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
Key West harbor. Cityscape photograph
Bird's-eye view with railroad station in right foreground and harbor in background. Copyright by W.J. Harris Co., St. Augustine, Fla.
A couple of men standing outside of a building. Great Depression FSA p...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Fisherman. Key West, Florida. Farm Security Administartion 1930s publi...
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
Cuban Revolutionary Society, Key West, Florida
Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Abandoned cigar factory. Key West, Florida
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Fishermen. Key West, Florida. Great Depression public domain photograp...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fisherman with crawfish, Key West, Florida
Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Carol M. Highsmith - Strand Theater, 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,...
Public domain reproduction of art deco poster, cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
Rubber tree in U.S. barracks, Key West, Fla.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, woods, trees, arbor, outdoors, romantic landscape, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
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
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
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
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
Mr. H. M. Flagler and party leaving first train to arrive at Key West,...
J166245 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
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
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
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
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
![Arrival of first train at Key West, Fla., over sea, Florida East Coast R. R., Jan. 22, [19]12](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvYXJyaXZhbC1vZi1maXJzdC10cmFpbi1hdC1rZXktd2VzdC1mbGEtb3Zlci1zZWEtZmxvcmlkYS1lYXN0LWNvYXN0LXItci1qYW4tZjcxZGE5LTEwMjQuanBn/40/12/webp "Arrival of first train at Key West, Fla., over sea, Florida East Coast R. R., Jan. 22, [19]12")
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.
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Residence in palm grove, Key West, Fla.
Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of boats docked at a dock, Fisherman's boats, ...
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
Aquarium. Key West, Florida. Great Depression public domain photograph...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Sloppy Joe's Bar, Key West, Florida
Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ferry, Key West, Florida. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public do...
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 group of people on a boat, Florida. Farm ...
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 two men in a room, Florida. Farm Security A...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Photo studio, Key West, Florida
Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sponge warehouse. Key West, Florida
Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sea serpent, Magic Carpet Golf, Key West, Florida
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More
Coca Cola Bottling Co., Simenton Street, Key West, Florida
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... 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
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
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
View from hotel, Key West, Fla - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...
Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-28948. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 05810. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Home built from coral rock, Key West, Fla.
Stereograph showing people stopping to look at home made of coral rock. J283172 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Company. No. 26809.
The famous Casa Marina Hotel on Flagler Ave., Key West, Fla.
Stereograph showing man talking to driver in car parked across the street from Casa Marina Hotel. J283169 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Company. No. 26813.
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
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 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
![[ Postcards from Key West] postcard](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvcG9zdGNhcmRzLWZyb20ta2V5LXdlc3QtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[ Postcards from Key West] postcard")
[ Postcards from Key West] postcard
Public domain photograph of a postcard, historic place view, landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Key West, Fla. from City Hall tower
J166247 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Harris Co.; February 12, 1912.
Key West, Fla. from City Hall, Long view panoramic photograph
J166254 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Harris Co.; February 13, 1912; DLC/PP-1912:44452.
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
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
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
Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Fresh Water Cistern, Interse...
Significance: Poured concrete fresh water cistern. Survey number: HABS FL-530-C Building/structure dates: 1904 Initial Construction
Dural Street, from light house, Key West, Fla.
Bird's-eye view. Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley (Keystone View Co.). No. 9140. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
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
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