automobiles

When the auto first came into ...

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Three men in an automobile in the business area of Callaway, Custer Co...

summary: Note: "Miss Elsie Shannon, Photographer" business shown in background. original size: 6x8

Charles E. Duryea in his third automobile (1893-4), winner of the Chic...

Photograph shows Charles E. Duryea sitting inside automobile on dirt road near houses.

[Hotel Tuller, Detroit, Mich.] - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Examination of luggage on automobile, by Customs(?), France]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of a car accident, car crash, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of car crash... More

Birches, Hotel Aspinwall, Lenox, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[View at head of Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A trip to Berkeley, Cal. / - Public domain portrait print

Shot from a moving streetcar, this film shows portions of north Berkeley and the adjacent University of California campus, circa 1906. The Oakland and Berkeley Rapid Transit Company began operating in 1891 and ... More

Landing from steamer at Green Island, Lake George, N.Y

Photo shows the steamboat Sagamore. (Source: C. Seavey, 2019) Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30629. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019956. Gift; State Histo... More

Automobubbling [sic] you and I

Couple riding in automobile. H103621 U.S. Copyright Office. Proof of lantern slide to accompany the song, In my merry Oldsmobile. Copyright by Tom M. Phillips.

[Man clearing roadside brush] - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1910s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

W.B. Moses & Sons Co., [Washington, D.C.], automobiles

Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Early automobiles - Auto wreck

Photograph shows crowd gathered near the mangled wreckage of an automobile and carriage. Copyright 1913 by E. J. Wasson, Bay City, Mich. Wasson photo. Title from copyright registration.

[Pedestrians and automobile traffic, Monroe Avenue and Cadillac Square...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Automobiles at Fremont Tractor Show, Aug. 9, 1916]

J217855 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Twentieth Century Farmer; August 16, 1916. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Fell Gate and buildings of the Illinois State Normal University, Norma...

Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Escellsior [i.e., Excelsior] Geyser overflow

Photograph showing a group of motorists stopped along a road on the opposite side of the Firehole River observing the scalding water from Excelsior Geyser in Yellowstone National Park. J221081 U.S. Copyright Of... More

Early automobiles - Mack Sennett girls

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

A horseman emerged from a fold in the hills

(DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Moisture a Trace" by Stewart Edward White, Harper's magazine, 136:661 (April 1918).

[Arab man driving car with other men as passengers]

Handwritten on back: "Note running board tanks. Fuel can be switched from either side or rear tanks by tap[?] on the instrument board." In album, Photographs of members of the American Colony (Jerusalem) and Mi... More

Mrs. C.C. Glover, Jr. - Public domain photograph

A group of men riding on the backs of horses. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

President Roosevelt. President's car in White House driveway

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The 1936 Cord 810 Westchester sedan is one of about 125 classic automo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This Cord is an authentic re-creation of the one-off (or built one time only) show car Cord built by the Auburn Automobile Company. Th... More

Early automobiles - Vogue Car, 1920

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The home-made car, no. 2] - Drawing. Public domain image.

A man and his wife construct a car out of furniture, rope, and other found materials, scattered on the floor before them. They stand beside an upended table, to which four upright chairs have been secured. Ins... More

[Charles A. Frazer presents President Coolidge with an American Automo...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 7, p. 54, no. 27018.

Miss Alice Reighly, President of the Anti-flirt Club which has just be...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., Jan. 1923 to Jan. 1924, v. 1, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Librar... More

[Automobiles outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

Public domain photograph of White House, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Main Street, Juneau, Alaska - stereoscopic view, public domain photorp...

J281014 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Co. No. 21045.

Blue automobile for Raymond Mathewson Hood Wilbur Henry Adams

Industrial design drawing shows side view of car. Title from inventory in collections file. Purchase; G.L. and Abigail Adams Greenway; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:143). Accession box no. PR 13 CN 2016:143 (WHA 0016)

Street Scenes, St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida

Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11834-55-E. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchas... More

Automobiles. Studebaker car, 1938 model II

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Auto parts to artillery shells. Finished artillery shells ...

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Oakland, Calif., Mar. 1942. A large sign reading "I am an American" pl...

Photograph shows the Wanto Co. store located at 401 - 403 Eighth and Franklin Streets in Oakland, California. The business was owned by the Matsuda family. Tatsuro Matsuda, a University of California graduate, ... More

4 cyl. Simplex, 1911 - A black and white photo of an old car

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

McArthur Advertising Corporation, 2480 16th Street. Kaiser auto displa...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

McArthur Advertising Corporation, 2480 16th Street. Kaiser auto displa...

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Louis Justement, architect. Inaugural stand for President Truman I

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Road construction delays traffic on West Side Highway, at 79th Street...

NYWT&S staff photo by Al Ravenna. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection.

Raymond Loewy's Jaguar car. View VI

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1950s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Raymond Loewy's Jaguar car. View III

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1950s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S.S.R., Moscow, temporary exhibit of Russian material

Photograph shows two men looking at an automobile display, one of several models exhibited at the USSR Exhibition in Sokolniki Park, Moscow, next to the American National Exhibition. (Source: Arianne Kouri, 201... More

Classic car grill - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Classic car grill - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Classic car hood ornament - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Larry at the wheel of the car he has customized as a dragster, a '57 C...

Forms part of a group of images documenting machinist Larry Schneider's machine shop and his family at their home in Hawthorne, New Jersey. Larry is a machinist who works at Watson Machine International in Paterson.

Larry, wife Bonnie, and children Lara, Luke, and Tonya pose beside car...

Forms part of a group of images documenting machinist Larry Schneider's machine shop and his family at their home in Hawthorne, New Jersey. Larry is a machinist who works at Watson Machine International in Paterson.

Larry and his son Luke look under the hood of Larry's '57 Chevrolet dr...

Forms part of a group of images documenting machinist Larry Schneider's machine shop and his family at their home in Hawthorne, New Jersey. Larry is a machinist who works at Watson Machine International in Paterson.

Worker leaning on his car after his shift.

Forms part of a group of images documenting the Sweet Potato Pie Company at 140 Auburn Street.

Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Plant located in Tuscaloosa County, A...

This plant is responsible for more than 10,000 direct and indirect jobs in the region, and has an annual economic impact of more than 1.5 billion. In addition, MBUSI has become the state's largest exporter, wit... More

Hyundai's first assembly and manufacturing plant in the United States ...

This $1.4 billion automotive plant is one of the most advanced assembly plants in North America. This plant is spotless. Not one speck of dust anywhere. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the p... More

Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Plant located in Tuscaloosa County, A...

This plant is responsible for more than 10,000 direct and indirect jobs in the region, and has an annual economic impact of more than 1.5 billion. In addition, MBUSI has become the state's largest exporter, wit... More

Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Plant located in Tuscaloosa County, A...

This plant is responsible for more than 10,000 direct and indirect jobs in the region, and has an annual economic impact of more than 1.5 billion. In addition, MBUSI has become the state's largest exporter, wit... More

Hyundai's first assembly and manufacturing plant in the United States ...

This $1.4 billion automotive plant is one of the most advanced assembly plants in North America. This plant is spotless. Not one speck of dust anywhere. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the p... More

Camp Curry, Curry Village, Mariposa County, CA

See also HAER CA-95 for documentation of the Stoneman Bridge. Significance: Curry Village, known as Camp Curry from the time of its establishment in 1899 through the 1960s, was historically and remains a highly... More

Legal guide; a treatise on motor vehicle law, with law and technical e...

Also available in digital form.

Curtain's up a revue in one act and three scenes for Julian Eltinge

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Utility Building "B", 820 North Mai...

Significance: The Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop was one of four central repair shop sites established by the federal government in the intermountain region of the western United States to service vehicles a... More

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Utility Building "B", 820 North Mai...

Significance: The Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop was one of four central repair shop sites established by the federal government in the intermountain region of the western United States to service vehicles a... More

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Utility Building "B", 820 North Mai...

Significance: The Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop was one of four central repair shop sites established by the federal government in the intermountain region of the western United States to service vehicles a... More

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Utility Building "B", 820 North Mai...

Significance: The Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop was one of four central repair shop sites established by the federal government in the intermountain region of the western United States to service vehicles a... More

Oakland Army Base, Private Vehicle Inspection Building, Africa Street ...

Significance: Building 4 was a structure used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-C Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction

Bridgeport Downtown, Bridgeport, Jackson County, AL

Significance: Bridgeport's history and small remnants of its built environment are representative of late-nineteenth century speculative "boom towns" that spread through the South and other areas of the United ... More

The coach was once king of the road -- now it's the Oldsmobile

Advertisement for Oldsmobile. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Thurston's greatest mystery the vanishing whippet Willys-Overland car ...

"Country of origin U.S.A." Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress) Forms part of: McManus-Young collection of pictoria... More

Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Vicksburg, Warren Co...

Significance: The Vicksburg National Military Park tour roads provide access to areas of interest in the park, which commemorates and interprets the siege and defense of Vicksburg in 1863 during the Civil War. ... More

Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Vicksburg, Warren Co...

Significance: The Vicksburg National Military Park tour roads provide access to areas of interest in the park, which commemorates and interprets the siege and defense of Vicksburg in 1863 during the Civil War. ... More

Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Vicksburg, Warren Co...

Significance: The Vicksburg National Military Park tour roads provide access to areas of interest in the park, which commemorates and interprets the siege and defense of Vicksburg in 1863 during the Civil War. ... More

Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Vicksburg, Warren Co...

Significance: The Vicksburg National Military Park tour roads provide access to areas of interest in the park, which commemorates and interprets the siege and defense of Vicksburg in 1863 during the Civil War. ... More

Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Vicksburg, Warren Co...

Significance: The Vicksburg National Military Park tour roads provide access to areas of interest in the park, which commemorates and interprets the siege and defense of Vicksburg in 1863 during the Civil War. ... More

Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Melan Arch Bridges, ...

Significance: The nine Melan arch viaducts on Union Avenue were an integral part of the overall tour route through Vicksburg National Military Park, providing visitors safe and easy access to points of interest... More

Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Melan Arch Bridges, ...

Significance: The nine Melan arch viaducts on Union Avenue were an integral part of the overall tour route through Vicksburg National Military Park, providing visitors safe and easy access to points of interest... More

Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Melan Arch Bridges, ...

Significance: The nine Melan arch viaducts on Union Avenue were an integral part of the overall tour route through Vicksburg National Military Park, providing visitors safe and easy access to points of interest... More

Las Vegas, Nevada. A billboard on the grounds of the gigantic plant of...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, 820 North Main Street, Cedar City, ...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Downtown Providence, Roughley bounded by Woonasquatucket River, Provid...

Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Gasoline and Oil House, 820 North M...

Significance: The Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop was one of four central repair shop sites established by the federal government in the intermountain region of the western United States to service vehicles a... More

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Gasoline and Oil House, 820 North M...

Significance: The Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop was one of four central repair shop sites established by the federal government in the intermountain region of the western United States to service vehicles a... More

Edward Penfield - [Automobile in crowded street]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as cover of: Collier's magazine, Oct. 12, 1907. Exhibition 4105-L.

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Woodstock, Windsor County, ...

Significance: The result of Frederick Billings's efforts was a network of carriage roads giving access to the estate for utilitarian purposes, as well as providing a pleasurable encounter with the landscape. T... More

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Woodstock, Windsor County, ...

Significance: The result of Frederick Billings's efforts was a network of carriage roads giving access to the estate for utilitarian purposes, as well as providing a pleasurable encounter with the landscape. T... More

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Woodstock, Windsor County, ...

Significance: The result of Frederick Billings's efforts was a network of carriage roads giving access to the estate for utilitarian purposes, as well as providing a pleasurable encounter with the landscape. T... More

Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop, Automotive Repair Shop, 820 North M...

Significance: The Cedar City Automotive Repair Shop was one of four central repair shop sites established by the federal government in the intermountain region of the western United States to service vehicles a... More

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

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

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shannock Village, Main Street, North Shannock Road, & West Shannock Ro...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Felken Cycle Co., Denver, Colo.]

Public domain photograph of a car, history of automobile design, car model, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hotel Tuller, Detroit, Mich. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Title from jacket. "G 9166" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500526. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Early automobiles - [1907 Buick]

Photograph shows woman sitting behind the wheel of a Buick automobile on a dirt road.

Early automobiles - [Oldsmobile]

Photograph shows man helping woman into car with top down parked on tree-lined street in front of house. Copyright 1907 by Tom M. Phillips.

Jewett Rock and Yolo Bolo

Group of men riding in automobile on dirt road, mountains in background. H111692 U.S. Copyright Office.

Automobiles of Croswell, Mich.

Photograph shows automobiles parked diagonally on street in front of local businesses; a small group of people stand in front of furniture store. Copyright 1909 by A. T. Tweedie. Title from Copyright registration.

[D.A.C. from Plaza Hotel, Detroit, Mich.]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mr. Gould's residence in Kearney, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Market Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - Public domain image. Dry pla...

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The old and the new / BBaker. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows the new year, "1911", arriving by airplane, while on the ground Father Time looks aghast at the airplane overhead and the wreck of his automobile labeled "1910".

[Houdini at the wheel] - A group of people sitting in a car

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1910s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 187... More

Chautauqua boosters, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows automobiles with passengers, lined up in the court house plaza in Cresco, Iowa, most flying banners. J 170973 U.S. Copyright Office. Blind stamp: C.D. Taylor, Cresco, Iowa.