2,233 Indianapolis Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Meridian Street, looking north from Maryland St., Indianapolis, Indian...

Albertype copyrighted by Ward Brothers. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Geogr.

[Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Indianapolis, Ind.]

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

Crowds at Indianapolis Speedway

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Clark statue, Army and Navy [Soldiers' and Sailors'] Monument, Indiana...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of sculpture, India, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Colfax statue, Indianapolis, Ind.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of sculpture, India, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

State House, Indianapolis, Ind. view, photochrome print postcard.

Copyright 1904 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title from inventory list: State House, Indianapolis. Similar image (LC-D4-17312). Detroit Publishing Co. no. "54123". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. Mor... More

Marion County Court House, Indianapolis, Ind.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic courthouse building, court, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

White River at Broad Ripples, Indianapolis, Ind.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a river, water stream, lake or pond, park or forest, natural landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A Group of Young Fellows Working in a Cannery, In Indianapolis, Aug., ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Some operatives in An Indianapolis Cotton Mill at the Noon Hour. Aug. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 9. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. ... More

Noon Hour In an Indianapolis Cannery. Aug., 1908. Location: Indianapo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Houdini visits Indianapolis]

Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spectacular escape acts and death-de... More

Noon Hour at an Indianapolis Meat Packing House. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. ...

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

Noon hour at an Indianapolis Cannery. Aug. 1908. Location: Indianapoli...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 130. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divi... More

Early automobiles - Stutz wrecked - Indianapolis

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1910s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wreckage of new library building, Indianapolis

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500 mile race, Indianapolis - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photo shows Indy 500 automobile race, in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

[Associated Advertising Clubs of the World]

J243820 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; R. C. Moorefield; July 6, 1920. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

New officers of White House Correspondent's Association. Preparatory t...

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New officers of young democrats. Washington, D.C., Aug. 24. The new sl...

A black and white photo of three men and a woman sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Great Depression: A black and white photo of a race car. Farm Security...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a crowd of people FSA/OWI - Farm security a...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

Wendell L. Willkie Notification Ceremony, Elwood, Indiana, August 17, ...

J 30984 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Charles J. Bell; September 16, 1940. Copyright claimant's address: Indianapolis, Ind. No. 1934.

Citation winners. William G. Marshall, Director of the War Production ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Indianapolis, Indiana. A shore patrol man and military policeman at th...

Public domain photograph of bus station, bus terminal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Indianapolis, Indiana. A Greyhound bus station

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Indianapolis, Indiana. The waiting room of the Greyhound bus terminal ...

Public domain photograph of bus station, bus terminal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Indianapolis, Indiana. People waiting for a Greyhound bus bound for Lo...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Federal building detail In Indianapolis, Indiana

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

Mosaic detail, Birch Bayh Federal Building, Indianapolis, Indiana

A steel-framed, flat-roofed building clad with Indiana limestone completed in 1905. Each pavilion has a central cast-bronze and glass doorway, reached by a wide, shallow gray granite stair flanked by pedestals ... More

Brick veranda, Birch Bayh Federal Building, Indianapolis, Indiana

A steel-framed, flat-roofed building clad with Indiana limestone completed in 1905. Each pavilion has a central cast-bronze and glass doorway, reached by a wide, shallow gray granite stair flanked by pedestals ... More

Aerial view of Indianapolis, Indiana, with a focus on the Indiana Stat...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The structure of Indiana's fourth capitol, designed by Edwin May, an Indianapolis architect, was completed in 1888. It is construted i... More

Cantilevered monumental stair, Birch Bayh Federal Building, Indianapol...

A steel-framed, flat-roofed building clad with Indiana limestone completed in 1905. Each pavilion has a central cast-bronze and glass doorway, reached by a wide, shallow gray granite stair flanked by pedestals ... More

Grant Christian mural, Birch Bayh Federal Building, Indianapolis, Indi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sculptures "Industry," "Science," "Agriculture" and "Literature" at th...

Artist: John Massey Rhind. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the ... More

Sculptures "Industry," "Science," "Agriculture" and "Literature" at th...

Artist: John Massey Rhind. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the ... More

West courtroom, back, Birch Bayh Federal Building, Indianapolis, India...

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The national headquarters building of the American Legion, on the Indi...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

Blind Alley - theatrical playbill, public domain image

B.F. Keith's (venue) A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other detai... More

Indianapolis Market. Aug. 1908. Wit. E.N. Clopper. Location: Indianapo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 97. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

George & Netty Holler House, 324 North Park Avenue, Indianapolis, Mari...

Significance: The house is a typical example of a working-class house of the period in the east side of Indianapolis. Built circa 1863-64, the George and Netty Holler House was a working class residence typical... More

House of the Twin Chimneys, 7607 Allisonville Road, Indianapolis, Mari...

Significance: Built in 1836, this one-story brick house is the oldest known house surviving in Marion County, Indiana. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS IN-3... More

Crown Hill Cemetery, Gateway, 3402 Boulevard Place, Indianapolis, Mari...

Significance: The Crown Hill Cemetery Gateway was designed by Adolf Scherrer, an Indianapolis architect of Swiss origins. It was completed in November 1885 in time for the funeral of Vice-President Thomas A. H... More

[Jack Glasscock, Indianapolis Hoosiers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Griffith Block (Commercial Building), 36-38 West Washington Street, In...

Significance: Built in 1872 by the heirs of Humphrey Griffith, a leading pioneer businessman, the Griffith Block has housed a variety of retail establishments during its long history. In the late 1800s and ear... More

Das Deutsche Haus, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The building is an example of German cultural and architectural influences in the midwest during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Romanesque architectural forms are used on the exterior... More

Das Deutsche Haus, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The building is an example of German cultural and architectural influences in the midwest during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Romanesque architectural forms are used on the exterior... More

[Shomberg, Indianapolis Hoosiers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Christ Church (Episcopal), North Meridian & East Wabash Streets, India...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS IN-24-3 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction

Joseph W. Staub House, 342 North College Avenue, Indianapolis, Marion ...

Significance: The house is a good example of a city home of a small businessman of modest means in the period just before the Civil War. The Joseph Staub House is a city home built for a small businessman of mo... More

Joseph W. Staub House, 342 North College Avenue, Indianapolis, Marion ...

Significance: The house is a good example of a city home of a small businessman of modest means in the period just before the Civil War. The Joseph Staub House is a city home built for a small businessman of mo... More

Joseph W. Staub House, 342 North College Avenue, Indianapolis, Marion ...

Significance: The house is a good example of a city home of a small businessman of modest means in the period just before the Civil War. The Joseph Staub House is a city home built for a small businessman of mo... More

Journal Building, 46-48 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Marion County, ...

Significance: The Journal Building was built in 1897 and is the second oldest building on Monument Circle, the focal point of the city plan created in 1821. It is the only surviving nineteenth-century commerci... More

Vandalia Railroad Bridge, Spanning U.S. Route 40, Indianapolis, Marion...

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James A. Allison Mansion, 3200 Coldspring Road, Indianapolis, Marion C...

Significance: Built over a three year period, 1911-1914, this house was constructed of reinforced concrete with an exterior veneer of red brick. The house remains much as it was in 1914 when Indianapolis busin... More

Postal Telegraph Messengers, Indianapolis, (Indiana has no age limit f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of catering, dinner table arrangement, caterer, restaurant, food, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rost Jewelry Company Building, 25 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis,...

Significance: The Rost Jewelry Company had conducted business at this location since 1910 in an 1887 commercial building. In 1947-48 the jewelry company extensively remodeled and enlarged the building into one... More

Morris-Butler House, 1204 North Park Avenue, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The house is one of a few surviving examples in Indianapolis of a mid-nineteenth century Victorian house, French and Italianate in its architectural details, built for a successful businessman of ... More

Morris-Butler House, 1204 North Park Avenue, Indianapolis, Marion Coun...

Significance: The house is one of a few surviving examples in Indianapolis of a mid-nineteenth century Victorian house, French and Italianate in its architectural details, built for a successful businessman of ... More

Braden's Block, 127-131 South Illinois Street, Indianapolis, Marion Co...

Significance: Braden's Block is one of many small-scale, multi-use commercial structures built in downtown Indianapolis during the post-Civil War construction boom. Although the storefront level has been alter... More

Levey Brothers & Company Building, Annex, 21-23 West Maryland Street, ...

Significance: Built in 1900-01, the Levey Brothers & Company Annex was one of several historic buildings in the Indianapolis Wholesale District that represented the printing industry located in that area. Esta... More

Union Station, Jackson Place & Illinois Street, Indianapolis, Marion C...

Significance: The station is an excellent example of the American Romanesque Revival style of architecture strongly influenced by the work of H.H. Richardson. The exterior is unusual in the skillful combining ... More

Union Station, Jackson Place & Illinois Street, Indianapolis, Marion C...

Significance: The station is an excellent example of the American Romanesque Revival style of architecture strongly influenced by the work of H.H. Richardson. The exterior is unusual in the skillful combining ... More

Union Station, Jackson Place & Illinois Street, Indianapolis, Marion C...

Significance: The station is an excellent example of the American Romanesque Revival style of architecture strongly influenced by the work of H.H. Richardson. The exterior is unusual in the skillful combining ... More

William B. Mumford Printing Company Factory, 17-23 West Pearl Street, ...

Significance: One of the premier printers, stationers, and publishers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Willian B. Burford, built this building in which to operate his printing and stationery ... More

Indiana State Fair Indianapolis September 27th to October 2d 1886

R20161 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Metzner, E.

Indiana State Central Hospital for the Insane, 3000 West Washington St...

Significance: This building was Indiana's first medical center, and houses the state's oldest medical classrooms and amphitheater. It is representative of the best of the educational structures built and opera... More

Malott Building, 118 South Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Marion Count...

Significance: Built in 1896, the Malott Building was constructed to house wholesale businesses in Indianapolis' Wholesale District. Established during the Civil War, the Wholesale District served the city and ... More

Maennerchor Building, 102 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Marion C...

Significance: This building, with its unusual eclectic combination of German and American stylistic detailing, served as a musical and social club for the large German-American community of Indianapolis. Unpro... More

Maennerchor Building, 102 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Marion C...

Significance: This building, with its unusual eclectic combination of German and American stylistic detailing, served as a musical and social club for the large German-American community of Indianapolis. Unpro... More

Indianapolis City Hall, 202 North Alabama, Indianapolis, Marion County...

Significance: At the time of its construction, City Hall symbolized the "coming of age" of Indianapolis as a major Midwestern metropolis. Before its construction, city government had been homeless, leasing off... More

Indianapolis City Hall, 202 North Alabama, Indianapolis, Marion County...

Significance: At the time of its construction, City Hall symbolized the "coming of age" of Indianapolis as a major Midwestern metropolis. Before its construction, city government had been homeless, leasing off... More

Reinhardt Building, 133 South Illinois Street, Indianapolis, Marion Co...

Significance: The Reinhardt Building is the oldest surviving building along Illinois Street in the Mile Square section of downtown Indianapolis. The scale and materials of this structure, along with the remain... More

Duesenberg Automobile Company Factory, West Washington & Harding Stree...

Survey number: HABS IN-70 Public domain photograph of a car, history of automobile design, car model, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1st Nat'l Aviation Meet, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, June 13-18, 1910

J142597 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C. F. Bretzman; 1910. Airplanes added from other negatives before printing. On front: "'Cirkut' photo by C. F. Bretzman, Indp'l's."

Knights of Pythias Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind.

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

James Whitcomb Riley House, 528 Lockerbie Street, Indianapolis, Marion...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an Italian architectural drawing, design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

122 South Meridian Street (Commercial), Indianapolis, Marion County, I...

Significance: Built in 1866-67, 122 South Meridian Street is one of the original commercial structures erected to house wholesale businesses in Indianapolis' Wholesale District. Established during the Civil Wa... More

House of Crane Building, 124 South Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Mari...

Significance: Built in 1866-67, the House of Crane Building was one of the original commercial structures erected to house wholesale businesses in Indianapolis' Wholesale District. Established during the Civil... More

Market House, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Significance: The Market House is representative of market structures built in the heart of many American cities during the 19th century. The Indianapolis City Market was the second of two buildings set aside ... More

Indianapolis City Market, 222 East Market Street, Indianapolis, Marion...

Significance: The City Market is an excellent example of a specialized commercial building in an eclectic Italianate style. Designed by Indianapolis architect D.A. Bohlen in 1886, this was the second of two bu... More

Crown Hill Cemetery, Office Building, 3402 Boulevard Place, Indianapol...

Significance: The Office Building is an excellent example of the High Victorian Gothic style of architecture and is in fine condition inside and out. Survey number: HABS IN-56 Building/structure dates: 1885 I... More

Crown Hill Cemetery, Office Building, 3402 Boulevard Place, Indianapol...

Significance: The Office Building is an excellent example of the High Victorian Gothic style of architecture and is in fine condition inside and out. Survey number: HABS IN-56 Building/structure dates: 1885 I... More

Cigar Factory, Indianapolis Ind. Boys in foreground. Witness E. N. Clo...

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Vinton-Pierce House, 1415 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Marion ...

Survey number: HABS IN-24 Building/structure dates: 1860 Initial Construction

Vinton-Pierce House, 1415 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Marion ...

Survey number: HABS IN-24 Building/structure dates: 1860 Initial Construction

Vinton-Pierce House, 1415 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Marion ...

Survey number: HABS IN-24 Building/structure dates: 1860 Initial Construction