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Partie au lac de Zurich Parthie bei der Villa Belvoir, Zürich

Print shows snowy scene on the banks of Lake Zurich. In portfolio: Winterbilder aus der Schweiz Purchase; Marc Walter; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:141). More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is availab... More

[Brunnen and the Alps, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "1703". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[Fluelen, general view, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "6645". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[Maria Lake, Carniola, Austro-Hungary] view, photochrome print postcar...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "9342". Forms part of: Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Photochrom pri... More

[Klonthal Lake, general view, Glarus, Switzerland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "16688". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[Brienz Lake, chalet on the lake, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "8196". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[Rochers de Naye, and Hotel de Caux, Geneva Lake, Switzerland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "9617". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[Green Island, along the shore, Lake George, N.Y.]

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

Tanganyika. Rift Valley. Soda lakes in the Rift Valley, Tanzania

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

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.

Loading packaged butter onto freight car. Land O'Lakes plant, Minneapo...

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

Federal inspector taking sample of tub butter. Land O'Lakes plant, Min...

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

[Sailboats] on 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

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

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

View of mountains from 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

Skiers outside lodge, 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

Mammoth Mountain 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

Mammoth Mountain 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

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

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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 Reservoir No. 1, Dam Structure, Head of Big Goose Creek, Sh...

Significance: The dam contributes to the significance of the Twin Lakes Reservoir No. 1. The reservoir features hand-laid riprap on the earthen dam face and north shoreline. The dam retains excellent physical... More

Twin Lakes, Wis., mammoth plate negative

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

Twin Lakes, Wis. - Mammoth Plate Photograph

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Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge Dams, Souris River Basin, Foxhol...

Significance: The dams represent a historical movement to preserve wildlife and wildlife habitat in the United States, which began in the mid-19th century and continues today. The refuge dams are significant f... More

Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge Dams, Souris River Basin, Foxhol...

Significance: The dams represent a historical movement to preserve wildlife and wildlife habitat in the United States, which began in the mid-19th century and continues today. The refuge dams are significant f... More

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

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

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

"The Land of Lakes and Citrus Groves," Haines City, Florida

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Plate 173 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C.; 187-?]. "115" in image, lower left corner. Attrib... More

A correct map of the state of Vermont : exhibiting the county and town...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows minor civil subdivisions. Prime meridian: Washington and London. Wheat & Brun no. 200. Includes notes and ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster... More

Lake Alexandra looking west, June, 1882 / G.W. Rice, photo.

Photograph shows snow-covered lake surrounded by rock formations during polar expedition to Lady Franklin Bay. No. 55.

[Gothard Hospice, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland]. Photochrom print, 1880-1...

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

[Ullswater, Stybarrow Crag, Lake District, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10482". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[Stanstaad and Pilatus, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "6604". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[The promenade and lakes, Southport, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10201". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[Llyn Crafnant, Trefriew (i.e. Trefriw), Wales]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "10630". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at... More

Summertime at the S.D. Butcher farm near Gates, Custer County, Nebras...

summary: The photograph was taken at the artificial lakes on the S.D. Butcher farm near Gates bridge on the north side of the Middle Loup river. These lakes formed from the Butcher & Griebel irrigation ditch. ... More

The Utowana, Blue Mountain Lake, Adirondack Mountains

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

Kaaterskill lakes and mountain, Catskill Mts., N.Y.

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

Peaden Stock Ranch, nine miles northeast of Cozad in the Platte Valle...

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

Boats and swimmers at Lake Doris on the Middle Loup Rivers at West Uni...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph of people with a small paddle boat, or canoe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bantam Lake, Morris, Connecticut

Postcard shows panoramic view of Bantam Lake. K 51360 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright, 1912, by Wales C. Brewster, Washington, D.C.

Tubs of butter in storage. Land O'Lakes plant, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Butter and cream in cold storage. Land O'Lakes plant, Minneapolis, Min...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Butter and poultry in cold storage. Land O'Lakes plant, Minneapolis, M...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Packing butter at Land O'Lakes plant. Chicago, Illinois

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 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

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

Snowboarder, 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 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

Claiborne Lake stretching from the Claiborne Lock and Dam to Millers F...

Claiborne Lake is the most pristine of the Alabama River lakes. Nestled in the Red Hills of Alabama, the lake encompasses over 60 miles of the Alabama River. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by ... More

View of ski slopes, 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 Lake Havasu from the London Bridge, the real one, or at least ...

London Bridge was once very much in England, spanning the River Thames. It was built in 1830, but in 1967 it was dismantled and purchased by Robert P. McCulloch, who had exterior granite blocks from the origina... More

View of mountain from 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

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

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

Skiing on Mammoth Mountain. 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

Animal sculpture covered in snow, Mammoth Lakes, California

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

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

Shasta Lake, California - Drawing. Public domain image.

The lake is the state's largest reservoir, and its third-largest body of water after Lake Tahoe and the Salton Sea. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Colle... 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

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

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

Birds eye view from Bald Mountain, Fulton Chain Lakes, N.Y.

J167781 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. M. Beach; July 18, 1911. Copyright claimant's address: Remsen, N.Y. Bald Mountain also known as Rondaxe Mountain.