1,110 Glacier Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier...

Significance: The Reclamation Act of 1902 authorized the U.S. Reclamation Service of the Department of the Interior to undertake numerous irrigation projects to make arid land farmable. One of those projects in... More

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier...

Significance: The Reclamation Act of 1902 authorized the U.S. Reclamation Service of the Department of the Interior to undertake numerous irrigation projects to make arid land farmable. One of those projects in... More

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier...

Significance: The Reclamation Act of 1902 authorized the U.S. Reclamation Service of the Department of the Interior to undertake numerous irrigation projects to make arid land farmable. One of those projects in... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

President Roosevelt's choicest recreation - amid nature's rugged grand...

H33591 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of Theodore Roosevelt political campaign, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baring Creek Bridge, Spanning Baring Creek at Going-to-the-Sun Road, W...

Significance: The Baring Creek Bridge is one of approximately seventeen prominent masonry and concrete structures on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The 51-mile stretch of scenic road is signif... More

Bluff and snow bank in Donner Pass. Western summit, altitude 1,092 fee...

No. 200. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Glacier Ranger Station, Washington State Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom C...

Significance: The Glacier Ranger Station is an element of a National Register thematic group entitled "USDA Forest Service Administrative Buildings in the States of Oregon and Washington, Built by the Civilian ... More

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Glacier Point Road, Between Chinquapin Flat & Glacier Point, Yosemite ...

Significance: The Glacier Point Road is a scenic drive providing access to Yosemite's most popular overlook. The road was opened as a toll wagon road in the 1870s, and reconstructed as a modern highway in the ... More

Mt. Fox and Mt. Dawson from Asulkan Pass, Selkirk Mountains, B.C.

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Bernina Pass. Cambrina Glacier - Public domain albumen print photogrpa...

Cambrina Glacier and Hospice Bernina. 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 sa... More

Icebergs and glacier, Frobisher Bay [Northwest Territory, Canada]

Illus. in: The Polar World, The Arctic Seas, New York, 1869, p. 51. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Glaciers; Icebergs; Arctic Regions.

Vernal and Nevada Falls, from Glacier Point, Mt. Hoffman in distance

3511 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1173. Part of series: California - Views in the Yo-Semite Valley.

[Upper Engadine, Roseg Glacier and Alp Ota, Grisons, Switzerland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "1921". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[Chile - Aconcagua Valley] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Photo shows a man standing in snowfields in the Aconcagua River Valley between mountains in Chile. Title from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Chile. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Co... More

[Johannishutte, with Grossvenediger, Tyrol, Austro-Hungary]

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

Steamer TOPEKA at Muir Glacier, Alaska

Men and women promenading on shore; in rowboats. 48840aap1s U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by Winter & Pond, Juneau, Alaska. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card t... More

Taku Glacier, Alaska. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Picryl description: Public domain image of a glacier, arctic landscape, mountains landscape, ice, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Davidson Glacier, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Cordova Alaska - Child's Glacier - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Man and boy standing on a rock, near a glacier. Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Illecillewaet Glacier from Glacier Crest, Selkirk Mts., B.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a glacier, arctic landscape, mountains landscape, ice, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Muir Glacier, at the head of Glacier Bay, southeast Alaska

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Cordova Alaska - Child's Glacier - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Summit of Mt. Rainier or Tacoma, 14528 ft. high, Washington

Copyright, 1906, by J.A. Blosser. On mount: Views of the Cascade Mountains, Puget Sound, and the Pacific Northwest. No. 723.

General view of Rocky Mountains west of Continental Divide seen from t...

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Highway fence. Glacier National Park, Montana

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Glacier National Park, Montana - safety film negatives, Library of Con...

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Results of forest fires in Glacier National Park, Montana

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Lake Saint Mary on Going-to-the-Sun highway. Glacier Park, Montana

Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Looking down valley, leaving park. Glacier National Park, Montana

Public domain photograph of mountain view, valley, mountain range, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Going-to-the-Sun highway. Glacier National Park, Montana

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Grinnell Glacier as seen from Many Glacier highway. Glacier National H...

Public domain photograph of National Park, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. planes flying over the mountains of Alaska

Picryl description: Public domain image of a glacier, arctic landscape, mountains landscape, ice, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

East Side Tunnel, Through Piegan Mountain at Going-to-the-Sun Road, We...

Significance: The East Side Tunnel is one of approximately seventeen prominent masonry and concrete structures on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The 51-mile stretch of scenic road is significa... More

Ruth Gorge, Denali National Park, Alaska

Ruth Glacier is a glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its upper reaches are almost three vertical miles (4.8 km) below the summit of Mount McKinley. Title, date, and subjec... More

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

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

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

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Prince William Sound is a sound of the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located on the east side of the Kenai Peninsu... More

Ruth Glacier, Denali National Park, Alaska

Ruth Glacier is a glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its upper reaches are almost three vertical miles (4.8 km) below the summit of Mount McKinley. Title, date, and subjec... More

Prince William Sound, Alaska, Alaska

Picryl description: Public domain image of a glacier, arctic landscape, mountains landscape, ice, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mt. Assiniboine, Alberta - Mammoth Plate Photograph

Listed in Detroit Publishing Co. negative log by [Peabody], exposure date, August 1902. "Copyright 1902 by Detroit Photographic Co." and "015173" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 015173. Gift; State Hist... More

Mt. Fox and Mt. Dawson from Asulkan Pass, Selkirk Mountains, B.C

Videodisc images out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-06478, 06477, 06476. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). Left negative is a copy negative. "Duplicate" on left negative.... More

Mt. Fox and Mt. Dawson from Asulkan Pass, Selkirk Mountains, B.C

Videodisc images out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-06478, 06477, 06476. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). Left negative is a copy negative. "Duplicate" on left negative.... More

Nisqually Glacier Bridge, Spanning Nisqually River at Nisqually Road, ...

Significance: The first bridge on the site was distinguished for its construction at the snout of the Nisqually Glacier; this made the Nisqually Road "the first road in America to reach a glacier." However, th... More

Bridalveil Creek Bridge, Spanning Bridalveil Creek on Glacier Point Ro...

Significance: Bridalveil Creek Bridge is one of two "rustic style" park bridges which appear to be of log construction. Actually, the structure has a steel I-beam and reinforced concrete deck, and the logs onl... More

Austin Pass Warming Hut, Washington Highway 542, Glacier, Whatcom Coun...

Significance: The Austin Pass Warming Hut is associated with Federal efforts to promote the welfare of the American people, as a result of its construction by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Constructed... More

Austin Pass Warming Hut, Washington Highway 542, Glacier, Whatcom Coun...

Significance: The Austin Pass Warming Hut is associated with Federal efforts to promote the welfare of the American people, as a result of its construction by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Constructed... More

Chinquapin Service Station & Lunch Room, Glacier Point Road & State Hi...

Significance: The Chinquapin Service Station and Lunchroom was built in 1933 as part of an overall redesign of the Wawona/Glacier Point Road - State Highway 41 intersection. It is one of four buildings which c... More

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyu...

Survey number: HABS AK-20-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

President Roosevelt's choicest recreation - amid nature's rugged grand...

H33593 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of Theodore Roosevelt political campaign, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nearly a mile straight down and only a step--from Glacier Point (N.W.)...

Woman standing on cliff overlooking deep valley. H15822 U.S. Copyright Office.

St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River, Babb, Glacier...

Significance: The Reclamation Act of 1902 authorized the U.S. Reclamation Service of the Department of the Interior to undertake numerous irrigation projects to make arid land farmable. One of those projects in... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Baring Creek Bridge, Spanning Baring Creek at Going-to-the-Sun Road, W...

Significance: The Baring Creek Bridge is one of approximately seventeen prominent masonry and concrete structures on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The 51-mile stretch of scenic road is signif... More

Three Bears Lake & Dams, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier Park, Glac...

Significance: The dam was an earthen dam/wooden pipe water collection/distribution system that serviced locomotives for the Great Northern Railroad. Survey number: HAER MT-88 Building/structure dates: 1902 In... More

US Coast Guard Icebreaker Glacier, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Glacier Ranger Station, Washington State Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom C...

Significance: The Glacier Ranger Station is an element of a National Register thematic group entitled "USDA Forest Service Administrative Buildings in the States of Oregon and Washington, Built by the Civilian ... More

Glacier Ranger Station, Washington State Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom C...

Significance: The Glacier Ranger Station is an element of a National Register thematic group entitled "USDA Forest Service Administrative Buildings in the States of Oregon and Washington, Built by the Civilian ... More

Three Bears Lake & Dams, Water Control Box, North of Marias Pass, East...

Survey number: HAER MT-88-C Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT

Significance: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a 51-mile stretch of scenic mountain road in Glacier National Park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early twentieth century, in that... More

Illecillewaet Glacier from Glacier House, Selkirk Mountains, B.C.

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Triple Arches, Spanning rift on Pollock Mountain at Going-to-the-Sun R...

Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Glacier Point Road, Between Chinquapin Flat & Glacier Point, Yosemite ...

Significance: The Glacier Point Road is a scenic drive providing access to Yosemite's most popular overlook. The road was opened as a toll wagon road in the 1870s, and reconstructed as a modern highway in the ... More

The Ice mountain, Niagara - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a glacier, arctic landscape, mountains landscape, ice, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mt. Fox and Mt. Dawson from Asulkan Pass, Selkirk Mountains, B.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a glacier, arctic landscape, mountains landscape, ice, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Altsch Glacier - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Two men and two women seated on rocks near glacier. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 35, lower right.

The Vernal and Nevada Fall, f[rom] Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, Mar...

No. 1155. On mount: "Watkins' Pacific Coast." 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 whit... More

[Monte Rosa, Lyskamm, with Gorner Glacier, Valais, Alps of, Switzerlan...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "1474". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[Jungfrau, railroad, Eiger and Monch, with Eiger Glacier, Bernese Ober...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "16990". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[Monte Rosa and Hotel Schwarzsee, Valais, Alps of, Switzerland]

Print no. "1466". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[Ortler Territory, Madritschjoch, with Konigs-, Kreuz-, and Suldenspit...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "1658". Forms part of: Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Photochrom pri... More

[Grotto in Suphellebrae, Sognefjord, Norway]. Photochrom print, 1880-1...

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

[Blue grotto, Capri Island, Italy] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "1871". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at ht... More

[Passhohe, Schwarenbach, Altels and Rinderhorn, Bernese Oberland, Swit...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "17580". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[Eggishorn, Grand Aletsch Glacier, with Aletschhorn, Valais, Alps of, ...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "1478". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[The Twins (Castor and Pollux), the Breithorn, etc., Valais, Alps of, ...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "1475". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.