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Craighill's channel range or leading lights, Chesapeake Bay--The high light

Craighill's channel range or leading lights, Chesapeake Bay--The high ...

Below print: Am. Photo-Relief, Printing Co., Phila. Illus. in: Annual Report of the U.S. Light-House Board, 1873, plate opposite p. 44.

The Centennial Fourth - illumination of Independence Hall, Philadelphia [Fireworks and lights shining on Independence Hall]

The Centennial Fourth - illumination of Independence Hall, Philadelphi...

Wood engraving after drawing by Schell and Hogan. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 20, (1876 July 22), p. 593. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

[Shot Tower with night lights, from Embankment]

[Shot Tower with night lights, from Embankment]

England, London. View from above past road with lit street lamps, horse and carriage, across river with brightly lit tower on opposite side reflected in the water. Wuerth annotated this group of drawings with (... More

The beautiful Festival Hall and Cascade Gardens, lighted by thousands of electric lights, St. Louis Fair

The beautiful Festival Hall and Cascade Gardens, lighted by thousands ...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Xmas tree set up in East room. Washington, D.C., Dec. 23. The East room of the White House took on its yuletide dress today when a tree decorated with varied colored lights was set up for the benefit of the sightseers

Xmas tree set up in East room. Washington, D.C., Dec. 23. The East roo...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Untitled sculpture with green and red fluorescent lights, entrance lobby of the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Anchorage, Alaska

Untitled sculpture with green and red fluorescent lights, entrance lob...

Artist: Dan Flavin, 1980; lights measure 60 ft. long. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credi... More

Autos have to turn on lights to penetrate gloom of dust storm. Amarillo, Texas

Autos have to turn on lights to penetrate gloom of dust storm. Amarill...

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

Workman checking miners' lights. Batteries of these lights are checked every day. Mogollon, New Mexico

Workman checking miners' lights. Batteries of these lights are checked...

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

Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. Riding lights for P-51 fighters are assembled by this woman employee in the electrical sub-assembly department of North American Aviation at Inglewood, California. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. Riding lights for P-51 figh...

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

A poster comes to life. Sergeant Vineyard gets a first-hand introduction to steel in the making and finds it a fascinating experience. With Woolslayer, he's watching the fierce while lights and flickering shadows of an electric furnace in one of Allegheny-Ludlum's plants

A poster comes to life. Sergeant Vineyard gets a first-hand introducti...

Public domain image of a military uniform, officer portrait, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. After the delivery to the Erie railroad, the crew heads back. The caboose will now be going in the opposite direction so rear brakeman Zerkel changes the signal lights to the other end

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

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

Twinkly lights on the palm trees at the Peabody Hotel, Orlando, Florida

Twinkly lights on the palm trees at the Peabody Hotel, Orlando, Florid...

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

Revolu[tion]ary Nicaragua The impending armed victory of the Nicaraguan people ... posters by the Poster Brigade at City Lights ....

Revolu[tion]ary Nicaragua The impending armed victory of the Nicaragua...

Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lights o' London, The; Quadrille - American sheet music, 1870-1885

Lights o' London, The; Quadrille - 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)

The lights of the Empire - Drawing. Public domain image.

The lights of the Empire - Drawing. Public domain image.

England, London. View across a crowded street corner filled with people dressed in evening clothes, horse-and carriages in street, with the lit-up Empire theater on far side of street. Signed in ink, LL: JoPenn... More

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Myriads of lights at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company form pleasing star patterns in the shatterproof plexiglass windows of noses for A-20 attack bombers. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Myriads of lights at the Long Beach, ...

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

De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. The flame of welding torches has replaced the soft lights of a nightclub in Daytona Beach, Florida, which has been taken over for a vocational school to train war workers for Florida's pooling program. Pictured above is C.C. Gravelge, welding instructor, showing one of his classes the difficult art of overhead welding in preparation for their initiation into aircraft welding jobs on the De Land pool's war contract

De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. The flame of welding torche...

Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oil painting "Northern Lights" located on second floor rotunda, west side, U.S. Custom House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Oil painting "Northern Lights" located on second floor rotunda, west s...

Artist: George Harding, 1938. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More

Mural "The Bridge" near City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, California

Mural "The Bridge" near City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, Californ...

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

City Lights bookstore, San Francisco, California

City Lights bookstore, San Francisco, California

Founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter D. Martin, it's one of the truly great independent bookstores in the United States. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs ... More

[Design drawing for stained glass memorial front-door lights windows with Angels for Old Mariners' Church in Detroit, Michigan]

[Design drawing for stained glass memorial front-door lights windows w...

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The lights o' London every evening and Saturday matinee.

The lights o' London every evening and Saturday matinee.

"A.S. Seer's Print., N.Y. (copyrighted)." At head of title: Union Square Theatre. Created by A.S. Seer's Print. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Ocean City, N.J. : showing its unrivalled location, beautiful sea-shore, protected sailing waters, and famous fishing grounds, also railroads and ferry connections, artesian water, sanitary sewage [sic], electric lights, gas, electric cars.

Ocean City, N.J. : showing its unrivalled location, beautiful sea-shor...

Class G. XXc. no. 4920 U.S. Copyright Office Bird's-eye view to horizon. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy halved and... More

FIRST LADY LIGHTS BIRTHDAY CAKE. MRS. ROOSEVELT LIGHTS THE CANDLES ON THE BIRTHDAY CAKE AT THE SHOREHAM HOTEL BIRTHDAY BALL OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. THE PRESIDENT REMAINED AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND HAD WITH HIM A FEW CLOSE FRIENDS. IN THE ABOVE PICTURE MRS. WOODROW WILSON IS ON THE EXTREME LEFT. DIRECTLY BEHIND THE CAKE IS MRS. CURTIS DALL. MAJ. WILLIAM HORTON IS BETWEEN MRS. DALL AND MRS. ROOSEVELT AND RAYMOND T. BAKER, CHAIRMAN OF THE BIRTHDAY BALL COMMITTEE, IS ON THE RIGHT OF THE PICTURE

FIRST LADY LIGHTS BIRTHDAY CAKE. MRS. ROOSEVELT LIGHTS THE CANDLES ON ...

A group of people standing around a cake. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

PRESIDENT OPENS FRISCO BRIDGE. WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBER 12. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESSED THE PRESIDENTIAL GOLD KEY TO OFFICIALLY OPEN THE SAN FRANCISCO SPAN, WHICH IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST. THIS LIGHTED THE TWO GREEN LIGHTS AT THE BRIDGE WHICH OPENED THE SPAN TO TRAFFIC

PRESIDENT OPENS FRISCO BRIDGE. WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBER 12. PRESIDENT...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Myriads of lights at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company form pleasing star patterns in the shatterproof plexiglass windows of noses for A-20 attack bombers. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Myriads of lights at the Long Beach, ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A poster comes to life. Sergeant Vineyard gets a first-hand introduction to steel in the making and finds it a fascinating experience. With Woolslayer, he's watching the fierce while lights and flickering shadows of an electric furnace in one of Allegheny-Ludlum's plants

A poster comes to life. Sergeant Vineyard gets a first-hand introducti...

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

The Navesink Twin Lights is situated 200 feet above sea level in Highlands, New Jersey

The Navesink Twin Lights is situated 200 feet above sea level in Highl...

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 overlooks the Shrewsbury River, Sandy Ho... More

Revolu[tion]ary Nicaragua The impending armed victory of the Nicaraguan people ... posters by the Poster Brigade at City Lights ....

Revolu[tion]ary Nicaragua The impending armed victory of the Nicaragua...

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

Revolu[tion]ary Nicaragua The impending armed victory of the Nicaraguan people ... posters by the Poster Brigade at City Lights ....

Revolu[tion]ary Nicaragua The impending armed victory of the Nicaragua...

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

[Design drawing for slender vertical stained glass window with small side lights showing St. Roman, The Sweet Singer, and St. John Damascene; with text "Oh, Sing Unto The Lord A New Song..."]

[Design drawing for slender vertical stained glass window with small s...

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Life's lights and shadows - Public domain American music sheet

Life's lights and shadows - Public domain American music sheet

[Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Lazio, Italy. Staircase by the Fountain of the Lights]

[Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Lazio, Italy. Staircase by the Fountain of the ...

Site History. House Architecture: Giacomo (Jacopo) Barozzi da Vignola, 1568-1600. Landscape: Giacomo (Jacopo) Barozzi da Vignola and Carlo Maderno, 1568-1600. Also: Tomaso Ghinucci, fontaniere. Associated Name:... More

Broughton Street lights, Savannah, Ga.

Broughton Street lights, Savannah, Ga.

Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[King Street lights at night, Charleston, S.C.]

[King Street lights at night, Charleston, S.C.]

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

[Harbor entrance & lights, Buffalo, N.Y.]

[Harbor entrance & lights, Buffalo, N.Y.]

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

Evening effect of electric lights on Manufacturers Bldg., reflected in lagoon - World's Fair, St. Louis, U.S.A.

Evening effect of electric lights on Manufacturers Bldg., reflected in...

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

High lights and shadows - Public domain portrait print

High lights and shadows - Public domain portrait print

Scantily clad woman, full-length, seated, facing left, with right hand raised to breast. Copyright by Exhibit Supply Co. No. A-745-1. No copyright renewal.

High lights and shadows - Public domain portrait print

High lights and shadows - Public domain portrait print

Partially nude woman, full-length, seated on stool, holding veil, hands raised to head, facing left. Copyright by Exhibit Supply Co. No. A-745-15. No copyright renewal.

Traffic lights. Close-up of traffic light

Traffic lights. Close-up of traffic light

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wheeler dam and powerhouse. Visitors' reception room in Wheeler control building. Windows on three sides and overlook terrace adjoining offer complete view of plant and surroundings. Fourth wall used for description of TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) program. Floor: gray-brown terrazo, divided into large squares by white metal strips. Wainscot, window sills, trim around doorway and curb at footlights brownish-red precast terrazo. Walls burlap covered, painted subdued tan. Windows aluminum. Ceiling and upper part of walls, plaster painted warm gray with warm off-white reflecting circles and cove across end (ceiling acoustic plaster). Lighting indirect. Lights in cove across end of room also throw downward, directed by lenses toward wall display and shielded by aluminum louvers. Behind curb inclined contol lens footlights and louver (aluminum) shielding air exhaust. Supply through ceiling grilles which border ceiling on two sides. Deep trim around doorway intended as shield while passing footlights. Display in gray, black and tan, keyed with general color scheme. Guard's desk of natural oak and ebomized birch, with raised ledge for visitor's registration

Wheeler dam and powerhouse. Visitors' reception room in Wheeler contro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pickwick Dam. Control room at Pickwick powerhouse with equipment for first two units in place. All principal lighting is indirect to avoid reflections on instrument faces. Recessed lights along rear wall illuminate back of main panel. Ceiling is acoustic tile; floor, linoleum. Series of glass panels in back of operator seated at desk permits view of generator hall such as appears on K 1849. Also, by means of a balcony visitors can inspect control room through these panels

Pickwick Dam. Control room at Pickwick powerhouse with equipment for f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a lobby, large living room, hall, interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Testing airplanes lenses used in map making. Washington, D.C., May 6. Dr. F.E. Washer of the U.S. Bureau of Standards testing the lens for the airplane cameras that are used by the Army and Navy. There are lights in the rear of the columnmeters and exposures are made on the photographic plate in front of the doctor. The lens are tested for distortion, focal length, and definition. This work must be very exacting as a small error would make an error of many miles on the maps made by the aerial cameras, 5/6/1937

Testing airplanes lenses used in map making. Washington, D.C., May 6. ...

Public domain photograph of people in office, interior, the 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. Due to blackout regulations, flood lights, switch lights, locomotive headlights and lights on the bridge in background have been shaded to cast light downward. Broad streaks of light are caused by paths of locomotive headlights, thin wavy lines by lamps of switchmen working in the yard. Santa Fe R.R. trip

Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. Due to blackou...

Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migrant packinghouse workers living quarters. Just enough land to set up camp rents for five dollars per month; they have to clear it themselves. No water, lights or sanitary facilities. Near Canal Point, Florida

Migrant packinghouse workers living quarters. Just enough land to set ...

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

Air raid protection--what NOT to do when alarm sounds. DON'T tamper with the wires! Do not turn out all the lights in the house at the main switch. Cover the windows with light-proof material in the rooms you must use

Air raid protection--what NOT to do when alarm sounds. DON'T tamper wi...

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

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Myriads of lights at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company form pleasing star patterns in the shatterproof plexiglass windows of noses for A-20 attack bombers. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Myriads of lights at the Long Beach, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Myriads of lights at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company form pleasing star patterns in the shatterproof plexiglass windows of noses for A-20 attack bombers. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Myriads of lights at the Long Beach, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Night lights : [satellite view of the world] /

Night lights : [satellite view of the world] /

"The National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration's National Geophysical Data Center and the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program's Operational Linescan System provided data to NASA Goddard Space Flight Ce... More

Untitled sculpture with green and red fluorescent lights, entrance lobby of the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Anchorage, Alaska

Untitled sculpture with green and red fluorescent lights, entrance lob...

Artist: Dan Flavin, 1980; lights measure 60 ft. long. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credi... More

U.S.S. Oregon, after bridge and search lights

U.S.S. Oregon, after bridge and search lights

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

[Niagara Falls, N.Y. Falls Street at night]

[Niagara Falls, N.Y. Falls Street at night]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Installing search lights, Bolling Field, 2/27/29

Installing search lights, Bolling Field, 2/27/29

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. City at night, Washington DC

Washington, D.C. City at night, Washington DC

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

Norris Dam and powerhouse. Night view of Norris Dam with floodlighting. The more spectacular dams of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) are equipped to be floodlit at night and are popular excursion points. Pinpoint lights along top of dam are small lenses in back of the handrail bracket road lighting fixtures. Wet spots on dam are the result of small shrinkage cracks during initial years which later sealed themselves by the sediment contained in the water

Norris Dam and powerhouse. Night view of Norris Dam with floodlighting...

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

Schrafft's, 1221 Madison Ave., New York City. General exterior at night

Schrafft's, 1221 Madison Ave., New York City. General exterior at nigh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

World's Fair night views. Interlacing search lights

World's Fair night views. Interlacing search lights

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. The New York World's Fair was a large international... More

Painting traffic lights, Taylor, Texas

Painting traffic lights, Taylor, Texas

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Cabin cruisers and sailboats decorated with lights

Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, w...

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

Civilian defense. This overhead switch controls the output of a 110-volt direct current generator, operating at 10 kilowatts to supply power to provide power for the two searchlights on the roof of the huge Emergency Service truck. There are also several auxilliary lights runs out from the truck and powered by this generator. This truck in New York City is the only one of its kind, so far

Civilian defense. This overhead switch controls the output of a 110-vo...

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

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Myriads of lights at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company form pleasing star patterns in the shatterproof plexiglass windows of noses for A-20 attack bombers. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Myriads of lights at the Long Beach, ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Myriads of lights at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company form pleasing star patterns in the shatterproof plexiglass windows of noses for A-20 attack bombers. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Myriads of lights at the Long Beach, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

As darkness approaches, brakeman M. H. Burdette lights his markers and gets them ready to hang on the rear end of the caboose on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Chillicothe, Illinois and Fort Madison, Iowa

As darkness approaches, brakeman M. H. Burdette lights his markers and...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chiapas Paz Mexico/Zapitista mural at City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, California

Chiapas Paz Mexico/Zapitista mural at City Lights Bookstore, San Franc...

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

Vesuvio mural near City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, California

Vesuvio mural near City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, 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

Bright the beacon lights are gleaming

Bright the beacon lights are gleaming

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)

[Reichenbach, the Upper Falls, lighted by Bengal lights, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland]

[Reichenbach, the Upper Falls, lighted by Bengal lights, Bernese Oberl...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "16920". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[Port Austin Reef lights, Pointe aux Barques, Mich.]

[Port Austin Reef lights, Pointe aux Barques, Mich.]

Public domain photo of lighthouse, sea shore, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Lights and shadows / Keppler. - coin, public domain photograph

Lights and shadows / Keppler. - coin, public domain photograph

Illustration shows a fat businessman reclining on a large coin, basking in the bright light of "Special Privilege" while dreaming of castles in the air; on the other side of the coin is factory life in dark and... More

Norris Dam and powerhouse. Elevator penthouse atop dam which also serves as flagpole base. Elevator serves various levels of operating machinery inside dam. Top of dam is developed as roadway with sidewalks. Note handrail projecting toward sidewalk and toe space in parapet to make enjoyment of view more comfortable. Handrail brackets are hollow and contain lights which illuminate the roadway but avoid glare by the use of reflectors and directional lenses

Norris Dam and powerhouse. Elevator penthouse atop dam which also serv...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a modernist architecture building, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Switch lights in Santa Fe R.R. yards, Los Angeles, Calif. Due to blackout regulations all such lights are hooded. Santa Fe R.R. trip

Switch lights in Santa Fe R.R. yards, Los Angeles, Calif. Due to black...

Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migrant packinghouse workers' shack or "lean-to" made of old rusty pieces of galvanized tin and burlap. It is beside a canal in the "muck" and "swamp" cane." No lights or furniture, no water, only that which they haul from the packinghouse. Twelve people from Tennessee live there. Belle Glade, Florida

Migrant packinghouse workers' shack or "lean-to" made of old rusty pie...

Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Civilian protection. The driver of an emergency ervice truck (his armband insignia shows him to be a member of a rescue squad) manipulates the power switches on the roof of the truck's cab. This truck is equipped to generage power for search lights, power saws, radios and other equipment

Civilian protection. The driver of an emergency ervice truck (his armb...

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

Pray for the lights to go out - Public domain American sheet music

Pray for the lights to go out - Public domain American sheet music

[Design drawing for slender vertical stained glass window with small side lights showing St. Roman, The Sweet Singer, and St. John Damascene; with text "Oh, Sing Unto The Lord A New Song..."]

[Design drawing for slender vertical stained glass window with small s...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Motion picture advertisements: Bright Lights, starring Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand]

[Motion picture advertisements: Bright Lights, starring Fatty Arbuckle...

Lantern slide proof, copyrighted by Novelty Slides, Inc. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Motion pictures; B.I.; Adv.

Memorial Bridge. Lights on Memorial Bridge looking toward Lincoln Memorial

Memorial Bridge. Lights on Memorial Bridge looking toward Lincoln Memo...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Night lights of Manhattan], New York City

[Night lights of Manhattan], New York City

New York City. Night view past tug on river to series of dots forming the night lights of Manhattan, outline of buildings barely visible against dark background.

Traffic Director Eldridge inspecting new lights 1/5/26

Traffic Director Eldridge inspecting new lights 1/5/26

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Haifa night view, from Carmel-Heim, showing lights

Haifa night view, from Carmel-Heim, showing lights

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Times Square north at night, New York City

Times Square north at night, New York City

J14542 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain image of New York City buildings, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Empire State Building in daytime with lights on]

[Empire State Building in daytime with lights on]

Photograph shows lights glowing from top floors of the Empire State Building as it towers over surrounding buildings.

Cardinal Hayes Memorial High School, Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York. Library, lights off

Cardinal Hayes Memorial High School, Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York....

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

Cardinal Hayes Memorial High School, Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York. Library, lights on

Cardinal Hayes Memorial High School, Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York....

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

Mutual Benefit Insurance Company, 520 Broad St., Newark, New Jersey. Pelican Room, lights on

Mutual Benefit Insurance Company, 520 Broad St., Newark, New Jersey. P...

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

Untitled sculpture with green and red fluorescent lights, entrance lobby of the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Anchorage, Alaska

Untitled sculpture with green and red fluorescent lights, entrance lob...

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

An old grocery store in Marfa, Texas, which was converted into a "Marfa Lights and Lamps" shop

An old grocery store in Marfa, Texas, which was converted into a "Marf...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The name is ironic, since Marfa, a little town in the high desert of Presidio County, is famous for the spooky "Marfa Lights" that ar... More

Pres. Coolidge lights community Xmas tree, 12/24/24

Pres. Coolidge lights community Xmas tree, 12/24/24

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High lights and shadows - Public domain portrait print

High lights and shadows - Public domain portrait print

Partially nude woman, full-length, seated on stool, holding veil, hands raised, facing left. Copyright by Exhibit Supply Co. No. A-745-8. No copyright renewal.

Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Although there may not be sufficient snow for his reindeer sleigh, Santa Claus will still be able to deliver his load of presents on time this Christmas by using the air route. The old saint called at the Commerce Department in Washington today where he is shown receiving an aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretary of Commerce. for Aeronautics William P. MacCracken, while Clarence M. Young (right) Director of Aeronautics, Department of Commerce, looks on. Airway maps and the assurance that the lights would be burning on the airways Christmas Eve were also given to Santa

Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretar...

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Xmas spirit in air at White House. Washington D.C., Dec. 21. Workmen placing a Christmas wreath over the door to the White House today. Gayly colored electric lights were installed on the trees on the front porch, 12/21/37

Xmas spirit in air at White House. Washington D.C., Dec. 21. Workmen p...

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Migrant packinghouse workers living quarters. Just enough land to set up camp rents for five dollars per month. They have to clear it themselves. No water, lights, or sanitary facilities. Near Canal Point, Florida

Migrant packinghouse workers living quarters. Just enough land to set ...

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Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. All switch lights, head lights and lamps have been shaded from above in accordance with blackout regulations. The heavy light streaks are caused by paths of locomotive headlights and the thin lines by lamps of switchmen working in the yard. Santa Fe R.R. trip

Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. All switch lig...

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Army truck manufacture (Dodge). General view taken from above the cab-trim line in the huge Detroit plant where Dodge Army trucks are made. The camera was pointed toward the main assembly line and shows an overhead sheet metal delivery conveyor and a small portion of the parts stock, such as head lamps, tail lights, and so forth, encased in card-board

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). General view taken from above the cab-...

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Collier's House at PEDAC, New York City. Boy's room bunk lights

Collier's House at PEDAC, New York City. Boy's room bunk lights

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Cardinal Hayes Memorial High School, Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York. Brothers' chapel, lights on

Cardinal Hayes Memorial High School, Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York....

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Fort Benning. Parachute troops. The eagle lights on solid ground. One of Uncle Sam's student paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia is about to finish a successful descent from a fast moving plane. It took plenty of training and good judgement to do the job right

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. The eagle lights on solid ground. One ...

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Parris Island, South Carolina. Covering the lights of a tractor used at the U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment training camp

Parris Island, South Carolina. Covering the lights of a tractor used a...

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Mural "The Bridge" near City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, California

Mural "The Bridge" near City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, Californ...

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

Revolu[tion]ary Nicaragua The impending armed victory of the Nicaraguan people ... posters by the Poster Brigade at City Lights ....

Revolu[tion]ary Nicaragua The impending armed victory of the Nicaragua...

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