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Transformer manufacture. Granddaddy to 57, Henry Bert (right) has been with a large Eastern electrical plant for almost half a century. Now he's as important to the war as though he were on the front line, for he's one of the many workers who manufacture transformers, essential to defense. He's shown here with a youthful employee checking transformer coils. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Granddaddy to 57, Henry Bert (right) has been...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sam Rayburn statue in front of the Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, Texas

Sam Rayburn statue in front of the Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, Texa...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Established by Samuel T. (Sam) Rayburn, the longtime speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, who had made Bonham his home for ne... More

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Lo...

Significance: Formerly owned by the Watsons, a prominent family within the district. Imposing in its dimensions and distinguished for its detailing, the main house at Bracketts is a demonstration of changing a... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

Plantation no. 8 Portion of Negro burying ground.

Plantation no. 8 Portion of Negro burying ground.

Text on gravestone reads: "In memory of JANEHO an intelligent and faithful Servant to seven successive Masters and a DRIVER for more than half a century [...] Respect for his character, and gratitude for his se... More

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Significance: This bridge holds the unofficial honor of being the first "iron" bridge to be built in Polk County. It is remarkable that although it is frail, by present standards, it has carried tremendous loa... More

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Significance: This bridge holds the unofficial honor of being the first "iron" bridge to be built in Polk County. It is remarkable that although it is frail, by present standards, it has carried tremendous loa... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

The Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, Texas

The Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, Texas

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Established by Samuel T. (Sam) Rayburn, the longtime speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, who had made Bonham his home for ne... More

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Lo...

Significance: Formerly owned by the Watsons, a prominent family within the district. Imposing in its dimensions and distinguished for its detailing, the main house at Bracketts is a demonstration of changing a... More

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Lo...

Significance: Formerly owned by the Watsons, a prominent family within the district. Imposing in its dimensions and distinguished for its detailing, the main house at Bracketts is a demonstration of changing a... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Smith Mine, Bear Creek 1.5 miles West of Town of Bear Creek, Red Lodge, Carbon County, MT

Smith Mine, Bear Creek 1.5 miles West of Town of Bear Creek, Red Lodge...

Significance: In 1943 an explosion inside the Smith mine resulted in the death of 74 men making the mine the tragic site of the worst coal mine disaster in Montana history. The mine is also significant as one o... More

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County, NH

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County,...

Significance: The Mechanic Street Bridge is an excellent example of the bridge truss developed in the 1840s by Peter Paddleford of Littleton, New Hampshire. The design features a multiple kingpost truss with l... More

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County, NH

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County,...

Significance: The Mechanic Street Bridge is an excellent example of the bridge truss developed in the 1840s by Peter Paddleford of Littleton, New Hampshire. The design features a multiple kingpost truss with l... More

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Significance: This bridge holds the unofficial honor of being the first "iron" bridge to be built in Polk County. It is remarkable that although it is frail, by present standards, it has carried tremendous loa... More

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Significance: This bridge holds the unofficial honor of being the first "iron" bridge to be built in Polk County. It is remarkable that although it is frail, by present standards, it has carried tremendous loa... More

Whittier Bridge, Spanning the Bearcamp River, West Ossipee, Carroll County, NH

Whittier Bridge, Spanning the Bearcamp River, West Ossipee, Carroll Co...

Significance: Whittier Bridge is a good example of the bridge truss developed in the 1840s by Peter Paddleford of Littleton, New Hampshire. The design features long counterbraces to help distribute loads throu... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

Grave of Hank and Audrey Williams, Oakwood Annex, Montgomery, Alabama

Grave of Hank and Audrey Williams, Oakwood Annex, Montgomery, Alabama

Hank Williams isn't buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama, as is commonly reported. Instead, he's buried in the Oakwood Annex, a cemetery that, unlike the city-owned Oakwood, was in private hands un... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County, NH

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County,...

Significance: The Mechanic Street Bridge is an excellent example of the bridge truss developed in the 1840s by Peter Paddleford of Littleton, New Hampshire. The design features a multiple kingpost truss with l... More

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Significance: This bridge holds the unofficial honor of being the first "iron" bridge to be built in Polk County. It is remarkable that although it is frail, by present standards, it has carried tremendous loa... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

16 East State Street (Commercial Building), 16 East State Street, Trenton, Mercer County, NJ

16 East State Street (Commercial Building), 16 East State Street, Tren...

Significance: This commercial building was erected about 1926, and for nearly half a century, its primary retail tenant was a franchisee of the Florsheim Shoe Corp. It occupies the site of a mid-19th century co... More

Memphis Music neon sign, Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis Music neon sign, Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee

Beale Street has been playing the blues for more than half a century. Named after an unknown military hero in 1841, it acted as General Ulysses S. Grant's headquarters during the Civil War. But, Beale Street's ... More

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Lo...

Significance: Formerly owned by the Watsons, a prominent family within the district. Imposing in its dimensions and distinguished for its detailing, the main house at Bracketts is a demonstration of changing a... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Smith Mine, Bear Creek 1.5 miles West of Town of Bear Creek, Red Lodge, Carbon County, MT

Smith Mine, Bear Creek 1.5 miles West of Town of Bear Creek, Red Lodge...

Significance: In 1943 an explosion inside the Smith mine resulted in the death of 74 men making the mine the tragic site of the worst coal mine disaster in Montana history. The mine is also significant as one o... More

Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, 32 Washington Street, Seneca Falls, Seneca County, NY

Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, 32 Washington Street, Seneca Falls, Sene...

Significance: Elizabeth Cady Stantion was an effective proponent of women's rights for over half a century. She was influential in organizing a Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls in 1848, which is widely... More

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County, NH

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County,...

Significance: The Mechanic Street Bridge is an excellent example of the bridge truss developed in the 1840s by Peter Paddleford of Littleton, New Hampshire. The design features a multiple kingpost truss with l... More

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County, NH

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County,...

Significance: The Mechanic Street Bridge is an excellent example of the bridge truss developed in the 1840s by Peter Paddleford of Littleton, New Hampshire. The design features a multiple kingpost truss with l... More

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Significance: This bridge holds the unofficial honor of being the first "iron" bridge to be built in Polk County. It is remarkable that although it is frail, by present standards, it has carried tremendous loa... More

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Significance: This bridge holds the unofficial honor of being the first "iron" bridge to be built in Polk County. It is remarkable that although it is frail, by present standards, it has carried tremendous loa... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

Blues City Cafe neon sign, Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee

Blues City Cafe neon sign, Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee

Beale Street has been playing the blues for more than half a century. Named after an unknown military hero in 1841, it acted as General Ulysses S. Grant's headquarters during the Civil War. But, Beale Street's ... More

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Lo...

Significance: Formerly owned by the Watsons, a prominent family within the district. Imposing in its dimensions and distinguished for its detailing, the main house at Bracketts is a demonstration of changing a... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, 32 Washington Street, Seneca Falls, Seneca County, NY

Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, 32 Washington Street, Seneca Falls, Sene...

Significance: Elizabeth Cady Stantion was an effective proponent of women's rights for over half a century. She was influential in organizing a Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls in 1848, which is widely... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County, NH

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County,...

Significance: The Mechanic Street Bridge is an excellent example of the bridge truss developed in the 1840s by Peter Paddleford of Littleton, New Hampshire. The design features a multiple kingpost truss with l... More

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County, NH

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County,...

Significance: The Mechanic Street Bridge is an excellent example of the bridge truss developed in the 1840s by Peter Paddleford of Littleton, New Hampshire. The design features a multiple kingpost truss with l... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

Grave of Hank and Audrey Williams, Oakwood Annex, Montgomery, Alabama

Grave of Hank and Audrey Williams, Oakwood Annex, Montgomery, Alabama

Hank Williams isn't buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama, as is commonly reported. Instead, he's buried in the Oakwood Annex, a cemetery that, unlike the city-owned Oakwood, was in private hands un... More

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Lo...

Significance: Formerly owned by the Watsons, a prominent family within the district. Imposing in its dimensions and distinguished for its detailing, the main house at Bracketts is a demonstration of changing a... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Significance: This bridge holds the unofficial honor of being the first "iron" bridge to be built in Polk County. It is remarkable that although it is frail, by present standards, it has carried tremendous loa... More

Aerial view of some of the standout red-rock formations at the Garden of the Gods, a municipally owned and free park in Colorado Springs, Colorado. For half a century or more, photographs of this place as well as the bridge over the chasm known as the Royal Gorge and Pikes Peak Mountain above Colorado Springs have served as powerful tourist magnets for the state

Aerial view of some of the standout red-rock formations at the Garden ...

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

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Lo...

Significance: Formerly owned by the Watsons, a prominent family within the district. Imposing in its dimensions and distinguished for its detailing, the main house at Bracketts is a demonstration of changing a... More

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Lo...

Significance: Formerly owned by the Watsons, a prominent family within the district. Imposing in its dimensions and distinguished for its detailing, the main house at Bracketts is a demonstration of changing a... More

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Lo...

Significance: Formerly owned by the Watsons, a prominent family within the district. Imposing in its dimensions and distinguished for its detailing, the main house at Bracketts is a demonstration of changing a... More

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Lo...

Significance: Formerly owned by the Watsons, a prominent family within the district. Imposing in its dimensions and distinguished for its detailing, the main house at Bracketts is a demonstration of changing a... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County, NH

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County,...

Significance: The Mechanic Street Bridge is an excellent example of the bridge truss developed in the 1840s by Peter Paddleford of Littleton, New Hampshire. The design features a multiple kingpost truss with l... More

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County, NH

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County,...

Significance: The Mechanic Street Bridge is an excellent example of the bridge truss developed in the 1840s by Peter Paddleford of Littleton, New Hampshire. The design features a multiple kingpost truss with l... More

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Significance: This bridge holds the unofficial honor of being the first "iron" bridge to be built in Polk County. It is remarkable that although it is frail, by present standards, it has carried tremendous loa... More

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Significance: This bridge holds the unofficial honor of being the first "iron" bridge to be built in Polk County. It is remarkable that although it is frail, by present standards, it has carried tremendous loa... More

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO

Significance: This bridge holds the unofficial honor of being the first "iron" bridge to be built in Polk County. It is remarkable that although it is frail, by present standards, it has carried tremendous loa... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

Grave of Hank and Audrey Williams, Oakwood Annex, Montgomery, Alabama

Grave of Hank and Audrey Williams, Oakwood Annex, Montgomery, Alabama

Hank Williams isn't buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama, as is commonly reported. Instead, he's buried in the Oakwood Annex, a cemetery that, unlike the city-owned Oakwood, was in private hands un... More

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Lo...

Significance: Formerly owned by the Watsons, a prominent family within the district. Imposing in its dimensions and distinguished for its detailing, the main house at Bracketts is a demonstration of changing a... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, 32 Washington Street, Seneca Falls, Seneca County, NY

Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, 32 Washington Street, Seneca Falls, Sene...

Significance: Elizabeth Cady Stantion was an effective proponent of women's rights for over half a century. She was influential in organizing a Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls in 1848, which is widely... More

Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, 32 Washington Street, Seneca Falls, Seneca County, NY

Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, 32 Washington Street, Seneca Falls, Sene...

Significance: Elizabeth Cady Stantion was an effective proponent of women's rights for over half a century. She was influential in organizing a Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls in 1848, which is widely... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

Whittier Bridge, Spanning the Bearcamp River, West Ossipee, Carroll County, NH

Whittier Bridge, Spanning the Bearcamp River, West Ossipee, Carroll Co...

Significance: Whittier Bridge is a good example of the bridge truss developed in the 1840s by Peter Paddleford of Littleton, New Hampshire. The design features long counterbraces to help distribute loads throu... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Smith Mine, Bear Creek 1.5 miles West of Town of Bear Creek, Red Lodge, Carbon County, MT

Smith Mine, Bear Creek 1.5 miles West of Town of Bear Creek, Red Lodge...

Significance: In 1943 an explosion inside the Smith mine resulted in the death of 74 men making the mine the tragic site of the worst coal mine disaster in Montana history. The mine is also significant as one o... More

Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, 32 Washington Street, Seneca Falls, Seneca County, NY

Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, 32 Washington Street, Seneca Falls, Sene...

Significance: Elizabeth Cady Stantion was an effective proponent of women's rights for over half a century. She was influential in organizing a Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls in 1848, which is widely... More

Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, 32 Washington Street, Seneca Falls, Seneca County, NY

Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, 32 Washington Street, Seneca Falls, Sene...

Significance: Elizabeth Cady Stantion was an effective proponent of women's rights for over half a century. She was influential in organizing a Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls in 1848, which is widely... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County, NH

Mechanic Street Bridge, Spanning Israel River, Lancaster, Coos County,...

Significance: The Mechanic Street Bridge is an excellent example of the bridge truss developed in the 1840s by Peter Paddleford of Littleton, New Hampshire. The design features a multiple kingpost truss with l... More

Half a century of American art The Art Institute of Chicago - Nov. 16, 1939 to Jan. 7, 1940.

Half a century of American art The Art Institute of Chicago - Nov. 16,...

Poster for art exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Date stamped on verso: Feb 16 1940.

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island...

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construc... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Abram Hatch House, 81 East Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, ...

Significance: Built during the same era as the opulent houses of the mining tycoons, such as those on East South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, the Abram Hatch House was designed for a prominent citizen in a ... More

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia

Bracketts Farm (Main House), Routes 638 & 640 vicinity, Trevilians, Lo...

Significance: Formerly owned by the Watsons, a prominent family within the district. Imposing in its dimensions and distinguished for its detailing, the main house at Bracketts is a demonstration of changing a... More

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