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Broad Street and Philadelphia's new sky-scrapers, south from the City ...

H74925 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright, 1906, by E. W. Kelley. No. 1178.

Chicago gets world apparel mart Walter W. Ahlschlager, Inc., Chicago, ...

Reproduction of architectural drawing of the apparel mart designed by Walter Ahlschlager, Inc., for Chicago, Illinois. Presentation rendering signed Clas (A.R. Clas). Title from agency caption on verso. Date f... More

Johnny's Tavern; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schwarz, Chicago, Illinois

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 2-7, interior of Johnny's Tavern; 8-11, Nancy Buckalew; 12-14, Nancy ... More

Portland, Oregon - the metropolis of the Pacific Northwest / C.L. Smit...

Print showing bird's-eye view of Portland, Oregon. 13216 U.S. Copyright Office. 1888, population with suburbs, 60,000. Supplement to "The West Shore," Portland, Oregon. Copyrighted 1888.

Pictorial St. Louis, the great metropolis of the Mississippi valley; a...

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Kansas City City Hall, 414 East Twelfth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: The City Hall is the tallest and most obvious of a three building construction program passed in 1931 by the people of Kansas City. The overall bond program was labeled the "Ten-Year-Plan," and of... More

View of the city of Washington, the metropolis of the United States of...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Potomac River and the city of Washington, D.C., with ships on the river, an eagle perched on a tree on the left, and the U.S. Capitol building at right-center in the distanc... More

Richfield Oil Building, 555 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, Los Ange...

Significance: An excellent example of the "Modern Style" of the 1920s, a short-lived heroic style with roots in late Art Nouveau and German Expressionism with emphasis on masses rather than volumes. A more dire... More

Market Street National Bank Building, 1-21 Juniper Street, Philadelphi...

Survey number: HABS PA-1517 Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baltimore Trust Company Building, 10 Light Street, Baltimore, Independ...

Significance: Baltimore's only "setback" skyscraper, the Baltimore Trust Building is a fine example of the Art Deco commercial style in America. The interior features mosaics by Hildreth Meiere, who designed ma... More

Chicago River Bascule Bridges, Spanning Chicago River & its north & so...

Significance: The development of the Chicago trunnion bascule bridge occurred during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Despite the controversy over patent infringement Joseph E. Strauss charg... More

From Met. Bldg. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Singer building tower, illuminated, N.Y.C., 1909

Photo by A. Loeffler. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

The Heart of Detroit - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Am. Ex. Nat. Bank, Singer Building and Clearing House

J178596 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y. No. C 9175.

Banking Center, San Francisco, Calif.

Bird's-eye view. Photoprint copyrighted by R.J. Waters & Co. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ph. Ind.; Banks and...

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York City views. Vista under elevated railroad

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rockefeller Center & St. Patrick's Cath.

Photograph shows St. Patrick's Cathedral, Rockefeller Center, and other New York City buildings. J13792 U.S. Copyright Office.

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York city views. Tudor City, above tenement house wash lines

Public domain photograph of apartment building, architectural plan, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a city street, Tennessee. Farm Security Adm...

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

Rockefeller Center. From 444 Madison Ave., general

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

Production. Marine engines. Gears for marine engines for the Navy are ...

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

Governor Smith houses, model for Eggers & Higgins. Axis, to flagpole

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York City pictures. New look of Park Ave. II

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

[Cities Service Building] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Walter Alber...

Photograph showing an aerial view of the 125-foot stainless steel mast of the Cities Service Building. NYWT&S staff photograph. Newspaper clipping on verso: "This 67-story building rises 967 feet above the stre... More

Sixty Wall Tower, 70 Pine St - Irving Underhill Co. photo

J11372 U.S. Copyright Office. No. B 57980. Copyright by Irving Underhill, Inc., New York.

Woolworth bldg. iron work, made April 4th, 1912

Photograph shows the Woolworth Building, New York City, under construction. J168244 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y. No. C-8543.

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marlborough, Blenheim & Dennis Hotels (aerial views), Between Park Pla...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Marlborough, Blenheim & Dennis Hotels (aerial views), Between Park Pla...

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

[Market Street, San Francisco, Cal.], California, 19th century steresc...

Bird's-eye view. No. 5402. Copyright by The Universal Photo Art Co.

Daily News Building, 220-226 East Forty-second Street, New York, New Y...

Survey number: HABS NY-6063 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 82001191

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Great Falls S. U. M. Historic District, Oliver Street, Paterson, Passa...

Significance: In 1791 Alexander Hamilton and others founded an industrial venture known as the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures (S.U.M.). The formation of this Society embodied the theory pr... More

Life sketches in the metropolis - our homeless poor - a midnight visit...

Two page spread showing police officer and civilian investigator arriving at crowded room in lodging house, New York City. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, March 9, 1872, p. 408-409.

North Carolina. The steamship "Metropolis," wrecked in a gale off Cur...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1878 Feb. 16, p. 413.

Madison Sq. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of city street, buildings, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lower Peachtree Street. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows view of lower Peachtree Street with Lester's Book Store, the Flatiron Building, Piedmont Hotel, and the Candler Building visible, also shows trolley cars. Illus. in: Souvenir of Atlanta, Georgia.

[Herald Square elevated railroad and Sixth Avenue near 34th Street, Ne...

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Waterfront, Detroit, Mich.]. Cityscape photograph

Public domain photograph of historic cityscape, city, 19th-century, vintage travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York City views. New York in 1920s. Public domain.

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

New York Skyline from Brooklyn - Irving Underhill Co. photo

J10636 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, Inc., N.Y.C. No. B 57595C.

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York city views. Rockefeller Center buildings from 515 Madison Ave...

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

Tudor City Complex, Stewart Hall, 310 Mitchell Place, New York, New Yo...

Survey number: HABS NY-6075-K Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Downtown buildings near Walnut and Broad S...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a city, Arthur Rothstein - New York City

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

Skyline, midtown Manhattan, New York City

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

New York Stock Exchange. Exterior

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

Chicago, Illinois. Special agent making his rounds at night at the Sou...

Public domain image of Chicago cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Aerial view of New York City, in which the World Trade Center Twin To...

Date, and keywords provided by the photographer. 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 ... More

Aerial view of dowtown Cincinnati, Ohio from the Ohio River

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In the foreground is Paul Brown Stadium, home of the city's National Football League franchise, the Cincinnati Bengals. Credit line: P... More

Woolworth Building & B'way south

Photograph shows the Woolworth Building and Broadway in New York City. J182285 U.S. Copyright Office. No. D-667.

Chrysler Bldg. & other skyscrapers

Photograph shows Chrysler Building surrounded by other skyscrapers, New York City, New York. JO6770 U.S. Copyright Office.

Pictorial St. Louis, the great metropolis of the Mississippi valley; a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a vintage city plan, 18th-19th century map, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pictorial St. Louis, the great metropolis of the Mississippi valley; a...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Kansas City City Hall, 414 East Twelfth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...

Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More

Marlborough, Blenheim & Dennis Hotels (aerial views), Between Park Pla...

Tudor City Complex, Hotel Tudor, 304 East Forty-second Street, New Yor...

Survey number: HABS NY-6075-F Public domain photograph of the city, skyscraper buildings, cityscape, downtown, urban environment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panhellenic Tower, 3-7 Mitchell Place, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: A very fine "skyscraper" apartment of the 1920s, designed by the noted architect, John Mead Howells. Survey number: HABS NY-6069

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a city. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Pl...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

East River & bridge, N.Y.. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...

Bird's-eye view, with bridge in backgrd. Photo copyrighted by J.S. Johnston. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.

From Woolworth Bldg. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Broad Street, N.Y.] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

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

New York and West 23rd St. from Metropolitan Tower

Bird's-eye view with Flatiron Bldg. in left foregrd. Photoprint copyrighted by Irving Underhill. No. C-8801. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.

American Radiator building at night, New York City. Exterior

Item title devised. Public domain image of New York City buildings, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Western Union Telegraph Building, West Broadway

View of Western Union building from side adjacent to subway tracks. J9739 U.S. Copyright Office. No. C20374. Copyright by Irving Underhill, Inc., NYC.

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York. Draftees on their way to a train to the induction ...

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

[Lower Manhattan Expressway, New York City. Model. Detail]

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

[New Haven Government Center, New Haven, Connecticut. Model C. Façades...

Original slide showing one of several study and presentation models. Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

The 1930 Times Square Building in Rochester, New York

The 12-story, Art Deco skyscraper, originally called the Genesee Valley Trust Building supports four aluminum wings 42 feet high, known as the "Wings of Progress." Each weighs 12,000 pounds. Title, date and key... More

This is art of a sort, but not exactly either private or public. It wa...

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

Rockefeller Center. RCA Building from 515 Madison Ave

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

Pictorial St. Louis, the great metropolis of the Mississippi valley; a...

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Newspaper Row, New York - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

A Monday washing, New York City

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

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...

Bowling Green Offices - Irving Underhill

J247574 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y.C. No. C 13461.

New York Hospital, 525 East Sixty-eighth Street, bounded by York Avenu...

Significance: Traditionally known as The New York Hospital, this is a major 1930s high-rise medical center complex. Dominated by a central 27 story tower, the assemblage of descending wings and pavilions gives ... More

Singer, City Investing, and Hudson Terminal buildings, New York

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

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