Creede, Colorado. Lead and silver mining in a former "ghost town"
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Production. C-47 transport planes. Tons of vital war materials will pa...
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Pennsylvania Turnpike, Pennsylvania. Deep cut through mountain
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Trampas, Taos County, New Mexico. A Spanish-American village in the fo...
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Penasco (vicinity), New Mexico. U.S. Forest Rangers on snow shoes and ...
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Trampas, New Mexico. Church which was built in 1700 and is the best-pr...
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Victorville (vicinity), California. Climbing the mountains on the Atch...
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Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy c...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy c...
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Williams (vicinity), Arizona. A diesel freight train on the Atchison, ...
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Trampas, Taos County, New Mexico. American village in the foothills of...
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Cedars. Open mountain sweep below the Cedars
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946]. Negative is a frame from roll of film. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Cedars of Lebanon with snow and skiers
Title from photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946] misidentifies scene as "Lebanese soldiers clearing snow." Date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946]. Negative... More
Sinai. South East of Jebel Hellal (possibly Kibroth Hattavah). Num. 11...
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Sequoia National Park, Sept. 1957. Granite dome of Moro Rock
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[Rows of airplanes on an air field surrounded by grasslands and mounta...
U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.
East Side Tunnel, Through Piegan Mountain at Going-to-the-Sun Road, We...
Significance: The East Side Tunnel is one of approximately seventeen prominent masonry and concrete structures on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The 51-mile stretch of scenic road is significa... More
[Rainbow in the mountains of Lachung, Sikkim]
"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More
Paradise Valley Landscape. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
Looking northeast across valley floor Public domain photograph of mountain range, national park, nature view, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Pro... More
View, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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
Sanctuary at the adobe San Jose de Gracia Church, built by farm famili...
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
High in the Cascade Mountains, Washington
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
Franconia Notch and Appalachian Trail in New Hampshire
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
North Cascades / panoramic view
Panorama. "*GPO: 1986--491-416/40002." Alternate title: North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake and Lake Chelan national recreation areas, Washington. Oriented with north to the right. Includes notes. Available... More
[Right panel of The Ernest Kinney Teamster Family Mural by Robert Thom...
Mural information from Bishop Mural Society website, 2013. The town was named for Bishop Creek, which flows out of the Sierras. The creek, in turn, was named after Samuel Addison Bishop, an early Owens Valley s... More
View of the surrounding Rocky Mountains from the Buffalo Bill Gravesit...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. "Buffalo Bill" was William F. Cody, a late-19th-Century scout and buffalo hunter who later formed spectacular "Buffalo Bill Wild West ... More
Ruth Gorge, Denali National Park, Alaska
Ruth Glacier is a glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its upper reaches are almost three vertical miles (4.8 km) below the summit of Mount McKinley. Title, date, and subjec... More
Prince William Sound, Alaska - Drawing. Public domain image.
Prince William Sound is a sound of the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula. The coastline is convoluted, with many islands and fj... More
Prince William Sound, Alaska - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Prince William Sound is a sound of the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located on the east side of the Kenai Peninsu... More
Ruth Glacier, Denali National Park, Alaska
Ruth Glacier is a glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its upper reaches are almost three vertical miles (4.8 km) below the summit of Mount McKinley. Title, date, and subjec... More
Prince William Sound, Alaska, Alaska
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View of mountains, Mammoth Lakes, California
In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More
Ski slope, Mammoth Lakes, California
In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More
Distant views of looming Mount Shasta, located at the southern end of ...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. At 14,179 feet Shasta it is the second-highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth-highest in California. Often snow- covered (thus called the "White Mount... More
View of mountains, Mammoth Lakes, California
Picryl description: Public domain view of a mountain range, mountainous landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Yosemite National Park spans eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa an...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biological diversity. Cred... More
Yosemite National Park spans eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa an...
Picryl description: Public domain view of a mountain range, mountainous landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Horses grazing in a meadow between U.S. 395 and Lower Rock Creek Road ...
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
Yosemite National Park spans eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa an...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biological diversity. Cred... More
One of what are fairly common bear-crossing signs in California's Sier...
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
Scenic views in the mountains of Northern California
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
[Northern California] - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title based on captions of images in same group. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisi... More
The California Aqueduct, part of a system of canals, tunnels, and pipe...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The Department of Water Resources operates and maintains the California Aqueduct, including two pumped-storage hydroelectric plants. Credit line: The Jon ... More
Aerial view of the Cold Spring Canyon Arch Bridge in the Santa Ynez Mo...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The bridge was completed and opened to traffic in 1963 and won awards for engineering, design and beauty. As of early 2013, it was the fifth-longest span ... More
Yosemite National Park spans eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa an...
Picryl description: Public domain view of a mountain range, mountainous landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Rafters on the Trinity River in the southern Klamath Mountains. Califo...
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Native peoples from three eras depicted their civilizations in rock pi...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Scenery in Big Bend National Park in the "Trans-Pecos" region of Texas
Picryl description: Public domain view of a mountain range, mountainous landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Rock formation at the Garden of the Gods, a geological upheaval that i...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Ingram Falls, upper left, and Bridal Veil Falls, lower right, above Te...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Lake Memphremagog--Owls Head - Engraving, Public domain image
Print shows a shepherd, with three sheep, sitting on a knoll looking across Lake Memphremagog, with islands and mountains in background. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detro... More
Kaaterskill Falls. Catskill Mountains
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Seitz, Emil.
Laramie Valley - from Sheephead Mountains (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows view of the Laramie Valley, Wyoming. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of the geographical and geological features, and some account of the resources of the... More
Lake Mohonk, New York - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title from jacket. Includes Sky Top mountain. Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-18964, 18963, 18962. "654" on left negative; "655" on center negative; "656" on right negativ... More
From Ossipee Park, Ossipee Mountain, Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H.
Title from jacket. Two negatives form one panorama with close variant of right section. Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-19092, 19091 or 19090. "2973," "2972 A," and "2972 ... More
Presidential Range and Crawford Notch from Mt. Pleasant Golf Links, Wh...
Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "Detroit Photographic Co." Copyright deposit no. D21949. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 010232. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
City and Hoosac Range from Whitt's Ledge, North Adams,Massachusetts.
Title from jacket. Three negatives form one panorama; right section (D4-34886) also issued singly. Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-18304, 18303, 18305. "4175 dup" and "037... More
View from the top of Stone Mountain near Atlanta, Ga.
Stereograph showing three African American children, two sitting high up in tree on top branches and the other laying on the ground. J20714 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, Inc. and Ke... More
Mt. Lowe Railway, view from circular bridge
"Detroit Photographic Co." Listed in Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Copyright deposit no. 61203. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 015008. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Lake Placid from Eagle's Eyrie, Adirondack Mountains
Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-06494, 06493. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). Originally part of a three-part panorama; right section not in col... More
Massive mountain range, Alberta
Correct videodisc image sequence is 1A-06456, 06455. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "942" on left negative; "943" on right negative. Detroit Publishing Co. nos. 010676. Gift; State H... More
Mt. Assiniboine, Alberta - Mammoth Plate Photograph
Listed in Detroit Publishing Co. negative log by [Peabody], exposure date, August 1902. "Copyright 1902 by Detroit Photographic Co." and "015173" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 015173. Gift; State Hist... More
Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, View of Gagra from the side of Turkish bazaar...
Title devised by Library staff based on Russian caption in album. (Source: International Research Project "The Legacy of S.M. Prokudin Gorsky" 2012-2016). Former incorrect title was based on inaccurate title in... More
Mt. Fox and Mt. Dawson from Asulkan Pass, Selkirk Mountains, B.C
Videodisc images out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-06478, 06477, 06476. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). Left negative is a copy negative. "Duplicate" on left negative.... More
Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Vid na Borzhom s Torskoĭ dorogi, color separa...
Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in the Caucasus and Black Sea area, Russian Empire,... More
Little Blackfoot Valley, Johnny Senecal farm; Runaway horses
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White Mts., New Hampshire - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Negatives form a three-part panorama, with variants of right section (A and B). Right negative (A) listed in Detroit Publishing Co. negative log as same as no. 10452 with snow on ground. Glass varnished on righ... More
Near Arlee, Flathead Lake, Polson, Carl Fleischhauer
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Mt. Fox and Mt. Dawson from Asulkan Pass, Selkirk Mountains, B.C
Videodisc images out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-06478, 06477, 06476. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). Left negative is a copy negative. "Duplicate" on left negative.... More
Crater Lake National Park Roads, Klamath Falls, Klamath County, OR
Significance: The primary roads in Crater Lake National Park were designed and constructed to provide visitor access to the park's scenic features, which are largely concentrated along the rim of Crater Lake. ... More
Fremont's Peak - Print, Library of Congress collection
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Latham, J., & Co.
[City and Hoosac Range from Whitt's Ledge, North Adams,Massachusetts.]
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Jacob's ladder, Mt. Washington Ry., White Mts., New Hampshire
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Chautauqua Lake - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Redwood National & State Parks Roads, California coast from Crescent C...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Nisqually Glacier Bridge, Spanning Nisqually River at Nisqually Road, ...
Significance: The first bridge on the site was distinguished for its construction at the snout of the Nisqually Glacier; this made the Nisqually Road "the first road in America to reach a glacier." However, th... More
Marshall Pass and Mt. Ouray - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
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
Fish House Bridge, Fish House Access Road, spanning Park Loop Road, Ot...
Significance: Fish House Bridge was built to provide a grade separation for a small access road to a boat landing used by local fishermen in the Otter Creek area. The bridge is faced in native granite and is d... More
Georgetown, noted for its rich silver mines
No. 101. Part of series: Beauties of the Rocky Mountains. 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... More
Rio de Janeiro - S.E. over Botafoga suburb, Sugarloaf and bay entrance
Bird's-eye view. J179850 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. 11140.
Bear River Bridge Hotel Looking South. Northern Spur of Wahsatch Mount...
Part of series: Utah Scenery. 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, whi... More
V gorakh Dagestana - Color separation negative, public domain
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Panorama from New Hotel Weirs, Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H.
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Foresta Road, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA
Survey number: HAER CA-321 Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lake Glorietta [sic], West from Old King, Dixville Notch
Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Keene Valley, Keene Center & Hurricane Mount, Adirondack Mtns., N.Y.]
Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Maplewood Hotel and surroundings, White Mountains, N.H.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Gora Cherni︠a︡vskago s vostoka. Sukhum
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Twin Mountain House to Presidential Range, White Mountains
Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tamarack Creek Bridge, Spanning Tamarack Creek on New Big Oak Flat Roa...
Significance: Tamarack Creek Bridge and nearby spans over Cascade and Wildcat creeks mark a departure from the "Rustic Style" bridges completed over the previous two decades elsewhere in Yosemite. The reinforc... More
Bald Face from Lake Fairfield, Sapphire, N.C.
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Bald Face from Lake Fairfield, Sapphire, N.C.
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New Grand Hotel, Catskill Mountains, N.Y.
Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Marjorie Lake Dam, Wasatch Nati...
Significance: Typical earth-fill structures, the dams on Marjorie and Duck lakes were constructed using similar specifications, including the stipulation for "carefully hand-laid rock faces." They are represen... More
The Selkirks from Mt. Abbot - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Picryl description: Public domain view of a mountain range, mountainous landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mirror Lake, Yosemite - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
Photo shows reflection of trees and mountains on Mirror Lake, Yosemite National Park, Calif. Exhibit caption: Carleton Watkins, an early photographer of Yosemite, captured this pristine view of Mirror Lake whil... More
Yosemite National Park Roads & Bridges, Yosemite Village, Mariposa Cou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Yosemite National Park Roads & Bridges, Yosemite Village, Mariposa Cou...
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Panorama of Yosemite Valley from Artist Point
H80291 U.S. Copyright Office No. 1013. Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; July 9, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42971.
Chastʹ kamni︠a︡ Brazhkina. [Ri︠e︡ka Chusovai︠a︡]
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