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Oil painting "An Arrest" located on fifth floor, elevator no. 10, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

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 the Gene Snyder U.S. Courthouse & Custom House, Louisville, Kentucky

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 lobby, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

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 Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

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, Pennsylvania

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. Courthouse, Fort Smith, Arkansas

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, Massachusetts

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, Massachusetts

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

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 rotunda ceiling, U.S. Custom House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

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, Ohio

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 Justice, Washington, D.C.

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 House in Greensboro, North Carolina

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 Department of Interior Building, Washington, D.C.

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 Courthouse, Alexandria, Louisiana

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, Massachusetts

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, Chattanooga, Tennessee

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, Chattanooga, Tennessee

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

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, Binghamton, New York

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, Washington, D.C.

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, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

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 Greensboro, North Carolina

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, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

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, Cincinnati, Ohio

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 House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

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 lobby at the U.S. Post Office and Federal Building, Statesville, North Carolina

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, Chattanooga, Tennessee

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 Earth County, MN

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 Angeles County, CA

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 County, IN

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

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

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

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

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

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, AK

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, OK

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, NY

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, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

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. Custom House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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, Washington, D.C.

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

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.C.

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 Justice, Washington, D.C.

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

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 Justice, Washington, D.C.

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 Federal Building and Courthouse, Miami, Florida

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, Key West, Florida

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, Boston, Massachusettsachusetts

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. Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania

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, Pennsylvania

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, Massachusetts

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

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, Scranton, Pennsylvania

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

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, Louisiana

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, Illinois

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

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, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

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

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, Chattanooga, Tennessee

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 Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]

[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 Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

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, Spokane County, WA

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

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

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

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

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

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 & Icarrus Drive, Coast Guard Island, Alameda, Alameda County, CA

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, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

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, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

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

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 County, Pennsylvania

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 Board (WPB) to U.S. employment service offices, beauty parlors, women's colleges, manufacturers, etc. The original is 28 12 inches by 40 inches and is printed in red, blue, and black on white. The poster was reproduced from a photograph by Office of War Information photographer, Howard Hollem. Copies may be obtained from Central Distribution Plant, Office for Emergency Management (OEM), 1509 14th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C

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, Florida

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 and Courthouse is a monument five-story limestone building in Little Rock, Arkansas

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, Washington, D.C.

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 Hebert Federal Building in New Orleans, Louisiana

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, Illinois

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

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

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

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.

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, Pennsylvania

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

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 Federal Building and Courthouse, Miami, Florida

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, Boston, Massachusettsachusetts

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, Boston, Massachusettsachusetts

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 Station located in Raleigh, North Carolina

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 York

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.

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

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 County, IN

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

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

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

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

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