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[Seeing Chicago, auto at Monroe near State, Chicago, Ill.]

Public domain image of an early automobile, 1910s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Pedestrians and automobile traffic, Monroe Avenue and Cadillac Square...

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John H. Poole, Jr. cooking while sitting on side of car. He is a carpe...

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Salt River Settlement, Stoutsville, Monroe County, MO

Convent of Mary Immaculate, 600 Truman Avenue, Key West, Monroe County...

Significance: The Convent of Mary Immaculate is the oldest educational institution in Southern Florida. The school opened in 1869 and has been located in the present building since 1875. The building is an ex... More

U. S. Navy Coal Depot & Storehouse, Front & Whitehead Streets, Key Wes...

Significance: This building is the oldest brick building and the first permanent navy building to be constructed on Key West. Survey number: HABS FL-190 Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction

[Design drawing for stained glass window for Memorial Methodist Church...

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NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Missile Test & Assembly Building, South end o...

Significance: The missile test and assembly building was an integral part of Nike Missile Base SL-40. At the missile assembly area, Nike crews uncrated, assembled, and tested the missiles. The building was bu... More

Second Baptist Church, Morgan & Monroe Streets, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS IL-26-2 Building/structure dates: 1864 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1867 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More

Layton Castle, 1133 South Grand, Monroe, Ouachita Parish, LA

1992 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Layton Castle (1133 South Grand, Monroe, Louisiana) was begun by Henry Bry, a Swiss emigre who had arrived in North Louisiana in 1803. He constructed a raise... More

Layton Castle, 1133 South Grand, Monroe, Ouachita Parish, LA

1992 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Layton Castle (1133 South Grand, Monroe, Louisiana) was begun by Henry Bry, a Swiss emigre who had arrived in North Louisiana in 1803. He constructed a raise... More

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century fortification built of brick and local stone, the remains of which provide an excellent example of military construction of the period. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Sand Key Lighthouse, Sand Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: This is one of the most important lights on the coast of the United States. It was first lighted on July 20, 1853, and is the second oldest of the six iron screw pile light houses which extend fr... More

Map of Monroe County, New York / - Public domain old map

General-content county map showing municipalities, buildings in rural areas, and householders' names. Hand colored to emphasize town (township) boundaries and territories. "Entered according to Act of Congress ... More

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Fort Jefferson, Powder Magazine A, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County...

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. This... More

Bates-Ryder House, 1399 East Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Significance: This large Italianate villa built at the height of this style's popularity is one of the few remaining in the area. It is representative of the earlier residences built along Bast Avenue, Rocheste... More

El Globo Chiquito, 1054 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron Count...

Significance: El Globo Chiquito (Laiseca Store) is an excellent example of a modest, late nineteenth-century wood frame store. Built ca. 1887, the store's simple but rare twin-gabled form is relieved by shutter... More

Town of Stoutsville, Stoutsville, Monroe County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-1212

Richard Moore Kemp House, 601 Caroline Street, Key West, Monroe County...

Significance: The building is a fine example of late nineteenth century Key West architecture with no major alterations or additions. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-33 Survey nu... More

Walter-Kautz Farm, River Road (Smithfield Township), Shawnee on Delawa...

Significance: The Walter-Kautz farm is a good example of a nineteenth century farm in the Delaware Valley. The farm's prosperity and subsequent alterations and additions throughout the centuries demonstrates th... More

Walter-Kautz Farm, Barn, River Road (Smithfield Township), Shawnee on ...

Significance: It is representative of the barn structures found in the Delaware River Valley. It was part of a farm complex operated by a prosperous farmer. The barn is hewn and pegged with wood siding and slat... More

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century fortification built of brick and local stone, the remains of which provide an excellent example of military construction of the period. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century fortification built of brick and local stone, the remains of which provide an excellent example of military construction of the period. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Map of Monroe County, Michigan / - Public domain old map

"Entered according to the Act of Congress by Eli F. Siverd in the year 1859 in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." LC Land ownership maps, 348 Available also throu... More

Monroe Farley, an old settler in West Union, Custer County, Nebraska

summary: Note: Mrs. Farley was post mistress of West Union in 1886. original size: 6x8

Chasley, Monroe County, Alabama

Built with slave labor and finished by Arthur Foster, Jr., and George Washington Foster, sons of the original owner. The late Dr. Rutherford (the great-great-grandson of the original owner) painstakingly restor... More

Charles Bissell House, 666 East Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Significance: Built between 1852 and 1854, for Mr. & Mrs. Charles Perkins Bissell this Gothic Revival structure is attributed to Andrew Jackson Warner. This inspiration for the exterior treatment was undoubtedl... More

Walter-Kautz Farm, Corn Crib-Wagon Shed, River Road (Smithfield Townsh...

Significance: The Walter-Kautz farm buildings are a representative group of the type found in the Delaware River Valley, The buildings are located in the construction site of the Tock's Island Reservoir Project... More

Henry A. Brewster House, Spring & Washington Streets, Northwest, Roche...

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Merritt A. Violette House, State Route 107 & County Route U vicinity, ...

Significance: The Merritt A. Violette House is a particularly refined example of the late Victorian, Colonial Revival small frame house. Its plan, elevations, roofscape, and interior detailing all show a sophis... More

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century fortification built of brick and local stone, the remains of which provide an excellent example of military construction of the period. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Washington Water Power Company Monroe Street Plant, Units 4 & 5, South...

Significance: Installed in Washington Water Power Company's (WWPC) Monroe Street Plant in 1903, Generating Units 4 and 5 are believed to be the oldest turbine-generator units still operating in the State of Was... More

Reception of the wounded soldiers by the national authorities at Fortr...

After a sketch by J.H. Schell. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1862 Aug. 16, p. 332.

The Sea wall, Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, Va.

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Industrial site logo in Monroeville, Alabama, showing the bird and the...

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

Likeness of movie star Marilyn Monroe at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum i...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Tift-Hemingway House, 907 Whitehead Street, Key West, Monroe County, F...

Significance: The house possesses both architectural and historic interest. Built by Asa F. Tift, a prominent early settler who was active in the Confederate cause during the Civil War, the house is best known... More

Tift-Hemingway House, 907 Whitehead Street, Key West, Monroe County, F...

Significance: The house possesses both architectural and historic interest. Built by Asa F. Tift, a prominent early settler who was active in the Confederate cause during the Civil War, the house is best known... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Hull-Oakes Lumber Company, 23837 Dawson Road, Monroe, Benton County, O...

Significance: The Hull-Oakes Lumber Co. is a rare, operating, steam-powered sawmill processing large-diameter Douglas fir trees. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N459 Survey number: ... More

Chesapeake Hospital, Fortress Monroe - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows Chesapeake Hospital, Hampton, Virginia. Attributed to George Stacy. Card number: "No. 228." Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of ... More

Fortress Monroe, camp scene. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope...

Stereograph shows Zouaves and other soldiers at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Staff are at ease, some standing, others seated at makeshift table, on the facing side of which is printed: N.C. Staff Mess; 5th Regt. N.Y.... More

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century fortification built of brick and local stone, the remains of which provide an excellent example of military construction of the period. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Home of James Monroe - Drawing. Public domain image.

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James Monroe Papers: Oversized, 1802-1819, Series 4, Addenda, 1778-183...

NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Radar Pad No. 2, South end of base, Hecker, M...

Survey number: HAER IL-117-N Public domain photograph of a graveyard monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Courtroom doorway. Art Deco style Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, ...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Architect: James A. Wetmore. Credit line: Photographs in th... More

Convent of Mary Immaculate, 600 Truman Avenue, Key West, Monroe County...

Significance: The Convent of Mary Immaculate is the oldest educational institution in Southern Florida. The school opened in 1869 and has been located in the present building since 1875. The building is an ex... More

Bates-Ryder House, 1399 East Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Significance: This large Italianate villa built at the height of this style's popularity is one of the few remaining in the area. It is representative of the earlier residences built along Bast Avenue, Rocheste... More

John Turn Farm, Lime Kiln, River Road (Middle Smithfield Township), Sh...

Significance: John Turn, farmer, carpenter and cabinet maker, began farming here about 1830, and built the house and barn. His grandson, Charles, ran the property as a model farm. The date of construction of th... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Old Masonic Hall, Monroe & East Hobbs Streets, Athens, Limestone Count...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS AL-305 Building/structure dates: ca. 1826 Initial Construction

Layton Castle, 1133 South Grand, Monroe, Ouachita Parish, LA

1992 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Layton Castle (1133 South Grand, Monroe, Louisiana) was begun by Henry Bry, a Swiss emigre who had arrived in North Louisiana in 1803. He constructed a raise... More

Detroit Arsenal, Michigan Avenue & Monroe Boulevard, Dearborn, Wayne C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS MI-27-7 Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction

[Seeing Chicago, auto at Monroe Street near State, Chicago, Ill.]

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[James Monroe, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly ...

Photograph of painting by Gilbert Stuart at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Map of Monroe County, Michigan / - Public domain map

Eckener asks that helium gas be made available to Germany. Washington,...

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Left to right: William H. Jackson; C. Bedell Monroe, pres. of Penn Cen...

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Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Miss Lydia Monroe of Ringold, L...

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Marilyn Monroe is one of several celebrities memorialized in wax at Ma...

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

Fort Jefferson, Hot Shot Furnace, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County,...

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The Marilyn Monroe mural, on the corner of Calvert St. and Connecticut...

Commissioned in 1981 by Roi Barnard of Salon Roi, and painted by John Bailey. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of... More

Convent of Mary Immaculate, 600 Truman Avenue, Key West, Monroe County...

Significance: The Convent of Mary Immaculate is the oldest educational institution in Southern Florida. The school opened in 1869 and has been located in the present building since 1875. The building is an ex... More

Bates-Ryder House, 1399 East Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Significance: This large Italianate villa built at the height of this style's popularity is one of the few remaining in the area. It is representative of the earlier residences built along Bast Avenue, Rocheste... More

[Fort Monroe, Va. 3d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery on parade]

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

James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, July 20, 1784, with Cipher, Code Num...

with Cipher, Code Number 6 Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Dead bodies, Monroe St. fire, New York City

Photograph shows bodies, in a narrow alley, of the victims of a fire on Monroe Street, New York City, N.Y.

Chesapeake Hospital, Fortress Monroe - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows Chesapeake Hospital, Hampton, Virginia. Attributed to George Stacy. Card number: "No. 228." Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of ... More

Richard Moore Kemp House, 601 Caroline Street, Key West, Monroe County...

Significance: The building is a fine example of late nineteenth century Key West architecture with no major alterations or additions. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-33 Survey nu... More

Walter-Kautz Farm, Barn, River Road (Smithfield Township), Shawnee on ...

Significance: It is representative of the barn structures found in the Delaware River Valley. It was part of a farm complex operated by a prosperous farmer. The barn is hewn and pegged with wood siding and slat... More

[James Monroe's tomb, near Richmond, Va.]

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - monument, cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - cemet... More

Monroe car, 1920 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Walter-Kautz Farm, Washhouse & Woodshed, River Road, Shawnee on Delawa...

Survey number: HABS PA-1169-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Radar Pad No. 1, South end of base, Hecker, M...

Survey number: HAER IL-117-L Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Convent of Mary Immaculate, 600 Truman Avenue, Key West, Monroe County...

Significance: The Convent of Mary Immaculate is the oldest educational institution in Southern Florida. The school opened in 1869 and has been located in the present building since 1875. The building is an ex... More

Second Baptist Church, Morgan & Monroe Streets, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS IL-26-2 Building/structure dates: 1864 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1867 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century fortification built of brick and local stone, the remains of which provide an excellent example of military construction of the period. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Fort Jefferson, Enlisted Men's Barracks I, Garden Key, Key West, Monro...

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Fortress Monroe, Va. and its vicinity

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 548 Perspective drawing with 20 important places keyed by number to a list below the map. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through th... More

The Yacht club pier, Monroe Park, Mobile, Ala.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Girls basketball team - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows group portrait of an all girls basketball team. Copyright 1912 by E. H. Gloege, Monroe, Wis. Copyright registration title: Monroe high school, girls basket ball, team, 3 George, (E. H.), Munroe, Wis.

Keep off! Monroe doctrine - Drawing. Public domain image.

Uncle Sam, having spotted a man wearing a wide-brimmed hat fishing in a prohibited area of the Mexican coast, confronts him. He lifts the hat off the head of a Japanese soldier who is fishing with a rifle and ... More

Fort Jefferson, Enlisted Men's Barracks II, Garden Key, Key West, Monr...

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. This... More

Charles Bissell House, 666 East Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Significance: Built between 1852 and 1854, for Mr. & Mrs. Charles Perkins Bissell this Gothic Revival structure is attributed to Andrew Jackson Warner. This inspiration for the exterior treatment was undoubtedl... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Fresh Water Cistern, Key Wes...

Significance: Early example of cistern construction on the Naval Station. Survey number: HABS FL-530-A Building/structure dates: before 1889 Initial Construction

Richard Moore Kemp House, 601 Caroline Street, Key West, Monroe County...

Significance: The building is a fine example of late nineteenth century Key West architecture with no major alterations or additions. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-33 Survey nu... More

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century fortification built of brick and local stone, the remains of which provide an excellent example of military construction of the period. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Birds eye view of the seat of war. Arranged after the latest surveys, ...

Not drawn to scale. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 14.9 "J. Haven, sole agent, 31 Exchange St." printed in the lower right margin. Panoramic map looking South from Baltimore to Cape Henry. Description derived fro... More

The pull of the Monroe magnet / Kep.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam, on the right, sitting with legs outstretched forming a magnet labeled "United States Protectorates", which he is using to draw Central and South American countries, represented by ... More

HARGRAVE BOX KITE. AIRPLANE TARGET AT FORTRESS MONROE; MODIFIED HARGRA...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Monroe County Courthouse, 39 West Main Street, Rochester, Monroe Count...

Significance: Designed by the locally noted architect J. Foster Warner, this third Monroe County Courthouse is reputed to be the first public building in western New York in the Renaissance Revival style. It is... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Walter-Kautz Farm, Icehouse, River Road (Smithfield Township), Shawnee...

Significance: The Walter-Kautz farm buildings are a representative group of the type found in the Delaware River Valley, The buildings are located in the construction site of the Tock's Island Reservoir Project... More

Old Masonic Hall, Monroe & East Hobbs Streets, Athens, Limestone Count...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS AL-305 Building/structure dates: ca. 1826 Initial Construction

Leiter I Building, 200-208 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Cook County, I...

Significance: The first Leiter Building, built in 1879, has been cited as a Chicago Architectural Landmark, "In recognition of its contribution towards the development of skeleton construction. Cast iron pilast... More

NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Beck Road between Nike & M Roads, Hecker, Mon...

Significance: Constructed during the Cold War, Nike missile bases were an ever-present reminder to U.S. citizens that the peace gained after World War II was fragile. Following the war, the U.S. Army construct... More