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Oil painting "Magna Charta" located in stairway of Great Hall, Departm...

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Statue of Moses Austin in City Hall Plaza, San Antonio, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Moses Austin(1761-1821) was a pioneer settler of Texas who, in 1808, founded the town of Herculaneum, MO, the first Anglo American to... More

Arlington Cemetery, [Virginia], confederate section

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

CONFEDERATE MONUMENT. ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. MRS. DAISY McLAURIN...

A black and white photo of a woman in a long dress. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior grill detail, James T. Foley U.S. Post Office and Courthouse,...

Built in 1931-1932. Art Deco style. Five-story building with 8' high sculptured marble frieze continuously wraps around the primary elevations. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Adm... More

Bodie is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mou...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Garmon Theatre, which opened in the 1940s and closed three decades...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"Benjamin Banneker: Surveyor-Inventor-Astronomer," mural by Maxime See...

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

Vintage Phillips 66 Gas Station and historic cars, Route 66, Chandler,...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

[The Evolutionary Rainbow mural by Yana Zegri in the Haight-Ashbury ne...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Artist name and mural title from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. Street ... More

Dr. Ruth J. Jackson Memorial, Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama

Kelly Ingram Park (formerly West Park) was a staging ground for civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s. It is located adjacent to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the 16th Street Baptist Church. Titl... More

Old log church at Heritage Farm Museum and Village, in Harveytown, Wes...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Not to be confused with Heritage Station downtown, Heritage Farm Museum displays a wide collection of historical items related to Appa... More

Big Blue Whale, Route 66, Catoosa, Oklahoma

The Blue Whale of Catoosa is a waterfront structure, located just east of the town of Catoosa, Oklahoma, and it has become one of the most recognizable attractions on old Route 66. Hugh Davis built the Blue Wha... More

Painting "Pioneers in Kansas" at U.S. Courthouse, Wichita, Kansas

Artist: Ward Lockwood, ca. 1935. Oil measuring 4' 8" x 10' 6". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photograph... More

Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Gainesville, Georgia

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1910; architect: James Knox Taylor. Credit line... More

Oil painting "Morgan's Raiders" at the Federal Building and U.S. Court...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Artist: Daniel Boza, 1936. Dimensions: 6' 10" x 9' 2". Date... More

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

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

Stairway details. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Alexandria, Louisia...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1933 by architect Edward Neild. Art Deco style. Cr... More

Mural "Gathering dates," by Nicolai Cikovsky at the Department of Inte...

Date: 1938; dimensions: 107" x 77". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograph... More

The 1937 Robert Davis House in the Market Street neighborhood of fine ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

1880 Town, Murdo, South Dakota South Dakota

Public domain image of a romantic landscape with windmill, Netherlands, 16th-17th century artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Old hen house at Morgan's Mount Vernon Farm of Southside, West Virgini...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Home lovingly owned, restored and maintained by Breton L. Morgan, MD. In 1927-28, retired West Virginia businessman H.E. Shadle, who s... More

Interior detail, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Providence, Rho...

Architect: Clarke & Howe. Beaux-Arts building built in 1904-1908. It is of steel frame construction, clad entirely in grey granite. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration.... More

Courtroom at the Texarkana U.S. Post Office and Federal Building

Built in 1933 and located on the State line between Texas and Arkansas. It is a courthouse for both states. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keyword... More

Antique Car, Hackberry General Store, Route 66, Hackberry, Arizona

Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"The Scott Window," a stained-glass window at St. Matthew's Episcopal ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Window was created by the Tiffany Studio of New York and installed in 1902. The Scott name relates to U.S. Senator Nathan Bay Scott an... More

Stairs at the Mississippi River Commission building, Vicksburg, Missis...

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

View across water toward the Alton Lennon Federal Building and U.S. Co...

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

Courtroom. U.S. Courthouse, El Paso, Texas

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1936 by architectural firm McGhee Frazer Lippincot... More

[Leland Stanford Mansion, Sacramento, California]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ceiling murals, U.S. Custom House, Charleston, South Carolina

A Greek Revival building built during 1853-1879 by architect Ammi B. Young. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by t... More

Courtroom, James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building, San Franc...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. This stylized building reflects the Beaux Arts classicism adopted by the U.S. Treasure Department for early twentieth-century feder... More

Iglesia de Jesus de Miramar, Havana, Cuba

The second largest church in Cuba. It was begun in 1948 and completed in 1053. The murals were painted by Spanish painter, Cesareo Marciano Hombrados y de Onativia (1909-1977). Title, date, subject note, and k... More

Front exterior, James L. Whitten Federal Building, Washington, D.C.

Also known as the U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building, it was the first large Beaux-Arts building in Washington, D.C. Designed by Rankin, Kellogg and Crane architects, the L-shaped wings wer... More

Sculpture "Joseph Habersham, former postmaster general," by Gleb W. De...

Date: 1937; dimensions: 2' 10"; material: wood. 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, Appraisers Building, San Francisco, California

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1944 by architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood. Credi... More

Executive suite boardroom, EPA East and West, located on 12th and Cons...

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

View, in 2014, of Dealey Plaza and the Texas School Book Depository in...

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

Courtroom grille. The Joel Solomon Federal Building and U.S. Courthous...

Located in the central business district, it was built by Reuben Harrison Hunt in 1933. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information p... More

Lamp post at Century Station Federal Building located in Raleigh, Nort...

Built between 1874-1878 by architect Alfred B. Mullett. Additions were added between 1936-1938. The style is Second Empire. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, ... More

The West Virginia Capitol in Charleston

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. For several years, the capital of West Virginia intermittently traveled between Wheeling and Charleston. In 1877, however, the state's... More

Mural showing Native American woman by artist Velino Herrara at the In...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The 7 story building is of steel frame construction, clad in granite and limestone. It consists of a north-south core which bisects... More

Exterior detail, Robert J. Nealon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse...

Architect: James A. Wetmore. Built in 1931. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in... More

Bas-relief sculpture, Robert N.C. Nix Federal Building, Philadelphia, ...

Architect: Harry Sternfeld. Art Deco style. Built in 1937. Limestone with granite base. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by t... More

George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute ...

In 1857 George Peabody, a Massachusetts-born philanthropist, dedicated the Peabody Institute to the citizens of Baltimore in appreciation of their ""kindness and hospitality."" The Peabody Library building, whi... More

Exterior. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Tyler, Texas

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

Oil painting "New Amsterdam" at Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, ...

Public domain photo of American art painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Oil painting "Plymouth" at Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, New Y...

Public domain photo of American art painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Badlands, South Dakota - Drawing. Public domain image.

Badlands National Park, in southwest South Dakota, United States preserves 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles, and spires blended with the largest protected mixed grass prairie in the United Stat... More

Waikiki Beach aerial, Oahu, Hawaii

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Waikiki Beach Aerial, Oahu, Hawaii. Waikiki is a neighborhood of Honolulu, in the City & County of Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oahu, Haw... More

Skyline, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii

Date based on date of other Hawaii images in same group. Honolulu is the capital of and the most populous census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Title, date, and subjects provided by the pho... More

Glacier National Park, Montana - Drawing. Public domain image.

Glacier National Park contains two mountain ranges, sometimes referred to as the southern extension of the Canadian Rockies mountain ranges, with over 130 named lakes, more than 1,100 different species of vascu... More

Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Old Faithful is a cone geyser located in Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Old Faithful was named in 1870 during the Washburn- Langford-Doane Expedition and was the first geyser in the... More

Glacier National Park, Montana - Drawing. Public domain image.

Niagara Falls, New York - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy

The Niagara Falls are voluminous waterfalls on the Niagara River, straddling the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York. Niagara Falls were formed when glac... More

Route 66 Sign - Drawing. Public domain image.

Mono Lake, California - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy

Mono Lake, California is an alkaline and hypersaline lake in Mono County, California. It has an unusually productive ecosystem, and is a critical nesting habitat for several bird species. Title, date, and subje... More

Sculpture "Sky Cathedral" at entrance plaza of Federal Building and U....

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

Sculpture "The New World" on the exterior of the Edward R. Roybal Fede...

Artist: Tom Otterness, 1991. Cast concrete and bronze. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cred... More

[Lobby to Main Reading Room. Peace and Prosperity mural by Elihu Vedde...

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

[Main Reading Room. Detail of sculpture showing a cartouche supported ...

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

Sculpture "Bicentennial Dawn" in lobby interior of James A. Byrne U.S....

Artist: Louise Nevelson, 1976. Painted wood, dimensions: 15 x 90 x 30 feet. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by t... More

[North Corridor, Great Hall. Labor mural in lunette from the Family an...

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

[Memorial Hall. Statue of James Madison by Walker K. Hancock. Library ...

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

Mount McKinley, Denali National Park, Alaska

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mountain pass, summit, rocks, mountains, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Republican National Convention, September 1-4, 2008. Protesters dresse...

Protesters represent PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Title, date and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congres... More

[Second Floor, Southwest Pavilion. Discovery mural by George W. Maynar...

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

Prince William Sound, Alaska - Drawing. Public domain image.

Prince William Sound is a sound of the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula. The coastline is convoluted, with many islands and fj... More

Mount McKinley, Denali National Park, Alaska

Mount McKinley or Denali ("The Great One") in Alaska is the highest mountain peak in North America, at a height of approximately 20,320 feet (6,194 m) above sea level. It is the centerpiece of Denali National P... More

Alpine rock, Denali National Park, Alaska

Scenic view from the Seward highway in the Chugach National Forest, Al...

Seward Highway showcases the natural beauty of south central Alaska between Anchorage and Seward. From jagged peaks and alpine meadows to breathtaking fjords and crystal lakes, there is a concentrated series of... More

Sculpture "Vigii" located in plaza of the former Alfred P. Murrah Fede...

Artist: William Scott, 1978. Stainless steel. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: ... More

Elvis Presley honeymoon house, Palm Springs, California

House of Tomorrow AKA Elvis Presley Honeymoon hideaway. Built in 1962 the house was designed in four perfect circles, on three sperate levels, incorporating glass and peanut brittle stonework to allow indoor-ou... More

Historic Broad Street shops, Rome, Georgia

Miles and miles of homes, Las Vegas, Nevada

Night aerial view, Las Vegas, Nevada

This is an aerial photograph taken at night from a helicopter of the Las Vegas Strip. It is somewhat grainy because it was taken using a high ISO. A gyroscope was used to help steady the camera, however, a shal... More

"Rockman" statues, U.S. Courthouse, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Artist: Tom Otterness. 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 Caro... More

Dinosaur Park, Rapid City, South Dakota

Public domain photograph - park, sign, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Badlands National Park, in southwest South Dakota

Badlands National Park preserves 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles, and spires blended with the largest protected mixed grass prairie in the United States. Title, date, and subjects provided by ... More

DeSoto's Beauty and Barber Shop, Route 66, Ash Fork, Arizona

Badlands National Park, South Dakota

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

Badlands National Park, in southwest South Dakota

Detail of classic Cadillac car, Country Classic Cars, Route 66 in Stau...

Talladega Superspeedway Race, Talladega, Alabama

Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex that opened in 1969. The track hosts the NASCAR series. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegge... More

Sanctuary of the Nativity of Mary, Blessed Virgin Catholic Church, als...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1906, the church is considered the "queen" of what Texans call their "painted churches." It is one of the first churches bui... More

Snow covered trees, Mammoth Lakes, California

In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More

The Galloway House, a historic house in Burnet in the Texas Hill Count...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The adobe and rock residence, owned by Maj. Hugh H. Calvert, also served as an inn. Local landowner Enoch Brooks bought the home in 1... More

The 1887 Moore-Flack House in Austin, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The first owner of the Victorian house, John M. Moore, was Texas secretary of state. Laura A. E. Flack, a prominent Austin businesswo... More

Jam session in Luckenbach, Texas, a dot of a place in Gillespie County...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Luckenbach, made famous by the country song about "Waylon (Jennings), Willie (Nelson) and the Boys." Its oldest building is a combina... More

Tourist Attraction - Cathedral Caverns, Scottsboro, Alabama

The first thing you notice about Cathedral Caverns is the massive entrance. The huge opening measures 126 feet wide and 25 feet high. Inside the cavern, is Big Rock Canyon, Mystery River and some of the most be... More

View from the top of the Ellington Building, 1301 U St., NW, Washingto...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Eastern Market is a public market in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of ...

Housed in a 19th century brick building, the market is located on 7th St., SE, a few blocks east of the U.S. Capitol between North Carolina Ave. and C St. Badly damaged by an early-morning fire on April 30, 200... More

Murals in the Anacostia neighborhood of SE, Washington, D.C.

Beautiful communities and rural scenes in Baldwin County, Alabama. Pec...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Murals, Dothan, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.

Mural artist: Cheryl Hardin (Source: murallocator.org, 2017) Dothan is a Mural City. Murals painted on many downtown buildings by nationally and internationally known muralists showcase early scenes of local an... More

Murals, Dothan, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.

Vague image resembling face in window of Pickens County Courthouse, Ca...

There is a legend associated with the Pickens County courthouse. Henry Wells, suspected of setting fire to the building, was arrested and locked in the garett. According to legend, as a mob gathered to hang him... More

Barns and rural scenes on Route 11 near Gadsden, Alabama

Scene from the Mexican encampment at the annual Battle of San Jacinto ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texian Army engaged and defeated General Antoni... More

Tile work at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, Santa Barbara, Calif...

The Santa Barbara County Courthouse was designed by William Mooser, III, built in a Spanish Colonial Revival style, and completed in 1929. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Th... More

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