Mission San Juan Capistrano, Southern California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Mission San Juan Capistrano was a Spanish mission in Southern California, located in present-day San Juan Capistrano. It was founded on All Saints Day Nov... More
Judging from its license plate, and its general condition this once-fa...
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
Small, aviation-themed bas-reliefs on the exterior facade of the 1940 ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. As of 2014, the terminal and nearby 1928 Carter Field Hangar are being restored and operated by the nonprofit Houston Aeronautical He... More
1940s neon Dr Pepper sign at the Dublin Bottling Works and W.P. Kloste...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This plant produced a distinctive form of Dr Pepper, a soda popular throughout the South. The distinction: it used only pure cane suga... More
Old cars and old façades 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
Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More
Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...
Artist name from related image in same group: LC-DIG-highsm-30087. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being the only ... More
Faithfully reproduced kitchen set from at the 1950s smash-hit "I Love ...
The show followed the madcap adventures, many improbable but all hilarious, of New York apartment-dwelling Ball and Arnaz, as "Lucy and Ricky Ricardo," and their best-friend neighbors, "Fred and Ethel Mertz." T... More
A satirical sign (we think) posted outside the Crawdad Hole restaurant...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
Old degenerating structure that later apparently served some artistic ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. From the 1960s until 1983, it was the location of a U.S. Steel iron ore mine. The town, accessible by gravel roads has a small cluster... More
Berwyn car spindle, Berwyn, Illinois
Spindle was a sculpture created in 1989 by artist Dustin Shuler. It consisted of a 50 foot spike with eight cars impaled on it. From 1989 until its demolition on May 2, 2008, it was located in the parking lot o... More
The Texas Theater in Waxahachie, Texas, a Dallas suburb
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Constructed in 1895 as the Dixie vaudeville theater, it was converted to a movie theater in 1920 and served as such until the late 19... More
A bald eagle surveys its domain in the Wyoming portion of Yellowstone ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More
An American bison, or buffalo, navigates snowy Yellowstone National Pa...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More
View from the surroundings of Soda Butte Creek of the majestic Absarok...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More
A red fox prowls for voles, hidden beneath the snow, in Yellowstone Na...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More
Memorable participants in the showcase parade of all things extraterre...
Founded in 1999, this three-day event began at the historic McMenamins Hotel in memory of the celebrated 1950 "Trent sighting" and photographs of a purported flying saucer at a nearby farm. Skeptics have conclu... More
Sculpture "Gold Rush" at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacrame...
Artist: Tom Otterness, 1999. Bronze, variable dimensions. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More
The Venetian Hotel on the Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada
Built in 1999 on the same spot as the historic Sands Hotel once stood, Sheldon G. Adelson, Chairman of the Board of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, set out to authentically recreate the famous Italian city of Veni... More
Old cabin in the last hometown of legendary western scout Christopher ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Glen Eyrie castle, an English Tudor-style home built in what is now Co...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built by General William Jackson Palmer, the founder of the city. This grand home, with 17 guest rooms and two dining rooms, is locate... More
Pony Express marker next to Buffalo Bill's grave on Lookout Mountain a...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. "Buffalo Bill" was William F. Cody, a late-19th-Century scout and buffalo hunter who later formed spectacular "Buffalo Bill Wild West ... More
Aerial view of the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial, Washing...
Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall ... More
The McFaddin-Ward House in Beaumont, Texas, now a house museum, was bu...
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Courtroom columns, detail, U.S. Courthouse, Tallahassee, Florida
Architect: Eric Kebbon. Built between 1935-1936. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograp... More
Exterior view of the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, Washington, D.C...
Completed between the years 1939-1940, by architect Charles Z. Klauder. Architectural style is Stripped Classicism. Originally constructed as and called the Social Security Building, it was renamed in 1988 for ... More
Mailboxes in lobby. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Alexandria, Louis...
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
Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania
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
Courtyard art, David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Mia...
Architect: Phineas E. Paist and Harold D. Steward. Mediterranean Renaissance Revival style. Built between 1931-1933. Primary material: Key Largo Coquina limestone. Photographed as part of an assignment for the ... More
One of several daily performances at Circus World Museum in Baraboo, W...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum, which also features artifacts such as colorful circus wagons used in parades, is owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society... More
Elevator lobby, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Fargo, North Dak...
Built in 1931 by architect James A. Wetmore. Originally designed as a U.S. Post Office on the main floor. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject... More
Courtroom, Bruce M. Van Sickle Federal Building, Minot, North Dakota
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1915; architect: Oscar Wenderoth. Credit line: ... More
Exterior bas-relief, EPA East and West, located on 12th and Constituti...
Architect: Arthur Brown, Jr. Built in 1934, the exterior elevations, particularly at Constitution Avenue, are embellished with Beaux-Arts sculpture. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Service... More
Oil painting "Curacao" at Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, New Yo...
Artist: Elmer E. Garnsey, 1912. Dimensions: 4.5' x 9'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cred... More
Glass enclosed lobby. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Cour...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. In 2010, the Federal Building & US Courthouse received $15M... More
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Building, Atlanta, Georgia
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1931-1933; architect: Albert Ted Eyck Brown; st... More
Teapot Rock, a distinctive sedimentary rock formation in Natrona Count...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Curiously, the fields were named, not for the rock formation but for the large, rounded dome on which the "teapot" stands. Over time, ... More
Historical marker commemorating Fort Laramie's brief role as a Pony Ex...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In 1849, the U.S. Army took over Fort Laramie, established as Fort John, a private fur-trading fort in 1834, in order to protect westw... More
Front exterior, U.S. Custom House, Charleston, South Carolina
Greek Revival building built during 1853-1879 by architect Ammi B. Young. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographe... More
Exterior window detail, U.S. Custom House, Houston, Texas
Architect: James Knox Taylor. Built in 1911. 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
Interior stairway. The Joel Solomon Federal Building and U.S. Courthou...
Located in the central business district, it was built by Reuben Harrison Hunt in 1933. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information p... More
Close up of oil painting "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor...
Artist: Emil Bisttram, 1937. Dimensions: 11' 10" x 7' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More
[Knife and Sheath: Horn-handled dagger used by John Wilkes Booth to st...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a steel arm, weapon, sword, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Painting "Contemporary Justice and Man," second floor stairway, Depart...
Artist: John Ballator, 1937. Tempera, dimensions: 11' 10" x 7' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photog... More
Mural "Sorting the Mail," by Reginald Marsh at the Ariel Rios Federal ...
Date: 1936; dimensions: 6' 7" x 12' 6". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photog... More
George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute ...
In 1857 George Peabody, a Massachusetts-born philanthropist, dedicated the Peabody Institute to the citizens of Baltimore in appreciation of their ""kindness and hospitality."" The Peabody Library building, whi... More
Revolutionary mural painted on side of building in Havana, Cuba
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Courtroom clock, David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, M...
Architect: Phineas E. Paist and Harold D. Steward. Mediterranean Renaissance Revival style. Built between 1931-1933. Primary material: Key Largo Coquina limestone. Photographed as part of an assignment for the ... More
Entrance, Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse, Portland, Maine
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
Lamp detail, Byron R. White U.S. Courthouse, Denver, Colorado
Architect: Tracy, Swartwout, and Litchfield. Built 1910-1916. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit li... More
"Bishop's Palace," also known as Gresham's Castle, an ornate Victorian...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The American Institute of Architects listed the home as one of the 100 most significant buildings in the United States.... More
[History of San Francisco mural "Raising the Bear Flag" by Anton Refre...
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More
Monument Valley, Arizona
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Badlands, South Dakota - Drawing. Public domain image.
Badlands National Park, in southwest South Dakota, United States preserves 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles, and spires blended with the largest protected mixed grass prairie in the United Stat... More
Historic Shell gas station, Raleigh, North Carolina
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Snow Cap burger cafe, Route 66, Seligman, Arizona
Delgadillos is also known for its silly staff, described by some as "madcap," who have been known to make a show out of entertaining kids with fun practical jokes. Title, date, and subjects provided by the phot... More
Stained glass window, Boston Avenue United Methodist Church, Tulsa, Ok...
Photo shows a native american in prayer with quotation "thy sins are forgiven." Formerly misidentified as a window at the Boston Avenue United Methodist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Source: B. Reed at the Boston ... More
Sculpture "Voyage of Ulysses" located at front plaza exterior, James A...
Artist: David Von Schlegell, 1977. Stainless steel and water. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographe... More
Sculpture "Bicentennial Dawn" in lobby interior of James A. Byrne U.S....
Artist: Louise Nevelson, 1976. Painted wood, dimensions: 15 x 90 x 30 feet. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by t... More
[Great Hall. Stair newel post. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Bu...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Exterior, U.S. Courthouse, Toledo, Ohio
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Environmental art "Flutter" at the NE and SE lawn quadrants of the Wil...
Artist: Maya Lin, 2005. Soil and St. Augustine grass, 459 x 105 feet. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the pho... More
Compass used by John Wilkes Booth when he tried to escape Washington, ...
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Sun Records Studio, Memphis, Tennessee
Sun Records Studio where Elivs Presley got his break into the music business. Sun Studio was opened by rock pioneer Sam Phillips at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 3, 1950. It was originally ... More
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mona Lisa Mural, Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio Mona Lisa Mural in the Short North Arts District. Located at the corner of Lincoln and High Streets. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's Amer... More
Falls of the Big Sioux River in Falls Park, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Mural, Balmy Alley, San Francisco, California
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Grand hall looking west, Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse, Clevela...
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Farm scene in rural Montana - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
First Lady Michelle Obama official portrait
Title and date from file header. Transfer; White House; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:091)
View from the inside of the clock face on Portland, Oregon's, historic...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More
Leo Friedlander's 1934 high relief carving depicting Meriwether Lewis ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More
The First Presbyterian Church in Seneca Falls, New York, the town know...
The church itself is a New York State Women's History Site. The National Women's Party came to Seneca Falls in 1923 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the 1848 (women's rights) Convention. On the church steps... More
Ornate architectural detail on a building in downtown Asheville, North...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Once a summer town of eastern America's wealthy elite, Asheville suffered greater losses per capita than any other American city durin... More
Skyline, dominated by the Space Needle, which appeared in the 1962 Sea...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency not held by the Library Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. ... More
One of many food-concession booths, nearly all of them serving sugary,...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More
The Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite National Park, California
The Ahwahnee Hotel is a destination hotel in Yosemite National Park, California on the floor of Yosemite Valley, constructed from stone, concrete, wood and glass, which opened in 1927. It is a premiere example ... More
Hand-carved animals at the Looff Carousel in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, ...
The carousel was originally located at Lee Funland in upstate New York and in 1910 it was relocated here, at Pawtucket's Slater Memorial Park, where (as of 2018) it continues to operate. The carousel features a... More
The Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, a Beaux Arts-style building ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. As the third capitol building in Jackson, it was designed to house all branches of the Mississippi state government, although now (201... More
Machinery at the c. 1892 Bisland Cotton Gin (whose structure was too b...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
One of many food-concession booths, nearly all of them serving sugary,...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More
View of Lake Havasu from the London Bridge, the real one, or at least ...
London Bridge was once very much in England, spanning the River Thames. It was built in 1830, but in 1967 it was dismantled and purchased by Robert P. McCulloch, who had exterior granite blocks from the origina... More
The Cape Neddick lighthouse, known locally and affectionately as the N...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More
BB&T Bank building, the corner of Columbia Road and 18th St., NW, Wash...
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
Mt. Pleasant neighborhood, located on Mt. Pleasant St. near intersecti...
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Confederate Memorial Monument, Montgomery, Alabama, Confederate States...
Designed by Alexander Doyle and built in 1886, the monument commemorates the 122,000 Alabamians who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War and sits on the Alabama Capitol grounds. Title, date, subject ... More
Civil Rights Memorial, Montgomery, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. The Civil Rights Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, is a circular black granite table that chronicles the history of the movement in lines that... More
Historic buildings in Monroeville, Alabama
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
W.C. Handy was born in this small log cabin in Florence, Alabama on No...
Handy became famous for his blues compositions such as "Memphis Blues" & "St. Louis Blues." He was also a musician, band conductor, and author. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photograph... More
The Rosenbaum House, Florence, Alabama
This house, an American architectural treasure, was built for newlyweds Stanley and Mildred Rosenbaum of Florence, Alabama, in 1939. The house is the only structure designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the state o... More
Historic downtown Florence, Alabama
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
Colorful Hillcrest Motel in Sheffield, Alabama
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
Colorful Hillcrest Motel in Sheffield, Alabama
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
Russell Cave National Monument is a U.S. National Monument near Bridge...
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Cathedral Caverns, Scottsboro, Alabama
The first thing you notice about Cathedral Caverns is the massive entrance. The huge opening measures 126 feet wide and 25 feet high. Inside the cavern, is Big Rock Canyon, Mystery River and some of the most be... More
Noccalula Falls, Gadsden, Alabama
R.A. Mitchell, gave the site to the city of Gadsden. The Falls drop into the Black Creek ravine and are marked with a bronze statue of Cherokee princess Noccalula who, according to local legends, jumped off a c... More
Fishing in Monroe County, Alabama
Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; George F. Landegger; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:090). ... More
The Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Also known as the Royal Presidio Chapel, the Roman Catholic cathedral was built in 1794, and is the oldest continuously operating parish and the oldest st... More
Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana Thomas House interior, Springfield, Illinois
Springfield's Dana-Thomas House is the best preserved and most complete of Frank Lloyd Wright's early "Prairie" houses. The structure has changed little since its construction in 1902-04 for Springfield sociali... More