479 Beacon Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

[Morris Island, South Carolina. The Beacon House after the struggle fo...

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

Lake in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, B.C.

Public domain photograph of a canal, water landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Akron Beacon Journal, March 25, 1913

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings, periodicals, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

No. 1100. No. 353. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Lathrop Brown, residence at 45 Beacon St., Boston, Massachusetts. Silv...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, fireplace, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

WPA paintings by Yvonne Twining, Waldo Kaufer, Albert Gold, [and] Fran...

Poster announcing exhibition of paintings at the Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. Date stamped on verso: Dec 16 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Durisol, Beacon, New York. Distant view

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

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, North Bergen Tunnel, Through ...

Significance: The North Bergen Tunnel is significant for its role in the development and expansion of the D.L&W. Railroad system. The tunnel was one of the first major construction projects undertaken after the... More

Junc't., Commonwealth Ave. and Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

H37361 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. Chickering & Co.; October 27, 1903. On front: "Copyright by E. Chickering & Co., 1903, reproduction forbidden".

Tioronda Bridge, South Avenue spanning Fishkill Creek, Beacon, Dutches...

Significance: A rare surviving example of the iron "bowstring" arch truss bridge patented by Glass, Schneider, and Rezner on December 10, 1867, (Patent No. 71,868) and built by the Ohio Bridge Company, Clevelan... More

Tioronda Bridge, South Avenue spanning Fishkill Creek, Beacon, Dutches...

Significance: A rare surviving example of the iron "bowstring" arch truss bridge patented by Glass, Schneider, and Rezner on December 10, 1867, (Patent No. 71,868) and built by the Ohio Bridge Company, Clevelan... More

Beacon Oil Company Gas Station, 107 Winn Street, Woburn, Middlesex Cou...

Significance: The Beacon Oil Company Gas Station is associated with the development of the automobile age in the early 20th century. It is one of the only intact examples surviving in the Boston area. Survey ... More

Mispillion Lighthouse, Beacon Tower, South bank of Mispillion River at...

Significance: The beacon tower is associated with Mispillion Lighthouse, one of three surviving lighthouses in Delaware, and is an early example of the importance of steel-frame tower construction in providing ... More

Massachusetts State House, Gates & Steps, Beacon Street, Boston, Suffo...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-50 Survey number: HABS MA-245 Building/structure dates: 1833 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000771

Massachusetts State House, Gates & Steps, Beacon Street, Boston, Suffo...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-50 Survey number: HABS MA-245 Building/structure dates: 1833 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000771

Hancock House, Beacon Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-1159 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hudson River from Mount Beacon, N.Y.

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boston Water Works, Chestnut Hill High-Service Pumping Station, 2450 B...

Significance: With the construction of the Roxbury Standpipe in 1870 and a small pumping station nearby, the Boston Water Board had introduced water to the higher elevations of Roxbury and other parts of Boston... More

[Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts.] - Public domain image. Dry pla...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The State House crowning historic Beacon Hill, W. from old Common, Bos...

J143751 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 10740. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex... More

["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Beacon Hill Road, Ne...

Site History. House Architecture: Howells & Stokes, 1910. Landscape: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Henry Hill Blossom, Olmsted Brothers, 1908-1913, 1915-1916; Hempsted of Boston, contractors; John Greatorex, garde... More

["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Beacon Hill Road, Ne...

Site History. House Architecture: Howells & Stokes, 1910. Landscape: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Henry Hill Blossom, Olmsted Brothers, 1908-1913, 1915-1916; Hempsted of Boston, contractors; John Greatorex, garde... More

["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Beacon Hill Road, Ne...

Site History. House Architecture: Howells & Stokes, 1910. Landscape: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Henry Hill Blossom, Olmsted Brothers, 1908-1913, 1915-1916; Hempsted of Boston, contractors; John Greatorex, garde... More

[Beacon Towers, Sands Point, Long Island, New York. Recreation room. S...

Gift ; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation ; 2010 ; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congress) Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2010:100, album HW B1.

["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Beacon Hill Road, Ne...

Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Print made by Library of Congress. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

No. 1082. No. 342, variant. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

No. 1081b. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

No. R.I. 1075. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Old Harbor Beacon, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Previously HABS No. GA-14-38. Survey number: HABS GA-232 Building/structure dates: 1858 Initial Construction

Durisol, Beacon, New York. Exterior VIII

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Beacon Marine Basin, 211 East Main Street, Gloucester, Essex County, M...

Survey number: HAER MA-163 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Beacon Marine Basin, 211 East Main Street, Gloucester, Essex County, M...

Survey number: HAER MA-163 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boston Water Works, Worthington Pump, 2450 Beacon Street, Boston, Suff...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tioronda Bridge, South Avenue spanning Fishkill Creek, Beacon, Dutches...

Significance: A rare surviving example of the iron "bowstring" arch truss bridge patented by Glass, Schneider, and Rezner on December 10, 1867, (Patent No. 71,868) and built by the Ohio Bridge Company, Clevelan... More

Mispillion Lighthouse, Beacon Tower, South bank of Mispillion River at...

Significance: The beacon tower is associated with Mispillion Lighthouse, one of three surviving lighthouses in Delaware, and is an early example of the importance of steel-frame tower construction in providing ... More

Mispillion Lighthouse, Beacon Tower, South bank of Mispillion River at...

Significance: The beacon tower is associated with Mispillion Lighthouse, one of three surviving lighthouses in Delaware, and is an early example of the importance of steel-frame tower construction in providing ... More

Old Boston. Beacon Hill from the present site of the reservoir between...

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

Hancock House, Beacon Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-1159 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Charleston, S.C. Beacon on parapet of Fort Sumter]

Photograph of the Federal Navy and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

Beacon Bluff, 2,000 feet high, Silver Lake, Amador County

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Beacon Hill Memorial Column and Massachusettsachusetts State House, B...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Redridge Steel Dam, Salmon Trout River, Beacon Hill, Houghton County, ...

Significance: The water supply impounded by the log dam, built by the Atlantic Mining Company across the Salmon Trout River in 1894, proved inadequate when the Baltic Mining Company built a stamp mill on Lake S... More

Casino, Summit of Mt. Beacon, N.Y., The

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

Public domain photograph of historic place, landmark, 19th-century, vintage travel, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

No. R.I. 1075. No. 339. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Beacon Street residence being demolished (next to State House) Young c...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Newport, Rhode Islan...

No. 607. Handwritten on back: "13"; "1917"; "C L"; "July"; and "J." Stamped on back: "607"; "Photographs from M.E. Hewitt Studio, 536 Fifth Avenue, New York" (crossed out); "Photographs from Frances Benjamin Jo... More

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

No. R.I. 1091. No. 348. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

No. R.I. 1095. No. 350. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

No. 1081a. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

Mural of an Italian Renaissance couple toasting each other. The words "Mistress" and "Master" appear above their heads; "The Milk Toast" is written below the glasses. Mural painted by Joseph Lindon Smith. No. R... More

["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Beacon Hill Road, Ne...

Site History. House Architecture: Howells & Stokes, 1910. Landscape: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Henry Hill Blossom, Olmsted Brothers, 1908-1913, 1915-1916, with Hempsted of Boston, contractors. John Greatorex, ... More

Durisol, Beacon, New York. Interior I

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

Durisol, Beacon, New York. Interior III

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

Beacon Hotel, 720 Ocean Drive, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL

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

Parkman House, 33 Beacon Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: This is a large, elegant building, typical of the Beacon Hill houses of the early nineteenth century. It is one of a group of three row houses built at the same time with identical facades, and ... More

Parkman House, 33 Beacon Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: This is a large, elegant building, typical of the Beacon Hill houses of the early nineteenth century. It is one of a group of three row houses built at the same time with identical facades, and ... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, North Bergen Tunnel, Through ...

Significance: The North Bergen Tunnel is significant for its role in the development and expansion of the D.L&W. Railroad system. The tunnel was one of the first major construction projects undertaken after the... More

["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Beacon Hill Road, Ne...

No. 121. P&P no. 72. Handwritten on back: "121" and "A.C. James, Newport." Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Dutchman: Beacon course, N.J. August, 1st 1839. Match $1000 a side 3 m...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1780.

Tioronda Bridge, South Avenue spanning Fishkill Creek, Beacon, Dutches...

Significance: A rare surviving example of the iron "bowstring" arch truss bridge patented by Glass, Schneider, and Rezner on December 10, 1867, (Patent No. 71,868) and built by the Ohio Bridge Company, Clevelan... More

Tioronda Bridge, South Avenue spanning Fishkill Creek, Beacon, Dutches...

Significance: A rare surviving example of the iron "bowstring" arch truss bridge patented by Glass, Schneider, and Rezner on December 10, 1867, (Patent No. 71,868) and built by the Ohio Bridge Company, Clevelan... More

Tioronda Bridge, South Avenue spanning Fishkill Creek, Beacon, Dutches...

Significance: A rare surviving example of the iron "bowstring" arch truss bridge patented by Glass, Schneider, and Rezner on December 10, 1867, (Patent No. 71,868) and built by the Ohio Bridge Company, Clevelan... More

Daniel P. Parker House, 39 Beacon Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-814 Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mispillion Lighthouse, Beacon Tower, South bank of Mispillion River at...

Significance: The beacon tower is associated with Mispillion Lighthouse, one of three surviving lighthouses in Delaware, and is an early example of the importance of steel-frame tower construction in providing ... More

First Congregational Church (North Vestry), Beacon Hill, Centre Street...

Significance: The North Vestry is one of the oldest church buildings in America still in use. / The North Vestry was built at Sherburne, perhaps in 1711, as the First Congregational Meetinghouse. In 1765, it w... More

First Congregational Church (North Vestry), Beacon Hill, Centre Street...

Significance: The North Vestry is one of the oldest church buildings in America still in use. / The North Vestry was built at Sherburne, perhaps in 1711, as the First Congregational Meetinghouse. In 1765, it w... More

Hancock House, Beacon Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-1159 Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old Boston - Beacon Hill from Mt. Vernon St. near the head of Hancock ...

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

[Esplanade, rear of Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts.]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

Mural of an Italian Renaissance couple toasting each other. The words "Mistress" and "Master" appear above their heads; "The Milk Toast" is written below the glasses. Mural painted by Joseph Lindon Smith. No. R... More

[Beacon Towers, Sands Point, Long Island, New York. Basement floor pla...

Public domain scan of a plan, map, architecture drawing, or diagram, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

Mural on wall by Joseph Lindon Smith. No. R.I. 1197. No. 351. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Newport, Rhode Islan...

Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[Beacon Towers, Sands Point, Long Island, New York. Second floor plan]

Drawing no. 4. Gift ; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation ; 2010 ; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congress) Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2010:10... More

Posters, Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston / RW.

Poster announcing exhibition of posters at the Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.

Durisol, Beacon, New York. Completed house of Mr. Dale at Nelsonville,...

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

[View from Beacon Hill] - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows view from a British redoubt, with cannon and soldier in the foreground, on Beacon Hill. Includes legend which identifies prominent features, such as the (1) Mystic River, (8) North Boston, and (11... More

Parkman House, 33 Beacon Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: This is a large, elegant building, typical of the Beacon Hill houses of the early nineteenth century. It is one of a group of three row houses built at the same time with identical facades, and ... More

Tioronda Bridge, South Avenue spanning Fishkill Creek, Beacon, Dutches...

Significance: A rare surviving example of the iron "bowstring" arch truss bridge patented by Glass, Schneider, and Rezner on December 10, 1867, (Patent No. 71,868) and built by the Ohio Bridge Company, Clevelan... More

First Congregational Church (North Vestry), Beacon Hill, Centre Street...

Significance: The North Vestry is one of the oldest church buildings in America still in use. / The North Vestry was built at Sherburne, perhaps in 1711, as the First Congregational Meetinghouse. In 1765, it w... More

Boston Water Works, Chestnut Hill High-Service Pumping Station, 2450 B...

Significance: With the construction of the Roxbury Standpipe in 1870 and a small pumping station nearby, the Boston Water Board had introduced water to the higher elevations of Roxbury and other parts of Boston... More

Metropolitan Water Board, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pump Station, Beac...

Significance: Encouraged by the good results being obtained by the Metropolitan Sewerage System, the Massachusetts legislature of 1893 authorized the State Board of Health to make investigations for a metropoli... More

The Common from Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts.

Postcard shows junction of two paths on the Common, each lined with park benches of people reading newspapers and pedestrians. A fountain is in the center of the photo among the trees. F34922 U.S. Copyright Of... More

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

No. R.I. 1084. No. 344. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

No. R.I. 1083. No. 343. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

No. R.I. 1087. No. 346. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

No. R.I. 1089. No. 347. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

No. R.I. 1094. No. 349. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

No. 65. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Newport, Rhode Islan...

No. P&P no. 73. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

WPA women painters, Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston / RW(?)...

Poster for exhibition of WPA women painters at the Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston, Mass., showing a woman painting outdoors. Date stamped on verso: Feb 23 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster C... More

Aero Leather Coat Company, Inc. : Designer demonstrates double breaste...

Photograph shows employee of Aero Leather Coat Company of Beacon, New York, pointing to design feature in a leather flying suit for the U.S. Army. No. D010660. Corresponding negative: LC-USE6-D-010660. Forms p... More

Durisol, Beacon, New York. Exterior IV

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

Durisol, Beacon, New York. Exterior I

Annotation: for Progressive architecture. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charleston, South Carolina. Beacon on parapet of Fort Sumter

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

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, North Bergen Tunnel, Through ...

Significance: The North Bergen Tunnel is significant for its role in the development and expansion of the D.L&W. Railroad system. The tunnel was one of the first major construction projects undertaken after the... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, North Bergen Tunnel, Through ...

Significance: The North Bergen Tunnel is significant for its role in the development and expansion of the D.L&W. Railroad system. The tunnel was one of the first major construction projects undertaken after the... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, North Bergen Tunnel, Through ...

Significance: The North Bergen Tunnel is significant for its role in the development and expansion of the D.L&W. Railroad system. The tunnel was one of the first major construction projects undertaken after the... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, North Bergen Tunnel, Through ...

Significance: The North Bergen Tunnel is significant for its role in the development and expansion of the D.L&W. Railroad system. The tunnel was one of the first major construction projects undertaken after the... More

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