Avenue of palms line the residential streets of Phoenix, Arizona
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Inflating a new tire for installation on car of member of the United P...
Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Children of agricultural workers are served lunch at the WPA (Work Pro...
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Orchestra playing outside a grocery store on Saturday afternoon which ...
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
Feed troughs and shelters for cattle at the Arizona part-time farms. C...
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A little boy standing next to a camera on a tripod. Office of War Info...
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Children at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) Camelback Farms, Ph...
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
Phoenix, Arizona. Camelback Farms, FSA (Farm Security Administration) ...
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
Peach-faced lovebirds enjoy a free meal in the courtyard of a home in ...
Also called "rosy-faced lovebirds," the birds are native to arid regions in southwestern Africa such as the Namib Desert. Males and females of the species, adored for their sleep position in which they sit side... More
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
1915 - Dec 1949 Vol. 2. 48 Sheet(s). 002. Arizona fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fi... More
Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Power Plant, Salt River, Tortilla Flat, Marico...
Survey number: HAER AZ-6-A Building/structure dates: 1906- 1908 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100001454
Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Significance: Bartlett Dam was the first multiple arch dam constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. It was also the highest multiple arch dam constructed in the United States at the time of its completion. Su... More
Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Significance: Bartlett Dam was the first multiple arch dam constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. It was also the highest multiple arch dam constructed in the United States at the time of its completion. Su... More
Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Significance: Bartlett Dam was the first multiple arch dam constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. It was also the highest multiple arch dam constructed in the United States at the time of its completion. Su... More
Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Significance: Bartlett Dam was the first multiple arch dam constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. It was also the highest multiple arch dam constructed in the United States at the time of its completion. Su... More
Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Significance: Bartlett Dam was the first multiple arch dam constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. It was also the highest multiple arch dam constructed in the United States at the time of its completion. Su... More
Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Significance: Bartlett Dam was the first multiple arch dam constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. It was also the highest multiple arch dam constructed in the United States at the time of its completion. Su... More
San Francisco Canal, Between Fortieth & Weir & Thirty-sixth Street & R...
Survey number: HAER AZ-8 Building/structure dates: 1871 Initial Construction
San Francisco Canal, Between Fortieth & Weir & Thirty-sixth Street & R...
Survey number: HAER AZ-8 Building/structure dates: 1871 Initial Construction
Phoenix Indian School, Dairy-Milking Shed, Northeast Corner of Central...
Significance: The Dairy is one of the two buildings remaining from the earliest phase of building on the site, and is one of the last surviving records of the vocational training activities on the site that pre... More
Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...
Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More
Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...
Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More
Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...
Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More
Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...
Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More
Phoenix Indian School, Memorial Hall, Northeast Corner of Central Aven...
Significance: Memorial Hall was the second major building on the site to employ Mission Revival style, and like the first example, the Dining Hall, it was carried out in red brick. It was also sited, parallel ... More
Crosscut Steam Plant, Indian Bend Pond & Pump Ditch, North side Salt R...
Survey number: HAER AZ-20-B Public domain photograph of a canal, water landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tourist court sign, Phoenix, Arizona
Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Phoenix Indian School, Gymnasium, Northeast Corner of Central Avenue &...
Significance: A fine example of twentieth-century vernacular building, built entirely of industrial produced materials, with all surfaces and finishes integral to the structure. Unprocessed Field note material... More
Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoen...
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Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoen...
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Phoenix Indian School, Northeast Corner of Central Avenue & Indian Sch...
Significance: The Phoenix Indian School was the largest off-reservation school for Native American children in the U.S., existing from 1891 to 1990. The institution stood as a memorial to the desire and intent... More
Sweatnan House, Adams Street & Eighteenth Avenue, Phoenix, Maricopa Co...
Survey number: HABS AZ-39 Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
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Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
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Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
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Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
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Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
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Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Phoenix Indian School, Dining Hall, Northeast Corner of Central Avenue...
Significance: The Dining Hall is the oldest surviving major structure on the site of the Phoenix Indian School. In addition, not only was it the first structure at the School to employ Mission Revival style, i... More
Phoenix Indian School, Dining Hall, Northeast Corner of Central Avenue...
Significance: The Dining Hall is the oldest surviving major structure on the site of the Phoenix Indian School. In addition, not only was it the first structure at the School to employ Mission Revival style, i... More
Phoenix Indian School, War Memorial, Northeast Corner of Central Avenu...
Significance: The War Memorial commemorated "the students of this school who enlisted in the Army and Navy during the World War." The number of memorials dedicated particularly to service in the US armed force... More
Rose Pauson House (Ruins), Thirty-Second Street, Phoenix, Maricopa Cou...
Significance: The Pauson House was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1940. Three photographs and two floor plans of the house were published in Henry-Russel Hitchcock's "In the Nature of Material... More
Waddell Dam, On Agua Fria River, 35 miles northwest of Phoenix, Phoeni...
Significance: It is the only storage dam constructed by private interests in central Arizona. It became the largest multiple arch dam in the world upon completion. Survey number: HAER AZ-11 Building/structure... More
Waddell Dam, On Agua Fria River, 35 miles northwest of Phoenix, Phoeni...
Significance: It is the only storage dam constructed by private interests in central Arizona. It became the largest multiple arch dam in the world upon completion. Survey number: HAER AZ-11 Building/structure... More
Waddell Dam, On Agua Fria River, 35 miles northwest of Phoenix, Phoeni...
Significance: It is the only storage dam constructed by private interests in central Arizona. It became the largest multiple arch dam in the world upon completion. Survey number: HAER AZ-11 Building/structure... More
Waddell Dam, On Agua Fria River, 35 miles northwest of Phoenix, Phoeni...
Significance: It is the only storage dam constructed by private interests in central Arizona. It became the largest multiple arch dam in the world upon completion. Survey number: HAER AZ-11 Building/structure... More
Waddell Dam, On Agua Fria River, 35 miles northwest of Phoenix, Phoeni...
Significance: It is the only storage dam constructed by private interests in central Arizona. It became the largest multiple arch dam in the world upon completion. Survey number: HAER AZ-11 Building/structure... More
Waddell Dam, On Agua Fria River, 35 miles northwest of Phoenix, Phoeni...
Significance: It is the only storage dam constructed by private interests in central Arizona. It became the largest multiple arch dam in the world upon completion. Survey number: HAER AZ-11 Building/structure... More
Waddell Dam, On Agua Fria River, 35 miles northwest of Phoenix, Phoeni...
Significance: It is the only storage dam constructed by private interests in central Arizona. It became the largest multiple arch dam in the world upon completion. Survey number: HAER AZ-11 Building/structure... More
Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Transformer House, Salt River, Tortilla Flat, ...
Survey number: HAER AZ-6-B Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100001454
Western Canal, South side of Salt River between Tempe, Phoenix & Mesa,...
Significance: The Western Canal expanded the irrigable acreage of the Salt River Project; constructed partly by the Reclamation Service and partly by the landowners to be served; supplied water to the Highline ... More
Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...
Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More
Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...
Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More
Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...
Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More
San Xavier Hall, San Xavier Road, Papago, Maricopa County, AZ
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ
Significance: This was the first Salt River Valley canal that was built by a canal company; that improved northside distribution system; that was the site of the most significant low-head hydropower plant of th... More
Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ
Significance: This was the first Salt River Valley canal that was built by a canal company; that improved northside distribution system; that was the site of the most significant low-head hydropower plant of th... More
Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ
Significance: This was the first Salt River Valley canal that was built by a canal company; that improved northside distribution system; that was the site of the most significant low-head hydropower plant of th... More
Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ
Significance: This was the first Salt River Valley canal that was built by a canal company; that improved northside distribution system; that was the site of the most significant low-head hydropower plant of th... More
Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa Count...
Significance: This was the largest low-head hydro plant in the SRP system. From about 1915 to 1938, it represented a large percentage of the SRP generating capacity. Survey number: HAER AZ-30 Building/structu... More
Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa Count...
Significance: This was the largest low-head hydro plant in the SRP system. From about 1915 to 1938, it represented a large percentage of the SRP generating capacity. Survey number: HAER AZ-30 Building/structu... More
Gillespie Dam Bridge, Spanning Gila River on Old US 80 Highway, south ...
Significance: Prior to completion of this bridge in 1927, traffic on the Pikes Peak Ocean-to-Ocean Highway at this point was often halted by flooding on the Gila River. The Gillespie Dam Bridge was this strateg... More
Gillespie Dam Bridge, Spanning Gila River on Old US 80 Highway, south ...
Significance: Prior to completion of this bridge in 1927, traffic on the Pikes Peak Ocean-to-Ocean Highway at this point was often halted by flooding on the Gila River. The Gillespie Dam Bridge was this strateg... More
Gillespie Dam Bridge, Spanning Gila River on Old US 80 Highway, south ...
Significance: Prior to completion of this bridge in 1927, traffic on the Pikes Peak Ocean-to-Ocean Highway at this point was often halted by flooding on the Gila River. The Gillespie Dam Bridge was this strateg... More
Tempe Canal, South Side Salt River in Tempe, Mesa & Phoenix, Tempe, Ma...
Significance: The oldest canal in continuous use in the Salt River Valley; site of early hydropower projects; the last independent canal company to join the Salt River Project. Survey number: HAER AZ-16 Build... More
Tempe Canal, South Side Salt River in Tempe, Mesa & Phoenix, Tempe, Ma...
Significance: The oldest canal in continuous use in the Salt River Valley; site of early hydropower projects; the last independent canal company to join the Salt River Project. Survey number: HAER AZ-16 Build... More
Tempe Canal, South Side Salt River in Tempe, Mesa & Phoenix, Tempe, Ma...
Significance: The oldest canal in continuous use in the Salt River Valley; site of early hydropower projects; the last independent canal company to join the Salt River Project. Survey number: HAER AZ-16 Build... More
Verde River Sheep Bridge, Spanning Verde River (Tonto National Forest)...
Significance: In 1943, Dr. R.O. Raymond, a physician and sheep rancher from Flagstaff, Arizona, sponsored the construction of Verde River Sheep Bridge on grazing allotment granted to his Flagstaff Sheep Company... More
Highline Canal & Pumping Station, South side of Salt River between Tem...
Significance: The Highline Canal expanded the irrigable acreage of the Salt River Project. The pumping plant was the only surface water canal pump on the project. Survey number: HAER AZ-23 Building/structure ... More
Highline Canal & Pumping Station, South side of Salt River between Tem...
Significance: The Highline Canal expanded the irrigable acreage of the Salt River Project. The pumping plant was the only surface water canal pump on the project. Survey number: HAER AZ-23 Building/structure ... More
Arizona Biltmore, Bathhouse & Cabanas, Northeast Corner, Twenty-fourth...
Significance: The original bathhouse and cabanas at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel are important to recognize for three main reasons. First, they are an important amenity of the classic winter resort of the Salt R... More
Crosscut Steam Plant, North side Salt River near Mill Avenue & Washing...
Significance: The diesel plant housed unique large engines; both the diesel and steam units provided power to the cities of the Salt River Valley during WWII and the very high growth period following. The pump ... More
Crosscut Steam Plant, North side Salt River near Mill Avenue & Washing...
Significance: The diesel plant housed unique large engines; both the diesel and steam units provided power to the cities of the Salt River Valley during WWII and the very high growth period following. The pump ... More
Crosscut Steam Plant, North side Salt River near Mill Avenue & Washing...
Significance: The diesel plant housed unique large engines; both the diesel and steam units provided power to the cities of the Salt River Valley during WWII and the very high growth period following. The pump ... More
South Flont Street (House), Wickenburg, Maricopa County, AZ
Survey number: HABS AZ-53 Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
725 East Washington Street (House), Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Survey number: HABS AZ-35 Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View of Resettlement Administration's part-time farms. Glendale, Arizo...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Member of the United Producers and Consumers Cooperative of Phoenix, A...
Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Migratory laborers inspect a trailer. Agua Fria migratory labor camp, ...
Public domain photograph of America during the Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Examination by doctor at the clinic of the Agua Fria migratory labor c...
Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Member of the service department of the United Producers and Consumers...
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Farmer loading cut lumber from warehouse of the United Producers and C...
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Mother of tenant purchase client piecing a quilt. Maricopa County, Ari...
Public domain photograph of quilt, needlework, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Detail of corner of apartment house and garage at Arizona part-time fa...
Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A complete line of electric lighting equipment is carried by the Unite...
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
A black and white photo of a woman in a kitchen, possibly related to: ...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona
May 1915. 8 Sheet(s). Arizona fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability.... More
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona
May 1915. 8 Sheet(s). Arizona fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability.... More
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona
May 1915. 8 Sheet(s). Arizona fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability.... More
Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Significance: Bartlett Dam was the first multiple arch dam constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. It was also the highest multiple arch dam constructed in the United States at the time of its completion. Su... More
Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Significance: Bartlett Dam was the first multiple arch dam constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. It was also the highest multiple arch dam constructed in the United States at the time of its completion. Su... More
Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Significance: Bartlett Dam was the first multiple arch dam constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. It was also the highest multiple arch dam constructed in the United States at the time of its completion. Su... More
Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Significance: Bartlett Dam was the first multiple arch dam constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. It was also the highest multiple arch dam constructed in the United States at the time of its completion. Su... More
San Francisco Canal, Between Fortieth & Weir & Thirty-sixth Street & R...
Survey number: HAER AZ-8 Building/structure dates: 1871 Initial Construction
Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...
Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More
Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...
Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More
Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...
Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More
Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...
Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More
City Hall, Civil Center, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, AZ
Significance: City Hall, along with the other buildings within the civic center (such as the public library) is an unusually sensitive and successful exercise in combining humane, inviting design with reference... More