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[From the tunnel, Baidar, the Crimea, Russia, (i.e., Ukraine)]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "8884". Forms part of: Views of architecture and other sites primarily in Poland,... More

Garden Gate, Governor's Palace, San Juan, P.R.

H64592 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5019. Copyright by Waldrop Photographic Co.

Gateway, Roger Williams Park, Providence, R.I.

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Townsend house, home of Sumner Welles, now the Cosmos Club, 2121 ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Date based on similarity to photos taken by Johnston in 1910 of the nearby Anderson house. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Co... More

Military Cemetery on Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, #15

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gate between two buildings, New Orleans, or Charleston, South Carolina

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wrought iron gate, Christopher Werner's Sword Gate at 32 Legare Street...

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

Navy Yard gate - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified caption data provided by the National Photo Company on negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the Nation... More

National Cathedral exteriors. South transept of National Cathedral

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wythe House, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Montpelier, Laurel vic., Prince George's County, Maryland

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s house, porch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

36 Hasell Street (door frontispiece), Charleston, Charleston County, S...

Survey number: HABS SC-406 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Main Street (House-Entrance Doorway), East of Bow Street, Elkton, Ceci...

Survey number: HABS MD-445 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

10 Limehouse Street (house), Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Survey number: HABS SC-813 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Barbershop, Québec, Canada. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public ...

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

Tradd St. misc., Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s house, porch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

136 Meeting St., Parish House, Congregational Church, Charleston, Char...

Title from photographer's inventory. Print missing Dec. 1980. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11840. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

119 Broad Street, House, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Public domain photograph of a historic place in South Carolina, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Entrance to monument - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

A black and white photo of a building entrance, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. ... More

Herman Wall, residence at 245 E. Rivo Alta Dr., Miami Beach, Florida. ...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas Island, Virgin Islands. Along the main ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Stanley Martineau, residence in Locust Valley, Long Island. Looki...

Public domain image of a historic place, portal, arch, doorway, classical or neoclassical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Tripoli, Am. [i.e., American] Mission Girls' School, main entrance

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Fiesta-Jarabe" sculpture at the Otay Mesa Border Station southwest of...

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

Intricate Art Deco bas relief in Anacostia neighborhood, Washington, D...

Photo shows Public Works Administration frieze: "The Progress of the Negro Race," by Daniel Olney, located in the courtyard of the Langston Terrace Dwellings near Benning Road, N.E., Kingman Park neighborhood, ... More

Rose Garden Theater, Clarksburg, West Virginia

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

Entrance to the Mississippi River Commission building, Vicksburg, Miss...

Built in 1894 by Architect William Freret. The style is Gothic Revival. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... More

Exterior elevation, EPA East and West, located on 12th and Constitutio...

Architect: Arthur Brown, Jr. Built in 1934, the exterior elevations, particularly at Constitution Avenue, are embellished with Beaux-Arts sculpture. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Service... More

Rear door, Federal Building and U.S. Court House, Peoria, Illinois

Built in 1938 by architect Howard Cheney. Neoclassical/Art Deco design. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... More

Door detail in front entrance hall, Blair House, located across from t...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The Blair House serves as the President's guest house, and therefore is the guest house of the nation. Built in 1824. Title, date, ... More

Exterior detail, U.S. Custom House, San Francisco, California

Beaux Arts building built in 1911 by architect Eames and Young. The street fronts are clad in ashlar granite from Raymond, California. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administrat... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Federal office building, Cheyenne, Wyoming

Designed by architect William Dubois in 1933. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: ... More

Elevator lobby at U.S. Court House, Austin, Texas

Neoclassical/Art Deco design completed in 1936 by architect Charles H. Page. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by ... More

Elevator at the Alton Lennon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wil...

Built in 1919 by architect James A. Wetmore. The style is Neoclassical. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... More

Potter Stewart U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Cincinnati, Ohio

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1939 by architect/builder Louis A. Simon. Credit l... More

Courtroom entrance in the William M. Steger Federal Building & U.S. Co...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 in the Neoclassical style by architect Shirle... More

[Detail above elevator in lobby of 2nd Street entrance. Library of Con...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Entrance, United States Courthouse, Davenport, Iowa

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. This Courthouse is on the National Register. It was renovated in 2007. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. ... More

Outdoor sculpture at the Seiberling Federal Building, Akron, Ohio

Artist: William King. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol... More

Moorish architecture in Old Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... 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

Apartment building entrance way, 4707 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington...

Southern Market, Royal at Church Street, Mobile, Alabama

Built between 1855 and 1857, the building originally served three functions. The top floor accommodated the Mayor of Mobile's office and served as the City Council's meeting place. The third and perhaps most im... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Georgetown Neighborhood Library, Washington, D.C.

The building was severely damaged by a fire on April 30, 2007. As a result, it underwent a complete renovation. Martinez & Johnson Architects, in partnership with Hoshide Williams, were hired to design the reno... More

Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library, Washington, D.C.

Opened in 2010 and named after Civil Rights activist Dorothy Height. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of ... More

Del Dotto Estate Winery and Caves at St. Helena in California's Napa V...

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

Kendall Hall, California State University at Chico

Sather Gate at University of California, Berkeley, California

Doorways at the Alton Lennon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wil...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic courthouse building, court, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Colorful wall and estate entrance on San Bernardo Avenue in Laredo, Te...

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

Doorway to the Alamo, an 18th-century mission church in San Antonio, T...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally built to be the church for the Mission San Antonio de Valero, which was founded in 1718. The church was built by Spanish F... More

[Zachary Taylor Wellington house, Huntington, West Virginia]

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Elaborate elevator doorway at the New York Capitol in Albany

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-2) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More

Chapel doorway at the historic Woodlawn Cemetery in Woodlawn, within T...

The graveyard opened during the U.S. Civil War in 1863, in what was then part of rural Westchester County, in an area that was annexed to New York City in 1874. Itis the final resting place of many American not... More

Robert Sanders House, 43-45 Washington Avenue, Schenectady, Schenectad...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-135 Survey number: HABS NY-335 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction

Fairsted, 99 Warren Street, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA

Significance: Purchased by Olmsted in 1883, the house was remodeled before his death in 1903, and remodeled and added to until 1980 when it was declared a National Historic Site (National Park Service). The Fre... More

Palmetto Building, 1400 Main Street at Washington Street, Columbia, Ri...

Significance: At 215 feet tall, the Palmetto Building was the tallest building in Columbia, South Carolina, at the time of construction. It is an excellent example of an early 20th century skyscraper sheathed i... More

True Reformer Building, 1200 U Street Northwest, Washington, District ...

Significance: The True Reformer Building was probably the first building in the United States to have gone through all of the design, financing,and construction processes using only the talents and resources of... More

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...

Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More

Philadelphia Art Club, 220 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelp...

Survey number: HABS PA-1529 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Sheridan, Infantry Drill Hall, Whistler & Ronan Roads, Lake Fores...

Significance: The Infantry Drill Hall is a large edifice with the excellent architectural detailing that characterizes the Holabird and Roche designed buildings at Fort Sheridan. One of the more impressive of t... More

Crown Hill Cemetery, Gateway, 3402 Boulevard Place, Indianapolis, Mari...

Significance: The Crown Hill Cemetery Gateway was designed by Adolf Scherrer, an Indianapolis architect of Swiss origins. It was completed in November 1885 in time for the funeral of Vice-President Thomas A. H... More

Andrews House, South Lafayette Street (U.S. Route 431), Lafayette, Cha...

Survey number: HABS AL-553 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Domicil...

Survey number: HABS CA-2802-M Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Atlantic Building, 930 F Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Co...

Significance: When the Atlantic Building was completed in 1888, it was the largest commercial structure in the city and one of the first with a passenger elevator. The speculative office building was designed ... More

First Presbyterian Church, East State Street, Albion, Orleans County, ...

Significance: One of the oldest buildings in Albion. Survey number: HABS NY-6238 Building/structure dates: 1845-1846 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1875 Subsequent Work

U.S. Military Academy, Riding Hall, East side of Cullum Road at East e...

Significance: The Riding Hall is one of the principal buildings by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson at West Point and is characteristic of their collegiate neo-gothic forms. Located on the site of the original ridin... More

Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, ...

Survey number: HABS WY-80 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1929 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001934

Vendrell,Fernando,Casa, 3 Calle Amor, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR

Significance: This building is unique for having two architecturally distinct facades fronting two streets. The north facade is the only example in Ponce of exposed brick, while the south facade is neoclassic a... More

James Hood House, County Road 14 & Savannah Highway, Florence, Lauderd...

Public domain photo of Italian landscape, historic place, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Baptist Temple, North Broad Street between Montgomery Avenue & Norris ...

Survey number: HABS PA-6662 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

David Dickinson House, Old Deerfield Street, Deerfield, Franklin Count...

Significance: The home of Major David Dickinson, a man of prominence in this area in post-Revolutionary times. / Built about 1790 for Major David Dickinson, this house is a rare example of its period in Deerfie... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Agnews State Hospital, Assembly Hall, Intersection of Palm Drive & Sou...

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

Primrose House, 332 East Bay & Vernon Streets, Charleston, Charleston ...

Survey number: HABS SC-107 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Richmond Hill Plantation, Ford Mansion, East of Richmond Hill on Ford ...

Public domain image of a historic place, portal, arch, doorway, classical or neoclassical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Larco Building, 214 State Street, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County,...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Building No. 58, Billard Avenue, Baltimore, Ind...

Significance: Influenced by early 20th-century international industrial building design, Building 58 is an example of the multiple-use structures erected at the U.S. Coast Guard Yard during World War II to acco... More

Agnews State Hospital, Male Employee's Building, Between North Circle ...

Significance: Building 110, the Male Employees Building, is significant during the period from 1927 to 1941 as an integral component of the reconstruction of Agnews State Hospital in a pavilion plan. Building ... More

Hyattsville Hardware, 5121 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, Prince Georg...

Significance: Hyattsville Hardware is an intact turn-of-the-century hardware store with original interior features such as a pressed-tin ceiling, shelving, cases and bins. It is also of interest as one of few ... More

2618 Thirtieth Street Northwest (House), Washington, District of Colum...

Significance: House incorporates Romanesque double doorway and other fragments from the Henry Adams Mansion (1885) designed by need architect Henry Hobson Richardson. Fragments brought to present site on demol... More

St. Mary's Roman Catholic School, Northwest corner of Church Avenue & ...

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

Jonathan Kirkbride House, 104 Theatre Street, Mobile, Mobile County, A...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS AL-14 Building/structure dates: 1824 Initial Construction

Hall House, 165 Saint Emanuel Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

Significance: This house is an exceptionally fine example of early residences in nineteenth-century Mobile. Substantially unaltered, the house is one of the oldest existing structures in the area. This structu... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Mess H...

Significance: The Mess Hall was the visual and practical centerpiece of the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (NHDVS), a Beaux Arts campus of French Renaissance Revival struct... More

Menasha City Hall & Fire Station, 124 Main Street, Menasha, Winnebago ...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

William Blacklock House, 18 Bull Street, Charleston, Charleston County...

For additional documentation, see also HALS SC-14 (William Blacklock House) 2014 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Built in 1800 for William Blacklock, the Blacklock House at 18 Bull St... More

First Presbyterian Church on-the-Green, The Manse, Bloomfield, Essex C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-223 Survey number: HABS NJ-370 Building/structure dates: after 1800 Initial Construction

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, ...

Significance: In William Mann's "A Brief History of the Zoo," penned in 1946 while he was director, he wrote that "in 1935 the Zoo had a great stroke of good luck [when] the Public Works Administration allotted... More

Wind Cave National Park, Administration & Operator's Building, Approxi...

Survey number: HABS SD-9 Building/structure dates: 1935-1936 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1979 Subsequent Work

The Grange, Maysville Pike (U.S. Route 68), Paris, Bourbon County, KY

Survey number: HABS KY-32 Building/structure dates: ca. 1818 Initial Construction

Anderson Electric Company, 293 A Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: The Anderson Electric Company building is considered a contributing structure in the Fort Point Channel National Register District, which has been determined eligible for the National Register. T... More

Old Fernandina Depot, 100 Atlantic Avenue, Fernandina Beach, Nassau Co...

Significance: Completed in 1899 by the Fernandina Terminal Company of New York, the depot was constructed to replace a prior station which was destroyed in an 1898 storm. This brick structure is a typical exam... More

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, Building No. 210, New York Harbor, Ne...

Significance: Since its construction in the 1830s, the building has served an essential function. It is one of a set of four nearly identical buildings within Fort Jay that have been in continuous use as quarte... More

Rost Jewelry Company Building, 25 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis,...

Significance: The Rost Jewelry Company had conducted business at this location since 1910 in an 1887 commercial building. In 1947-48 the jewelry company extensively remodeled and enlarged the building into one... More

Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Church, 6539 San Jose Road, S...

Significance: The church is a typical component of a Spanish mission complex built during the period of Texas frontier. Survey number: HABS TX-333-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000810

Convent of the Visitation, Section A, Spring Hill Avenue, Mobile, Mobi...

Survey number: HABS AL-73-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 91000844 The Visitation is a scene in the New Testament that depicts the meeting between Mary, the mother of Jesus, and her cousi... More

Reed Hall, 3200 Bowman Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Significance: It was a prominent example of Tudor Revival estate design in Austin, and the primary residence of Roberta Reed Dickson Crenshaw (1914-2005), a local philanthropist. Unprocessed Field note materia... More

Woodside, Columbia, Boone County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-1152 Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description