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Theo. Hildebrand and Son, Berlin, Germany

Title from jacket. "Made especially for the National Cash Register Company" on jacket. "21" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043091. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

123-125 North Paca Street, 125 North Paca Street (Commercial Building)...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Post office, Lee, Massachusetts]

Photograph shows post office and adjoining commercial buildings. Taintor & Hull. Public domain photograph of a post office building, postal service, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Ink Pot, Greenwich Village, New York

Photograph shows two men standing in front of shop called The Ink Pot. J221313 U.S. Copyright Office. Accession box no. PR 06 CN 38 Postcard File Container 60 JC size New York City general

Janes' Candy Store, exterior - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Public domain photograph of market, shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herman Building, Washington, D.C.

Store building with an apartment above ("Herman Building")for Abraham Herman, 7th Street and H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

Potomac Electric Power Co. air conditioning and lighting. Kent's jewel...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Justice Cornelius Ramsey House, 252 West Seventh Street, Saint Paul, R...

Significance: This small stone residence, one of the oldest remaining structures in the city of St. Paul, was built in 1851. Survey number: HABS MN-47 Building/structure dates: 1851 Initial Construction

31-33 West Street (Commercial Building), 31-33 West Street, Annapolis,...

Significance: A nineteenth century building, now altered for commercial uses, which retains many original architectural details. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-54 Survey number:... More

Phelps Store, U.S. Highway 50, Shingle Springs, El Dorado County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1357 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Store in iron range town. Saint Louis County, Minnesota

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

76 Church Street, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a store, Secondhand store, Morgan City, Lou...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Shopping in the store at Greenbelt, Maryland

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Garage converted from old church in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a grocery or convenience store, food, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Small general store in the hills of Ross County, Ohio

Martin's department store, business in Brooklyn, New York. Boys' depar...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kobrin Bros., business at 2279 Broadway, New York City. General view

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Martin's department store, business on Fulton St., Brooklyn, New York....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rockabye, business at 1401 Ave. J, Brooklyn, New York. Center to front

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rockabye, business at 1314 Ave. J, Brooklyn, New York. Interior I

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rainbow Shop, business at 1267 Broadway, Brooklyn, New York. Interior ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Black, Starr & Gorham, business at 594 5th Ave., New York City. New de...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Woods, business at 120 Main St., Hempstead, Long Island, New York. Int...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Woods, business at 120 Main St., Hempstead, Long Island, New York. Int...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Messinger's, business in New Rochelle, New York. General exterior in d...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Postur-Line, business at 469 Central Ave., Cedarhurst, Long Island. In...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Punch & Judy, 96-35 Queens Blvd., Rego Park, New York. General view to...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Holly Shop, business at 28 W. Lexington St., Baltimore, Maryland. View...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Roy's, business on Main South St., Niagara Falls, New York. Clothing d...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Leader's, business in Lima, Ohio. General view to rear

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Field's department store, business at 37th Ave. and 82nd St., Jackson ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Wanamaker, business in Great Neck, Long Island, New York. Basemen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Florsheim Shoes, business at 714 Allerton Ave., Bronx. Exterior

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Martin's, business in Garden City, Long Island. Cosmetics

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Burdine's department store, business in Miami Beach, Florida. House dr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Albert Steiger Company, Springfield, Massachusetts. Coats and suits

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Albert Steiger Company, Springfield, Massachusetts. Lingerie

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

W.T. Grant Co., business in Millville, New Jersey. West facade sharp

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Halle Bros., Westgate. Better dresses

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gimbel Brothers, business in Cross County Center, Yonkers, New York. J...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rich's department store, business in Knoxville, Tennessee. General vie...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lord & Taylor, business in Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Boy's department

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cavendish Trading Co., business at 1412 Broadway, New York. Showroom I...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Best's department store, business in Abington, Pennsylvania. Boys' dep...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Burdine's department store, business in 163rd St. Shopping Center, Mia...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Best's department store, business in Abington, Pennsylvania. Girls' de...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Burdine's department store, business in 163rd St. Shopping Center, Mia...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bloomingdale's, business in Hackensack, New Jersey. Girls, three to fo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lord & Taylor, business in Washington, D.C. Corsets

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lord & Taylor, business in Washington, D.C. Teen shops

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Higbee Department Store, business in Cleveland, Ohio. Debutante sports...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Higbee Department Store, business in Cleveland, Ohio. Skipper bar

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Higbee Department Store, business in Cleveland, Ohio. Country clothes ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts. New gymnasium, athletic s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Scher's Store, Lake Huntington, New York

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Assorted Main Street buildings & storefronts; Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125). Cred... More

Tile Store Block, Detroit, Michigan

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

Vitrolite storefront, Birmingham, Alabama

[7th St., N.W., E. side, looking N. from H St.]

Photograph shows view of the east side of 7th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., looking north from H Street. Building no. 801-803 has sign reading: "Rudden's Furniture. Carpets." Another building has sign reading... More

Simeon Folsom House & Stores, Pleasant & High Streets, Exeter, Rocking...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-26 Survey number: HABS NH-8 Building/structure dates: 1816 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1830 Subsequent Work

Simeon Folsom House & Stores, Pleasant & High Streets, Exeter, Rocking...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-26 Survey number: HABS NH-8 Building/structure dates: 1816 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1830 Subsequent Work

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

John Dill Store, 2 Market Street, Frederica, Kent County, DE

Significance: The Wootten Store is one of the earliest commercial structures still in use in Frederica. Erected by 1797, all subsequent deeds refer to a "store house" on the property. In 1873 additional land ... More

Martin's Bluff (Buildings & Dam Abutment), East Bank of Tombigbee Rive...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-35 Survey number: HABS MS-209

Martin's Bluff (Buildings & Dam Abutment), East Bank of Tombigbee Rive...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-35 Survey number: HABS MS-209

Martin's Bluff (Buildings & Dam Abutment), East Bank of Tombigbee Rive...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-35 Survey number: HABS MS-209

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Bell Block, 470 Central Avenue, Dub...

Significance: Born in Scotland in 1827, John Bell moved to Montreal in 1844 and then to Dubuque in November 1853 to work as a carpenter and joiner. After military service in the Civil War he returned to Dubuqu... More

Bolton Store, 21420 Willamette Drive, West Linn, Clackamas County, OR

Survey number: HABS OR-170 Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Colonel P. H. Peirce Store, North Main Street, Middleboro, Plymouth Co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Colonel P. H. Peirce Store, North Main Street, Middleboro, Plymouth Co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boise County Courthouse, Northeast corner, Main & Wall Streets, Idaho ...

Significance: As an excellent example of fire prevention measure, the "brick" was built to be fireproof in 1873 following Idaho City's most destructive fires in 1865, 1867, 1868 and 1871. It is also the most f... More

Old Stone Store Building, State Route 44, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-152 Survey number: HABS NY-356 Building/structure dates: 1760 Initial Construction

Goundie House, 501 Main Street, Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-1145 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Goundie House, 501 Main Street, Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-1145 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Goundie House, 501 Main Street, Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-1145 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bay Mercantile Company, Store-Residence, County Route K, south of inte...

Significance: The most prominent features of the small town of Bay are the store and barn of Bay Mercantile Company. Both buildings were built for Francis H. Peters in 1856-57 and are believed to be the work of... More

Swan Land & Cattle Company, Mercantile Store, State Route 313, Chugwat...

Significance: The Swan Land and Cattle Company, incorporated in 1884, was an innovator in the breeding and raising of cattle in Wyoming. In 1909 the company erected this building to serve as a store for its em... More

Richard Wood Store, Main & Willow Streets, Greenwich, Cumberland Count...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-162 Survey number: HABS NJ-269-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1785 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 18q1 Subsequent Work

Slicer-Shiplap House, 18 Pinkney Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel Count...

Significance: The Slicer-Shiplap House, built on the waterfront about 1723, played an important role in the city's commercial life. The descriptive name "Shiplap" refers to the construction style of the wooden ... More

St. George Hotel, 100-108 North Main Street, Winchester, Clark County,...

Significance: This structure is an unusual combination of Queen Anne and Neocolonial architecture which has functioned as a major hotel in town since it opened in 1904. For one year it was the finest hotel in ... More

Big Store, State Highway 3/U.S. Highway 19 at Croxton Cross Road, Sumt...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bridgeport Downtown, Bridgeport, Jackson County, AL

Significance: Bridgeport's history and small remnants of its built environment are representative of late-nineteenth century speculative "boom towns" that spread through the South and other areas of the United ... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Mianus River Pumping Station,...

Significance: The Mianus River pumping station provided a source of filtered boiler feedwater to the Cos Cob generating plant. Three diesel engine powered pumps forced water through a 16" main which paralleled... More

Whaley House, 2482 San Diego Avenue, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

1013 E Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, Distric...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nicholas Brown House, 29 South Main Street, Providence, Providence Cou...

Survey number: HABS RI-99 Building/structure dates: ca. 1759 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1930 Demolished

India Wharf Stores, 306-308 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Suffolk County, M...

Photograph 1 is part of the Pictorial Archives of Early American Architecture (PAEAA), also found in Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress Unprocessed Field note material exists for this stru... More

Garden City Warehouse, 320 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook Count...

Significance: This is an example of a late nineteenth-century warehouse building. The cast iron Jackson Street facade is unusually light and delicate in Gothic design. Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More

Garden City Warehouse, 320 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook Count...

Economy Tailor Shop & Wine Cellar, Church Street, Ambridge, Beaver Cou...

See also HABS PA-1176 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS PA-613 Building/structure dates: 1826-1827 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000644

Mechanics' Hall, 159 Congress Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Survey number: HABS ME-129 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Morris Canal, Cassedy's Store, Waterloo, Sussex County, NJ

Significance: A.L. Cassedy's Store at Waterloo is a well preserved example of a mid 19th century structure built along the Morris Canal. Survey number: HAER NJ-29-K Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial ... More

Plymouth Place, 1560-1572 Broadway, Denver, Denver County, CO

Significance: This is a large three story corner commercial building, designed with Colonial Revival Style details in 1898 by prominent Denver architects Marean and Norton. The construction of the building at ... More

Plymouth Place, 1560-1572 Broadway, Denver, Denver County, CO

Liberty Historic District, Caldwell Store & Post Office, Route 2, Cle ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Herndon & Atlanta Life Building, 229-243 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulto...

Significance: It was for years a major black office complex in Atlanta. It was named for its owner, Alonzo F. Herndon, who was born a slave, founded the Atlanta Life Insurance Company and ultimately amassed a p... More

Herndon & Atlanta Life Building, 229-243 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulto...

Davis-Byrne Building, 2134-2140 Dwight Way, Berkeley, Alameda County, ...

Significance: The Davis-Byrne Building is a characteristic example of a once-common building type distinguished by its unusually high degree of integrity, including its unaltered storefronts. As a building typ... More

Warder Building, 527 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, District of C...

Significance: A late nineteenth century commercial building of interesting architectural character. Survey number: HABS DC-216 Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction Building/structure dat... More

Francis Hopkinson House, Park Street & Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS NJ-64 Building/structure dates: 1750 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000496

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