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
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
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
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
The Sidney M. Aronovitz U.S. Courthouse, Post Office and Custom House,...
Public domain reproduction of art deco poster, cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
The modern poster - Drawing. Public domain image.
Poster shows a peacock. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Merritt Parkway, Bridge No. 744, Spanning Merritt Parkway at Route 59,...
Significance: This bridge is part of the Merritt Parkway, a landscaped limited-access highway designed and built in the 1930s. The parkway was regarded as a model in its day, largely because of the architectur... More
Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More
The lure of the green eyes / painted by W.H. Barribal.
Illustration shows a half-length portrait, facing front, of a beautiful woman with green eyes. Illus. in: Puck, v. 75, no. 1937 (1914 April 18), cover. Copyright 1914 by Puck Publishing Corporation.
Port of Philadelphia, Art Deco Poster
Poster promoting Philadelphia, showing ships at dock. Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Blocks by Domenic Rotoli.
Mural "Sorting the Mail," by Reginald Marsh at the Ariel Rios Federal ...
Date: 1936; dimensions: 6' 7" x 12' 6". 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
Painting "Contemporary Justice and Man," second floor stairway, Depart...
Artist: John Ballator, 1937. Tempera, 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 photog... More
Mural "Insular Possession: Alaska," by James Michael at the Department...
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
Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Ir...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
1940s neon Dr Pepper sign at the Dublin Bottling Works and W.P. Kloste...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This plant produced a distinctive form of Dr Pepper, a soda popular throughout the South. The distinction: it used only pure cane suga... More
Small, aviation-themed bas-reliefs on the exterior facade of the 1940 ...
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
Small, aviation-themed bas-reliefs on the exterior facade of the 1940 ...
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
Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. A girl mechanic in a la...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Albuquerque, New Mexico - Art Deco public domain image
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
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
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
The 1939 Crim Theater in Kilgore, Texas, once the flagship of a chain ...
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
Executive suite corridor detail, EPA East and West, located on 12th an...
Architect: Arthur Brown, Jr. Built in 1934, the exterior elevations, particularly at Constitution Avenue, are embellished with Beaux-Arts sculpture. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Service... 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
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
Interior lamp, John O. Pastore Federal Building, Providence, Rhode Isl...
Architect: Jackson, Robertson, and Adams. Built in 1940. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More
Exterior, street view of Federal Building and U.S. Court House, Peoria...
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
Exterior details, Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building & U.S. Courthous...
Built in 1932 and designed by architect James Wetmore. The exterior of the Trenton Federal Building is a well executed design with a "Stipped Neo-Classical" form, with both Classical and Art Deco terra cotta de... More
Courtroom columns, 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, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograp... More
Courtroom at 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
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 "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
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
Mailboxes in lobby. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Alexandria, Louis...
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
Light fixtures. The L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building and Court Ho...
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
Sculpture "Spirit of Justice" Great Hall, 2nd floor, Department of Jus...
Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, 1935. Aluminum, dimension: 12' 6" x 48". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the pho... More
Executive suite elevator lobby, EPA East and West, located on 12th and...
Architect: Arthur Brown, Jr. Built in 1934, the exterior elevations, particularly at Constitution Avenue, are embellished with Beaux-Arts sculpture. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Service... More
Courtroom gate 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
Stained glass window, Boston Avenue United Methodist Church, Tulsa, Ok...
Photo shows a native american in prayer with quotation "thy sins are forgiven." Formerly misidentified as a window at the Boston Avenue United Methodist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Source: B. Reed at the Boston ... More
Relief, carved by Herring Coe, on the facade of the 1937 First Nationa...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Details on the building celebrate Beaumont industry and depict various workers and professionals in carved limestone. Credit line: The... 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
Paramount Theatre building detail, Oakland, California
Oakland's Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. Designed by renowned San Francisco architect Timothy L. Pflueger and completed in late 1931, it was o... More
Interior view of the Garden Room at Taliesin West, renowned architect ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Today Taliesin West is the main campus of the School of Architecture at Taliesin and houses the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Open to... More
An art deco-style bas relief on the 1932 Buffalo City Hall building in...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-2) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More
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
Centennial Hall at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebr...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Today's Centennial Hall is actually the amalgam of different buildings constructed at different times. One stage of the structure, whi... More
The San Jacinto Monument, a 567-foot-high column located near the Hous...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The monument is topped with a 220-ton star that commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas ... More
[Ritz Theatre, Greenville, Alabama]
Built in 1935, Greenville's first genuine "movie palace" was the brainchild of local attorney Calvin Poole. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lande... More
The Tower Building, now park headquarters but once the Federal Buildin...
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
Art: Fill Every Pause Along The Way at U.S. Post Office and Courthouse...
Public domain reproduction of art deco poster, cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Regent Showcase theater, an art deco former movie house on La Brea...
Public domain reproduction of art deco poster, cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Organ in Avalon theater at the Catalina Casino, built on the site form...
Public domain image of musical performance, piano music, keyboard instrument, pianist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Soldiers without guns / Adolph Treidler.
War poster shows three women who work for the war effort an office worker, a welder, and factory worker. I.S.D. No. 180. U.S. Army official poster.
Aufwärts, Oberbayerische Flugspende / Erler.
Poster shows the profile of a German pilot. Text: Onwards, Upper Bavarian Aviation Fund. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.
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
Your family needs protection against syphilis Your wife or husband and...
Poster for New York State Dept. of Health encouraging examination and treatment for syphilis, showing stylized mother with child on lap. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster C... More
Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...
Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More
"Alien corn" by Sidney Howard - Art Deco public domain image
Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Alien Corn" at the Mayan Theatre, showing a ship on the horizon and stalks of corn. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).
Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Significance: The Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to incorporate and integrate the work of nu... More
Berkeley Shore Hotel & Apartments, 1610 Collins Avenue, Miami, Miami-D...
Survey number: HABS FL-322-H Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A young man's opportunity for work, play, study & health / Bender ; ma...
Poster promoting the U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps showing a young man with pickaxe. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angele... More
Studenten seid Propagandisten des Führers Hoch-u. Fachschulen bekennen...
Poster shows a man with left arm raised calling out to students to become propagandists for the Führer; a large swastika in the lower left corner mirrors that on his lapel. The man also asks that universities a... More
Mural by Carlo Ciampaglia at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, site of the 1...
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
Oil painting "Exports: Port of Philadelphia" located on east wall of l...
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
Please keep the park clean - Art Deco public domain image
Poster encouraging conservation of a natural resource area, showing a boy holding a butterfly net, sitting against a tree. Date stamped on verso: Oct 18 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Lib... More
Two assembly line workers at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas ...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., F...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Higgins Industries, Inc., New Orleans, La., makes torpedo boats and ot...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., F...
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
De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. Secretaries, housewives, wa...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Garage, 1910 Long Beach Boulevard, Long Beach, California
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Auto related. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-4). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More
Fresco paintings above entrance to room 5138, Department of Justice, W...
Artist: Henry Varnum Poor, 1936. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information and date provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. ... More
Lobby detail, John O. Pastore Federal Building, Providence, Rhode Isla...
Architect: Jackson, Robertson, and Adams. Built in 1940. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More
Fresco paintings at U.S. Courthouse, Tallahassee, Florida
Artist: Edward "Buk" Ulreich, 1939. Dimensions: each 51" x 110". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photogra... More
Library, John W. McCormack U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Boston, Ma...
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
Pittsburgh panorama at U.S. Courthouse and Post Office, Pittsburgh, Pe...
Artist: Van Veen Stuyvesant, 1937. Oil painting, dimensions: 10' 6" x 17'". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by t... More
Clock at the Interior Department Building, Washington, D.C.
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The 7 story building is of steel frame construction, clad in granite and limestone. It consists of a north-south core which bisects... More
Fresco paintings at U.S. Courthouse, Tallahassee, Florida
Artist: Edward "Buk" Ulreich, 1939. Dimensions: each 51" x 110". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photogra... More