Menagerie of carousel animals, Burlington, North Carolina
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Patterson's Mill Country Store, Durham, North Carolina
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Friends School & Meetinghouse, High Point City Park, Jamestown, Guilfo...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small school, cottage, cabin, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Abandoned shack in rural North Carolina
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Carol M. Highsmith - Rural farm scene, North Carolina
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Old rural county farm tractor, North Carolina
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Carol M. Highsmith - Downtown Edenton, North Carolina
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Great photo op for a little girl at her family's annual reunion in May...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, wagon, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Coney Island Grill sign, Charlotte, North Carolina
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Food. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph arc... More
Colonel's Catch sign, High Point, North Carolina
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Food. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph arc... More
Sanderling Inn, Duck, North Carolina
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Hotels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More
Waterfall 2, Gorilla Country Golf, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More
Sanderling Inn, Duck, North Carolina
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Hotels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More
Worker peels sweet potatoes;boxes of unpeeled sweet potatoes in the fo...
Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 17, documenting scenes at Sweet Potato Pie, Inc., 140 Auburn Street, Paterson.
Exterior eagle detail, Robert N.C. Nix Federal Building, Philadelphia,...
Architect: Harry Sternfeld. Art Deco style. Built in 1937. Limestone with granite base. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by t... More
Century Station Federal Building and Postal Station located in Raleigh...
Built between 1874-1878 by architect Alfred B. Mullett. Additions were added between 1936-1938. The style is Second Empire. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, ... More
Stairs at Century Station Federal Building and Postal Station located ...
Built between 1874-1878 by architect Alfred B. Mullett. Additions were added between 1936-1938. The style is Second Empire. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, ... More
Exterior. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Asheville, North Carol...
Built as the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in 1929, the building is currently occupied by the U.S. Courthouse and other government agencies, including Social Security Administration, the U.S. Forestry Commiss... More
Exterior. The L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building and Court House in...
Designed in the art deco style by architects Murphy & Olmstead and built in 1933. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provide... More
Architectural detail at the J. Herbert W. Small Federal Building and U...
Built in 1906, the building is one of the finest Neoclassical Revival style federal buildings in the state of North Carolina. There was an addition in 1937. Architect is James Knox Taylor. Photographed as part... More
Elevator at the Alton Lennon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wil...
Built in 1919 by architect James A. Wetmore. The style is Neoclassical. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... More
The Alton Lennon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wilmington, Nor...
Built in 1919 by architect James A. Wetmore. The style is Neoclassical. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... More
Courtroom entrance doors at the Alton Lennon Federal Building and U.S....
Built in 1919 by architect James A. Wetmore. The style is Neoclassical. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... More
Architectural detail. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Asheville,...
Built as the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in 1929, the building is currently occupied by the U.S. Courthouse and other government agencies, including Social Security Administration, the U.S. Forestry Commiss... More
The Pullen Park Carousel in the civic park of the same name in Raleigh...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In 1887, Raleigh philanthropist Richard Stanhope Pullen donated 80 acres of land to the city for use as a public park. The carousel ma... More
Ornate architectural detail on a building in downtown Asheville, North...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Once a summer town of eastern America's wealthy elite, Asheville suffered greater losses per capita than any other American city durin... More
The 1936 art deco-style Rogers Theater in Shelby, North Carolina, is a...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The theater was closed in 1985. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Hig... More
Exit from the Yellow Brick Road at the Land of Oz, an unusual theme pa...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. At 5,506 feet altitude, Beech Mountain is the highest town east of the Rocky Mountains. The park, which reimagines Frank Baum's story ... More
Doorways at the Alton Lennon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wil...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic courthouse building, court, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Whimsical fall display at Maws Produce Stand in Foscoe, North Carolina...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More
An historic home in Edenton, North Carolina
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More
An old Woolworth's "five and dime" store that is a legendary site mark...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. On February 1, 1960, four black students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University took seats at the Woolworth l... More
An old Woolworth's "five and dime" store that is a legendary site mark...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. On February 1, 1960, four black students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University took seats at the Woolworth l... More
Raleigh, North Carolina's Big Acorn sculpture, a public-art piece salu...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The sculpture normally stands at Moore Park but, at the time of this photograph, had been temporarily moved to a location near Municip... More
One of many Mexican-themed structures at South of the Border, an unapo...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-6). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More
The 1851 Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Hertford, North Carolina
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. At its consecration, the local bishop said the new building "does great credit to the christian liberality and good taste of the congr... More
Beach scene near Jennette's Pier in Nags Head, a community on North Ca...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Jeanette's Pier is a 1,000-foot concrete pier and a favorite fishing and sightseeing spot, complete with a public bathhouse, on the No... More
Grounds at Bennett Place, also known as Bennett Farm, a North Carolina...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This is unlike other, similar rural farms in the area as it was the site of the largest surrender of Confederate soldiers ending the U... More
One of the spinners in Whitnel Cotton Mfg. Co. N.C. She was 51 inches ...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 462. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More
Country store on dirt road. Sunday afternoon. Note the kerosene pump o...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc... More
Negro child, son of a tobacco tenant farmer near Farmingham, North Car...
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
Design drawing for stained glass window for Church of the Good Shepher...
Annotations on drawing: Eg 3. DGS Slide no. 1189. Sticker: Contemporary. See other works for commission. Purchase, Donald Samick, 2003 (DLC/PP-2003:109). Forms part of: Lamb Design Collection.
Civil War envelope folded from wallpaper to William H. Branch
Addressed to Wm. H. Branch Esqr., Tallahassee, Florida; postmarked Warrenton, N.C.; bears 10 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Patricia A. Kaufman, Lincoln, Delaware, June 2018... More
1889 reunion of 60th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Brown, 7 & 9 Pat...
Photograph shows group portrait of the 60th North Carolina Infantry Regiment at the home of Lieutenant Colonel James Mitchell Ray for their 1889 reunion. Notation on recto: "Reunion of the 60th N.C. Regiment C... More
One of the spinners in Whitnel Cotton Mfg. Co. N.C. She was 51 inches ...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 462. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More
Son of Negro sharecropper "worming" tobacco. Wake County, North Caroli...
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
Services are over. Wheeley's Church, Gordonton, Person County, North C...
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
Women assembled at Wheeley's Church near Gordonton, North Carolina, to...
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
Sharecropper's children. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public dom...
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
My Mother-in-Law - theatrical playbill, public domain image
A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Smilax, U.S. Coast Guard Station Fort Macon Ea...
Significance: The Smilax is a Cosmos class inland construction tender. Survey number: HAER NC-52
Oregon Inlet Coast Guard Station, Northern end of Pea Island, East sid...
Significance: The existing Oregon Inlet Station was a continuation of the original Bodie Island and Oregon Inlet Life Boat Stations. The Bodie Island Station (actually located south of Oregon Inlet) was one of ... More
The Lost Colony - theatrical playbill, public domain image
Roanoke Island Waterside Theatre (venue) A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as... More
Oregon Inlet Coast Guard Station, Northern end of Pea Island, East sid...
Significance: The existing Oregon Inlet Station was a continuation of the original Bodie Island and Oregon Inlet Life Boat Stations. The Bodie Island Station (actually located south of Oregon Inlet) was one of ... More
Oregon Inlet Coast Guard Station, Northern end of Pea Island, East sid...
Significance: The existing Oregon Inlet Station was a continuation of the original Bodie Island and Oregon Inlet Life Boat Stations. The Bodie Island Station (actually located south of Oregon Inlet) was one of ... More
119 Main Street (Commercial), Tarboro, Edgecombe County, NC
Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gun deck, N. Carolina - Public domain architectural plan drawing
Title inscribed below image. Outline of two ships on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-157. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1084) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Fort Defiance, State Route 268, Yadkin Valley, Lenoir, Caldwell County...
Survey number: HABS NC-106 Building/structure dates: 1788 Initial Construction
Rhodes Mfg. Co., Lincolnton, N.C. Spinner. A moments glimpse of the ou...
Photo shows girl identified as Lalar Blanton (Source: Joe Manning, 2014, http://eightsteeples.com/blanton1.html).
![[Design drawing for woodwork: lectern for Emmanuel Church in Warrenton, North Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLXdvb2R3b3JrLWxlY3Rlcm4tZm9yLWVtbWFudWVsLWNodXJjaC1pbi13YXJyZW50b24tbm9ydGgtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "[Design drawing for woodwork: lectern for Emmanuel Church in Warrenton, North Carolina]")
[Design drawing for woodwork: lectern for Emmanuel Church in Warrenton...
Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oakland, Cape Fear River & Route 21, Elizabethtown, Bladen County, NC
Survey number: HABS NC-135 Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Davenport House, State Route 1336, Hertford, Perquimans County, NC
Survey number: HABS NC-78 Building/structure dates: 17t2 Initial Construction
First Presbyterian Church, West Innis & Jackson Streets, Salisbury, Ro...
Significance: The church was organized on August 4, 1821, with 13 members. The corner stone of the original church was laid in 1826. This original structure was built in the Classic Revival style with 4 wooden ... More
First Presbyterian Church, West Innis & Jackson Streets, Salisbury, Ro...
Significance: The church was organized on August 4, 1821, with 13 members. The corner stone of the original church was laid in 1826. This original structure was built in the Classic Revival style with 4 wooden ... More
First Presbyterian Church, West Innis & Jackson Streets, Salisbury, Ro...
Significance: The church was organized on August 4, 1821, with 13 members. The corner stone of the original church was laid in 1826. This original structure was built in the Classic Revival style with 4 wooden ... More
Statesville Commercial Historic District, Madison Building, Between 12...
Significance: This single-story commercial building constructed ca. 1925, is an example of Statesville's early 20th century commercial development. It is unimposing in appearance, with modest interior and exter... More
Statesville Commercial Historic District, Madison Building, Between 12...
Significance: This single-story commercial building constructed ca. 1925, is an example of Statesville's early 20th century commercial development. It is unimposing in appearance, with modest interior and exter... More
Twin Chimneys, 168 West King Street, Hillsborough, Orange County, NC
Significance: All indications are that this is a pre-Revolutionary house. It is built on land originally owned by Edmund Fanning. It is an excellent example of "Piedmont" architecture and is especially notable ... More
Twin Chimneys, 168 West King Street, Hillsborough, Orange County, NC
Significance: All indications are that this is a pre-Revolutionary house. It is built on land originally owned by Edmund Fanning. It is an excellent example of "Piedmont" architecture and is especially notable ... More
Old Stables, 117-119 Granville Street, Tarboro, Edgecombe County, NC
Significance: A livery stable used in the early 20th century. Survey number: HABS NC-353 Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Initial Construction
Battle House, NC Route 43-48 (Falls Road), Rocky Mount, Nash County, N...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Orange Factory Village, Old Orange Factory Road (State Route 1628), Du...
Significance: The Orange Factory houses, dating to the 1860s, were built to accommodate employees of one of the earliest cotton mills in North Carolina. They assume historical significance as components of a co... More
James S. Hill House, 914 Stadium Drive, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County,...
Significance: The building was the home of James S. Hill, president and founder of Forsyth Savings and Trust Company, one of the first Black bankers in Winston-Salem. Hill was one of the nine incorporators of S... More
Ayr Mount, Saint Mary's Road, Hillsborough, Orange County, NC
Significance: Architecturally this splendid brick manor house is the finest house in the Hillsborough area and one of the finest early houses in North Carolina. Its solid brick construction, superlative woodwor... More
Ayr Mount, Saint Mary's Road, Hillsborough, Orange County, NC
Significance: Architecturally this splendid brick manor house is the finest house in the Hillsborough area and one of the finest early houses in North Carolina. Its solid brick construction, superlative woodwor... More
Bandon, Edenton, Chowan County, NC
Survey number: HABS NC-319 Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction
McCulloch Gold Mill, Copper Branch, north of State Route 1153, Jamesto...
Significance: Only known existing ante-bellum engine house built solely as a gold mill in North Carolina. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7 Survey number: HAER NC-7 Building/str... More
Cedar Grove, Scotland Neck Road, Enfield, Halifax County, NC
Survey number: HABS NC-227 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cupola House, 408 South Broad Street, Edenton, Chowan County, NC
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12, FN-13 Survey number: HABS NC-2 Building/structure dates: ca. 1758 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000889
Cupola House, 408 South Broad Street, Edenton, Chowan County, NC
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12, FN-13 Survey number: HABS NC-2 Building/structure dates: ca. 1758 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000889
Cupola House, 408 South Broad Street, Edenton, Chowan County, NC
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12, FN-13 Survey number: HABS NC-2 Building/structure dates: ca. 1758 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000889
Carl Sandburg Home, Chicken House, Flat Rock, Henderson County, NC
Survey number: HABS NC-392-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 68000013
Bodie Island Coast Guard Residence, VIP Quarters, Off Highway 12, Nags...
Survey number: HABS NC-393 Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photographs of the U. S. Post Office and Courthouse in New Bern, North...
Images show exterior and interior views of post office and courthouse in New Bern, North Carolina. Details include the courtroom, halls, doors, windows, stairs, cupola, and architectural decoration including mu... More
Fries Manaufacturing & Power Company, Idols Station, Yadkin River, Cle...
Significance: First hydroelectric plant in North Carolina. Survey number: HAER NC-9 Building/structure dates: 1914 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1897- 1898 Initial Construction
Orange Factory Village, House No. 14, Old Orange Factory Road (State R...
Significance: The Orange Factory houses, dating from the 1860s were built to accommodate employees of one of the earliest cotton mills in North Carolina. They assume historical significance as components of the... More
Orange Factory Village, House No. 14, Old Orange Factory Road (State R...
Significance: The Orange Factory houses, dating from the 1860s were built to accommodate employees of one of the earliest cotton mills in North Carolina. They assume historical significance as components of the... More
Pisgah National Forest Inn, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 408.6, Ashevil...
Significance: The Old Pisgath Inn and Cottage is an important complex within the framework of the recreational history of western North Carolina. Among many guests, the Inn was a favorite retreat for the area's... More
Pisgah National Forest Inn, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 408.6, Ashevil...
Significance: The Old Pisgath Inn and Cottage is an important complex within the framework of the recreational history of western North Carolina. Among many guests, the Inn was a favorite retreat for the area's... More
Pisgah National Forest Inn, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 408.6, Ashevil...
Significance: The Old Pisgath Inn and Cottage is an important complex within the framework of the recreational history of western North Carolina. Among many guests, the Inn was a favorite retreat for the area's... More
Biltmore Forestry School, Schoolhouse, Brevard, Transylvania County, N...
Survey number: HABS NC-402-B Public domain photograph of a cabin, lodge, log home, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Biltmore Forestry School, Schoolhouse, Brevard, Transylvania County, N...
Survey number: HABS NC-402-B Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Captain Lee House, 503 East Jones Street, Raleigh, Wake County, NC
Significance: It is one of three houses built by Captain Lee for himself and his family. Two adjacent houses for his daughters are almost identical to the first house. Believed to have been built in 1870, the e... More
Captain Lee House, 503 East Jones Street, Raleigh, Wake County, NC
Significance: It is one of three houses built by Captain Lee for himself and his family. Two adjacent houses for his daughters are almost identical to the first house. Believed to have been built in 1870, the e... More
Captain Lee House, 503 East Jones Street, Raleigh, Wake County, NC
Significance: It is one of three houses built by Captain Lee for himself and his family. Two adjacent houses for his daughters are almost identical to the first house. Believed to have been built in 1870, the e... More
Hemby-Willoughby Funeral Home, 112 East Granville Street, Tarboro, Edg...
Significance: Originally used as a residence. Survey number: HABS NC-354 Building/structure dates: ca. 1884 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1908-1913 Subsequent Work
Orange Factory Village, House No. 10, Old Orange Factory Road (State R...
Significance: The Orange Factory houses, dating from the 1860s were built to accommodate employees of one of the earliest cotton mills in North Carolina. They assume historical significance as components of the... More
Beaufort High School, Broad Street (moved from Courthouse Square), Bea...
Survey number: HABS NC-225 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beaufort High School, Broad Street (moved from Courthouse Square), Bea...
Survey number: HABS NC-225 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Huffman Bridge, Spanning Catawba River, Morganton, Burke County, NC
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.