San Francisco, Historic View, 1849, San Francisco, San Francisco Count...
Public domain photograph of 19th century California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
San Francisco, Historic View, 1853, San Francisco, San Francisco Count...
Survey number: HABS CA-1761 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jacob Leese House, Historic View, Grant Avenue, San Francisco, San Fra...
Survey number: HABS CA-1869 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[U.S.-GREAT BRITAIN-CANADA TRADE TREATY SIGNED AT WHITE HOUSE, WASHING...
A black and white photo of a group of men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S.-GREAT BRITAIN-CANADA TRADE TREATY SIGNED AT WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGT...
A group of men in suits sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Historic Grain Belt Beer sign in Minneapolis, Minnesota
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
[Historic interpretor harvesting radishes at Old World Wisconsin, The ...
Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
First Post Office, Historic View, Stockton & Washington Streets, San F...
Public domain photograph of San Francisco streets, landmark historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Carol M. Highsmith - Historic Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Completed in 1845, just prior to Florida's entry into t... More
Historic interpreters on the farm at George Washington's former estate...
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
Historic courthouse front door, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, ...
Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of an... More
Historic Route 66 Motel sign, Kingman, Arizona
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Historic Cottage Hotel, Route 66, Seligman, Arizona
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Historic buildings in Perdue Hill, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Big Chief Restaurant sign in Gadsden, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Historic buildings in Fort Deposit, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Fort Gaines, Alabama during American Civil War
In 1853, Congress named the fortification for General Edmund Pendleton Gaines, a Revolutionary War commander who won lasting fame for his tenacious defense of Fort Erie. Fort Gaines was in active use during the... More
Historic buildings, Wisconsin Ave., NW, in the Georgetown neighborhood...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Carolyn Haines and Ralph Voss stand with George F. Landegger (center) ...
The 13th Annual Alabama Writers Symposium involves two days of author readings, panel discussions, and literary entertainment, all moderated by some of Alabama's finest literary scholars. The Harper Lee Award f... More
Historic downtown Florence, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Rough wooden crosses and peeling hand-lettered signs bearing Bible scr...
If the late W.C. Rice's stark Cross Garden doesn't save you, there's no one to blame but yourself. His frightening jumble of white crosses cling to hills on either side of a curving county road next to a traile... More
Historic buildings in Fort Deposit, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Demopolis, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Little barn on the Johnston property in Leroy, Washington County, Alab...
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Historic downtown Talladega, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
William Winston Home built in 1833, Tuscumbia, Alabama
The largest remaining antebellum house in Tuscumbia. Original log kitchen placed at N.W. rear corner to avoid having fire too near to the house. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photograp... More
Historic downtown Florence, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Historic buildings and antiques in Mooresville, Alabama
Mooresville is the oldest incorporated town in Alabama (November 16, 1818). The entire town, characterized as a picturesque early 19th century village, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tit... More
Historic scene at the farm of Terry Drummond in rural Alabama near Cor...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Burritt on the Mountain, a living museum and historic park, Huntsville...
Park includes Dr. William Henry Burritt's eclectic mansion, a barnyard, and animals. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alab... More
Prattville, Alabama - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Prattville, founded in 1839 by Daniel Pratt who purchased land for his manufacturing facilities. The location on the banks of the Autauga creek was chosen because the creek could supply power to cotton gin manu... More
Railway station, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Built by the Memphis and Charleston Railroad in 1888 as a district headquarters between Memphis and Chattanooga, Tennessee, the station became part of the Southern Railway System after a merger with Southern in... More
Historic House, Military Rd. near 13th St., NW, Washington, D.C.
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Dreamland Bar-b-que restaurant, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pickens County Courthouse, Carrollton, Alabama
The Pickens County courthouse was erected in 1877. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsm... More
John Herbert weaves baskets in a dogtrot log cabin, Cherokee, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Downtown Jasper, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Historic buildings, Wisconsin Ave., NW, in the Georgetown neighborhood...
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Historic fire station, 13th and K St., NW, Washington, D.C.
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
The Moore/Webb/Holmes Plantation and out buildings (circa 1819), Folso...
Most of the buildings are original to the site. This is one of Alabama's last active plantations, which has been in the same family since the early 1800s. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the... More
Montpelier Methodist Church, Stockton, Alabama
Built in 1895 and located in Baldwin County in a scrap metal yard. Does not currently operate as a church. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landeg... More
Old shed stands in a field in rural Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Historic building in Selma, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Docked beside the uniquely built Riverwalk Amphitheater, this elegant ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
John Herbert weaves baskets in a dogtrot log cabin, Cherokee, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Historic barn in Monroe County, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
The Howell Graves building, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Built in 1927 as a Jr. high school, the Howell Graves building is now the Board of Education. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collectio... More
Historic buildings in the city of Greensboro, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Historic O'Neal Bridge on the Tennessee River in Florence, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Rough wooden crosses and peeling hand-lettered signs bearing Bible scr...
If the late W.C. Rice's stark Cross Garden doesn't save you, there's no one to blame but yourself. His frightening jumble of white crosses cling to hills on either side of a curving county road next to a traile... More
Bogue's Restaurant sign in Birmingham, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Old Courthouse Museum, Monroeville, Alabama
The 1903 Old Courthouse Museum offers permanent exhibitions on two famous Monroe County citizens: Truman Capote and Nelle Harper Lee. It is also the site of an annual three-week production of a stage version of... More
Historic buildings, Wisconsin Ave., NW, in the Georgetown neighborhood...
Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old Courthouse Museum, Monroeville, Alabama
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic courthouse building, court, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Downtown historic Carrollton, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Historic buildings located in the town of Oak Hill, Alabama
Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Demopolis, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
HillBilly Mall, Tuskegee, Alabama
HillBilly Mall is built with recycled materials: trees from the last big April storm in Notasulga, a used rusty tin from an old demolished house leftover materials gathered from here and there mostly free! Titl... More
Old Courthouse Museum, Monroeville, Alabama
The 1903 Old Courthouse Museum offers permanent exhibitions on two famous Monroe County citizens: Truman Capote and Nelle Harper Lee. It is also the site of an annual three-week production of a stage version of... More
Burritt on the Mountain, a living museum and historic park, Huntsville...
Park includes Dr. William Henry Burritt's eclectic mansion, a barnyard, and animals. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alab... More
Thornhill Plantation, Greene County, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Courthouse in Monroeville, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Gaineswood, a plantation house in Demopolis, Alabama
Gaineswood, completed in 1861, is considered to be Alabama's finest neoclassical house. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of A... More
Bird houses art in Monroeville, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Garden views at Dumbarton Oaks in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washi...
Dumbarton Oaks, formerly the residence and gardens belonging to Robert Woods Bliss and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss, now a Research Library and Collection and Garden of the Trustees of Harvard University. Titl... More
Historic Victorian home in Eureka, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Trees in a park near Goliad State Park and Historic Site in Goliad, Te...
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
Native peoples from three eras depicted their civilizations in rock pi...
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
Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...
Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More
Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...
Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More
Historic Columbia River Highway, Crown Point, East of Corbett, Troutda...
Survey number: HAER OR-36-D Building/structure dates: 1914 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1918 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1930 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Pl... More
Historic Columbia River Highway, Crown Point, East of Corbett, Troutda...
Survey number: HAER OR-36-D Building/structure dates: 1914 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1918 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1930 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Pl... More
James King of William Banking House, Historic View, Montgomery & Comme...
Survey number: HABS CA-1822 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
San Francisco, Historic View, 1906 Fire, San Francisco, San Francisco ...
Survey number: HABS CA-1798 Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Historic Columbia River Highway, Mosier Creek Bridge, Spanning Mosier ...
Survey number: HAER OR-36-U National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 83004168
Historic Columbia River Highway, Sandy River Bridge at Troutdale, Hist...
Significance: First modern bridge constructed on what became the Historic Columbia River Highway. Designed by the premier bridge engineering firm of Waddell and Harrington, which also created the 1912 Steel Br... More
Savannah Victorian Historic District, 321 East Bolton Street (House), ...
Significance: 321 E. Bolton is the one remaining example in the Victorian District of a group of several houses designed in the elaborate Queen Anne idiom. Erected in 1899 upon a prominent corner site, the resi... More
Savannah Victorian Historic District, 321 East Bolton Street (House), ...
Significance: 321 E. Bolton is the one remaining example in the Victorian District of a group of several houses designed in the elaborate Queen Anne idiom. Erected in 1899 upon a prominent corner site, the resi... More
Savannah Victorian Historic District, 107 West Duffy Street (House), S...
Significance: the house at 107 West Duffy Street is one of the few structures remaining in the Victorian District which dates from the 1860s and which stood in the Frew and Webb development of Oglethorpe Town. ... More
Dr. Charles Ganahl House, Historic marker at site on Texas Route 27, C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-46 Survey number: HABS TX-377 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction
Savannah Victorian Historic District, 213 West Bolton Street (House), ...
Significance: One of the oldest houses in the Victorian District, this L-shaped cottage is the only one of its kind in the District. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-31 Survey num... More
Savannah Victorian Historic District, 213 West Bolton Street (House), ...
Significance: One of the oldest houses in the Victorian District, this L-shaped cottage is the only one of its kind in the District. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-31 Survey num... More
Historic Speedwell, Factory Building, 333 Speedwell Avenue, Morristown...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Historic Columbia River Highway, Stark Street Bridge, Spanning Sandy R...
Significance: One of the oldest steel truss highway bridges in Oregon and the second oldest steel truss constructed on the Historic Columbia River Highway. Provided a vital link across the Sandy River at the b... More
Savannah Victorian Historic District, 201-203 East Duffy Street (House...
Significance: The two adjoining apartment units are part of a uniform row, characterized by three-story polygonal bays and deep molded cornices trimmed at the eaves by decorative sawn brackets. Unprocessed Fie... More
Savannah Victorian Historic District, 404-410 East Duffy Street (House...
Significance: This house was originally built as two townhouse units, later converted into four apartments. The house has a particularly fine sawn wood double front porch. Unprocessed Field note material exist... More
Savannah Victorian Historic District, 521 East Henry Street (House), S...
Significance: This house represents an early 20th-century two-story plain Edwardian style house. It is being restored by its owner under the City of Savannah's loan and grant program. Unprocessed Field note ma... More
Historic Columbia River Highway, East Multnomah Falls Viaduct, East of...
Significance: This 860' half-viaduct was an engineer's solution to aligning the Historic Columbia River Highway between a steep unstable slope and the Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation Company main line... More
Virginia V, Historic Ships Wharf at Lake Union Park, Seattle, King Cou...
Significance: The Virginia V is the last of the Pacific Coast "mosquito fleet," which refers to steamers that plied the United States' inland waterways. These small excursion steamers provided transportation i... More
Historic Zone, Block Study, Calle de las Cruz,Sol,Luna & San Jose, San...
Significance: This block, a typical division of San Juan Antiguo, is composed of eighteen one-, two-, and three-story masonry buildings facing directly onto surrounding streets. Most of these buildings were bui... More
Historic Zone, Block Study, Calle de las Cruz,Sol,Luna & San Jose, San...
Significance: This block, a typical division of San Juan Antiguo, is composed of eighteen one-, two-, and three-story masonry buildings facing directly onto surrounding streets. Most of these buildings were bui... More
Savannah Victorian Historic District, 918 Abercorn Street (House), Sav...
Significance: One of a type of building known as a four-plex built for investment in the Victorian District after 1898. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-41 Survey number: HABS GA-... More
Savannah Victorian Historic District, 414-416 East Waldburg Street (Ho...
Significance: Masonry row houses are rare in the Victorian District. This is a particularly handsome row with marble trim. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-43 Survey number: HABS ... More
Telegraph Hill, Historic View, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
Survey number: HABS CA-1247 Public domain photograph related to development of telegraph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Historic Columbia River Highway, Mosier Twin Tunnels, East of Mosier, ...
Significance: The only set of highway tunnels with adits or windows in Oregon. One of the few examples of this type of tunnel in the United States. Survey number: HAER OR-36-T Building/structure dates: 1920 ... More
Historic Columbia River Highway, Mosier Twin Tunnels, East of Mosier, ...
Significance: The only set of highway tunnels with adits or windows in Oregon. One of the few examples of this type of tunnel in the United States. Survey number: HAER OR-36-T Building/structure dates: 1920 ... More
Historic Columbia River Highway, Mosier Twin Tunnels, East of Mosier, ...
Significance: The only set of highway tunnels with adits or windows in Oregon. One of the few examples of this type of tunnel in the United States. Survey number: HAER OR-36-T Building/structure dates: 1920 ... More
Historic Columbia River Highway, Mosier Twin Tunnels, East of Mosier, ...
Significance: The only set of highway tunnels with adits or windows in Oregon. One of the few examples of this type of tunnel in the United States. Survey number: HAER OR-36-T Building/structure dates: 1920 ... More
Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, OR
Significance: The Historic Columbia River Highway is one of the oldest scenic highways in the United States. It was an early twentieth-century technical and civic achievement, successfully mixing sensitivity t... More
Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, OR
Significance: The Historic Columbia River Highway is one of the oldest scenic highways in the United States. It was an early twentieth-century technical and civic achievement, successfully mixing sensitivity t... More