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Folger Library exteriors. Carving on Folger Library building, Tragedie of Julius Caesar II

Folger Library exteriors. Carving on Folger Library building, Tragedie...

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

Our Lady of the Wayside Roman Catholic Church, 930 Portola Road, Portola Valley, San Mateo County, CA

Our Lady of the Wayside Roman Catholic Church, 930 Portola Road, Porto...

Significance: This church was built for the growing Catholic community at Portola Valley, with the assistance of a men's club called The Family. Survey number: HABS CA-2140 Building/structure dates: 1912 Init... More

Captain Asgill, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Captain Asgill, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Captain Sir Charles Asgill, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing military uniform and hat, left profile; in oval. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ... More

Lord Keppel / Golder sculp., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Lord Keppel / Golder sculp., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Augustus Keppel Viscount Keppel, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, left profile, in oval on pedestal with nameplate.

National Capitol columns at the United States National Arboretum located in NE, Washington, D.C.

National Capitol columns at the United States National Arboretum locat...

The National Capitol Columns originally supported the old East Portico of the United States Capitol (1828). The columns were removed during expansion of the Capitol in 1958, and placed at the National Arboretum... More

Close up of sculpture located in César Chávez Plaza is a park in downtown Sacramento, California's capital city, on the site of the old city plaza

Close up of sculpture located in César Chávez Plaza is a park in downt...

The Plaza was laid out by settler John Sutter and named in honor of Chávez, the Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader, and civil-rights activist. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Cre... More

Head from Chios, Greek, 4th century, B.C.

Head from Chios, Greek, 4th century, B.C.

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

Our Lady of the Wayside Roman Catholic Church, 930 Portola Road, Portola Valley, San Mateo County, CA

Our Lady of the Wayside Roman Catholic Church, 930 Portola Road, Porto...

Significance: This church was built for the growing Catholic community at Portola Valley, with the assistance of a men's club called The Family. Survey number: HABS CA-2140 Building/structure dates: 1912 Init... More

Portrait of a Roman, (terra cotta), Roman, first century B.C.

Portrait of a Roman, (terra cotta), Roman, first century B.C.

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

[Ceres]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

[Ceres]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

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

[Sculpture of young Diana shooting an arrow]

[Sculpture of young Diana shooting an arrow]

Sculpture by Janet Scudder. Public domain photograph of sculpture, statue, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Folger Library exteriors. Carving on Folger Library building, Tragedie of Julius Caesar I

Folger Library exteriors. Carving on Folger Library building, Tragedie...

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

Bas relief at the Interior Department Building, Washington, D.C.

Bas relief at the Interior Department Building, Washington, D.C.

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The 7 story building is of steel frame construction, clad in granite and limestone. It consists of a north-south core which bisects... More

Bas relief details around the statue of José Martí located in the Parque Central, Havana, Cuba

Bas relief details around the statue of José Martí located in the Parq...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... More

Allie Victoria Tennant's "Tejas Warrior" statue outside the Hall of State at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and the Pan-American Exposition in 1937 in Dallas, Texas

Allie Victoria Tennant's "Tejas Warrior" statue outside the Hall of St...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Hall of State (originally the State of Texas Building) commemorates the history of Texas. Built in 1936 at the astronomical (espec... More

Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eighth Street, northwest corner of North Twenty-eighth & Master Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Acts of the Apostles Church in Jesus Christ, 1400-28 North Twenty-eigh...

Significance: The parish buildings of St. Ludwig's Roman Catholic Church are important landmarks to both a disappeared urban community and another that endures. The structures are located in an area of Philade... More

[Nude male, Prof. B.A. McFadden, full-length portrait, standing on pedestal, facing left, wearing a fig leaf, with hands behind head]

[Nude male, Prof. B.A. McFadden, full-length portrait, standing on ped...

Copyright by F.W. Guerin, St. Louis. Public domain photograph of athletic figure, erotic artwork, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mural "An Incident in Contemporary American Life," by Mitchell Jamieson at the Department of Interior Building, Washington, D.C.

Mural "An Incident in Contemporary American Life," by Mitchell Jamieso...

Date: 1943; dimensions: 148" x 82"; medium: oil. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit lin... More

Exterior bas-relief, Joseph P. Kinnerary U.S. Courthouse, Columbus, Ohio

Exterior bas-relief, Joseph P. Kinnerary U.S. Courthouse, Columbus, Oh...

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

J. Robert Love, M.D.,, Head and Shoulders Portrait

J. Robert Love, M.D.,, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Clipping of a print shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of Joseph Robert Love, M.D., a Bahamian intellectual who served as a medical doctor in the Haitian army, above a printed caption: author of that famous bo... More

Ludwig van Beethoven. - Public domain portrait engraving

Ludwig van Beethoven. - Public domain portrait engraving

Marble bust, facing left. Public domain photograph - bust portrait sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Capitol columns at the United States National Arboretum located in NE, Washington, D.C.

National Capitol columns at the United States National Arboretum locat...

The National Capitol columns originally supported the old East Portico of the United States Capitol (1828). The columns were removed during expansion of the Capitol in 1958, and placed at the National Arboretum... More

The statue of Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals in a pleasant garden at the Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens in the River Oaks neighborhood of Houston, Texas

The statue of Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals in a p...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Over 50 years, philanthropist and art collector Ima Hogg amassed a collection of American paintings and decorative pieces throughout ... More

The statue of Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals in a pleasant garden at the Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens in the River Oaks neighborhood of Houston, Texas

The statue of Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals in a p...

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

Roof detail, David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Miami, Florida

Roof detail, David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Miami...

Architect: Phineas E. Paist and Harold D. Steward. Mediterranean Renaissance Revival style. Built between 1931-1933. Primary material: Key Largo Coquina limestone. Photographed as part of an assignment for the ... More

Sculpture "Equity" at Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Sculpture "Equity" at Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, 1933. Plaster, dimensions, 36" x 10' 3". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the pho... More

[Exterior view. Detail of Neptune statue in Neptune Fountain by Roland Hinton Perry. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Exterior view. Detail of Neptune statue in Neptune Fountain by Roland...

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

Aphrodite marble, Greek - Public domain monumental decor print

Aphrodite marble, Greek - Public domain monumental decor print

Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of 4th century B.C. marble head in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 138. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Folger Library exteriors. Carving on Folger Library building, Tragedie of Julius Caesar I

Folger Library exteriors. Carving on Folger Library building, Tragedie...

Old negative number: 1339-32. 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 1... More

[Sculpture of Roman couple exhibited in Palace of Fine Arts, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[Sculpture of Roman couple exhibited in Palace of Fine Arts, Paris Exp...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

Soldiers Memorial Military Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

Soldiers Memorial Military Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

This museum preserves a wide range of military artifacts in memory of fallen soldiers who served in the United States military. Featuring artifacts of all branches of the military, it serves as a constant remin... More

Enfield Street Cemetery in Thompsonville, Connecticut

Enfield Street Cemetery in Thompsonville, Connecticut

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

Auguste Rodin - Ceres - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.

Auguste Rodin - Ceres - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.

Title and date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Sculpture by Auguste Rodin. "M 118" on transparency. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 048056. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

From Solomon's Pools to Rachels' Tomb. Following ancient aqueducts, Pilate's, Roman (10th legion), Arabic, Turkish and present day piping.

From Solomon's Pools to Rachels' Tomb. Following ancient aqueducts, Pi...

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

Sculpture "Africa Rising" at Ted Weiss Federal Building, New York, New York

Sculpture "Africa Rising" at Ted Weiss Federal Building, New York, New...

Artist: Barbara Chase- Riboud, 1998. Bronze, dimensions: 15' 5" x 8' 6" x 4' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided... More

Old Sacramento is a 28-acre National Historic Landmark District and State Historic Park along the Sacramento River in California's capital city

Old Sacramento is a 28-acre National Historic Landmark District and St...

Old Sacramento features original and re-created buildings and other exhibits from the time of the California Gold Rush and the Transcontinental Railroad in the mid-19th Century, restaurants, and theaters. Title... More

[Head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman]

[Head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman]

After a drawing by Franc̜ois Boucher. Beraldi, p. 215; Cincinnati Mus. Cat. of Exhibition of Prints, 1941. LC, 44149.

National Capitol columns at the United States National Arboretum located in NE, Washington, D.C.

National Capitol columns at the United States National Arboretum locat...

The National Capitol Columns originally supported the old East Portico of the United States Capitol (1828). The columns were removed during expansion of the Capitol in 1958, and placed at the National Arboretum... More

Detail of Morro Castle with view of Havana, Cuba, in background

Detail of Morro Castle with view of Havana, Cuba, in background

Morro Castle was built in 1589 when Cuba was under the control of Spain and was later captured by the British in 1762. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Caro... More

Exterior architectural detail of the Molly Brown House Museum in Denver, Colorado

Exterior architectural detail of the Molly Brown House Museum in Denve...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The house was the home of American philanthropist, socialite, and activist Margaret "Molly" Brown, who was known as "The Unsinkable Mo... More

[Young man in North African costume with urn on head, in studio]

[Young man in North African costume with urn on head, in studio]

Image content features: PROP urn; COSTUME headbands; Med./Mid-East/N. African, robes; PEOPLE young men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the Louise... More

"Mining," one of two sculpture groups ("Agriculture" is the other) at the Dennis Sullivan Gateway to Denver, Colorado's, City Park

"Mining," one of two sculpture groups ("Agriculture" is the other) at ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The gateway, named after a local mining magnate, is comprised of two sets of sculptures: "Agriculture," the pair of women; and "Mining... More

Tourist Attraction - Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama

Tourist Attraction - Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama

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

Fountain at the Bronx Zoo in the New York borough of The Bronx

Fountain at the Bronx Zoo in the New York borough of The Bronx

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-2) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More

Head of goddess (marble), Greek, fourth century, B.C

Head of goddess (marble), Greek, fourth century, B.C

Photo of sculpture at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 100. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

From Solomon's Pools to Rachels' Tomb. Following ancient aqueducts, Pilate's, Roman (10th legion), Arabic, Turkish and present day piping

From Solomon's Pools to Rachels' Tomb. Following ancient aqueducts, Pi...

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946]. Caption continues: Section cut showing Turkish pottery aqueduct below which early Arab, showing indication of Pilate's open cana... More

California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California

California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. High on the headlands above the Golden Gate, stands the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, the gift of Alma de Bretteville Spreckels to the city of... More

Western-themed bas relief on the art-deco-style Natrona County Courthouse in Casper, Wyoming. Actual trials are now (2016) held elsewhere in town

Western-themed bas relief on the art-deco-style Natrona County Courtho...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

The statue of Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals in a pleasant garden at the Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens in the River Oaks neighborhood of Houston, Texas

The statue of Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals in a p...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Over 50 years, philanthropist and art collector Ima Hogg amassed a collection of American paintings and decorative pieces throughout ... More

Head of goddess (marble), Greek, fourth century, B.C.

Head of goddess (marble), Greek, fourth century, B.C.

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

Folger Library exteriors. Carving on Folger Library building, Tragedie of Julius Caesar II

Folger Library exteriors. Carving on Folger Library building, Tragedie...

Old negative number: 1339-32. Public domain photograph of Roman sculpture, antique, archaeology, ancient Rome, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Roman Boy, bronze statue, Metropolitan Museum, New York, N.Y

A Roman Boy, bronze statue, Metropolitan Museum, New York, N.Y

J03215 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by Keystone View Company. No. 32326; 306A.

Sculpture "Legislative Law" at Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Sculpture "Legislative Law" at Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, 1933. Plaster, dimensions: 36' x 9' 11". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the pho... More

Portrait of a Roman, (terra cotta), Roman, first century B.C

Portrait of a Roman, (terra cotta), Roman, first century B.C

Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of a bust at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 101. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.