durham

Artificial-turf sports field, used for soccer and lacrosse, outside Wh...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The arena is home to the university's Wildcats hockey team. The University of New Hampshire dedicated the arena to Frederick B. Whitte... More

The landmark Lucky Strike Cigarette tower in the American Tobacco neig...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Once the sprawling home of the giant American Tobacco Company's headquarters and plants, it is now the city's chief entertainment dist... More

Cabin interior at Bennett Place, also known as Bennett Farm, a North C...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This is unlike other, similar rural farms in the area as it was the site of the largest surrender of Confederate soldiers ending the U... More

Scene from the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, a 55-acre public garden on the c...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The garden sprawls across fields and through forests on the Duke campus in Durham, North Carolina. The idea for such a garden arose in... More

Building with a restored Bull Durham loose-tobacco billboard in Americ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Once the sprawling home of the giant American Tobacco Company's headquarters and plants, it is now the city's chief entertainment dist... More

View of the Bennett House, four miles west of Durham, N.C. The house i...

689791 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on stone: R.B. Reference copy in LOT 4416-J (1864).

Ebenezer Smith House, 20 Main Street, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Survey number: HABS NH-14 Building/structure dates: ca. 1765 Initial Construction

Ebenezer Smith House, 20 Main Street, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Survey number: HABS NH-14 Building/structure dates: ca. 1765 Initial Construction

Ebenezer Smith House, 20 Main Street, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Survey number: HABS NH-14 Building/structure dates: ca. 1765 Initial Construction

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Durham, Durham County, North Carolina.

Apr 1902. 16 Sheet(s). Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woodman Garrison, Garrison Avenue, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Survey number: HABS NH-33 Building/structure dates: ca. 16h2 Initial Construction

Woodman Garrison, Garrison Avenue, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Survey number: HABS NH-33 Building/structure dates: ca. 16h2 Initial Construction

Woodman Garrison, Garrison Avenue, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Survey number: HABS NH-33 Building/structure dates: ca. 16h2 Initial Construction

Woodman Garrison, Garrison Avenue, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Survey number: HABS NH-33 Building/structure dates: ca. 16h2 Initial Construction

Woodman Garrison, Garrison Avenue, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Survey number: HABS NH-33 Building/structure dates: ca. 16h2 Initial Construction

Willimantic Linen Company, Mill No. 2, South Main Street opposite Durh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Willimantic Linen Company, Mill No. 2, South Main Street opposite Durh...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Tobacco Company, Durham, Durham County, NC

Significance: The 1890 formation of the American Tobacco Co. led to major changes in tobacco manufacture and trade. Gaining control of the vast majority of American smoking tobacco production, the American Tob... More

Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, Watts Tobacco Warehouse, Gregson & We...

Significance: Prior to 1890, tobacco manufactures purchased tobacco at auction and had it stored for up to two years by a warehouse company until it was ready for production. In 1904, the W. Duke, Son & Co. br... More

Edgemont Neighborhood, Bounded by Elm, East Main, Lyon, & Walker Stree...

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Town Hall, Newmarket & Dover Roads, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS NH-6 Building/structure dates: 1820 Initial Construction

Town Hall, Newmarket & Dover Roads, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS NH-6 Building/structure dates: 1820 Initial Construction

Town Hall, Newmarket & Dover Roads, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS NH-6 Building/structure dates: 1820 Initial Construction

Orange Factory Village, House No. 12, Old Factory Road (State Route 16...

Significance: The Orange Factory houses, dating from the 1860s were built to accommodate employees of one of the earliest cotton mills in North Carolina. They assume historical significance as components of the... More

General John Sullivan House, Newmarket Road, Durham, Strafford County,...

Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General John Sullivan House, Newmarket Road, Durham, Strafford County,...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Durham Falls Bridge, Spanning Oyster River at State Route 108, Durham,...

Significance: The bridge is one of many single-span, I-beam bridges utilizing concrete jack arches supported by cut granite abutments still extant in the New Hampshire. Rebuilt from an earlier bridge in 1907, t... More

Durham Falls Bridge, Spanning Oyster River at State Route 108, Durham,...

Significance: The bridge is one of many single-span, I-beam bridges utilizing concrete jack arches supported by cut granite abutments still extant in the New Hampshire. Rebuilt from an earlier bridge in 1907, t... More

Durham Falls Bridge, Spanning Oyster River at State Route 108, Durham,...

Significance: The bridge is one of many single-span, I-beam bridges utilizing concrete jack arches supported by cut granite abutments still extant in the New Hampshire. Rebuilt from an earlier bridge in 1907, t... More

Durham Falls Bridge, Spanning Oyster River at State Route 108, Durham,...

Significance: The bridge is one of many single-span, I-beam bridges utilizing concrete jack arches supported by cut granite abutments still extant in the New Hampshire. Rebuilt from an earlier bridge in 1907, t... More

Durham Falls Bridge, Spanning Oyster River at State Route 108, Durham,...

Significance: The bridge is one of many single-span, I-beam bridges utilizing concrete jack arches supported by cut granite abutments still extant in the New Hampshire. Rebuilt from an earlier bridge in 1907, t... More

Durham Falls Bridge, Spanning Oyster River at State Route 108, Durham,...

Significance: The bridge is one of many single-span, I-beam bridges utilizing concrete jack arches supported by cut granite abutments still extant in the New Hampshire. Rebuilt from an earlier bridge in 1907, t... More

Pendergast Garrison, Packer's Falls, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Survey number: HABS NH-22 Building/structure dates: ca. 1735 Initial Construction

Red Durham stock bulls on the Facer Ranch, near Odessa, Buffalo Count...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

211 Elm Street (House), Durham, Durham County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-383 Building/structure dates: ca. 1905 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1930 Subsequent Work

Tobacco warehouses. Durham, North Carolina

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Duke Homestead, Durham vic., Durham County, North Carolina

Public domain photograph of house, residential property, home, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tobacco is taken in trucks from warehouse to cigarette factories. Durh...

Public domain photograph of factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farmer selling hound dogs outside tobacco warehouse during auction sal...

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farmers bring their tobacco on trailers and sometimes in their cars to...

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old quilts and sacks are used to keep tobacco moist and "in order" whi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fort tower, stone walls, fortification, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farmer and child waiting in warehouse for their tobacco to be auctione...

Public domain photograph of quilt, needlework, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lunch stand and tobacco inside entrance to warehouse at end of auction...

Public domain photograph of North Carolina in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tobacco coming in trailers to the warehouse for auction sale. Durham, ...

Public domain photograph of North Carolina in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of men standing in front of a store, North Carolina. Farm Secu...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buyers examining tobacco during auction sale in warehouse. Durham, Nor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A woman standing in front of a store window. Great Depression FFSA / O...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a bunch of sheep. Great Depression FFSA / O...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a food market, vendors, trays, city street life, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Wilkins (Rosa) are dissatisfied with the price they...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Salesman in tobacco warehouse selling shoes and boots to farmers durin...

Public domain photograph of 1930s North Carolina, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of men standing next to a brick building, possibly related to...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Selling shoes outside tobacco warehouse during auction sales, Durham, ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Wilkins (Rosa) discussing whether or not they will ...

Public domain photograph of North Carolina in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spectators listening to patent medicine salesman who has his stand out...

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

The ushers of a Negro church have their photograph taken to be sold in...

Public domain photograph of church building, Christianity, religious architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A small movie house on the main street of Durham, North Carolina

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tobacco warehouse section of Durham, North Carolina

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Street scene in Durham, North Carolina

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a gas station, North Carolina. Farm Securit...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a gas station, North Carolina. Farm Securit...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Farm implement shed. Durham County, North Carolina

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conductor J. S. Durham, of Fort Madison, Iowa, has been with the Atchi...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chapel Tower, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

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

Sanctuary detail of the Duke University chapel on the university's cam...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Die zwei Prinzen : Oper in drei Akten

nach dem Französischen des Scribe und Mélesville von M. G. Friedrich ; Musik von H. Esser. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Caption title; imprint taken from front cover; price on front... More

Orange Factory Village, Old Orange Factory Road (State Route 1628), Du...

Significance: The Orange Factory houses, dating to the 1860s, were built to accommodate employees of one of the earliest cotton mills in North Carolina. They assume historical significance as components of a co... More

1008 Cleveland Street (House), Durham, Durham County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-368 Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Initial Construction

Ebenezer Smith House, 20 Main Street, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Survey number: HABS NH-14 Building/structure dates: ca. 1765 Initial Construction

Ebenezer Smith House, 20 Main Street, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Survey number: HABS NH-14 Building/structure dates: ca. 1765 Initial Construction

Ebenezer Smith House, 20 Main Street, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Survey number: HABS NH-14 Building/structure dates: ca. 1765 Initial Construction

Ebenezer Smith House, 20 Main Street, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Survey number: HABS NH-14 Building/structure dates: ca. 1765 Initial Construction

Durham Hosiery Mill, 800 Block of Angier Avenue & Walker Street, Durha...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N988 Survey number: HABS NC-328

Durham Hosiery Mill, 800 Block of Angier Avenue & Walker Street, Durha...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N988 Survey number: HABS NC-328

Durham Hosiery Mill, 800 Block of Angier Avenue & Walker Street, Durha...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N988 Survey number: HABS NC-328

Durham Hosiery Mill, 800 Block of Angier Avenue & Walker Street, Durha...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N988 Survey number: HABS NC-328

[Bull Durham, New York Giants, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Thomas Lyman House, Durham, Middlesex County, CT

Survey number: HABS CT-233 Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woodman Garrison, Garrison Avenue, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Survey number: HABS NH-33 Building/structure dates: ca. 16h2 Initial Construction

Woodman Garrison, Garrison Avenue, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Survey number: HABS NH-33 Building/structure dates: ca. 16h2 Initial Construction

Woodman Garrison, Garrison Avenue, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Survey number: HABS NH-33 Building/structure dates: ca. 16h2 Initial Construction

Woodman Garrison, Garrison Avenue, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Survey number: HABS NH-33 Building/structure dates: ca. 16h2 Initial Construction

Woodman Garrison, Garrison Avenue, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Survey number: HABS NH-33 Building/structure dates: ca. 16h2 Initial Construction

Woodman Garrison, Garrison Avenue, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Survey number: HABS NH-33 Building/structure dates: ca. 16h2 Initial Construction

Woodman Garrison, Garrison Avenue, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Survey number: HABS NH-33 Building/structure dates: ca. 16h2 Initial Construction

Willimantic Linen Company, Mill No. 2, South Main Street opposite Durh...

Public domain photograph of bank building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Tobacco Company, Durham, Durham County, NC

Significance: The 1890 formation of the American Tobacco Co. led to major changes in tobacco manufacture and trade. Gaining control of the vast majority of American smoking tobacco production, the American Tob... More

American Tobacco Company, Durham, Durham County, NC

Significance: The 1890 formation of the American Tobacco Co. led to major changes in tobacco manufacture and trade. Gaining control of the vast majority of American smoking tobacco production, the American Tob... More

Richards, the world's greatest magician and his big company the bigges...

At head of title: City Auditorium, Durham, N.C. Pieces missing from upper right corner and upper right side. Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of: Magic poster co... More

Edgemont Neighborhood, Bounded by Elm, East Main, Lyon, & Walker Stree...

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Town Hall, Newmarket & Dover Roads, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS NH-6 Building/structure dates: 1820 Initial Construction

Town Hall, Newmarket & Dover Roads, Durham, Strafford County, NH

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS NH-6 Building/structure dates: 1820 Initial Construction

Orange Factory Village, House No. 8, Old Orange Factory Road (State Ro...

Significance: The Orange Factory houses, dating from the 1860s were built to accommodate employees of one of the earliest cotton mills in North Carolina. They assume historical significance as components of the... More

Bridge No. 28, Spanning Flatt River at State Route 1004, Durham, Durha...

Significance: The bridge consists of three identical spans, each 70 feet long and divided into five panels. Its members are built of channels and angles joined by stay pieces and lace bars. The heavy construc... More

Bridge No. 28, Spanning Flatt River at State Route 1004, Durham, Durha...

Significance: The bridge consists of three identical spans, each 70 feet long and divided into five panels. Its members are built of channels and angles joined by stay pieces and lace bars. The heavy construc... More

1006 Cleveland Street (House), Durham, Durham County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-367 Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Initial Construction

General John Sullivan House, Newmarket Road, Durham, Strafford County,...

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General John Sullivan House, Newmarket Road, Durham, Strafford County,...

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[East Durham] - Public domain document scan

These are a few selections from Blackwell's Durham farm yard

Print shows a two-panel folding sample sheet of "The Farm Yard", a premium issued by Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Company, Durham, N.C.; depicted are several farm animals, along with a peacock and a calla lily pl... More

[African American girl, half-length portrait, with right hand to cheek...

Attribution to Askew from Photography on the color line. In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 210. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as sur... More