Pres. & Marie Curie, 52021 - Public domain historic place drawing
Title and date from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Drawing in envelope. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo ... More
4555 Grant Rd., Washington, D.C.
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More
[Building: "William P. Lipscomb Co., Inc., Building Construction, Dist...
Public domain photograph of a tall building, villa, mansion, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sleeping porch, White House - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More
537 Tenn. Ave., N.E. [Washington, D.C.]
Public domain photograph of victorian building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and his brother Archy leaving Senate office b...
A couple of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wo..., 11924 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Unfinished caption. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company coll... More
Ferns in Agricultural Department Greenhouse, Washington, D.C.
Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New govt. bldgs., 4/29/29 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Falls Church, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1734. Church was enlarged in 1750 and rebuilt as now in 1767-1769. Used as a hospital in Civil war. Later used by Federal troops as a stable. R... More
Embassies and legations. French Embassy exterior
Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
St. John's Church, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1741. This church was the scene of Patrick Henry's great speech. Henrico Parish was founded in 1611, only four years after settlement of Jamestown.... More
St. Luke's Church, Smithfield vic., Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1632. Oldest building now standing in America which was constructed by Englishmen, twenty five years after settlement at Jamestown. Name given in r... More
Ware Church, Gloucester vic., Gloucester County, Virginia
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1690. Ware parish was established between 1651-1654. Church is of brick with glazed heads. Rectangular. Modern pews installed in 1854. Correspo... More
St. Mary's White Chapel, Lively vic., Lancaster County, Virginia
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: before 1700. Reconstructed in 1740-41. First church was erected in 1669, abandoned for a generation after 1800 and restored about 1830. Nave, chanc... More
Jamestown Church, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1639. Old Church Tower belongs to the fourth church. This fourth Church was burned in 1676, by Nathaniel Bacon. Repaired in 1686. Present building ... More
Aquia Church, Overwharton Parish, Fredericksburg vic., Stafford County...
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1751. Destroyed by fire in 1751, rebuilt in 1757. Parish dates from before 1680. Large number of Huguenots came to Stafford Co. after the revocatio... More
Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Mr. William Harvey, inspecting cracks of...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Rockefeller Center. RCA Building, from 515 Madison Ave
Public domain photograph of a tall building, skyscraper, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"Golden books" of Honour. Records stored in Zionist Executive bldgs. o...
Picryl description: Public domain film negative photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
A black and white photo of a brick building, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D... More
A black and white photo of people looking out of a window. Great Depre...
To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; Un... More
Farm security administration office of war information black and white...
To identify this image it may help to search online for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Trans... More
A black and white photo of a large building. Grea Depression era FSA/O...
To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; Un... More
Prospect Hill, Airlie vic., Halifax County, North Carolina
Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Bethabara Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Caroli...
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1807. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11839-34-A. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints a... More
Tryon Palace, 24 George St., New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1767-1770. Related name: Louie Duffy. Arch. was John Hawks. Residence of the Royal Gov. Wm. Tryon, followed by Gov. Martin. Partly destroyed by fir... More
Bethabara Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Caroli...
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1807. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11839-34-A. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints a... More
Blind newstand vendor, Douglas Richardson at S.E.C. bldg.
Two men shaking hands in front of a table full of magazines. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. Paul's Church, Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1736. Graves of 2 colonial governors. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11839-21. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South,... More
St. Paul's Church, Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1736. Graves of 2 colonial governors. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11839-21. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South,... More
Rammed earth construction near Birmingham, Alabama. Concrete slate roo...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc... More
John E. Dalton, U.S. Cane Sugar Co., 805 Munsey Bld.
A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Poinsett State Park , 6660 Poinsett Park Road, Wedgefield, Sumter Coun...
Entry 2014 HALS Challenge: Documenting Landscapes of the New Deal, Honorable Mention recipient. Significance: Poinsett State Park gains its significance through its association with the Civilian Conservation Co... More
St. Andrew's Church, Charleston vic., Charleston County, South Carolin...
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1706. Walls of the nave of this cruciform church are the oldest architecture in Episcopal establishment in S.C. IN 1723 building was enlarged to pr... More
Clover Hill, Lenoir vic., Happy Valley, Caldwell County, North Carolin...
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1830. Related name: Mr. & Mrs. Dobbin. Built by Col. Edmund Jones. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11839-14. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of t... More
Old house for sale. Note livery stable in rear. Omaha, Nebraska
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
New general post office bldg. [i.e., building] in Jerusalem opened Jun...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
New general post office bldg. [i.e., building] in Jerusalem opened Jun...
Public domain photograph of large building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Christ Church, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1729. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11840-10H. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints an... More
St. James' Church, Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1711. Completed in 1719 and replaced what was probably the oldest church in S.C. outside of Charleston. Damaged by earthquake in 1886 and repaired.... More
Brittain Church, route 181, Rutherford County, North Carolina
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1768. Rebuilt 1840. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11839-81. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congre... More
Chimney House, 113 Walnut St., Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Ca...
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1789. Related name: Mrs. T.W. Davis. Built by Abraham Loesch, son of Jacob, one of the first settlers to come from Penn. In 1753. From 1795-1800 it... More
Southeast Missouri Farms. Erecting gable end on house
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to ...
Public domain photograph of factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Knight House, Greensboro vic., Hale County, Alabama
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1840. Gothic revival two story frame. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11833-33. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the So... More
Jonathan Emanuel House, 251 Gov't St. at Joachim, Mobile, Mobile Count...
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1836. Related name: Shriners. Inherited by daughter who willed it to Christ Church. Built by Jonathan Emanuel who willed it to his wife. Correspond... More
Presbyterian Church, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1851. Related name: Tuscaloosa Presbytery. Two story frame, wood siding. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11833-32. Credit line: Carnegie Surve... More
Italian bldg. [i.e., building], Jer., Assicurzacion J'lem [i.e., Assic...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an ancient city, historic place, stone buildings architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
'Y' Hostel bld'g, entrance. American colony in Jerusalem public domain...
Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Mormon children playing on roof of barn. Santa Clara, Utah. See genera...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photo.
To identify this image it may help to search online for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Trans... More
Y.M.C.A. Hostel in J'lem. [i.e., Jerusalem] for the men of H.M. Forces...
Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Farm security administration - FSA/OWI photograph
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A black and white photo of a house, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photogra...
This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More
Residence, Grundy Center, Iowa - Victorian era public domain image
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
A black and white photo of a clock tower. Office of War Information Ph...
Title and other information from lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is avai... More
A black and white photo of a tall building. America during Great Depre...
Annotation on original negative jacket. This image in a jacket marked "Killed" To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have tit... More
Texture background for motion picture and filmstrip. Shingles on the s...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
A black and white photo of people walking down the street. Office of W...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Fellheimer & Wagner, 155 E. 42nd St., New York City. Copy of drawing
Picryl description: Public domain image of a modernist architecture building, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
International Nickel Co. at Customs House in Baltimore. View above roo...
Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More
Lapidus, Kornblath, Harle and Liebman. Wris Building, model I
Picryl description: Public domain image of a modernist architecture building, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Lapidus, Kornblath, Harle and Liebman. Wris Building, model IV
Picryl description: Public domain image of a modernist architecture building, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Loew's Hotels. Americana model I
Public domain photograph of a tall building, skyscraper, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Prudential Center, Boston, Massachusetts, skyscraper construction MST
Photograph shows skyscraper under construction at the Prudential Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Title and date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Jo... More
Point Fermin Lighthouse, San Pedro, California
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Built in 1874 with lumber from California redwoods. Tit... More
Chudinov house (1904), relocated in 1990s to Chumbarova-Luchinskii, Ar...
Title, date, and place from photographer's inventory. Number assigned by photographer: arkh006. Credit line: Brumfield photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More
The old Licking County sheriff's residence and jail in Newark, Ohio
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by Ohio architect J.W. Yost, the Richardsonian Romanesque-style pink sandstone building opened in 1889. The building last hel... More
Row houses along the 1500 block of Corcoran St., NW, Washington, D.C.
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
Row houses, East Capitol St., Washington, D.C.
East Capitol St. is a major street that divides the NE and SE quadrants of Washington, D.C. It runs due east from the U.S. Capitol to the DC-Maryland border. The western stretch of East Capitol St., which passe... More
Scene from the 252-acre Shangri La Botanical Center and Nature Gardens...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The botanical gardens feature more than 300 species of plants in nine formal gardens, as well as five garden "rooms" representing art... More
Houses in the historic Pitkin Place residential district in Pueblo, Co...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Oak Hill Cottage, a house of seven gables (but not the one about which...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It is now (2016) owned by Richland County. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and... More
Emmitsburg, Maryland. Farmer's Inn and Hotel where our special artist ...
Photographer name from negative sleeve: Jas. F. Gibson [crossed out ?]. Caption from negative sleeve: Farmer's Inn and Hotel, Emmittsburg [sic], where our special artist was captured, July 5th, 1863. Two plates... More
Fort Monroe, Virginia Officers and ladies on porch of a garrison house
Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Fort Monroe, Va. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Don... More
Charleston, South Carolina. Headquarters of General John P. Hatch, Sou...
Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. Hatch's Hdq., Charleston, S.C. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3429B) and right (LC-B811-3429A) halves of a stereograph pair. Photo by Geo. Barnard? Corresponding print is in LO... More
View from old brick barn to the north arched gate showing the butler's...
Stereograph showing an elevated view of a man standing at entryway leading to outbuildings on property: butler's house, old family kitchen and Supts. office. 5363 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: Only authorize... More
Curtis Arboretum, 1250 Church Road, Wyncote, Montgomery County, PA
2016 HALS Challenge Entry: Documenting National Register Listed Landscapes For additional documentation, see also HABS PA-6057 (Curtis Hall) and HABS PA-6057-A (Curtis Hall, Dependency) Significance: 1. Home of... More
Miller House, 2201 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, Distric...
Significance: This brick structure was designed by Paul J. Pelz, associate architect of the Library of Congress. The residence is a late example of the Queen Anne and Romanesque revivals, modified by 16th cent... More
Peace and sunshine at the Soldiers' Home, for war-worn veterans, Washi...
Stereograph showing family lounging on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home. H46347 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1904 by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Works and Studios Washington, D.C., Arlin... More
Ogden House, 809 Hall Street, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO
Significance: An example of the fine craftsmanship and sumptuous scale enjoyed by some members of St. Joseph's thriving merchant class at the end of the 19th century. Its original owner played an important part... More
First Presbyterian Church, Parsonage, 41 Main Street, Springfield, Uni...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-310 Survey number: HABS NJ-416 Building/structure dates: 1844 Initial Construction
Saint Paul's Sunday School and Parish House, East Market and South For...
2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: St. Paul's Episcopal Church was built in 1885 and is designed in the Akron Plan Style which was popular during the late eighteenth century because of the adve... More
Sunset Headquarters, 80 Willow Road, Menlo Park, San Mateo County, CA
1st Place Winner - 2015 HALS Challenge: Documenting Modernist Landscapes Significance: The property is closely associated with the influential landscape architect Thomas Dolliver Church; Church designed the lan... More
Charleston, South Carolina. Headquarters of General John P. Hatch, Sou...
Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. Hatch's Hdq., Charleston, S.C. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3429B) and right (LC-B811-3429A) halves of a stereograph pair. Photo by Geo. Barnard? Corresponding print is in LO... More
Bos Farm, Barn, 4605 Cameron Bridge Road West, Manhattan, Gallatin Cou...
2017 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: The Bos Farm exhibits characteristics of several phases of the vernacular building form of early homesteads in the Gallatin Valley. The site is 10 mile... More
First Baptist Parsonage, Fourth & Washington Streets, Nicodemus, Graha...
See HABS No. KS-49 for list of structures that are contributing to the historic district & fieldnotes. Significance: Was continually occupied until 1967 by pastors of the First Baptist Church. Reoccupied 8/83 ... More
Plain Dealing, Charlottesville vic., Albemarle County, Virginia
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1783. Related names: Mrs. Robert Hancock. Original Staples patent 1783. Purchased from Thomas Staples in 1787 by Samuel Dyer. He enlarged the h... More
Clock Tower, Lowell City Hall and street scenes, Lowell, Massachusetts
Index data: CLOCK TOWER, LOWELL CITY HALL. 1, View toward Christian Hill; 2-3, View toward Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church and St. Patrick's Church; 4, View looking beyond Cardinal O'Connell Parkway down Bro... More
Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Mabel Hubbard Bell, March 8, 1908
Available text: Transcription
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Western Branch, Governo...
Survey number: HABS KS-55-H Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mount Calvary Cemetery, 500 S 13th Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin County,...
Significance: Mount Calvary Cemetery, a historic rural cemetery, was established in 1850. Prior to this time, most Catholics in Harrisburg were buried in the graveyard beside Saint Patrick Church, on Church and... More
William Reid & Company Building, 426-430 West Larned Street, Detroit, ...
Significance: The William Reid & Company Building is a rare surviving example of the commercial architecture of Gordon W. Lloyd, completed toward the end of his distinguished career. Lloyd was a major designer... More
5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue (Commercial Building), 5870-5874 Atlantic Av...
Significance: The Atlantic Theater was constructed in 1941-42, and the Hanson Building was erected in 1945-46. In 1946 the two structures were joined. The theater was designed by prominent Los Angeles architect... More
Tifton County, Georgia; Berrien County, Georgia
Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mission San Jose de Guadalupe, Mission & Washington Boulevards, Fremon...
See also HALS CA-75 for additional documentation. Significance: Restored remains of Fourteenth Mission founded by Franciscan Fathers in Alta, California. Site consecrated June 11, 1797. Church and most of the... More
Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Mabel Hubbard Bell, March 8, 1908
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Jones Tabernacle African Methodist Episcopal Church, 2021 Diamond Stre...
Significance: The Jones Tabernacle African Methodist Episcopal Church remains an important landmark to both North Philadelphia's past and present. Designed by the prominent firm of Hazelhurst and Huckel, the b... More
First Presbyterian Church, Parsonage, 41 Main Street, Springfield, Uni...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-310 Survey number: HABS NJ-416 Building/structure dates: 1844 Initial Construction