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A general map of the middle British colonies in America: Viz. Virginia...

Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Philadelphia. Relief shown pictorially. Includes numerous notes, especially concerning inland water communications and natural resources, 3 distan... More

Design and model of the new steamer America, for the western lakes

Print showing port side view of the steamer America. Caption continues: To be built and run between Buffalo and Cleveland. Invented, designed and drawn by Darius Davison, New York. Copyright 1851 by Darius Davison.

Lake Alexandra, south side, June, 1882 / G.W. Rice, photo.

Photograph shows snow-covered lake surrounded by rock formations, during polar expedition to Lady Franklin Bay. No. 56.

[Iseltwald and Brienz Lake, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland]

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[Pletvicerseen (i.e., Plitvice Lakes), tourist's rest and hotel at Koz...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "9996". Forms part of: Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Photochrom pri... More

[On the lake, Titisee, Black Forest, Baden, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "16598". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

Lakes of Killarney, Ireland - stereoscopic view, public domain photorp...

Two men on boulders with lake in background. 69640 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 2500.

[Str. Sagamore landing at dock, Lake George, N.Y.]

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Hulett's [sic] Landing, Lake George, N.Y.

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Lumber burner and stacks of the Big Lakes Lumber Company, which produc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picturesque views of Mt. Hermon & the Lake. Sea of Galilee, field with...

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Loading tubs of butter onto freight car. Land O'Lakes plant. Minneapol...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sandusky, Ohio. Carloads of coal in the classification yard waiting to...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railway tracks, train station, railroad building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sandusky, Ohio. Carloads of coal in the storage yard waiting to go to ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Frances Savage, residence at 17 Briarcliff Avenue, Mountain Lakes...

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Mr. Edward Evans, residence, Laurel Hills, Mountain Lakes, New Jersey....

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Childs-Irving Hydroelectric Project, Childs System, Stehr Lake & Dams,...

Survey number: HAER AZ-65-Y Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction

View northwest across lake to the origins of the Angara River, Lake Ba...

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Ski lift, Mammoth Lakes, California

In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More

View of mountains, Mammoth Lakes, California

In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More

Ski slope, Mammoth Lakes, California

In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More

Skier on mountain, Mammoth Lakes, California

In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More

View of mountains, Mammoth Lakes, California

In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More

Ski trail signs on mountain, Mammoth Lakes, California

In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More

Snow covered Mammoth Lakes Community Center and Library, Mammoth Lakes...

In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More

Tule Lake Refuge in California - Drawing. Public domain image.

Established in 1928, the Refuge encompasses 39,116 acres of mostly open water and croplands. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Pho... More

Lake Guntersville, Guntersville, Alabama

Guntersville was founded by German immigrant John Gunter (the great-grandfather of American humorist Will Rogers). It is located at the southernmost point of the Tennessee River on Lake Guntersville, formed by ... More

Inyo National Forest near Mammoth Lakes, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Skiers on ski lift, Mammoth Lakes, California

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Mono Lake, a large, shallow saline soda lake in Mono County, Californi...

Formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in a basin that has no outlet to the ocean which has caused high levels of salts to accumulate. The lake has an unusually productive ecosystem based on brine... More

Lake Mohawk in Sparta, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-8). Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol... More

The scenery of Ireland: upper Lake Killarney

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Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U....

Significance: Built in 1929, the Okoboji Bridge is one of only four cantilevered concrete girders known to remain in use on Iowa's highways. Employed where a simpler, less costly steel stringer span would have... More

Twin Lakes Reservior No. 1, Head of Big Goose Creek, Sheridan, Sherida...

Significance: The Twin Lakes Reservoir is associated with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program for industrial relief and unemployment relief. The reservoir was constructed by the Public Works Adm... More

Detroit Lakes Public Library, 1000 Washington Avenue, Detroit Lakes, B...

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Detroit Lakes Public Library, 1000 Washington Avenue, Detroit Lakes, B...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A view in Hudson's River of the entrance of what is called Topan Sea V...

Print shows view of the Hudson River at a point where it broadens to form a lake called Tappan Sea in New York.

Twin Lakes Dam & Outlet Works, Beneath Twin Lakes Reservoir, T11S, R80...

Significance: The dam is a masonry and earth fill structure with four large concrete culverts that serve as outlet works. James D. Schuyler, noted dam engineer, developed the final design. The structure is also... More

Boise Project, Deer Flat Embankments, Lake Lowell, Nampa, Canyon Count...

Significance: The Deer Flat Embankments, which impound Lake Lowell, are significant as the first large storage feature built by the U.S. Reclamation Service on the Boise Project, one of the largest of the early... More

Boise Project, Deer Flat Embankments, Lake Lowell, Nampa, Canyon Count...

Significance: The Deer Flat Embankments, which impound Lake Lowell, are significant as the first large storage feature built by the U.S. Reclamation Service on the Boise Project, one of the largest of the early... More

Boise Project, Deer Flat Embankments, Lake Lowell, Nampa, Canyon Count...

Significance: The Deer Flat Embankments, which impound Lake Lowell, are significant as the first large storage feature built by the U.S. Reclamation Service on the Boise Project, one of the largest of the early... More

Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van No...

Significance: The Los Angeles Aqueduct and its Mono Basin Extension delivers water to the City of Los Angeles from the Mono Basin in the Sierra Nevada Mountains through Owens Valley and across the Mojave Desert... More

Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van No...

Significance: The Los Angeles Aqueduct and its Mono Basin Extension delivers water to the City of Los Angeles from the Mono Basin in the Sierra Nevada Mountains through Owens Valley and across the Mojave Desert... More

Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van No...

Significance: The Los Angeles Aqueduct and its Mono Basin Extension delivers water to the City of Los Angeles from the Mono Basin in the Sierra Nevada Mountains through Owens Valley and across the Mojave Desert... More

Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van No...

Significance: The Los Angeles Aqueduct and its Mono Basin Extension delivers water to the City of Los Angeles from the Mono Basin in the Sierra Nevada Mountains through Owens Valley and across the Mojave Desert... More

Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van No...

Significance: The Los Angeles Aqueduct and its Mono Basin Extension delivers water to the City of Los Angeles from the Mono Basin in the Sierra Nevada Mountains through Owens Valley and across the Mojave Desert... More

Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van No...

Significance: The Los Angeles Aqueduct and its Mono Basin Extension delivers water to the City of Los Angeles from the Mono Basin in the Sierra Nevada Mountains through Owens Valley and across the Mojave Desert... More

Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van No...

Significance: The Los Angeles Aqueduct and its Mono Basin Extension delivers water to the City of Los Angeles from the Mono Basin in the Sierra Nevada Mountains through Owens Valley and across the Mojave Desert... More

Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van No...

Significance: The Los Angeles Aqueduct and its Mono Basin Extension delivers water to the City of Los Angeles from the Mono Basin in the Sierra Nevada Mountains through Owens Valley and across the Mojave Desert... More

Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van No...

Significance: The Los Angeles Aqueduct and its Mono Basin Extension delivers water to the City of Los Angeles from the Mono Basin in the Sierra Nevada Mountains through Owens Valley and across the Mojave Desert... More

Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 7...

Significance: J. Roy Pennell acquired property and began construction of the multiple arch reinforced concrete dam in 1933. Pennell abandoned the project in 1935 and it was completed by the City of Abbeville w... More

Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 7...

Significance: J. Roy Pennell acquired property and began construction of the multiple arch reinforced concrete dam in 1933. Pennell abandoned the project in 1935 and it was completed by the City of Abbeville w... More

Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 7...

Significance: J. Roy Pennell acquired property and began construction of the multiple arch reinforced concrete dam in 1933. Pennell abandoned the project in 1935 and it was completed by the City of Abbeville w... More

Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 7...

Significance: J. Roy Pennell acquired property and began construction of the multiple arch reinforced concrete dam in 1933. Pennell abandoned the project in 1935 and it was completed by the City of Abbeville w... More

A general map of the middle British colonies in America: Viz. Virginia...

Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "West longitude from London" and "from Philadelphia." Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 712 Available also through the Library of Congress... More

A general map of the middle British colonies, in America; viz Virginia...

Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Cover title: Middle British colonies in America: Original wrappers. Hand colored, coloration does not agree with legend. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "Longitude west of London" and "fr... More

Idaho, Fall River, & Chicago Lakes / photographed and published by W.G...

View of town, with mountain in background, Colorado. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Chicago, Illinois, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ponale Road, Lake Garda, Italy]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

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Oconomowoc, Waukesha and the lake region of Waukesha County, Wisconsin...

14930 U.S. Copyright Office Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 1048 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points o... More

[Rutli, and Urirothstock, (i.e., Urirotstock), Lake Lucerne, Switzerla...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "1702". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

Apostle Islands, Lake Superior, Temple Gate

"428" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04714. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Unverified information in this record. 752 field. Sand Island.

Shooting ducks on Marsh Lake, Cherry County

summary: Photographer's note: "Showing wild rice on which ducks feed by hundreds of thousands. This picture shows the largest flock of ducks we ever saw, over 1/4 mile long, made a rushing noise resembling a r... More

Off for the upper lakes - Public domain image of a steam boat

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Dutton Cliff, Eagle Pass and Garfield Peak, Crater Lake Nat. Pk., Oreg...

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

Farm and typical countryside, Brooktondale, New York. Purchased by Res...

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Tanganyika. Rift Valley. Soda lakes in the Rift Valley showing western...

Lake Saint Mary on Going-to-the-Sun highway. Glacier Park, Montana

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

Preparing butter for cutting and packing. Land O'Lakes plant, Chicago,...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Packing butter. Land O'Lakes plant, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Lake Saint Mary on Going-to-the-Sun highway. Glacier National Park, Mo...

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Mrs. W.H. Wright, residence in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. Bedroom, to...

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Mrs. W.H. Wright, residence in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. Bedroom fro...

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Ain Geb from the sea, Israel - safety film negatives, Library of Congr...

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Crater Lake in Oregon - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Crater Lake, Oregon - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Lake Tahoe, California - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Crater Lake, Oregon - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Lake Powell, Utah - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Lake Mead National Recreation Area, formed when Boulder Dam (now Hoove...

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

Ski slope, Mammoth Lakes, California

In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More

Skiers near sign for Mammoth Mountain, Mammoth Lakes, California

In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More

Group of skiers, Mammoth Lakes, California

In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More

Tule Lake Refuge in California - Drawing. Public domain image.

Established in 1928, the Refuge encompasses 39,116 acres of mostly open water and croplands. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Pho... More

Forest, Mammoth Lakes, California

In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More

Skiers on ski lift, Mammoth Lakes, California

In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More

View of mountains, Mammoth Lakes, California

Picryl description: Public domain view of a mountain range, mountainous landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lake Tahoe, California - Drawing. Public domain image.

Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Lake is a tourist attraction in both Nevada and California and is home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and attrac... More

Kayaks at June Lake, a census-designated place in Mono County, Califor...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Snowboarders, Mammoth Lakes, California

Public domain photograph of people in the park, outdoors, picnic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Twin Lakes is located in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains near the ...

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View of Seneca Lake, one of New York State's famous "Finger Lakes," fr...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-2) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More

Karasaki no yau, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

View of Lake Biwa and the Karasaki pine on a rainy night. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Chuban Nishikie. From the s... More

Perspective panoramic view of the lakes of Killarney

This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lake Minnewanka, Alberta - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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John Bull making a new batch of ships to send to the lakes / Charles, ...

A satire on British efforts to recover after major naval losses on the Great Lakes in 1813 and 1814. According to Lanmon, it is based on Thomas Rowlandson's 1798 satire "High Fun for John Bull or the Republica... More

[Kaaterskill Mountain & the lakes, Catskill Mts., New York]

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

Donner Lake, Tunnels No. 7 and 8 from Summit Tunnel, eastern summit in...

Group of people near tunnel entrance. No. 203. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Three Bears Lake & Dams, North of Marias Pass, East Glacier Park, Glac...

Significance: The dam was an earthen dam/wooden pipe water collection/distribution system that serviced locomotives for the Great Northern Railroad. Survey number: HAER MT-88 Building/structure dates: 1902 In... More

Kaaterskill Mountain and lakes, Catskill Mountains, N.Y.

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

View on Lake George, N.Y. / F.F. Palmer del. ; lith. of Currier & Ives...

Lake George, N.Y. with trees to the left and hills in the background. Conningham no. 5353. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6952