The 1930 Times Square Building in Rochester, New York
The 12-story, Art Deco skyscraper, originally called the Genesee Valley Trust Building supports four aluminum wings 42 feet high, known as the "Wings of Progress." Each weighs 12,000 pounds. Title, date and key... More
Scenic downtown Huntsville, 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
Buildings, H St. near intersection with 12th St., NE, Washington, D.C.
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
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
Buildings, H St. near intersection with 10th St., NE, Washington, D.C.
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
Architecture in downtown Norwich, Connecticut
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More
Architectural detail in downtown 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
The building is the art: Two Boots Pizza, Downtown LA, Los Angeles, Ca...
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
Olvera Street in the oldest part of downtown Los Angeles, California
The street is part of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument, and referred to by Latinos as "La Placita Olvera" for a prominent local judge. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credi... More
Sculpture located in César Chávez Plaza in downtown Sacramento, Califo...
The Plaza was laid out by settler John Sutter and named in honor of Chávez, the Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader, and civil-rights activist. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Cre... More
Skyline of Central Los Angeles, California, showing the contrast betwe...
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
Stairway and man made waterfall at the River Walk, also known as the P...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Lined by bars, shops and restaurants, the River Walk is a free gathering place attraction that loops under bridges as two parallel si... More
Downtown Emory, a town in Rains County in northeast 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 Ph... More
An art installation in Deep Ellum, a neighborhood composed largely of ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
An Aztec calendar in Aztec Calendar Park on Myrtle Avenue in downtown ...
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
The Farmers National Bank Building, now (as of 2014) housing a law fir...
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
The Chapel of Thanksgiving building in Thanks-giving Square in downtow...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The chapel and park, designed by architect Philip Johnson, were dedicated in 1976 to promote the concept of giving thanks as a univer... More
Sculptor James Rice's statue of the outlaw Billy the Kid, firing his g...
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Distinctive street art in Deep Ellum, a neighborhood composed largely ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. As one of Dallas's first commercial districts for African-Americans and European immigrants, Deep Ellum is one of the most historical... More
Old Coca-Cola advertising mural in downtown Hico in Hamilton County, T...
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
Buildings on the square surrounding the Williamson County Courthouse i...
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
Street view of the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, 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 Ph... More
Pooch-themed art at the Deep Ellum "bark park," an off-leash dog park ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. As one of Dallas's first commercial districts for African-Americans and European immigrants, Deep Ellum is one of the most historical... More
Dr. Pepper beverage advertising sign on a building in downtown Mount P...
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
Deserted truck stop in Sierra Blanca, made a virtual ghost town when t...
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
Building detail in downtown Fort Worth, 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 Ph... More
The public, nondenominational, spiral-shaped chapel in Thanks-Giving S...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally planned as the first of several traffic-relieving complexes in downtown Dallas, the square was dedicated in 1976; at the t... More
Distinctive urban art (mural) in Deep Ellum, a neighborhood composed l...
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Skyline of Houston, as seen from the roof of the 41-story Marathon Oil...
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
![[Downtown streetscape in Clarksville, Texas]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTQvMDEvMDEvZG93bnRvd24tc3RyZWV0c2NhcGUtaW4tY2xhcmtzdmlsbGUtdGV4YXMtMy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/20/webp "[Downtown streetscape in Clarksville, Texas]")
[Downtown streetscape in Clarksville, Texas]
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"Downtown" Crawford, Texas, a tiny McLennon County place that swelled ...
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
Horsehead detail on an outside wall of Centre Market in Wheeling, West...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
Downtown building in Philippi, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
Part of an old Mail Pouch Chewing Tobacco sign on a wall in downtown G...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
The procession winds its way through downtown Clarksburg at the annual...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
Beaches on the New Jersey shore in Cape May, New Jersey
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Cape May has become known both for its Victorian gingerbread homes and its cultural offerings and in the summer, Cape May's population... More
Carol M. Highsmith - Aerial of Washington, D.C.
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 during the 1980s. Title, date, subject... More
Morrill Hall and the Library, Cornell University
In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 53582. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955.
Rockefeller Center. RCA Building from 515 Madison Ave
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Panorama of Madison Square, New York, N.Y.
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Downtown Boscobel, 826-1120 Wisconsin Avenue, Boscobel, Grant County, ...
Significance: The proposed Boscobel Downtown Historic District is of local significance as a fine collection of primarily mid and late nineteenth century and early twentieth century commercial buildings that ar... More
California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San F...
Significance: The California State Building is a contributing element of the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Nationa... More
![[Portrait of Ted Kelly, Kenny Kersey, Benny Fonville, (Scoville) Toby Browne, Shep Shepherd, and Buck Clayton, Café Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDcvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtdGVkLWtlbGx5LWtlbm55LWtlcnNleS1iZW5ueS1mb252aWxsZS1zY292aWxsZS10b2J5LWJyb3duZS1zaGVwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/41/webp "[Portrait of Ted Kelly, Kenny Kersey, Benny Fonville, (Scoville) Toby Browne, Shep Shepherd, and Buck Clayton, Café Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947]")
[Portrait of Ted Kelly, Kenny Kersey, Benny Fonville, (Scoville) Toby ...
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Price Tower, 510 South Dewey Avenue, Bartlesville, Washington County, ...
Significance: From National Historic Landmarks Form: Built as a headquarters and rented commercial space and apartments for the H.C. Price Company, the Price Tower is nationally significant as one of two comple... More
Newspaper Row, New York - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain photograph of New York building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...
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The Tallest buildings in the world, New York City
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Corvallis Downtown Historic District, Bounded by First & Sixth Streets...
Significance: The Corvallis Downtown Historic District is locally significant as a commercial and social center in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. The district reflects the commercial growth of the city, as we... More
Corvallis Downtown Historic District, Bounded by First & Sixth Streets...
Significance: The Corvallis Downtown Historic District is locally significant as a commercial and social center in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. The district reflects the commercial growth of the city, as we... More
Corvallis Downtown Historic District, Bounded by First & Sixth Streets...
Significance: The Corvallis Downtown Historic District is locally significant as a commercial and social center in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. The district reflects the commercial growth of the city, as we... More
Richfield Oil Building, 555 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, Los Ange...
Significance: An excellent example of the "Modern Style" of the 1920s, a short-lived heroic style with roots in late Art Nouveau and German Expressionism with emphasis on masses rather than volumes. A more dire... More
A Monday washing, New York City
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Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...
Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More
Bowling Green Offices - Irving Underhill
J247574 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y.C. No. C 13461.
John Breuner & Company Building, 1515 Clay Street, Oakland, Alameda Co...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
New York Hospital, 525 East Sixty-eighth Street, bounded by York Avenu...
Significance: Traditionally known as The New York Hospital, this is a major 1930s high-rise medical center complex. Dominated by a central 27 story tower, the assemblage of descending wings and pavilions gives ... More
New York Hospital, 525 East Sixty-eighth Street, bounded by York Avenu...
Significance: Traditionally known as The New York Hospital, this is a major 1930s high-rise medical center complex. Dominated by a central 27 story tower, the assemblage of descending wings and pavilions gives ... More
Minneapolis, Minn.. Cityscape photograph
Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Minneapolis, Minn.. Cityscape photograph
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Minneapolis, Minn.. Cityscape photograph
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Downtown Short Pump Grocery, West Broad Street (State Route 250) & Thr...
Significance: The Downtown Short Pump Grocery is a largely intact, representative example of a small scale, mixed use rural commercial building from the turn of the century. The building's unique stylistic fea... More
The Point, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Public domain image. Dry plate n...
Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Christ Reformed Church, 1501-1507 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona, Blair Count...
Significance: Christ Reformed Church was the second home of a congregation which was formed in 1863 as the German Reformed Missionary Congregation in Altoona. In 1870, it changed its name to Christ Reformed Chu... More
Duluth & Iron Range Rail Road Company Shops, Foundry, Southwest of dow...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Baltimore Trust Company Building, 10 Light Street, Baltimore, Independ...
Significance: Baltimore's only "setback" skyscraper, the Baltimore Trust Building is a fine example of the Art Deco commercial style in America. The interior features mosaics by Hildreth Meiere, who designed ma... More
Singer, City Investing, and Hudson Terminal buildings, New York
Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Medical-Dental Building, 450 Sutter Street, San Francisco, San Francis...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an office building, commercial building, 20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Washington Square Area Study, Sixth, Seventh, Walnut & Locust Streets,...
Survey number: HABS PA-1489 Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photographs of a block survey of buildings in downtown Washington, D.C...
Images show buildings in a block survey of downtown Washington, D.C., encompassing an area bounded by D Street and I Street Northwest between 1st Street and 15th Street. Also two photographs of E Street Northwe... More
Photographs of a block survey of buildings in downtown Washington, D.C...
Images show buildings in a block survey of downtown Washington, D.C., encompassing an area bounded by D Street and I Street Northwest between 1st Street and 15th Street. Also two photographs of E Street Northwe... More
Photographs of a block survey of buildings in downtown Washington, D.C...
Images show buildings in a block survey of downtown Washington, D.C., encompassing an area bounded by D Street and I Street Northwest between 1st Street and 15th Street. Also two photographs of E Street Northwe... More
Photographs of a block survey of buildings in downtown Washington, D.C...
Images show buildings in a block survey of downtown Washington, D.C., encompassing an area bounded by D Street and I Street Northwest between 1st Street and 15th Street. Also two photographs of E Street Northwe... More
Photographs of a block survey of buildings in downtown Washington, D.C...
Images show buildings in a block survey of downtown Washington, D.C., encompassing an area bounded by D Street and I Street Northwest between 1st Street and 15th Street. Also two photographs of E Street Northwe... More
Photographs of a block survey of buildings in downtown Washington, D.C...
Images show buildings in a block survey of downtown Washington, D.C., encompassing an area bounded by D Street and I Street Northwest between 1st Street and 15th Street. Also two photographs of E Street Northwe... More
Photographs of a block survey of buildings in downtown Washington, D.C...
Images show buildings in a block survey of downtown Washington, D.C., encompassing an area bounded by D Street and I Street Northwest between 1st Street and 15th Street. Also two photographs of E Street Northwe... More
Photographs of a block survey of buildings in downtown Washington, D.C...
Images show buildings in a block survey of downtown Washington, D.C., encompassing an area bounded by D Street and I Street Northwest between 1st Street and 15th Street. Also two photographs of E Street Northwe... More
Photographs of a block survey of buildings in downtown Washington, D.C...
Images show buildings in a block survey of downtown Washington, D.C., encompassing an area bounded by D Street and I Street Northwest between 1st Street and 15th Street. Also two photographs of E Street Northwe... More
Photographs of a block survey of buildings in downtown Washington, D.C...
Images show buildings in a block survey of downtown Washington, D.C., encompassing an area bounded by D Street and I Street Northwest between 1st Street and 15th Street. Also two photographs of E Street Northwe... More
Photographs of a block survey of buildings in downtown Washington, D.C...
Images show buildings in a block survey of downtown Washington, D.C., encompassing an area bounded by D Street and I Street Northwest between 1st Street and 15th Street. Also two photographs of E Street Northwe... More
Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...
Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More
Rockefeller Center. RCA Building from 515 Madison Ave.
Public domain photograph of a tall building, skyscraper, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rockefeller Center. RCA Building from 515 Madison Ave.
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Union Trust Building, 500 Griswold Street, Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Significance: Notable for its extensive use of metal craftsmanship and in the application of vivid colors on the exterior as well as interior. / Granite, brick, tile. 40 stories, 485' high. Elaborate entrance... More
Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...
Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More
Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...
Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More
Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...
Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More
Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...
Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More
Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...
Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More
Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...
Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More
Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...
Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Mount Clare Passenger Car Shop, Southwest c...
Significance: A unique structure, the Mount Clare Passenger Car Shop is undoubtedly the largest circular (actually 22-sided polygonal) industrial building in the world. It is commonly misidentified as a "round... More
Washington Street Downtown Corridor, Washington Street between Alabama...
Significance: Washington Street is the National Road, or U.S. 40, as it passes through Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. This major commercial artery is home to many important nineteenth and twentieth cent... More
Washington Street Downtown Corridor, Washington Street between Alabama...
Significance: Washington Street is the National Road, or U.S. 40, as it passes through Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. This major commercial artery is home to many important nineteenth and twentieth cent... More
Lakeview Downtown Historic District, E, F & G Streets between Second S...
Significance: The district is locally significant as a commercial and social center in south central Oregon. The district is a reflection of Lakeview's growth and economic conditions during the first half of th... More
Lakeview Downtown Historic District, E, F & G Streets between Second S...
Significance: The district is locally significant as a commercial and social center in south central Oregon. The district is a reflection of Lakeview's growth and economic conditions during the first half of th... More
Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette Co...
2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed late in the architect's career, Fallingwater exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of integrating buildings and their sites. Completed in 1937,... More
Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, Twelfth & Market Streets, Philadelph...
Survey number: HABS PA-1533 Building/structure dates: 1932 Initial Construction
Quaker Oats Cereal Factory, Southeast corner of Broadway & Mill Street...
Significance: The Quaker Oats Cereal Factory is the last remaining industrial mill and grain storage complex in Akron. This facility at this location dates back to the beginning of milling and cereal productio... More
A downtown mural, by artist Crystal Goodman, in San Angelo, the seat o...
Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Arnold Genthe - Paying New Year's calls, Chinatown, San Francisco
Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.