Town of Mount Union, Near U.S. Highway 522, Mount Union, Huntingdon Co...
See also HABS PA-5973 for related information. Significance: For the first half of the 20th century, Mt. Union was a center of refractory brick manufacture. Three brick plants were built early in the century an... More
Town of Mount Union, Near U.S. Highway 522, Mount Union, Huntingdon Co...
See also HABS PA-5973 for related information. Significance: For the first half of the 20th century, Mt. Union was a center of refractory brick manufacture. Three brick plants were built early in the century an... More
18 Grant Street (House), Montclair, Essex County, NJ
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Mortuary, New York Harbor, N...
Significance: The Mortuary is a diminutive but important support structure for the Contagious Disease Hospital was constructed in 1907. It is integrated with its neighboring structures by a consistent use of m... More
Globeville Community House, 4496 Grant Street, Denver, Denver County, ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Immigrants in English class given by Training Service of the Departme...
National Photo Company Collection. Treas. 46. Public domain photograph of a car, history of automobile design, car model, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Customs Service Port of Roosville, Main Port Building, U.S. Highw...
Significance: Built in 1933, the Main Port Building Port of Roosville is an excellent example of federal border station architecture produced by the Treasury Department during the 1930s along the U.S.-Canada bo... More
Moulton Place, 89-91 High Street, Newburyport, Essex County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS MA-216 Building/structure dates: 1840 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1925 Subsequent Work
Eden Publishing House, 1712-1724 Chouteau Avenue, Lafayette Square, Sa...
Significance: The building served as headquarters for retail and printing operations of the Eden Publishing Company from 1869 to 1979. Several expansions occurred throughout the company's time of occupation. ... More
Eden Publishing House, 1712-1724 Chouteau Avenue, Lafayette Square, Sa...
Significance: The building served as headquarters for retail and printing operations of the Eden Publishing Company from 1869 to 1979. Several expansions occurred throughout the company's time of occupation. ... More
Town of Star Junction, State Route 51, Star Junction, Fayette County, ...
See also HAER PA-321 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: Most of the houses in Star Junction were built by the Washington Coal & Coke Company in the 1890s. The company operated a cok... More
Temple Beth Hillel, 547 Irving Avenue, Millville, Cumberland County, N...
2006 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Russian immigrant families settled in Carmel in the late 19th century and early 20th century and a priority of these first citizens was the expression of thei... More
[Group of emigrants (women and children) from eastern Europe on deck o...
Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Who's Afraid of Women Photographers?" at the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France, Oct. 2015-Jan. 2016.
[Group of emigrants (women and children) from eastern Europe on deck o...
Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Who's Afraid of Women Photographers?" at the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France, Oct. 2015-Jan. 2016.
Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Kitchen, New York Harbor, Ne...
Significance: The Kitchen was a support structure for the Contagious Disease Hospital complex on Island 3 of the Ellis Island U. S. Immigration Station. Construction of the Contagious Disease Hospital in 1907-... More
Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS
Significance: Nicodemus, Kansas, represents the earliest and most prosperous midwestern black settlement associated with the massive westward migration of former slaves out of the south during Reconstruction. ... More
Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS
Significance: Nicodemus, Kansas, represents the earliest and most prosperous midwestern black settlement associated with the massive westward migration of former slaves out of the south during Reconstruction. ... More
Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS
Significance: Nicodemus, Kansas, represents the earliest and most prosperous midwestern black settlement associated with the massive westward migration of former slaves out of the south during Reconstruction. ... More
Conversation with 39 year old male, Virginia (Transcript)
For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Center for Applied Linguistics. Washington, DC 39 year old male, Vietnamese, 7 years in the U.S. Talks about the problems of older Vietnamese coming t... More
Archie Morrison Rental House, 180 Frisco Street, Clifton, Greenlee Cou...
Significance: This house is typical of rental houses constructed in Clifton between about 1900 and 1920. Survey number: HABS AZ-168 Building/structure dates: 1904 Initial Construction National Register of Hi... More
Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Ellis Island, New Immigration Building, New York Harbor, New York, New...
Significance: The New Immigration Building is one of three major New Deal-era buildings at Ellis Island created to meet the changing scope of immigration services at the facility. Constructed on fill joining I... More
Ellis Island, New Immigration Building, New York Harbor, New York, New...
Significance: The New Immigration Building is one of three major New Deal-era buildings at Ellis Island created to meet the changing scope of immigration services at the facility. Constructed on fill joining I... More
Ellis Island, New Immigration Building, New York Harbor, New York, New...
Significance: The New Immigration Building is one of three major New Deal-era buildings at Ellis Island created to meet the changing scope of immigration services at the facility. Constructed on fill joining I... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Ellis Island, Hospital Outbuilding, New York Harbor, New York, New Yor...
Picryl description: Public domain image of Ellis Island, New York harbor, immigrants, immigration, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Staff House, New York Harbor...
Significance: The Staff House was a support structure for the Contagious Disease Hospital complex on Island 3 of the Ellis Island U. S. Immigration Station. Construction of the Contagious Disease Hospital in 1... More
Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Staff House, New York Harbor...
Significance: The Staff House was a support structure for the Contagious Disease Hospital complex on Island 3 of the Ellis Island U. S. Immigration Station. Construction of the Contagious Disease Hospital in 1... More
Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Staff House, New York Harbor...
Significance: The Staff House was a support structure for the Contagious Disease Hospital complex on Island 3 of the Ellis Island U. S. Immigration Station. Construction of the Contagious Disease Hospital in 1... More
Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Staff House, New York Harbor...
Significance: The Staff House was a support structure for the Contagious Disease Hospital complex on Island 3 of the Ellis Island U. S. Immigration Station. Construction of the Contagious Disease Hospital in 1... More
Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State...
Significance: ERNESTINA is an example of Essex fishing schooner design and has been used for a variety of purposes. She worked in Grand Banks fishing during the peak of sail and is the oldest surviving Grand B... More
Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State...
Significance: ERNESTINA is an example of Essex fishing schooner design and has been used for a variety of purposes. She worked in Grand Banks fishing during the peak of sail and is the oldest surviving Grand B... More
Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State...
Significance: ERNESTINA is an example of Essex fishing schooner design and has been used for a variety of purposes. She worked in Grand Banks fishing during the peak of sail and is the oldest surviving Grand B... More
Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State...
Significance: ERNESTINA is an example of Essex fishing schooner design and has been used for a variety of purposes. She worked in Grand Banks fishing during the peak of sail and is the oldest surviving Grand B... More
Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State...
Significance: ERNESTINA is an example of Essex fishing schooner design and has been used for a variety of purposes. She worked in Grand Banks fishing during the peak of sail and is the oldest surviving Grand B... More
Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Av...
Significance: The ferry slips, sheds, and concourses comprise the harborside element of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, which is a National Register site. The terminal is the la... More
Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Av...
Significance: The ferry slips, sheds, and concourses comprise the harborside element of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, which is a National Register site. The terminal is the la... More
Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Av...
Significance: The ferry slips, sheds, and concourses comprise the harborside element of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, which is a National Register site. The terminal is the la... More
Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Av...
Significance: The ferry slips, sheds, and concourses comprise the harborside element of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, which is a National Register site. The terminal is the la... More
California Citrus Heritage Recording Project, Riverside, Riverside Cou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More
U. S. Border Inspection Station, 103 Cherry Street, Sumas, Whatcom Cou...
Significance: The Border Inspection Station at Sumas is one of the early small buildings built by the federal government in Washington State. It is also an example of a prototypical "northern type" United Stat... More
U. S. Border Inspection Station, 103 Cherry Street, Sumas, Whatcom Cou...
Significance: The Border Inspection Station at Sumas is one of the early small buildings built by the federal government in Washington State. It is also an example of a prototypical "northern type" United Stat... More
U. S. Border Inspection Station, 103 Cherry Street, Sumas, Whatcom Cou...
Significance: The Border Inspection Station at Sumas is one of the early small buildings built by the federal government in Washington State. It is also an example of a prototypical "northern type" United Stat... More
Delaware & Raritan Canal, Lock, On Delaware Canal, North of Hamilton, ...
Significance: Lock 13 was one of 14 locks in a canal totaling 65.5 miles in length, connecting the Raritan River at New Brunswick, New Jersey, to the Delaware River at Bordentown and at Raven Rock, New Jersey, ... More
Great Falls S. U. M. Historic District, Oliver Street, Paterson, Passa...
Significance: In 1791 Alexander Hamilton and others founded an industrial venture known as the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures (S.U.M.). The formation of this Society embodied the theory pr... More
Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station & Train Shed, Corner of ...
Significance: The Central of Georgia Terminal and Trainshed at Savannah are part of one of the earliest attempts to build a comprehensive railroad terminal and shop complex in this country. The structure of th... More
Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station & Train Shed, Corner of ...
Significance: The Central of Georgia Terminal and Trainshed at Savannah are part of one of the earliest attempts to build a comprehensive railroad terminal and shop complex in this country. The structure of th... More
Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station & Train Shed, Corner of ...
Significance: The Central of Georgia Terminal and Trainshed at Savannah are part of one of the earliest attempts to build a comprehensive railroad terminal and shop complex in this country. The structure of th... More
Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Office Building, New York Ha...
Picryl description: Public domain image of Ellis Island, New York harbor, immigrants, immigration, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Office Building, New York Ha...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Measles Ward G, New York Har...
Significance: Measles Ward G, constructed in 1907, is one of 11 individual treatment wards in the contagious disease hospital complex on Island 3. The building was one of eight wards designated as measles trea... More
Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Measles Ward G, New York Har...
Significance: Measles Ward G, constructed in 1907, is one of 11 individual treatment wards in the contagious disease hospital complex on Island 3. The building was one of eight wards designated as measles trea... More
Immigrants at Ellis Island - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Held at Ellis Island--undesirable emigrants to be taken back by steams...
Three women on bench. Halftone reproduction of photograph in Quarantine sketches, a pamphlet published as advertising by the Maltine Co.
Arriving at Ellis Island. Photo by Bain News Service collection
George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - immigration to the United States, immigrants, Ellis Island, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Immigrants in night school. Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 894. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More
Slebzak family (Polish) working on Bot[t]omley farm, near Baltimore, M...
Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Italian family living 428 E. 116th St., 2 floor back. They were so ill...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, economic conditions, children workers, exploitation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Department of Labor naturalization class]
National Photo Company Collection. No. 2682. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Portrait photo of [Department of Labor naturalization class]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The Italian motion picture - movie film screenshot
Beppo, an Italian gondolier, is in love with Annette, who has another suitor, wealthy but much older. Her father gives Beppo a year to prove himself, so he emigrates to New York City, opens a shoeshine stand, a... More
Kastvan family, beet workers near Corunna, hoeing beets. They are Hung...
Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
So sehen die polnischen Auswanderer aus, und so werdet Ihr auch ausseh...
Poster shows a huddled group of poor refugees. Text: This is what the Polish emmigrants look like, and you'll look like this too if Silesia becomes part of Poland. Upper Silesians! Stay with the new Germany! Fo... More
Wm. A. Scully (left) of the Republican National Committee and a group ...
National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 2, p. 26, no. 32772.
Immigrants statue, erected outside the Harrison County Courthouse in C...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
Pullman Industrial Complex, 111th Street & Cottage Grove Avenue vicini...
Significance: Between 1880 and 1883 the Pullman Palace Car Company built a complete factory and town on the shore of Lake Calumet for the purpose of building railroad rolling stock. It was among America's firs... More
Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...
Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More
Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...
Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More
Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...
Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More
Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...
Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More
Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...
Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More
Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...
Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More
Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...
Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More
Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...
Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More