Steam locomotives in the roundhouse of the Durango & Silverton Narrow ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Herd of cattle, autochrome color photo
Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Georgia oat field? Southern U.S.
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Llano de San Juan, New Mexico, Catholic Church
Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Detail, John O. Pastore Federal Building, Providence, Rhode Island
Architect: Jackson, Robertson, and Adams. Built in 1940. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More
![[Grand Grocery Co.], Lincoln, Neb.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDIvMDEvMDEvZ3JhbmQtZ3JvY2VyeS1jby1saW5jb2xuLW5lYi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[Grand Grocery Co.], Lincoln, Neb.")
[Grand Grocery Co.], Lincoln, Neb.
Photograph shows Rice Krispies cereal boxes in window below oranges; Better Loaf flour sacks at left next to sign for: New & large potatoes, 6lb. 23, apples, delicious, 4lb. 25.
Part of a carefully restored mural, "Automotive Transportation" by Car...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More
IBM Manufacturing and Administrative Center, Rochester, Minnesota, 195...
Box. no. 3. No. 487. Title and date from Eero Saarinen by De Long and Peatross, 2008. Credit line: Balthazar Korab collection of photographs showing Eero Saarinen architecture, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
IBM, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, 195...
Box. no. 3. No. 510. Title and date from Eero Saarinen by De Long and Peatross, 2008. Credit line: Balthazar Korab collection of photographs showing Eero Saarinen architecture, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
A derelict gas station and appropriately aged car in Sweetwater, Texas
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
The "Elvis at 13" statue at the Elvis Presley birthplace site in Tupel...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Elvis Aaron Presley was an American musician and actor in the 1960s and '70s. Elvis is portrayed in over sized overalls, a full open-c... More
Abandoned cars, Route 66, Arizona
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
The Art Deco Palace Theater, a onetime movie theater in downtown Marfa...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It was the Marfa Opera House before its cinematic incarnation, but closed in the 1970s. As of this photograph in 2014, a local illust... More
A most unusual levee along the Arkansas River in Pueblo, Colorado
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The long and eclectic mural on the levee walls first appeared as whimsical graffiti in the 1970s and is said to be the longest, if not... More
Berkley Theater, entrance doors, Robins, Berkley, Michigan
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Movie theaters; Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-2). Credit line: John Margolies Road... More
Grossinger's sign, Liberty, New York
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Catskills, Borscht Belt. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside A... More
Mobil gas pump, Wilton, Connecticut
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Gas stations, pumps and signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Road... More
Mt. Pleasant Lodge, Route 28, Mount Pleasant, New York
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Catskills, Borscht Belt. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside A... More
Cummings Buick, 15th Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, California
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Auto related. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-4). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More
Clara's Beauty Salon, Jensen Drive, Houston, Texas
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Beauty shops; Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside... More
Alabama Theater, Houston, Texas
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Theaters. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph... More
Tom's Cafe, 2181 Manchester, Los Angeles, California
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Bars, lounges, ballrooms; Eating & drinking establishments. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-2). C... More
Peterson's Restaurant sign, Wharton, Texas
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Eating and drinking establishment signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-3). Credit line: John Ma... More
Tascosa Drive-In Theater, straight-on view, NE 24th & Dumas Drive, Ama...
Photograph shows the Tascosa Drive-in Theater. The structure shown in the photograph no longer exists, but there is another drive-in theater using this name. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) The original ... More
Sunset Drive-In, Amarillo, Texas
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Theaters. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph... More
Napanoch Diner, angle 2, Routes 209 & 55, Napanoch, New York
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Diners; Eating & drinking establishments. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-2). Credit line: John M... More
Concord lobby, Kiamesha Lake, New York
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Catskills, Borscht Belt. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside A... More
Steeplechase and Steel Piers, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More
Campus Drive-In, San Diego, California
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Theaters. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph... More
Pete's ice cream sign, Ely, Nevada
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Food. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph arc... More
Wigwam Village Number 2 billboard, Route 31W, Cave City, Kentucky
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Signs and statues; Lodging. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125). Credit line: John Margolies Roadsid... More
Colored Motel sign (segregated motel?), Route 80, Statesboro, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motel signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-3). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photo... More
Poverty Motors, Jefferson Avenue, Peoria, Illinois
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Auto-related buildings; Gas stations. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125). Credit line: John Margoli... More
Duwamish Drive-in Theater, E. Marginal Way, Seattle, Washington
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Drive-in theater signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-4). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside Am... More
Heart's Desire Motel sign, Route 19A, Dunedin, Florida
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More
Sunset Motel sign, Sayre, Oklahoma
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More
Storefronts, Pittsburg, Kansas. Photogrpah by John Margolies
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More
Mardi Gras Courts sign, New Orleans, Louisiana
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More
Brewer's Drive-in Theater, Route 19, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Drive-in theater signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-4). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside Am... More
Beer sign, Seaside Heights, New Jersey
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Food. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph arc... More
Starlite Motel sign, Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More
Delaware Auto Court sign, State Road, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More
South of the Border, Dillon, South Carolina
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Attractions. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More
Uranium Cafe sign, Grants, New Mexico
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Food. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph arc... More
Casa Linda Motel sign, Route 99, Willows, California
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motel signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-3). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photo... More
Fox Theater, Bakersfield, California, Motion Picture Theaters
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Theaters. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph... More
Grizzly Fireworks sign, Russell Street, Missoula, Montana
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Main Street and/or downtown signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-3). Credit line: John Margolie... More
Red Wood Motel sign, Route 6, Hastings, Nebraska
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More
The Donut Hole, angle view, Amar Road, La Puente, California
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Mimetic buildings; Eating & drinking establishments: (roadside and Main Street). Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (... More
Missile Motel sign, Port Hueneme, California
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motel signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-3). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photo... More
The Israel Mukashy Building in downtown Edgefield, South Carolina
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Erected in 1891, the building has been occupied by many merchants, including Russian immigrant Murkashy from the early 20th Century to... More
Full view of oil painting "New Amsterdam" at Alexander Hamilton U.S. C...
Artist: Elmer E. Garnsey, 1912. Dimensions: 4.5' x 9'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cred... More
Courtyard, 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
Potter Stewart U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1939 by architect/builder Louis A. Simon. Credit l... More
Hallway. The Joel Solomon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Chatta...
Located in the central business district, it was built by Reuben Harrison Hunt in 1933. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information p... More
Pansy St. Clair, a member of the Eastern Shoshone tribe at the Wind Ri...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The reservation was established for the Eastern Shoshone in 1863 following a unique treaty with Shoshone Chief Washakie, admired by In... More
The ornate Pueblo County Courthouse in Pueblo, Colorado
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Roman Classical-style building, designed by New Yorker Albert Ross, and executed from 1908 to 1912 in brick and white sandstone, w... More
A fanciful woodcarving of the legendary Northwoods lumberjack, Paul Bu...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum presents artifacts from, and photographs of, the mining camps where hardy lumberjacks chopped trees and prepared of boards ... More
Long idle parts of the giant Colorado Fuel and Iron steel mill, founde...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The company was founded by Cleve Osgood, a New York "robber baron," as titans of industry were then known. In his private rail car, he... More
A lovely old cookstove in the main cabin at the Sheriff Ranch at the h...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Once a vast cattle spread, the ranch has downsized in recent years. Registered in 1881 with 1,350 acres with as many as 250 head of He... More
A historic circus wagon, used to carry performers and animals in parad...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum, which also features artifacts such as colorful circus wagons used in parades, is owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society... More
The Episcopal Chapel of the Transfiguration in northwestern Wyoming's ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The chapel was sited and built to frame a view of the Cathedral Group of peaks in a large window behind the altar. Built in 1925, the ... More
Gravestone in a tiny cemetery outside Bent's Old Fort, near La Junta i...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Occasionally referred to as Fort William, the fort is a 1976 reconstruction of an 1833 fort built by William and Charles Bent, along w... More
Dilapidated outhouse at the Holzwarth Site in Rocky Mountain National ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. John Holzwarth Sr., a German immigrant, moved to the Kawuneeche Valley in 1917 after his job as a saloon-keeper in Denver came to an a... More
Courtroom at Federal Building and U.S. Court House, Peoria, Illinois
Built in 1938 by architect Howard Cheney. Neoclassical/Art Deco design. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... More
The art deco-style showroom of Ed Hammer Chevrolet in Sheridan, Wyomin...
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
Courtroom entrance. The Joel Solomon Federal Building and U.S. Courtho...
Located in the central business district, it was built by Reuben Harrison Hunt in 1933. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information p... More
A circa-1835 Conestoga wagon, the type of wagon that famously carried ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Exterior lamp. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Tyler, Texas
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 by architect Shirley Simons. Neoclassical sty... More
One of the most elaborate of approximately 150 (out of originally 2,50...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The sixth of 74 carousels manufactured by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company between 1904 and 1933, this is a three-row, stationary (th... More
View 1, Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf, Queensbury, New York
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More
J.C. Penny, Yuma, Arizona. Photogrpah by John Margolies
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More
Youngville Cafe cabins, two cabins, Route 30, near Van Horne, Iowa
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Tourist cabins; Lodging. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside A... More
Carousel Mall, San Bernardino, California
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More
Peking Garden sign, Spokane, Washington
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Food. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph arc... More
IHOP Restaurant, detail, Quebec Plaza, Denver, Colorado
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: New; Eating & drinking establishments. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-2). Credit line: John Marg... More
Route 66 Mural, Tucumcari, New Mexico
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Wig shop window in downtown San Francisco, California
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Elevator lobby, Robert N.C. Nix Federal Building, Philadelphia, Pennsy...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA or Air Force), is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of commissioned officers for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately nor... More
Abandoned houses, Natchez, Mississippi
Public domain photograph - historical image of Mississippi, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Stax Museum of America Soul Music, Memphis, Tennessee
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is at 926 McLemore Avenue, the former location of Stax Records. It is operated by Soulsville USA, which also operates the adjacent Stax Music Academy. Title, date, and sub... More
Saguaro Cactus near Tucson, Arizona
The saguaro, is a large, tree-sized cactus species native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, the Mexican state of Sonora, and an extremely small area of California. The saguaro blossom is the state flower of Ari... More
Mural, Baltimore, Maryland - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Fish Lake outside of Talkeetna, Alaska
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Art in the U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, Washington
Public domain photograph of quilt, needlework, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Glitter Girl neon sign at the Freemont Street Experience, Las Vegas, N...
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Mementos left at Michael Jackson's house, 2710 Palomino Drive, Las Veg...
Michael Jackson was the "King of Pop" before he died on June 25, 2009. The home, called Hacienda Palomino, is a 12,000-square-foot abode. Michael Jackson lived in the house with his children off and on for a ye... More
Detail of the Bloch Building, Nelson Atkins Museum Bloch, Kansas City,...
Completed in 2007, "The Bloch Building is a significant work of contemporary architecture by Steven Holl Architects that is woven harmoniously into the surrounding landscape of the Kansas City Sculpture Park." ... More
The golden eagle that flys at the Auburn University's football game ev...
These eagles are brought into the Southeastern Raptor Rebilitation Center. The College of Veterinary Medicine is a rehabilitation hub for injured birds of prey. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided ... More
The "Moses Fountain" in Albany, New York's Washington Park. But it off...
Completed in 1893, the fountain shows Moses on the Rock of Horeb. According to the Bible, God tells Moses that "thou shalt smite therock, and there shall come water out of it, that people may drink." The figur... More
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers figures "dance" at Madame Tussaud's Wax...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Big Spring Park in Huntsville, Alabama
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Water dances on the surface during the water show at Spring Park, Tusc...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Built by Christian Herry in 1878, Gruene Hall in New Braunfels is one ...
Title from related photo in same group. Gruene was a communal farming community. The one-story structure features a false-front entryway with asymmetrical window and door arrangements. Credit line: The Lyda Hil... More
In 2008, nearly 90 years after it was built, this 1919 gas station in ...
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
Western Addition neighborhood, San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Built and settled in the 19th and early 20th century, Japanese immigrants began moving into the area following the 1906 Earthquake. By World War II, the n... More
Lions Club International's float in the 124th Rose Parade in Pasadena,...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The first parade was staged in 1890 by members of Pasadena's Valley Hunt Club. According to the parade's official program, the club was made up of former ... More
The grounds and interiors of Ivy Green, the house where Helen Keller g...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More