Governor Yates House, 17 Front Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County...
Survey number: HABS NY-6250 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Governor Yates House, 17 Front Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County...
Survey number: HABS NY-6250 Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Seaford Bridge, Spanning Nanticoke River at Front Street, Seaford, Sus...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Erie Railway, Deposit Station, Front Street, Deposit, Broome County, N...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1380 Survey number: HAER NY-26 Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc ...
Significance: The Southard Block is a late example of a small town mansard-roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house room surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston ori... More
Thomas Jefferson Southard Block, 25 Front Street, Richmond, Sagadahoc ...
Significance: The Southard Block is a late example of a small town mansard-roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house room surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston ori... More
Valentine Delmas House, Front Street, Pascagoula, Jackson County, MS
Survey number: HABS MS-17 Building/structure dates: 1812 Initial Construction
J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, Front Street (Road 409), Milford, ...
Significance: J.H. Wilkerson and Son was one of the last local brick works to operate in Delaware. IN 1975, all the original machinery, as well as some later additions, were still in operational positions, pro... More
J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, Front Street (Road 409), Milford, ...
Significance: J.H. Wilkerson and Son was one of the last local brick works to operate in Delaware. IN 1975, all the original machinery, as well as some later additions, were still in operational positions, pro... More
J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, Front Street (Road 409), Milford, ...
Significance: J.H. Wilkerson and Son was one of the last local brick works to operate in Delaware. IN 1975, all the original machinery, as well as some later additions, were still in operational positions, pro... More
![[The Common and City Hall, Front Street, Worcester, Massachusetts.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWNvbW1vbi1hbmQtY2l0eS1oYWxsLWZyb250LXN0cmVldC13b3JjZXN0ZXItbWFzcy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[The Common and City Hall, Front Street, Worcester, Massachusetts.]")
[The Common and City Hall, Front Street, Worcester, Massachusetts.]
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Group of boys working in the Williamston Mill. Williamston, S.C. Small...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 3018. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More
Joe House House, 205 Front Street, Beaufort, Carteret County, NC
Survey number: HABS NC-90 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
South Street Seaport Museum, 236 Front Street, 236 Front Street, New Y...
Significance: Grocer Edward G. Faile built 236 Front Street between 1827 and 1828. Like many of the buildings in the Seaport, 236 Front Street has contained a variety of busnesses including a liquor store and f... More
A pile of hay sitting on the side of a building. Great Depression FFSA...
Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a pile of rocks. Great Depression FSA photo...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Privy along front street, Hamilton County Ohio
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
Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...
Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More
Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...
Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More
Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...
Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More
Ducournau Building, 744 Front Street, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Paris...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Church Block, 44 Front Street, Bath, Sagadahoc County, ME
Significance: This Victorian brick business block has a first story cast-iron front, made at the Bath Iron Foundry. It was built in 1863 for Oliver Moses. Survey number: HABS ME-157 Building/structure dates:... More
William Pugh Ferrand Store, 122 Front Street, Swansboro, Onslow County...
Significance: It was built in 1819 on land that Ferrand had purchased from Captain Otway Burns, of Beaufort. The store was originally constructed of wood in 1819. When the massive fire of 1838 burned down a maj... More
George Pawley House, 1019 Front Street, Georgetown, Georgetown County,...
2017 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Robert Stewart, the primary constituent of the George Pawley House, was the son of an indentured servant from Jamaica, Patrick Stewart, whom is also one of th... More
Jacob Houseman House & Office, 2 Front Street, New York, New York Coun...
Public domain photograph of living room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jacob Houseman House & Office, 2 Front Street, New York, New York Coun...
Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
San Luis Yacht Club, Avila Pier, South of Front Street, Avila Beach, S...
Significance: The Yacht Club has had a historically significant role in the development of the community of Avila Beach and during the United States involvement in World War II. Members of the San Luis Yacht C... More
San Luis Yacht Club, Avila Pier, South of Front Street, Avila Beach, S...
Significance: The Yacht Club has had a historically significant role in the development of the community of Avila Beach and during the United States involvement in World War II. Members of the San Luis Yacht C... More
San Luis Yacht Club, Avila Pier, South of Front Street, Avila Beach, S...
Significance: The Yacht Club has had a historically significant role in the development of the community of Avila Beach and during the United States involvement in World War II. Members of the San Luis Yacht C... More
Thomas A. Edison Birthplace, Front Street & Choate Avenue, Milan, Erie...
Significance: From the Nat'l Register nomination: Thomas Alva Edison, one of America's most illustrious inventors, was born in this house on February 11, 1847. Although he left Milan in 1854, before this struct... More
Thomas A. Edison Birthplace, Front Street & Choate Avenue, Milan, Erie...
Significance: From the Nat'l Register nomination: Thomas Alva Edison, one of America's most illustrious inventors, was born in this house on February 11, 1847. Although he left Milan in 1854, before this struct... More
Isaac Snedecker House, 359 Front Street, Hempstead, Nassau County, NY
Survey number: HABS NY-4-407 Building/structure dates: 1810 Initial Construction
U.S. Barracks, Riverside Mall, Capitol Avenue, Front Street, Spanish T...
Significance: Situated adjacent to the Mississippi River, the United States Barracks were a significant military post from the 1820s to the 1870s, during which time numerous military and political figures eithe... More
U.S. Barracks, Riverside Mall, Capitol Avenue, Front Street, Spanish T...
Significance: Situated adjacent to the Mississippi River, the United States Barracks were a significant military post from the 1820s to the 1870s, during which time numerous military and political figures eithe... More
Penfield Elevators, West Elevator, Front Street, Penfield, Champaign C...
1986 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The West Elevator was constructed shortly after the arrival of the Havana, Rantoul and Eastern Railway in 1878, which eventually became part of th... More
Penfield Elevators, West Elevator, Front Street, Penfield, Champaign C...
1986 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The West Elevator was constructed shortly after the arrival of the Havana, Rantoul and Eastern Railway in 1878, which eventually became part of th... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Dam, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a plan, map, park, birds' eye view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Northern Commercial Company, Warehouse, 220 Front Street, Eagle, South...
Significance: Located on the bank of the Yukon River which permitted stern wheelers to dock immediately alongside the buildings. Survey number: HABS AK-7-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000919
Erie Railway, Deposit Station, Front Street, Deposit, Broome County, N...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1380 Survey number: HAER NY-26 Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Peter Davis Store, Front Street, Warrenton, Warren County, NC
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS NC-1
J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, Front Street (Road 409), Milford, ...
Significance: J.H. Wilkerson and Son was one of the last local brick works to operate in Delaware. IN 1975, all the original machinery, as well as some later additions, were still in operational positions, pro... More
J. H. Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, Front Street (Road 409), Milford, ...
Significance: J.H. Wilkerson and Son was one of the last local brick works to operate in Delaware. IN 1975, all the original machinery, as well as some later additions, were still in operational positions, pro... More
Residences on Front Street, St. Clair, Mich
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "G 2944" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018571. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Captain Isaac Peterson House, Front Street, Mauricetown, Cumberland Co...
Significance: This colorful Italianate-style dwelling, built across from the Maurice River by a ship's captain, is in excellent condition and reflects the prosperity of the local maritime community. Survey nu... More
A black and white photo of a man standing next to a row of parked cars...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A black and white photo of a man in a hat, possibly related to: Cotton...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More
Erie Railway, Susquehanna Freight Station, Front Street, Susquehanna, ...
Survey number: HAER PA-9 Public domain image of Swedish railroads works, train yard, workshop, tracks, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Land Lighthouse, Front Street, Land Lighthouse Park, Erie, Erie County...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-48 Survey number: HABS PA-517 Building/structure dates: 1867 Initial Construction
Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...
Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More
Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...
Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More
Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...
Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More
Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...
Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More
Woonsocket Company, Number 1 Mill, 100 Front Street, Woonsocket, Provi...
Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: This 1829 building is a typical Rhode Island stone cotton mill of the first ha... More
George Pawley House, 1019 Front Street, Georgetown, Georgetown County,...
2017 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Robert Stewart, the primary constituent of the George Pawley House, was the son of an indentured servant from Jamaica, Patrick Stewart, whom is also one of th... More
Dr. Ezekiel Lovejoy House, 100 Front Street, Owego, Tioga County, NY
Significance: Believed to be the largest Greek revival house in Owego, the central block has a two-story pedimented tetrastyle portico. Survey number: HABS NY-5428 Building/structure dates: 1837 Initial Cons... More
Compton-Bowen House, Front Street, Mauricetown, Cumberland County, NJ
Significance: This well-preserved dwelling was erected on the Maurice River by Ichabod Compton, a descendant of the town founder, in the early 19th century. It was vastly rebuilt probably in the early 1880s, a... More
Jacob Houseman House & Office, 2 Front Street, New York, New York Coun...
Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jacob Houseman House & Office, 2 Front Street, New York, New York Coun...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Jacob Houseman House & Office, 2 Front Street, New York, New York Coun...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Adam Vrooman House, 119 Front Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County,...
Significance: One of the oldest remaining houses in the area. Survey number: HABS NY-3286 Building/structure dates: ca. 1720 Initial Construction
Woonsocket Company, Number 2 Mill, 115 Front Street, Woonsocket, Provi...
Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: Built in 1833, the Woonsocket Company's No. 2 Mill is an unusually fine early ... More
Woonsocket Company, Number 2 Mill, 115 Front Street, Woonsocket, Provi...
Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: Built in 1833, the Woonsocket Company's No. 2 Mill is an unusually fine early ... More
Woonsocket Company, Number 2 Mill, 115 Front Street, Woonsocket, Provi...
Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: Built in 1833, the Woonsocket Company's No. 2 Mill is an unusually fine early ... More
Woonsocket Company, Number 2 Mill, 115 Front Street, Woonsocket, Provi...
Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: Built in 1833, the Woonsocket Company's No. 2 Mill is an unusually fine early ... More
Woonsocket Company, Number 2 Mill, 115 Front Street, Woonsocket, Provi...
Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: Built in 1833, the Woonsocket Company's No. 2 Mill is an unusually fine early ... More
Woonsocket Company, Number 2 Mill, 115 Front Street, Woonsocket, Provi...
Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: Built in 1833, the Woonsocket Company's No. 2 Mill is an unusually fine early ... More
Harmon Pumpelly House, 113 Front Street, Owego, Tioga County, NY
Significance: A large Greek Revival house with one of the few remaining authentic antebellum gardens, showing pattern of 1830 period in New York State. Survey number: HABS NY-5460 Building/structure dates: 1... More
Harmon Pumpelly House, 113 Front Street, Owego, Tioga County, NY
Significance: A large Greek Revival house with one of the few remaining authentic antebellum gardens, showing pattern of 1830 period in New York State. Survey number: HABS NY-5460 Building/structure dates: 1... More
Isaac Snedecker House, 359 Front Street, Hempstead, Nassau County, NY
Survey number: HABS NY-4-407 Building/structure dates: 1810 Initial Construction
Prudhomme-Hughes Building, 720 Front Street, Natchitoches, Natchitoche...
Survey number: HABS LA-2-7 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Barracks, Riverside Mall, Capitol Avenue, Front Street, Spanish T...
Significance: Situated adjacent to the Mississippi River, the United States Barracks were a significant military post from the 1820s to the 1870s, during which time numerous military and political figures eithe... More
U.S. Barracks, Riverside Mall, Capitol Avenue, Front Street, Spanish T...
Significance: Situated adjacent to the Mississippi River, the United States Barracks were a significant military post from the 1820s to the 1870s, during which time numerous military and political figures eithe... More
Key West Post Office, U.S. Customs House, U.S. Courthouse & Lighthouse...
Significance: A fine example of late nineteenth century eclectic architecture with features of both the Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque styles. Survey number: HABS FL-187 Building/structure dates: ... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Dam, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Northern Commercial Company, Warehouse, 220 Front Street, Eagle, South...
Significance: Located on the bank of the Yukon River which permitted stern wheelers to dock immediately alongside the buildings. Survey number: HABS AK-7-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000919
Jeremiah DeGraaf House, 25-27 Front Street, Schenectady, Schenectady C...
Survey number: HABS NY-3271 Building/structure dates: ca. 1790 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Subsequent Work
U. S. Custom House & Post Office, 25 Front Street, Bath, Sagadahoc Cou...
Significance: This two-and-a-half rectangular Custom House and Post Office, built of granite in the Italianate Style, was designed by Ammi B. Young, the first Supervising Architect of the United States Treasury... More
U. S. Custom House & Post Office, 25 Front Street, Bath, Sagadahoc Cou...
Significance: This two-and-a-half rectangular Custom House and Post Office, built of granite in the Italianate Style, was designed by Ammi B. Young, the first Supervising Architect of the United States Treasury... More
Northern Commercial Company, Store, 220 Front Street, Eagle, Southeast...
Significance: Located on the bank of the Yukon River which permitted stern wheelers to dock immediately alongside building. / Eagle, Alaska, established in 1898, survived the end of the Klondike Gold Rush becau... More
Fallston Bridge, Spanning Beaver River at Front Street, Fallston, Beav...
Significance: The bridge consists of two pin-connected double-intersection Pratt through truss spans, totaling 406' in length and carrying a 20' roadway. Survey number: HAER PA-580 Building/structure dates: 1... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More
Peter Davis Store, Front Street, Warrenton, Warren County, NC
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS NC-1
St. George's Church, Front Street, Hempstead, Nassau County, NY
Survey number: HABS NY-4-403 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Custom House, Front Street (Moved from Fort Egbert), Eagle, Southeast ...
Significance: Originally the Noncommissioned Officers Quarters on Fort Egbert, the building was transferred from the War Department to the Department of the Treasury in 1915 and moved to Eagle where it served a... More
Thomas J. Dow House, Front Street, Coupeville, Island County, WA
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.