3,826 Atlanta Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

[Atlanta, Ga. Soldiers on boxcars at railroad depot]

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to a... More

Hammeren House, 3540 Roxboro Road, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: The Hammeren House is historically significant as an intact example of a ca. 1946 minimal traditional style house. It possesses a local level of significance in the area of architecture. Survey n... More

[Design drawing for stained glass window showinng Beatific, Suffer the...

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Techwood Homes, Building No. 8, 115-119 Parker Street, Atlanta, Fulton...

Public domain photograph of apartment building, architectural plan, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rebel fortifications, north side of the city, Atlanta, Ga.

Stereograph showing a line of chevaux-de-frise in the foreground, and Confederate fortifications in the background. No. 3580, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic Histo... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 18, 184-194 Merritts Avenue, Atlanta, Ful...

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Sherman's men destroying the railroad before the evacuation of...

No. 3630. Attributed to George N. Barnard, based on LC-B811-3630. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Correspondin... More

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit La...

Significance: Building 13 was one of two lavatories built for the G.U. Treatment Unit and signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of T.O. 700-series const... More

[Atlanta, Georgia.] Church, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herndon & Atlanta Life Building, 229-243 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulto...

Significance: It was for years a major black office complex in Atlanta. It was named for its owner, Alonzo F. Herndon, who was born a slave, founded the Atlanta Life Insurance Company and ultimately amassed a p... More

View of large rebel fort east of W. & A. R.R. Potter's House in the ri...

Photograph shows war damaged chevaux-de-frise in a former Confederate fort near the Western & Atlantic railroad. Inscribed on item: 110. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

399 Loomis Avenue (House), Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: Representative of modest turn-of-the-century housing found throughout the Grant Park North National Register District in which it is located. Survey number: HABS GA-2245 Building/structure dates... More

Georgia Power Atlanta Division Building, 143 Alabama Street, Atlanta, ...

Significance: This Art Moderne six story Flemish bond brick, marble, and limestone building features a flat roof, rounded corners, and horizontal bands of windows. The building was known as the Atlanta Constit... More

Georgia Power Atlanta Division Building, 143 Alabama Street, Atlanta, ...

Significance: This Art Moderne six story Flemish bond brick, marble, and limestone building features a flat roof, rounded corners, and horizontal bands of windows. The building was known as the Atlanta Constit... More

Atlanta, Georgia. View on Whitehall Street

Public domain photograph of building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Atlanta, Ga. Ruins of depot, blown up on Sherman's departure]

Photograph of the War in the West. Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Techwood Homes, Building No. 14, 470-474 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, Fult...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 14 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with eve... More

126-255 Auburn Avenue (Commercial Buildings), Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, ...

Buildings include: Atlanta Life Building, Atlantic Life Building, Smith House, Rucker Building, Hooper Building, Alexander Building, Bethel Towers, Big Bethel Church, Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, Cox Buil... More

126-255 Auburn Avenue (Commercial Buildings), Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, ...

Buildings include: Atlanta Life Building, Atlantic Life Building, Smith House, Rucker Building, Hooper Building, Alexander Building, Bethel Towers, Big Bethel Church, Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, Cox Buil... More

126-255 Auburn Avenue (Commercial Buildings), Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, ...

Buildings include: Atlanta Life Building, Atlantic Life Building, Smith House, Rucker Building, Hooper Building, Alexander Building, Bethel Towers, Big Bethel Church, Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, Cox Buil... More

126-255 Auburn Avenue (Commercial Buildings), Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, ...

Buildings include: Atlanta Life Building, Atlantic Life Building, Smith House, Rucker Building, Hooper Building, Alexander Building, Bethel Towers, Big Bethel Church, Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, Cox Buil... More

Photographs of the U.S. courthouse and post office in Sioux City, Iowa

Images show exterior and interior views of the U.S. courthouse and post office in Sioux City, Iowa. Details include the courtroom, doors and windows, hallways, stairways, and decorative elements such as wood p... More

[Atlanta, Ga. View on Decatur Street, showing Trout House and Masonic ...

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to a... More

Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home, 501 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century building, Victorian architecture style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home, 501 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home, 501 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton ...

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Techwood Homes, Store & Administration Building, 114-138 Merrit Avenue...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Techwood Homes, Building No. 20, 570-580 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, Fult...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 20 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with eve... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 11, 115-119 Mills Street, Atlanta, Fulton...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 11 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with eve... More

Atlanta, Georgia. Sherman's men destroying railroad

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Techwood Homes, McDaniel Dormitory, 581-587 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, F...

Significance: Techwood Dormitory is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Dormitory differs from the majority o... More

Techwood Homes, McDaniel Dormitory, 581-587 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, F...

Significance: Techwood Dormitory is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Dormitory differs from the majority o... More

Clark Howell Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Lovejoy ...

Significance: Clark Howell Homes is the first public housing project to be completed by the Atlanta Housing Authority, which was created in May of 1938. Clark Howell Homes is a representative example of pre-Wor... More

Clark Howell Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Lovejoy ...

Significance: Clark Howell Homes is the first public housing project to be completed by the Atlanta Housing Authority, which was created in May of 1938. Clark Howell Homes is a representative example of pre-Wor... More

Clark Howell Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Lovejoy ...

Significance: Clark Howell Homes is the first public housing project to be completed by the Atlanta Housing Authority, which was created in May of 1938. Clark Howell Homes is a representative example of pre-Wor... More

Clark Howell Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Lovejoy ...

Significance: Clark Howell Homes is the first public housing project to be completed by the Atlanta Housing Authority, which was created in May of 1938. Clark Howell Homes is a representative example of pre-Wor... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 19, 562-568 Techwood Drive & 189-191 Merr...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 19 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with eve... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 2, 569-573 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, Fulto...

Significance: Techwood Homes Building 2 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The building is significant for its rol... More

Atlanta, Georgia (vicinity). Spot in woods where General James B. McPh...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, Ebenezer Baptist Churc...

Significance: The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site is located in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Atlanta - the Upper Auburn Avenue area. Originally called Wheat Street in honor of one of Atlant... More

Clark Howell Homes, Building E-6, 498 Venable Street, Atlanta, Fulton ...

Significance: Building E-6 is a typical residential building in Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developm... More

Clark Howell Homes, Building E-6, 498 Venable Street, Atlanta, Fulton ...

Significance: Building E-6 is a typical residential building in Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developm... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 10, 403-411 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, Fult...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 10 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with eve... More

[Atlanta, Ga. Railroad depot; a nearer view]

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to a... More

Clark Howell Homes, Building A-1, 474 Venable Street, Atlanta, Fulton ...

Significance: Building A-1 is a typical residential building in Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developm... More

Clark Howell Homes, Building A-1, 474 Venable Street, Atlanta, Fulton ...

Significance: Building A-1 is a typical residential building in Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developm... More

Marietta Road Bridge, Marietta Road, Spanning Inman Railroad Yards, At...

Significance: The Marietta Road Bridge comprises a pair of three span pin connected Double Intersection Pratt through trusses. Its designer and/or fabricator are unknown but the technological character of the ... More

Marietta Road Bridge, Marietta Road, Spanning Inman Railroad Yards, At...

Significance: The Marietta Road Bridge comprises a pair of three span pin connected Double Intersection Pratt through trusses. Its designer and/or fabricator are unknown but the technological character of the ... More

Marietta Road Bridge, Marietta Road, Spanning Inman Railroad Yards, At...

Significance: The Marietta Road Bridge comprises a pair of three span pin connected Double Intersection Pratt through trusses. Its designer and/or fabricator are unknown but the technological character of the ... More

Marietta Road Bridge, Marietta Road, Spanning Inman Railroad Yards, At...

Significance: The Marietta Road Bridge comprises a pair of three span pin connected Double Intersection Pratt through trusses. Its designer and/or fabricator are unknown but the technological character of the ... More

Clark Howell Homes, Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library, 538 Luckie S...

Significance: The Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library was the first branch library in Atlanta. Built in 1908, and named after the first librarian of the Carnegie Library System of Atlanta (predecessor to the F... More

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, Mess Hall, Anderson Way...

Significance: The Mess Hall was built in 1943 for the patients and medical detachment of the Station Hospital addition. It signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and ... More

Roxboro House, 3492 Roxboro Road, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: The Roxboro House is historically significant as an intact example of a ca. 1938 minimal traditional style house. It possesses a local level of significance in the area of architecture. Survey nu... More

Clark Howell Homes, Building G-2, 583 McAfee Street, Atlanta, Fulton C...

Significance: Building G-2 is a typical residential building in Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developm... More

Atlanta, Georgia. Railroad roundhouse, American Civil War Glass Negati...

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Atlanta, Ga. Trout House, Masonic Hall, and Federal encampment on Dec...

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to a... More

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, Smith-Charleston House...

Significance: The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site is located in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Atlanta - the Upper Auburn Avenue area. Originally called Wheat Street in honor of one of Atlant... More

Dutch Creek Work Station, Kitchen, Atlanta, Elmore County, ID

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-28 Survey number: HABS ID-63

Atlanta, Georgia (vicinity). Spot in woods where General James B. McPh...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Atlanta, Georgia (vicinity). Spot in woods where General James B. McPh...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Young House, 3536 Roxboro Road, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: The Young House is historically significant as an intact example of a ca. 1940 minimal traditional style house. It possesses a local level of significance in the area of architecture. Survey numb... More

Atlanta Fixtures Building, 102-106 Pryor Street, Atlanta, Fulton Count...

Significance: The Atlanta Fixtures Buildings have been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as individual structures. They are contributing elements of the Underground Atl... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 16, 488-514 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, Fult...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 16 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with eve... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 6, 465 Techwood Drive & 119-125 Hunnicutt...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 6 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with even... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 3, 559 Techwood Drive & 129-135 Merrit Av...

Significance: Techwood Homes Building 3 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The building is significant for its rol... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 3, 559 Techwood Drive & 129-135 Merrit Av...

Significance: Techwood Homes Building 3 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The building is significant for its rol... More

Atlanta or Fingal captured 1863 in Savannah

Broadside view of ironclad. Possibly by William Waud. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.541) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file P. Forms part of: Mor... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 4, 489-499 Techwood Drive & 115-119 Pine ...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 4 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with even... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 4, 489-499 Techwood Drive & 115-119 Pine ...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 4 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with even... More

Clark Howell Homes, Community Center, 528 Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: Building GA-2309-A is the community center for Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development... More

Clark Howell Homes, Community Center, 528 Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: Building GA-2309-A is the community center for Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development... More

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: It constituted the first large-scale, black-owned, black-operated, multiple use complex in Atlanta. Built in 1911-13 for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the complex was the brainchild of Be... More

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: It constituted the first large-scale, black-owned, black-operated, multiple use complex in Atlanta. Built in 1911-13 for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the complex was the brainchild of Be... More

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: It constituted the first large-scale, black-owned, black-operated, multiple use complex in Atlanta. Built in 1911-13 for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the complex was the brainchild of Be... More

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: It constituted the first large-scale, black-owned, black-operated, multiple use complex in Atlanta. Built in 1911-13 for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the complex was the brainchild of Be... More