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Central Park Skate Emporium. Skates to suit everybody, from 50 cents t...

Advertisement for Conover & Walker ice skates. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1860 Jan. 14, p. 111.

Ruins of Central Church - A black and white photo of an old building

Photograph shows a man seated amidst the ruins inside the Circular Church in Charleston, South Carolina. No. B980. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Charleston, South Carolina. Photogra... More

Michigan Central Station, Ann Arbor, Mich.

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[Empire State Express (New York Central Railroad) passing thru Washing...

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Central high school, Detroit, Mich.

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[New York Central Railroad depot, Syracuse, N.Y.]

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Michigan Central Cantilever and Whirlpool Rapids (Grand Trunk Railway)...

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Central Square, Keene, N.H. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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[Michigan Central Railroad station, Ann Arbor, Mich.]

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Central Presbyterian Church - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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Railway executives meet with Hoover. President Hoover began today his ...

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Drought corn. Central Georgia. Great Depression public domain photogra...

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General view of part of the South Water Street Illinois Central Railro...

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21-GUN SALUTE FIRED WELCOMES NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT TO CAPITAL. WASHINGT...

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Sulky race, Central Iowa 4-H Club fair, Marshalltown, Iowa

Washington, D.C. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural to be ins...

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Central City, Colorado, an old mining town

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Chicago, Illinois. Looking toward the north classification yard at an ...

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Central City, Colorado. Engine of Colorado and Southern Railroad

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Central Square

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Chicago, Illinois. E. A. Morgan of Harvey, Illinois., freight conducto...

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Chicago, Illinois. Engine foreman checking cars as they go over the hu...

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Corkscrew road up to Central City, Colorado

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Chicago, Illinois. Locomotive picking up coal at an Illinois Central R...

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Chicago, Illinois. Track crews repairing tracks in the roundhouse at a...

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Charlotte Court House, Virginia. Central High School band every month ...

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Gibson, Indiana. Mr. Rusine, manager of the railroad YMCA (Young Men's...

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Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

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Charlotte Court House, Virginia. Central High School. Sewing on the fr...

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Gibson, Indiana. Mr. Russell Guess, engineer on the Indiana Harbor Bel...

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National Shoe Stores, business at 1035 Central Ave., Far Rockaway. Rea...

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Jack's Men's and Boys' Wear, business at 1036 Central Ave., Far Rockaw...

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Wiss store, business at 554 Central Ave., East Orange, New Jersey. Int...

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Postur-Line, business at 469 Central Ave., Cedarhurst, Long Island. In...

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Ben Epstein, business at 475 Central Ave., Cedarhurst, New York. Exter...

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Ludwig Baumann, Grand Central Palace Exhibit. Model at title wall

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Ludwig Baumann, Grand Central Palace Exhibit. Living room, model seate...

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Technician Doretha Thomas at work in the Central Sterile Supply unit.

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Architectural details on the Carnegie Library at Mount Vernon Square, ...

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

Carol M. Highsmith - Beatley Central Library, Alexandria, Virginia

Designed by Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville in association with Michael Graves, it opened on January 31, 2000. Named for Charles E. Beatley, Jr., former Mayor of Alexandria. Title, date, subject note, and k... More

August 1808. To Sir, The Central committee has transmitted to me the f...

Imprint 2.; Embargo act. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 48, Folder 19.

View on Meeting St., Charleston, S.C., looking south, showing St. Mich...

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. On verso: Similar to Miller, vol. III, p. 329. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of ... More

Phoenix Indian School, Memorial Hall, Northeast Corner of Central Aven...

Significance: Memorial Hall was the second major building on the site to employ Mission Revival style, and like the first example, the Dining Hall, it was carried out in red brick. It was also sited, parallel ... More

[18 different tickets of admission to the Great Central fair for the U...

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 158, Folder 39.

Central Glass Co., Wheeling, West Virginia. Blower and Mold Boy. Loca...

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Dubuque County Courthouse, 720 Central Avenue, Dubuque, Dubuque County...

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Illinois Central [Railway] station, Chicago, Ill.

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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, 4100 We...

Significance: The Soldiers National Home in Dayton, Ohio, built in 1867, was the largest and most ambitious of the three original soldiers' national homes established by the United States government following t... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, 4100 We...

Significance: The Soldiers National Home in Dayton, Ohio, built in 1867, was the largest and most ambitious of the three original soldiers' national homes established by the United States government following t... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, 4100 We...

Significance: The Soldiers National Home in Dayton, Ohio, built in 1867, was the largest and most ambitious of the three original soldiers' national homes established by the United States government following t... More

Orthodox Congregational Church, Central & Church Streets, Manchester, ...

Significance: Copied from the Country Builder's Assistant, America's first architectural treatise, this classical form became the archetype of early American ecclesiastical architectural practices. Tall steepl... More

The donation to the Great Central Fair of [blank] by [blank] is hereby...

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 158, Folder 29n.

[Men's room, Grand Central terminal, New York Central lines, New York,...

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Casino and Central Avenue bridge, Belle Isle [Park], Detroit

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Central corridor, looking through Representatives' Hall, Old State Hou...

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Girls in Packing Room. Central Glass Co., Wheeling West Virginia. Seve...

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Carrizel Martyrs arrival with military honors. Arlington Military ceme...

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By merely plugging the head telephone in the wall above the bed, each ...

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The former Colonel Smith ranch, now the property of the Resettlement A...

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Working on repair of Route 40, Central, Ohio

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Show on midway, Central Iowa 4-H Club fair, Marshalltown, Iowa

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Trucks unloading at the inbound freight house of the Illinois Central ...

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Washington, D.C. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural, to be in...

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Road from Idaho Springs to Central City, Colorado, showing slag pile a...

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War production drive poster. Poster distributed by the War Production ...

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Russell Gulch, ghost mining town near Central City, Colorado

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Chicago, Illinois. Locomotive taking on sand at an Illinois Central Ra...

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Chicago, Illinois. Frank Williams, working on the car repair tracks at...

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Chicago, Illinois. The turntable at the roundhouse at an Illinois Cent...

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Chicago, Illinois. As each car goes by his window at an Illinois Centr...

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Chicago, Illinois. Throwing a switch after an Illinois Central Railroa...

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Chicago, Illinois. General view of the north classification yard at an...

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Chicago, Illinois. General view of south classification yard at an Ill...

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Chicago, Illinois. Retarder operator's tower at the north hump at an I...

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Chicago, Illinois. The turntable at the roundhouse at an Illinois Cent...

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Chicago, Illinois. Train clerk marking cars as they go over the hump a...

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Chicago, Illinois. General view of part of the South Water Street frei...

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Mr. E. S. Devine, fireman on the Indiana Harbor Belt and Michigan Cent...

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Hammond, Indiana. A train of tank cars on Michigan Central Railroad tr...

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Postur-Line, business at 469 Central Ave., Cedarhurst, Long Island. In...

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Postur-Line, business at 469 Central Ave., Cedarhurst, Long Island. In...

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Ludwig Baumann, Grand Central Palace Exhibit. Exhibit exterior

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Candlelight Restaurant, Central Ave., Yonkers, New York. Foyer I

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Candlelight Restaurant, Central Ave., Yonkers, New York. Big room II

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Candlelight Restaurant, Central Ave., Yonkers, New York. Garden room

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Central Nassau Medical Group, Hempstead, Long Island. Night exterior I

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Central Nassau Medical Group, Hempstead, Long Island. Hall, second flo...

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Central Nassau Medical Group, Hempstead, Long Island. South facade, br...

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Carol M. Highsmith - Aerial photographs - Central California coast

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

Beatley Central Library, Alexandria, Virginia

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Carol M. Highsmith - Beatley Central Library, Alexandria, Virginia

Designed by Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville in association with Michael Graves, it opened on January 31, 2000. Named for Charles E. Beatley, Jr., former Mayor of Alexandria. Title, date, subject note, and k... More

Central Christian Church in Huntington, West Virginia

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Bathhouse Row, Quapaw Bathhouse, Central Avenue, Hot Springs, Garland ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-19 Survey number: HABS AR-28-E Building/structure dates: after. 1920- before. 1930 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS... More

Bathhouse Row, Quapaw Bathhouse, Central Avenue, Hot Springs, Garland ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-19 Survey number: HABS AR-28-E Building/structure dates: after. 1920- before. 1930 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Central Power Plant, California Avenue, no...

Significance: Building 121 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 121, the 1918 central power plant for Mare Island, is highly significant both for its function within the shi... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Central Power Plant, California Avenue, no...

Significance: Building 121 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 121, the 1918 central power plant for Mare Island, is highly significant both for its function within the shi... More

View on Meeting St., Charleston, S.C., looking south, showing St. Mich...

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. On verso: Similar to Miller, vol. III, p. 329. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of ... More

Central Church (Congregational), 804 Washington Street, Bath, Sagadaho...

Significance: Arthur Gilman designed this wooden Gothic church in 1846; it has a cathedral-like interior detailed in wood, and stained glass windows. Survey number: HABS ME-148 Building/structure dates: 1... More

[18 different tickets of admission to the Great Central fair for the U...

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 158, Folder 39.

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, Personn...

Significance: Built as female nurses quarters in 1906, this structure was adjacent to the original hospital, which burned down in 1942. Now known as the Personnel Quarters, this residence is a good example of t... More