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The Vencelsplace, a spendid square of Prague, capital of Bohemia, Aust...

Bull St. [Street], Savannah, Ga.

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

Hotel Del Monte and its Spacious Grounds, the Most Noted Resort in Cal...

No. 6810. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Statue of Washington, Wall Street and Trinity Church, New York, U.S.A

U.S. Mint after the earthquake, San Francisco, Cal.

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

San Francisco in flames - showing freaks of the earthquake in the fore...

Man with piece of torn-up street in foreground. Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. No. 13351. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ca. SF Earth; Photog. Index; Shelf.

Haunted House, New Orleans, La - Victorian era public domain image

"G 3745" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019307. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Up Market St. from Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal.

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

President Roosevelt delivering oration at the dedication of the McKinl...

H104570 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Keystone View Co. No. 14223.

Sagamore Hotel, Green Island, Lake George, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "3538 A" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034486. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Grogan Hotel, Sweetwater, Texas]

Photograph shows Grogan Hotel sign on top of building; guests stand on balcony of hotel; three hotel coaches are in front of building.

Mormon residence at Colonia Dublon, Mexico

Public domain photograph of a tall building, villa, mansion, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Memorial Hall and public library, Lowell, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Claremont Hotel, Riverside Drive, New York

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ruins of Karnak, Egypt - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Panorama of Wilkesbarre [sic], Pennsylvania, Panoramic Photograph

H128328 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; June 14, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. No. 1.

Columbus Circle. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

133337 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright, 1909, by Stereo-Travel Co. No. 87.

Germany, Augsburg. Maximillia St. with Mercury fountain

Public domain photograph of building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Fifth Ave. and the Waldorf, New York City

Public domain photograph of New York City, Broadway, downtown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Austrian embassy - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of victorian building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Students at the Industrial School for Boys, Kearney, Nebraska

original size: 8x5 1/2 Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Home of Johnnie Merkle, 5110 N. Broadway. He is a regular newsie 6 yea...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1423. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Residence of G. G. Green - Victorian era public domain image

Photograph shows exterior view of large Victorian home. No. 1495. Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monument to Magellan, discoverer (1521) of the Philippines, Manila, P....

3 people in foregrd. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. (13) - 10675. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

State, War & Navy Bldg. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of large building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Winfield, Ks., gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

J148458 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Chas. M. Morgan; December 2, 1910.

Smithsonian, [Washington, D.C.]

Public domain photograph of large public building, square, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A corner in Guatemala City - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph related to the history of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Salisbury Cathedral - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cathedral or church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Panoramic view #1 of Newark, N.J.

J176335 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; December 16, 1912.

Equitable fire ruins, B'Way & Pine St. North

View from street level of fire damage to the Equitable Building. Horse drawn carts in foreground. J165042 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph made January 11, 1912. No. C-8457. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y.

The heart of Cleveland [sky &] city as seen from the Marshall Building

Looking east from Mugge Bldg., Tampa, Fla.

Public domain photograph of large building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

DAYTON, OHIO. FLOOD SCENES - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of victorian building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Moscow. [People gathered in city square]. Effect of the Bolshevik Revo...

Photograph captioned Effect of the Bolshevik Revolution shows bullet-pocked building. Titles from item and devised by library staff. From disbound album of James Maxwell Pringle's business trip to Russia and As... More

Lemberg - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows a street view of Lemberg, a city in the western Ukraine, today known as Lviv (Lvov). Photograph was probably taken during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

U.S. flag in Prague - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows group of people gathered in the street next to a building flying the American flag, Prague, Czechoslovakia. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) Title from data provided by the Bain News Serv... More

SHADOW LAWN, NJ. SUMMER WHITE HOUSE. NOTIFICATION CEREMONIES. CROWD ON...

Public domain photograph of White House, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Central Public School. Only a short walk from the homes of the cannery...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 4091. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Nati... More

LIBERTY LOANS. SOUSA'S BAND - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Glen Echo, Clara Barton Chapel, Maryland

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National P... More

Bligny Sanatorium for tubercular soldiers near Paris. The building was...

On caption card: Data: National Builder, 10/18. Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC France. Group title: Tubercul... More

Colonial residence in the Vieux Carré, New Orleans

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Maury, 3310 Macomb, [Washington, D.C.]

Public domain photograph of a tall building, villa, mansion, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

2019 Col. Rd., [Washington, D.C.]

Public domain photograph of victorian building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View down street to St. Philip's Church, Charleston, South Carolina

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

Northern views. Mt. Tabor. Church of the Transfiguration. Close up fro...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Wall St. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo taken at the Wall Street terrorist bombing, Sept. 16, 1920, in the New York City financial district. (Source: Library staff, 2008)

7221 Blair Road, Washington, D.C.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

Avenues and streets. Street from 14th St. looking east

Job title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the... More

1313 K St., N.W., [Washington, D.C.]

Public domain photograph of victorian building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pan American Building, during Disarmament Conference, Washington, D.C

J252202 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by Keystone View Company. No. 23312.

Terminal Tower. Close-up of Terminal Tower at night

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wissahickon Inn, 500 West Willow Grove Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelp...

Survey number: HABS PA-1720 Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wells Fargo Building, Pescadero, San Mateo County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1701 Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Civic Center from Goodyear blimp, Aug. 26, 1933

J14007 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

2213-2217 Van Ness Avenue (Houses), Historic View, San Francisco, San ...

Survey number: HABS CA-1235 Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Egypt. Cairo. Tomb-mosque of Sultan el-Ashraf

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

A black and white photo of an old house. Great Depression FFSA / OWI N...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of a group of people outside a house, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture... More

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a house. Grea De...

To identify this image it may help to search online for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption card for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. ... More

61 Washington Street, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

192 Beaufain St., Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ware-Sibley House, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia

Title from photographer's inventory. Related name: Augusta Arts Club. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11835-123. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints a... More

Ruined house, Penfield, Greene County, Georgia

Title from photographer's inventory. Two story wood. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11835-67. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

A black and white photo of a building, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photo...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a house. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negati...

A black and white photo of a large building. America during Great Depr...

To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; Un... More

Main street, Chillicothe, Ohio. Farm Security Administartion 1930s pub...

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

Petra. Khazne - Victorian era public domain image

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a building, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photo...

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 large building, Great Depression. FSA/OWI...

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 house, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photogra...

Dale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. USHA (U.S. Housing Agency)-financed...

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Closed home. Elgin, Illinois - Victorian era public domain image

Old ladies home near Utica, New York

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

San Juan, Puerto Rico. A street in the shopping district

Public domain photograph of a shop, shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Office of War Information. Great depression, 1932-1939

Jerash & Amman - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Neighborhood in Galveston, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana

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

The Cady-Lee Mansion is a fully restored 19th-century home on the Nati...

[Colorful row houses in New Orleans, Louisiana]

Digital image produced by Library of Congress. Title from similar image: LC-HS503-5356. Date provided by photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and... More

City Hall, Madison, Wisconsin - Drawing. Public domain image.

Point Fermin Lighthouse on Los Angeles Harbor, which became a park sup...

Carol M. Highsmith - Aerial view of Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Photograph taken during the 1980s. Title, date, subject... More

Commercial building, Saint Louis, Missouri

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More

View of Paterson from Garret Mountain.

Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 15, documenting views of downtown Paterson as seen from Garret Mountain.

Herbert C. Hoover Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of ... More

The Moody Mansion, a restored, four-story structure originally complet...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Home of William Lewis Moody, Jr., an American financier and entrepreneur. The house, made of limestone and brick, was ... More

Sidney Yates Federal Building, Washington, D.C.

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1880; architect: James G. Hill. Credit line: Ph... More

Sidney Yates Federal Building, Washington, D.C.

An open space and fountain outside a shopping and restaurant row, part...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Stair, James L. Whitten Federal Building, Washington, D.C.

Also known as the U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building, it was the first large Beaux-Arts building in Washington, D.C. Designed by Rankin, Kellogg and Crane architects, the L-shaped wings were... More

Aerial view of LaFayette Park, located directly north of the White Hou...

Lafayette Square is a seven-acre public park. The Square and the surrounding structures were designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1970. Originally planned as part of the pleasure grounds surround... More

Exterior detail, U.S. Courthouse, Toledo, Ohio

Architect: James A. Wetmore. Four story building designed in the Beaux Art Classicism style of architecture and clad in buff-colored limestone veneer. Built 1929-1932. Photographed as part of an assignment for ... More

Stair detail in Jackson Place, Blair House, located across from the Wh...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The Blair House serves as the President's guest house, and therefore is the guest house of the nation. Built in 1824. Title, date, ... More

Two sculptures "Spirit of Justice," and "Majesty of Justice," Great Ha...

Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, 1935. Two aluminum sculptures, dimensions: 12' 6" x 48" and 12' 6" x 41". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and... More

The Bridge of Honor, commonly known as the Pomeroy-Mason Bridge is a c...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Completed on December 30, 2008, the bridge carries Ohio State Route 833 and West Virginia Route Spur 62. The bridge replaced a two-lan... More

Front exterior. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. In 2010, the Federal Building & US Courthouse received $15M... More

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