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Iron risers of steps in Senate Chamber, n.w.

Iron risers of steps in Senate Chamber, n.w.

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[The hearth and a fountain in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.

[The hearth and a fountain in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / ...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 31. No. 735. Hall of Sultan Ahmed III. In album: Topkapı Sarayı, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collect... More

[A part of a ceiling and a wall inside of the Kariye Camii (mosque)] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople.

[A part of a ceiling and a wall inside of the Kariye Camii (mosque)] /...

The mosaic of Theodoros Metochites. Formerly the Church of St. Saviour in Chora. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 39. In album: Ayasofya Camii, Kariye Camii and ... More

[Exterior view of the audience chamber in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.

[Exterior view of the audience chamber in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı ...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 26. No. 719. In album: Topkapı Sarayı, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).

[The Imperial Gallery in the Yeni Cami (mosque)] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople.

[The Imperial Gallery in the Yeni Cami (mosque)] / Abdullah Frères, Ph...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 43. No. 141. In album: Mosques, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).

[A part of a wall inside of the Kariye Camii (mosque)] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople.

[A part of a wall inside of the Kariye Camii (mosque)] / Abdullah Frèr...

The mosaic of the Magi with Herod. Formerly the Church of St. Saviour in Chora. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 36. In album: Ayasofya Camii, Kariye Camii and o... More

Solomon's prayer place under rock of Mosque of Omar i.e., Dome of the Rock

Solomon's prayer place under rock of Mosque of Omar i.e., Dome of the ...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption continues from catalog: Supplemental catalogue. Caption on negative sleeve: Prayer niche, Temple area? On negative: 5087. Gift;... More

Great Oregon caves, the Ghost chamber, Oregon, U.S.A., near the S.P.R.R.

Great Oregon caves, the Ghost chamber, Oregon, U.S.A., near the S.P.R....

Stereograph showing man with lantern inside cave amid stalagmites and stalagtites.

Painting "Author's Frieze" second floor, interior hallway, Federal Complex, Erie, Pennsylvania

Painting "Author's Frieze" second floor, interior hallway, Federal Com...

Artist: Elmer E. Garnsey, ca. 1899. Oil, dimensions: 48" x 182.6". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photog... More

Senate Chamber, state capitol, Annapolis, Md.

Senate Chamber, state capitol, Annapolis, Md.

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.

McKinley's Ohio home yields wood for gavel. Garner made gift by Commerce Group. Washington, D.C., May 4. Canton, Ohio's Chamber of Commerce today called upon the Vice President to make him a present of a gavel turned from wood taken from the home of the late President McKinley in Canton. Mr. Garner said that he would open the Senate with it today and then place it in the Garner Room at the University of Texas. Left to right: John A. Pearl, L.S. Hamaker, President of the Canton Chamber of Commerce, the Vice President, Rep. James Seccombe of Ohio, and A.B. Arbaugh. All but Mr. Garner are from Canton

McKinley's Ohio home yields wood for gavel. Garner made gift by Commer...

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Various views inside the city [Jerusalem]. Street of the Cotton Gate.

Various views inside the city [Jerusalem]. Street of the Cotton Gate.

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21st annual convention of U.S. Chamber of Commerce in session. Washington, D.C., June 19. 2,000 delegates assembled in the Mayflower Hotel today for the formal opening of the 21st annual convention of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. Caustically condemning the dictatorship of Hitler and Mussolini, Perry Pipkin, Tennessee, president of the gathering, today declared that isolation is a dead issue and that the United States must be inseparably bound to England and France if the 'Atlantic Civilization' is to survive. Pipkin recommended to the delegates that immediate steps be taken to work out a referendum system to reflect an organization opinion of such issues as a national defense. Left to right in the picture - Minor Hudson, President, Washington Junior Board of Trade; Perry Pipkin, President of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, and A.Z. Foster Wood, General Chairman

21st annual convention of U.S. Chamber of Commerce in session. Washing...

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"The Pont and Place de la Concorde, from the Chamber of Deputies", Paris, France

"The Pont and Place de la Concorde, from the Chamber of Deputies", Par...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Council chamber, Washington's headquarters, Morris-Jumel Mansion

The Council chamber, Washington's headquarters, Morris-Jumel Mansion

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Council chamber, Washington's headquarters, Morris-Jumel Mansion

Council chamber, Washington's headquarters, Morris-Jumel Mansion

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Str. John Craig, showing hole caused by running on rock

Str. John Craig, showing hole caused by running on rock

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Probable new President of U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Washington, D.C., May 2. W. Gibson Jr., left, President of the Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co. of New York, is the leading candidate to succeed George H. Davis, right, as President of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. If elected, Carey would be the first World War veteran in history to head the Chamber. He has been a Vice President of the organization since May, 1938

Probable new President of U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Washington, D.C., ...

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FARQUAR, ARTHUR B. VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.

FARQUAR, ARTHUR B. VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF...

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DEFREES, JOSEPH HOLTON OF CHICAGO, VICE PRESIDENT OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF U.S.

DEFREES, JOSEPH HOLTON OF CHICAGO, VICE PRESIDENT OF CHAMBER OF COMMER...

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Street car with prevent fires sign in Portland, Oregon

U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Street car with prevent fires sign in Portla...

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[Calvin Coolidge speaking in House of Representatives chamber]

[Calvin Coolidge speaking in House of Representatives chamber]

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph related to President Calvin Coolidge, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Temple Area. Jerusalem. The Rock Moriah. (Within the Dome of the Rock)

The Temple Area. Jerusalem. The Rock Moriah. (Within the Dome of the R...

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Radio news gatherers in new quarters at Capitol. Washington, D.C., June 26. A group of radio news reporters at work in their new quarters across the hall from the House Chamber in the Capitol. The room was made over for radio press after its leader, Fulton Lewis, Jr., had almost single-handedly carried on a fight to create a place for it. Not only have House and Senate press privileges been granted, but full news gathering status has been given the press at White House and cabinet press conferences

Radio news gatherers in new quarters at Capitol. Washington, D.C., Jun...

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Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska. Senate chamber, tapestry detail

Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska. Senate chamber, tapestry de...

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Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska. Senate chamber from balcony, vertical

Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska. Senate chamber from balcony...

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Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska. Senate chamber from balcony, horizontal

Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska. Senate chamber from balcony...

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Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska. House chamber, detail ceiling frieze

Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska. House chamber, detail ceili...

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At C of C meeting. David R. Edwards, Boston, vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, left, and Lee J. Dougherty, Davenport, Iowa, photographed at the buffet luncheon which served as an intermission at the Chamber Council of War on New Deal legislation. 9/20/35

At C of C meeting. David R. Edwards, Boston, vice president of the U.S...

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New home for Declaration of Independence. This shrine at the new Archives building is nearly ready to receive the Declaration of Independence which is to be moved from its present location in the Congressional Library. 10/19/35

New home for Declaration of Independence. This shrine at the new Archi...

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Ceiling zero 3 act play by Frank Wead : sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce for the East St. Louis community art center fund / / D.S.

Ceiling zero 3 act play by Frank Wead : sponsored by the Junior Chambe...

Poster for presentation of "Ceiling Zero" at the high school auditorium, showing two planes flying in close formation. Date stamped on verso: Jun 22 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library... More

Tel Deweir (Lachish). Closer view of skulls in tomb 120. Remains of over 1000 humans had been thrown in to this XVIII dyn. chamber about 701 B.C.

Tel Deweir (Lachish). Closer view of skulls in tomb 120. Remains of ov...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tel Deweir (Lachish). XVIIIth-XIXth dynasty temple. Ante chamber to sanctuary visible right. White line denotes rubbish frombuilding of I[ron] age

Tel Deweir (Lachish). XVIIIth-XIXth dynasty temple. Ante chamber to sa...

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Justice Cardozo reaches 67th milestone. Washington, D.C., May 5. Justice Benjamin Cardozo as he appeared today on his 67th birthday. The picture was made as the justice was leaving his apartment on his way to today's session of the United States Supreme Court, 5/24/37

Justice Cardozo reaches 67th milestone. Washington, D.C., May 5. Justi...

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Discuss lighter than air transportation. Washington, D.C., May 25. Dr. Hugo Eckner, Germany's dirigible expert and former commander of the ill-fated Hindenburg, exchanging views on commercial aviation with Fred W. Fagg, Jr., youthful Director of the Bureau of Air Commerce, Department of Commerce. Dr. Eckner, who was a luncheon guest of Secretary Roper today, is in this country endeavoring to get the United States to make available a suppy of helium gas to Germany for commercial purposes, 5/25/37

Discuss lighter than air transportation. Washington, D.C., May 25. Dr....

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The Dictator from Cuba arrives. Washington, D.C., Nov. 10. Col. Fulgencio Batista, Cuba's Dictator, arrived in Washington today, he was met at the Union Station by General Malin Craig, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, who invited the Colonel to the Capitol, and Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, as well as a hundred Cubans who bowed to the Colonel as he passed thru Union Station, left to right. Sumner Wells, Batista, Craig, and the Ambassador from Cuba Dr. Pedro Fraga, 11/10/38

The Dictator from Cuba arrives. Washington, D.C., Nov. 10. Col. Fulgen...

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Lady Astor welcomed at Capitol. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Lady Astor, the former Nancy Langhorne of Virginia and now a member of the British Parliament, received a warm welcome when she looked in on the United States Senate today. In the photograph, left to right: Senator Joseph O'Mahoney, Senator Hattie Caraway, Lady Astor, Senator Harry Byrd, Senator Key Pittman, and Senator Claude A. Pepper, 1/27/38

Lady Astor welcomed at Capitol. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Lady Astor,...

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Resigns from senate. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. Senator Frederick Steiwer, Republican of Oregon, who yesterday resigned from his seat in the United States Senate. He announced today that he will become a partner in a Washington law firm, 1/28/38

Resigns from senate. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. Senator Frederick Stei...

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Texas Solon celebrates 25th anniversary in U.S. Senate. Washington, D.C., Jan. 29. Chipper as a cub, Senator Morris Sheppard, Democrat of Texas who today celebrated 25 years of continuous service in the United States Senate, wave a cheery hello to the cameraman as he arrives at his desk for the day's duties. Senator Sheppard is 63, 1/29/38

Texas Solon celebrates 25th anniversary in U.S. Senate. Washington, D....

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Bill to appropriate $8,000,000,000 for superhighways. Washington, D.C., Feb. 16. The Senate Banking and Currency Subcommittee started hearing today on the proposed Bulkley Bill to Appropriate $8,000,000,000 to construct 10 superhighways throughout the United States, those who are planning the hearings were, left to right: Sen. John G. Townsend, Del.; Sen. Herbert E. Hitchcock, South Dakota; Sen. Robert J. Bulkley, Ohio, Chairman of the Committee and Author of The Bill; Sen. Prentiss Brown, Mich.; and Sen. William Gibbs McAdoo, of Calif., 2/16/38

Bill to appropriate $8,000,000,000 for superhighways. Washington, D.C....

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Michigan Senator and Wife. Washington, D.C., Nov. 12. The Republican United States Senator from Michigan and Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg arriving for the reception at Polish Embassy last night, 11/12/38

Michigan Senator and Wife. Washington, D.C., Nov. 12. The Republican U...

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Chamber of Commerce. Exterior of Chamber of Commerce from H St. NW I

Chamber of Commerce. Exterior of Chamber of Commerce from H St. NW I

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Named director of Railroad Unemployment Insurance. Washington, D.C., Oct. 3. The Railroad Retirement Board today announced the appointment of James Gordon Robinson as director of Railroad Unemployment Insurance. He was chosen for the post from the open competitive examination conducted by the United States Civil Service Commission, the first ever held for a ten thousand-dollar-a-year administrative position. Mr. Robinson was born in Pittsburgh, PA. in 1895 and has studied in the United States and abroad, including a period as King's Scholar, Skerry's College, Belfast, Ireland, 10/3/38

Named director of Railroad Unemployment Insurance. Washington, D.C., O...

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California Senator-elect gets 'feel' of desk in Senate chamber. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. Senator-elect Sheridan Downey of California gets the 'feel' of the desk in the Senate chamber assigned to him today and which he will occupy when congress convenes on January 3. Downey succeeds William Gibbs McAdoo, whom he defeated in the November election, 12/12/38

California Senator-elect gets 'feel' of desk in Senate chamber. Washin...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a piano. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In the auditorium of the Mount Zion School, the Chamber of Commerce of a nearby town is being served dinner by home economics class. Coffee County, Alabama

In the auditorium of the Mount Zion School, the Chamber of Commerce of...

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Celebrates 77th birthday. Washington, D.C., Feb. 3. His looks belying his age. Supreme Court Justice James Clark McReynolds today celebrated his 77th birthday. He pictured at the wheel of his auto leaving home for the Supreme Court Chamber, 2-3-39

Celebrates 77th birthday. Washington, D.C., Feb. 3. His looks belying ...

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

Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

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Chamber of Commerce elects new president. Washington, D.C., May 2. The Chamber of Commerce, concluding the last day of its three-day meet in Washington, wound up with election of new officers. As was expected, James S. Kemper, president of the Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Company, was made president of the board of directors. Here he is in his most business-like pose following the election as he prepared to take over his new duties, 5-2-40

Chamber of Commerce elects new president. Washington, D.C., May 2. The...

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Freshly scoured wool entering drying chamber at wool scouring plant. San Marcos, Texas

Freshly scoured wool entering drying chamber at wool scouring plant. S...

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The girl on the right is removing dried plates from the plaster of Paris moulds after the surveyor has carried them into the drying chamber for several hours. The girl on the left is sponging small imperfections from the surface and trimming the edges. Shenango Pottery Works, Newcastle, Pennsylvania

The girl on the right is removing dried plates from the plaster of Par...

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War Production Drive Committee. First meeting of the War Production Drive Policy Committee on October 19, 1942, in Washington, D.C. Left to right: John Green, president, Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations); Otto A. Seyferth, President, West Michigan Steel Foundry Company, Muskegon, Michigan (nominated by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce); W.G. Marshall, chairman of Policy Committee and director of War Production Drive Headquarters, vice-president in charge of Industrial Relations, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Joseph Mcdonagh, secretary, Metal Trades Department, AFL (American Federation of Labor), representing Frank Fenton, director of Organizations, AFL; and Harry C. Beaver, president, Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, New York City (nominated by National Association of Manufacturers)

War Production Drive Committee. First meeting of the War Production Dr...

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Buffalo, New York. Women employed inside open hearth furnace as bricklayers' helpers at the Republic Steel. When the end of a chamber is knocked out, there are about 5000 bricks to be lifted and removed. Bricks weigh about eight pounds each

Buffalo, New York. Women employed inside open hearth furnace as brickl...

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Grotto of Nativity, [Church of the Nativity], Feb. 1945

Grotto of Nativity, [Church of the Nativity], Feb. 1945

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Crematory, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Commital room

Crematory, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Commital room

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[Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, head-and-shoulders portrait, possibly seated in a Congressional chamber] / [TOH].

[Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, head-and-shoulders portrait, possibly s...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes. Contact sheet NOS 10-27-03

Bradshaw Cabin, Interior. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Bradshaw Cabin, Interior. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Picryl description: Public domain image of a chamber, cell, interior, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation p... More

Chamber in the U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.

Chamber in the U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.

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

Window and balcony railing at the United States Trade Representative's Winder Building, Washington, D.C.

Window and balcony railing at the United States Trade Representative's...

Built in 1848 by proprietor, William H. Winder, and supervising architects, Richard A. Gilpin and H.D. Cooper of Philadelphia. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Titl... More

Looking up at the dome of the Senate Chamber of the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas

Looking up at the dome of the Senate Chamber of the Texas Capitol in A...

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

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, New York, New York County, NY

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... More

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, New York, New York County, NY

Villard Houses, 451-457 Madison Avenue & 24 East Fifty-first Street, N...

Significance: Appearing as a single Italian palazzo, the Villard Houses were actually six residences built around a central courtyard by architects, McKim, Mead and White. One of the firm's earliest works, this... More

William Poeschel House, West Tenth Street extension, Hermann, Gasconade County, MO

William Poeschel House, West Tenth Street extension, Hermann, Gasconad...

Significance: Harrison Hill was originally the house and winery of William Poeschel. A brother of Michael Poeschel, owner of Stone Hill Winery, he built this two-and-a-half story, L-shaped house in 1869, the ye... More

Mount Rainier National Park, Rustic Furnishings, Paradise, Pierce County, WA

Mount Rainier National Park, Rustic Furnishings, Paradise, Pierce Coun...

Significance: Since the 1980s, the National Park Service has recognized the historical value of rustic furnishings in National Register nominations, theme studies and architectural histories. This report, the f... More

[The United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

[The United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Campbells Creek Coal Company Store, 54 Port Amherst Drive, Campbells Creek vicinity, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

Campbells Creek Coal Company Store, 54 Port Amherst Drive, Campbells C...

Survey number: HABS WV-265 Public domain photograph of a chamber, vaults, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr. House, Lindbergh Drive, Southwest, County Road 52, Little Falls, Morrison County, MN

Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr. House, Lindbergh Drive, Southwest, County Ro...

Significance: Home of Congressman (1907-1917), Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr. and his famous aviator son, Charles, Jr. According to biographer, Bruce Larson, Charles, Sr. was an agrarian progressive and anti-trust ... More

Arlington National Cemetery, USS Maine Memorial, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington National Cemetery, USS Maine Memorial, Arlington, Arlington ...

Significance: "Remember the Maine" was the popular call of the "yellow" or sensational press, Congress, and private citizens throughout the United States as they rallied around the tragedy of 1898. The sinking ... More

Schuylkill Arsenal, Building No. 8, 2620 Gray's Ferry Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Schuylkill Arsenal, Building No. 8, 2620 Gray's Ferry Avenue, Philadel...

Significance: An early example of a military residence. Demolished in 1962. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-257 Survey number: HABS PA-1540-F

Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR

Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR

Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Death Valley Ranch, Chimes Tower, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Death Valley Ranch, Chimes Tower, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, ...

Significance: The Chimes Tower is the most prominent structure within the Death Valley Ranch complex for a variety of reasons. Its height and hilltop location, large clock, lavish use of brightly colored tile ... More

Fort Monroe, Fortress, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Fort Monroe, Fortress, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-595-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000912

Patent Office Building, Bounded by Seventh, Ninth, F & G Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Patent Office Building, Bounded by Seventh, Ninth, F & G Streets, Nort...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a chamber, cell, interior, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

James Trimble House, 187 Iberia Street, Mount Gilead, Morrow County, OH

James Trimble House, 187 Iberia Street, Mount Gilead, Morrow County, O...

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

Banquet, 1936 Annual United States Conference of Mayors, Mayflower Hotel, Nov. 16-17, 1936, Washington, D.C.

Banquet, 1936 Annual United States Conference of Mayors, Mayflower Hot...

Gift; Marie E. Revell; 1980; DLC/PP-1982:22. Photographer's address: 1516 H St. N.W., Washington, D.C. File no. 5406.

Oates-Danzey House, West Washington & Trawick Streets, Abbeville, Henry County, AL

Oates-Danzey House, West Washington & Trawick Streets, Abbeville, Henr...

Survey number: HABS AL-523 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction

Martin's Corner House, Cedar Knoll Road (West Caln Township), Martins Corner, Chester County, PA

Martin's Corner House, Cedar Knoll Road (West Caln Township), Martins ...

Significance: This log house, built about 1769, contains many unusual features, such as wood door hinges, wood crane, pegged floors, and fine board partitions. Survey number: HABS PA-209 Building/structure d... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Christ Church, 22-26 North Second Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Christ Church, 22-26 North Second Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-294 Survey number: HABS PA-1071 Building/structure dates: 1744 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1834 Subsequent Work Building/stru... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Adams, Redoubt, Brenton Point, Newport, Newport County, RI

Fort Adams, Redoubt, Brenton Point, Newport, Newport County, RI

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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Shore Drive, Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...

Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More

Laurel Furnace, KY 1 & Laurel Creek Road, Oldtown, Greenup County, KY

Laurel Furnace, KY 1 & Laurel Creek Road, Oldtown, Greenup County, KY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1354 Survey number: HAER KY-43 Building/structure dates: 1987

Chamberlain House, King & Kawaiahao Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Chamberlain House, King & Kawaiahao Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County...

Significance: Built in 1830-31, the Chamberlain House is one of the early masonry houses constructed on Oahu. Mr. Levi Chamberlain, business agent for the Sandwich Island Mission, built the structure to provid... More

Willamette Falls Lock Chamber No.1, Willamette River, West Linn, Clackamas County, OR

Willamette Falls Lock Chamber No.1, Willamette River, West Linn, Clack...

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

Yale University, Dwight Hall, 69 High Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Yale University, Dwight Hall, 69 High Street, New Haven, New Haven Cou...

Significance: Dwight Hall was designed by Henry Austin in 1842. It is a fine example of the early Gothic revival style and was reputedly modeled after King's College Chapel in Cambridge, England. It was built... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Mount Clare Shops, South side of Pratt Street between Carey & Poppleton Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Mount Clare Shops, South side of Pratt Stre...

Significance: Mount Clare Shops were the earliest railroad shops in the western hemisphere, if not the world. The B & O had a facility at this site since 1829. At its height, it was the most comprehensive, se... More

Ikonostas v t︠s︡erkvi Ioanna Bogoslova. Rostov Velikīĭ

Ikonostas v t︠s︡erkvi Ioanna Bogoslova. Rostov Velikīĭ

Picryl description: Public domain image of a chamber, cell, interior, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shawnee Methodist Mission, North Building, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, KS

Shawnee Methodist Mission, North Building, Kansas City, Wyandotte Coun...

Survey number: HABS KS-2 Building/structure dates: 1845 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000345

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibule, library & senate chamber, House of Representatives]

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibu...

Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the PRINCIPAL FLOOR of the CAPITOL U.S. 1817." "Those parts which are colored light red denote the walls remaining, and carried up since the conflagration of 1814. Those of a... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant, Along Monon...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 190 through 210). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward inte... More

Heilman Villas, Bungalow, 1060 Seventh Street, Coronado, San Diego County, CA

Heilman Villas, Bungalow, 1060 Seventh Street, Coronado, San Diego Cou...

Survey number: HABS CA-2341-D Public domain photograph of a chamber, vaults, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Longview Farm, Garage-Apartment-Powerhouse, Lees Summit, Jackson County, MO

Longview Farm, Garage-Apartment-Powerhouse, Lees Summit, Jackson Count...

Significance: The garage and powerhouse reflect the lifestyle of Longview Farm that was both opulent and self-sufficient. The garage housed the family's seven cars with apartments for employees, including the c... More

Gage Irrigation Canal, Running from Santa Ana River to Arlington Heights, Riverside, Riverside County, CA

Gage Irrigation Canal, Running from Santa Ana River to Arlington Heigh...

Significance: The Gage Irrigation Canal was instrumental in the development of citrus production and the settlement of the Riverside area. At the time of its completion, the canal was the most ambitious irriga... More

U.S. Capitol, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Intersection of North, South,...

Significance: Designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and is located on the ground floor of the original north wing of the U.S. Capitol. The space occupied what had been the lower part of the two-story Senate Chambe... More

U.S. Capitol, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Intersection of North, South,...

Significance: Designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and is located on the ground floor of the original north wing of the U.S. Capitol. The space occupied what had been the lower part of the two-story Senate Chambe... More

U.S. Capitol, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Intersection of North, South,...

Significance: Designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and is located on the ground floor of the original north wing of the U.S. Capitol. The space occupied what had been the lower part of the two-story Senate Chambe... More

St. Paul City Hall & Ramsey County Courthouse, 15 West Kellogg Boulevard, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

St. Paul City Hall & Ramsey County Courthouse, 15 West Kellogg Bouleva...

Significance: The Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse is a stunning example of innovative public architecture from the American Depression Era. Commissioned in 1930, and completed in 1931 by Hola... More

U.S. Capitol, Old Senate Chamber, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Old Senate Chamber, Intersection of North, South, & East...

Significance: It is located in the original north wing of the U.S. Capitol. Benjamin H. Latrobe designed the semi-domed, semi-circular space, which was originally constructed in 1809-1810, and reconstructed in ... More

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Watkins Mill, County Highway MM, Lawson, Ray County, MO

Significance: The Watkins (Woolen) Mill contains the finest collection of mid-19th century textile machinery in situ in North America and includes some of the most significant textile artifacts known to survive... More

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