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Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Empire State Express (New York Central Railroad) passing thru Washingt...

Title from jacket. "H 111" and "extra" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039378. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Bleecker Street, Utica, N.Y.] - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Public domain photograph of New York City, Broadway, downtown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

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[Flatiron Building, New York, N.Y.]

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St. Paul and Park Row buildings, New York, two tallest buildings in th...

"722-2" on negative. Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29541. "722-1" on transparency. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013102. Gift; State Historical Society of Col... More

Electric tower, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York.

Tower lit up at night. No. 516. Public domain photograph of German city, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

From Empire Building (N.) past Trinity Church Steeple, up Broadway, sh...

H17894 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Works and Studios, Arlington, N.J., Littleton, N.H., Washington, D.C. No. 1.

City Hall, New York - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Flatiron Building, Broadway and Fifth Av., New York City

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018842. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Up Market St. from Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal.

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Panorama of Oakland from the Court House

H97611 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; August 2, 1907. No. 1255.

City Investing Bldg., & Singer Tower

J141262 U.S. Copyright Office. No. E453. Copyright by Irving Underhill, New York.

6 yr. old Earle Holt (or Hope) 712 H St., S.W., sells papers for a nei...

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Columbus Circle, New York City: [Looking South]

Photo copyrighted by Irving Underhill. No. C9536. No copyright renewals. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.

The Cathedral of St. Gudule, Brussels, Belgium

J198157 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 10138. Copyright 1914 by Keystone View Co.

Fire Bomb prisoners, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows men involved in a plot to bomb munitions ships supplying Europe from the U.S. (Source: New York Times, April 29, 1916 and Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from data provided by the Bain News... More

Rep. Frank Clark of Fla., 12/24/20

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P.E.C. [i.e., Palestine Electric Corporation] Rutenberg plant

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Airplane view of Foshay Tower - 32 stories, Minneapolis unlike any oth...

Photograph shows an airplane view of the Foshay Tower and surrounding buildings. Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Libra... More

[Old tavern, Brook Road, Richmond, Virginia]

Photo shows twelve African American children standing in a row by a three-story wooden building. Sign on front: Groceries ... R.L. Hilliard ... On slide (handwritten): "Tavern, Richmond." Slide for lecturing on... More

New York City views. Vista under elevated railroad

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View of Civic Center from Goodyear blimp, Aug. 26, 1933

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Rockefeller Center. RCA Building, general view from old Union Club

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Minneapolis Warehouse District, Lumber Exchange Building, Minneapolis,...

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Rockefeller Center. RCA Building, from 50th St. on cathedral grounds

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New York city views, Chrysler Building, Lexington Ave. and 42nd St., N...

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Picryl description: Public domain photogrpah of a Capitol building, ar...

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Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska. General view from northeast...

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Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

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A black and white photo of a tall building. Great Depression FFSA / OW...

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A black and white photo of rows of wine bottles. Great Depression FFSA...

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Scene in a downtown park. Jacksonville, Florida

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No vote. D.C. ballot boxes draped in black. Washington, D.C., Nov. 8. ...

A group of women standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of people walking down a street, Noon hour crowd. Omaha, Nebra...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Woman and son downtown at the parade, Cincinnati, Ohio

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Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

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Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

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Grain elevators. Saint Paul, Minnesota

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A black and white photo of a group of men, Great Depression. FSA/OWI P...

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A black and white photo of a city, Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of a city, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and el... More

Alley, downtown Chicago, Illinois

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A black and white photo of a truck on a street. Great Depression FSA p...

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A black and white photo of a train station. Great Depression FFSA / OW...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a man holding a baseball bat. Great Depress...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of people walking down a street. Ohio during G...

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Window shoppers watching toy display in downtown Providence, Rhode Isl...

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A group of people walking across a street, Great Depression. FSA/OWI P...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A group of men walking across a street. Great Depression FSA photogpra...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A couple of people walking down a sidewalk next to a car. Great Depres...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Houses and steel mill in Midland, Pennsylvania

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Window shoppers watching toy display in downtown Providence, Rhode Isl...

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A woman walking a dog down a sidewalk. Great Depression FSA photogprap...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A couple of men standing in front of a store window, Great Depression....

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A black and white photo of a man and a woman. Office of War Informatio...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Sections of framework for a B-17F (Flyi...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Yauco, Puerto Rico. A funeral procession on a street

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Detroit, Michigan. Looking towards downtown from the slum area. These ...

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Chicago, Illinois. General view of part of the South Water Street Illi...

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New York, New York. Side view of Rockefeller Center

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A black and white photo of people in a building, Chicago, Illinois. Un...

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Amarillo, Texas. View over the city

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Washington, D.C. First test blackout from roof of Printcraft building

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[Portrait of Kenny Kersey, Café Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y., ca...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More

[Portrait of Mary Lou Williams, Café Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb In: "Posin'," Down Beat, v. 14, no. 12 (June 4, 1947), p. 21. Forms part of... More

Prudential Insurance Co., Newark, New Jersey. Group from public servic...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Graphic Arts Center (project), New York City. Multi-use building compl...

Architectural drawing shows section of multi-use building complex including industrial space for printers and lithographers, offices, apartments, an elementary school, recreational facilities, and parking. For... More

425 Park Ave. Oblique view from southwest

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Tishman building, 666 5th Ave., New York City. Night view of building,...

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Americana Hotel. General view by day, from Lindy's roof

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New York World's Fair, Warren K. Leffler photo

Title and date from log book. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 11795, frame 9. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. The 1964-1965 New Yor... More

Llamas and an affectionate farm cat at Heritage Farm Museum and Villag...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Not to be confused with Heritage Station downtown, Heritage Farm Museum displays a wide collection of historical items related to Appa... More

Women's liberation march from Farrugut Square to Layfette i.e., Lafaye...

Photograph shows women carrying banners and signs while marching down a street in Washington, D.C., during a demonstration in favor of equal rights for women. Title transcribed from contact sheet folder caption... More

Esquire Theater, Amarillo, Texas

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Theaters. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph... More

The Barking Crab restaurant on the Fan Pier across the Northern Bridge...

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

City Hall, Madison, Wisconsin - 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

Painted glass located in the lobby of the Empire State Building, New Y...

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

Refurbished downtown office building in Washington, D.C.

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Skyline, New Orleans, Louisiana

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Carol M. Highsmith - Aerial view 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

View of downtown Paterson from Garret Mountain.

View of downtown Paterson as seen from Garret Mountain.

Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 15, documenting views of downtown Paterson as seen from Garret Mountain.

The 1915 Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) Building in downto...

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Lower Manhattan skyline, including the World Trade Center, New York, N...

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 shot was taken two months before the 9/11/2001 terr... More

[Fire fighter in front of burning building and rubble following Septem...

Forms part of: Collection of unattributed photographs ... Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rose Center for Earth and Space by Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest...

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

Exterior view, J.J. Pickle Federal Building located in downtown Austin...

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Rooftop detail, National Archives, St. Louis, Missouri

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title and date provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Print... More

Interior view of the LBJ suite of offices, J.J. Pickle Federal Buildin...

Built in 1965, the building houses a suite of offices, including the "LBJ Suite" used by President Lyndon B. Johnson during his term in office. Architect: Page-Southerland-Page and Brooks-Bar-Graeb. Photographe... More

Adams Morgan is a culturally diverse neighborhood in NW, Washington, D...

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Mural depicting actors in the play and book, "To Kill a Mockingbird." ...

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

Cottages at Freedom Village just a few blocks from downtown Montgomery...

The cottages are now boarded up and the signs are tattered and torn. Hopefully, the Heritage View Apartments will have a better fate. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit... More

The Ellis County Museum, in an 1899 structure across from the county c...

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

Courthouse located in the center of downtown Athens, Alabama

Founded in 1842, the city of Athens is located 15 miles from the Tennessee State line in Limestone County. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landeg... More

The John Bremond Jr. House, one of 11 grand Victorian homes erected in...

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

Mural depicting actors in the play and book, "To Kill a Mockingbird." ...

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

Confederate statue in downtown Gadsden, 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

Skyline views of downtown area, Montgomery, Alabama

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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

Street scene, Florida Ave. near intersection with 8th St., NW, Washing...

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