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Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust Township, Slabtown, Columbia County, PA

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust...

Significance: The two-span, 97' long reinforced bridge at Slabtown over Roaring Creek has neo-classical balustrades making it one of the earliest examples of an architectonic deck arch bridge in the region. Al... More

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...

Significance: Officially founded in 1855 but with roots extending back to 1812, Fairmount Park represents one of the earliest efforts in the American park movement. While originally intended to protect Philadel... More

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust Township, Slabtown, Columbia County, PA

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust...

Significance: The two-span, 97' long reinforced bridge at Slabtown over Roaring Creek has neo-classical balustrades making it one of the earliest examples of an architectonic deck arch bridge in the region. Al... More

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust Township, Slabtown, Columbia County, PA

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust...

Significance: The two-span, 97' long reinforced bridge at Slabtown over Roaring Creek has neo-classical balustrades making it one of the earliest examples of an architectonic deck arch bridge in the region. Al... More

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...

Significance: Officially founded in 1855 but with roots extending back to 1812, Fairmount Park represents one of the earliest efforts in the American park movement. While originally intended to protect Philadel... More

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...

Significance: Officially founded in 1855 but with roots extending back to 1812, Fairmount Park represents one of the earliest efforts in the American park movement. While originally intended to protect Philadel... More

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust Township, Slabtown, Columbia County, PA

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust...

Significance: The two-span, 97' long reinforced bridge at Slabtown over Roaring Creek has neo-classical balustrades making it one of the earliest examples of an architectonic deck arch bridge in the region. Al... More

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust Township, Slabtown, Columbia County, PA

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust...

Significance: The two-span, 97' long reinforced bridge at Slabtown over Roaring Creek has neo-classical balustrades making it one of the earliest examples of an architectonic deck arch bridge in the region. Al... More

Staircase in the Monadnock Building, designed by the Chicago firm of Burnham and Root in 1889. Chicago, Illinois

Staircase in the Monadnock Building, designed by the Chicago firm of B...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...

Significance: Officially founded in 1855 but with roots extending back to 1812, Fairmount Park represents one of the earliest efforts in the American park movement. While originally intended to protect Philadel... More

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...

Significance: Officially founded in 1855 but with roots extending back to 1812, Fairmount Park represents one of the earliest efforts in the American park movement. While originally intended to protect Philadel... More

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust Township, Slabtown, Columbia County, PA

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust...

Significance: The two-span, 97' long reinforced bridge at Slabtown over Roaring Creek has neo-classical balustrades making it one of the earliest examples of an architectonic deck arch bridge in the region. Al... More

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust Township, Slabtown, Columbia County, PA

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust...

Significance: The two-span, 97' long reinforced bridge at Slabtown over Roaring Creek has neo-classical balustrades making it one of the earliest examples of an architectonic deck arch bridge in the region. Al... More

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...

Significance: Officially founded in 1855 but with roots extending back to 1812, Fairmount Park represents one of the earliest efforts in the American park movement. While originally intended to protect Philadel... More

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...

Significance: Officially founded in 1855 but with roots extending back to 1812, Fairmount Park represents one of the earliest efforts in the American park movement. While originally intended to protect Philadel... More

Architectural details of Daniel Burnham's 1910 Peoples Gas Building, then a state-of-the-art office tower in Chicago, Illinois

Architectural details of Daniel Burnham's 1910 Peoples Gas Building, t...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The building offered valet service, manicure rooms, sho... More

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...

Significance: Officially founded in 1855 but with roots extending back to 1812, Fairmount Park represents one of the earliest efforts in the American park movement. While originally intended to protect Philadel... More

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...

Significance: Officially founded in 1855 but with roots extending back to 1812, Fairmount Park represents one of the earliest efforts in the American park movement. While originally intended to protect Philadel... More

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...

Significance: Officially founded in 1855 but with roots extending back to 1812, Fairmount Park represents one of the earliest efforts in the American park movement. While originally intended to protect Philadel... More

A relocated arch, designed by Daniel Burnham, from Columbus's once grand entrance arcade of Union Station

A relocated arch, designed by Daniel Burnham, from Columbus's once gra...

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

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...

Significance: Officially founded in 1855 but with roots extending back to 1812, Fairmount Park represents one of the earliest efforts in the American park movement. While originally intended to protect Philadel... More

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...

Significance: Officially founded in 1855 but with roots extending back to 1812, Fairmount Park represents one of the earliest efforts in the American park movement. While originally intended to protect Philadel... More

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust Township, Slabtown, Columbia County, PA

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust...

Significance: The two-span, 97' long reinforced bridge at Slabtown over Roaring Creek has neo-classical balustrades making it one of the earliest examples of an architectonic deck arch bridge in the region. Al... More

The old Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad station in Vicksburg, Mississippi was designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Daniel Burnham & Co

The old Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad station in Vicksburg, Miss...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Completed in 1907, it was located north of the Mississippi River floodwall and thus susceptible to flooding. Indeed, it took water abo... More

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...

Significance: Officially founded in 1855 but with roots extending back to 1812, Fairmount Park represents one of the earliest efforts in the American park movement. While originally intended to protect Philadel... More

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust Township, Slabtown, Columbia County, PA

Roaring Creek Bridge, State Road 2005 spanning Roaring Creek in Locust...

Significance: The two-span, 97' long reinforced bridge at Slabtown over Roaring Creek has neo-classical balustrades making it one of the earliest examples of an architectonic deck arch bridge in the region. Al... More

The old Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad station in Vicksburg, Mississippi was designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Daniel Burnham & Co

The old Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad station in Vicksburg, Miss...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Completed in 1907, it was located north of the Mississippi River floodwall and thus susceptible to flooding. Indeed, it took water abo... More

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...

Significance: Officially founded in 1855 but with roots extending back to 1812, Fairmount Park represents one of the earliest efforts in the American park movement. While originally intended to protect Philadel... More

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...

Significance: Officially founded in 1855 but with roots extending back to 1812, Fairmount Park represents one of the earliest efforts in the American park movement. While originally intended to protect Philadel... More

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fairmount Park, Along Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Cou...

Significance: Officially founded in 1855 but with roots extending back to 1812, Fairmount Park represents one of the earliest efforts in the American park movement. While originally intended to protect Philadel... More