Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 7...
Significance: J. Roy Pennell acquired property and began construction of the multiple arch reinforced concrete dam in 1933. Pennell abandoned the project in 1935 and it was completed by the City of Abbeville w... More
Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 7...
Significance: J. Roy Pennell acquired property and began construction of the multiple arch reinforced concrete dam in 1933. Pennell abandoned the project in 1935 and it was completed by the City of Abbeville w... More
Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 7...
Significance: J. Roy Pennell acquired property and began construction of the multiple arch reinforced concrete dam in 1933. Pennell abandoned the project in 1935 and it was completed by the City of Abbeville w... More
Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 7...
Significance: J. Roy Pennell acquired property and began construction of the multiple arch reinforced concrete dam in 1933. Pennell abandoned the project in 1935 and it was completed by the City of Abbeville w... More
Pawtucket Canal, Guard Locks, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
Significance: The Guard Locks were the first set of locks constructed in the Lowell System which are still in existence. They have, however, been altered and added to since first put into use. The Guard Locks... More
Pawtucket Canal, Guard Locks, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
Significance: The Guard Locks were the first set of locks constructed in the Lowell System which are still in existence. They have, however, been altered and added to since first put into use. The Guard Locks... More
Pawtucket Canal, Guard Locks, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
Significance: The Guard Locks were the first set of locks constructed in the Lowell System which are still in existence. They have, however, been altered and added to since first put into use. The Guard Locks... More
Pawtucket Canal, Guard Locks, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
Significance: The Guard Locks were the first set of locks constructed in the Lowell System which are still in existence. They have, however, been altered and added to since first put into use. The Guard Locks... More
Pawtucket Canal, Guard Locks, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
Significance: The Guard Locks were the first set of locks constructed in the Lowell System which are still in existence. They have, however, been altered and added to since first put into use. The Guard Locks... More
Holyoke Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, between Holyoke & South Ha...
Significance: The Holyoke Bridge is significant as one of Massachusetts' few known examples of the riveted lattice truss bridge, a type most commonly associated with railroad construction in the latter half of ... More
The Great Flood, Denver, Colorado Territory, May 19, 1864 / George D. ...
Copy photograph filed in: U.S. GEOG FILE - Colorado Denver Views. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a... More
The Ruins at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, after the flood, May 31, 1889
Interior of the R.C. Church of St. Mary at Cambria City, showing the miraculously preserved image of the Blessed Virgin. Copyright by Rothengatter & Dillon, Phila., Pa. No. 8.
![[Wolf Creek flood] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjgvd29sZi1jcmVlay1mbG9vZC1mNmRlZDctMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Wolf Creek flood] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.")
[Wolf Creek flood] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.
Panorama of Galveston power house /
From Edison films catalog: This building and machinery supplied the electric power and electric light for the entire city of Galveston, including the car system. The building, which is of solid masonry, is a co... More
In ruined Galveston--ready to consign a storm victim to the flames
Men carrying body of victim of hurricane and flood for burning to large open fire, Galveston, Texas. D21860 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 620-C.
Flood on the KATY, no. 1 / Gannaway, SMcA, no. 1.
Photograph shows a Missouri-Kansas-Texas train under several feet of water. Passengers stand on top of the train.
Flood 1912. Still doing business. Sullivan Bros., Hickman, Ky. / photo...
People wearing hipboots and using a boat inside the Sullivan Brothers' store, Hickman, Kentucky, during flood.
New Madrid flood. Colored refugees in Baptist church
Exterior of Baptist church, with people in boats and in front of church, during flood, New Madrid, Missouri. J168644 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Frank Pierce.
Flood and fire, Dayton, Ohio panoramic photo
Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
![[Flood destruction on South Hickory St., Chillicothe, Ohio]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjMvZmxvb2QtZGVzdHJ1Y3Rpb24tb24tc291dGgtaGlja29yeS1zdC1jaGlsbGljb3RoZS1vaGlvLWMzNTlkZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/11/webp "[Flood destruction on South Hickory St., Chillicothe, Ohio]")
[Flood destruction on South Hickory St., Chillicothe, Ohio]
J181222 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H.L. Jones; April 23, 1913. Copyright claimant's address: Greenfield, Ohio. Title derived from copyright deposit records.
The great flood's toll, Logansport, Ind., March 1913
Destroyed buildings. J180458 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 12. Copyright by E.W. Kelley.
Flood disaster, Dayton, Ohio panoramic photo
Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Miscellaneous design. In the course of reservoir construction the Auth...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Naples Casino during flood, Sebago Lake, Maine
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 mail must go through. Lineup of Works Progress Administration (WPA...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Farmhouse evacuated during the flood. Cache, Illinois. Note dog still ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Part of the mess line at mealtime in camp for white flood refugees at ...
Original caption before agency editing: Part of the messline at mealtime in concentration camp for white flood refugees at Forrest City, Arkansas. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United... More
Typhoid inoculation at Marianna, Arkansas
Public domain photograph - historical image of Arkansas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A combination corn crib and machine shed collapsed after the flood. Po...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Flood refugees in canning factory used by the Red Cross as a relief st...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Household goods of a family moving into the camp for flood refugees at...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, wagon, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
View taken from train en route to Forrest City, Arkansas from Memphis,...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Arkansas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Visiting day in an improvised hospital for flood refugees at Sikeston,...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mother and two children, flood refugees in the schoolhouse at East Pra...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Flooded farm near New Madrid, Missouri
Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Damage done during the 1937 flood near Shawneetown, Illinois
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
A black and white photo of a flooded street, West Virginia. Farm Secur...
Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![Panorama of Philæ as inundated by the great dam at Assouan [i.e., Aswan], Egypt](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvcGFub3JhbWEtb2YtcGhpbGFlLWFzLWludW5kYXRlZC1ieS10aGUtZ3JlYXQtZGFtLWF0LWFzc291YW4taWUtYXN3YW4tZWd5cHQtNGU2ODQyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/20/webp "Panorama of Philæ as inundated by the great dam at Assouan [i.e., Aswan], Egypt")
Panorama of Philæ as inundated by the great dam at Assouan [i.e., Aswa...
Rear view of man seated on hill in foreground. H42762 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 78.
101 Ranch, State Highway 156 between Ponca City & Marlin, Ponca City, ...
The address has been corrected to read "State Highway 156 between Ponca City & Marland," rather than "State Highway 156 between Ponca City & Marlin." 1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Located ... More
Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ
Significance: Begun by the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufacturers under the supervision of Pierre L'Enfant, the Canal System was first completed in 1794. Later alterations and improvements were ... More
Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ
Significance: Begun by the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufacturers under the supervision of Pierre L'Enfant, the Canal System was first completed in 1794. Later alterations and improvements were ... More
Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ
Significance: Begun by the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufacturers under the supervision of Pierre L'Enfant, the Canal System was first completed in 1794. Later alterations and improvements were ... More
Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ
Significance: Begun by the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufacturers under the supervision of Pierre L'Enfant, the Canal System was first completed in 1794. Later alterations and improvements were ... More
Rudolph Widmann House, Water Street, approximately 600 feet West of Le...
Photo caption pages & written data include site & floor plans. Significance: The late 19th century Rudolph Widmann House is significant for its association with the Widmann family. The Widdman family owned the ... More
York Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 280, Helena, Lewis and Clark ...
Significance: As a pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss structure, the bridge is not particularly significant for structural or engineering reasons. It is however, historically associated with the Helena Po... More
Abraham Maurer House, Route 664, approximately 1400 feet East of Jay S...
Photo caption pages & written data include site & floor plans. Significance: The Abraham Maurer House is an example of the 19th century vernacular canal-era housing of Lower Lockport. As collection, the canal-... More
Hurricane Irrigation Canal, State Route 15 Vicinity, Hurricane, Washin...
Significance: When an expanding population created a demand for more farmland, the residents of the narrow Virgin River valley turned to the Hurricane Bench, a broad expanse of fertile land requiring only water... More
Hurricane Irrigation Canal, State Route 15 Vicinity, Hurricane, Washin...
Significance: When an expanding population created a demand for more farmland, the residents of the narrow Virgin River valley turned to the Hurricane Bench, a broad expanse of fertile land requiring only water... More
Hurricane Irrigation Canal, State Route 15 Vicinity, Hurricane, Washin...
Significance: When an expanding population created a demand for more farmland, the residents of the narrow Virgin River valley turned to the Hurricane Bench, a broad expanse of fertile land requiring only water... More
Hurricane Irrigation Canal, State Route 15 Vicinity, Hurricane, Washin...
Significance: When an expanding population created a demand for more farmland, the residents of the narrow Virgin River valley turned to the Hurricane Bench, a broad expanse of fertile land requiring only water... More
Hurricane Irrigation Canal, State Route 15 Vicinity, Hurricane, Washin...
Significance: When an expanding population created a demand for more farmland, the residents of the narrow Virgin River valley turned to the Hurricane Bench, a broad expanse of fertile land requiring only water... More
Dundee Canal, Headgates, Guardlock & Uppermost Section, 250 feet north...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dundee Canal, Headgates, Guardlock & Uppermost Section, 250 feet north...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Military post on Kernville Hill, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889
Photo shows shows soldiers, river, and city ruins. 17833U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Cambria Iron Company's office an store rooms looking from P.R.R. depot...
17834U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Augusta Water Works, Goodrich Street extension, Augusta Canal, Augusta...
Significance: When completed in 1899, the Augusta Water Supply system was one of the best in the South and one of the cheapest in the United States. The Raw Water Pumping Stations have always pumped canal wate... More
Vieley Bridge, Spanning North Fork Vermillion River at Township Road 2...
Significance: The Vieley Bridge is one of two iron and steel bowstring arch truss bridges of the Phoenix Ring upper chord design remaining in Livingston County. The bridge possesses significance as an example ... More
Moody Bridge, Spanning South Fork Eel River, Garberville, Humboldt Cou...
Significance: Moody Bridge is one of four remaining Parker, pin-connected through truss steel bridges in California. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, and method of construction. ... More
Moody Bridge, Spanning South Fork Eel River, Garberville, Humboldt Cou...
Significance: Moody Bridge is one of four remaining Parker, pin-connected through truss steel bridges in California. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, and method of construction. ... More
Fort Benton Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Fort Benton, Chouteau Cou...
Significance: Fort Benton has a long history in Montana. It was s fur trading post before the formation of Montana territory. In order to hold the town's trade with the Judith Basin to the east from other compe... More
River Road Bridge, Spanning Missisquoi River at River Road (Town Highw...
Significance: The bridge is significant as a representative example of the type of bridges built following the flood of 1927, in which over 1,250 bridges in Vermont were destroyed. The flood was a major episod... More
Havemeyer-Willcox Canal System, Rifle, Garfield County, CO
Significance: The canal system is an example of a turn-of-the-century irrigation project linked with a period of intensive development of the Colorado Western Slope. The system is a distinctive example of turn-... More
Havemeyer-Willcox Canal System, Rifle, Garfield County, CO
Significance: The canal system is an example of a turn-of-the-century irrigation project linked with a period of intensive development of the Colorado Western Slope. The system is a distinctive example of turn-... More
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Charles Mill, 106.0 miles above tidewater (ab...
Significance: Charles' Mill, located on the berm side of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal 108 miles above tidewater, is one of the few remaining examples of an economic reason for the canal's existence. The flour... More
117 Mill Street (House), Lock Haven, Clinton County, PA
Photo caption pages & written data include site & floor plans. Significance: The building at 117 Mill Street is included in a locally significant historic neighborhood which contains architecturally impressive ... More
Gibson Bridge, Spanning Watauga River on Herb Hodge Road, Watauga Flat...
Significance: The bridge is significant as a somewhat rare surviving example of a once common truss type, the Pennsylvania (Petit) truss. It derives secondary significance from its association with the Nashvill... More
Gibson Bridge, Spanning Watauga River on Herb Hodge Road, Watauga Flat...
Significance: The bridge is significant as a somewhat rare surviving example of a once common truss type, the Pennsylvania (Petit) truss. It derives secondary significance from its association with the Nashvill... More
Peak House, 322 South Second Street, Manhattan, Riley County, KS
Significance: The Peak House was determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 because of the building's architectural characteristics reflecting distinctive type, period, and method ... More
Swink Bridge, Spanning Arkansas River (County Road 24.5), Swink, Otero...
Survey number: HAER CO-37 Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: NR
Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...
Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More
Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...
Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More
Frank-Harvey House, 229 North Jay Street, Lock Haven, Clinton County, ...
Significance: Historically significant locally for being the residence of Judge Harrvey who founded Lock Haven Trust and Safety Deposit Company and the State Normal School. Unprocessed Field note material exi... More
Club House and Morrell Institute, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889
17835U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...
Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More
Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...
Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More
Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...
Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More
Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...
Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More
120 Mill Street (House), Lock Haven, Clinton County, PA
Photo caption pages & written data include site & floor plans. Significance: The building at 120 Mill Street is included in a locally significant historic neighborhood which contains architecturally impressive ... More
Smith's Store, U.S. Route 2, Waterbury, Washington County, VT
Significance: This vernauclar, early 20th Century structure serves as a visual point to the residential neighborhood that lines U.S. Route 2 west of the store. Its significance is due to its highly visible loc... More
Town of Mount Union, Near U.S. Highway 522, Mount Union, Huntingdon Co...
See also HABS PA-5973 for related information. Significance: For the first half of the 20th century, Mt. Union was a center of refractory brick manufacture. Three brick plants were built early in the century an... More
Black Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River, Grand Junction, Mesa County, CO
Significance: It is significant as the longest and tallest Pratt roadway truss remaining in Colorado. It is exceeded in span length by only one other pinned truss in the survey, the Pennsylvania span of the Rif... More
Black Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River, Grand Junction, Mesa County, CO
Significance: It is significant as the longest and tallest Pratt roadway truss remaining in Colorado. It is exceeded in span length by only one other pinned truss in the survey, the Pennsylvania span of the Rif... More
Hydroelectric Power Development North Highlands, Thirty-eighth Street ...
Significance: This development was the largest in the South when built in 1900. Originally, the dam provided water for 2 power houses: one for hydroelectric power generation, one for hydromechanical power tran... More
Patch Street Bridge, Spanning Kohanza Brook on Patch Street, Danbury, ...
Significance: The single arch stone Patch Street Bridge was a typical example of an increasingly rare class of municipally-built structure in Connecticut, and was the best preserved and perhaps most unusual suc... More
Jordan Covered Bridge, Spanning Thomas Creek, County Road 829, Scio, L...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Jordan Covered Bridge, Spanning Thomas Creek, County Road 829, Scio, L...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Saxton Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River on Delta County Road 650R, Delt...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Saxton Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River on Delta County Road 650R, Delt...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Saxton Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River on Delta County Road 650R, Delt...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA
Significance: The Augusta power and navigation canal was projected in order to make Augusta a manufacturing center. By the 1880's, the canal was a success. It supplied water power for eight textile mills, thr... More