Interior eagle detail, United States Commerce building, Washington, D....
Architect: Cass Gilbert. Built 1922-1925. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More
Oil painting "Hammurabi," stairway of Great Hall, Department of Justic...
Artist: Boardman Robinson, 1937. Dimensions: 12' 7" x 4' 3". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer... More
Carol M. Highsmith - Handley Library, Winchester, Virginia
Judge John Handley of Scranton, Pa. left $250,000 to open this Public Library. Architects J. Stewart Barney and Henry Otis Chapman of New York designed the building in the Beaux-Arts style. The building opened ... More
Exterior details. The L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building and Court ...
Designed in the art deco style by architects Murphy & Olmstead and built in 1933. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provide... More
Exterior detail, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Fargo, North Da...
Built in 1931 by architect James A. Wetmore. Originally designed as a U.S. Post Office on the main floor. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject ... More
Architectural detail at The Robert A. Grant Federal Building & U.S. Co...
Built in 1933 by architectural firm Austin & Shambleau, the building served its original purpose for fifty years. In 1983, the U.S. Postal Service moved from the building into a new facility. Photographed as pa... More
Mural "Salt River Irrigation Project, Arizona," by Frank MacKenzie at ...
Date: 1928; dimensions: 84" x 178 3/4"; medium: oil. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit... More
Lobby, William R. Cotter Federal Building, Hartford, Connecticut
Architect: Adams & Malfeldt & Prentice. Built in 1933. Stripped Classical/Art Deco style. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by... More
Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1909; architect: James Knox Taylor. Credit line... More
Courtroom at Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse and Annex, London, K...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. U.S. Courthouse built in 1910 by Architect James Knox Taylo... More
Lobby, Federal Building, San Francisco, California
Architect: Arthur Brown, Jr. Built in 1934-36. Beaux Arts style. Part of the United Nations Plaza. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note pr... More
Mural "Ceremonial Shields & Bull's Head," by Stephen Mopope at the Dep...
Date: 1939; dimensions: 42" x 576". 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 Mississippi River Commission building, Vicksburg, Mississippi
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
Lobby, U.S. Courthouse, Toledo, Ohio
Architect: James A. Wetmore. Four story building designed in the Beaux Art Classicism style of architecture and clad in buff-colored limestone veneer. Built 1929-1932. Photographed as part of an assignment for ... More
Interior of the Hutzler Reading room located in Gilman Hall, on the Jo...
Located in Gilman Hall and designed by Douglas Thomas. Construction of Gilman Hall began in 1913, and the building was dedicated on May 21, 1915, and named for Daniel Coit Gilman, the first president of the uni... More
The Spanish Colonial-style Plaza Theatre, built in 1927 as a movie hou...
Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Exterior detail, metalwork "The Mail Plane," U.S. Post Office and Cour...
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
Courtyard at the Hotel Mercure Sevilla located in Old Havana, Cuba
One of Havana's oldest hotels built in the 1908 and had ties to the Italian-American mafia. Al Capone stayed at the Sevilla. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Th... More
Century Station Federal Building and Postal Station located in Raleigh...
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
Exterior. Lawton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Lawton, Oklahom...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Designed by Architect Oscar Wenderoth, the three-story, neo... More
John W. McCormack U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Boston, Massachuset...
Built in 1931-1933. Architect: Cram & Ferguson. Building consists of three towers rising above a five story base. It is 16 stories tall. The exterior is an excellent example of Art Deco institutional design. Ph... More
The Small Parlor in the northeast corner of the first floor in the 185...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1854, it was designed by prominent architect Abner Cook and has been the home of every Texas governor since 1856. Credit lin... More
Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Beaux Arts and Art Moderne design. Four buildings: Library... More
Exterior detail at the U.S. Courthouse, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Built in 1930 by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More
Sculpture "Africa" at main entrance to Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom ...
Artist: Daniel Chester French, 1907. Marble, measuring 10' x 4" high. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the pho... More
New and old federal buildings, James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals...
Building reflects the Beaux Arts classicism adopted by the U.S. Treasure Department for early twentieth-century federal buildings. Steel-framed structure clad in white Sierra granite. Architect: James Knox Tayl... More
WPA mural. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Gra...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. In 2010, the Federal Building & US Courthouse received $15M... More
Interior. The Joel Solomon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Chatt...
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
Painting "Seal of the State of Pennsylvania" located on first floor, F...
Artist: Elmer E. Garnsey, ca. 1899. Oil, dimensions: 35" x 75". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photograp... More
Interior window detail, U.S. Custom House, Houston, Texas
Architect: James Knox Taylor. Built in 1911. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs i... More
Lobby eagle detail, Byron R. White U.S. Courthouse, Denver, Colorado
Architect: Tracy, Swartwout, and Litchfield. Built 1910-1916. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit li... More
Sign above the entrance to the 1906 Frederick Building, once the old H...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
Fresco painting "Society Freed Through Justice," fifth floor stairway,...
Artist: George Biddle, 1936. Dimensions: 13' 6" x 43' 2". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More
The Mississippi River Commission building, Vicksburg, Mississippi
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
Interior. The Joel Solomon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Chatt...
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
Fresco painting "Coast Guard Cutter Calumet Meeting the SS Washington,...
Artist: Reginald Marsh, 1937. 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 t... More
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
Exterior from rooftop, Federal Building, San Francisco, California
Architect: Arthur Brown, Jr. Built in 1934-36. Beaux Arts style. Part of the United Nations Plaza. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note pr... More
Two sculptures "Spirit of Justice," and "Majesty of Justice," Great Ha...
Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, 1935. Aluminum, dimensions: 12' 6" x 48" and 12' 6" x 41". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note p... More
Entrance to The Robert A. Grant Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, So...
Built in 1933 by architectural firm Austin & Shambleau, the building served its original purpose for fifty years. In 1983, the U.S. Postal Service moved from the building into a new facility. Photographed as pa... More
Details from the "million dollar courthouse," the Theodore Levin Unite...
Courtroom is from the previous building built in 1896. It was disassembled and reassembled in the new building in 1932. It contains over 30 types of marble. Behind the bench is a frieze of 10 female figures dep... More
Exterior view of Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Binghamton, New...
An Art Deco interpretation of a classical style. Built in 1935. Architect: Conrad & Cummings. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provide... More
Fresco paintings above entrance to room 5114, Department of Justice, W...
Artist: Henry Varnum Poor, 1936. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information and date provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. ... More
Exterior eagle detail of Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Bingham...
An Art Deco interpretation of a classical style. Built in 1935. Architect: Conrad & Cummings. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provide... More
Sculpture "Love and Hope" at the David W. Dyer Federal Building and Co...
Artist: Alexander Sambugnac, 1938. Cast stone, dimensions: 4' x 6' x 3". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the ... More
Lobby desk, John O. Pastore Federal Building, Providence, Rhode Island
Architect: Jackson, Robertson, and Adams. Built in 1940. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More
The Internal Revenue Service Building, located in the center of the Fe...
Built between 1928-1936 by architect Louis Simon. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit li... More
Sculpture "Air" 9th and Pennsylvania Ave. lobby, Department of Justice...
Artist: Anthony Di Lorenzo, 1933, limestone sculpture 24" X 38". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photogra... More
Oil paintings "Grotius" and "Vitoria," in stairway of Great Hall, Depa...
Artist: Boardman Robinson, 1937. Dimensions, each: 12' 7" x 4' 3". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photog... More
Painting "City of Erie Pennsylvania" located on first floor, Federal C...
Artist: Elmer E. Garnsey, ca. 1899. Oil, dimensions: 35" x 75". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photograp... More
Exterior. The L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building and Court House in...
Designed in the art deco style by architects Murphy & Olmstead and built in 1933. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provide... More
Exterior. U.S. Court House, Augusta, Georgia
Designed by architect Oscar Wendroth and built in 1916, the courthouse is a 3-story Renaissance Revival federal building, executed in white marble. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
El Capitolio, Havana, Cuba - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
The Havana Capitol, built from April 1, 1926-1929, cost 17 million pesos. After the Revolution in 1959, the Capitol became the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba and then the Ministry of Science, T... More
Exterior. The Jack Brooks Federal Building in Beaumont, 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 Architects Fred C. Stone, and F.W. and D.E... More
Oil painting "The Past" located in fifth floor, main library, Departme...
Artist: Maurice Sterne, 1941. Dimensions: 6' x 4'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit l... More
Lobby. U.S. Court House, Augusta, Georgia
Designed by architect Oscar Wendroth and built in 1916, the courthouse is a 3-story Renaissance Revival federal building, executed in white marble. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services... More
Fresco painting "Customs Official Boarding" located in rotunda, Alexan...
Artist: Reginald Marsh, 1937. 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 t... More
Architectural details. Potter Stewart U.S. Post Office and Courthouse,...
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
Ewing T. Kerr Federal Building, Casper, Wyoming
Courthouse built by James A. Wetmore during the years 1930-1932. Neo-classical Revival style. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provide... More
Railing detail, U.S. Custom House, Charleston, South Carolina
Greek Revival building built during 1853-1879 by architect Ammi B. Young. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographe... More
Corridor at the U.S. Post Office & Court House, Lexington, Kentucky
Neoclassical design. Built in 1934 by architect H.A. Churchill and John P. Gillig. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provid... More
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Canton Branch, Baltimore, Maryland
Designed by architect Charles L. Carson, who drew the plans for Old Central and the first six branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Canton opened its doors to the public in 1886. It is the last of the four ... More
Oil painting "Communications" on elevator lobby ceiling, U.S. Custom H...
Artist: George Harding, 1938. 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 t... More
Stained glass at the Tulsa, Oklahoma Federal Building
Built in 1915-1917. The style is Neoclassical. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line:... More
Oil painting "Fort Orange" at Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, Ne...
Artist: Elmer E. Garnsey, 1912. Dimensions: 4.5' x 9'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cred... More
The Woolworth Building in New York City
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Front exterior, U.S. Custom House, Charleston, South Carolina
Greek Revival building built during 1853-1879 by architect Ammi B. Young. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographe... More
Part of the Jacobs-Hutchinson Block in downtown Fairmont, West Virgini...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
Mural: Petroleum Industry - Distribution & Use, by Edgar Britton at th...
Date: 1939; dimensions: 106" x 235". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograp... More
Details from the "million dollar courthouse," the Theodore Levin Unite...
Courtroom is from the previous building built in 1896. It was disassembled and reassembled in the new building in 1932. It contains over 30 types of marble. Behind the bench is a frieze of 10 female figures dep... More
Interior at the Robert A. Grant Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, So...
Built in 1933 by architectural firm Austin & Shambleau, the building served its original purpose for fifty years. In 1983, the U.S. Postal Service moved from the building into a new facility. Photographed as pa... More
Exterior eagle, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Eau Claire, Wisc...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1909; architect: James Knox Taylor. Credit line... More
Window detail, U.S. Custom House, Houston, Texas
Architect: James Knox Taylor. Built in 1911. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs i... More
Architectural detail at the Interior Department Building, Washington, ...
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
Bas relief at the Ed Edmondson Courthouse, also known as the U.S. Post...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1915 by Architect James Knox Taylor, the building ... More
Architectural details, the Woolworth Building, New York, New York
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in the United States. At 57 stories it remains one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Title, date,... More
Mural "Harvest Dance" by James Auchiah at the Department of Interior, ...
Date: 1939; dimensions: 96" x 600". 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
Front entrance, Federal Building and U.S. Custom House, Denver, Colora...
Architect: James A. Wetmore. Built 1931-1937. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs ... More
Grant Christian mural, Birch Bayh Federal Building, Indianapolis, Indi...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The building is a steel-framed, flat- roofed structure clad with Indiana limestone completed in 1905. Each pavilion has a central c... More
Courtroom detail, Alexander Pirnie Federal Building, Utica, New York
Built in 1929 by architect James A. Wetmore. Its simple classicisized detailing sets it apart from the many Victorican buildings in downtown Utica. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services... More
Corridor. 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
Stair detail, U.S. Custom House, Charleston, South Carolina
Greek Revival building built during 1853-1879 by architect Ammi B. Young. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographe... More
Interior corridors, Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building & U.S. Courtho...
Built in 1932 and designed by architect James Wetmore. The exterior of the Trenton Federal Building is a well executed design with a "Stipped Neo-Classical" form, with both Classical and Art Deco terra cotta de... More
Stairway. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Alexandria, Louisiana
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
Oil painting "Floral" arch fills located in atrium, second level, Fede...
Ca. 1899. 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 M. Highsmit... More
Interior door detail, U.S. Custom House, Charleston, South Carolina
Greek Revival building built during 1853-1879 by architect Ammi B. Young. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographe... More
Sculpture "Ebenezer Hazard, former postmaster general," by Gleb W. Der...
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
Roof solar panels. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courtho...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. In 2010, the Federal Building & US Courthouse received $15M... More
Courtyard, David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Miami, ...
Architect: Phineas E. Paist and Harold D. Steward. Mediterranean Renaissance Revival style. Built between 1931-1933. Primary material: Key Largo Coquina limestone. Photographed as part of an assignment for the ... More
The J. Herbert W. Small Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Elizabet...
Built in 1906, the building is one of the finest Neoclassical Revival style federal buildings in the state of North Carolina. There was an addition in 1937. Architect is James Knox Taylor. Photographed as part... More
Stairway, 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
Painting "Justice with Peace and Prosperity" at William J. Nealon Fede...
Artist: Unknown, 1931. Oil painting. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograp... More
Since the 1930s, Big Al, the Alabama Crimson Tide football team mascot...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Courtroom doors, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Eau Claire, Wis...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1909; architect: James Knox Taylor. Credit line... More
Cupola, U.S. Courthouse, Tallahassee, Florida
Architect: Eric Kebbon. Built between 1935-1936. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograp... More
Architectural details at the Mississippi River Commission building, Vi...
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
Equestrian statue of Henry Cassaway Davis in Elkins, West Virginia, wh...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Davis was a self-made millionaire and U.S. senator from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the... More
The Internal Revenue Service Building, located in the center of the Fe...
Built between 1928-1936 by architect Louis Simon. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit li... More
Ashton Terry of Tyler, Texas, one of the approximately 75 Kilgore Coll...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description