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Mills Hall, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Mills Hall, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda ...

Significance: Mills College began in 1852, though under another name, when a Young Ladies Protestant Seminary was founded in the city of Benicia. Its significance rose in 1953-54 when Benicia became the capito... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Assembly & Repair Shop, East Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Assembly & Repair Shop, East Avenue, Pensacola...

Significance: Constructed in 1937 as the Assembly & Repair Shop, Building No. 604 played a major support role for defense preparedness prior to and during World War II, as well as for the ongoing aircraft maint... More

Library Hall, 1409 West Green Street, Urbana, Champaign County, IL

Library Hall, 1409 West Green Street, Urbana, Champaign County, IL

2008 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Library Hall, built in 1896, was one of the first buildings on the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana's Quadrangle and remains its corners... More

Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacrament...

Significance: This facility, constructed between 1936 and 1937, was the first building of the multi-component Sacramento Junior College Annex, a Public Works Administration project. The library was built as cl... More

Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacrament...

Significance: This facility, constructed between 1936 and 1937, was the first building of the multi-component Sacramento Junior College Annex, a Public Works Administration project. The library was built as cl... More

Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacrament...

Significance: This facility, constructed between 1936 and 1937, was the first building of the multi-component Sacramento Junior College Annex, a Public Works Administration project. The library was built as cl... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Paint Shop, 222 East Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Paint Shop, 222 East Avenue, Pensacola, Escamb...

Significance: Constructed in 1907 as a paint shop, Building No. 52 played a supportive role for installation operations during the late years of the old Pensacola Navy Yard, and later in support of the health o... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Paint Shop, 222 East Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Paint Shop, 222 East Avenue, Pensacola, Escamb...

Significance: Constructed in 1907 as a paint shop, Building No. 52 played a supportive role for installation operations during the late years of the old Pensacola Navy Yard, and later in support of the health o... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Paint Shop, 222 East Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Paint Shop, 222 East Avenue, Pensacola, Escamb...

Significance: Constructed in 1907 as a paint shop, Building No. 52 played a supportive role for installation operations during the late years of the old Pensacola Navy Yard, and later in support of the health o... More

Storer College, Cook Hall, 252 McDowell Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Storer College, Cook Hall, 252 McDowell Street, Harpers Ferry, Jeffers...

Significance: Constructed in 1939-40 and named after its principal benefactor, Permelia Eastman Cook Hall holds significance as the last new building constructed on the campus of Storer College, a historically ... More

Storer College, Cook Hall, 252 McDowell Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Storer College, Cook Hall, 252 McDowell Street, Harpers Ferry, Jeffers...

Significance: Constructed in 1939-40 and named after its principal benefactor, Permelia Eastman Cook Hall holds significance as the last new building constructed on the campus of Storer College, a historically ... More

Storer College, Cook Hall, 252 McDowell Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Storer College, Cook Hall, 252 McDowell Street, Harpers Ferry, Jeffers...

Significance: Constructed in 1939-40 and named after its principal benefactor, Permelia Eastman Cook Hall holds significance as the last new building constructed on the campus of Storer College, a historically ... More

Fort Snelling Complex, Administration Building, Taylor Avenue, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Fort Snelling Complex, Administration Building, Taylor Avenue, Minneap...

Significance: In 1851 Fort Snelling was designated administrative headquarters for the Department of Dakota and was expanded greatly by construction of a new post. The year before this post headquarters buildi... More

Fort Snelling Complex, Administration Building, Taylor Avenue, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Fort Snelling Complex, Administration Building, Taylor Avenue, Minneap...

Significance: In 1851 Fort Snelling was designated administrative headquarters for the Department of Dakota and was expanded greatly by construction of a new post. The year before this post headquarters buildi... More

Senior class, High school, Springfield, Massachusetts.

Senior class, High school, Springfield, Massachusetts.

Photograph shows classroom scene with some students doing work at the blackboard and the rest of the class at their desks reading.

[Group of young women studying electro-magnets in normal school, Washington, D.C.]

[Group of young women studying electro-magnets in normal school, Washi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[History class, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama]

[History class, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative: LC-J694-35 is broken.

Well, sir, compare Bunyan with some of our other modern writers--take Kipling for instance

Well, sir, compare Bunyan with some of our other modern writers--take ...

Variant title: Yes, sir, that is my idea exactly. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Professor" by Roy Rolfe Gilson, Harper's weekly, v... More

Capitol Radio Engineering Institute. Students examining radio parts at Capitol Radio Engineering Institute II

Capitol Radio Engineering Institute. Students examining radio parts at...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Capitol Radio Engineering Institute. Machinery in shop at Capitol Radio Engineering Institute

Capitol Radio Engineering Institute. Machinery in shop at Capitol Radi...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American industry, technology, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Capitol Radio Engineering Institute. General view of workroom at Capitol Radio Engineering Institute

Capitol Radio Engineering Institute. General view of workroom at Capit...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

David Dickinson House, Old Deerfield Street, Deerfield, Franklin County, MA

David Dickinson House, Old Deerfield Street, Deerfield, Franklin Count...

Significance: The home of Major David Dickinson, a man of prominence in this area in post-Revolutionary times. / Built about 1790 for Major David Dickinson, this house is a rare example of its period in Deerfie... More

Phoenix Indian School, Dairy-Milking Shed, Northeast Corner of Central Avenue & Indian School Road, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Phoenix Indian School, Dairy-Milking Shed, Northeast Corner of Central...

Significance: The Dairy is one of the two buildings remaining from the earliest phase of building on the site, and is one of the last surviving records of the vocational training activities on the site that pre... More

Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Post Exchange, East of Battery Craig, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Post Exchange, East of Battery Craig...

Significance: The Post Exchange retains its integrity of location, design and materials and workmanship. It was built during the Taft period of coastal fortifications and reflects the growth of Fort Rodman at ... More

map of louisiana - Public domain geographic map

map of louisiana - Public domain geographic map

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Isaac Delgado established the Delgado Trade School. Delgado Hall was built in 1921 and designed by architect Edward Angelo Christy and built by John A. Chisol... More

Camp Mabry, Building No. 15, 2200 West Thirty-fifth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Camp Mabry, Building No. 15, 2200 West Thirty-fifth Street, Austin, Tr...

2002 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Building 15, originally Barrack 6, is one of four remaining 1918 barrack buildings that represents a World War I-era building campaign at Camp Mabry in Austin... More

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 3439 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, Miami-Dade County, FL

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 3439 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, Miam...

2009 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the first Episcopal churches in Miami, and one of the first church buildings made of concrete, St. Stephen's was also an early example of the "Spanish M... More

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 3439 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, Miami-Dade County, FL

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 3439 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, Miam...

2009 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the first Episcopal churches in Miami, and one of the first church buildings made of concrete, St. Stephen's was also an early example of the "Spanish M... More

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 3439 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, Miami-Dade County, FL

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 3439 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, Miam...

2009 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the first Episcopal churches in Miami, and one of the first church buildings made of concrete, St. Stephen's was also an early example of the "Spanish M... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

Fort Hood, World War II Temporary Buildings, Company Maintenance Shop & Arms Room, North of Park Avenue at Forty-ninth Street, Killeen, Bell County, TX

Fort Hood, World War II Temporary Buildings, Company Maintenance Shop ...

Field notes for this record with main record TX-3392 Significance: Building 1928 is significant as a relatively unmodified example of an 800 Series Type CMS-1 structure that was used for vehicle maintenance and... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 90, East Avenue between North Avenue & King Drive, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 90, East Avenue between North Avenue...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five on each side of the island's majo... More

Old Springdale High School, U.S. Highway 71B, Springdale, Washington County, AR

Old Springdale High School, U.S. Highway 71B, Springdale, Washington C...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Old Springdale High School is located on the south half of a lot consisting of 8.06 acres on what was some miles outside of Springdale Arkansas in 1910 wh... More

Old Springdale High School, U.S. Highway 71B, Springdale, Washington County, AR

Old Springdale High School, U.S. Highway 71B, Springdale, Washington C...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Old Springdale High School is located on the south half of a lot consisting of 8.06 acres on what was some miles outside of Springdale Arkansas in 1910 wh... More

Old Springdale High School, U.S. Highway 71B, Springdale, Washington County, AR

Old Springdale High School, U.S. Highway 71B, Springdale, Washington C...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Old Springdale High School is located on the south half of a lot consisting of 8.06 acres on what was some miles outside of Springdale Arkansas in 1910 wh... More

University of Virginia, Pavilion III, West Lawn, University of Virginia Campus, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, Virginia

University of Virginia, Pavilion III, West Lawn, University of Virgini...

1986 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Based on plans drawn by Thomas Jefferson in 1817 and inspired by the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Rome, as illustrated in Book Four of Palldi... More

University of Pennsylvania, Lea Institute of Hygiene, 225 South Thirty-fourth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

University of Pennsylvania, Lea Institute of Hygiene, 225 South Thirty...

Significance: The Lea Institute of Hygiene, commonly called Smith Halls, is an early research institute on the University of Pennsylvania campus. The building was the design of mid-Victorian architects Collins ... More

University of Pennsylvania, Lea Institute of Hygiene, 225 South Thirty-fourth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

University of Pennsylvania, Lea Institute of Hygiene, 225 South Thirty...

Significance: The Lea Institute of Hygiene, commonly called Smith Halls, is an early research institute on the University of Pennsylvania campus. The building was the design of mid-Victorian architects Collins ... More

Stillman F. Kelley House, 49 Washington Avenue, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Stillman F. Kelley House, 49 Washington Avenue, Cambridge, Middlesex C...

Significance: This building is a fine Queen Anne style house with a variety of projecting bays, irregular fenestration, and richly detailed ornament, in a setting that allows direct comparison with both contemp... More

Stillman F. Kelley House, 49 Washington Avenue, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Stillman F. Kelley House, 49 Washington Avenue, Cambridge, Middlesex C...

Significance: This building is a fine Queen Anne style house with a variety of projecting bays, irregular fenestration, and richly detailed ornament, in a setting that allows direct comparison with both contemp... More

Mills Hall, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Mills Hall, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda ...

Significance: Mills College began in 1852, though under another name, when a Young Ladies Protestant Seminary was founded in the city of Benicia. Its significance rose in 1953-54 when Benicia became the capito... More

Mills Hall, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Mills Hall, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, Alameda ...

Significance: Mills College began in 1852, though under another name, when a Young Ladies Protestant Seminary was founded in the city of Benicia. Its significance rose in 1953-54 when Benicia became the capito... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Assembly & Repair Shop, East Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Assembly & Repair Shop, East Avenue, Pensacola...

Significance: Constructed in 1937 as the Assembly & Repair Shop, Building No. 604 played a major support role for defense preparedness prior to and during World War II, as well as for the ongoing aircraft maint... More

Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacrament...

Significance: This facility, constructed between 1936 and 1937, was the first building of the multi-component Sacramento Junior College Annex, a Public Works Administration project. The library was built as cl... More

Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacrament...

Significance: This facility, constructed between 1936 and 1937, was the first building of the multi-component Sacramento Junior College Annex, a Public Works Administration project. The library was built as cl... More

Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacrament...

Significance: This facility, constructed between 1936 and 1937, was the first building of the multi-component Sacramento Junior College Annex, a Public Works Administration project. The library was built as cl... More

Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacrament...

Significance: This facility, constructed between 1936 and 1937, was the first building of the multi-component Sacramento Junior College Annex, a Public Works Administration project. The library was built as cl... More

Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacrament...

Significance: This facility, constructed between 1936 and 1937, was the first building of the multi-component Sacramento Junior College Annex, a Public Works Administration project. The library was built as cl... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Paint Shop, 222 East Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Paint Shop, 222 East Avenue, Pensacola, Escamb...

Significance: Constructed in 1907 as a paint shop, Building No. 52 played a supportive role for installation operations during the late years of the old Pensacola Navy Yard, and later in support of the health o... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Paint Shop, 222 East Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Paint Shop, 222 East Avenue, Pensacola, Escamb...

Significance: Constructed in 1907 as a paint shop, Building No. 52 played a supportive role for installation operations during the late years of the old Pensacola Navy Yard, and later in support of the health o... More

Dressmaking class, Manzanar Relocation Center, California / photograph by Ansel Adams.

Dressmaking class, Manzanar Relocation Center, California / photograph...

Mrs. Ryie Yoshizawa, instructor, standing in front of class of women students, one woman in foreground with dressmaker's dummy.

Storer College, Cook Hall, 252 McDowell Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Storer College, Cook Hall, 252 McDowell Street, Harpers Ferry, Jeffers...

Significance: Constructed in 1939-40 and named after its principal benefactor, Permelia Eastman Cook Hall holds significance as the last new building constructed on the campus of Storer College, a historically ... More

Fort Snelling Complex, Administration Building, Taylor Avenue, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Fort Snelling Complex, Administration Building, Taylor Avenue, Minneap...

Significance: In 1851 Fort Snelling was designated administrative headquarters for the Department of Dakota and was expanded greatly by construction of a new post. The year before this post headquarters buildi... More

Fort Snelling Complex, Administration Building, Taylor Avenue, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Fort Snelling Complex, Administration Building, Taylor Avenue, Minneap...

Significance: In 1851 Fort Snelling was designated administrative headquarters for the Department of Dakota and was expanded greatly by construction of a new post. The year before this post headquarters buildi... More

Fort Snelling Complex, Administration Building, Taylor Avenue, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Fort Snelling Complex, Administration Building, Taylor Avenue, Minneap...

Significance: In 1851 Fort Snelling was designated administrative headquarters for the Department of Dakota and was expanded greatly by construction of a new post. The year before this post headquarters buildi... More

Fort Snelling Complex, Administration Building, Taylor Avenue, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Fort Snelling Complex, Administration Building, Taylor Avenue, Minneap...

Significance: In 1851 Fort Snelling was designated administrative headquarters for the Department of Dakota and was expanded greatly by construction of a new post. The year before this post headquarters buildi... More

Parish schoolmaster - Public domain  drawing

Parish schoolmaster - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a parish schoolmaster holding a schoolboy by the hair while he strikes him with a switch. The scene probably takes place in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 an... More

Hoyt's A midnight bell laughter every minute.

Hoyt's A midnight bell laughter every minute.

Caption: Visiting the school. Created by "The Enquirer Job Printing Co., Cin., O." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[School children conducting simple experiments, Washington, D.C.]

[School children conducting simple experiments, Washington, D.C.]

No. 350. In album: "Public Schools - 7th Division." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[Students drawing in an art class, Western High School, Washington, D.C.]

[Students drawing in an art class, Western High School, Washington, D....

No. 3. In album: "Western High School." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[Students in geography class at Thaddeus Stevens School, fresh air class]

[Students in geography class at Thaddeus Stevens School, fresh air cla...

Goldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs.

Howard Univ., Washington, D.C., ca. 1900 - class in bacteriology laboratory

Howard Univ., Washington, D.C., ca. 1900 - class in bacteriology labor...

Title from caption card. Images collected by W.E.B. Du Bois and Thomas J. Calloway for the "American Negro Exhibit" at the Paris Exposition of 1900 (Exposition universelle internationale de 1900). Reportedly di... More

[Young students in a classroom at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute]

[Young students in a classroom at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial I...

Booker T. Washington Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Students in the shorthand class at Broken Bow College.

Students in the shorthand class at Broken Bow College.

summary: Note: Also known as Broken Bow Business College original size: 6x8

Working Boys of all Nationalities Making the Best of the Spare Evening Hours. Boston 1915 Exhibit.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Working Boys of all Nationalities Making the Best of the Spare Evening...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Patrick is making discipline impossible

Patrick is making discipline impossible

(DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Bailey's Babies" by Myra Kelly, Woman's Home Companion, 37:7 (May 1910).

The "Kinleygarten" (the mill Policeman called it) at Lynchburg (Virginia) Cotton Mills. The children of the mill settlement, from six to eight years attend. Several older boys (see exterior photo, 2169) were hanging around and joining in when they could. Also a mother and babe. I asked Miss Carrington, in charge, where the children from eight to fourteen go, and she said that few of them at those ages care for education. They are just waiting to become old enough to get into the mill. The only available school for them is a long way off. Lynchburg, Virginia

The "Kinleygarten" (the mill Policeman called it) at Lynchburg (Virgin...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2168. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Capitol Radio Engineering Institute. Students examining radio parts at Capitol Radio Engineering Institute I

Capitol Radio Engineering Institute. Students examining radio parts at...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Ernest Kendall, teacher of U.S. Capitol pages. Mr. Kendall helping student at desk II

Ernest Kendall, teacher of U.S. Capitol pages. Mr. Kendall helping stu...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American portrait, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ernest Kendall, teacher of U.S. Capitol pages. Mr. Kendall helping student at desk I

Ernest Kendall, teacher of U.S. Capitol pages. Mr. Kendall helping stu...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American portrait, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Santa Anita (Calif.) Assembly Center - Left-handed and right handed pupils in lower grade class ply their pencils

Santa Anita (Calif.) Assembly Center - Left-handed and right handed pu...

Japanese American school children work at crowded tables and benches under instruction of teachers in schoolroom in Santa Anita Assembly Center, Arcadia, California. Signal Corps Photo No. 9CA-42-2005-PSF. S 39... More

Potomac Electric Power Co. air conditioning and lighting. St. Francis Xavier grade school I

Potomac Electric Power Co. air conditioning and lighting. St. Francis ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a public building, auditorium, hall, commons, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

William Sharp - John Pounds, late of St Mary Street Portsmouth

William Sharp - John Pounds, late of St Mary Street Portsmouth

Caption continues: They cannot recompense thee for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just; Luke c. 14 v. 14. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

"Steamer Glass i.e. class" in Hancock School, Boston. Immigrant children. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

"Steamer Glass i.e. class" in Hancock School, Boston. Immigrant childr...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 861. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

University of Virginia, Pavilion I, West Lawn, Charlottesville, Independent City, Virginia

University of Virginia, Pavilion I, West Lawn, Charlottesville, Indepe...

1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: Pavilion I was designed by Thomas Jefferson as part of his plan for the University of Virginia which has been recognized as one of the world's finest ex... More

Phoenix Indian School, Dairy-Milking Shed, Northeast Corner of Central Avenue & Indian School Road, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Phoenix Indian School, Dairy-Milking Shed, Northeast Corner of Central...

Significance: The Dairy is one of the two buildings remaining from the earliest phase of building on the site, and is one of the last surviving records of the vocational training activities on the site that pre... More

Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Engineer's Storehouse, At southern end of main access road, north of Battery Barton-Walcott, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Engineer's Storehouse, At southern e...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 3439 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, Miami-Dade County, FL

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 3439 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, Miam...

2009 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the first Episcopal churches in Miami, and one of the first church buildings made of concrete, St. Stephen's was also an early example of the "Spanish M... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Conversation lesson, subject - the chair

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Conversation lesson, subject - the chair

Photograph shows six boys and the teacher standing at the front of a classroom discussing a chair set on a table; desks and other students in the foreground, at the Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylva... More

Dartmouth College, Wentworth Hall, Hanover, Grafton County, NH

Dartmouth College, Wentworth Hall, Hanover, Grafton County, NH

Significance: Wentworth Hall, with Thornton Hall which was built as part of the same project and is very similar, are the two oldest buildings surviving at Dartmouth. They were designed by Ammi B. Young and, a... More

University of Virginia, Hotel A, West Range, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, Virginia

University of Virginia, Hotel A, West Range, Charlottesville, Charlott...

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Hotel A, located on the West Range of Mr. Jefferson's academical village, the University of Virginia, like the other five hotels, was used for die... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Memorial Hall, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil Co...

Last 10 b/w photos are photogrammetric images. Significance: Memorial Hall, the main structure of the Tome School for Boys, is a notable example of the Beaux-Arts or American Renaissance style effectively used ... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 56, North Avenue & East Avenue, Rock...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten, stone Greek Revival manufacturi... More

University of Idaho, University Classroom Building, Line Street between University Avenue & Idaho Avenue, Moscow, Latah County, ID

University of Idaho, University Classroom Building, Line Street betwee...

Significance: Designed as a temporary structure to accommodate the swelling enrollment of the blossoming University of Idaho, the University Classroom Building (UCB) came to hold a permanent spot in the hearts ... More

"Steamer Glass [i.e. class]" in Hancock School, Boston. Immigrant children.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

"Steamer Glass [i.e. class]" in Hancock School, Boston. Immigrant chil...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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