Exterior, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Camden, New Jersey
Architect: James A. Wetmore, 1932. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Caro... More
Mural, Birch Bayh Federal Building, Indianapolis, Indiana
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The building is a steel-framed, flat-roofed structure clad with Indiana limestone completed in 1905. Each pavilion has a central ca... More
U.S. Courthouse in Harrisonburg, Virginia
Built in 1939 by Rudolph Stanley Brown. 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
Atrium detail, Robert J. Nealon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, ...
Architect: James A. Wetmore. Built in 1931. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in... More
Trophy heads within the Mint Bar in Sheridan, Wyoming. Except for a hi...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More
Elevator at the Alton Lennon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wil...
Built in 1919 by architect James A. Wetmore. The style is Neoclassical. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... More
Potter Stewart U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Cincinnati, Ohio
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
The Alton Lennon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wilmington, Nor...
Built in 1919 by architect James A. Wetmore. The style is Neoclassical. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... More
Inner dome of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The banner, stretched high under the vault of the inner dome, includes a Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) emblem. The banner is a r... More
Ceiling mural "The Four Seasons and Signs of the Zodiac (Autumn)," by ...
Date: 1940; dimensions: 13' 4" x 21'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photogra... More
First floor WPA Mural at the U.S. Courthouse, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Built in 1930 by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More
Detail, Federal Building and U.S. Custom House, Denver, Colorado
Architect: James A. Wetmore. Built 1931-1937. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs ... More
Interior of the William H. Welch Medical Library, the library of the J...
Founded in 1929 with the merger of three libraries, namely, the library of the School of Medicine, the library of the School of Hygiene and Public Health, and the library of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Title, d... More
Exterior. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Tyler, Texas
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 architect Shirley Simons. Neoclassical sty... More
The Huntington Arcade, originally called the Ritter Arcade, in downtow...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1925, the ornate two-story arcade was home to high-end retail shops on its first floor, while the second level offered office... More
At the original Lansing Farm site in Dyersville, Iowa, where the nosta...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. When production completed, the baseball diamond created for the movie was left behind. Keith Rahe, a neighboring farmer, put together ... More
Eagle detail, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Gainesville, Georg...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1910; architect: James Knox Taylor. Credit line... More
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas. Despite its name, this is ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Widely referred to as "The Modern," the museum collects and displays post-World War II art in various media. The buildi... More
Library of East High School in Denver, Colorado
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The architect for the 1925 facility was Denver native George Hebard Williamson, himself an 1893 graduate of the predecessor "Old East"... More
The Mississippi River Commission building, Vicksburg, Mississippi
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
The old Ohio State Reformatory, built in stages between 1886 and 1910 ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. At first the facility emphasized rehabilitation of young, first-time offenders, but eventually this maximum-security cellblock was add... More
Scene from the parade in downtown Cheyenne, Wyoming, that's part of th...
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
Courtroom wall and clock. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Dothan...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Architect: James Knox Taylor. Built: 1909-1911. Credit line... More
"Leo," crafted in 1908, served as Dayton, Ohio's, Steele High School m...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In 1989, it was restored and presented by the school's Class of 1931 to the Dayton Art Institute, a museum of fine arts in the southwe... More
Courtroom mural "Early Town (Paducah, KY)" at the Federal Building and...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built by architect Henry B. Carter in 1938. Mural artist: J... More
The Hawthorn Hill mansion in Oakwood, Ohio
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Intending it be their families' joint home, the pioneer aviator brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright hired the prominent Dayton architec... More
C. Bascom Slemp Federal Building, Big Stone Gap, Virginia
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1912; architect: James Knox Taylor. Credit line... More
Hardway Hall, the administration building of Fairmont State University...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded as a private institution in 1865 as the West Virginia Normal School at Fairmont, the school was dedicated to educating teacher... More
Fireplace detail, Blair House, located across from the White House, Wa...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The Blair House serves as the President's guest house, and therefore is the guest house of the nation. Built in 1824. Title, date, ... More
Texarkana U.S. Post Office and Federal Building
Built in 1933 and located on the State line between Texas and Arkansas. It is a courthouse for both states. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keyword... More
Sculpture "The Eastern States" located in fifth floor lobby, Departmen...
Artist: Henry Kreis, 1933. Plaster, 48" x 88" x 1.5". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credi... More
Blair-Lee dining room fireplace detail, Blair House, located across fr...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The Blair House serves as the President's guest house, and therefore is the guest house of the nation. Built in 1824. Title, date, ... More
Aerial view of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, host track of the vene...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Carl G. Fisher, James A. Allison, Frank Wheeler, and Arthur Newby, founders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, planned the suburb of ... 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
Exterior detail, United States IRS building, Washington, D.C.
Built 1928-1936. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Arc... More
Courtroom entrance doors at the Alton Lennon Federal Building and U.S....
Built in 1919 by architect James A. Wetmore. The style is Neoclassical. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... More
Exterior eagle and column captials, Federal Building and U.S. Courthou...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1909; architect: James Knox Taylor. Credit line... More
A defunct former storefront chapel in Gary, Indiana, one of America's ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded in 1906 by the United States Steel Corporation, which was seeking to meet the soaring demand for steel in nearby Chicago, Illi... More
Side and front view. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Dothan, Ala...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Architect: James Knox Taylor. Built: 1909-1911. Credit line... More
Artifacts from the 1892 Shell Store, a general store in remote Shell, ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. On this site in 1895, Western scout and showman William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody laid out the original townsite of Cody, Wyoming, which ... More
Window at the Mississippi River Commission building, Vicksburg, Missis...
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
Interior detail, United States Commerce building, Washington, D.C.
Architect: Cass Gilbert. Built 1922-1925. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Canton Branch, Baltimore, Maryland
Designed by architect Charles L. Carson, who drew the plans for Old Central and the first six branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Canton opened its doors to the public in 1886. It is the last of the four ... More
Courtroom ceiling detail, Byron R. White U.S. Courthouse, Denver, Colo...
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
Architectural detail. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Asheville,...
Built as the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in 1929, the building is currently occupied by the U.S. Courthouse and other government agencies, including Social Security Administration, the U.S. Forestry Commiss... More
Main entrance oblique, Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska
Architect: Louis A. Simon and Gilbert. Stanley Underwood. Built in 1939. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer... More
Obelisk statue on Veterans Memorial Plaza, also called Obelisk Square,...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 100-foot black-granite obelisk was built in 1923, and its surrounding square in 1930. Near the base of the obelisk are four-foot-b... More
Exterior detail, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Camden, New Jersey
Architect: James A. Wetmore, 1932. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Caro... 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
At the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, a complex of five museums and ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The complex's five museums are the Buffalo Bill Museum, the Plains Indians Museum, the Whitney Western Art Museum, the Draper Natural ... More
Earthen mounds in the last hometown of legendary western scout Christo...
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
Re-created classroom inside the Ford House, designed by Elias Nashold ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Home of Barney Ford, a onetime runaway mulatto slave, who discovered gold on what is now Barney Ford Hill nearby. His Oro Mine became ... More
Building at the Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve in Grand Teton Nation...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Other relatively small portions of the scenic park spill into Montana and Idaho. The site was originally known as the JY Ranch, a dude... More
Courtroom entrance in the William M. Steger Federal Building & U.S. Co...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 in the Neoclassical style by architect Shirle... More
Ceiling detail, EPA East and West, located on 12th and Constitution Av...
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
Interior, U.S. Custom House in New Orleans, Louisiana
Architect was Alexander Thompson Wood. Built between the years 1848-1881, the building occupies the full trapezoidal downtown city block bounded by Canal, North Peters, Iberville and Decatur Streets. The entire... More
Interior windows, U.S. Custom House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Building begun in 1932 under the WPA program. Opened in 1934. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Ritter & Shay did the final major work. Title, date, and subject note... More
A small cemetery building in the shape of a church at Saint Wenceslaus...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The famous Czech composer Antonin Dvorak composed two of his works at this church's organ while visiting Spillville in 1893. Credit li... More
Buildings, including the old, tiny schoolhouse, at Fort Bridger, a Wyo...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More
Exterior. The Joel Solomon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Chatt...
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
A Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) steam train crosse...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The D&SNG operates 45.2 miles of track between Durango and Silverton in southwest Colorado. The route was originally opened in 1882 by... More
Fireplace. The Old Post Office and Clock Tower, Washington, D.C
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Old Post Office and Clock Tower and located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. Construction began in 1892, and completed in 1899. The bui... More
Barn, Route 66, near Staunton, Illinois
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
"The Tin Family," Enchanted Highway, Regent, North Dakota
The Tin Family is part of the Enchanted Highway project. The idea of an Enchanted Highway originated in July 1993. The project features metal art works. It utilizes the welding skills of area residents and thei... More
Storm in the mountains, Hawaii - Drawing. Public domain image.
Date based on date of other Hawaii images in same group. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. ... More
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania skyline
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-201... More
Diamond Head, Honolulu, Hawaii - 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
Aerial view of Honolulu, Hawaii
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
Badlands, South Dakota - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
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
Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois
The Farnsworth House, designed and constructed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between 1945-51, is a one-room weekend retreat in a once-rural setting, located 55 milessouthwest of Chicago's downtown on a 60-acre es... More
Mardi Gras Parade, 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana
Photograph taken a few months after Hurricane Katrina. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gi... More
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
Historic Coffee Shop Sign near the Lorraine Motel Historic Site, Memph...
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
Annual balloon festival, Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is a yearly balloon fiesta that takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA during early October. The balloon fiesta is a nine day event, and has around 750 balloons... More
Route 66 Mural, Tucumcari, New Mexico
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
Mardi Gras Parade, 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana
Photograph taken a few months after Hurricane Katrina. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gi... More
Public Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Salt Lake City Public Library system's main branch building is an architecturally unique structure in Salt Lake City, Utah. Located at 210 East 400 South across from the Salt Lake City and County Building a... More
Painting "Annuit Caeptis" located on first floor, Federal Complex, Eri...
Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[East Corridor, First Floor. Mosaic in domed lobby at head of stairway...
More information about the Highsmith Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.highsm Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
[Exterior view. Door detail, east entrance. Odin and Quetzalcoatl, scu...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[East Corridor, Great Hall. Cairn mural in Evolution of the Book serie...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Sculpture "Perforated Object" at Virginia Street entrance of Bruce R. ...
Artist: Michael Heizer, 1996. Steel, measuring 9.5' x 27'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. ... More
[Second Floor, Northwest Pavilion. View of frieze showing carved lion'...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
[Great Hall. View from above of the zodiac in the marble floor. Librar...
More information about the Highsmith Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.highsm Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Exterior sculpture at the Jackson Federal Building, Seattle, Washingto...
Artist: Harold R. Balazs, Jr.. Seattle Project is made of copper; 8.5 x 19 x 6 feet. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note prov... More
Architectural art "Swimmers" at U.S. Courthouse, Jacksonville, Florida
Artist: Susan Kaprov, 2003. Fired ceramic pigments on float glass; 18 glass panels, 33 3/16 x 40 9/16 inches each. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title informatio... More
[Lobby to Main Reading Room. Government mural by Elihu Vedder. Library...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Union Station statue, Ceres, Washington, D.C.
Ceres, which stands for the goddess of agriculture, is one of six 25-ton solid granite statues that are on the arcade on the front façade. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Ca... More
[Main Reading Room. Interior of dome. Library of Congress Thomas Jeffe...
More information about the Highsmith Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.highsm Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Sculpture "Homage to Medicare and Medicaid" in main lobby and links of...
Artist: John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres, 1997. 10 life size portrait busts made of painted hydrocal (plaster). Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, ... More
[Main Reading Room. Detail of paired column capitals. Library of Congr...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
[Memorial Hall. Quotation from James Madison, beginning "The safety an...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
[Main Reading Room. Portrait statue of Plato along the balustrade. Lib...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
V.C. Morris shop, San Francisco, California
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. 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... More
Architectural art "Cenozoic Codex" at three locations on building exte...
Artist: Keith Sonnier, 1997. Blue, red, and yellow neon tubes. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photograph... More
[Great Hall. View of ceiling, displaying sculpture, painting and alumi...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
[Main Reading Room. Detail of stained glass window and coffered arch i...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Front exterior, Blair House, located across from the White House, Wash...
Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Second Floor Corridor. Printers' marks+Columns. Printers' marks of Th...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
[Second Floor Corridor. Printers' marks+Columns. Printer's mark of Wil...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.