The Redwood National and State Parks along the coast of northern Calif...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Sky view from the Moscone Center patio, San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
2012 Gay Pride Parade, San Francisco, California
The San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Celebration, usually known as San Francisco Pride, is a parade and festival held at the end of June each year in San Francisco to celebrate the lesbia... More
Wooden barn along the road in Northern California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
The Bale Grist Mill, now a California Historic Park, operated by the N...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The water-powered mill was once the center of social activity as Napa Valley settlers gathered to have their corn and wheat ground into meal or flour. The... More
Bodie is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mou...
Located about 75 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe, the town become a state historic park in 1962. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California P... More
View of the Truckee River in Tahoe National Forest in Northern Califor...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Scenic views along Route 1 near the Pacific Ocean in Northern Californ...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
[One Tree mural by Rigo, San Francisco, California]
Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit ... More
Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
The Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Also known as the Royal Presidio Chapel, the Roman Catholic cathedral was built in 1794, and is the oldest continuously operating parish and the oldest st... More
Yosemite National Park spans eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa an...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biological diversity. Cred... More
Carnaval, San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The San Francisco Bay Area Carnaval season begins in February. Groups from The Mission District, a metro center for the many different Spanish speaking po... More
Yosemite National Park spans eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa an...
Picryl description: Public domain view of a mountain range, mountainous landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A sizable barn near the settlement of Bangor, south of Oroville in But...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
The Village at Squaw Valley, a year-round Sierra Mountain resort in Ol...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Art murals on the exterior of the Fox Warfield Theatre, a 2,300 seat m...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
The Armand Hammer Family memorial in Pierce Brothers Westwood Village ...
Located in the Westwood Village area, it is the resting place of some of the entertainment industry's greatest names. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Col... More
View from the Top of the Mark Restaurant at the Mark Hopkins Intercont...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
The 10-story Ziggurat, a pyramidal state office building along the Sac...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Designed to resemble the massive, ancient ziggurats in the Mesopotamian Valley, the building was constructed by the Money Store in 1997 and was subsequent... More
Bodie is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mou...
Located about 75 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe, the town become a state historic park in 1962. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California P... More
Salvation Mountain, Calipatria, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Created by local resident Leonard Knight, this art installation covers a hill north of Calipatria. It is made from adobe, straw, and thousands of gallons ... More
Carnaval, San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The San Francisco Bay Area Carnaval season begins in February. Groups from The Mission District, a metro center for the many different Spanish speaking po... More
An unsual canopy drapes the entrance to the Peju Province winery, near...
title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Downtown architectural details in Santa Barbara, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
View of Pacific ocean along 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through Pacif...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, P... More
Bodie is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mou...
Located about 75 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe, the town become a state historic park in 1962. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California P... More
Roosevelt elk roam in Orick, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
The Village at Squaw Valley, a year-round Sierra Mountain resort in Ol...
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Pico House on Olvera Street in the oldest part of downtown Los Angeles...
The street is part of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument, and referred to by Latinos as "La Placita Olvera" for a prominent local judge. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credi... More
Santa Monica Place Shopping Center in Los Angeles, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Old motel sign in Lee Vining, California, the closest town to the east...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Palm tree lined street in Beverly Hills, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
The Milton S. Eisenhower Library, part of the Johns Hopkins Sheridan L...
Opened in 1964, the library was named for the university's eighth president. The collection numbers over 2.6 million volumes. Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photogr... More
Huntington Beach, California - Drawing. Public domain image.
Also known as "HB" or "Surf City USA" it is known for its long 8.5-mile stretch of sandy beach, mild climate, excellent surfing, and beach culture. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit... More
Country road view of green hills off Interstate 5 in central Californi...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
A flag and reflectors provide a vivid contrast to the white background...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Unique house in Los Angeles, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Aerial view of the J. Paul Getty Museum of Art in Los Angles, Californ...
Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pi... More
The West Walker Motel located in Coleville in northern Mono County in ...
Coleville is named after California's first congressman, Cornelius Cole. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M.... More
Yosemite National Park spans eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa an...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biological diversity. Cred... More
Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Originally, El Presidio Real de San Francisco or Royal Presidio of San Francisco, the park is on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Fr... More
Aerial of Pacific Coast Beach, Los Angeles, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Horses grazing in a meadow between U.S. 395 and Lower Rock Creek Road ...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
The catamaran that ferries visitors to Lake Shasta Caverns, northeast ...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The caverns are a network of caves located near the McCloud arm of Shasta Lake in California. It was formerly named Chalk Cave and Baird Cave; named after... More
Flying A Service sign in Truckee, an unincorporated town in Nevada Cou...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Truckee is best known today for its often-snowbound pass "Donner Pass" through the High Sierras. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California... More
Winery in Sonoma, California - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Northern California redwoods - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
2012 Summer Solstice Parade in Santa Barbara, California
Public domain photograph of parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The bridge, declared one of the modern Wonders of the World by the American Society of Engineers, links San Francisco to Marin County. Credit line: The Jo... More
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Yosemite National Park spans eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa an...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biological diversity. Cred... More
Sonoma Mission, Sonoma, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Architectural detail on St. Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco, Californi...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
View from Bernal Heights hill, San Francisco, California
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Architecture on Howard Street in San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
[Bridgeport Covered Bridge over the Yuba River, Nevada County, Califor...
Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; The Capital Group Companies Charitable... More
Carnaval, San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The San Francisco Bay Area Carnaval season begins in February. Groups from The Mission District, a metro center for the many different Spanish speaking po... More
Google Headquarters, Mountain View, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
One of what are fairly common bear-crossing signs in California's Sier...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Trees in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest along White Mountain Road...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Scenic view in Northern California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Views from Pacific Coast Highway, Scenic State Route 1, a major north-...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Rainbow and complex clouds form after many inches of rain over several...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Scenic views in the mountains of Northern California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Olvera Street in the oldest part of downtown Los Angeles, California
The street is part of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument, and referred to by Latinos as "La Placita Olvera" for a prominent local judge. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credi... More
[Boar & Carriage mural by Jesse Hazelip in Venice, a beachfront distri...
Mural title and artist name from Global Graphica blog, 2013. Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Venice is known for its canals, beaches and circus-like Ocean Front Walk... More
Sign for Motel and Cafe Hi-Lo in Northern California
Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Unique public bench in Ferndale, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Wine barrel and wagon at the Heitz Winery on the St. Helena Highway in...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Yosemite National Park spans eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa an...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biological diversity. Cred... More
California vineyards - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Bodie is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mou...
Located about 75 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe, the town become a state historic park in 1962. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California P... More
View of Pacific ocean along 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through Pacif...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, P... More
Bells at Old Post Office Building located on Pennsylvania Avenue in Wa...
Also known as Old Post Office and Clock Tower and officially renamed the Nancy Hanks Center in 1983. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from ... More
Aerial view of the J. Paul Getty Museum of Art in Los Angles, Californ...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Muir Woods National Monument, located on the Pacific coast of southwes...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Skyline views in San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Views from Howard Street hotel, San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
"Bliss Dance" sculpture created by artist Marco Cochrane, San Francisc...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
[Entrance to Neptune's Kingdom in Santa Cruz, the county seat and larg...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an amusement park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
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Aerial of Pacific Coast Beach, Los Angeles, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Medicine man cart in Rough and Ready, a small settlement near Grass Va...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
View of coast from scenic Route 101 in Northern California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
The Tower Bridge is a vertical lift bridge across the Sacramento River...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The bridge's style represents a rare use of Streamline Moderne architectural styling in a lift bridge, making it an expression of the social and architec... More
Racks Boutique in Sacramento, the capital city of the U.S. state of Ca...
Located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley, the city was cited by Time magazine as America's most ethnically and ra... More
Golf course near 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through Pacific Grove an...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, P... More
Mission Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Golf course near 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through Pacific Grove an...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, P... More
Bodie is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mou...
Located about 75 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe, the town become a state historic park in 1962. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California P... More
Historic Victorian home in Eureka, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
This is obviously not the stereotypical sun-parched summer day in Deat...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Mission Santa Cruz was a Spanish mission founded by the Franciscan ord...
Founded in 1791 and named for the feast of the Exultation of the Cross, the name that the explorer Gaspar de Portola gave to the area when he camped on the banks of the San Lorenzo River on October 17, 1769, an... More
California vineyards - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
[Northern California] - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title based on captions of images in same group. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisi... More
Art in a window on Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, California
Rodeo Drive is a shopping district known for designer label and haute couture fashion. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photograp... More
Aerial view of Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, California
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Dolphin fountain in Monterey. Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Oce...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
An innovatively repaired old barn near the settlement of Manton, near ...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More