The upper reaches of Frost Bank Tower, a prominent Austin, Texas, skys...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 33-story building was developed by Cousins Properties from November 2001 to December 2003. It was the first high- rise building t... More
Glass blower Susan Knecht and her associate Allison Smith create art i...
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
Blacksmith shop at the Heritage Farmstead Museum, a living-history sit...
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
For some reason, large metal chickens are popular yard art throughout ...
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
Metal yard art for sale at the Pottery Ranch pottery store in Marble F...
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
Architectural detail of interior, Cathedral of the Immaculate Concepti...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama
The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was organized in 1873 as the First Colored Baptist Church of Birmingham. In 1880, the church came to this site on 16th Street and 6th Avenue North. During the Civil Rights Mo... More
Stained glass windows, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma, Alabama
St. Paul's parish was established in 1838. The original sanctuary building was burned during the Battle of Selma. The current building, designed by the New York firm of Richard Upjohn, was completed in 1875. Th... More
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church & Parsonage, Montgomery, Al...
Founded in 1877, the current red-brick building was constructed between 1883 and 1889 and is a national historic landmark. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was the pastor from 1954-1960, and began his quest for civ... More
One of 49 Victorian-era stained-glass windows, by the acclaimed J&R La...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The windows were purchased by Frances Ann Lutcher and her two daughters at the Columbian World Exposition in Chicago in 1893, where t... More
One of 49 Victorian-era stained-glass windows, by the acclaimed J&R La...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The windows were purchased by Frances Ann Lutcher and her two daughters at the Columbian World Exposition in Chicago in 1893, where t... More
Murals in Avalon theater located at the Catalina Casino, built on the ...
The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More
Sign outside the Stardust, one of a string of 1940s-vintage motels in ...
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
Part of a frieze, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Cen...
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
Pier, Monterey, California - Drawing. Public domain image.
Monterey and the surrounding area have attracted artists since the late 19th century and many celebrated painters and writers have lived there. Until the 1950s, there was an abundant fishery. Title, date, and k... More
Old cars beneath an awning at a re-created Shell gasoline station at 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
Part of a frieze, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Cen...
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
Old cars beneath an awning at a re-created Shell gasoline station at 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
It's unclear who erected the "Haunted Hotel" sign outside this long-sh...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The building is more properly known as the Levy Building, named for its original owner. Until the 1950s, the ground floor was home to... More
Mural "Positively Haight" in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Fran...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Street names commemorate two early San Francisco leaders: Pioneer and exchange banker Henry Haight and Munroe Ashbury. The district is noted for its role ... More
Statue at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and...
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
Window at Tupelo Hardware in Tupelo, Mississippi, home of singing lege...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Elvis Aaron Presley was an American musician and actor in the 1960s and '70s. Presley's mother, Gladys, bought the young man his first... More
Yale University, New Haven, 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
[Marquand Chapel, Yale University, New Haven], Connecticut
Date 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 Photographs Division. Gift; Geo... More
Whoever owns this car hasn't driven it in awhile. Bogota, 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 P... 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
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
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
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
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
Ruth Gorge, Denali National Park, Alaska
Ruth Glacier is a glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its upper reaches are almost three vertical miles (4.8 km) below the summit of Mount McKinley. Title, date, and subjec... More
Mt. Foraker, Mt. Hunter, Mt. McKinley mountains (in order fom left to ...
Mount McKinley or Denali ("The Great One") in Alaska is the highest mountain peak in North America, at a height of approximately 20,320 feet (6,194 m) above sea level. It is the centerpiece of Denali National P... More
Saguaro Cactus near Tucson, Arizona
The saguaro, is a large, tree-sized cactus species native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, the Mexican state of Sonora, and an extremely small area of California. The saguaro blossom is the state flower of Ari... More
Mural, Juneau, Alaska - 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
Bell Rock Formation, Sedona, Arizona
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
Denali's (Mt. McKinley's) north summit from the east, Muldrow Glacier ...
Mount McKinley or Denali ("The Great One") in Alaska is the highest mountain peak in North America, at a height of approximately 20,320 feet (6,194 m) above sea level. It is the centerpiece of Denali National P... More
Slot canyons, Page, Arizona - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Gently carved from the Navajo sandstone over the course of countless millenniums, the slot canyons are majestic and narrow passages, just enough space for... More
Architectural detail, Iowa Apartments, 13th Street and Logan Circle ne...
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
Porter Sculpture Park, Montrose, South Dakota
Located just off Interstate 90 in the South Dakota Drift Prairie, about 25 miles west of Sioux Falls. Many of the sculptures, in the style of industrial art, were made with scrap metal, old farm equipment, or r... More
Church of the Holy Cross, Sedona, Arizona
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
Pops Restaurant and Gift shop, Route 66, Arcadia, Oklahoma
Architect Rand Elliott designed this brand new Route 66 landmark. It opened in 2007. The Pop Bottle outside stands 66 feet high and changes color at night. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer... More
Mural, Balmy Alley, San Francisco, California
Balmy Alley is located in the Mission District in San Francisco, California. The block long alley is the best place to see the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco. The murals began in the mi... More
The "woofus" at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial Expositio...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The creature above is a re-creation of the "Texas Woofus," a whimsical figure from the exposition. The woofus combines Texas longhorns... More
Row houses, Florida Ave. and Q St., NW, 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
Railway station, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Built by the Memphis and Charleston Railroad in 1888 as a district headquarters between Memphis and Chattanooga, Tennessee, the station became part of the Southern Railway System after a merger with Southern in... More
Gee's Bend, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Gee's Bend, also known as Boykin, is a very poor tenant community in Alabama, lying at the edge of the Black Belt in Wilcox County, about thirty miles southwest of Selma. Gee's Bend is well known for it's quilt... More
Historic buidling in Fort Davis, 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
Artist Nall poses with his art, Fairhope, Alabama
A Southern artist with an international following, Nall has a unique style that has captivated the attention of the world. The gifted artist grew up in Troy, Alabama and began drawing, arts, and crafts at his f... More
Building detail on the 700 block of 6th St., NW, 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
"The Miracle Worker" play that is actually performed in the back yard ...
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
One of the twice-daily parades of longhorn steers (for tourists' enjoy...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The neighborhood celebrates a former livestock market that operated under various owners from 1866. Fort Worth Union Stockyards opene... More
Historic buildings in Elkmont, 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
[Cows, Monroe County, Alabama] - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title devised by Library staff based on captions of items in same group. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Chinatown, San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. San Francisco Chinatown is the largest Chinatown outside of Asia as well as the oldest Chinatown in North America. It is one of the top tourist attraction... More
Building detail with clock, City Hall, St. Louis, Missouri
Construction began on July 19, 1890 and was completed on November 5, 1904. No bonds were issued to finance its construction, which is why it took 14 years to complete the building. The budget was limited at $2 ... More
Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama
Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More
Testing platform, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama
Known as a sportsman's paradise, Redstone Arsenal is located in the heart of the Tennessee Valley in northern Alabama. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Geor... More
"The Miracle Worker" play that is actually performed in the back yard ...
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
Stones from each state are featured on the Alabama Capitol grounds, Mo...
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
Burnt Corn, or Burnt Corn Spring, is a small unincorporated community ...
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
The Alabama River Pulp Company and the Claiborne Mill Complex, Claibor...
Since 1978, the Alabama River Pulp Company and the Claiborne Mill Complex have been producing southern softwood and hardwood kraft pulps for the paper producers service markets around the globe. Parsons & Whitt... More
Bas relief architectural detail on building, Lincoln, Nebraska
The building was designed by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and constructed between 1922 and 1932. The Indiana limestone structure draws on both Classical and Gothic architectural traditions, but represents major in... More
Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
In 1807 a burial ground for citizens in the east end of the new federal city was founded. In the first five years, 13 members of Congress, two vice presidents, and numerous military and government officials wer... More
Sheep at Brookgreen Gardens, a vast complex of sculpture gardens, ecos...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Brookgreen, which opened in 1932, was founded by Archer Milton Huntington, stepson of railroad magnate Collis Potter Huntington, and h... More
Cemetery located in Africatown, Mobile County, Alabama
Africatown, also known as AfricaTown USA and Africa Town, is a community in Mobile County, Alabama, located three miles (5 km) north of the city of Mobile. It was formed by West Africans who were among the last... More
Cemetery at Confederate Memorial Park, Marbury, 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
In 1937, after fire destroyed two previous El Paso locations of the S....
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
These commercial buildings reflect the heyday of downtown Cherokee, Al...
The main building in the foreground is believed to date from around 1900. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photogr... More
Car wash, Georgia Ave. near corner with Newton Pl., NW, Washington, D....
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
Rural Studio architecture, Alabama
The Rural Studio is a design-build architecture studio run by Auburn University which aims to teach students about the social responsibilities of the profession of architecture while also providing safe, well-c... More
Five of the approximately 75 Kilgore College Rangerettes, a choreograp...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Kilgore College Rangerettes perform not only at football and other sports events at the small college in East Texas, but also at ... 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
Veterans Memorial in 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
Gates to Barton Academy, Mobile, Alabama
Barton Academy was built 1835-36. It was the first public school in Alabama. It served as a hospital for Union Soldiers in 1864. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line... More
The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...
Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More
The community church in tiny Shafter, an unincorporated community in P...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Though it has a dozen or so inhabitants, it is included among the State Historical Society's list of "ghost towns." The onetime silve... More
Architectural details on the Carnegie Library at Mount Vernon Square, ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Architectural details on entrance way to apartment building, Connectic...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Governor's Mansion, Montgomery, Alabama
This gracious, 102-year-old home possesses a rich history that makes it one of Alabama's most unique landmarks. The current mansion is Alabama's second. Alabama first acquired a residence for its governors in 1... More
Historic downtown 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
Exhibit at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, Tuscumbia, Alabama
The Muscle Shoals Music Association, an organization of recording studio owners, producers, musicians, songwriters and other music professionals created the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Board in 1980 with a manda... More
Spring Park, Tuscumbia, 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
Cemetery in a cow pasture in rural 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 Pension Building, view from Police Memorial, NW, 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
Tannehill Ironworks, McCalla, 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
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group. Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers. Colorful beads and Moon Pies (two large cookies with marshmellow in between ... More
The distressed Paramount Theatre in Marshall, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Delayed and over budget, the Paramount Theatre in Marshall, Texas opened on March 31, 1930. The opening was the first event in what t... More
McMillan Reservoir, Washington, D.C.
The reservoir supplies the majority of the city's municipal water. Originally called the Howard University Reservoir or the Washington City Reservoir, it was completed in 1902 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer... More
The Gonzales Memorial Museum in Gonzales, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Gonzales "come and take it" cannon was a Spanish-made, bronze artillery piece of six-pound caliber. The gun was the object of con... More
Howard University, Washington, D.C.
The University charter of March 2, 1867, designated Howard University as "a University for the education of youth in the liberal arts and sciences." The Freedmen's Bureau provided most of the early financial su... More
Architectural details on entrance way to apartment building, Connectic...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Neon sign for Foster's Bighorn Bar and Restaurant in Rio Vista, Califo...
Located west of Lodi, the restaurant displays one of the most extensive collections of animal "trophy heads" in America. Bill Foster, a big-game hunter opened the restaurant in 1931. Title, date, and keywords b... More
A-Day Game football scrimmage for University of Alabama, with coach Ni...
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
Part of a wrap around dining room mural at Mount Vernon, a near (but l...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. On January 1, 1938, legendary oilman H.L. Hunt moved his family into the neoclassical Georgian home, built in 1930. Specimen live oak... More
Delta waterway in Mobile, 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