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[Olga Nethersole, full-length portrait, reclining in chair, facing front, holding fan]

[Olga Nethersole, full-length portrait, reclining in chair, facing fro...

59192 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo: Theo Endean, Cleveland. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cripplld [sic] by fall while putting up aerial this radio fan still "listens in"

Cripplld [sic] by fall while putting up aerial this radio fan still "l...

Photograph shows Lester Picker lying in bed wearing earphones connected to a short wave radio; he is convalescing after breaking his back when he fell 55 feet while erecting an aerial for his radio. No. 290839F.C.

Sublet Mine No. 6, Fan House, North structure, west side of Willow Creek Valley, east of County Road No. 306, 3 miles north of U.S. Highway 189, Kemmerer, Lincoln County, WY

Sublet Mine No. 6, Fan House, North structure, west side of Willow Cre...

Significance: The fan house performed a critical function within the complex by providing ventilation to the underground mine workers. // Constructed of cut stone and concrete in its lower level with brick wall... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

[Unidentified woman, about 20 years of age, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, seated in chair beside small table with tablecloth, wearing bonnet and black lace gloves; hands in lap, one elbow on table on which there is a folded fan]

[Unidentified woman, about 20 years of age, three-quarter length portr...

Scratched on face of plate: 167. Scratched on back of plate: 48. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

Sublet Mine No. 6, Fan House, North structure, west side of Willow Creek Valley, east of County Road No. 306, 3 miles north of U.S. Highway 189, Kemmerer, Lincoln County, WY

Sublet Mine No. 6, Fan House, North structure, west side of Willow Cre...

Significance: The fan house performed a critical function within the complex by providing ventilation to the underground mine workers. // Constructed of cut stone and concrete in its lower level with brick wall... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

[A man, possibly a government official, holding a fan, seated, facing left, wearing a crown-like hat]

[A man, possibly a government official, holding a fan, seated, facing ...

No. 802. Illegible blind stamp across upper right corner. Illus. in: Views & costumes of Japan by Stillfried & Andersen. Yokohama : Stillfried & Andersen, [ca. 1877, p. 15] In 1877 Stillfried & Andersen purcha... More

Levi Springer Smoke House-Spring House-Summer Kitchen, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer Smoke House-Spring House-Summer Kitchen, Fan Hollow Road...

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Sublet Mine No. 6, Fan House, North structure, west side of Willow Creek Valley, east of County Road No. 306, 3 miles north of U.S. Highway 189, Kemmerer, Lincoln County, WY

Sublet Mine No. 6, Fan House, North structure, west side of Willow Cre...

Significance: The fan house performed a critical function within the complex by providing ventilation to the underground mine workers. // Constructed of cut stone and concrete in its lower level with brick wall... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

[Couple, seated, surrounded by plants with woman holding fan]

[Couple, seated, surrounded by plants with woman holding fan]

"A.S. Seer's Print, N.Y. (copyright)." Created by A.S. Seer's Print, N.Y. Title devised. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Levi Springer Smoke House-Spring House-Summer Kitchen, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer Smoke House-Spring House-Summer Kitchen, Fan Hollow Road...

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, Aerovane Fan, East side of State Route 936, Midlothian, Allegany County, MD

Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, Aerovane Fan, East side of Sta...

Significance: The aerovane fan illustrates the evolution of mine ventilation in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. It is an example of an axial flow fan. These fans generally re... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

[Chinese official or gentleman, half-length portrait, facing front, holding a folding fan with landscape scene]

[Chinese official or gentleman, half-length portrait, facing front, ho...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 42. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

[Lillian Russell, 1861-1922, half length portrait, seated in chair, flowers around head, holding fan, facing slightly left]

[Lillian Russell, 1861-1922, half length portrait, seated in chair, fl...

Photo copyrighted by W.M. Morrison, Chicago. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; BI; Shelf.

"Bernhardt of Russia", driven out by Boshevists, now in New York - a radio fan

"Bernhardt of Russia", driven out by Boshevists, now in New York - a r...

Mme. Asta Souvorina, and "the Bernhardt of Russia", ... and Buster [dog] listening in on the radiophone. Photoprint copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. 324,169. This record contains unverified data from c... More

Sublet Mine No. 6, Fan House, North structure, west side of Willow Creek Valley, east of County Road No. 306, 3 miles north of U.S. Highway 189, Kemmerer, Lincoln County, WY

Sublet Mine No. 6, Fan House, North structure, west side of Willow Cre...

Significance: The fan house performed a critical function within the complex by providing ventilation to the underground mine workers. // Constructed of cut stone and concrete in its lower level with brick wall... More

Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, Aerovane Fan, East side of State Route 936, Midlothian, Allegany County, MD

Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, Aerovane Fan, East side of Sta...

Significance: The aerovane fan illustrates the evolution of mine ventilation in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. It is an example of an axial flow fan. These fans generally re... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

[Luisa Tetrazzini, 1871-1940, full length portrait, standing, holding fan, facing left]

[Luisa Tetrazzini, 1871-1940, full length portrait, standing, holding ...

J152076 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by Kirkland, Denver. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Operas & operettas?;Shelf.

The Barking Crab restaurant on the Fan Pier across the Northern Bridge from downtown Boston, Massachusetts

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

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Eureka No. 40, Fan House, East of State Route 56, north of Little Paint Creek, Scalp Level, Cambria County, PA

Eureka No. 40, Fan House, East of State Route 56, north of Little Pain...

Significance: The Fan House was part of a widely praised mine ventilation system developed by the Berwind-White Company and implemented at Eureka No. 40. Survey number: HAER PA-184-A Building/structure dates:... More

Levi Springer Smoke House-Spring House-Summer Kitchen, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer Smoke House-Spring House-Summer Kitchen, Fan Hollow Road...

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, Aerovane Fan, East side of State Route 936, Midlothian, Allegany County, MD

Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, Aerovane Fan, East side of Sta...

Significance: The aerovane fan illustrates the evolution of mine ventilation in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. It is an example of an axial flow fan. These fans generally re... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Sublet Mine No. 6, Fan House, North structure, west side of Willow Creek Valley, east of County Road No. 306, 3 miles north of U.S. Highway 189, Kemmerer, Lincoln County, WY

Sublet Mine No. 6, Fan House, North structure, west side of Willow Cre...

Significance: The fan house performed a critical function within the complex by providing ventilation to the underground mine workers. // Constructed of cut stone and concrete in its lower level with brick wall... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

[Three-quarter length portrait of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney) wearing a jeweled gown and tiara and holding a peacock feather fan] / De Meyer.

[Three-quarter length portrait of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (Mrs. Ha...

Signed on mount. Formerly filed in P&P LOT 3222. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 1948. Pu... More

Billy Goat Tavern, Chicago sports fan's landmark, Chicago, Illinois

Billy Goat Tavern, Chicago sports fan's landmark, Chicago, Illinois

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

Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, Aerovane Fan, East side of State Route 936, Midlothian, Allegany County, MD

Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, Aerovane Fan, East side of Sta...

Significance: The aerovane fan illustrates the evolution of mine ventilation in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. It is an example of an axial flow fan. These fans generally re... More

Nuttallburg Mine Complex, Fan House, North side of New River, 2.7 miles upstream from Fayette Landing, Lookout, Fayette County, WV

Nuttallburg Mine Complex, Fan House, North side of New River, 2.7 mile...

Survey number: HAER WV-51-E Public domain photograph of a tunnel, arch structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

A picturesque holiday ceremony, the "fan" dance, Fiji Islands

A picturesque holiday ceremony, the "fan" dance, Fiji Islands

Stereograph shows participants, wearing traditional clothing, in the ceremonial "meke" fan dance, carrying fans, with large buildings and spectators in the background. H69605 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8100. U... More

[Lisan Kay on stage at Carnegie Hall dancing with a fan]

[Lisan Kay on stage at Carnegie Hall dancing with a fan]

Photo by F. Palumbo, World-Telegram Photo Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Eureka No. 40, Fan House, East of State Route 56, north of Little Paint Creek, Scalp Level, Cambria County, PA

Eureka No. 40, Fan House, East of State Route 56, north of Little Pain...

Significance: The Fan House was part of a widely praised mine ventilation system developed by the Berwind-White Company and implemented at Eureka No. 40. Survey number: HAER PA-184-A Building/structure dates:... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

[Portrait of an unidentified woman with a fan]

[Portrait of an unidentified woman with a fan]

Case: Floral design. Purchase; 2007; (DLC/PP-2007:103.1). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

Levi Springer Smoke House-Spring House-Summer Kitchen, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer Smoke House-Spring House-Summer Kitchen, Fan Hollow Road...

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer Smoke House-Spring House-Summer Kitchen, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer Smoke House-Spring House-Summer Kitchen, Fan Hollow Road...

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer Smoke House-Spring House-Summer Kitchen, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer Smoke House-Spring House-Summer Kitchen, Fan Hollow Road...

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, Aerovane Fan, East side of State Route 936, Midlothian, Allegany County, MD

Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, Aerovane Fan, East side of Sta...

Significance: The aerovane fan illustrates the evolution of mine ventilation in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. It is an example of an axial flow fan. These fans generally re... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese women carrying children, two men with swords, a sweetmeat vendor with a "flageolet" and basket, and a girl carrying an umbrella and a fan]

[Studio portraits of Japanese women carrying children, two men with sw...

Captions on front of item: "Native mode of carrying children" (upper left); "Daimio's commissioner" (upper right); "Sweetmeat vendor with flageolet" (lower left); and "Japanese girls and mode of carrying umbre... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Eureka No. 40, Fan House, East of State Route 56, north of Little Paint Creek, Scalp Level, Cambria County, PA

Eureka No. 40, Fan House, East of State Route 56, north of Little Pain...

Significance: The Fan House was part of a widely praised mine ventilation system developed by the Berwind-White Company and implemented at Eureka No. 40. Survey number: HAER PA-184-A Building/structure dates:... More

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Travel views of Japan and Korea

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

"Uncle Joe" keeps up with the latest fad Uncle Joe Cannon refuses to be outdone by the newer members of Congress and has become a radio fan himself, although not for campaigning purposes, for Uncle Joe will not run for Congress again.

"Uncle Joe" keeps up with the latest fad Uncle Joe Cannon refuses to b...

Photograph shows Rep. Cannon listening to a radio through headphones. No. 14914.

Giffen Mine, Fan Housing, 3 miles Southwest of Stockett (Sec. 14,22,23; T18N R4E), Stockett, Cascade County, MT

Giffen Mine, Fan Housing, 3 miles Southwest of Stockett (Sec. 14,22,23...

Survey number: HAER MT-30-B Building/structure dates: 1930 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1947

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Route 115 & Riechard Street, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA

Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, South side of Susquehanna River at Rout...

Significance: The Dorrance Colliery's mine fan complex spanned the history of the colliery. The oldest fan, an 1883 cast iron and wood Guibal, is the last known survival of the most common type used in the ant... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

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