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Radar Station B-71, Operations Building, Coastal Drive, Klamath, Del N...

Significance: The Operations Building served as the housing for the station's radar equipment. The building's true purpose was effectively disguised from casual passersby and enemies by its location on a terra... More

Hematite Fuel Fabrication Facility, Pellet Plant, 3300 State Road P, F...

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

Near fort Hill. 1864, Library of Congress drawings collection

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Hematite Fuel Fabrication Facility, Oxide Building & Oxide Loading Doc...

Seven Inch Brooke Rifle Gun in Battery Brooke-Fort Brady (U.S.) in ext...

Stereograph showing a soldier standing beside the cannon. No. 1032. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batteries on James River. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Ori... More

Old "Libby Prison" building, Richmond, Va.

Stereograph showing a group of people including Maj. Thomas P. Turner, Commandant of "The Libby," soldiers, and a young child, standing in front of tents on the prison grounds. The prison building, with its Co... More

Fort Monroe, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Significance: Fort Monroe occupies a sandy projection of land in Hampton, Virginia, at the end of the peninsula between the York and James Rivers. Between this pit and the peninsula is a small inlet, Mill Cree... More

Fort Monroe, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 252, Northwest corner of Hagner Road &...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type K, 304 Sixth Street, Honolulu, Ho...

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Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type K, 304 Sixth Street, Honolulu, Ho...

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

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 227, South side of Hagner Road between...

Significance: Building 227, constructed in 1941 as a blank ammunition loading plant, is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal, the United States' principal manufacturer of small arms am... More

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Moscow Radar Site Transmit...

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

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches

Stereograph showing a dead Confederate soldier on the foot passages in the trenches of Fort Mahone with blood on his face, near Petersburg, Virginia, April 2, 1865.

Jackson Barracks, Officers Quarters, 6400 Saint Claude Avenue, New Orl...

2009 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Building No. 7 is the most northwest of the Officers' Quarters which flank the parade ground. It is gable ended with a two story Doric colonnade, and features... More

Navy Yard, Building No. 143, Between Isaac Hull & Patterson Avenues, W...

Significance: Building 143 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

Navy Yard, Building No. 143, Between Isaac Hull & Patterson Avenues, W...

Key West, 1862 - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed within trees: Live oak, Sycamore, Willow. Inscribed upper right: joins below. Formerly Waud no. C-93. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1020) Forms part of: Morgan... More

Beale Air Force Base, Perimeter Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased-Array...

Significance: Building 5762 is an ancillary structure within the PAVE PAWS compound on Beale Air Force Base. The tower was part of the original design of the compound, but has been moved from its first location... More

Fort Hatteras, Library of Congress drawings collection

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Rebel fortifications, Atlanta, Ga., Confederate States of America.

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing by the mounted cannons inside a Confederate fort.

Residence of Mr. Hudson, headquarters of Gen. Pope during the battle o...

Photograph showing a group of men gathered on the front porch of a residence in Culpeper County, Virginia. Includes a handwritten text detailing the sequence of events that brought him to the house, signed "H.H... More

Fort Lewis, Locomotive Shelter, South side of South Drive, DuPont, Pie...

Significance: According to inventory records maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USACERL), Building 1-B-99 is one of two remaining structures t... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 66, Rodman Avenue between Third & Fo...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Guard House & Barracks, Railroad Avenue ne...

Significance: Building 930, built in 1941, is considered significant for its association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west coast. Porti... More

A rebel soldier, killed in the trenches before Petersburgh (i.e. Peter...

Stereograph showing a dead Confederate soldier lying on the ground between a hat and a pile of rubble at Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia. No. 3191, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the U... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 151, East side Dearborn Street, north ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camp of the 5th Dragoon Guards, looking towards Kadikoi - Roger Fenton...

View of camp with tents, huts, and horses, looking toward the village of Kadikoi. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 8, 212E Thirteenth Street, Honolulu, Ho...

Significance: The Type 8 apartment 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 ... More

Mountain Home Air Force Base 1958 Senior Officers' Housing, Colonel's ...

Significance: The three senior officers' houses at Mountain Home Air Force Base were constructed as part of the 270-unit Armed Services Housing Project, a collaboration between the architectural firms of Richar... More

[Morris Island, S.C. Closer view of same]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

Nike Hercules Missile Battery Summit Site, Battery Control Administrat...

Significance: The Alaska Nike Hercules Missile batteries were the only Nike antiaircraft installations in the United States that fired missiles from their tactical sites; the other Nike batteries fired practice... More

Washington arsenal, Aug. '63 (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows an aerial view of the Washington Arsenal yard. No. 274. Title and number inscribed on item.

Hickam Field, Fort Kamehameha Historic Housing, Along Worchester Avenu...

Significance: Fort Kamehemeha Historic Housing consists of thirty-three residences fronting along Worchester Avenue and Hope Street. Survey number: HABS HI-164-AS Building/structure dates: 1916 Initial Const... More

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type J, 701 Beard Street, Honolulu, Ho...

Significance: The housing planned for the new Air Base was designed "in keeping with the Hawaiian atmosphere and traditions" with some buildings placed on curving streets and amidst extensive landscaping plants... More

In the Provost's Office. Charleston, 1866

Title inscribed below image. Paper preprinted on verso: Headquarters, Post of Charleston, Dept. S.C., PROVOST MARSHAL'S OFFICE, Charleston, S.C., 1866. Formerly Waud no. C-59. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-19... More

Inside view, Fort Sumter, March 1865, looking S.E. across south wester...

Photograph shows gabions used as reinforcements in the damaged interior and parapet of Fort Sumter. Original neg. for this print: LC- Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Temporary Storage, Railroad Avenue near Ei...

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

[Manassas, Virginia Confederate winter quarters] - 19th century Virgin...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Confederate winter quarters, 1861-1862.

Oakland Army Base, Railroad Engine Shop, Engineer Road & Wake Avenue, ...

Significance: The Railroad Engine Shop, provided both housing and maintenance for OARB's locomotive engines. The conveyance, by rail, of troops and materiel to the shipping berths was important in fulfilling t... More

This view was taken in the rebel trenches, the morning after the storm...

Conservation no. 2.90.291.27. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Caption continues: [This view] shows a dead rebel soldier who must have died instantly, his left temple and part of th... More

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type M, 113 Beard Avenue, Honolulu, Ho...

Significance: The Type M 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

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Moscow Radar Site Transmit...

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

Oakland Army Base, Box & Crate Shop, Ukraine Street & Warehouse Road, ...

Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 130, Northeast corner of Williams Stre...

Public domain photograph of a compressor engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hematite Fuel Fabrication Facility, Pellet Drying, 3300 State Road P, ...

Part of Federal Line of Works showing bombproof tents occupied by U.S....

Stereograph showing a group of African American soldiers in a camp with bombproof tents. No. 802. Part of series: Photographic Incidents of the War. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Part of Federal Line of Works showing bombproof tents occupied by U.S....

[Fort Monroe, Virginia The post band]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Fort Monroe, Va.

Outside view, Fort Sumter, north face

Photograph shows a gun on top of parapet and gabions used as reinforcements along the damaged exterior of Fort Sumter. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3048. Forms part of: Visual materials from the paper... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building Nos. 242-246A, South side Craig Road betwe...

Significance: These nine buildings are part of a thirteen-building complex associated with the original and most elemental purpose of Frankford Arsenal, the production and storage of powder and munitions for th... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 305, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadel...

Significance: Building 305 is associated with the continued growth of Frankford Arsenal during the twentieth century. Survey number: HAER PA-74-AD Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Corps Officers' Quarters, Russel...

Significance: Facility Nos. 201, 202, and 203 are associated with the establishment of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base, and with the history of the Marines in Hawaii. They were some of the first quarters built at P... More

[Fort Burnham, Virginia (the former Confederate Fort Harrison). Federa...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.

Rabbit Creek White Alice Site, Radio Relay Station, Anchorage, Anchora...

Significance: Rabbit Creek was an unattended TD-2 microwave radio relay station that was built in 1955-56 and opened on 18 January 1957. It was acquired by Alascom in 1983 and still functions as it did origina... More

[Washington, D.C., vicinity. Seven officers by a big gun in a fort]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Engine Test Building, Southeast of Wasp...

Significance: This building is a distinctive type and period of construction, designed as a facility to test plane engines. It is associated with the history of Ford Island as a Naval Air Station, from the end... More

Nike Hercules Missile Battery Summit Site, Missile Assembly, Anchorage...

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

Interior of Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island

Stereograph showing destruction of the fort's wall from heavy bombardment by the Union. No. 351, part of series: War Views. Printed on verso: Charleston, S.C. and forts in vicinity. Copyright 1865 by John P. S... More

Point Arguello Coast Guard Rescue Station, Lompoc, Santa Barbara Count...

Drawings delineated by R. Johnson, A. Borgo, 1980 Significance: The U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Station and Lookout Tower at Point Arguello, California, was established on December 17, 1936, and ceased normal opera... More

Allen Park Veterans Administration Hospital, Building No. 1, Southfiel...

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

Allen Park Veterans Administration Hospital, Building No. 1, Southfiel...

Public domain photograph of living room, apartment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Allen Park Veterans Administration Hospital, Building No. 1, Southfiel...

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

[Charleston, S.C. Interior of Fort Sumter, with gabion reinforcements]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

Minuteman III ICBM Launch Control Facility November-1, 1.5 miles North...

Significance: It was one of 20 similar installations in "Wing V" of the country's Mintueman ICBM force. Land-based ICBMs played a vital role in American strategic policy during the Cold War. With the Navy's sea... More

Oakland Army Base, Transit Shed, East of Dunkirk Street & South of Bur...

Significance: Oakland Army Base (OARB) was planned and constructed a a time when military planners recognized that the West Coast would have a vital role in responding to Japanese aggression during World War II... More

Blossom Point Farm, La Plata, Charles County, MD

Significance: Although architecturally simple in design, the Ballast House contains exceptionally fine, attractive 18th century style interior woodwork in remarkably good condition. The original kitchen, once ... More

Blossom Point Farm, La Plata, Charles County, MD

Cranes[sic] Island - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed lower right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R2.2.???) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Check: HK: Erroneously marked B-39. Could easily be B-164.

Lacy house, Falmouth, Va., March, 1863

Stereograph showing exterior view of a house surrounded by a few Union soldiers. No. 697. Part of series: Photographic Incidents of the War. Copyright 1863 by Alexander Gardner. Forms part of: Civil War Photog... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...

Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More

Bombproof quarters of Maj. Strong, at Dutch Gap, 16th N.Y. artillery

Photograph shows two African American soldiers sitting in front of bombproof structure, Dutch Gap, Virginia. Original glass negative no: LC-B811-2551. From series The War for the Union. Photographic History. W... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

[Fort Brady, Virginia Battery of Parrott guns manned by Company C, 1st...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, U.S. Route 9, Plattsburgh, Clinton County,...

Significance: For over 100 years, the U.S. has maintained a military presence at the site of the now closed Plattsburgh AFB. During the Civil War, Union troops organized and departed from the base; during the S... More

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Maritime Street at Seventh Street, Oaklan...

Significance: The Oakland Naval Supply center possesses significance as one of the primary supply center for operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II. During the period 194-1950, the supply center was... More

Camp of the 4th Dragoon Guards near Karyni - Roger Fenton's Crimean Wa...

Men and horses standing among tent encampment with building; mountains in background. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Ft. Scott [and] Towards Alexandria

Two scenes. Title inscribed below images. Formerly Waud no. B-96. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.860) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Two sketches: fort opposite Alexandria, 1861; opposite Ft. Scott on P...

Title devised from inscription above and below image. Formerly Waud no. C-12. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.939) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Views of Fort Sumter from drawings

Photograph of drawing showing the ruins of Fort Sumter with Confederate flag waving from Charleston Harbor.

Giesboro, Md (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing barns at the Giesboro cavalry depot. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of... More

Interior of breastworks on Round Top, Gettysburg / negative by T.H. O'...

Photograph showing a temporary fortification abandoned by the Union army on the Gettysburg line. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomon... More

129th Reg + ILL Volls. [sic] at camp "Lady Polk," Nashville, Tenn

Ink sketch within oval border of Federal encampment with numerous tents, trees and a flagpole with the Union flag.

Headquarters of General D.B. Birney, February 17, 1864

Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior view of the Rebel works in front of Petersburgh [sic], Virgin...

Public domain scan of American Civil War photograph, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, S.C., April...

Stereograph showing spectators at the flag raising ceremony in Fort Sumter on the occasion of the anniversary of Major General Anderson's surrender four years earlier. No. 3146. Part of series: The War for the ... More

Hospitals, Army of the Potomac, January 1865 (Andrew J. Russel)

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

3rd Batln., 19th I.N.F., Ft. McKenzie [sic], Wyo., Aug. 14, 1909

J130842 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; August 20, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Des Moines, Ia.

[Fort Bayard, N.M.], gelatin silver print

Transfer; U.S. Copyright Office; 1909. Title devised by cataloger. Incomplete copyright stamp on verso.

Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., Panoramic Photograph

J226597 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 Sevier, Greenville, S.C., Panoramic Photograph

J226060 U.S. Copyright Office Printed on image: "1-2-3 Training Battalions; 55 Depot Brigade." Copyright claimant's address: Greenville, S.C. Copyright deposit; J. R. Peden; October 30, 1917; DLC/PP-1917:45578.

General view, 45th Inf., July 30, 1918

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camp Pontanè̀zen. Brest, France, Panoramic Photograph

Transfer; LC Veteran's History Project; 2010; DLC/PP-2010:112. No. 7133.

Pentagon. Exterior of Pentagon from across water I

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More

Military subjects. Military buildings along beach

Submarine base, New London, Connecticut. Supply building

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Submarine base, New London, Connecticut. School II

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Ordnance building, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. View from over parking fie...

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