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Captain Portal, 4th Light Dragoons equipped for Balaklava - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Portal, 4th Light Dragoons equipped for Balaklava - Roger Fent...

Robert Portal, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, next to horse with two other unidentified men who are looking away from the camera. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. ... More

Spring Point Light - A black and white photo of a light house

Spring Point Light - A black and white photo of a light house

H65687 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a train, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a train, West Vi...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Light fixture in Washington's Union Station following a massive restoration. Washington, D.C.

Light fixture in Washington's Union Station following a massive restor...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Photograph taken during the 1980s. Title, date, subject... More

Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light, Rockland, Maine

Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light, Rockland, Maine

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light sits at the south end ... More

Painting "The Healing Light" located in interior lobby of the Health Care Financing Administration Building, Woodlawn, Maryland

Painting "The Healing Light" located in interior lobby of the Health C...

Artist: Daniel Galvez, 1998, oil on canvas. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Ph... More

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figur...

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

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light, with bust of George Washington at left. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figur...

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.

Painting "The Healing Light" located in interior lobby of the Health Care Financing Administration Building, Woodlawn, Maryland

Painting "The Healing Light" located in interior lobby of the Health C...

Artist: Daniel Galvez, 1998, oil on canvas. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Ph... More

[Second floor, Southwest Pavilion. Light fixture in the Pavilion of the Discoverers. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Second floor, Southwest Pavilion. Light fixture in the Pavilion of th...

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

3rd Street light fixtures, Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse, Cleveland, Ohio

3rd Street light fixtures, Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse, Cleve...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title and date provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Print... More

[House Members Room. Light of Poetry (red) panel in the Spectrum of Light ceiling mural by Carl Gutherz. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[House Members Room. Light of Poetry (red) panel in the Spectrum of Li...

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

Captain Francis Baring, Fusilier Guards, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, attached to the Light Division

Captain Francis Baring, Fusilier Guards, Deputy Assistant Quartermaste...

Francis Baring, three-quarter length portrait, standing with hand on sword, facing front, at entrance to wooden building. Title transcribed from verso. Photo marked for cropping with horizontal line across bott... More

Dedication on May 30, 1985 of the USO headquarters building as the "Bob Hope Building," in honor of comedian Bob Hope (light blue jacket), Washington, D.C.

Dedication on May 30, 1985 of the USO headquarters building as the "Bo...

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

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing light house

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing light house

Stereograph showing a beacon above a bombproof construction on the parapet of Fort Sumter, with gabions used as reinforcements. No. 344, part of series: War Views. Copyright 1865 by John P. Soule. Attributed t... More

[Light house at Ahırkapı] / Abdullah Frères.

[Light house at Ahırkapı] / Abdullah Frères.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 31. No. 462. In album: Views of the Bosporus and Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).

Resurrection Bay, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Resurrection Bay, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

[State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Entrance to House of Representatives by electric light]

[State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Entrance to House of Represe...

Copyright by William H. Rau. No. 25385. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, ... More

[Woman using electric iron plugged into light socket]

[Woman using electric iron plugged into light socket]

Photo copyrighted by General Electric Company. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Household appliances; Electricity; Advertisements; Shelf.

A black and white photo of a man kneeling in a puddle of water. Great Depression Era, New Mexico

A black and white photo of a man kneeling in a puddle of water. Great ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

This is home for the Moreland family - Tarrytown Light Station in the Hudson River. Richard and his wife Agnes ...

This is home for the Moreland family - Tarrytown Light Station in the ...

U.S. Coast Guard photograph. Nos. 65-56. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Owl's Head Light, at the entrance of Rockland Harbor on western Penobscot Bay, Owl's Head, Maine

Owl's Head Light, at the entrance of Rockland Harbor on western Penobs...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The lighthouse was established in 1826. It is operated ... More

Sankaty Head Light Station, Nantucket, Massachusetts

Sankaty Head Light Station, Nantucket, Massachusetts

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Established: 1850; present tower built: 1850; automated... More

Light fixture at Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse and Annex, London, Kentucky

Light fixture at Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse and Annex, Londo...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. U.S. Courthouse built in 1910 by Architect James Knox Taylo... More

[House Members Room. Light of State (violet) panel in the Spectrum of Light ceiling mural by Carl Gutherz that represents civilization. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[House Members Room. Light of State (violet) panel in the Spectrum of ...

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

Painting "The Healing Light" located in interior lobby of the Health Care Financing Administration Building, Woodlawn, Maryland

Painting "The Healing Light" located in interior lobby of the Health C...

Artist: Daniel Galvez, 1998, oil on canvas. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Ph... More

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figur...

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

[Great Hall. View of ceiling with bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of ceiling with bronze statue of female figure on ne...

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

White Island Light and dwelling

White Island Light and dwelling

House, lighthouse, and other buildings. No. 156. Copyright by H.G. Peabody, Boston.

Dedication on May 30, 1985 of the USO headquarters building as the "Bob Hope Building," in honor of comedian Bob Hope (light blue jacket), Washington, D.C.

Dedication on May 30, 1985 of the USO headquarters building as the "Bo...

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

Washington St., Harper's Ferry, W. Virginia, Sat. June 21, 1873 Tm 6 p.m. light fr. left

Washington St., Harper's Ferry, W. Virginia, Sat. June 21, 1873 Tm 6 p...

Watercolor drawing shows the view of the houses down Washington Street in Harper's Ferry West Virginia. Transfer; Map Division; 1936; (DLC/PP-1936:491748).

Light house and buoys / Centennial Photographic Co., Philadelphiad'a.

Light house and buoys / Centennial Photographic Co., Philadelphiad'a.

Stereograph shows display of a light house and buoys at the 1876 International Exhibition, Philadelphia. 4529H U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by The Centennial Photographic Co., Phila., Pa. U.S. Govt: B.

Captain Brown, 4th Light Dragoons & servant, winter dress - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Brown, 4th Light Dragoons & servant, winter dress - Roger Fent...

Captain Brown, seated, and servant, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing winter uniforms, with tents in background. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger F... More

[Captain David Thompson of Caldwell Minute Men (later Caldwell LIght Infantry); Company D, 1st Infantry Regiment 4th Division Missouri State Guard; and Company H, 2nd Missouri Infantry Regiment; holding sword]

[Captain David Thompson of Caldwell Minute Men (later Caldwell LIght I...

Photo shows identified soldier. Case: Berg, no. 3-157. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Regimental Headquarters, Falmouth, Va., 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collectio... More

Ruins of light house, Morris Island, S.C.

Ruins of light house, Morris Island, S.C.

Photograph shows observation tower built atop lighthouse ruins. Neg. no. B8184-10378.

Pinos Altos, New Mexico. Prospector panning gold. The light objects are probably not gold as it is very unusual to find pieces this large in this section. They are probably mica (fools' gold) or mercury, which is used to attract the gold

Pinos Altos, New Mexico. Prospector panning gold. The light objects ar...

Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information collection. Public domain photograph of quarry, mining industry, miners, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man sitting on the ground, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting on the ground, North Carolina...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carol M. Highsmith - Portland Harbor Light, Portland, Maine

Carol M. Highsmith - Portland Harbor Light, Portland, Maine

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

Ocracoke Light, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina

Ocracoke Light, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Built in 1823 by Massachusetts builder Noah Porter. In ... More

Light beams into an Arizona "slot canyon" near Page, Arizona

Light beams into an Arizona "slot canyon" near Page, Arizona

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

Light and shadows in a room of the home of the Belgian ambassador to the United States in Washington, D.C.

Light and shadows in a room of the home of the Belgian ambassador to t...

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

Point Judith Light at entrance to Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Point Judith Light at entrance to Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Located on the west side of the entrance to Narraganset... More

Light fixture at the Ed Edmondson Courthouse, also known as the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, occupies an entire block between West Broadway, West Okmulgee Avenues and Fifth Street, Muskogee, Oklahoma

Light fixture at the Ed Edmondson Courthouse, also known as the U.S. P...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1915 by Architect James Knox Taylor, the building ... More

Light fixture at U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Galveston, Texas

Light fixture at U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Galveston, Texas

Built in 1937 in the Art Deco style of architecture, the building is significant as a representation of the federal government in Galveston for over 60 years. Photographed as part of an assignment for the Gener... More

[House Members Room. Light fixture. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[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.

An early, classic design McDonald's "golden arches" outlet in Columbus, Ohio

An early, classic design McDonald's "golden arches" outlet in Columbus...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

Cape Flattery - light house on Tatoosh Island, 1st order fixed light, 162 feet above sea level / illustrated by Edw. J. Muybridge.

Cape Flattery - light house on Tatoosh Island, 1st order fixed light, ...

No. 1074. Part of series: Photographic illustrations of the Pacific Coast.

Dural Street, from light house, Key West, Fla.

Dural Street, from light house, Key West, Fla.

Bird's-eye view. Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley (Keystone View Co.). No. 9140. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Section of a light battery in Jacksonville, Florida

Section of a light battery in Jacksonville, Florida

Photograph shows an aerial view of two guns surrounded by horses in the street in front of a factory possibly in Jacksonville, Florida. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). No. 346 in series: War... More

Light house and buoys / Centennial Photographic Co., Philadelphiad'a.

Light house and buoys / Centennial Photographic Co., Philadelphiad'a.

Stereograph shows display of a light house and buoys at the 1876 International Exhibition, Philadelphia. 4529H U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by The Centennial Photographic Co., Phila., Pa. U.S. Govt: B.

[Private Charles F. Sherman of 2nd Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery, with inset photo of unidentified woman and Grand Army of the Republic medal in case]

[Private Charles F. Sherman of 2nd Massachusetts Light Artillery Batte...

Photograph shows identified soldier in Union uniform. More information is in "Glimpses of Soldiers' Lives," SoldierbiosSherman.html

Letting his light shine / J.S. Pughe.

Letting his light shine / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration showing George F. Hoar standing, full-length, wearing a child's nightgown, holding up in his right hand a candle labeled "Twaddle" and clutching a wooden doll labeled "Philippine Question." Illus.... More

"Ca'ful now, don' you put out ma light"

"Ca'ful now, don' you put out ma light"

Stereograph showing Afro-American boys smoking. H7025 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5018.

[Portland Head Light, Portland, Maine] / CK.

[Portland Head Light, Portland, Maine] / CK.

Lighthouse, Portland, Maine, shining light on distant ship. J221180 U.S. Copyright Office.

Test electric light bulbs for Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., March 21. Purchasing on an average of 4,000,000 electric light bulbs annually, Uncle Sam is probably one of the largest users of light in the country. The National Bureau of Standards sees that the government gets value received in purchases by continually testing the incandescent lamps to determine their life and the amount of light they give. Using a special machine designed by the Bureau, Louis Barbrow is shown measuring the amount of light given by a lamp, 32138

Test electric light bulbs for Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., March 21. P...

A man working on a machine in a factory, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General... More

German prisoners being searched after being captured south of El Alamein, they were members of the German crack division, the 90th Light Div., and were wearing the armband of the Afrikakorps

German prisoners being searched after being captured south of El Alame...

British official photograph : E 13999. No. BO-1367. Public domain photograph - historical image of Egypt, Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harbour Town Light, Hilton Head, South Carolina

Harbour Town Light, Hilton Head, South Carolina

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Completed in 1970, this was the first privately finance... More

Distant view of Point Bonita Light, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the opening to the sea that is the Golden Gate.  San Francisco, California

Distant view of Point Bonita Light, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the op...

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

Light fixtures at the Ed Edmondson Courthouse, also known as the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, occupies an entire block between West Broadway, West Okmulgee Avenues and Fifth Street, Muskogee, Oklahoma

Light fixtures at the Ed Edmondson Courthouse, also known as the U.S. ...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1915 by Architect James Knox Taylor, the building ... More

[House Members Room. Light of Poetry (red) panel in the Spectrum of Light ceiling mural by Carl Gutherz that represents civilization. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[House Members Room. Light of Poetry (red) panel in the Spectrum of Li...

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

Dedication on May 30, 1985 of the USO headquarters building as the "Bob Hope Building," in honor of comedian Bob Hope (light blue jacket), Washington, D.C.

Dedication on May 30, 1985 of the USO headquarters building as the "Bo...

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

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with gauntlets, holstered revolver, and U.S. Model 1860 Light Cavalry saber]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with gauntlets, holstered revol...

Case: Berg, no. 7-42. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Col... More

Flash light photo of John Sousa, his mother and some brothers and sisters. John is sitting. Crowded, dirty home.  Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Flash light photo of John Sousa, his mother and some brothers and sist...

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Colonel Doherty, officers & men of the 13th Light Dragoons - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Colonel Doherty, officers & men of the 13th Light Dragoons - Roger Fen...

Group of men of the 13th Light Dragoons, including Colonel Doherty, Cornet Danzil Chamberlayne, Captain Jenyns, and veterinary-surgeon Thomas Towers, one man seated on ground with dog; tents and huts in the bac... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union frock coat and Hardee hat with Model 1860 Light Cavalry saber and Colt Army Model 1860  revolver]

[Unidentified soldier in Union frock coat and Hardee hat with Model 18...

Case: Leather, quatrefoil and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, Pa., 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War ... More

[Private Albert B. Martin of Co. 3, Washington Louisiana Light Artillery Battery]

[Private Albert B. Martin of Co. 3, Washington Louisiana Light Artille...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Domenick A. Serrano, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Ci... More

The light house and bomb proofs of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), S.C.

The light house and bomb proofs of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), S.C.

Stereograph showing the entrance to a casemate beneath a beacon tower on the parapet of Fort Sumter. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Forms... More

[Close up view of front of locomotive, showing light, smoke stack and bell]

[Close up view of front of locomotive, showing light, smoke stack and ...

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hawk made a light by striking the flints together, and set fire to the ball

Hawk made a light by striking the flints together, and set fire to the...

(DLC/PP-1936:0107). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Old Crow and his Friends / Katharine B. Judson. Boston : Little, Brown and Co., 1918, p. 76.

Government discovers method to preserve ... (3) Test for fading. D. Levinsky of the Bureau of Standards is pictured exposing a developed film to light from a carbon arc to find whether the photographic image fades. The carbon-arc light simulates daylight closely and therefore is used for many materials as a standard source of illumination for this purpose, 7838

Government discovers method to preserve ... (3) Test for fading. D. Le...

A black and white photo of a man in a kitchen, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hd... More

[Now vacant Robbin's Reef or Kate's Light sitting majestically in New Jersey waters in New York harbor] / World-Telegram photo by Dick De Marsico.

[Now vacant Robbin's Reef or Kate's Light sitting majestically in New ...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Block Island Light, Block Island, Rhode Island

Block Island Light, Block Island, Rhode Island

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Block Island sits approximately 12 miles south-southeas... More

"The Light Inside" installation, by James Turrell, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

"The Light Inside" installation, by James Turrell, at the Museum of Fi...

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

Seven Foot Knoll Light, Baltimore, Maryland

Seven Foot Knoll Light, Baltimore, Maryland

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The Seven Foot Knoll Light was built in 1855 and is the... More

Exterior light fixture, Bruce M. Van Sickle Federal Building, Minot, North Dakota

Exterior light fixture, Bruce M. Van Sickle Federal Building, Minot, N...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1915; architect: Oscar Wenderoth. Credit line: ... More

Hanging light fixture at Century Station Federal Building and Postal Station located in Raleigh, North Carolina

Hanging light fixture at Century Station Federal Building and Postal S...

Built between 1874-1878 by architect Alfred B. Mullett. Additions were added between 1936-1938. The style is Second Empire. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, ... More

[House Members Room. Light of Truth (blue) panel in the Spectrum of Light ceiling mural by Carl Gutherz that represents civilization. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[House Members Room. Light of Truth (blue) panel in the Spectrum of Li...

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

[House Members Room. Light of Research (green) panel in the Spectrum of Light ceiling mural by Carl Gutherz that represents civilization. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[House Members Room. Light of Research (green) panel in the Spectrum o...

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

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figur...

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

Eagle Island Light, (4th order), Penobscot Bay, Maine

Eagle Island Light, (4th order), Penobscot Bay, Maine

In album formerly identified as vol. 6, p. [58]. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and from item. Caption card tracings: Lighthouses; Maine Penobscot Bay; Shelf.

Captain Francis Baring, Fusilier Guards, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, attached to the Light Division

Captain Francis Baring, Fusilier Guards, Deputy Assistant Quartermaste...

Francis Baring, three-quarter length portrait, standing with hand on sword, facing front, at entrance to wooden building. Title transcribed from verso. Photo marked for cropping with horizontal line across bott... More

The Honourable Major Cathcart, Dep. As. Adj. General to the Light Division

The Honourable Major Cathcart, Dep. As. Adj. General to the Light Divi...

Major Cathcart, full-length portrait, seated on horseback, facing right. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Sergeant of British Light Infantry - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Sergeant of British Light Infantry - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photog...

Full-length portrait of soldier facing slightly right. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Officers of 1st Battalion New York Light Artilleryillery, Fort Duncan, near Washington, D.C.

Officers of 1st Battalion New York Light Artilleryillery, Fort Duncan,...

No. 4404. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Peck's ledge light B / G.S. North, Photographer.

Peck's ledge light B / G.S. North, Photographer.

Lighthouse in water. H79507 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Sun or moon reflecting off water in the Arctic]

[Sun or moon reflecting off water in the Arctic]

J177008 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Northern Ventures Limited, New York. No. 30.

A black and white photo of a city street. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a city street. Office of War Information Ph...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Tree Point Light Station on the Alaska coast near the Canadian border

Tree Point Light Station on the Alaska coast near the Canadian border

Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph. No. 4895. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Light streams into an Arizona "slot canyon" near Page, Arizona

Light streams into an Arizona "slot canyon" near Page, Arizona

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

Edgartown Light Station, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

Edgartown Light Station, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The light station was established in 1828. The current ... More

Breakwater 'Bug' Light built in 1875, Portland, Maine

Breakwater 'Bug' Light built in 1875, Portland, Maine

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The most elegant of all Maine's lighthouses, it was mod... More

West Quoddy Head Light in Lubec, Maine, the easternmost point of the contiguous United States and the closest point to Europe from a point in the fifty States

West Quoddy Head Light in Lubec, Maine, the easternmost point of the c...

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, subject note, and keywords provided by the... More

Interior lobby light fixture, William R. Cotter Federal Building, Hartford, Connecticut

Interior lobby light fixture, William R. Cotter Federal Building, Hart...

Architect: Adams & Malfeldt & Prentice. Built in 1933. Stripped Classical/Art Deco style. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by... More

Interior hanging light fixture at Century Station Federal Building and Postal Station located in Raleigh, North Carolina

Interior hanging light fixture at Century Station Federal Building and...

Built between 1874-1878 by architect Alfred B. Mullett. Additions were added between 1936-1938. The style is Second Empire. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, ... More

[Captain William W. Cosby of H Company, 2nd Virginia Light Artillery Regiment in uniform]

[Captain William W. Cosby of H Company, 2nd Virginia Light Artillery R...

Photo shows identified soldier in Confederate uniform. Frame: Thermoplastic frame fruit and scroll pattern. Additional information in collections file. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; T... More

Group picking shrimp at Biloxi Canning Co. Olga, five-year-old on the end was helping her mother. I tried to get her photo at home when they stopped working, but the child stubbornly refused to be taken. Her mother said, "She's ugly." but it seemed to me that the child could be expected to be tired out after work that began so early. Work was light and only a small crew was at work, but within an hour I found at factory and at the homes the following: (See label 2022) [#2022 caption: ...Two children of five years. One of seven years.Two of eight years. One of nine. Two of ten. Two of eleven (one had been working at this factory two years). Three of twelve, (one working here 4 years and one two years). I do not believe this is a complete list of the youngsters.]  Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

Group picking shrimp at Biloxi Canning Co. Olga, five-year-old on the ...

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

Mortar batteries in front of Picquet house Light Division - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Mortar batteries in front of Picquet house Light Division - Roger Fent...

Photo shows five men and three mortars at a mortar battery with bomb-proof shelter. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. For more information about this collection, see http://hdl.lo... More

Quartermaster Hill, 4[th] Light Dragoons, the horse taken immediately after the winter season

Quartermaster Hill, 4[th] Light Dragoons, the horse taken immediately ...

Quartermaster Hill, seated on horse, facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea 1854-56 : the war with Russia from contemporary photographs. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944... More

Colonel Lowe, [i.e., Low] 4th Light Dragoons & servant in winter dress

Colonel Lowe, [i.e., Low] 4th Light Dragoons & servant in winter dress

Colonel Low, full-length portrait, facing left, standing beside horse and wearing winter coat and hat; another man is standing in front of the horse and facing the camera. Bell tents in the background. Title tr... More

Sumter Light Guards, Company K, 4th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, CSA. April 1861

Sumter Light Guards, Company K, 4th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantr...

Photograph showing four rows of Confederate soldiers with guns and one soldier holding the Confederate flag.

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