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Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York

Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More

Architectural details at the Mississippi River Commission building, Vi...

Built in 1894 by Architect William Freret. The style is Gothic Revival. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... More

Bas relief, World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

The U.S. National World War II Memorial is a National Memorial dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II. Consisting of 56 pillars and a pair of arches surroundi... More

Ornamental details in the Jefferson Theatre, Beaumont, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by Emile Weil and built in 1927, it is an example of Old Spanish architecture. The theater was built by Jefferson Amusement ... More

Details on the Folger Shakespeare Library, East Capitol St. at interse...

William Shakespeare books and illustrations The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Compl... More

Relief, carved by Herring Coe, on the facade of the 1937 First Nationa...

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 Ph... More

Details on the statue honoring Maceo on the Malecón in Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... More

Column details located within the Pension Building, 401 F St., NW, Was...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Bas relief details around the statue of José Martí located in the Parq...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... More

Architectural details on the Carnegie Library at Mount Vernon Square, ...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Architectural details on the Colorado Building, 14th and G St., NW, Wa...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Architectural details in Old Lyme, Connecticut

Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Architectural details at Old Post Office Building located on Pennsylva...

Also known as Old Post Office and Clock Tower and officially renamed the Nancy Hanks Center in 1983. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from ... More

Downtown architectural details in Santa Barbara, California

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

Details from the facade of a building in downtown El Paso, 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

[Canal ("Washington Canal"), Washington, D.C. Lock details and section...

Inscriptions on recto: "Washington City Canal 1810-11-" "Details of the Gates of the Locks. " "The Manor of hanging the Gates at the upper part is detailed on the sheet representing the lower Gates. " "Ma... More

[Submarine ("Submarine Vessel, Submarine Bombs and Mode of Attack") fo...

Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Exhibited: Jeff... More

[Embroidering chiffon waists in crowded bed-room, East Side. (For comp...

A black and white photo of a group of people sitting in a room. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Minor houses and details, Blandfields, Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, details,...

Inscriptions on recto: "Details of the Library of the Congrefs U.S. in the N. Wing of the Capitol Washington" "Section of the Blocking" "Section of the Upper Colonade [sic]." "Section of the front of the... More

Henry C. De Ahna to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, January 31, 1864 (Detail...

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Ironwork. Roofs of bookstacks. ...

Sheet no. 387. Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Court room plan, elevation, s...

Inscriptions on recto: "Details of the Court Room, North Wing of the Capitol Washington Jany. 1809" "Section of the lower Gallery at A" "BHenry Latrobe S. P. Bldgs. U. St." Notations include computations; v... More

Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age p...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Details of interior of new dome

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of dome, face plates of base

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of dome, carriages "c" of stairway in drum

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of dome, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Caire. Détails de Moucharabis / Bonfils.

Person peering out of slotted opening in a meshrebeeyeh (lattice covering a window), Cairo. No. 117.

Baalbek, details of Kamir el Hermel

Picryl description: Public domain image of a romantic landscape with ruins, historical building, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kairouan. Architectural details of one of the corridors of the Mosque ...

Blind stamp: Lehnert et Landrock, Tunis. No. 530. No. 11. Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Eight-year-old girl (see label 4006). She is very skilful [sic] toppi...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Alterations to the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building ("gu...

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Minor houses and details, Blandfields, Dinwiddie County, Virginia

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Minor houses and details, Blandfields, Dinwiddie County, Virginia

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El Aksa Mosque. Cedar pulpit. Details of carving

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El Aksa [i.e., al-Aqsa] Mosque. Cedar pulpit. Details of carving

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Charleston ironwork details, Charleston, South Carolina. Balcony at Le...

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Charleston ironwork details, Charleston, South Carolina. Fence at 14 L...

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Trade pacters. Wash. D.C. Prime Minister William MacKenzie King, of Ca...

A black and white photo of two men shaking hands. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exactly what happens to each of the millions of Social Security Accoun...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New process expected to revolutionize map making. Washington, D.C., Ma...

Public domain scan of a plan, map, architecture drawing, or diagram, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

High school Victory Corps. Scale model planes made by high school stud...

Public domain photograph related to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Australia in the war. American trucks, furnished under lend-lease, pla...

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City Hall entrance details, Houston, Texas

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

Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo, (1671-87), east facade, with ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Architectural details. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Erie, Pen...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Beaux Arts and Art Moderne design. Four buildings: Library... More

Exterior details, Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building & U.S. Courthous...

Built in 1932 and designed by architect James Wetmore. The exterior of the Trenton Federal Building is a well executed design with a "Stipped Neo-Classical" form, with both Classical and Art Deco terra cotta de... More

Wall details and painting at Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse, Portla...

Designed by architect James Knox Taylor and built 1908-1911. Addition in 1931-1932 by James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords fr... More

Lobby architectural details, Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S. Post Office ...

Built in 1932 by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs i... More

Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York

Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More

Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York

Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More

Lobby details at the U.S. Post Office & Court House, Lexington, Kentuc...

Neoclassical design. Built in 1934 by architect H.A. Churchill and John P. Gillig. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provid... More

Details from the "million dollar courthouse," the Theodore Levin Unite...

Courtroom is from the previous building built in 1896. It was disassembled and reassembled in the new building in 1932. It contains over 30 types of marble. Behind the bench is a frieze of 10 female figures dep... More

Architectural details of the Charleston, West Virginia Masonic Temple,...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The building has strong Gothic influences, with its pinnacles, pointed arches and window tracery in terra cotta detailing. Credit line... More

Exterior details, James L. Whitten Federal Building, Washington, D.C.

Also known as the U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building, it was the first large Beaux-Arts building in Washington, D.C. Designed by Rankin, Kellogg and Crane architects, the L-shaped wings were... More

Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York

Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More

Architectural details at the John Minor Wisdom U.S. Court of Appeals B...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Originally the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse. In 1908, th... More

Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York

Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More

Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York

Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More

Architectural details on the Woodward and Lothrop building, 10th and G...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Architectural details on the Woodward and Lothrop building, 10th and G...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Details of Taft Bridge, NW, Washington, D.C.

Taft Bridge, also known as the Connecticut Ave. bridge or William Howard Taft Bridge, carries Connecticut Ave. over Rock Creek and the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, connecting the neighborhoods of Woodley Par... More

Architectural details on entrance way to apartment building, Connectic...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Architectural details on the Woodward and Lothrop building, 10th and G...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Details on the statue honoring Maceo on the Malecón in Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... More

Architectural details on the National Bank of Washington at the corner...

The building, completed in 1926 and designed by Jules Henri de Sibour, is also known as the Federal-American National Bank or Hamilton National Bank. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the phot... More

Details in the French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Photograph taken during the 2011 Mardi Gras celebration. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. ... More

Details in the French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Photograph taken during the 2011 Mardi Gras celebration. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. ... More

Details from the Magnolia Building, home of the boutique Magnolia Hote...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Ironwork. Roofs of bookstacks. ...

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Minor houses and details, Blandfields, Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Design drawing for architectural elements: Gothic church details]

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Details of boiler fronts - Public domain architectural plan drawing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of skylights in ceiling of Senate Chamber

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of dome, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Panel and medallion details from bronze doors for the east portico of...

Photograph of bronze doors detail showing panel, depicting ovation for George Washington at Trenton, New Jersey, and allegorical medallion of peace and agriculture, from bottom of left valve. In album: Benjamin... More

[Panel and medallion details from bronze doors for the east portico of...

Photograph of bronze doors detail showing panel, depicting the battle of Yorktown and gallantry of Alexander Hamilton, and allegorical medallion of war, depicting Hessian soldier and New Jersey farmer, from bot... More

[Details and bust portrait soldier]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Title devised. Inscribed on green overlay: sketch of Castle Pinkney [sic] on the back of this. Formerly Waud no. B-123. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.887) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil W... More

Details dʹune soupape pour un ballon de 5 a 8,000 m. cubes / Charles C...

Scaled design drawing of balloon valve shows 9 captioned views of components and complete assembly. Includes identification key. Tissandier collection.

Temple area, Mosque of Omar [i.e., Dome of the Rock], etc. No. 8 detai...

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kairouan. Doorway between two courtyards in the Mosque of the Barber, ...

Blind stamp: Lehnert et Landrock, Tunis. No. 523. No. 13. Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Eight-year-old girl (see label 4006). She is very skilful [sic] toppi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Petra (Wadi Musa). El-Khazneh. Circular tower. Telephoto showing detai...

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Hebron and surroundings. Machpelah. Enclosure. Details of Herodian pil...

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Minor houses and details, Blandfields, Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charleston ironwork details, Charleston, South Carolina. No. 8 Meeting...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Douglas military aircraft Army. The Douglas A-20 (Havoc) light bomber,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Douglas military aircraft Army. The Douglas A-20 (Havoc) light bomber,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Going-to-the-Sun Road System Details, West Glacier, Flathead County, M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2 Survey number: HAER MT-67-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97000345

[Deane residence, Great Neck, New York. Master bedroom skylight detail...

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

Artistic details at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immacul...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. This is the nation's largest Catholic church. Title, da... More

Artistic details at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immacul...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an architectural element, dome, cathedral, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Details of various graffiti murals. Paterson New Jersey

Forms part of a group of images depicting graffiti murals that were painted on walls near School Number 15 as part of an organized, city-approved demonstration by graffiti artists from the metro area; School Nu... More

Details of various graffiti murals.

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

Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York

Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More

Architectural details. Potter Stewart U.S. Post Office and Courthouse,...

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

Details from the "million dollar courthouse," the Theodore Levin Unite...

Courtroom is from the previous building built in 1896. It was disassembled and reassembled in the new building in 1932. It contains over 30 types of marble. Behind the bench is a frieze of 10 female figures dep... More