[Cut-away view of water-powered mill showing horizontal wheel with pad...
Illus. in: Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli. Parigi : 1588. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. :... More
Inaugural phantasies, 1889, Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon
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U.S. HOUSING CORPORATION. [HOUSES]
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Greek and Armenian refugee children in barracks near Athens--Greece re...
Greek and Armenian refugee children from Anatolia standing outside one-story building. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). In album: European Pictures (1923 Trip), no. 1469. Copyright ... More
Federal Housing Administration. Kitchen in seven-room house
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Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot, Babbitt Housing Area, Thrift Shop, U...
Survey number: HABS NV-23-F Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1946 Subsequent Work
260 Rennie Street (House), Graniteville, Aiken County, SC
Significance: Part of the "new town" section of Graniteville, located on the hill east of the mill complex and featuring a grid-plan street pattern with alleys running through the middle of the blocks. Survey ... More
House on Florida Avenue and 19th Street N.W., Washington, D.C.
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Typical house entrance near Union Station, Washington, D.C. These old ...
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Ruins of old brick structures, Washington, D.C. Sections of these buil...
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Alley inhabited by Negroes, Washington, D.C. Section near the House of...
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Chevy Chase house. Washington, D.C.
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Chevy Chase house. Washington, D.C.
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Exhibition of housing photographs Produced by Federal Art Project, Wor...
Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of photographs. Date stamped on verso: Aug 26 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).
Rotten living Decent living through planned housing.
Poster promoting planned housing as a solution to better living conditions in cities, showing a child standing in a alley with a trash can and cat rummaging through the garbage. Work Projects Administration Pos... More
Saturday afternoon in summer on an Arkansas delta plantation
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More
Red Hook Housing Project, Brooklyn, New York. General view I
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Linmore Street housing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Living room
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Metropolitan Housing, Bronx, New York. General view
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New Brunswick Housing Authority. Lee Terrace detail
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Harlem River Houses, 7th Ave. and 151 St., New York City. Exterior V
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Alley inhabited by Negroes, Washington, D.C. Section near the House of...
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
Williamsburg Houses, Brooklyn, New York. View VI
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Quinnipiac Terrace, New Haven, Connecticut. Kitchen with child
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Farnham Court, New Haven, Connecticut. Long open view I
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Farnham Court, New Haven, Connecticut. Administration building II
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Quinnipiac Terrace, New Haven, Connecticut. Community house social hal...
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Quinnipiac Terrace, New Haven, Connecticut. Three-story end building
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Quinnipiac Terrace, New Haven, Connecticut. Kitchen II
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Bellmawr Homes, Camden, New Jersey. Laurel Place
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Quinnipiac Terrace, New Haven, Connecticut. Rear doorway
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Residence Halls, West Potomac, Washington, D.C. Barton Hall, bedroom
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Frederick Douglass Houses, Washington, D.C. Street view III
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Newark Housing Authority, 57 Sussex Ave., Newark, New Jersey. Hyatt Co...
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Newark Housing Authority, 57 Sussex Ave., Newark, New Jersey. Hyatt Co...
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Fort Dupont Houses, Washington, D.C. Looking up hill
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Newark Housing Authority, 57 Sussex Ave., Newark, New Jersey. Baxter l...
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Kingsboro Houses, 1881 Pacific St., Brooklyn. III
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Harlem River Houses, 7th Ave. and 152nd St. Exterior
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Abraham Lincoln Houses, 135th St. and Madison Ave., New York City. Eas...
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Arverne Houses, Beach 54 to 56th St., Arverne, Long Island. Exterior V
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South Jamaica houses. South Jamaica houses II
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[Fort Lincoln housing, Washington, D.C. (project). Mid-rise housing. A...
1966 Northwest #1 Urban Renewal Area, Washington D.C. Apartment design. P49. Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Facsimile scan provided for: Unbuilt Washington, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.... More
[Oriental Masonic Gardens, Wilmot Road, New Haven, Connecticut. Constr...
Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.
707 Chattahoochee Street (House), 707 Chattahoochee Street, La Grange,...
Survey number: HAER GA-102 Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
9 Sirrine Street (House), 9 Sirrine Street, La Grange, Troup County, G...
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Eliminate crime in the slums through housing
Poster promoting planned housing as a method to deter crime in the slums, showing stylized man holding a gun against a backdrop of tenement buildings. Date stamped on verso: Sep 12 1936. New York City Housing ... More
Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 15 (House), 30662 Wellt...
Significance: Building 15, as part of the former Wellton Government Camp, is associated with the Wellton-Mohawk Division of the Gila Project. Construction of the Wellton-Mohawk irrigation system began in 1949 a... More
Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity House, 1108 South First Street, Champaign, Ch...
2015 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Alpha Rho Chi was the first architectural fraternity in the United States. The Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity House has contributed to the broad pattern of higher e... More
Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...
Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More
Fort Peck Indian Boarding School, Employee's Quarters, Southwest corne...
Significance: It is a contributing building to the significance of the proposed Fort Peck Indian Boarding School Historic District. It is one of two buildings within the historic district completed in 1938 unde... More
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built in Hawaii and throughout the nation under the Capehart... More
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built in Hawaii and throughout the nation under the Capehart... More
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built in Hawaii and throughout the nation under the Capehart... More
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built in Hawaii and throughout the nation under the Capehart... More
Israel Putnam School, School & Oak Streets, Putnam, Windham County, CT
Significance: Israel Putnam School has historical significance as the town's first modern school building. Completed in 1902, the grammar school embodied early 20th-century concerns for fire safety, generous l... More
Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 5 (House), 30641 Wellto...
Significance: Building 5, as part of the former Willton Government Camp, is associated with the Wellton-Mohawk Division of the Gila Project. Construction of the Wellton-Mohawk irrigation system began in 1949 an... More
Big Creek Hydroelectric System, Big Creek Town, Operator House, Orchar...
Significance: Operator house (building 105) was one of four operator houses built in Cascada (later Big Creek) adjacent to Powerhouse No. 1 in 1912-1913. These were the first permanent operator houses in the B... More
Aluminum City Terrace, East Hill Drive, New Kensington, Westmoreland C...
See also HAER PA-343 for related documentation. Includes written data. Significance: Aluminum City Terrace, the only housing project in America designed by world-renowned architects Walter Gropius and Marcel Br... More
Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 1 (House), 30601 Wellto...
Significance: Building 1, as part of the former Willton Government Camp, is associated with the Wellton-Mohawk Division of the Gila Project. Construction of the Wellton-Mohawk irrigation system began in 1949 an... More
Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 10 A-B (Duplex), 30691 ...
Significance: Building 10 A-B, as part of the former Willton Government Camp, is associated with the Wellton-Mohawk Division of the Gila Project. Construction of the Wellton-Mohawk irrigation system began in 19... More
Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 10 A-B (Duplex), 30691 ...
Significance: Building 10 A-B, as part of the former Willton Government Camp, is associated with the Wellton-Mohawk Division of the Gila Project. Construction of the Wellton-Mohawk irrigation system began in 19... More
Colt Fire Arms Company, Potsdam Cottages, Curcumbe and Hendricxen Aven...
Survey number: HAER CT-189-H National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76001987, 03000171
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, Headquarters Complex, Quarters No...
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Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, Headquarters Complex, Quarters No...
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Stone House and Quarters, Berryville vic., Clarke County, Virginia
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Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More
Fort Monroe, Building Nos. 80 & 100, Northeast corner of Ingalls & Pat...
Survey number: HABS VA-595-L National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000912
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bachelor Officer's Quarters, Ford Islan...
Significance: Building No. 186 is rated a Category 3 historical building. A Category 3 building is defined as only of minor importance to the historic character of Pearl Harbor. Building No. 186 is located wi... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Civi...
Significance: This house originally served as a residence for civilian employees of the Naval Hospital. The architecture is very similar to designs seen on Hawaii's sugar plantations in this period. After is ... More
Tucson Plant Materials Center, Superintendent's Cottage, 3241 North Ro...
Survey number: HABS AZ-159-D Building/structure dates: 1936 Initial Construction
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Double Keeper's Dwelling, Point of Cape Hatt...
Significance: The Double Keeper's Quarters at Cape Hatteras was constructed in 1854, at the same time as the nearby Lighthouse was raised in height. Built of wood frame construction, and resting on brick pier f... More
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Double Keeper's Dwelling, Point of Cape Hatt...
Significance: The Double Keeper's Quarters at Cape Hatteras was constructed in 1854, at the same time as the nearby Lighthouse was raised in height. Built of wood frame construction, and resting on brick pier f... More
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Double Keeper's Dwelling, Point of Cape Hatt...
Significance: The Double Keeper's Quarters at Cape Hatteras was constructed in 1854, at the same time as the nearby Lighthouse was raised in height. Built of wood frame construction, and resting on brick pier f... More
Naval Computer & Telecommunications Area Master Station, Eastern Pacif...
Significance: The now-vacant Marine Barracks, Building 5, was built in 1935, and is associated with the earliest phase of the installation's development. The building, along with the Officer's housing, forms a... More
Alexandria Housing Authority, Cameron Virginialley Housing, Alexandria...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1073 Survey number: HABS VA-1371
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Cromwell Ci...
Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964; due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitou... More
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, Bachelor Officer Quarters,...
Significance: Air Station San Francisco is significant locally for its associations with the development of the San Francisco International Airport. Regionally, it is important as one of the first three Coast ... More
Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...
Significance: Building 105 Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 4, Plant 4), a small bungalow cottage, is a rare, surviving example of early worker's housing at the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System. Built in 1905, ... More
Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Ba...
Significance: Building 126 is a barracks signifying the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of T.O. 700-series, temporary construction during mobilization. Building... More
Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Ba...
Significance: Building 126 is a barracks signifying the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of T.O. 700-series, temporary construction during mobilization. Building... More
Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Ba...
Significance: Building 126 is a barracks signifying the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of T.O. 700-series, temporary construction during mobilization. Building... More
Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...
Significance: Building 117, Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 24, Plant 4), is significant because of its contribution to an understanding of the historic character of the physical and social environment of the Pl... More
Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...
Significance: Building 117, Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 24, Plant 4), is significant because of its contribution to an understanding of the historic character of the physical and social environment of the Pl... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Phar...
Facility No. 363 was moved to its current location sometime between 1932 & 1944. Significance: This type is significant to the Hospital Point neighborhood, as it is associated with the development of the naval ... More
Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Cottage No. 1, Bishop Cree...
Significance: Building 102 Plant 4 (formerly Cottage, Building No. 1, Plant 4), a small bungalow cottage, is a rare, surviving example of early worker's housing at the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System. Built ... More
Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Corner-Entry Single-Family Ho...
Significance: The wood Craftsman housing designs show a conscious response to popular and regional architectural styles, and to the tropical environment of the site. These houses at Schofield combine some of t... More
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More
Thompson Falls Hydroelectric Project, Power Foreman's Bungalow, On isl...
Significance: The building is representative of turn-of-the-century hydroelectric companies' custom of providing employee housing to ensure the efficient operation and maintenance of their facilities. The bunga... More
Thompson Falls Hydroelectric Project, Power Foreman's Bungalow, On isl...
Significance: The building is representative of turn-of-the-century hydroelectric companies' custom of providing employee housing to ensure the efficient operation and maintenance of their facilities. The bunga... More
Wind River Administrative Site, Building No. 1057, Chapman Road, near ...
Significance: Building No. 1057 has been determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. This building embodies the rustic style of architecture associated with the Forest Service... More
Wind River Administrative Site, Building No. 1057, Chapman Road, near ...
Significance: Building No. 1057 has been determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. This building embodies the rustic style of architecture associated with the Forest Service... More
Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation System, Building No. 20 (House), 30612 Wellt...
Significance: Building 20, as part of the former Wellton Government Camp, is associated with the Wellton-Mohawk Division of the Gila Project. Construction of the Wellton-Mohawk irrigation system began in 1949 a... More
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More