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View on the Susquehannah [Pennsylvania] - Public domain scenic drawing

Illus. in: Lucas' progressive drawing book. Balto., 1837. Aquatint after E. Van Blon.

[Branksome Chine, Bournemouth, England] view, photochrome print postca...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10301". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

The torrent - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Photograph of a painting signed "Aston Knight, Paris" in the Toledo Museum of Art. Listed in Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Detroit Publishing Co. no. M176. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Great Falls - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The rushing Saco River near Limington, Maine

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

Many American cities and businesses sponsor elaborate artistic and his...

Mural artist: name not given. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-13) Forms part of Carol M. Highsm... More

River, Scalp Level, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania.

Cascading river in woods. "River Side Gallery, Johnstown, Pa." Barton Collection.

The Rocks, Poagshole, Dansville, N.Y.

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Part of the Salmon Cascades Exhibit along the Sol Duc River in Washing...

Here, the river serves as a key highway for coho salmon, running through the valley and ascending to the lakes and headwaters in the surrounding mountains. Unseen here is a stationary camera that alerts Washing... More

View on Lookout Mountain - A black and white photo of a river surround...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Bode Waterfall, Braunlage, Hartz, Germany] view, photochrome print po...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "17643". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[Stainforth Falls, Yorkshire, England] view, photochrome print postcar...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "11076". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

Dam, [Red] Cedar River near Mich. Agricultural College [i.e. Michigan ...

Public domain photograph of park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of stream along 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

Old-time fiddling at Bernie Rasmussen's home in Polson, Montana; Scrap...

Public domain photograph - Montana Folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union Canal Locks, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Significance: The ruins of these locks document 19th-century canal technology, and illustrate the importance of water transportation in the first half of the century. Although the Union Canal failed to become ... More

Kalaupapa Water Supply System, Waikolu Valley to Kalaupapa Settlement,...

The address used in title block for the measured drawings incorrectly identifies the location as Maui County. The Kalaupapa Water Supply System is located in Kalawao County. Significance: From 1866, Hawaiians ... More

Pawtucket Falls / by R.E. Westcott.

Photograph showing rapids on the Merrimack River in Lowell, Massachusetts. Illus. in: Picturesque Lowell. Copyright 1896, by T.H. Lawler, Bookseller and Stationer, Lowell, Mass.

Dam, Red Cedar River near Mich. Agricultural College i.e. Michigan Sta...

"H 51" and "036713" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071451. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Freshwater Bay and Stag Rock, Isle of Wight, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10471". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

Great Falls of the Potomac River, Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[John L. Severance House, Pasadena, California. Waterfall and pond]

Site History. Landscape architect: Paul G. Thiene. Title and site history from Sam Watters, 2013. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

Selenga River, near Staroselenginsk, Russia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a river or lake, forest, trees, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Otter Creek Cove Bridge & Causeway, Spanning Otter Creek Cove on Park ...

Significance: The triple-arched Otter Cove Causeway spans Otter Cove, connecting Otter Point with the Blackwoods section of the park. One of the most impressive structures along the Park Loop Motor Road, the c... More

Blackstone Canal, Blackstone River & Washington Highway (Quinnville), ...

Significance: The Blackstone canal was one of the regions first long distance transportation systems. It was one of the waterways that helped to spawn the industrial development that took place in the Blacksto... More

White Mountains, New Hampshire - Public domain scenic engraving

Engraving by Fenner Sears & Co. after painting by Thomas Cole. Illus. in: John Howard Hinton, The History of the United States, 1832, v. 2, between p. 462 and p. 463. Reference copy may be available in Geog. Fi... More

[Freshwater Bay, Tennyson's home, Isle of Wight, England]

Image shows a wooden footpath over a road on the grounds of Farringford, the home of Alfred, Lord Tennyson on the Isle of Wight. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Cat... More

[Rushing stream] - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Silver Springs, Fla., gelatin silver print

J101270 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Harris Co.; 1911; DLC/PP-1911:44369.

Randy Sprouse fishing in Coal River at the mouth of Hazy Creek

Event: Fishing for smallmouth bass on Coal River. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fish in a lake that winds through the Broadway at the Beach amusement ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-6). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Glen Ellis, Jackson, N.H. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

The Rocks, Poagshole, Dansville, N.Y

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011486. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Tubing on the Yampa River in Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

House Creek, "the boils" (springs), fishermen, Ben Hill County, Georgi...

See field notes: 13-19 Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wind Cave Roads & Bridges, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD

Significance: The Wind Cave National Park road system reflects the combined efforts of the National Park Service, the South Dakota State Highway Commission, and the Bureau of Public Roads to provide vehicular a... More

Eugene O'Neill House, Freshwater Tanks, Kuss Road, Danville, Contra Co...

Survey number: HABS CA-2078-H Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Waterfalls at Temasopa [sic] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[The bridge at Feugh, Banchory, Scotland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "13063". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at... More

The bather--Mandan North Dakota

Nude figure standing at river's edge. Public domain photograph - erotic, erotism, naked, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - A smoky day at the Sugar Bowl--Hupa

Hupa man with spear, standing on rock midstream, in background, fog partially obscures trees on mountainsides. J262589 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from caption card and item. Curtis no. 3849. Forms part of: Ed... More

Rikard's Mill, near Beatrice, Alabama

Built by Jacob Rikard about 1840, it is a working grist mill. Run by the power of water from Flat Creek that runs under it, the mill has been grinding corn into meal and grits ever since. Credit line: The Georg... More

Chapman Falls located in Devil's Hopyard State Park, East Haddam, Conn...

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

Colorado River Aqueduct, From Colorado River to Lake Mathews, Parker D...

Significance: The Colorado River Aqueduct pumps water from the Colorado River through, over, and across mountains and desert in a 242-mile-long march to the coastal plain of Southern California. When completed... More

A peaceful stretch of the Guadalupe River north of New Braunfels in Co...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Florida, Steamer Okahumpkee on the Ocklawaha

No. 9570;17066X2. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Lord Bishop of Winchester / from life, registered photograph copyr...

Half-length portrait of Samuel Wilberforce. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites ... More

[Rapids on the Shannon. County Limerick, Ireland]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coal river. Fishing on Coal River. Southern West Virginia.

Event: Fishing on Coal River. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Noccalula Falls, Gadsden, Alabama

R.A. Mitchell, gave the site to the city of Gadsden. The Falls drop into the Black Creek ravine and are marked with a bronze statue of Cherokee princess Noccalula who, according to local legends, jumped off a c... More

Morris Canal, Waterloo, Sussex County, NJ

Significance: The Waterloo area of Warren County contains a well preserved portion of the Morris Canal. The canal although filled in in many places is still clearly visible. Survey number: HAER NJ-29-J Build... More

Eugene O'Neill House, Freshwater Tanks, Kuss Road, Danville, Contra Co...

Survey number: HABS CA-2078-H Public domain scan of oil tank, gas tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Great Falls of the Potomac - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Glen Ellis, Jackson, N.H - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011402. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Susquehanna River near Litchfield, N.Y

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012184. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Freshwater Bay Arch and Stag Rocks, Isle of Wight, England]

Image shows the Stag and Arch chalk rocks in Freshwater Bay near the Isle of Wight. In 1992 Arch Rock fell into the sea due to constant wave action and only the base remains. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 20... More

The Conaseraga i.e. Canaseraga, Poagshole, Dansville, N.Y

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011489. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The Wissahickon, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Title from jacket. "G 6106" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039135. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

View of the Crystal River, a high-Rocky Mountain stream, near the town...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

House Creek, "the boils" (springs), fishermen, Ben Hill County, Georgi...

See field notes: 13-19 Public domain photograph of a pond in the woods, swamp, trees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The lake from Slot Frederiksborg, Hillerod, Denmark

No. 10999. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A raging stream in Rocky Mountain National Park in the Front Range of ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The towering Front Range is the first mountain range encountered by white settlers years ago, and travelers today, moving west along t... More

The Bighorn River makes a turn above the "Wedding of the Waters" towar...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Scene at the We-Ko-Pa Golf Club in the Sonoran Desert outside Fort McD...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

A black and white photo of a river, Texas, during Great Depression

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Great Falls of the Potomac River, just upriver from Washington, D....

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Fall view of the north folk of the South Platte River, near the town o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

A babbling brook at the A Bar A guest ranch, near Riverside in Carbon ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Cheat River below Buckhorn Wall, mammoth plate negative

Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Rushing stream, Israel, Matson photograph collection

Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Near the mouth of Peachtree Creek on the Marsh Fork of the Big Coal Ri...

Connecticut - Drawing. Public domain image.

Location, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Great Falls of the Potomac River, Washington, D.C

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Originally part of a panorama; other section(s) not in collection. "10520 R" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013031. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Aerial view of the Colorado River as it winds through the deep gorge a...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Skagit Power Development, Newhalem Powerhouse & Dam, On Skagit River, ...

Significance: The Newhalem Power Plant's purpose was to provide temporary power for construction of the first dam and City Camp (Newhalem). The Plant began operation 1921. In the early 1950s, was semiautomate... More

Near Huntington, Penna, R.R, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope ca...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Pond for adolescent fish, covered by chicken wire to deter poachers, a...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Due to budget constraints at the time of this photograph (2017), the hatchery is not regularly staffed, making the honor system import... More

Breakwater Hotel, 940 Ocean Drive, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL

Survey number: HABS FL-322-I Public domain photograph of river bank, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a lake. Office of War Information Photograp...

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 raging stream in Rocky Mountain National Park in the Front Range of ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The towering Front Range is the first mountain range encountered by white settlers years ago, and travelers today, moving west along t... More

View of the West River from the Rice Farm Road Bridge, near West Dumme...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-9). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Lake Mohonk House, Lake Mohonk, N.Y

Videodisc images out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-06420, 06419 (or 06418), 06417, 06416, 06415. Five-part panorama with close variant of left center section. Center, right center, and right neg... More

Waterfalls at Temasopa sic - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

"W.H.J. Phot. Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 4121. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Otuwhakakaireau, Wanganui River, New Zealand

Man in boat in foreground. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

View of Twin Lakes, really one large lake on the eastern end of Indepe...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within... More

A cascade down the side of the Peace Center, an entertainment and cult...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-6). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

A stretch of Havasu Creek leading to five Havasupai Falls deep in Ariz...

There are no roads to, or drivable overlooks of, the falls or the tiny Supai Village nearby, but hikers with tribal permits may make the steep, draining 20-mile round-trip slog as the crow flies, a zig-zag 30 m... More

Arthur Holmes Merry Generator House, Signal Lake North of Range Road, ...

Significance: The Arthur Holmes Merry Generator House at Signal (Scout) Lake, Fort Gordon is among the oldest private water-powered structures in Georgia. The Generator House was constructed in 1935. By 1938, t... More

[The Wissahickon, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bessemer Bend, a most significant turn of the North Platte River in Na...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

The Conaseraga [i.e. Canaseraga], Poagshole, Dansville, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a river or lake, forest, trees, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A raging stream in Rocky Mountain National Park in the Front Range of ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The towering Front Range is the first mountain range encountered by white settlers years ago, and travelers today, moving west along t... More

A raging stream in Rocky Mountain National Park in the Front Range of ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The towering Front Range is the first mountain range encountered by white settlers years ago, and travelers today, moving west along t... More

Great Falls of the Potomac - Detroit publishing company. Public domain...

Correct videodisc image sequence is 1A-06169, 06168. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "X 116" and "X 117" on negatives. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 010509. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.