Shamokin from Mount Carmel road 1851
Drawing shows houses and other buildings at Shamokin, Pennsylvania, a coal mining community, with mountains to the right and in the background, and a heavily forested area on the left; shows many buildings on b... More
Avenida Zalueta [i.e. Zulueta], Havana, Cuba
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Detroit Peninsular Savings Bank
Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042975. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
[State Street, south from Lake Street, Chicago, Ill.]
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[Cashier cage, probably Richmond & Backus Co., Detroit, Mich.]
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State Street and Capitol, Albany, N.Y
"2068" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017879. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Broad Street, Richmond, Va
"Murphy's Hotel" on building at right center. "G 2578" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018403. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Second Avenue, looking east, Birmingham, Ala.
Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Griswold St., Detroit, Mich.
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Fountain Square, Cincinnati, Ohio
Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30873. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070070. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
[Commercial street, Cleveland, Ohio]
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Forsyth Street, looking east, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, ...
Survey number: HABS WY-80 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1929 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001934
Metal Exchange Building, 234 Pearl Street, New York, New York County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-33, FN-34 Survey number: HABS NY-431 Building/structure dates: ca. 1846 Initial Construction
Leiter I Building, 200-208 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Cook County, I...
Significance: The first Leiter Building, built in 1879, has been cited as a Chicago Architectural Landmark, "In recognition of its contribution towards the development of skeleton construction. Cast iron pilast... More
Iron Block, 205 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI
Significance: The Iron Block is notable as one of Milwaukee's most prominent early commercial buildings. It is one of a small number of pre-Civil War structures remaining in the central business district and i... More
Rancho Santa Fe School (Second), 6024 Paseo Delicias, Rancho Santa Fe,...
Survey number: HABS CA-2318
Atlanta Fixtures Building, 102-106 Pryor Street, Atlanta, Fulton Count...
Significance: The Atlanta Fixtures Buildings have been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as individual structures. They are contributing elements of the Underground Atl... More
Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Bishop's Block, 90 Main Street, Dub...
Significance: Born August 1825 in Limerick County, Ireland, John Hennessey came to the United States at the age of 22. He entered a Catholic seminary at Carndelet, near St. Louis and was ordained there in 1850... More
Street scene, Mombasa, Kenya - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Hotel Cecil, Colonial Stores, and other buildings along street. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection.
The old French Market, New Orleans
Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). "7414" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 8114. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
State Street, south from Lake Street, Chicago, Ill.
Title from jacket. "Behm" on negative. "Dup" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070158. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Fine Arts building, Detroit, Mich.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[State Street, south from Madison, Chicago, Ill.]
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Napoleon House, New Orleans, La.
Title and date from Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "643-G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016338. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Forsyth Street, Jacksonville, Fla.
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[Store front of Quong Yee Wo & Co., Chinatown, New York City]
H28275 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by George Daniels, New York City.
Main Street, Dayton, Ohio
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017984. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Light St., looking north, Baltimore, Md.
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Liberty Avenue and skyscrapers, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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McDuff Green Warehouse, Falmouth, Stafford County, Virginia
Title from photographer's inventory. Exterior view with sign. Photograph taken on commission from Mrs. Devore of Chatham. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-90. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Archi... More
Allison-Moore-Crump Building, 1309 East Main Street, Richmond, Indepen...
Significance: Built as a typical commercial building sometime before 1863, the Allison-Moore-Crump Building remains from the nineteenth-century commercial atmosphere of Main Street. Survey number: HABS VA-846 ... More
College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seek...
Significance: College Hill is significant at the national level as a well preserved collection of historic residential, commercial, educational, and religious buildings dating from the early eighteenth century ... More
Lundberg Bakery, 1006 Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX
Significance: The Lundberg Bakery is an important commercial and historical landmark in Austin. Built in 1875-76, it first housed successful bakery business of Charles Lundberg, and continued to be used as a ba... More
Huntley-Hall-Stockton Building, 450 North Trade Street, Winston-Salem,...
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Big Four Building, 220-226 K Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA
Significance: Originally three separate buildings erected in 1851-1852. The lower floor was occupied by merchants, three of whom later were associated with the founding of the first transcontinental railway li... More
Chaille Commercial Building, 425-429 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Miami-...
Significance: The Chaille Commercial Building is one of the few commercial buildings remaining in Miami from the period before the development boom of the 1920s. Built in the masonry vernacular style, the stucc... More
Virginia City, Nevada Territory, 1861 / drawn from nature by Grafton T...
Bird's-eye view of Virginia City from the "Gould & Curry" claim, with 30 individual views of commercial buildings and residences forming the border.
Barrows-Coatsworth Building, 122 Main Street, Galena, Jo Daviess Count...
Significance: Built ca. 1856, the Barrows-Constworth Building is an integral part of the Main Street Wall, a continuous facade of commercial buildings facing the Galenda River. Constructed of Milwaukee brick, w... More
Pioneer Telegraph Building, 1015 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento...
Significance: Occupied by Wolferberger Variety store until 1856, then the Verandah Saloon; in 1863 it was occupied by the California State Telegraph Co., incorporated with Western Union Telegraph Co. in 1869 an... More
Central National Bank Building, 631 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Was...
Significance: The Central National Bank Building has stood at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and C Street since the mid-1860's. Originally a simple trapezoidal Renaissance Revival building, it is an early e... More
Heywood Building, 1001-1009 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento Coun...
Significance: Typical mid 1800s brick commercial structure for Old Sacramento. Survey number: HABS CA-1258 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction
Thomas Gantt Building, 219-221 Chestnut Street, Saint Louis, Independe...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-26 Survey number: HABS MO-1158
World Trade Center Site, Bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty Streets, & ...
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St. James Street, Montreal
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De Steiguer Building (1890), Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Oklahoma
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Old; Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-1). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside Americ... More
Masonic Temple, Chicago
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Walker Block, Detroit, Mich
Possibly owned by Hiram Walker & Sons. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071189. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
[Detroit Peninsular Savings Bank]
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[Mott Street, New York City]
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[Stock basement, Richmond & Backus Co., Detroit, Mich.]
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State Street, Chicago, Ill.
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Twentieth St., Birmingham, Ala
"G 3631" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019415. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
[Washington Street, north from Temple Place, Boston, Mass.]
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The Canyon of Lower Broadway, New York, N.Y.
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Morris-Burnett Block, 302-306 Edmond Street, Saint Joseph, Buchanan Co...
Significance: This structure is a good example of the small-scale commercial block property type. It possesses the distinct characteristics of the commercial building type. Chief among these is the well-defined... More
Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, ...
Survey number: HABS WY-80 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1929 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001934
Metal Exchange Building, 234 Pearl Street, New York, New York County, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-33, FN-34 Survey number: HABS NY-431 Building/structure dates: ca. 1846 Initial Construction
Chapin & Gore Building, 63 East Adams Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Chapin and Gore Building, 1904, was built for a Chicago firm which specialized in the making and distribution of wines and whiskies. The architect, Richard E. Schmidt, was one of a group of C... More
Rawlins Building, 515 Railroad Avenue, Las Vegas, San Miguel County, N...
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
320 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna Coun...
Significance: 320 Lackawanna Avenue is one of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest period of prosperit... More
Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...
Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More
E. V. Haughwout & Company Building, 488-492 Broadway, New York, New Yo...
Significance: Built in 1857, the E.V. Haughwout & Company Store is architecturally one of the most important of New York's cast iron buildings. The architect, John P. Gaynore, used cast iron in the design for a... More
Johnson Wax Corporation Building, 1525 Howe Street, Racine, Racine Cou...
Significance: Corporate complex, noted example of Wright's commercial design. Survey number: HABS WI-284
Town of Guthrie, U.S. Route 77 & State Road 33, Guthrie, Logan County,...
Significance: Guthrie is a town which sprang up literally overnight. On April 21, 1889, the site was occupied by numerous lot markets, several skulking "sooners" and two wooden buildings, the recently construct... More
[Elevated railroad, Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill.]
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[The Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio]
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[State Street, south from Randolph, Chicago, Ill.]
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Broad Street, Richmond, Va.
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The Main street, Mackinac
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Main St., Worcester, Mass.
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Askin & Marine credit parlors, Detroit, Mich.
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Jackknife Bridge, Chicago, Ill.
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[Waterfront, Detroit, Mich.]. Cityscape photograph
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Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Street, probably Cleveland]
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[Pedestrians and automobile traffic, Monroe Avenue and Cadillac Square...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A. J. McDonald Homeplace, 103 West Roanoke Drive, Fitzgerald, Ben Hill...
Significance: The architectural style of this particular structure was typical for this period of history. The home was used as a personal residence until 1978, a rental house from 1978-1981 and a commercial bu... More
St. Louis Union Station Train Shed, 1820 Market Street, Saint Louis, I...
Significance: St. Louis Union Station Train Shed was one of the last all enclosing train sheds built in the United States. The shed was the largest, covering an area of 378,000 square feet or the equivalent of... More
Hart Block, 728 West Main Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: An excellent example of the late phase of cast-iron commercial facades, the Hart Block remains essentially as constructed, a testimony to the durability of cast-iron when properly maintained. It ... More
Times Square, New York, N.Y.
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Downtown Providence, Roughley bounded by Woonasquatucket River, Provid...
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Pontiac Building, 542 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: One of the early structures erected by the firm of Holabird and Roche, this skyscraper shows an unusual development of the wall into two-bay-wide oriels supported on rich foliated terra cotta brac... More
Parrott's Granite Block, Historic View, California & Montgomery Street...
Public domain photograph of San Francisco streets, landmark historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Bank of England (left) and Royal Exchange (right), London, England]
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[Detroit Photographic Company, 229 Fifth Avenue, N.Y., view of store]
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[Window display, Richmond & Backus Co., Detroit, Mich.]
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22-26 East State Street (Commercial Building), Trenton, Mercer County,...
Significance: Originally three separate commercial buildings, they were used as one unit as early as 1905 by S. D. Dunham & Co., a leading Trenton Department Store. The individual buildings housed a variety of ... More
Basil Gordon warehouse, Falmouth, Stafford County, Virginia
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Gary Building, 214-216 South Main Street, Saint Martinville, St. Marti...
1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Survey number: HABS LA-1183 Building/structure dates: 1860 Initial Construction
Windmire Building, Solvang, 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
Commercial Building, Silver City, Grant County, NM
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Boise Basin Mercantile Company Block, Main & Commercial Streets, Idaho...
Significance: The Boise Basin Mercantile Company is a block of three early "bricks" used as commercial institutions. The first "brick" on the northeast corner of Main and Commercial Streets was originally a st... More
Republic Building, 209 South State Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Significance: The Republic Building was designed by the architectural firm of Holabird and Roche and built in 1905 by the Wells Bros. Company, General Contractors...Henry Strong, the original owner, and his son... More