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[Bird's-eye view of the Mukden Palace]

[Bird's-eye view of the Mukden Palace]

Drawing executed at an oblique angle, ascending from left to right. Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 27. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

[Civil War envelope showing an eagle carrying an American flag in its claw and a serpent in its beak with motto "The early bird catches the worm" below]

[Civil War envelope showing an eagle carrying an American flag in its ...

Addressed to Mrs. Sarah Ann Prall, Christianna, Lancaster County, Pa.; hand-canceled; bears 3 cent stamp. Notation: Post master, please forward soon. 1[?]th Penna. Regt. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-20... More

Bird's-eye view of Brigham City and Great Salt Lake, Utah, Ty. 1875.

Bird's-eye view of Brigham City and Great Salt Lake, Utah, Ty. 1875.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 923 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Bird's-eye view of St. Paul, looking west from Dayton's Bluff.

Bird's-eye view of St. Paul, looking west from Dayton's Bluff.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 410 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

[Bird's-eye view of landscaped grounds with community in background in Georgia]

[Bird's-eye view of landscaped grounds with community in background in...

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 325. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[Bird's-eye view of community in Georgia]

[Bird's-eye view of community in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 329. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

And a Tommyhawk to you, Mr. Gurney.' Washington, D.C., May 13. Representing the Rosebud Tribe of the Sioux Indians of South Dakota, Chief Joe Thin Elk and Chief Steven Brave Bird were in Washington today to describe conditions at Rosebud So. Dakota, before the Senate Committee. Enroute, they dropped in on Senator Chan Gurney, So. Dakota. Left to right shows: Senator Chan Gurney, So. Dakota, Chief Joe Thin Elk, Rep. Francis H. Case, So. Dakota, and Chief Steven Brave Bird

And a Tommyhawk to you, Mr. Gurney.' Washington, D.C., May 13. Represe...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Woman and 2 children watching bird fly from cage]

[Woman and 2 children watching bird fly from cage]

Photoprint by Fitz W. Guerin. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Women Misc.; Children; Sentimental; Pets; Birds.

[Arms] State of Connecticut. By His Excellency Abiram Chamberlain, Governor. A proclamation ... I am pleased to name Friday, May sixth as arbor and bird day ... Given under my hand ... this sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one th

[Arms] State of Connecticut. By His Excellency Abiram Chamberlain, Gov...

Page Order: Piece 1 is a Leaflet. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera... More

Bird's-eye view of the White Mountains, N.H.

Bird's-eye view of the White Mountains, N.H.

Stereo copyrighted by B.W. Kilburn. No. 16065. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; N.H. White Mtns. 1904; Shelf.

Bird's-eye view of Northwestern University

Bird's-eye view of Northwestern University

Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; December 1907.

Herbert Adams and Arvia MacKaye as Cardinal Bird and Hummingbird, characters in Percy MacKaye's play Sanctuary: A Bird Masque, in rehearsal for first performance at the Meriden Bird Club sanctuary dedication in New Hampshire

Herbert Adams and Arvia MacKaye as Cardinal Bird and Hummingbird, char...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a cardinal, Catholic church priest, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

That peace bird smells a little "high"

That peace bird smells a little "high"

Small animal, "Trotsky," advising bear, "Russia," about peace offer from Germany. Pencil sketch of trap on verso not on digital file. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library... More

[Grace Coolidge and bird. White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Grace Coolidge and bird. White House, Washington, D.C.]

Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mexican Ambassador a canary fancier. Washington, D.C., Nov. 24. The Mexican Embassy resembles a bird store these days now that Ambassador Senor Dr. Don Francisco Castillo Najera has gone in for the breeding of canaries in a big way. Here we see the Ambassador visiting a few of his feathered friends with his daughter, Ermita

Mexican Ambassador a canary fancier. Washington, D.C., Nov. 24. The Me...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bird, parrot, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bird's eye map of the city of Winchester.

Bird's eye map of the city of Winchester.

F51399 U.S. Copyright Office Perspective map not drawn to scale. Folded title: Stranger! The ancient city of Winchester in Virginia bids you welcome! to the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. LC Panoramic maps ... More

Chief Dan'l Pretty Bird, 3/7/29

Chief Dan'l Pretty Bird, 3/7/29

An old photo of a native american man. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chickadee at feeding station. Pleasant Valley Bird & Wild Flower Sanctuary. Lenox, Massachusetts.

Chickadee at feeding station. Pleasant Valley Bird & Wild Flower Sanct...

Photograph shows chickadee at feeding station. Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Sabin Lock Subcomplex, Northeast Operating Center, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Sabin Lock Subcomplex, Northeast Op...

Significance: The Sabin Lock's Northeast Operating Shelter is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex in general. The shelter is also significant as a unique... More

A black and white photo of a boat in the sand, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a boat in the sand, Great Depression. FSA/O...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Looking down the valley toward Ouray from the Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado.

Looking down the valley toward Ouray from the Camp Bird Mine, Ouray Co...

Public domain photograph of mountain view, valley, mountain range, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Organs and other relics on display at the Bird Cage Theater museum. Tombstone, Arizona. The Bird Cage Theater boasted such performers as Lilly Langtry and Anna Held. Seats on the main floor were ten dollars, in the boxes thirty dollars. Whiskey, beer and champagne was served to the audience during the shows at correspondingly high prices

Organs and other relics on display at the Bird Cage Theater museum. To...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Music machines and mining pans now on display in the Bird Cage Theater museum in Tombstone, Arizona

Music machines and mining pans now on display in the Bird Cage Theater...

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Twenty-mule team wagon on display at the Bird Cage Theater museum in Tombstone, Arizona

Twenty-mule team wagon on display at the Bird Cage Theater museum in T...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, wagon, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Telephone wires stretched up a mountainside on road. Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado

Telephone wires stretched up a mountainside on road. Camp Bird Mine, O...

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mill at Camp Bird Mine. Camp Bird, Colorado

Mill at Camp Bird Mine. Camp Bird, Colorado

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape with a watermill, water, decayed building, 18th, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Old faro table and other objects in the Bird Cage museum. Tombstone, Arizona

Old faro table and other objects in the Bird Cage museum. Tombstone, A...

Public domain photograph of 1930s working-class Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Chlorine Plant, New Martinsville, West Virginia. Caustic building, bird filter

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Chlorine Plant, New Martinsville, West Virginia...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bird in flight, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Finney guest house, Siesta Key, Florida (project). Bird's-eye view rendering] / Rudolph 47.

[Finney guest house, Siesta Key, Florida (project). Bird's-eye view re...

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Published in: Paul Rudolph: the Florida houses / Christopher Domin and Joseph King. New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2002, p. 73. Published in: Paul Rudolph: d... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Military Defense Subcomplex, Building No. 5, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Military Defense Subcomplex, Buildi...

Significance: Building No. 5 of the Military Defense subcomplex is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex. The facility also demonstrates the strategic impo... More

President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, loved their piece of the Pedernales River, which winds through the property that Johnson purchased in 1951 from a widowed aunt. The ranch house on the land became the "Texas White House" during Johnson's presidency in the 1960s

President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, loved the...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

[Endo Laboratories, Garden City, Long Island, New York. Bird's-eye perspective rendering]

[Endo Laboratories, Garden City, Long Island, New York. Bird's-eye per...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Flower arrangements, a ceramic bird and flower pots on the counter of a cupboard in the home of Ann Bonfoey Taylor, Denver, Colorado]

[Flower arrangements, a ceramic bird and flower pots on the counter of...

(Source: similar Frissell slide: LC-DIG-ds-01007) Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress). Photograph taken for Vogue magazine photo shoot for May 1967 issue. PR 06 CN 651 C13 F2, sheet 1 (slide no. 9)

[Lower Manhattan Expressway, New York City. Bird's-eye perspective section. Rendering]

[Lower Manhattan Expressway, New York City. Bird's-eye perspective sec...

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126. Conservation no. 2.14.3324.2. Conservation no. 8.10.2396.23.

Texas Star, the 212-foot Ferris wheel that supplies a bird's-eye view of the State Fair of Texas each fall at Dallas's Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition

Texas Star, the 212-foot Ferris wheel that supplies a bird's-eye view ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Ferris wheel is the largest in North America (as of 2014). Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. ... More

Lovely combination of shade trees and vivid wildflowers on the LBJ Ranch, once home to President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, near Stonewall in the Texas Hill Country

Lovely combination of shade trees and vivid wildflowers on the LBJ Ran...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Aerial view in 2014 of Houston, Texas, with a bird's-eye view of Reliant Stadium, the city's primary rodeo and pro- football facility

Aerial view in 2014 of Houston, Texas, with a bird's-eye view of Relia...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Part of the grounds of the Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch, once his and his wife, Lady Bird's, home and the location of the "Texas White House" now both a national and state park near Stonewall, Texas

Part of the grounds of the Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch, once his and his w...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Part of the grounds of the Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch, once his and his wife, Lady Bird's, home and the location of the "Texas White House" now both a national and state park near Stonewall, Texas

Part of the grounds of the Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch, once his and his w...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Scene from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, part of the University of Texas at Austin but located 10 miles south of the Texas capital

Scene from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, part of the Univer...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson and actress Helen Hayes founded the National Wildflower Research Center in 1982 to protect and pr... More

Vogel's waltz - Public domain American sheet music, 1878

Vogel's waltz - Public domain American sheet music, 1878

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Vogel's waltz - Public domain American sheet music, 1878

Vogel's waltz - Public domain American sheet music, 1878

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Vogel's waltz - Public domain American sheet music, 1878

Vogel's waltz - Public domain American sheet music, 1878

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Lynch Bridge, Spanning Black River at River Road, Levis, Jackson County, WI

Lynch Bridge, Spanning Black River at River Road, Levis, Jackson Count...

Significance: Of the four Pennsylvania truss bridges that were identified in Cultural Resources in Wisconsin, the state's manual for historic properties, the Lynch Bridge is one of only two that remain today. ... More

Lynch Bridge, Spanning Black River at River Road, Levis, Jackson County, WI

Lynch Bridge, Spanning Black River at River Road, Levis, Jackson Count...

Significance: Of the four Pennsylvania truss bridges that were identified in Cultural Resources in Wisconsin, the state's manual for historic properties, the Lynch Bridge is one of only two that remain today. ... More

Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Eagle River, Eagle River, Vilas County, WI

Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Eagle River, Eagle Ri...

Significance: The Chicago and Northwestern (CNW) Railroad Bridge is a 337', multi-span, riveted, steel, deck plate girder structure that was constructed in 1902. Built by the American Bridge Company, the trestl... More

Singing Bird - Public domain American sheet music
Rensselaer Iron Works, Rail Mill, Adams Street & Hudson River, Troy, Rensselaer County, NY

Rensselaer Iron Works, Rail Mill, Adams Street & Hudson River, Troy, R...

Significance: A typical example of masonry and heavy timber factory construction; part of an important nineteenth-century iron works. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey num... More

Bird song - Public domain American sheet music 1870-1885

Bird song - Public domain American sheet music 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Cohoes Company Power Canal System, Level 2, North Mohawk Street, Cohoes, Albany County, NY

Cohoes Company Power Canal System, Level 2, North Mohawk Street, Cohoe...

These records were prepared as part of the Mohawk-Hudson Area Survey, a pilot study for the Historic American Engineering Record which was established in 1969 under the aegis of the Historic American Buildings ... More

Listen to the mocking bird, Ethiopian ballad
Bowen Mill Bridge, Spanning Pine River on County Trunk Highway AA, Richland Center, Richland County, WI

Bowen Mill Bridge, Spanning Pine River on County Trunk Highway AA, Ric...

Significance: The Bowen Mill Bridge is a Pratt through truss. It was erected in 1907, and re-erected at its present location in 1966. Of the thirty-two Pratt through truss bridges identified by the Wisconsin ... More

Concord Gas Light Company, Gasholder House, South Main Street, Concord, Merrimack County, NH

Concord Gas Light Company, Gasholder House, South Main Street, Concord...

Significance: In service from 1888-1952, is the last structure of its kind in the U.S. still containing its original gasholder. Similar structures were a common feature in the urban areas of New England and upp... More

The  Little bird - Public domain American sheet music, 1874

The Little bird - Public domain American sheet music, 1874

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Poplar Grove Road Bridge, Spanning Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, Lebanon, Dodge County, WI

Poplar Grove Road Bridge, Spanning Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, Le...

Significance: The Poplar Grove Road Bridge utilizes a single span, two lane, Warren Double-Intersection pony truss. Erected in 1883 by the Alden and Lassig Bridge and Iron Works of Chicago for the Chicago & Nor... More

Manchester Street Bridge, Spanning Baraboo River on Manchester Street, Baraboo, Sauk County, WI

Manchester Street Bridge, Spanning Baraboo River on Manchester Street,...

Significance: The Manchester Street Bridge is a Camelback (Pratt) through truss. It was erected in 1884 by the Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works, a very prolific late nineteenth century firm that built bridges t... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault St...

Significance: The locks of the St. Mary's Falls Canal reflect a national level of significance in settlement, transportation, industrial, and engineering history. The completion of the State Locks in 1855 effe... More

Harmony Manufacturing Company, Mill Number 3, 100 North Mohawk Street, Cohoes, Albany County, NY

Harmony Manufacturing Company, Mill Number 3, 100 North Mohawk Street,...

Photogrammetric images were incorporated into the HABS/HAER collections in the summers of 1985 and 1986. Since the glass photogrammetric plates are not reproducible except with special permission, a reference p... More

Welcome pretty primrose [and] I heard a wee bird singing

Welcome pretty primrose [and] I heard a wee bird singing

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Chippewa River Bridge, Spanning Chippewa River at State Highway 35, Nelson, Buffalo County, WI

Chippewa River Bridge, Spanning Chippewa River at State Highway 35, Ne...

Significance: The Chippewa River Bridge is a seven-span, Parker truss. It was erected in 1933. According to Cultural Resource Management in Wisconsin, there were thirty-six Parker overhead trusses remaining i... More

Chippewa River Bridge, Spanning Chippewa River at State Highway 35, Nelson, Buffalo County, WI

Chippewa River Bridge, Spanning Chippewa River at State Highway 35, Ne...

Significance: The Chippewa River Bridge is a seven-span, Parker truss. It was erected in 1933. According to Cultural Resource Management in Wisconsin, there were thirty-six Parker overhead trusses remaining i... More

Chippewa River Bridge, Spanning Chippewa River at State Highway 35, Nelson, Buffalo County, WI

Chippewa River Bridge, Spanning Chippewa River at State Highway 35, Ne...

Significance: The Chippewa River Bridge is a seven-span, Parker truss. It was erected in 1933. According to Cultural Resource Management in Wisconsin, there were thirty-six Parker overhead trusses remaining i... More

Cohoes Company, Gate House No. 1, On Mohawk River, North end of Canal abutting East bank, Cohoes, Albany County, NY

Cohoes Company, Gate House No. 1, On Mohawk River, North end of Canal ...

Significance: In addition to its practical function as a gate house controlling the flow of water to the canal, the head gate house was conceived romantically as a Romanesque Revival, brick bastion at the head ... More

Cohoes Company, Gate House No. 1, On Mohawk River, North end of Canal abutting East bank, Cohoes, Albany County, NY

Cohoes Company, Gate House No. 1, On Mohawk River, North end of Canal ...

Significance: In addition to its practical function as a gate house controlling the flow of water to the canal, the head gate house was conceived romantically as a Romanesque Revival, brick bastion at the head ... More

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicinity, Albany, Albany County, NY

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicin...

Bridge moved to present location ca. 1900. More information is available by reviewing U.S. patent no. 2064. Significance: One of only two known surviving "Whipple" bowstring truss bridges, and one of the few re... More

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicinity, Albany, Albany County, NY

Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicin...

Bridge moved to present location ca. 1900. More information is available by reviewing U.S. patent no. 2064. Significance: One of only two known surviving "Whipple" bowstring truss bridges, and one of the few re... More

Eugene Mill & Elevator Company, 500 East Fourth Avenue, Eugene, Lane County, OR

Eugene Mill & Elevator Company, 500 East Fourth Avenue, Eugene, Lane C...

1987 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The Eugene Mill & Elevator was constructed in 1895 by Williams & Matthews to replace a previous mill destroyed by fire in 1892. The site was historical... More

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Streets, Menasha, Winnebago County, WI

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...

Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Streets, Menasha, Winnebago County, WI

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...

Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Streets, Menasha, Winnebago County, WI

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...

Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Streets, Menasha, Winnebago County, WI

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...

Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Streets, Menasha, Winnebago County, WI

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...

Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More

Grand Avenue Bridge, Spanning O'Neil Creek at Grand Avenue, Neillsville, Clark County, WI

Grand Avenue Bridge, Spanning O'Neil Creek at Grand Avenue, Neillsvill...

Significance: One of few ornately decorated iron truss Pratt bridge ever erected in Wisconsin. It was built by the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Co., one of the leading nineteenth century bridge-building firms. S... More

Bridge over Bird Creek, Spanning Bird Creek, Avant, Osage County, OK

Bridge over Bird Creek, Spanning Bird Creek, Avant, Osage County, OK

Significance: The bridge over Bird Creek at Avant is one of the earliest overhead truss bridges of known construction date and known construction company in the State of Oklahoma. Survey number: HAER OK-2 Bui... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Northwest Operating Shelter, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Northwest Op...

Significance: The Davis Lock's Northwest Operating Shelter is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex in general. The building is also significant as a uniqu... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Waupaca River Bridge, Spanning Waupaca River at Mill Street, Waupaca, Waupaca County, WI

Waupaca River Bridge, Spanning Waupaca River at Mill Street, Waupaca, ...

Significance: The Waupaca River Bridge is a six-arch, granite structure that was built in 1891. Waupaca County is among those Wisconsin counties unique for the number of stone-arch bridges they once had. Of t... More

72 Marlborough Street, Residential Hydraulic Elevator, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

72 Marlborough Street, Residential Hydraulic Elevator, Boston, Suffolk...

Significance: The elevator was representative of an important mechanical development in vertical transportation. According to the Smithsonian, "The rope-geared hydraulic elevator was introduced to the United S... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Davis Lock, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Davis Lock, ...

Significance: The Davis Lock is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex in general, and the Davis Lock subcomplex in particular. It is a unique facility that... More

Western Elevator Company, 507 North Appleton Street, Appleton, Outagamie County, WI

Western Elevator Company, 507 North Appleton Street, Appleton, Outagam...

Significance: The Western Elevator Company embodies the distinctive characteristics of the "crib" period of storage elevator construction, and retains much of its original operating mechanism. It is also the s... More

Western Elevator Company, 507 North Appleton Street, Appleton, Outagamie County, WI

Western Elevator Company, 507 North Appleton Street, Appleton, Outagam...

Significance: The Western Elevator Company embodies the distinctive characteristics of the "crib" period of storage elevator construction, and retains much of its original operating mechanism. It is also the s... More

The land of the bluebird / / Bertha Lum.

The land of the bluebird / / Bertha Lum.

Print shows two bluebirds flying down from tree with fairy children behind branches.

Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price County, WI

Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price ...

Significance: The Round Lake Logging Dam is one of the few remaining early artifacts of Wisconsin's logging industry. It was built during the industry's log driving and log booming stages when cut timber was c... More

Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price County, WI

Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price ...

Significance: The Round Lake Logging Dam is one of the few remaining early artifacts of Wisconsin's logging industry. It was built during the industry's log driving and log booming stages when cut timber was c... More

Rockcliffe Mansion, 1000 Bird Street, Hannibal, Marion County, MO

Rockcliffe Mansion, 1000 Bird Street, Hannibal, Marion County, MO

Significance: The house is a significant local example of the Neoclassical style as built around 1900. Its original owner, J.J. Cruikshank, Jr. played an important part in the local lumber industry. His house s... More

Rockcliffe Mansion, 1000 Bird Street, Hannibal, Marion County, MO

Rockcliffe Mansion, 1000 Bird Street, Hannibal, Marion County, MO

Significance: The house is a significant local example of the Neoclassical style as built around 1900. Its original owner, J.J. Cruikshank, Jr. played an important part in the local lumber industry. His house s... More

Rockcliffe Mansion, 1000 Bird Street, Hannibal, Marion County, MO

Rockcliffe Mansion, 1000 Bird Street, Hannibal, Marion County, MO

Significance: The house is a significant local example of the Neoclassical style as built around 1900. Its original owner, J.J. Cruikshank, Jr. played an important part in the local lumber industry. His house s... More

Rockcliffe Mansion, 1000 Bird Street, Hannibal, Marion County, MO

Rockcliffe Mansion, 1000 Bird Street, Hannibal, Marion County, MO

Significance: The house is a significant local example of the Neoclassical style as built around 1900. Its original owner, J.J. Cruikshank, Jr. played an important part in the local lumber industry. His house s... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

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