676 Key west Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

A Florida "cracker", Tampa & Key West R.R.

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

Burial of the "Maine" victims /

"Taken at Key West, Fla., March 27, 1898. First comes a detachment of sailors and marines in the left foreground, while at the right is seen a crowd of small colored boys, which precedes any public procession i... More

Fishing wharf. Lower Matecumbe Key, Florida

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

A black and white photo of men working in a factory, possibly related ...

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

A black and white photo of a group of people, possibly related to: Fis...

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

Memorial to hurricane victims. Matecumbe Key, Florida

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

Loungers in barbershop, Key West, Florida

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

A black and white photo of a sign on a fence, Cuban Consulate, Key Wes...

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

A black and white photo of a man in a factory, Florida. Farm Security ...

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

Hurricane shelter under construction. Matecumbe Key, Florida

Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"In the building" the Over-the-Seas auto highway to Key West, Fla.

Stereograph showing man and automobiles on bridge that is still under construction. J283167 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Company. No. 26804.

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Ferguson House, Key West, Mo...

Significance: The Ferguson House was an existing private residence acquired by the Navy in 1902. Architecturally it is significant as an example of indigenous Key West domestic architecture which contributed to... More

Fort Taylor, Key West, Fla. - stereoscopic view, public domain photorp...

Bird's-eye view. 36168 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. No. 9160. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Forts.

Convent of Mary Immaculate, 600 Truman Avenue, Key West, Monroe County...

Significance: The Convent of Mary Immaculate is the oldest educational institution in Southern Florida. The school opened in 1869 and has been located in the present building since 1875. The building is an ex... More

Tift & Company, Ships Chandlery & Icehouse, Mallory Square, Key West, ...

Significance: The northern building is the city's oldest commercial building, and was built by Amos C. Tift and Co. as a ships chandlery. The land on which the building was constructed was part of the Naval Ya... More

U. S. Navy Coal Depot & Storehouse, Front & Whitehead Streets, Key Wes...

Significance: This building is the oldest brick building and the first permanent navy building to be constructed on Key West. Survey number: HABS FL-190 Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction

U. S. Navy Coal Depot & Storehouse, Front & Whitehead Streets, Key Wes...

Significance: This building is the oldest brick building and the first permanent navy building to be constructed on Key West. Survey number: HABS FL-190 Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction

[ Postcards from Key West] postcard

A note from the collection of the art institute of chicago. A letter from to. Public domain postcard scan.

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Captain John Bartlum House, 730 Eaton Street, Key West, Monroe County,...

Significance: One of two houses known to have been constructed in the Bahama Islands, dismantled and brought to Key West in 1847 and reconstructed. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN... More

Key West, Fla. from City Hall tower

J166247 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Harris Co.; February 12, 1912.

Captain Richard Roberts House, 408 William Street, Key West, Monroe Co...

Significance: According to local tradition this building is one of two houses originally constructed in the Bahama Islands, then dismantled, shipped to Key West and rebuilt there after the hurricane of 1846. T... More

Perky Bat Tower, Airport Road, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: An unusual structure built to house bats as part of a local experiment in mosquito control. Survey number: HABS FL-193 Building/structure dates: 1929 Initial Construction National Register of H... More

Wall & Company Warehouse, Wall & Exchange Streets, Key West, Monroe Co...

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

Arrival of first train at Key West, Fla., over sea, Florida East Coast...

J166244 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Harris Co.; February 12, 1912.

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Fresh Water Cistern, Key Wes...

Significance: Early example of cistern construction on the Naval Station. Survey number: HABS FL-530-A Building/structure dates: before 1889 Initial Construction

Richard Moore Kemp House, 601 Caroline Street, Key West, Monroe County...

Significance: The building is a fine example of late nineteenth century Key West architecture with no major alterations or additions. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-33 Survey nu... More

Samuel Roberts House, 1025 Fleming Street, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: The Samuel Roberts house is an excellent example of the typical one-and-a-half-story Conch cottage of Key West, traditionally built by mariners, spongers, and fishermen. Unprocessed Field note ma... More

John Geiger House, 205 Whitehead Street, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: A fine example of a mid-nineteenth century town house of Key West built by one of the best known of Key West's pilots and wrecking masters, Captain John Geiger. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Key West Post Office, U.S. Customs House, U.S. Courthouse & Lighthouse...

Significance: A fine example of late nineteenth century eclectic architecture with features of both the Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque styles. Survey number: HABS FL-187 Building/structure dates: ... More

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century fortification built of brick and local stone, the remains of which provide an excellent example of military construction of the period. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Sand Key Lighthouse, Sand Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: This is one of the most important lights on the coast of the United States. It was first lighted on July 20, 1853, and is the second oldest of the six iron screw pile light houses which extend fr... More

Sand Key Lighthouse, Sand Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: This is one of the most important lights on the coast of the United States. It was first lighted on July 20, 1853, and is the second oldest of the six iron screw pile light houses which extend fr... More

U. S. Marine Hospital, Emma Street, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: One of eight Marine Hospitals designed by Robert Mills, a famous early American architect and engineer who was a protege of Thomas Jefferson, appointed architect of Public Buildings by Andrew Jack... More

U. S. Marine Hospital, Emma Street, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: One of eight Marine Hospitals designed by Robert Mills, a famous early American architect and engineer who was a protege of Thomas Jefferson, appointed architect of Public Buildings by Andrew Jack... More

Fort Taylor, Key West, Fla., American Civil War Glass Negative.

Print shows Fort ZacharyTaylor on the coast of Key West, Florida. No. 5817. Mounted with one print and two other photographs. Print is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Arrival of boat from Cuba ... - Public domain image of a steam boat

Train and steamboat at Key West, Florida. Public domain photograph of a locomotive, train car, railroad trucks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coast traders, Key West, Fla. - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Public domain scan of print depicting a sailboat or small ship, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conch shells and crawfish, Key West, Florida

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a car parked in front of a store, Florida. ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a man standing on a boat, Florida. Farm Sec...

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

Cigar maker's home. Key West, Florida

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

A black and white photo of a construction site, possibly related to: F...

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.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Truman's "Little White House," Key West, Florida

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

The Sidney M. Aronovitz U.S. Courthouse, Post Office and Custom House,...

Built in 1933 in the Art Deco style, the two-story, Key Largo limestone clad building was designed by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. T... More

Long Key viaduct of the Over-the-sea Railroad to Key West, Fla.

Stereograph showing railroad train crossing over water on bridge. J283173 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Company. No. 26814.

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Boiler House, Key West, Monr...

Significance: Originally the building was constructed as a boiler house and is significant because of its proximity to building 21 (contributing Historic Structure) Survey number: HABS FL-530-B Building/struc... More

Convent of Mary Immaculate, 600 Truman Avenue, Key West, Monroe County...

Significance: The Convent of Mary Immaculate is the oldest educational institution in Southern Florida. The school opened in 1869 and has been located in the present building since 1875. The building is an ex... More

Tift-Hemingway House, 907 Whitehead Street, Key West, Monroe County, F...

Significance: The house possesses both architectural and historic interest. Built by Asa F. Tift, a prominent early settler who was active in the Confederate cause during the Civil War, the house is best known... More

Tift-Hemingway House, 907 Whitehead Street, Key West, Monroe County, F...

Significance: The house possesses both architectural and historic interest. Built by Asa F. Tift, a prominent early settler who was active in the Confederate cause during the Civil War, the house is best known... More

Captain Francis Watlington House, 322 Duval Street, Key West, Monroe C...

Significance: Traditionally called the oldest house in Key West, this building is said to have been built as early as 1825 and moved by Richard Cussans from Whitehead Street to its present location in 1832. La... More

Captain Francis Watlington House, 322 Duval Street, Key West, Monroe C...

Significance: Traditionally called the oldest house in Key West, this building is said to have been built as early as 1825 and moved by Richard Cussans from Whitehead Street to its present location in 1832. La... More

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Fuel Storage Tank, Key West,...

Significance: Example of early fuel storage tank construction. Survey number: HABS FL-530-E Building/structure dates: 1913 Initial Construction

Captain John Lowe Jr. House, 620 Southard Street, Key West, Monroe Cou...

Significance: This building is typical of the mid-nineteenth century houses built by successful Key West mariners. It is one of the few such houses still standing. Unprocessed Field note material exists for t... More

Samuel Roberts House, 1025 Fleming Street, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: The Samuel Roberts house is an excellent example of the typical one-and-a-half-story Conch cottage of Key West, traditionally built by mariners, spongers, and fishermen. Unprocessed Field note ma... More

Southern Express Company, Mallory Square, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: The building was constructed originally on the site of the former office and observation tower of Tift and Company. After the fire of 1886, it was the Southern Express Company's first office at K... More

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Seaman's Barracks, Key West,...

Significance: Used to house sailors during WWI Survey number: HABS FL-530-F Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Seaman's Barracks, Key West,...

Significance: Used to house sailors during WWI Survey number: HABS FL-530-F Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction

George Francis Bartlum Roberts House, 412 William Street, Key West, Mo...

Significance: A typical one-and-a-half story, Conch cottage. These simple houses, traditionally built by mariners, spongers and fishermen who migrated from the Bahama Islands, and were known locally as Conchs,... More

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century fortification built of brick and local stone, the remains of which provide an excellent example of military construction of the period. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Warehouse, Key West, Monroe ...

Significance: This building was originally used as a warehouse. Although the building proportions and relationship to the historically significant building create architectural interest, the building has no his... More

Fort Jefferson, Enlisted Men's Barracks I, Garden Key, Key West, Monro...

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

Sand Key Lighthouse, Sand Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: This is one of the most important lights on the coast of the United States. It was first lighted on July 20, 1853, and is the second oldest of the six iron screw pile light houses which extend fr... More

West Indian Type House, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Survey number: HABS FL-120 Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a group of people, Florida. Farm Security A...

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

A black and white photo of a group of men working on a boat, Florida. ...

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

A black and white photo of a man holding a bunch of lobsters, Florida....

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

Bait seller. Key West, Florida. Great Depression public domain photogr...

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

A black and white photo of a boat in the water, Florida. Farm Security...

Public domain image of ferry ship, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Overseas highway, Miami to Key West, Florida

Photograph shows a bird's-eye view of the highway between Miami and Key West, showing a section over water. Illus. in: Survey of the architecture of completed projects of the Public Works Administration / C.W. ... More

Carvings of ship's captains, mariners, pirate, Florida Keys, Key West,...

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

Southernmost point, Key West, Florida

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

Fort Jefferson, Tortugas Harbor Light, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe Co...

Significance: The Tortugas Harbor Lighthouse was constructed of boiler-plate iron and erected February-April 1876 as an aid to navigation for local harbor traffic. The design was created under the direction of ... More

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Ferguson House, Key West, Mo...

Significance: The Ferguson House was an existing private residence acquired by the Navy in 1902. Architecturally it is significant as an example of indigenous Key West domestic architecture which contributed to... More

Fort Taylor, Key West, Fla. - stereoscopic view, public domain photorp...

Bird's-eye view. 36168 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. No. 9160. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Forts.

Rubber tree in U.S. barracks, Key West, Fla.

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

Tift & Company, Ships Chandlery & Icehouse, Mallory Square, Key West, ...

Significance: The northern building is the city's oldest commercial building, and was built by Amos C. Tift and Co. as a ships chandlery. The land on which the building was constructed was part of the Naval Ya... More

U. S. Navy Coal Depot & Storehouse, Front & Whitehead Streets, Key Wes...

Significance: This building is the oldest brick building and the first permanent navy building to be constructed on Key West. Survey number: HABS FL-190 Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Fuel Storage Tank, Key West,...

Significance: Example of early fuel storage tank construction. Survey number: HABS FL-530-E Building/structure dates: 1913 Initial Construction

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Captain Richard Roberts House, 408 William Street, Key West, Monroe Co...

Significance: According to local tradition this building is one of two houses originally constructed in the Bahama Islands, then dismantled, shipped to Key West and rebuilt there after the hurricane of 1846. T... More

View from hotel, Key West, Fla.

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

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Married Officers' Quarters, ...

Significance: Originally built as a morgue. Survey number: HABS FL-530-H Building/structure dates: ca. 1912 Initial Construction

Perky Bat Tower, Airport Road, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: An unusual structure built to house bats as part of a local experiment in mosquito control. Survey number: HABS FL-193 Building/structure dates: 1929 Initial Construction National Register of H... More

Wall & Company Warehouse, Wall & Exchange Streets, Key West, Monroe Co...

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

Eduardo H. Gato House, 1209 Virginia Street, Key West, Monroe County, ...

Significance: The building was constructed as a residence by Eduardo H. Gato, a Cuban immigrant who made a fortune in the cigar business. Although of wood construction with Victorian trim, typical of the late ... More

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Fresh Water Cistern, Key Wes...

Significance: Early example of cistern construction on the Naval Station. Survey number: HABS FL-530-A Building/structure dates: before 1889 Initial Construction

Richard Moore Kemp House, 601 Caroline Street, Key West, Monroe County...

Significance: The building is a fine example of late nineteenth century Key West architecture with no major alterations or additions. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-33 Survey nu... More

Key West Post Office, U.S. Customs House, U.S. Courthouse & Lighthouse...

Significance: A fine example of late nineteenth century eclectic architecture with features of both the Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque styles. Survey number: HABS FL-187 Building/structure dates: ... More

Key West Post Office, U.S. Customs House, U.S. Courthouse & Lighthouse...

Significance: A fine example of late nineteenth century eclectic architecture with features of both the Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque styles. Survey number: HABS FL-187 Building/structure dates: ... More

Key West - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Grozelier.

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Seaman's Barracks, Key West,...

Significance: Used to house sailors during WWI Survey number: HABS FL-530-F Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction

George Francis Bartlum Roberts House, 412 William Street, Key West, Mo...

Significance: A typical one-and-a-half story, Conch cottage. These simple houses, traditionally built by mariners, spongers and fishermen who migrated from the Bahama Islands, and were known locally as Conchs,... More

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century fortification built of brick and local stone, the remains of which provide an excellent example of military construction of the period. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century fortification built of brick and local stone, the remains of which provide an excellent example of military construction of the period. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century fortification built of brick and local stone, the remains of which provide an excellent example of military construction of the period. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

The Africans of the slave bark "Wildfire"--The slave deck of the bark ...

African men crowded onto a lower deck; African women crowded on an upper deck. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1860 June 2, p. 344. Wood engraving after daguerreotype. Reference copy in: LOT 4422-A-1.

Key West, Fla. Jan 14 60, garrisoned by U.S. troops. Fort Taylor

Includes sketch of interior of tent. Title inscribed above and below image. Sketch of tent inscribed with color indicators. Formerly Waud no. B-68. Possibly by William Waud. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919... More