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Washington, D.C. U.S. Army Corps major and a civilan lunching at the O...

Public domain photograph of restaurant tables, dinner, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of the Japanese-Americans from...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Bomb bay B-17 - Public domain print

Drawing shows a World War II soldier, stripped to the waist, standing in the bomb bay of a B-17 airplane during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Gift, Sgt. Howard J. Brodie, 1944; (DLC/PP-1944:114).

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Catholic chaplains saying mass at the U.S. Army chaplain school. Fort ...

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Los Angeles, California. Japanese-American evacuation from West Coast ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Preparing lessons for the next day's class in the recreation room of t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, group of people, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Knox flags. High above Fort Knox, Kentucky, over a true "home of ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pinedale (Calif.) Assembly Center - the attention of a dentist was par...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Little Rock, Arkansas to Missouri-Arkansas state line. War emergency p...

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

Just below bullet junction covering a draw PFC Frank R. Boddy Inf (Chi...

Sketch shows an enlisted man, Private First Class Frank R. Boddy, an infantryman from Chicago, from the side. He sits as he operates his machine gun from under a tent on Guadalcanal during World War II. Inscrib... More

Carlisle, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army medical field service school. Army d...

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army medical field service school. Demons...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Charlottesville, Virginia. Officers comparing notes after a lecture on...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Charlottesville, Virginia. Officers assigned to the problem of foreign...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Carlisle, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army medical field service school. Army d...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, army, group photograph, armed people in uniform, war inspection, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Charlottesville, Virginia. Officers enrolled in the School of Military...

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Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York touring the North African b...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a refugee camp, migrant workers, 1930s, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Riveting an aft section a...

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Captain Rollo C. "Pop" Lawrence of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force, who ha...

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

Carlisle, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army medical field service school. Office...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company makin...

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Rivet inspection on a rea...

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

105 howitzers just off the Mt. Aesten [i.e. Mt. Austen] front

Drawing shows four soldiers operating field artillery--a howitzer--on Mt. Austen during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal. In his inscription, Brodie refers to Mack Morriss, Yank magazine correspondent. Si... More

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Bernice Stevens of Braddock, Pennsylvania...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Demonstration before Army doctors and officer ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Horizontal stabilizer fra...

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

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Flap installation. This p...

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

Charlottesville, Virginia. Officers enrolled in the School of Military...

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Charlottesville, Virginia. Officers attending a lecture in the School ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jacksonville, Florida. Fighting French flag

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Subsistence research laboratory of the U.S. Army qu...

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Luncheon for Liberian president's party. His Excellency, Edwin Barclay...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Bombs away B-17 - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a World War II bombardier, stripped to the waist, sitting at the turret of an airplane bomber during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Gift, Sgt. Howard J. Brodie, 1944; (DLC/PP-1944:114).

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New G...

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Drilling a horizontal sta...

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Tripoli, Libya. Archbishop Spellman of New York (left) surveys the rui...

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Demonstration before Army doctors and officer ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The big boss, Sgt. Gardzina - Public domain portrait drawing

Sketch showing portrait of soldier wearing helmet and sunglasses stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. In album: World War II sketchbooks from the Victor A. Lundy Archive, v. 1, [p. 25] Victor A. Lundy Ar... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Military Defense Subcomplex, Buildi...

Significance: Building No. 5 of the Military Defense subcomplex is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex. The facility also demonstrates the strategic impo... More

[ Danny Kaye] chatting with dependent children at the Teen Club on Yon...

Photograph related to American actor Danny Kaye. Danny Kaye was an American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian. The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes ... More

The Vietnam Women's Memorial, the first memorial placed in the nation'...

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 monument was designed by Glenna Goodacre, and was u... More

Cadets marching at Virginia Military Institute (VMI), located in Lexin...

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

Illinois Memorial, Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Missis...

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

Soldiers Memorial Military Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

This museum preserves a wide range of military artifacts in memory of fallen soldiers who served in the United States military. Featuring artifacts of all branches of the military, it serves as a constant remin... More

Testing platform, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama

Known as a sportsman's paradise, Redstone Arsenal is located in the heart of the Tennessee Valley in northern Alabama. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Geor... More

Veterans Memorial in Florence, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Statue of Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes, Mobile, Alabama

Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes (1809-1877) was an officer in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1860 and the Confederate States Navy from 1860 to 1865. During the American Civil War he was captain of the famous c... More

Family Day on the grounds of the Alabama River Pulp Company in Claibor...

Family day is a big "Thank You" to all the employees and their families for running such a successful business for owner George F. Landegger and his family. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by t... More

Fort Gaines, Alabama - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy

In 1853, Congress named the fortification for General Edmund Pendleton Gaines, a Revolutionary War commander who won lasting fame for his tenacious defense of Fort Erie. Fort Gaines was in active use during the... More

Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama

Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport, Alabama, was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and n... More

Alabama Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...

The complex includes an Education Center, a historical timeline walkway, and a temple engraved with the 11,000 names of Alabamians lost to war in the 20th Century. Each pedestal features detailed artworks. Titl... More

Fort Gaines, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.

In 1853, Congress named the fortification for General Edmund Pendleton Gaines, a Revolutionary War commander who won lasting fame for his tenacious defense of Fort Erie. Fort Gaines was in active use during the... More

Alabama Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...

The complex includes an Education Center, a historical timeline walkway, and a temple engraved with the 11,000 names of Alabamians lost to war in the 20th Century. Each pedestal features detailed artworks. Titl... More

Alabama Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...

The complex includes an Education Center, a historical timeline walkway, and a temple engraved with the 11,000 names of Alabamians lost to war in the 20th Century. Each pedestal features detailed artworks. Titl... More

Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama

Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More

Letter, Benedict Arnold to George Washington pleading for mercy for hi...

Reproduction number: A80 (color slide; page 1); A81 (color slide; page 2) Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold (1741-1801) of the Continental army had fought gallantly for the American side since the beginning of the Rev... More

Lieut. General Winfield Scott: General in Chief of the U.S. Army

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3768

Portrait of Brig. General John D. Imboden, officer of the Confederate ...

Imboden is not in uniform. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 1033 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Cor... More

Portrait of Maj. General Daniel Butterfield, officer of the Federal Ar...

Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0892 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Corresponding print is in LOT ... More

Colonel George H. Chapman (3rd Indiana Cavalry) at his headquarters. A...

Caption from negative sleeve: Col. Geo. H. Chapman at his Hdq. Army of the Potomac, 3rd Indiana Cavalry. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2441B) and right (LC-B811-2441A) halves of a stereograph pair. Correspondin... More

City Point, Virginia. Barracks of Military Railroad Construction Corps

Caption from negative sleeve: City Point, Va., Barracks of Military R.R. Construction Camp. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2598A) and right (LC-B811-2598B) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in... More

Captain Comly J. Mather of Co. B and Co. F, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalrya...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Notation on recto: "Truly and sincerely yrs., C.J. Mather, Capt. Comly, Co. F, 15th Penna. Cav." Notation on verso: "S.B.C." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchase... More

Washington, D.C. Colonel Benjamin F. Fisher and staff on steps of Sign...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0729 Title fr... More

Buckhorn Wall, William Henry Jackson photograph

Negatives form four parts of a five-part panorama; left negative not in collection. Left center section listed in Detroit Publishing Co. negative log as no. L-6109. Sky masked on left center and center negative... More

The Peninsula, Virginia The staff of General Fitz-John Porter; Lts. Wi...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of... More

Fort Custer Military Reservation, P-67 Radar Station, .25 mile north o...

Significance: The Fort Custer P-67 Radar Station is significant because it illustrates the link between World War II technology and the implementation of computer operated SAGE technology. Survey number: HAER MI-87-A

Chickamauga National Military Park Tour Roads, Fort Oglethorpe, Catoos...

Significance: The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park tour roads provide access to select areas of the park that commemorate and interpret the conflict between Union and Confederate forces over c... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate second lieutenant cavalry uniform...

Photograph shows hand-colored gold piping indicating cavalry. Case: (front) Berg, no. 3-188; (back) Berg, no. 1-55. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:1... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and slouch cap sitting with hol...

Case: Leather floral motif. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Fami... More

[Camp sentry, Rappahannock Station, Virginia] during American Civil Wa...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.249) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Fort Sam Houston, Military Post of San Antonio, Magazine, South side o...

Significance: This late nineteenth-century, one-room, brick magazine, although isolated in its location on the western boundary of the post, is compatible in design and materials with other post buildings erect... More

[Hugh Brady, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing three-quarters left, ...

U.S. Army General. Scratched on back of plate: 241. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified soldier in Union sack coat and forage cap with bayoneted...

Case: Berg, no. 7-21. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congres... More

Barnegat Peninsula Communities, Along State Route 35 on Barnegat Penni...

Significance: The Barnegat Peninsula, seen as ideal resort property, was developed in the 1880s as a result of the increased accessibility made possible by the railroad. The resorts on the peninsula vary widely... More

U.S. Military Academy, Riding Hall, East side of Cullum Road at East e...

Significance: The Riding Hall is one of the principal buildings by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson at West Point and is characteristic of their collegiate neo-gothic forms. Located on the site of the original ridin... More

Storer College, Anthony Hall, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson Coun...

Significance: From 1881 to 1955, Anthony Hall served as the main building for Harpers Ferry's Storer College, a historically black school founded in 1867 by missionaries of the Freewill Baptist Church. In addit... More

Storer College, Anthony Hall, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson Coun...

Significance: From 1881 to 1955, Anthony Hall served as the main building for Harpers Ferry's Storer College, a historically black school founded in 1867 by missionaries of the Freewill Baptist Church. In addit... More

Storer College, Anthony Hall, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson Coun...

Significance: From 1881 to 1955, Anthony Hall served as the main building for Harpers Ferry's Storer College, a historically black school founded in 1867 by missionaries of the Freewill Baptist Church. In addit... More

Storer College, Anthony Hall, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson Coun...

Significance: From 1881 to 1955, Anthony Hall served as the main building for Harpers Ferry's Storer College, a historically black school founded in 1867 by missionaries of the Freewill Baptist Church. In addit... More

N.Y. Artilleryillery group. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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, w... More

U. S. Military Academy, Ordnance Compound Workshop-Storehouse, West Po...

Significance: The Ordnance Compound is the earliest extant Gothic Revival design at West Point and is considered to be one of three buildings from the 1830s-40s which became stylistic prototypes for subsequent ... More

Cape Cod Air Station, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Sandwich, Ba...

Significance: This facility is one of four PAVE (Air Force program name) Phased Array Warning System (PAVE PAWS) sites located in the U.S. It was designed to provide early warning and tracking for submarine-lau... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: These quarters are a classic example of the Gothic Revival cottage as advocated and popularized by Andrew Jackson Downing and Alexander Jackson Davis. It is one of the earliest remaining sets of q... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: These quarters are a classic example of the Gothic Revival cottage as advocated and popularized by Andrew Jackson Downing and Alexander Jackson Davis. It is one of the earliest remaining sets of q... More

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Spring Branch Creek (moved to Gran...

Significance: Sacred Heart is probably the most outstanding of the few remaining examples of carpenter Gothic church architecture in Mississippi. The structure was the scene of the christening of Charles P. Gr... More

Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Duplex Housing Type with Corn...

Significance: The wood Craftsman housing designs show a conscious response to popular and regional architectural styles, and to the tropical environment of the site. These houses at Schofield combine some of t... More

Twelve Pieces of Harmony for Military Brass Bands of Seventeen Instrum...

[Portrait of Maj. General Cadmus M. Wilcox, officer of the Confederate...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with sword]

Case: Berg, no. 3-248. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Co... More

U. S. Military Academy, Gun Shed, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: The Gun Shed at the Buffalo Soldier Field is one of five Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson buildings that define the western and southern edges of Buffalo Soldier Field. The neo-gothic character of the ... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: Quarters No. 7 is an example of the small scale simple quarters built for lower ranking officers in the latter part of the 19th century at the Academy. Unprocessed Field note material exists for... More

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from Wes...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Headquarters Capt. J.G.C. Lee, A.Q.M, Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. ...

Photograph shows several men standing in front of the U.S. Army Quartermasters Dept. in Alexandria, Virginia. No. 170.

Fort Sam Houston, Military Post of San Antonio, Company Barracks & Ban...

Significance: Buildings 603-610 and 613, constructed between 1886 and 1887, represent the Army's earliest efforts to provide adequate housing for the enlisted men assigned to the Military Post at San Antonio. T... More

Battlefield of Bull Run, Matthew's house

No. B122. Title on similar image in the National Archives: "Pickets making coffee." (Source: researcher M. Patrick Higgins, 2018) Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Engineer's Storehouse, At southern e...

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

Officers of 1st Rhode Island Volunteers, Camp Sprague, 1861

Ambrose Everett Burnside with eight officers posed in front of building, with sign reading "Col. Burnside welcome home." No. 4100. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Exhibit loan 4116-L.

Natick Research & Development Laboratories, Climatic Chambers Building...

Significance: The U.S. Army Natick Research and Development Laboratories is significant primarily for its function and for the buildings and engineering components of the complex which fulfill that function. W... More