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Oil painting "Continuity of the Law" located in fifth floor, main libr...

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[Second Floor, West Corridor. Mural of Geology by Walter Shirlaw. Libr...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Second Floor, Northwest Pavilion. Mural of Music in the Pavilion of A...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Main Reading Room. Detail of capitals of engaged columns. Library of ...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Interior detail. Moulding in area between west elevator lobby and mai...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Aerial view of Capitol Hill featuring the Madison, Jefferson and Adam...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Exterior view. Door detail, east entrance. Hermes and Itzama, sculpte...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Exterior view. Torch of Learning, cupola, and dome. Library of Congre...

More information about the Highsmith Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.highsm Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Great Hall, view of second floor with Minerva in distance. Library of...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Great Hall. Detail of putti (student and printer) on the Grand stairc...

Photo shows "A Student, with a book in his hand and a mortar board on his head. A Printer, with types, a press, and a type case." (Source: MyLOC.gov Great Hall exhibit, 2008) Forms part of the Library of Cong... More

[South Corridor, Great Hall. Adonis mural of the Lyric Poetry series b...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Exterior view. Ethnological heads called "Turk," "Modern Egyptian (Ha...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Aerial view from the southwest of the Library of Congress Thomas Jeff...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Second Floor Corridor. Printers' marks+Columns. Printer's mark of Cha...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Second Floor Corridor. Printers' marks+Columns. Printer's mark of Cha...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[African and Middle Eastern Reading Room (Area Studies). Library of Co...

Carol M. Highsmith made this digital image by scanning a color transparency or negative that she created in the 1990s. Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Exterior view. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Main Reading Room. Portrait statue of Bacon along the balustrade. Lib...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Second Floor Corridor. Printers' marks+Columns. Printer's mark of Fra...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Senate Members Room. Carved oak tympanum above the doorway by Herbert...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Main Reading Room. Portrait statue of St. Paul along the balustrade. ...

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[Second Floor Corridor. Printers' marks+Columns. Detail of column capi...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Second Floor, Northwest Pavilion. Mural of Science in the Pavilion of...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Second Floor Corridor. Printers' marks+Columns. Printer's mark of R. ...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Great Hall. Cartouche of Bancroft. Library of Congress Thomas Jeffers...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Main Reading Room. Semi-circular stained glass window in alcove by H....

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Great Hall. Detail of carved frieze and moldings. Library of Congress...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Great Hall, second floor, south corridor. Pompeiian panel depicting P...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Floor detail. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D....

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Entrance Hall. Bronze medallion of James Madison writing at a desk, b...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Great Hall. Detail of putti (gardner, entomologist, and student) on G...

Photo shows putti on the north side of the staircase: "A Gardner, with spade and rake. An Entomologist, with a specimen box slung over his shoulder, running to catch a butterfly in his net. A Student, with a ... More

[Exterior view, entrance porch. Granite sculpture with female figure r...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[East Corridor, First Floor. Mosaic in domed lobby at head of stairway...

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[Northeast Pavilion, The Pavilion of the Seals. Mural of Post Office D...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2011; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Northeast Pavilion. Mural in Ceiling dome. Library of Congress Thomas...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2011; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Northeast Pavilion, The Pavilion of the Seals. Mural of War Office se...

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[Librarian's Room. Dome with the central disc displaying the mural Let...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Details on the Folger Shakespeare Library, East Capitol St. at interse...

William Shakespeare books and illustrations The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Compl... More

Details on the Folger Shakespeare Library, East Capitol St. at interse...

William Shakespeare books and illustrations The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Compl... More

Ventilation grate inside the Rush Rhys Library, the main academic libr...

It is one of the most visible and recognizable landmarks on the university's River Campus. Dedicated in 1930, it is named after Benjamin Rush Rhees, the university's third president. Title, date and keywords ba... More

[Librarian's Room. Detail of mural. Library of Congress Thomas Jeffers...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[House Members Room. Light fixture. Library of Congress Thomas Jeffers...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Circular Mural in pendentive illustrating Study the...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Second Floor, Southwest Pavilion. Adventure mural by George W. Maynar...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2007; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Librarian's Room. Detail of mural. Library of Congress Thomas Jeffers...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Library on the Go and Read Rover, part of the mobile library serivice ...

The buses travel to senior citizens as well as children. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Reston Regional Library is located in the heart of Reston, Virginia

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Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library, Washington, D.C.

Opened in 2010 and named after Civil Rights activist Dorothy Height. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of ... More

Orleans Street Branch Library located on Central Avenue at Orleans Str...

Opened on August 20, 2007, it replaces the second Broadway Branch that was on the corner of Broadway and Orleans Street for 36 years. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit... More

Tenley-Friendship branch of the D.C. Public Library, 4450 Wisconsin Av...

Dedicated on October 27, 1960. It was designed by architect Clark T. Harmon, and constructed by the B.F. Rodney Company. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photog... More

[Corridor, Second floor. Ceiling Mural. Library of Congress Thomas Jef...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2011; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Carol M. Highsmith - Germantown Library, Germantown, Maryland

Built in 2007 by architect Luk Mire Partnership. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Germantown Library, Germantown, Maryland

Built in 2007 by architect Luk Mire Partnership. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Beatley Central Library, Alexandria, Virginia

Designed by Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville in association with Michael Graves, it opened on January 31, 2000. Named for Charles E. Beatley, Jr., former Mayor of Alexandria. Title, date, subject note, and k... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Rockville Memorial Library, Rockville, Maryland

Built in 2006 by architectural firm Grimm & Parker. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints ... More

Marble details at the William H. Welch Medical Library, the library of...

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The Milton S. Eisenhower Library, part of the Johns Hopkins Sheridan L...

Opened in 1964, the library was named for the university's eighth president. The collection numbers over 2.6 million volumes. Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photogr... More

"Statue of Civilization," by Lew Lawrie, at the Central Library in dow...

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

"Mission Building," one of four "great eras of California history" mur...

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

The Eagle Pass, Texas, Public Library

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

The Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, Texas

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Established by Samuel T. (Sam) Rayburn, the longtime speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, who had made Bonham his home for ne... More

The Mason City Public library in Mason, West Virginia

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

The Marion County, West Virginia, Public Library in Fairmont

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Public library and temple of the winds / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker l...

Destruction of the public library and the Temple of the Winds following the Russian evacuation of Sevastopolʹ on September 8th 1855. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 30. Déposé Paris, Goupil & Cie ; Leipzig, ... More

The long corridor, a magnificient sight of polished stone, Library of ...

H87521 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 139 (6). Copyright by E.W. Kelley.

Stoddart's musical library - Public domain American music sheet

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

Ohio Soldiers' & Sailors' Home, Library, U.S. Route 250 at DeWitt Aven...

Significance: The Ohio Veterans' Home was established in 1886 as the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, the result of efforts by the Grand Army of the Republic to ensure state care for sick and destitute Ohio Ci... More

The Printing press, John W. Alexander, N.A., Library of Congress, Wash...

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Paxton Carnegie Library, 254 South Market Street, Paxton, Ford County,...

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Paxton Carnegie Library is locally significant under Criterion A and C. It is significant for educational purposes in its role in pr... More

Maria Mitchell Association, Science Library, 2 Vestal Street, Nantucke...

Significance: The Maria Mitchell Science Library came into existence in 1902 upon the founding of the association commemorating her as America's first woman astronomer. On July 15, 1920 the first permanent hom... More

Maria Mitchell Association, Science Library, 2 Vestal Street, Nantucke...

Significance: The Maria Mitchell Science Library came into existence in 1902 upon the founding of the association commemorating her as America's first woman astronomer. On July 15, 1920 the first permanent hom... More

Library Company of Philadelphia, Ridgway Branch, 900 South Broad Stree...

Significance: The structure is one of America's last Greek Revival building built in the late 19th century. Survey number: HABS PA-1616

Library Company of Philadelphia, Ridgway Branch, 900 South Broad Stree...

Significance: The structure is one of America's last Greek Revival building built in the late 19th century. Survey number: HABS PA-1616

University of South Carolina, Library, South Sumter Street, Columbia, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS SC-13-11 Building/structure dates: 1825 Initial Construction

University of South Carolina, Library, South Sumter Street, Columbia, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS SC-13-11 Building/structure dates: 1825 Initial Construction

University of South Carolina, Library, South Sumter Street, Columbia, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS SC-13-11 Building/structure dates: 1825 Initial Construction

Frenchman's Library, 860 Escondido Road, Stanford, Santa Clara County,...

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University of Wyoming Campus, Library, East of Ninth Street & North of...

Significance: The University of Wyoming Library, erected in 1923, is historically important for its former role as the main repository for the institution's book collection, as its primary student research faci... More

University of Wyoming Campus, Library, East of Ninth Street & North of...

Significance: The University of Wyoming Library, erected in 1923, is historically important for its former role as the main repository for the institution's book collection, as its primary student research faci... More

University of Wyoming Campus, Library, East of Ninth Street & North of...

Significance: The University of Wyoming Library, erected in 1923, is historically important for its former role as the main repository for the institution's book collection, as its primary student research faci... More

Standard musical library, no. 6 - American sheet music, 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

White Deer Lake Camp, Library Cabin, Cyrus H. McCormick Experimental F...

Significance: In a memo, Gordon McCormick refers to this as the 1904 cabin and as being the first cabin built. 1904 appears to be a reasonable date of construction, as Cyrus Bentley's diary documents their fir... More

In the library, home of President Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay...

H48233 Copyright Office. Copyright 1904 by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of Theodore Roosevelt political campaign, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Free Library of Philadelphia, Chestnut Hill Branch, 8711 Germantown Av...

Significance: Chestnut Hill was one of twenty-five branch libraries constructed between 1904 and 1930 by the Free Library of Philadelphia using a $1.5 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation. Andrew Carneg... More

Cycloramic view of the Capitol and Congressional Library at Washington...

H43352 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright Deposit; Frederick W. Mueller; March 16, 1904.

Alice Barber Stephens - [Dorothea busy in the old library]

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Middlemarch / George Eliot, 1899.

Library, Henry St. Settlement. New York City. Location: New York, New...

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Construction of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., April 19, 1...

No. 60. Source unknown. Public domain photograph of a historic landmark building in Washington DC, American classicism architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public do... More

Thomas Hughes Public Library, Central Avenue (State Route 52), Rugby, ...

Significance: Rugby, an English colony in Tennessee founded in 1880, was the idealistic conception of the influential and popular English education, Thomas Hughes. The public library, named for him, which open... More

Free Library of Philadelphia, Germantown Branch, 5818 Germantown Avenu...

Significance: Germantown was one of twenty-five branch libraries constructed between 1904 and 1930 by the Free Library of Philadelphia using a $1.5 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation. Andrew Carnegie'... More

Carnegie Free Library, 301 South Pittsburgh Street, Connellsville, Fay...

Significance: Connellsville was the regional center of the world famous Connellsville coking fields that supplied the Pittsburgh steel industry during its peak in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Andrew ... More

Carnegie Free Library, 300 East South Street, Union, Union County, SC

Significance: The Carnegie Free LIbrary was one of the first of 15 libraries established in towns throughout South Carolina by iron and steel industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie p... More

Carnegie Free Library, 300 East South Street, Union, Union County, SC

Significance: The Carnegie Free LIbrary was one of the first of 15 libraries established in towns throughout South Carolina by iron and steel industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie p... More

Carnegie Free Library, 300 East South Street, Union, Union County, SC

Significance: The Carnegie Free LIbrary was one of the first of 15 libraries established in towns throughout South Carolina by iron and steel industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie p... More

Free Library of Philadelphia, Manayunk Branch, Fleming and Dupont Stre...

Significance: Completed in 1908, the Manayunk Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was the tenth of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropist Andrew ... More

Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Cla...

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Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Cla...

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Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Cla...

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Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Cla...

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