islands

Sugar cane fields on the north-west part of the island, St. Croix isla...

An open sewer on one of the main streets in Christiansted, Virgin Isla...

A black and white photo of a group of people on the beach. Office of W...

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 Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

One of the Fleming buses waiting for passengers at the waterfront in C...

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

A black and white photo of a person on a skateboard. Office of War Inf...

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 Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A black and white photo of a man holding a baseball bat. Office of War...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Children in one of the slum "villages" near Fredericksted, St. Croix, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of three men in hats. Office of War Informatio...

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 Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Frederiksted (vicinity), Saint Croix, Virgin Islands. FSA (Farm Securi...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buying produce at the waterfront in Christiansted. Most of the food co...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Evett D. Hester, economic adviser to the United State...

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

Russian-American Architecture, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Significance: From the time the Russians discovered Alaska in 1741 until they sold it to the United States in 1867, they established numerous settlements, mostly along the coast in Alaska, plus one at Fort Ross... More

Aerial view of industrial area, Honolulu, Hawaii

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

North shore beach, Hawaii - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy

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

Skyline, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii

Date based on date of other Hawaii images in same group. Honolulu is the capital of and the most populous census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Title, date, and subjects provided by the pho... More

Aerial view of pineapple farms, Hawaii

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

Thimble Islands archipelago in the Long Island Sound, Branford, Connec...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Thimble Islands archipelago in the Long Island Sound, Branford, Connec...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Thimble Islands archipelago in the Long Island Sound, Branford, Connec...

Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thimble Islands archipelago in the Long Island Sound, Branford, Connec...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dock, harbor, boats, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Scene along the shore on Isle La Motte, one of the Lake Champlain Isla...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-9). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Penzance--St. Michael's Mount. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Bird's-eye view of castle(?) on mount on island, Cornwall, England. Item removed from FOREIGN GEOG FILE - England Cornwall in 2017. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http:/... More

Group of natives eating poi, Hawaiian Islands [in front of grass hut]

Copyright by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Hawaii, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Margaret Bay Cantonmen...

Significance: Built according the Standard Constructing Quartermaster plans for mobilization-type buildings, this is representative of the many post office buildings erected on military bases throughout the U.S... More

Mackinac Island from Round Island

Videodisc images out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-06845, 06844, 06843, 06842, 06841. Includes Fort Mackinac. "G 2277," "G 2279," "G 2281," "G 2283," and "G 2285" on left, left center, center, r... More

Lost Channel Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence River

"Detroit Photographic [Co.]" Listed in Detroit, Catalogue P, (1906). Copyright deposit no. D21950. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 010235. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Bachelor Officers Quar...

Significance: Briefly served as barracks for Marine personnel, 1941. Originally an L shaped building, remodeling in 1943 created this two story B.O.Q. It represents a fine example of comfortable living quarte... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Bachelor Officers Quar...

Significance: Briefly served as barracks for Marine personnel, 1941. Originally an L shaped building, remodeling in 1943 created this two story B.O.Q. It represents a fine example of comfortable living quarte... More

Stono River Bridge, Spanning Stono River between James & Johns Islands...

Significance: The Stono River Bridge is identified as "Charleston 3) in the South Carolina Department of Transportation's Metal Truss Highway Bridge Inventory. The bridge is noteworthy in that it represents th... More

Hopewell Hall, 1000 Islands - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

The Beresford Hammock - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Pyramid Valley Hospita...

Significance: Initially planned as a garrison, but reduction of troop strength at Fort Mears resulted in abandonment of the plan to quarter infantry and conversion of the entire area into a hospital complex was... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Pyramid Valley Hospita...

Significance: Initially planned as a garrison, but reduction of troop strength at Fort Mears resulted in abandonment of the plan to quarter infantry and conversion of the entire area into a hospital complex was... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Pyramid Valley Hospita...

Significance: Initially planned as a garrison, but reduction of troop strength at Fort Mears resulted in abandonment of the plan to quarter infantry and conversion of the entire area into a hospital complex was... More

Sub Marine Explorer, Located along the beach of Isla San Telmo, Pearl ...

Significance: Sub Marine Explorer is significant as one of only five known submarines dating to pre-1870 and as an example of early submarine technology. The submarine was, and remains, even as a ruin, an amaz... More

Sub Marine Explorer, Located along the beach of Isla San Telmo, Pearl ...

Significance: Sub Marine Explorer is significant as one of only five known submarines dating to pre-1870 and as an example of early submarine technology. The submarine was, and remains, even as a ruin, an amaz... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Headquarters Area Recr...

Significance: This was constructed to foster morale and represents an effort to provide rest and relaxation to naval personnel stationed on the isolated bases of the Aleutian Islands during World War II. Unpro... More

The Lost Channel, Thousand Islands

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

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Torpedo Bombsight & Ut...

Significance: This was equipped for the preparation of torpedoes for loading, the repair and storage of torpedo bombsights and a parachute loft. It is representative of the many aviation support buildings cons... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Torpedo Bombsight & Ut...

Significance: This was equipped for the preparation of torpedoes for loading, the repair and storage of torpedo bombsights and a parachute loft. It is representative of the many aviation support buildings cons... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Beer Hall, Unalaska, A...

Significance: This is a fine example of a building with recreational use, constructed to foster morale and represents an effort to provide rest and relaxation to naval personnel stationed on the isolated bases ... More

Bar Harbor from Great Hill, Mount Desert Island, Maine

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

Gardens of Colonial Hotel and the harbor, Nassau, Bahama Islands

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic park, open terrace, world heritage landmark, classical or neoclassical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defe...

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Administration Buildin...

Significance: This served as the administrative center of the Naval Operations Base and is representative of the many structures which served a similar function, both on this base and other American bases durin... More

Fortin de San Juan de la Cruz, El Canuelo, Isla de Cabras, San Juan, S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N125 Survey number: HABS PR-52 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000930

Fortin de San Juan de la Cruz, El Canuelo, Isla de Cabras, San Juan, S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N125 Survey number: HABS PR-52 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000930

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Aerology Operations Bu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Aerology Operations Bu...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defe...

Significance: Jointly operated by the Army and the Navy, this installation served part of the need for coastal defense. Following the Japanese raids of June 1942, the belief was prevalent that Japan would inva... More

Mackinac Island from Round Island

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

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Unalaska Valley Canton...

Significance: This training area was established in preparation for the invasion of Kiska. 1,000 casuals were trained here in techniques to combat Aleutian terrain and climate. They formed a composite regimen... More

Parliament buildings, Nassau, Bahama Islands

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

Cushing's Island from Fort Scammell, Portland, Me.

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

Niagara Falls from Canadian Shore

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mackinac Island from Round Island

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

Peak's [i.e. Peak] Island from Fort Scammell, Portland, Me.

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Star Island from Appledore, Isles of Shoals, N.H.

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

Bar Harbor, Mt. [Mount] Desert Island, Me., the harbor from Newport Ho...

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Palisades Rift, 1000 Islands - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

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

Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Islands of the Commonwealth Caribbean : a regional study /

Maps on lining paper. "Research completed September 1987." Includes bibliographical references (p. 673-728) and index. Also available in digital form.

The history of Persia - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress ...

Pedro, not Antonio, Teixeira was the compiler of this work.--cf. Silva, Dicc. bibl. port., Hoefer, Nouv. biog. générale, and Brit. mus. Catalogue. A translation, with additions, of Pedro Teixeira's Relaciones... More

[Sugar manufacture in the Antilles Islands]

Illus. in: Rochfort, Histoire Moral ... (Lyon, 1667), illus. oppos. p. 115. Reference copy may be in SSF (Gr) - INDUSTRY SUGAR MISC. 1667. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption ca... More

Mutsu, matsushima fūkei, tomiyama chōbō no horizu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a bird's-eye view of many small islands and sailboats on the sea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Rokujū ... More

Mutsu, matsushima fūkei, tomiyama chōbō no horizu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a bird's-eye view of many small islands and sailboats on the sea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Rokujū ... More

[Bird Rock in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Labrador]

Title devised by Library staff (Source: The Labrador Coast by Alpheus Spring Packard). Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 34] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as ... More

[Temple of Isis (left) and Kiosk of the Emperor Trajan or Pharaoh's Be...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Washington Arch, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steamer St. Lawrence, 1000 Islands

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

[Baguio Industrial School Band, Baguio, Philippine Islands]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gananoque River, 1000 Islands - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Public domain photograph of Asain artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Capitol at Lingayen, Pangasinan, Philippine Islands

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

Governor's Island - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

War College, Coasters Harbor, Newport

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021414. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

"Stella Cove", Apostle Islands, Lake Superior

Listed in Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "Detroit Photographic Co." Copyright deposit no. 4351. Also have photographic print of this image, LOT 12688, no. 15. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 1962. Copyright deposit. S... More

Grand Arch, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior

Public domain photograph - historical image of Wisconsin, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Co. I, 22nd U.S. Infantry, encamped at Malolos, Philippine Islands

Stereo published by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

22nd U.S. Infantry in bivouac at Malolos, Philippine Islands

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood (Strohmeyer & Wyman, publishers, New York, N.Y.). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Manila, Philippine Islands: The Bridge of "Spain" - between old and ne...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. Publshed by Strohmeyer & Wyman, publishers, New York, N.Y. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Filipino prisoners of war at Pasig, Philippine Islands

Stereograph shows Filippino men sitting and standing in rows. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The wharf below the bridge of Spain, Manila, Philippine Islands

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

Manila, Philippine Islands: A glimpse of the interior of a home

Woman seated, full lgth., at small table.

A deserted Filipino trench before Malabon, Philippine Islands

Man looking at 2 hats in trench. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood (Strohmeyer & Wyman, publishers, New York, N.Y.). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Clayton club, Thousand Islands, N.Y.]

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