architect: James A. Wetmore, 1932. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Caro... More
Exterior. The Joel Solomon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Chatt...
Located in the central business district, it was built by Reuben Harrison Hunt in 1933. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information p... More
[Detail above elevator in lobby of 2nd Street entrance. Library of Con...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Security First National Bank, 5207-5209 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angele...
Significance: A single floor bank structure, externally sheathed in glazed black terracotta, with bright gold accented terracotta detailings. In a reserve fashion Zigzag Moderne (Art Deco) ornament has been int... More
Sears, Roebuck Department Store, West 906 Main Avenue, Spokane, Spokan...
Significance: The property is architecturally significant as a well-preserved large-scale department store building. The Art Deco building represents the top-of-the-line store in the Sears, Roebuck and Company... More
Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL
Sometimes referred to as "Mayan" architectural elements. Survey number: HABS FL-322 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79000667
Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL
Sometimes referred to as "Mayan" architectural elements. Survey number: HABS FL-322 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79000667
Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL
Sometimes referred to as "Mayan" architectural elements. Survey number: HABS FL-322 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79000667
Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL
Sometimes referred to as "Mayan" architectural elements. Survey number: HABS FL-322 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79000667
Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL
Sometimes referred to as "Mayan" architectural elements. Survey number: HABS FL-322 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79000667
U.S. Coast Guard Support Center Alameda, Warehouse, Spencer Road & Ica...
Significance: According to a HABS survey prepared by Ana Beth Koval in 1992: "This building is one of the fourteen 1930s buildings on Coast Guard Island which appear to be eligible to the National Register as ... More
Sculpture "Temperance" located at second floor elevator, no. 9, Depart...
Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, 1935. Aluminum, dimensions: 36" x 19" x 16". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the... More
Sculpture "Justice" located at second floor elevator, no. 9, Departmen...
Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, 1935. Aluminum, dimensions: 36" x 19" x 16". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the... More
Courtroom eagle at 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
A man standing next to a car with a rifle, Deer hunter. Huntingdon Cou...
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
War production drive poster. Poster distributed by the War Production ...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More
The Sagamore art deco hotel on Ft. Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, Flor...
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
Lobby architectural details, Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S. Post Office ...
Built in 1932 by architect James A. Wetmore. 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
Sculpture "Alaska" located in fifth floor lobby, Department of Justice...
Artist: Henry Kreis, 1933. Plaster, 48" x 88" x 1.5". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credi... 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
Main Lobby at the Federal Building and U.S. Court House, Peoria, Illin...
Built in 1938 by architect Howard Cheney. Neoclassical/Art Deco design. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... 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
Stairs, 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
Exterior 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 Ser... More
Sculpture "Equity" at Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, 1933. Plaster, dimensions, 36" x 10' 3". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the pho... 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
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
Small Art Deco Building, Thirteenth & Adams Streets, Decatur, Adams Co...
Significance: The fact that this little structure, located at a prominent position in the community on the major north-south artery (Rt. 27), is the only building in the area constructed in the "Art Deco" style... More
Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL
Sometimes referred to as "Mayan" architectural elements. Survey number: HABS FL-322 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79000667
Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL
Sometimes referred to as "Mayan" architectural elements. Survey number: HABS FL-322 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79000667
Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL
Sometimes referred to as "Mayan" architectural elements. Survey number: HABS FL-322 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79000667