Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...
Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More
Washington Aqueduct, lugs for cast-iron water pipes
Drawing. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain scan of a plan of settlement buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute ...
In 1857 George Peabody, a Massachusetts-born philanthropist, dedicated the Peabody Institute to the citizens of Baltimore in appreciation of their ""kindness and hospitality."" The Peabody Library building, whi... More
Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...
Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More
Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...
Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More
Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence...
Significance: Built in 1872, the Second Wheaton and Anthony Building was designed by the locally prominent architectural firm of Stone and Carpenter in the Second Empire style. One of the earliest cast iron fa... More
Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence...
Significance: Built in 1872, the Second Wheaton and Anthony Building was designed by the locally prominent architectural firm of Stone and Carpenter in the Second Empire style. One of the earliest cast iron fa... More
Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence...
Significance: Built in 1872, the Second Wheaton and Anthony Building was designed by the locally prominent architectural firm of Stone and Carpenter in the Second Empire style. One of the earliest cast iron fa... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...
Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More
James Monroe's cast-iron memorial in the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmon...
Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
An ornamental cast-iron staircase is a feature in this room, which was...
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
Detail at the George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peab...
In 1857 George Peabody, a Massachusetts-born philanthropist, dedicated the Peabody Institute to the citizens of Baltimore in appreciation of their ""kindness and hospitality."" The Peabody Library building, whi... More
George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute ...
In 1857 George Peabody, a Massachusetts-born philanthropist, dedicated the Peabody Institute to the citizens of Baltimore in appreciation of their ""kindness and hospitality."" The Peabody Library building, whi... More
George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute ...
In 1857 George Peabody, a Massachusetts-born philanthropist, dedicated the Peabody Institute to the citizens of Baltimore in appreciation of their ""kindness and hospitality."" The Peabody Library building, whi... More
Mardi Gras displays and details in store windows and cast iron during ...
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
Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL
Significance: This structure was built in 1826. It was bombarded by Union forces during the War Between the States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60 Survey number: HABS FL-147... More
Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...
Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More
Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...
Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More
Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence...
Significance: Built in 1872, the Second Wheaton and Anthony Building was designed by the locally prominent architectural firm of Stone and Carpenter in the Second Empire style. One of the earliest cast iron fa... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...
Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More
Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...
Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More
Plan of dome showing ceiling of peristyle and horizontal cast iron cro...
U.S. Capitol (drawing). The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was c... More
Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. House wreckers supply tons of cast...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Machine tools are n...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lumber, lumberjack workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Vulcan statue, the city symbol, Birmingham, Alabama
The 56-foot (17 m) tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan, god of the fire and forge. It was created as Birmingham's entry for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 World's Fair) in St. Louis, Missouri. It ... More
Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL
Significance: This structure was built in 1826. It was bombarded by Union forces during the War Between the States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60 Survey number: HABS FL-147... More
Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...
Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More
Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...
Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More
Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...
Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More
Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...
Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More
U.S. Post Office & Court House, 900 Church Street, Lynchburg, Lynchbur...
Significance: The building is an example of the neoclassic architectural style popular for Federal buildings in the 1930s. Survey number: HABS VA-38 Building/structure dates: 1936 Initial Construction Buildi... More
Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence...
Significance: Built in 1872, the Second Wheaton and Anthony Building was designed by the locally prominent architectural firm of Stone and Carpenter in the Second Empire style. One of the earliest cast iron fa... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...
Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More
Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...
Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More
Cast-Iron Stew Pot. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
ca. 1940 Source: Pedroli, Pete Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Proje... More
Production. Milling machines and machine castings. The cupolas spout. ...
Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Maine's 1877 cast-iron Cape Neddick Light better known as the "Nubble"...
Public domain photo of lighthouse, sea shore, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute ...
In 1857 George Peabody, a Massachusetts-born philanthropist, dedicated the Peabody Institute to the citizens of Baltimore in appreciation of their ""kindness and hospitality."" The Peabody Library building, whi... More
Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...
Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...
Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More
Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...
Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More
Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...
Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More
Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...
Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More
Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...
Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More
Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...
Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More
A cast iron gate in the historic district of Mobile, Alabama
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
I. & S. Wormser Building, 128 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County,...
Significance: The Wormser Building is of interest as it is one of the 1853 buildings, built immediately after the fire of November 2, 1852, and still existing. The cast-iron architectural details are typical o... More
Bank of Fayetteville, 100 West Center Street, Fayetteville, Washington...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...
Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More
Notice to millers, &c. As attorney in fact for Michael Withers, the pa...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 244, Folder 30.
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. House wreckers supply tons of cast...
Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.... More
Bank of Fayetteville, 100 West Center Street, Fayetteville, Washington...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...
Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More
Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. This gaunt row of discarded boiler...
Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.... More
Production. Milling machines and machine castings. The outside of this...
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.
Production. Milling machines and machine castings. The outside of this...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More
Bank of Fayetteville, 100 West Center Street, Fayetteville, Washington...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...
Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More
Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...
Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More
A boring mill machining a cast-iron die which, when finished, will be ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...
Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More
Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. House wreckers supply tons of cast...
Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.... More
Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL
Significance: This structure was built in 1826. It was bombarded by Union forces during the War Between the States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60 Survey number: HABS FL-147... More
Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL
Significance: This structure was built in 1826. It was bombarded by Union forces during the War Between the States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60 Survey number: HABS FL-147... More
Notice to millers, &c. As attorney in fact for Michael Withers, the pa...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 244, Folder 30.
Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...
Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers - Battle Mountain Sanita...
See overview historical context HABS No. SD-24 for additional information on the Battle Mountain Sanitarium and the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Significance: The Grand Staircase was built in ... More
Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL
Significance: This structure was built in 1826. It was bombarded by Union forces during the War Between the States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60 Survey number: HABS FL-147... More
Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence...
Significance: Built in 1872, the Second Wheaton and Anthony Building was designed by the locally prominent architectural firm of Stone and Carpenter in the Second Empire style. One of the earliest cast iron fa... More
Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...
Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More