lakes

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

Grand pleasure excursion around Lake Superior to Mackinac through the ...

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

Lake Jan, Uinta Mts., [Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot. (Andrew J. Russ...

Plate 171 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C.; 187-?]. Attributed to Andrew J. Russell in Framin... More

Lake Jan, Uinta Mts., [Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot. (Andrew J. Russ...

Plate 171 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C.; 187-?]. Attributed to Andrew J. Russell in Framin... More

Ober's Island, One of the Review Islands on Rainy Lake, bounded on the...

Significance: The Ernest C. Oberholtzer Rainy Lake Historic District is nationally significant under national register evaluation criteria B, recognizing the contributions of Ernest Oberholtzer as a pioneer in ... More

[Derwentwater, Keswick, from Friars' Crag, Lake District, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10010". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[Klonthal Lake, Glarus, Switzerland] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "16963". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[Ullswater, Howtown bay, Lake District, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10491". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

Howell's Lakes, N.J., lower lake

Public domain photograph of a lake, river, pond in the woods, forest, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bellagio, general view, Lake Como, Italy]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Twin Lakes, Wis., mammoth plate negative

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

Hockey match on the ice /. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...

"The skaters dart to and fro, swinging their hockeys [i.e., hockey sticks] and trying to hit the disc toward the goal. 150 feet"--Edison films catalog. 13572 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 2... More

[St. Regis Lakes from St. Regis Mtns., Adirondack Mts., N.Y.]

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

[Sunset on Lake Killarney] - Engraving, Public domain image

Print showing view through opening in forest setting of sunset on a lake with deer and rabbits in the foreground.

Carr Mill on Lake Doris on the Middle Loup Rivers at West Union, Nebra...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Unloading dock at Land O'Lakes plant. Minneapolis, Minnesota

Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Federal butter inspector. Land O'Lakes plant, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Butter being cut into pound sections for packaging. Land O'Lakes plant...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

View of Lake Union, Seattle, Washington

Lake Union received its present name from Thomas Mercer, who in 1854 correctly predicted that canals would someday join Lake Washington to Puget Sound in a "union of waters." Title, date, and subjects provided ... More

View of ski area and 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

Woolly Mammoth sculpture, 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

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

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 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 ski area, 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

Houses, 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

Skiers at 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 McCoy Station Food & Drink at ski area, Mammoth Lakes, Califor...

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

Lake Tahoe, California - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy

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

Lake Mary in the 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

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

Ski lift area, Mammoth Lakes, California

Public domain photograph of mountains, winter, snow, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Crater Lake National Park Roads, Klamath Falls, Klamath County, OR

Significance: The primary roads in Crater Lake National Park were designed and constructed to provide visitor access to the park's scenic features, which are largely concentrated along the rim of Crater Lake. ... More

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

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

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

Bee Burrow, Seven Lakes Wash, Crownpoint, McKinley County, NM

Significance: The Bee Burrow community centers on a rectangular sandstone structure associated with the Anasazi culture which flourished one thousand years ago in the Four Corners region of the American Southwe... More

Bee Burrow, Seven Lakes Wash, Crownpoint, McKinley County, NM

Significance: The Bee Burrow community centers on a rectangular sandstone structure associated with the Anasazi culture which flourished one thousand years ago in the Four Corners region of the American Southwe... More

7th Lake House, Fulton Chain of Lakes

J157777 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. M. Beach; July 18, 1911. Copyright claimant's address: Remsen, N.Y.

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

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

Map showing the position of Chicago in connection with the North West ...

Map of the north-central United States, east of the Mississippi River, showing the railroad network. Scale ca. 1:2,800,000. LC Railroad maps, 115 Description derived from published bibliography. Inset: Illinois... More

Snow covered road, 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

Lake Champlain - Print, Library of Congress collection

19607 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bruns, William.

[Axenfels, with Urirothstock, (i.e., Urirotstock), Lake Lucerne, Switz...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "17594". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[Menaggio, general view, Lake Como, Italy]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "6091". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at ht... More

Fisherman's luck / motion picture

"Two German anglers are fishing, with odd results. One gets a bite, and pulls in a length of stovepipe. The other is so astonished that he falls overboard. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog. 52618 U.S. Copyright O... More

[Alaska]: Rapids between Lakes Linderman and Bennett

5 men with boat. Photo copyrighted by La Roche. No. 2062. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Gold Rush in Alaska; Boats; Rivers.

Twin Lakes, Wis., cyanotype, mammoth plate negative

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Marion House [i.e. Hotel] from the lake, Lake George, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picturesque views of Mt. Hermon & the Lake. Sea of Galilee & Mt. Hermo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Packing butter cut into squares for use in restaurants. Land O'Lakes p...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Lauderdale County, Alabama. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Mr. and ...

Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Public domain photograph of midcentury American residential architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lake Mead National Recreation Area, formed by the creation of Hoover D...

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

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

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 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

Trees, 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

Snowboarders, 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

Woolly Mammoth sculpture at 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 trees, Mammoth Lakes, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of trees, forest, park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

June Lake, a census-designated place in Mono County, 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

View of the distant White Mountains across Meredith Bay of Lake Winnip...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-10). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

Church of Ponds, Oakland & Franklin Lakes Road, Oakland, Bergen County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-85 Survey number: HABS NJ-116 Building/structure dates: 1829 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1937 Demolished

Church of Ponds, Oakland & Franklin Lakes Road, Oakland, Bergen County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-85 Survey number: HABS NJ-116 Building/structure dates: 1829 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1937 Demolished

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

A couple of boats floating on top of a body of water. Hand-colored pho...

Photographs show people, buildings, and landscapes in Jerusalem and Palestine (present day Israel and the West Bank). (p. 1-35) Photographs include: Shepherds, Bethlehem street scene, Jaffa (Joppa) rocks in a s... More

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

By the lakes of Killarney - Public domain American sheet music

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

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

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

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

Bee Burrow, Seven Lakes Wash, Crownpoint, McKinley County, NM

Significance: The Bee Burrow community centers on a rectangular sandstone structure associated with the Anasazi culture which flourished one thousand years ago in the Four Corners region of the American Southwe... More

Bee Burrow, Seven Lakes Wash, Crownpoint, McKinley County, NM

Significance: The Bee Burrow community centers on a rectangular sandstone structure associated with the Anasazi culture which flourished one thousand years ago in the Four Corners region of the American Southwe... More

Headquarters Department of the Lakes, Detroit, Michigan, January 19th,...

Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 237, Folder 2.

Alpine lakes, and mountain scenery, in the Cerro Blanco Mountains, Col...

Original negative number: 64. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 47. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1874; Lie... 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