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[Panel and medallion details from bronze doors for the east portico of the Senate wing, U.S. Capitol]

[Panel and medallion details from bronze doors for the east portico of...

Photograph of bronze doors detail showing panel, depicting ovation for George Washington at Trenton, New Jersey, and allegorical medallion of peace and agriculture, from bottom of left valve. In album: Benjamin... More

Bronze valves, Baptistry, Florence, bronze

Bronze valves, Baptistry, Florence, bronze

Photograph showing Lorenzo Ghiberti's "Gates of Paradise" bronze doors depicting scenes from the Old Testament, Baptistry of St. John, Florence.

[Panel and medallion details from bronze doors for the east portico of the Senate wing, U.S. Capitol]

[Panel and medallion details from bronze doors for the east portico of...

Photograph of bronze doors detail showing panel, depicting the battle of Yorktown and gallantry of Alexander Hamilton, and allegorical medallion of war, depicting Hessian soldier and New Jersey farmer, from bot... More

[Detail of "Justice and History" to be placed above Senate bronze doors, East Portico, U.S. Capitol]

[Detail of "Justice and History" to be placed above Senate bronze door...

Photograph of maquette showing allegorical Justice and History figures by Thomas Crawford. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 123. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Bronze statue of Washington (near Georgetown)

Bronze statue of Washington (near Georgetown)

Part of series: Views of national buildings in the city of Washington, D.C. Gift; Louis M. Rabinowitz; 1952.

Washington, D.C. The bronze sundial in Meridian Hill Park

Washington, D.C. The bronze sundial in Meridian Hill Park

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a monument or sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Bronze sculpture "Thermopylae" at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, Massachusetts

Bronze sculpture "Thermopylae" at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building...

Artist: Dimitri Hadzi, 1966. Dimensions: 16 ' x 7' x 5'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cr... More

Wall Street bull, New York, New York

Wall Street bull, New York, New York

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

[Exterior view. Door detail, east entrance. Odin and Quetzalcoatl, sculpted bronze figures by Lee Lawrie. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Exterior view. Door detail, east entrance. Odin and Quetzalcoatl, scu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figur...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light, with bust of George Washington at left. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figur...

More information about the Highsmith Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.highsm Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln and his horse at the Lincoln Summer Home located on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in northwest Washington, D.C.

Bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln and his horse at the Lincoln Summer H...

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

Life-size bronze statue of an English pointer, Union Springs, Alabama

Life-size bronze statue of an English pointer, Union Springs, Alabama

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

Bronze equestrian statue of Major General George Brinton McClellan located in the triangular traffic island formed by the intersection of Connecticut Ave., Columbia Road, and California St., NW, Washington, D.C.

Bronze equestrian statue of Major General George Brinton McClellan loc...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Scenes from Alabama on bronze doors by Nathan Glick, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama

Scenes from Alabama on bronze doors by Nathan Glick, Alabama Departmen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a relief sculpture, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bronze statue of Jesus washing the disciple Peter's feet in Witness Park outside the "Prayer Tower," perhaps the most recognizable landmark in Pittsburg, Texas

Bronze statue of Jesus washing the disciple Peter's feet in Witness Pa...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The tower was a gift to the city from businessman Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim, whose family runs the Pilgrim's Pride Corp., the largest chick... More

Bronze buttoned shoes, bronze - Public domain American sheet music, 1870

Bronze buttoned shoes, bronze - Public domain American sheet music, 18...

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)

Bronze pins, bronze. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Bronze pins, bronze. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Old Irish Art" by Moore, Century magazine.

Los Angeles Music Center, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Music Center, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Ang...

Significance: The Los Angeles Music Center is important to the cultural history of Los Angeles as a post-World War II cultural center for the performing arts and as a physical and spiritual symbol that helped d... More

Los Angeles Music Center, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Music Center, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Ang...

Significance: The Los Angeles Music Center is important to the cultural history of Los Angeles as a post-World War II cultural center for the performing arts and as a physical and spiritual symbol that helped d... More

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

U.S. Capitol, Statue of Freedom, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Statue of Freedom, Intersection of North, South, & East ...

Significance: The bronze Statue of Freedom by Thomas Crawford is the crowning feature of the dome of the United States Capitol. The statue is a classical female figure of Freedom wearing flowing draperies. Her ... More

[Large bronze bell with external clapper in belfry among trees at Buddhist temple, with monks on the left]

[Large bronze bell with external clapper in belfry among trees at Budd...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 61. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

Damas. Porte de bronze de la grande mosquée / Bonfils.

Damas. Porte de bronze de la grande mosquée / Bonfils.

Bronze doors to the Great Mosque, Damascus, Syria. No. 785. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixtu... More

Bronze woman, bronze - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Bronze woman, bronze - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photo of bronze sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Various subjects of archaeological interest. Roman & Christian bronze lamps.

Various subjects of archaeological interest. Roman & Christian bronze ...

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Anteater statue unveiled. Washington, D.C., March 25. The lowly anteater was immortalized at the Washington Zoo today when its statue was unveiled with appropriate ceremonies. The statue of bronze, six feet long, three feet high, was done by Edwin Springweiler. In the photograph, left to right: Edwin Springweiler, Dr. Alexander Wetmore of the Smithsonian Institution, who unveiled the statue, Head Keeper William Blackburn, and Dr. William M. Mann, Director of the National Zoological Park, 3/25/38

Anteater statue unveiled. Washington, D.C., March 25. The lowly anteat...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oswego, New York. Children playing on a bronze elk in front of the Elk's Club

Oswego, New York. Children playing on a bronze elk in front of the Elk...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bronze doors to Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York, New York

Bronze doors to Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York, New York

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. In 1853, renowned architect James Renwick was engaged t... More

[Saggitarius figure in bronze and glass in main foyer at the Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.]

[Saggitarius figure in bronze and glass in main foyer at the Academy o...

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

Lifesize bronze sculpture, "Granite Sun," by sculptor Jesus B. Morales, in the Marshall R. Young Courtyard of the Old Jail Art Center in Albany, Texas, seat of Shackelford County

Lifesize bronze sculpture, "Granite Sun," by sculptor Jesus B. Morales...

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

Los Angeles Music Center, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Music Center, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Ang...

Significance: The Los Angeles Music Center is important to the cultural history of Los Angeles as a post-World War II cultural center for the performing arts and as a physical and spiritual symbol that helped d... More

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

U.S. Capitol, Statue of Freedom, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Statue of Freedom, Intersection of North, South, & East ...

Significance: The bronze Statue of Freedom by Thomas Crawford is the crowning feature of the dome of the United States Capitol. The statue is a classical female figure of Freedom wearing flowing draperies. Her ... More

[Photograph of sculpture "Lincoln of The Second Inaugural," bronze by Brown located in New York City.]

[Photograph of sculpture "Lincoln of The Second Inaugural," bronze by ...

Sculpture located in Union Square, New York City. Unveiled September 16, 1870.

[Dragon-headed bronze pitcher with horse motif]

[Dragon-headed bronze pitcher with horse motif]

Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Dec. 1878. From Bronze Pitcher figure in [blank]. From the "Metal work" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collecti... More

Antique bronze; [Antique bronze], bronze

Antique bronze; [Antique bronze], bronze

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bronze guns in west battery, Santiago, 1898

Bronze guns in west battery, Santiago, 1898

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, or cannon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

No. 1 air passenger presents award to PMG. Washington, D.C., May 20. Climaxing the celebration of National Airmail Week, Andre Kostelanetz, noted orchestra and a two-time winner of a trophy for being America's number one air traveler, today presented to Postmaster General Farley, a bronze placque which he (Kostelanzetz) sent around the world by airmail to show how that branch of the service has speeded up the delivery of letters and packages. In 1937 Kostelantz won the title of number air passenger by flying a total of 136, 200 miles. In the center is Lily Pons, noted opera singer and financee of Kostelanetz

No. 1 air passenger presents award to PMG. Washington, D.C., May 20. C...

A black and white photo of two men and a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A little girl clinging to the bronze statue of an Indian on the Mohawk Trail in Massachusetts

A little girl clinging to the bronze statue of an Indian on the Mohawk...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bronze sculpture "Thermopylae" at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, Massachusetts

Bronze sculpture "Thermopylae" at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building...

Artist: Dimitri Hadzi, 1966. Dimensions: 16 ' x 7' x 5'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cr... More

Detail from the massive, riveted bronze front doors of the Hay House, once the most prominent dwelling in central Georgia

Detail from the massive, riveted bronze front doors of the Hay House, ...

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

[Exterior view. Bronze tympanum, by Olin L. Warner, representing Tradition above main entrance doors. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Exterior view. Bronze tympanum, by Olin L. Warner, representing Tradi...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figur...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Great Hall. View of ceiling with bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of ceiling with bronze statue of female figure on ne...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2011; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Bronze sculpture "Happy Mother" at the Hubert Humphrey Federal Building, Washington, D.C.

Bronze sculpture "Happy Mother" at the Hubert Humphrey Federal Buildin...

Artist: Chaim Gross, 1958. Dimensions: 90' x 48'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit li... More

The 2,000-pound cast bronze chandelier beneath the mosaic dome in the downtown Central Library in Los Angeles, California

The 2,000-pound cast bronze chandelier beneath the mosaic dome in the ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Some of the 70 bronze steers in a large sculpture in Pioneer Park in Dallas, Texas

Some of the 70 bronze steers in a large sculpture in Pioneer Park in D...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The steers commemorate nineteenth-century cattle drives that took place along the Shawnee Trail, the earliest and easternmost route b... More

Le  cheval de bronze, overture - Public domain American sheet music, 1875

Le cheval de bronze, overture - Public domain American sheet music, 1...

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)

Los Angeles Music Center, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Music Center, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Ang...

Significance: The Los Angeles Music Center is important to the cultural history of Los Angeles as a post-World War II cultural center for the performing arts and as a physical and spiritual symbol that helped d... More

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

U.S. Capitol, Statue of Freedom, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Statue of Freedom, Intersection of North, South, & East ...

Significance: The bronze Statue of Freedom by Thomas Crawford is the crowning feature of the dome of the United States Capitol. The statue is a classical female figure of Freedom wearing flowing draperies. Her ... More

U.S. Capitol, Statue of Freedom, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Statue of Freedom, Intersection of North, South, & East ...

Significance: The bronze Statue of Freedom by Thomas Crawford is the crowning feature of the dome of the United States Capitol. The statue is a classical female figure of Freedom wearing flowing draperies. Her ... More

U.S. Capitol, Statue of Freedom, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Statue of Freedom, Intersection of North, South, & East ...

Significance: The bronze Statue of Freedom by Thomas Crawford is the crowning feature of the dome of the United States Capitol. The statue is a classical female figure of Freedom wearing flowing draperies. Her ... More

U.S. Capitol, Statue of Freedom, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Statue of Freedom, Intersection of North, South, & East ...

Significance: The bronze Statue of Freedom by Thomas Crawford is the crowning feature of the dome of the United States Capitol. The statue is a classical female figure of Freedom wearing flowing draperies. Her ... More

[Lorenzo Ghiberti's "Gates of Paradise" bronze doors depicting scenes from the Old Testament, Baptistry of St. John, Florence]

[Lorenzo Ghiberti's "Gates of Paradise" bronze doors depicting scenes ...

Photograph showing lower four valves of Baptistry doors. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 113. Inscription: Same, lower panels. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[Bronze doors for the east portico of the House wing, U.S. Capitol]

[Bronze doors for the east portico of the House wing, U.S. Capitol]

Photograph of maquette of bronze doors for the U.S. Capitol by Thomas Crawford depicting events in American history. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 123. The doors were designed by Thomas Craw... More

[U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. "Imagination" and "Memory" bronze doors by Olin L. Warner]

[U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. "Imagination" and "Memory"...

Photomechanical print shows bronze doors within doorway decorated with Ionic columns, coffers, and allegorical figures. Copyright 1898 by The American Architect and Building News Co.

Gate to the campanile--exquisite work in bronze, by Gal -- Venice, Italy

Gate to the campanile--exquisite work in bronze, by Gal -- Venice, Ita...

D10900 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of decorated panel, decor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Various subjects of archaeological interest. A Canaanitish winepress at Ain Karem. Natives with middle bronze jars. Matt. 21:33. "hedged it round about and digged a winepress".

Various subjects of archaeological interest. A Canaanitish winepress a...

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

A Detroit manufacturer of aircraft engines is seeking automatic screw machine facilities for the manufacture of ninety-six items of steel and bronze aircraft engine hardware in quantities from fourteen thousand to two-hundred thousand and in diameters from one-quarter to one and one-half inches. Three of the items are illustrated. Top left, bolt; top right, retainer; bottom, cylinder head stud

A Detroit manufacturer of aircraft engines is seeking automatic screw ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gloucester, Massachusetts. The bronze fisherman, a memorial to men lost at sea. Each year flowers are placed at the feet of the fisherman and the roll of those lost at sea during the last year is slowly read, and an armfull of blossoms are strewn upon the water, to be carried by the ebb to unknown graves

Gloucester, Massachusetts. The bronze fisherman, a memorial to men los...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bronze sculpture "Thermopylae" at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, Massachusetts

Bronze sculpture "Thermopylae" at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building...

Artist: Dimitri Hadzi, 1966. Dimensions: 16 ' x 7' x 5'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cr... More

[Bronze lion statue at the Gate of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China]

[Bronze lion statue at the Gate of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden Ci...

Photo shows a bronze lion statue of a female lion playing with a cub at the Gate of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China, with four people at a table on the right. Digital file provided by don... More

Bronze statues by George Segal at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Bronze statues by George Segal at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memori...

"The Rural Couple" depicts a pair weary from their hard life during the Great Depression. Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ betwee... More

[Exterior view. Detail of bronze main entrance doors labelled Truth. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Exterior view. Detail of bronze main entrance doors labelled Truth. L...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Exterior view. South doors (Independence Avenue) with a sculpted bronze male figure representing physical labor and a female figure representing intellectual labor. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Exterior view. South doors (Independence Avenue) with a sculpted bron...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Bronze door detail, National Archives, St. Louis, Missouri

Bronze door detail, National Archives, St. Louis, Missouri

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title and date provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Print... More

Scenes from Alabama on bronze doors by Nathan Glick, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama

Scenes from Alabama on bronze doors by Nathan Glick, Alabama Departmen...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Scenes from Alabama on bronze doors by Nathan Glick, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama

Scenes from Alabama on bronze doors by Nathan Glick, Alabama Departmen...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

T. D. Kelsey's bronze sculpture of a longhorn cattle drive, called "Texas Gold, a Memorial to the Texas Longhorn" in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

T. D. Kelsey's bronze sculpture of a longhorn cattle drive, called "Te...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Cast in 900 sections, the sculpture was a gift to the city by the Kelsey and his wife, Sidni. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collec... More

Los Angeles Music Center, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Music Center, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Ang...

Significance: The Los Angeles Music Center is important to the cultural history of Los Angeles as a post-World War II cultural center for the performing arts and as a physical and spiritual symbol that helped d... More

Los Angeles Music Center, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Music Center, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Ang...

Significance: The Los Angeles Music Center is important to the cultural history of Los Angeles as a post-World War II cultural center for the performing arts and as a physical and spiritual symbol that helped d... More

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

U.S. Capitol, Statue of Freedom, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Statue of Freedom, Intersection of North, South, & East ...

Significance: The bronze Statue of Freedom by Thomas Crawford is the crowning feature of the dome of the United States Capitol. The statue is a classical female figure of Freedom wearing flowing draperies. Her ... More

[Panel details from bronze doors for the east portico of the Senate wing, U.S. Capitoll]

[Panel details from bronze doors for the east portico of the Senate wi...

Photograph of bronze doors detail showing two panels from top of right valve, one depicting the battle of Bunker Hill and death of General Warren and the other depicting the battle of Monmouth and rebuke of Gen... More

A beautiful bronze vase at the entrance to the palace, Seoul, Korea

A beautiful bronze vase at the entrance to the palace, Seoul, Korea

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Various subjects of archaeological interest. A Canaanitish winepress at Ain Karem. Natives with middle bronze jars.

Various subjects of archaeological interest. A Canaanitish winepress a...

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

George Washington University. Bronze statue of George Washington I

George Washington University. Bronze statue of George Washington I

Public domain photo of bronze sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A bronze collar is fitted on a shell for the Army in a converted automobile plant. Much of the production machinery was switched to the new work with little change, some was changed more radically and some new machinery was installed. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A bronze collar is fitted on a shell for the Army in a converted autom...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Great Falls, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Copper ingots from which brass, bronze and other alloys are produced

Great Falls, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Copper ingots fr...

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

Bronze sculpture "Thermopylae" at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, Massachusetts

Bronze sculpture "Thermopylae" at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building...

Artist: Dimitri Hadzi, 1966. Dimensions: 16 ' x 7' x 5'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cr... More

The 1896 bronze statue of onetime president Theodore Dwight Woolsey before the entrance of Dwight Hall, the former college library used as a volunteer center on Yale University's Old Campus, New Haven, Connecticut

The 1896 bronze statue of onetime president Theodore Dwight Woolsey be...

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

Statue of Freedom, also known as Armed Freedom or simply Freedom, is a bronze statue designed by Thomas Crawford that, since 1863, has crowned the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Statue of Freedom, also known as Armed Freedom or simply Freedom, is a...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Originally named Freedom Triumphant in War and Peace. T... More

[Exterior view. Detail of bronze main entrance doors labelled Research. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Exterior view. Detail of bronze main entrance doors labelled Research...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Exterior view. Door detail, east entrance. Hermes and Itzama, sculpted bronze figures by Lee Lawrie. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Exterior view. Door detail, east entrance. Hermes and Itzama, sculpte...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Entrance Hall. Bronze medallion of James Madison writing at a desk, by Robert Alexander Weinman (above doorway to Manuscript Division). Library of Congress James Madison Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Entrance Hall. Bronze medallion of James Madison writing at a desk, b...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Bronze door at the Wrigley Memorial on Santa Catalina Island, a rocky island off the coast of California

Bronze door at the Wrigley Memorial on Santa Catalina Island, a rocky ...

The island is 22 miles long and 8 miles across. It is one of the Channel Islands of California archipelago and is part of Los Angeles County. It was originally settled by Native Americans who called the island ... More

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

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