Art deco design touches at Rockefeller center, a complex of 19 commerc...
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
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.
West Side Highway, New York, New York County, NY
Survey number: HAER NY-133 Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Richfield Oil Building, 555 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, Los Ange...
Significance: An excellent example of the "Modern Style" of the 1920s, a short-lived heroic style with roots in late Art Nouveau and German Expressionism with emphasis on masses rather than volumes. A more dire... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 12, Technical Da...
Public domain photograph of a building, US military base, 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
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
Greyhound Bus Station, 1200 Blanding Street, Columbia, Richland County...
Significance: The Greyhound Bus Station is Columbia's finest example of Art Moderne architecture, emphasizing the use of new materials such as aluminum, stainless steel, and "Vitrolite" glass panels, and with e... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Latrines, Off Avenue C, at Repair Basin...
Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Latrines, Off Avenue C, at Repair Basin...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Latrines, Off Avenue C, at Repair Basin...
Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Keep your teeth clean, Art Deco Poster
Poster promoting good oral hygiene, showing stylized face, toothbrush and toothpaste. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 19[38]. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 215 M... More
Governor Hotel, 435 Twenty-first Street, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
St. Paul City Hall & Ramsey County Courthouse, 15 West Kellogg Bouleva...
Significance: The Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse is a stunning example of innovative public architecture from the American Depression Era. Commissioned in 1930, and completed in 1931 by Hola... 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
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
Architectural detail at U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Galveston, Te...
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
Courtroom clock, James T. Foley U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Alban...
Built in 1931-1932. Art Deco style. Five-story building with 8' high sculptured marble frieze continuously wraps around the primary elevations. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Adm... More
Hallway, Robert N.C. Nix Federal Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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
Oil painting "Signal Flag" on first floor rotunda ceiling, U.S. Custom...
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
Interior, fifth floor lobby, Department of State, Harry S. Truman Buil...
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
Fresco paintings above entrance to room 5114, 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
Front entrance detail, William R. Cotter Federal Building, Hartford, C...
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
Winston E. Arnow U.S. Post Office and Court House, Pensacola, Florida
Built in 1938-1939 by architect Rudolph Stanley Brown. Designed in a simple Mission style. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from informatio... More
Grille of a 1931 Cord L-29 Speedster on one of about 125 classic autom...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Invented by William G. Woods, the lights were a stunning Art Deco addition. However, they were dim and inferior to conventional headla... More
Lobby door. 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
Corridor, John W. McCormack U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Boston, M...
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
Exterior, 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
Oil painting "Nautical Signal Flag" located on first floor rotunda cei...
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
Corridor. 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
A portion of a huge mural, depicting Texas history, inside the Hall of...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gigantic columns close to the north wall on which the mural appears make a photograph of the painting in toto impossible. The park, w... More
Art Deco Column Capital details, Mississippi War Memorial Building, Ja...
Built in 1939 beside the Old Capitol. A Works Progress Administration (WPA) project. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Print... More
The landmark Standard Life Building in downtown Jackson, Mississippi's...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
The 1932 Niagara Mohawk Building in Syracuse, New York, the classic ar...
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
Details of 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 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
Detail inside the Hall of State at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas C...
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
Blue Swallow Motel, Route 66, Tucumcari, New Mexico
Blue Swallow Motel was built in 1939 by W.A. Higgins. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gif... 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
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
The Catalina Casino, built on the site formerly known as Sugarloaf Poi...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a monastery, church, religious historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
First floor detail of Art deco, Appraisers Building, San Francisco, Ca...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an office building, commercial building, 20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Depression-era bas-relief on the facade of Centennial Hall at Fair Par...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was the site of the Texas Centennial of 1936, when artists and artisans from around Texas, the nation, and the world created rema... More
"The girl he left behind" is still behind him--She's a WOW Adolph Trei...
Poster showing a woman ordnance worker, holding wrench, gazing up at a soldier with a rifle in the clouds in the background. Promotional goal: U.S. F34.J7. 1943. Promotional goal: U.S. J44.J2. 1943.
Merritt Parkway, South Avenue/Route 124 Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkw...
Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural style of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More
Couple lighting cigarettes - Public domain dedication image
A fashionably dressed man and woman smoke cigarettes. The man, standing behind the woman, bends to light her cigarette with his.
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[WPA poster design on red background showing the head and hands of a w...
Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Stamped on verso: "New York State WPA Art Program." Forms part of: Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Works Progress Administr... 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
Federal Theatre - Marionette Theatre presents "RUR" Remo Bufano direct...
Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "RUR" at the Marionette Theatre, showing abstract image with text. Date stamped on verso: Jan 5 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library o... More
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[Metropolis] / Klebrand., Art Deco Poster, Movie Poster
Poster for Fritz Lang's film "Metropolis" shows the character Maria in Rotwang's transformation machine. Exchange ; Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Visit the Brookfield Zoo by the "L" / Gregg.
Text with panda. Date stamped on verso: Jun 15 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Promotional goal: U.S. K5. 1938. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: ... More
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
Marine-schauspiel 1918 ... vollständig neues Programm ... / Franz Grie...
Poster shows head of an Austrian sailor(?). Text announces a Naval play(?), stating that it is a completely new program. Details of performance are given. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.
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
Books for everyone, Art Deco Poster
Robert E. Lee, artist. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotion goal: U.S. G6. 1929
The Merry Widow, Art Deco Poster
The Merry Widow May 23 8:15pm Pasdena Civic Auditorium Federal Music sponsored by Project WPA United Service Clubs of Pasadena (Content)
Empire State Bld.. Cityscape photograph
JO 8932 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Eddowes, New York. Public domain photograph of New York skyscraper building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photogr... More
Empire State Building--"F" - Art nouveau public domain image - Art Dec...
J9058 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Eddowes, New york. Public domain photograph of New York skyscraper building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograp... More
Wir schaffen das neue Deutschland! Denkt an die Opfer-wählt Nationalso...
Propaganda poster announcing political campaign for the Nazi party in Germany, showing two soldiers, one with a bandage around his head. The poster states that the National Socialists are creating a new Germany... More
Fire wrecks a forest, Art Deco Poster
Poster for forest fire prevention showing a burning cigarette and a forest fire. Date stamped on verso: Jan 13 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Ch... More
Lunchtime brings a few minutes of rest for these women workers of the ...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Air...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
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
Annual farm and home week - Art Deco public domain image
Poster for the annual farm and home week at the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, January 6-10, 1941, showing a snow-covered barn, silo, and mailbox. Work Projects Administration... More
Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Two women employees work to...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Experienced women workers at the ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.