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[Woman, with chickens and ducks in baskets, facing another woman at wall of building, two dogs, and man walking with a pig]

[Woman, with chickens and ducks in baskets, facing another woman at wa...

Public domain scan of 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Villagers clearing out rubbish!!! / engrav'd by Hixon., British Cartoon Print

Villagers clearing out rubbish!!! / engrav'd by Hixon., British Cartoo...

Print shows three villagers transporting a parson, a doctor, and a lawyer to another parish to cries of "Huzza" from other villagers. "Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening." Forms part of: British Ca... More

Aoyama enza no matsu - Public domain scenic drawing

Aoyama enza no matsu - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers sitting on a bluff above a grove of pines with Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fro... More

Kakegawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain  drawing

Kakegawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows elderly people walking across the bridge at the Kakegawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

Takema no uguisu, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Takema no uguisu, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two young women on a country path gathering plants and listening to a warbler in bamboo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More

Dōkanyama mushi kiki - Public domain image related to music prformance, drawing

Dōkanyama mushi kiki - Public domain image related to music prformance...

Print shows four men drinking alcoholic beverages in a field at night. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Edo meisho dōk... More

Cherry time / W.H. Baker 1871.. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Cherry time / W.H. Baker 1871.. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Print shows a young boy standing next to a fence, holding a branch from a cherry tree over his right shoulder and carrying a basket of cherries in his left hand.

A former royal highway - Drawing. Public domain image.

A former royal highway - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Travel views of Europe - Public domain  photograph

Travel views of Europe - Public domain photograph

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, horses, horse riding, farm animals, farmers, livestock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Winter morning in the country - Public domain scan / drawing

Winter morning in the country - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a winter scene in the country with a man and a woman riding in a sleigh, two boys putting on ice skates, two man working outside a barn dressing animals, and a house in the background where a woman ... More

Vance Farmstead, Main House, State Route 88, Hephzibah, Richmond County, GA

Vance Farmstead, Main House, State Route 88, Hephzibah, Richmond Count...

Significance: The Vance Farmstead, Main House is a ca. 1900 two-story Georgian house type with Gothic Revival details. It is significant for its architecture as a representative example of a Georgian house type... More

Buckhorn Manor, State Route 603, Bacova, Bath County, Virginia

Buckhorn Manor, State Route 603, Bacova, Bath County, Virginia

Significance: Buckhorn Manor, with its outbuildings, is a good example of the plantations that flourished in the Jackson River valley before the Civil War. The plantation buildings, three of which remain intac... More

Buckhorn Manor, State Route 603, Bacova, Bath County, Virginia

Buckhorn Manor, State Route 603, Bacova, Bath County, Virginia

Significance: Buckhorn Manor, with its outbuildings, is a good example of the plantations that flourished in the Jackson River valley before the Civil War. The plantation buildings, three of which remain intac... More

Kendall Grove, State Route 674, Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia

Kendall Grove, State Route 674, Eastville, Northampton County, Virgini...

Significance: Interesting Vernacular/Federal design with series of existing dependencies. Kendall Grove was built about 1813, and is a two-story, Federal style wood-frame house with two-story projecting pavili... More

Kendall Grove, State Route 674, Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia

Kendall Grove, State Route 674, Eastville, Northampton County, Virgini...

Significance: Interesting Vernacular/Federal design with series of existing dependencies. Kendall Grove was built about 1813, and is a two-story, Federal style wood-frame house with two-story projecting pavili... More

Cedar Grove, Scotland Neck Road, Enfield, Halifax County, NC

Cedar Grove, Scotland Neck Road, Enfield, Halifax County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-227 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Susie Kellison, raising chickens. Examining the wing and looking for smut. 250 of these boys and girls in the Club work in this Co.  Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Susie Kellison, raising chickens. Examining the wing and looking for s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Winter days - Print, Library of Congress collection

Winter days - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a winter scene with a large sleigh drawn by four horses, with several men and women riding past a house with a white picket fence and smoke coming out of a chimney on a snowy winter day. A dog is ch... More

Liriodendron, 502 West Gordon Street, Bel Air, Harford County, MD

Liriodendron, 502 West Gordon Street, Bel Air, Harford County, MD

Liriodendron documentation includes photographs of main house & two nearby farmhouses Survey number: HABS MD-327

Liriodendron, 502 West Gordon Street, Bel Air, Harford County, MD

Liriodendron, 502 West Gordon Street, Bel Air, Harford County, MD

Liriodendron documentation includes photographs of main house & two nearby farmhouses Survey number: HABS MD-327

American homestead summer - Print, Library of Congress collection

American homestead summer - Print, Library of Congress collection

Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1868 by Currier & Ives, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of New York. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / co... More

Crossroads Tavern, State Route 692, North Garden, Albemarle County, Virginia

Crossroads Tavern, State Route 692, North Garden, Albemarle County, Vi...

Significance: Located on the old Scottsville Turnpike midway between the Shenandoah Valley and the James River Canal, Crossroads Tavern, circa 1820, once served as a stopping point for travelers bound for Richm... More

[Ladies in the country] - Public domain book illustration

[Ladies in the country] - Public domain book illustration

Two facing pages from Japanese book show four richly dressed women walking in a garden. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06 and Richard Lan... More

Brownsville, State Routes 608 & 600 vicinity, Nassawadox, Northampton County, Virginia

Brownsville, State Routes 608 & 600 vicinity, Nassawadox, Northampton ...

Significance: Interesting example of rural, Federal-style house, particularly noteworthy for its fine interior Federal woodwork. Significant extant outbuildings, including the "Old Hall" (Ruins), which may be ... More

Horsepasture Store, U.S. Route 58 & State Route 687, Horse Pasture, Henry County, Virginia

Horsepasture Store, U.S. Route 58 & State Route 687, Horse Pasture, He...

Significance: The Horsepasture Store is a good example of a traditional general retail establishment serving a largely rural population. The property has played an important role in the social and commercial l... More

Horsepasture Store, U.S. Route 58 & State Route 687, Horse Pasture, Henry County, Virginia

Horsepasture Store, U.S. Route 58 & State Route 687, Horse Pasture, He...

Significance: The Horsepasture Store is a good example of a traditional general retail establishment serving a largely rural population. The property has played an important role in the social and commercial l... More

[Sagamigawa] / Hiroshige ga., Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

[Sagamigawa] / Hiroshige ga., Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows a view of Mount Fuji from the Sagami River, Province of Shoshu, with two men poling rafts and herons flying and diving. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... More

Hayes Manor, East Water Street vicinity, Edenton, Chowan County, NC

Hayes Manor, East Water Street vicinity, Edenton, Chowan County, NC

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10, FN-14 Survey number: HABS NC-3 Building/structure dates: 1790- 1801 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001341

Hayes Manor, East Water Street vicinity, Edenton, Chowan County, NC

Hayes Manor, East Water Street vicinity, Edenton, Chowan County, NC

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10, FN-14 Survey number: HABS NC-3 Building/structure dates: 1790- 1801 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001341

Hayes Manor, East Water Street vicinity, Edenton, Chowan County, NC

Hayes Manor, East Water Street vicinity, Edenton, Chowan County, NC

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10, FN-14 Survey number: HABS NC-3 Building/structure dates: 1790- 1801 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001341

Wessel's Root Cellar, State Routes 701 & 692 vicinity, Hallwood, Accomack County, Virginia

Wessel's Root Cellar, State Routes 701 & 692 vicinity, Hallwood, Accom...

Significance: Wessels Root Cellar is a small brick structure built sometime after 1768 by William Wessels. Unusually for Colonial period root cellars, Wessels's was separate from the main house. The house burne... More

Return from the field / Armstrong & Co., Boston ; Joseph John painter ; J. Howard Collier del.

Return from the field / Armstrong & Co., Boston ; Joseph John painter ...

Print shows a farmer, carrying a pitchfork, standing at the steps of his home where he is greeted by his wife and children; also shows a doghouse, birdhouse, a dog and a cat, a boy holding a horse, and a hay wa... More

Kykuit, Japanese Tea House, 200 Lake Road, Pocantico Hills, Westchester County, NY

Kykuit, Japanese Tea House, 200 Lake Road, Pocantico Hills, Westcheste...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N261 Survey number: HABS NY-6334-D

Kykuit, Japanese Tea House, 200 Lake Road, Pocantico Hills, Westchester County, NY

Kykuit, Japanese Tea House, 200 Lake Road, Pocantico Hills, Westcheste...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N261 Survey number: HABS NY-6334-D

A view of Bethlem, the great Moravian settlement in the province of Pennsylvania Vue de Bethlem, principal etablissement des Freres Moraves dans la province de Pennsylvania / / sketch'd on the spot by his excellency, Governor Pownal ; painted & engraved by Paul Sandby.

A view of Bethlem, the great Moravian settlement in the province of Pe...

Print shows view of community of Bethlehem, a cluster of large and small buildings in a bucolic setting. Another impression in: Scenographia Americana. London : J. Bowles, 1768. Printed for John Bowles at No. ... More

Sunny Bank, State Route 712 vicinity, North Garden, Albemarle County, Virginia

Sunny Bank, State Route 712 vicinity, North Garden, Albemarle County, ...

Significance: This house which was built circa 1797 by Andrew Hart, is a fine example of eighteenth century domestic architecture in Virginia. Six generations of this name have lived here. Unprocessed Field n... More

Hinman-Mason House, Guilford, Accomack County, Virginia

Hinman-Mason House, Guilford, Accomack County, Virginia

Significance: Built between 1720 to 1730, the Hinman-Fisher-Mason House is a rare example of early Tidewater Virginia Architecture. It is a vernacular Georgian brick structure containing an early oak Jacobean s... More

Green Hill Plantation, Kitchen, State Route 728, Long Island, Campbell County, Virginia

Green Hill Plantation, Kitchen, State Route 728, Long Island, Campbell...

Significance: "Green Hill" plantation was built by Samuel Pannill who first bought 600 acres from William and Moses Fuqua in 1797, and added to and developed the plantation 'til his death in 1864. Survey numbe... More

Spring Hill Claim House, State Route 637, Ivy, Albemarle County, Virginia

Spring Hill Claim House, State Route 637, Ivy, Albemarle County, Virgi...

Significance: Charles Hudson, in 1735, patented 2000 acres of land near Little Ivy Creek. This land was owned by several families over the years. This Spring Hill building was built c. 1765. It is thought th... More

Home sweet home / J.F. Queen after [...] Weyngaerdt.

Home sweet home / J.F. Queen after [...] Weyngaerdt.

View of farm with house, cattle, and woman feeding sheep. 12790 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright 1871.

Mulberry Hill, Sound Shore Road, Edenton, Chowan County, NC

Mulberry Hill, Sound Shore Road, Edenton, Chowan County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-81 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction

Green Hill Plantation, Laundry, State Route 728, Long Island, Campbell County, Virginia

Green Hill Plantation, Laundry, State Route 728, Long Island, Campbell...

Significance: "Green Hill" plantation was built by Samuel Pannill who first bought 600 acres from William and Moses Fuqua in 1797, and added to and developed the plantation 'til his death in 1864. The laundry i... More

Country clients / W. Dendy Sadler ; painted by W. Dendy Sadler ; etched by James Dobie.

Country clients / W. Dendy Sadler ; painted by W. Dendy Sadler ; etche...

Print showing a middle-aged couple seated in chairs in a lawyer's office, the lawyer standing, facing them, with his back to a fireplace. Includes a remarque at bottom center showing a rural setting with dwelli... More

Mumma Farm, House, Smoketown Road, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Mumma Farm, House, Smoketown Road, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-141 Survey number: HABS MD-950-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1790 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1862 Demolished Building/stru... More

Roaring Springs, State Route 616 vicinity, Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia

Roaring Springs, State Route 616 vicinity, Gloucester, Gloucester Coun...

Significance: It is a distinctive example of Tidewater Virginia vernacular architecture evolved to its present form through remodeling by various owners. Its western end began as a 1-room, with side passage, pr... More

Roaring Springs, State Route 616 vicinity, Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia

Roaring Springs, State Route 616 vicinity, Gloucester, Gloucester Coun...

Significance: It is a distinctive example of Tidewater Virginia vernacular architecture evolved to its present form through remodeling by various owners. Its western end began as a 1-room, with side passage, pr... More

Clifton Farm, Off Baker Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Clifton Farm, Off Baker Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

See also HALS MD-12 for related documentation. Significance: Built ca. 1851, the Clifton House is representative of a rural house type which was common among the substantial farmers in Frederick County and the ... More

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George's County, MD

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George'...

Significance: Montpelier is a National Historic Landmark as a distinguished example of a late Georgian, five-part plantation house with exceptionally fine interior detailing. Montpelier is also of significance ... More

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George's County, MD

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George'...

Significance: Montpelier is a National Historic Landmark as a distinguished example of a late Georgian, five-part plantation house with exceptionally fine interior detailing. Montpelier is also of significance ... More

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George's County, MD

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George'...

Significance: Montpelier is a National Historic Landmark as a distinguished example of a late Georgian, five-part plantation house with exceptionally fine interior detailing. Montpelier is also of significance ... More

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George's County, MD

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George'...

Significance: Montpelier is a National Historic Landmark as a distinguished example of a late Georgian, five-part plantation house with exceptionally fine interior detailing. Montpelier is also of significance ... More

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George's County, MD

Montpelier, Montpelier Drive & State Route 197, Laurel, Prince George'...

Significance: Montpelier is a National Historic Landmark as a distinguished example of a late Georgian, five-part plantation house with exceptionally fine interior detailing. Montpelier is also of significance ... More

John Delaplane House, State Route 623, Delaplane, Fauquier County, Virginia

John Delaplane House, State Route 623, Delaplane, Fauquier County, Vir...

Significance: The Delaplane House is one of the focal points of the Fauquier County hamlet that bears its name. The Manassas Gap Railway, c. 1852, was responsible for the settlement of the village, which was f... More

John Delaplane House, State Route 623, Delaplane, Fauquier County, Virginia

John Delaplane House, State Route 623, Delaplane, Fauquier County, Vir...

Significance: The Delaplane House is one of the focal points of the Fauquier County hamlet that bears its name. The Manassas Gap Railway, c. 1852, was responsible for the settlement of the village, which was f... More

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of river bank, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a river, water stream, lake or pond, park or forest, natural landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Marcus Sadeler - Presens Rustiques / Marcus, sc.

Marcus Sadeler - Presens Rustiques / Marcus, sc.

Landscape, with dead and live animals, baskets of fruit, and man standing holding dog on rope. Bradley Collection.

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Momiji mi sanpukutsui - Ukiyo e print

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Momiji mi sanpukutsui - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oban Benizuri-e. Three Hosoban images on a single sheet. Forms part of: Japanese pr... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Osome hisamatsu chikai no jūshichiya machi

Utagawa Toyokuni - Osome hisamatsu chikai no jūshichiya machi

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Chuban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Sanshi no seiran - Drawing. Public domain image.

Sanshi no seiran - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a cluster of thatch-roofed buildings in a mountain village and villagers, near a river.

Rokudanme, Sadahide Utagawa - Public domain scan / drawing

Rokudanme, Sadahide Utagawa - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a person in a sedan chair leaving a residential compound and being stopped by a samurai warrior. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 20... More

Shimo-meguro, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Shimo-meguro, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows rooftops, pilgrims on roadway, and Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fugaku s... More

Shibaura, Katsushika Hokusai, depicting Mount Fuji

Shibaura, Katsushika Hokusai, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows landscape with pilgrims at roadside rest stop and Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the s... More

[Man with staff, wearing geta, studio portrait]

[Man with staff, wearing geta, studio portrait]

Photograph shows a studio portrait of a man, full-length, standing, facing front, leaning on a wooden staff, he is wearing tall geta. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict a man standing on the edge of a stre... More

[Rural scene with a young boy sitting on a tree stump watching ducks in the stream below]

[Rural scene with a young boy sitting on a tree stump watching ducks i...

Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

Caricature, Harsh criticism / Gallaway., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Harsh criticism / Gallaway., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows two Irishmen talking in the street of a rural community. The son of one is taking music lessons, to the annoyance of the other, as well as the neighbors. Caption: Hogan I suppose ye've hear... More

"Dawn in Lonesome Hollow?" "Dawn in Lonesome Hollow["] shows Berea College sends its extension workers into remote communities to teach the Kentuckey [sic] mountaineers the princiiples [sic] of scientific agricultur[e], home economics, and community organization.

"Dawn in Lonesome Hollow?" "Dawn in Lonesome Hollow["] shows Berea Col...

Photograph shows people gathered around a Berea College Extension Work tent.

11 boys and 2 girls in Hillsboro are each taking a calf furnished by the County Farm Bureau on credit, - each agreeing to do the best to raise the calf and exhibit at the annual show. See Photo No. 90. Location: Pocahontas County--Hillsboro, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

11 boys and 2 girls in Hillsboro are each taking a calf furnished by t...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5111. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 91. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Clementine Miller (and her parents) with her sheep exhibit at the 4 H Club Fair, Charleston, West Virginia.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia.

Clementine Miller (and her parents) with her sheep exhibit at the 4 H ...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Austin Curtis and his pig project. He is a young colored boy living near the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute, the State Colored Agri. College.  Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Austin Curtis and his pig project. He is a young colored boy living ne...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Green Hill Plantation, Frame Barn, State Route 728, Long Island, Campbell County, Virginia

Green Hill Plantation, Frame Barn, State Route 728, Long Island, Campb...

Significance: "Green Hill" plantation was built by Samuel Pannill who first bought 600 acres from William and Moses Fuqua in 1797, and added to and developed the plantation 'til his death in 1864. Survey numbe... More

Going to town on Saturday afternoon, Greene County, Georgia

Going to town on Saturday afternoon, Greene County, Georgia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Henry Williams - House of Henry Williams at St. Marys

Henry Williams - House of Henry Williams at St. Marys

Photograph shows African American man and boy sitting on the porch of a rustic cabin. Drums and shadows: survival studies among the Georgia coastal negroes / Savannah Unit, Georgia Writers' Project, Work Proje... More

Vance Farmstead, Main House, State Route 88, Hephzibah, Richmond County, GA

Vance Farmstead, Main House, State Route 88, Hephzibah, Richmond Count...

Significance: The Vance Farmstead, Main House is a ca. 1900 two-story Georgian house type with Gothic Revival details. It is significant for its architecture as a representative example of a Georgian house type... More

Mount Custis, State Route 662, Accomac, Accomack County, Virginia

Mount Custis, State Route 662, Accomac, Accomack County, Virginia

Significance: Home of prominent Eastern Shore of Virginia personalities including Thomas M. Bayly, Thomas H. Bayly, and Henry Custis. Survey number: HABS VA-627 Building/structure dates: 17t1 Initial Construc... More

Green Hill Plantation, Granary, State Route 728, Long Island, Campbell County, Virginia

Green Hill Plantation, Granary, State Route 728, Long Island, Campbell...

Significance: "Green Hill" plantation was built by Samuel Pannill who first bought 600 acres from William and Moses Fuqua in 1797, and added to and developed the plantation 'til his death in 1864. According to ... More

Green Hill Plantation, Brick Dependency, State Route 728, Long Island, Campbell County, Virginia

Green Hill Plantation, Brick Dependency, State Route 728, Long Island,...

Significance: "Green Hill" plantation was built by Samuel Pannill who first bought 600 acres from William and Moses Fuqua in 1797, and added to and developed the plantation 'til his death in 1864. Survey numbe... More

Rural Plains, 7273 Studley Road (State Route 606), Mechanicsville, Hanover County, Virginia

Rural Plains, 7273 Studley Road (State Route 606), Mechanicsville, Han...

Significance: The Shelton family's dwelling house known as Rural Plains is an important example of early colonial Virginia architecture with its gambrel roof, the use of Flemish bond with glazed headers and rub... More

Kendall Grove, State Route 674, Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia

Kendall Grove, State Route 674, Eastville, Northampton County, Virgini...

Significance: Interesting Vernacular/Federal design with series of existing dependencies. Kendall Grove was built about 1813, and is a two-story, Federal style wood-frame house with two-story projecting pavili... More

Kendall Grove, State Route 674, Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia

Kendall Grove, State Route 674, Eastville, Northampton County, Virgini...

Significance: Interesting Vernacular/Federal design with series of existing dependencies. Kendall Grove was built about 1813, and is a two-story, Federal style wood-frame house with two-story projecting pavili... More

Cedar Grove, Scotland Neck Road, Enfield, Halifax County, NC

Cedar Grove, Scotland Neck Road, Enfield, Halifax County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-227 Public domain scan of a plan of settlement buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cedar Grove, Scotland Neck Road, Enfield, Halifax County, NC

Cedar Grove, Scotland Neck Road, Enfield, Halifax County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-227 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cedar Grove, Scotland Neck Road, Enfield, Halifax County, NC

Cedar Grove, Scotland Neck Road, Enfield, Halifax County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-227 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cedar Grove, Scotland Neck Road, Enfield, Halifax County, NC

Cedar Grove, Scotland Neck Road, Enfield, Halifax County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-227 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Junius Tillery House, NC Route 481, Tillery, Halifax County, NC

Junius Tillery House, NC Route 481, Tillery, Halifax County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-17 Building/structure dates: before 1798 Initial Construction

Pear Virginialley, State Route 628 vicinity, Shadyside, Northampton County, Virginia

Pear Virginialley, State Route 628 vicinity, Shadyside, Northampton Co...

Significance: Constructed in the first half of the eighteenth century, Pear Valley is a rare representative example of the second generation of housing as it evolved in the early Chesapeake. Its small size comb... More

American homestead spring - Print, Library of Congress collection

American homestead spring - Print, Library of Congress collection

Entered according to Act of Congress, AD 1869 by Currier & Ives, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / ... More

Green Hill Plantation & Main House, State Route 728, Long Island, Campbell County, Virginia

Green Hill Plantation & Main House, State Route 728, Long Island, Camp...

Significance: Outstanding example of early 19th century Virginia plantation architecture surviving with little or no alterations. A good representation of a self-sustaining community in the early and mid-1800s... More

Green Hill Plantation & Main House, State Route 728, Long Island, Campbell County, Virginia

Green Hill Plantation & Main House, State Route 728, Long Island, Camp...

Significance: Outstanding example of early 19th century Virginia plantation architecture surviving with little or no alterations. A good representation of a self-sustaining community in the early and mid-1800s... More

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