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, 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
Interior 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
Stained-glass details in the Hutzler Reading room located in Gilman Ha...
Located in Gilman Hall and designed by Douglas Thomas. Construction of Gilman Hall began in 1913, and the building was dedicated on May 21, 1915, and named for Daniel Coit Gilman, the first president of the uni... 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, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
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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
Art Deco Column Capital details, Mississippi War Memorial Building, Ja...
Built in 1939 beside the Old Capitol. A Works Progress Administration (WPA) project. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Print... More
Details of Avalon theater located at the Catalina Casino, built on the...
The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More
Mardi Gras displays and details in store windows during the Mardi Gras...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Façades and details in residential neighborhoods in Old 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
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 at the Catalina Casino, built on the site former...
The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More
Interior mural details, Fox Warfield Theatre, a 2,300 seat music venue...
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
Interior architectural details of the Fox Warfield Theatre, a 2,300 se...
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Home-work (crochet) in East Side Tenement home. Grandmother pealing [s...
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[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
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Ironwork. Roofs of bookstacks. ...
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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Ironwork. Roofs of bookstacks. ...
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Travels to the westward of the Allegany mountains, in the states of Oh...
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[Church and its details. Design for front and side of church. Elevatio...
Illus. in: The Builder's Guide, plate LIX.
Details of dome, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Dome. Cupola roof. Plan, el...
Scaled and dimensioned. No. 1928. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which ... More
Caire. Mosquée el-Azhar, détails de la porte / Bonfils.
Top part of doors of al-Azhar Mosque. No. 1176. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg wh... More
Map of the United States and territories, showing the extent of public...
Relief shown by hachures. Also shows mine and mineral resources and Surveyor General and Land Office locations. From the General Land Office annual report, 1867. LC copy annotated in blue pencil to show boundar... More
Détails de la chaire de Cadi Borhan-ed-Din Details of the pulpit of Ca...
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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Exterior stonework. Upper attic...
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Whole family rolling cigarette cases, the mother was licking the paper...
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Flossie Britt, 6 years old has been working several months steadily as...
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[Hamilton Rice Home in Newport, Rhode Island, exterior details showing...
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 1129. Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Petra (Wadi Musa). El-Khazneh. The capitals of the portico. Telephoto ...
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American and National League Pres. Washington, D.C., May 26. William H...
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Last minute check-up. Just before taking off, a bomber crew reviews de...
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Douglas military aircraft Army. The Douglas A-20 (Havoc) light bomber,...
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Douglas military aircraft Army. The Douglas A-20 (Havoc) light bomber,...
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[Cohen residence, Siesta Key, Florida. Carport and covered walkway. Pl...
Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Public domain photograph of building plan, architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Interior details at the re-created Nuestra Senora del Espiritu Santo D...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded in 1722, the mission was twice relocated and eventually thrived as what is often recognized as the first cattle ranch in Texa... More
Architectural details of the U.S. Courthouse in Los Angeles, Californi...
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
Carol M. Highsmith - Modern house architectural details
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Photograph taken in the 1980s. Title, date, subject not... More
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
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
Stairway details. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Alexandria, Louisia...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1933 by architect Edward Neild. Art Deco style. Cr... More
Architectural details at the Robert A. Grant Federal Building & U.S. C...
Built in 1933 by architectural firm Austin & Shambleau, the building served its original purpose for fifty years. In 1983, the U.S. Postal Service moved from the building into a new facility. Photographed as pa... More
Architectural details. The Jack Brooks Federal Building in Beaumont, T...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 by Architects Fred C. Stone, and F.W. and D.E... 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
Ceiling details at the Tulsa, Oklahoma Federal Building
Built in 1915-1917. The style is Neoclassical. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line:... 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, 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 Jack Brooks Federal Building in Beaumont, T...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 by Architects Fred C. Stone, and F.W. and D.E... 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
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Lobby architectural details, Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S. Post Office ...
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Architectural details from the Rogers Building in downtown Florence, A...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Exterior architectural details of the Saenger Theatre in Mobile, Alaba...
Mobile's Saenger Theatre opened on January 19, 1927. Designed by renowned architect, Emile Weil, it featured three-color auditorium lighting; a Robert Morton theatre organ; full stage facilities to accommodate ... More
Architectural details in the Camara de Representantes building in Hava...
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
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
Architectural details from the Rogers Building in downtown Florence, A...
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Architectural details in the Camara de Representantes building in Hava...
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
Exterior architectural details of the Saenger Theatre in Mobile, Alaba...
Mobile's Saenger Theatre opened on January 19, 1927. Designed by renowned architect, Emile Weil, it featured three-color auditorium lighting; a Robert Morton theatre organ; full stage facilities to accommodate ... More
Façades and details in residential neighborhoods in Old 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
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 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 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
Wall and ceiling details in the Dome Bar of the Hotel Camino Real in E...
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
Group of children acting in the Majestic Theatre on Amateur Night. The...
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Minor houses and details, Blandfields, Dinwiddie County, Virginia
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Jewish family working on garters in kitchen for tenement home. (For co...
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[House ("Decatur House") for Commodore Stephen Decatur, 748 Jackson Pl...
Inscriptions on recto: "Commodore Decatur." "BH Latrobe Jany 1818" "Plaister impost moulding around the Hall [...]" "Plain External Pilaster " "Plan of the External Door at Large. " Computations/nota... More
Architectural details of the portico of the Parthenon of Athens / Figu...
Four figures of details of the Parthenon. Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Details of a chronometer designed by John Harrison]
Illus. in: The principles of Mr. Harrison's time-keeper; with plates of the same. London : Printed by W. Richardson and S. Clark and sold by J. Nourse, 1767. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmar... More
[Details of Chinese architecture] / G. Heck, dirt. ; Henry Winkles, sc...
Includes details of houses, the house of a mandarin in Tong-Chow, a porcelain tower near Peking, pagoda at How, and the entrance to the temple of Confucius in Tsing-hai.
Details of dome, face plate over passage around drum
U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
Details of western stairway, north wing
U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
Details of western stairway, basement story, north wing
U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
Details of dome, bottom plate under interior balustrade, one step abov...
U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
[Government building ("Custom House and Post Office"), Bath, Maine. Co...
Drawing no. 9. Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Government building ("Custom House and Post Office"), Bath, Maine. Ro...
Drawing includes details of vault door and iron window shutters. Drawing no. 10.
Map of the United States and territories, showing the extent of public...
Relief shown by hachures. Also shows mine and mineral resources and Surveyor General and Land Office locations. From the General Land Office annual report, 1867. Available also through the Library of Congress W... More
A handsome home, showing finely outlined details. Design no. 137.
Halftone repro. of drawing, copyrighted by N.K. Aldrich, Architect, Galesburg, Ill. Illus. in: Modern Picturesque Homes, copyrighted by N.K. Aldrich, Architect, Galesburg, Ill., p. 156. Ref. copy may be in SSF(... More
Murals and details in Avalon theater located at the Catalina Casino, b...
The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More
Mosaic floor discovered in the Nativity Basilica [Church of the Nativi...
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Charleston ironwork details, Charleston, South Carolina. South Carolin...
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Charleston ironwork details, Charleston, South Carolina. 27 Meeting St...
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Charleston ironwork details, Charleston, South Carolina. Fence at 14 L...
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N.Y. Mayor visits Veteran Nebraska Senator. Washington, D.C., Dec. 30....
A black and white photo of two men at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Busy Senate official. Washington, D.C., Dec. 28. One of the busiest of...
A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
President and A.F. of L. leaders discuss wage-hour legislation. Washin...
A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Decorative carpet details - Drawing. Public domain image.
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
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
Architectural details, New York, New York
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
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
E. Ia. Verkhovaia house, Gorkii Street #40 (1907-08),decorative detail...
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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
Interior 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
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
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