3,995 Military facilities, Photo Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Looking towards St. George's Monastery, tents of the 4th Division in t...

Military encampment on the plateau of Sevastopolʹ. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Cri... More

Fort Putnam, previously Confederate Battery Gregg, Morris Island, S.C.

Photograph shows mounted guns inside the fort. No. B42. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The twelfth regiment "laying off" in the Navy Yard barracks at Washing...

Stereograph showing soldiers from the 12th regiment relaxing in the barracks, most out of uniform and some sitting on their bunks. No. 826. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

View at City Point headquarters, hospital, with old school houses, bar...

Photograph shows supply wagons passing General Patrick's headquarters in City Point, now known as Hopewell, Virginia. No. 29. Caption continues: Hospital, with old school houses, barns &c.

Company Street, Battery D, 1st U.S. Arty., Camp Seymour, Beaufort, S. ...

Photograph shows soldiers on lawn surrounded by camp facilities. ; hand-lettered on mount. Gift of; Mrs. James DeWolf Perry; 1932; (DLC/PP-1932:0099).

Colonel Paine's barracks, brigade hospital, Dr. [Sim's?] headquarters,...

Photograph shows a commercial street in Cairo, Illinois with Union military barracks in the distance. Title from inscriptions on mount reading top left to right. "No. 4" upper left corner. Photograph possibly t... More

Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington, D.C.

Woman with sleeves rolled up holding basket, posed in front of tent with a soldier (possibly her husband) and three children, other soldiers in the background. Civil War Photographs collection. Published in: Am... More

Arlington House, east front, June 28, 1864 (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows a group of men, some Union soldiers, including African Americans, in front of Arlington House, Robert E. Lee's former home. The home was taken over by Union forces in 1864, and later became a m... More

Interior view of Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor, S.C. City in the ...

Stereograph showing a mounted cannon and ammunition inside the fort. No. 3121. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of: Civil War Ph... More

Interior view of Castle Pickney, Charleston Harbor, S.C. Showing the s...

Stereograph showing stacks of ammunition near the stairs and the blocked off entrance to the fort. No. 3134. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & C... More

View from the parapet of the rebel works in front of Petersburgh (i.e....

Stereograph showing various fortifications inside the Confederate fort near Elliott's salient and Petersburg, Va. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthon... More

Fort C.F. Smith, Co. L, 2d New York Artillery

Group of soldiers with cannon and caisson. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 675. Original neg. number: LC-B817-7675.

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter). Interior, showing sallyport (entra...

Stereograph showing gabions and ruins inside Fort Sumter facing the entrance. Soldier being photographed on the parapet by Sam Cooley. No. 3062. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Cop... More

[The back view of the Imperial Artillery Range on the Kağıthane] / the...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 24. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empir... More

6th U.S. Cav., Ft. Des Moines, Ia., April 30th, 1910

All men posed on horseback. J141110 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; May 4, 1910. Copyright claimant's address: Des Moines, Ia.

Camp, Fourth & Seventh Infantry, Ft. Crockett, Galveston, Tex.

J179979 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Joseph M. Maurer; April 4, 1913.

General view, Business Mens Camp, Plattsburg [sic], N.Y., Aug. 1915

J206309 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Poughkeepsie, N.Y. No. 2630. Battalion companies labeled on image. Copyright deposit; Thompson Photo Co.; April 25, 1915; DLC/PP-1915:44992.

19th Infantry Camp, Fort Crockett, Texas

Copyright deposit; Blandford & Henningsen; July 26, 1915; DLC/PP-1915:44986. Copyright claimant's address: 3327 Ave. Q, Galveston, Tex.

Camp Glenn, N.C., 1916 - A black and white photo of a train yard

J217504 U.S. Copyright Office No. 4. Landmarks labeled on image. Copyright deposit; Wootten-Moulton; July 14, 1916; DLC/PP-1916:45168.

Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark., Panoramic Photograph

Fire engines at center of image. J226604 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Waterloo Photo Co.; November 30, 1917; DLC/PP-1917:45578. Printed under title: "Released by A. R. Harris, Capt. F. A.-A.D.C.; Co... More

123rd Inf., Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga.

J226699 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; L. Shapiro; December 10, 1917; DLC/PP-1917:45578. No. 10010.

Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill., Panoramic Photograph

J226208 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Waterloo Photo Co.; November 12, 1917. Printed under title: "Released by command of Maj. Gen. Barry; Charles E. T. Lull, Maj. G.S.C., Asst. Chief of Staff; Water... More

Camp Funston, 14th National Cantonment, Fort Riley, Kansas

J226102 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Kansas City. Copyright deposit; Verne O. Williams & Chas. A. Stead; November 5, 1917.

Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., Panoramic Photograph

J226599 U.S. Copyright Office Printed under title: "Released by command of Maj. Gen. Hale; Laurence Halstead, Lt. Col., N.A., Chief of Staff; Copyrighted by Waterloo Photograph Co., Waterloo, Ia.; Photographs b... More

Camp Custer, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

J226681 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Toledo, Ohio. Copyright deposit; H. H. Hamm; November 24, 1917; DLC/PP-1917:45578.

Complete view of Camp Custer, Mich.

J229937 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Battle Creek. Copyright deposit; Bruce R. McIntyre; May 27, 1918; DLC/PP-1918:45741.

Depot Brigade Recruit Camp, 1500 Tents, Camp Custer

J231275 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Funk Bros.; September 19, 1918; DLC/PP-1917:45907. Copyright claimant's address: Battle Creek, Mich.

Camp Sevier, S.C., March 10, 1918

Sections at right and left may be missing. Landmarks labeled on image. Source unknown.

Main Ave. and Depot St., Camp Dodge, Ia.

J230470 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Bandholtz Photo Co.; June 29, 1918. Copyright claimant's address: Woodward, Ia.

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Columbia Falls Radar Site ...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tran... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 265, Northeast corner Farley Road & Me...

Significance: Building 265 is associated with the multitude of small structures scattered throughout the grounds of Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's principal manufacturer of small arms ammunition. Survey nu... More

Charleston, S.C. Mortars inside Fort Moultrie

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milh... More

Rappahannock Station, Virginia Quarters of field and staff officers, 5...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washin... More

Charleston, S.C. Blakely guns and ammunition in the Arsenal yard

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milho... More

Charleston, S.C. Mounted gun, parapet of Fort Moultrie

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milh... More

District of Columbia. Officers and men of Company F, 3d Massachusetts ...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. N... More

Petersburg, Virginia Interior of Fort Steadman; bomb-proof in foregrou...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Smilax, U.S. Coast Guard Station Fort Macon Ea...

Significance: The Smilax is a Cosmos class inland construction tender. Survey number: HAER NC-52

Nike Hercules Missile Battery Site Summit, Mount Gordon Lyon, Anchorag...

See also HAER AK-18 for additional documentation. Significance: Military period of significance: 1959-1979. Site Summit, a former United States Army Nike Hercules missile installation, is one of the most intact... More

The Union line before Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing a view of the defensive fortifications near Fort Morton including sharpened wooden spikes in front of a line of breastworks, and the soldiers' huts behind the breastworks. No. 1062. Part of ... More

Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Ro...

Significance: Buildings 802-808 played a vital role in the Installation's mission to resupply U.S. forces in the Pacific during both World War II and the Korean engagement. Materiel was shipped by rail and tru... More

Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Ro...

Significance: Buildings 802-808 played a vital role in the Installation's mission to resupply U.S. forces in the Pacific during both World War II and the Korean engagement. Materiel was shipped by rail and tru... More

Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Ro...

Significance: Buildings 802-808 played a vital role in the Installation's mission to resupply U.S. forces in the Pacific during both World War II and the Korean engagement. Materiel was shipped by rail and tru... More

Outside view of Fort Sumter, March, 1865. Foot of slope on southwester...

Photograph shows two men seated on rocks amidst the debris of exterior of Fort Sumter. One man leans on a cannon. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3049. Variant view in LOT 4166-C. Forms part of: Visual m... More

Fort Sheridan, Infantry Drill Hall, Whistler & Ronan Roads, Lake Fores...

Significance: The Infantry Drill Hall is a large edifice with the excellent architectural detailing that characterizes the Holabird and Roche designed buildings at Fort Sheridan. One of the more impressive of t... More

Fort Sheridan, Infantry Drill Hall, Whistler & Ronan Roads, Lake Fores...

Significance: The Infantry Drill Hall is a large edifice with the excellent architectural detailing that characterizes the Holabird and Roche designed buildings at Fort Sheridan. One of the more impressive of t... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...

Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...

Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...

Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...

Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1944 Type, Nort...

Significance: Facility Nos. 489, 490, and 491 are associated with the expansion of facilities at the Naval base during WWII. They were the second set of storehouses built on the fill land that created Kuahua Pe... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1944 Type, Nort...

Significance: Facility Nos. 489, 490, and 491 are associated with the expansion of facilities at the Naval base during WWII. They were the second set of storehouses built on the fill land that created Kuahua Pe... More

Continuation of view no. 1009, showing rear of Battery Dantzler, (Howl...

Stereograph showing the magazine and fortifications in Confederate Battery Dantzler on the James River above Dutch Gap Canal from a high vantage point. No. 1010. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batter... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 148, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadel...

Significance: One of a series of magazines at Frankford Arsenal, the building was the U.S. Army's principal manufacturer of ammunition throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Constructed in 19... More

Commissary Tent - A group of men standing next to each other in front ...

Stereograph showing two men standing in front of a commissary tent near a crude chimney. A third man sits inside the tent. No. 50. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Fo... More

View of Atlanta, Ga., October 1864, from the Female Academy

Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; December 20, 1985; DLC/PP-1985:644. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe. No. 62. Landmarks labeled on image. Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at th... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 106, South of Tacony Street between Br...

Significance: Established in 1816, the Frankford Arsenal served for three decades as a depot for the storage and repair of arms, accoutrements, and ammunition for the United States Army. From 1849 to 1976, the... More

Navy Yard, Building No. 197, Tingey Street, Washington, District of Co...

Significance: Building 197 is a contributing property in the Washington Navy Yard National Historic Landmark. The Washington Navy Yard once served as the center for naval ordnance research and production and i... More

Fort McAllister, Ga. soon after it had been carried(?) by assault, Dec...

Photograph shows a chevaux-de-frise in a ditch at Fort McAllister, near Savannah, Georgia. Original negative for this print: LC-B811-4001. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type N, 204B Second Street, Honolulu, ...

Significance: The Type N housing units were part of the development of Hickam Air Base in the late 1930s and early 1940s as the Army Air Corps shifted its operations from Ford Island and utilized the larger are... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, United States All-Steel Hangar, Wasp Bo...

Significance: Facility No. 174 was part of the early expansion of the Army Air Field on Ford Island. It is one of the oldest hangars in Pearl Harbor and is associated with both Army and Navy aviation history on... More

A dead rebel soldier, as he lay in the trenches of "Fort Hell"

Stereograph showing a dead Confederate soldier crumpled sideways at the bottom of a trench in Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Caption continues: ... More

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Waterton Canyo...

Significance: When the Glenn L. Martin Company completed its new Titan missile plant near Denver in the late 1950s, the Air Force described it as the first completely integrated missile facility "in the western... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 251, Northeast corner Hagner Road & Wa...

Significance: Constructed as a storehouse, Building 251 is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal that resulted from the United States' entry into World War I. Survey number: HAER PA-74... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 308, North side Laidley Road between W...

Significance: Building 308 is associated with the large scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's principal manufacturer of small arms ammunition, during World War II. Survey number: HAER PA-74-AE ... More

Quarters No. 211, Boulevard Norzagaray, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, ...

Significance: Quarters No. 211, built in the early 19th century as a blacksmith shop for the Spanish Corps of Artillery. Remodeled in the 1880s as Officer's Quarters it continued to serve as such until 1964. S... More

Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 7, 210 Eleventh Street, Honolulu, Honol...

Significance: The Type 7 housing units were part of the development of Hickam Air Force Base in the late 1930s and 1940s as the Army Air Corps shifted its operations from Ford Island and utilized the larger a... More

Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 7, 210 Eleventh Street, Honolulu, Honol...

Significance: The Type 7 housing units were part of the development of Hickam Air Force Base in the late 1930s and 1940s as the Army Air Corps shifted its operations from Ford Island and utilized the larger a... More

Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 7, 210 Eleventh Street, Honolulu, Honol...

Significance: The Type 7 housing units were part of the development of Hickam Air Force Base in the late 1930s and 1940s as the Army Air Corps shifted its operations from Ford Island and utilized the larger a... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, South Fire Station, Railroad Avenue near E...

Significance: Building 726, built in 1941, is considered significant for its association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west coast. Portions of... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, South Fire Station, Railroad Avenue near E...

Significance: Building 726, built in 1941, is considered significant for its association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west coast. Portions of... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Joint Intelligence Center, Makalapa Dri...

Significance: The building is significant because it housed the first joint intelligence agency for ground, air, and naval forces. In this building, during the last years of WWII, the whole range of intelligenc... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Joint Intelligence Center, Makalapa Dri...

Significance: The building is significant because it housed the first joint intelligence agency for ground, air, and naval forces. In this building, during the last years of WWII, the whole range of intelligenc... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Building 105, South Broadway, on Hudson River, Wat...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-32 Survey number: HAER NY-229 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1845-1863 Subsequent Work Building/s... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Building 105, South Broadway, on Hudson River, Wat...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-32 Survey number: HAER NY-229 Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1845-1863 Subsequent Work Building/s... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 68, Southeast corner of Walbach Street...

Significance: Building 68, constructed as a fuze loading house, is associated with the expansion of Frankford Arsenal during World War II. Used as a laboratory after 1946, the building is also associated with ... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 206, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadel...

Significance: Building 206 was constructed in 1918 as a cart house and is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal in its relation with the United States' entry into World War I. Survey n... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 206, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadel...

Significance: Building 206 was constructed in 1918 as a cart house and is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal in its relation with the United States' entry into World War I. Survey n... More

Vancouver Barracks, Truck Storage Garage, East Fifth Street southeast ...

Significance: The Truck Storage Garage, Building No. 304 (currently Building No. 406), is a contributing building to the Vancouver National Historic Reserve District in Vancouver, Washington. The military rese... More

Hematite Fuel Fabrication Facility, Office, 3300 State Road P, Festus,...

Significance: The Hematite Fuel Fabrication Facility, also known as Hematite Former Fuel Cycle Facility and the Westinghouse Electric Company Hematite Facility, was constructed over a period of thirty-one years... More

Raritan Arsenal, Upholstery Shop, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, ...

Significance: The Upholstery Shop is a part of the machine shop complex, which formed the industrial core of the Arsenal. Survey number: HABS NJ-1061-L Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction Bui... More

Raritan Arsenal, Upholstery Shop, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, ...

Significance: The Upholstery Shop is a part of the machine shop complex, which formed the industrial core of the Arsenal. Survey number: HABS NJ-1061-L Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction Bui... More

Raritan Arsenal, Upholstery Shop, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, ...

Significance: The Upholstery Shop is a part of the machine shop complex, which formed the industrial core of the Arsenal. Survey number: HABS NJ-1061-L Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction Bui... More