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Icebergs and glacier, Frobisher Bay [Northwest Territory, Canada]

Illus. in: The Polar World, The Arctic Seas, New York, 1869, p. 51. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Glaciers; Icebergs; Arctic Regions.

Northwest Custer County, Nebraska.

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[Eskimo building a snow house south of Cape St. David, Cumberland Gulf...

Man in boat near igloo, mountain in background. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. No. 2078-1927-L.D.L.

[Eskimo boy wearing ragged clothing made from flour sacks, Belcher Isl...

No. 2498-27-L.T.B. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Photo from the Canadian Department of Interior

Ninth Street Northwest, 500 Block (Commercial Buildings), Washington, ...

Survey number: HABS DC-445 Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Findley House, 3606 N Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columb...

Significance: Built originally as a rental structure to house people performing neighborhood services, this post-bellum dwelling has been renovated but is scale and proportions have been maintained, unifying an... More

635 & 637 D Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distr...

Significance: This building is a simple, unadorned brick commercial building of the late-nineteenth century. Permit information indicates that the building existed before 1879. Though there is little that is in... More

Susan Hart Shields House, 1401 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington,...

Survey number: HABS DC-536 Public domain photograph of building plan, architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Meridian House, 1630 Crescent Place Northwest, Washington, District of...

Survey number: HABS DC-540 Public domain photograph of building plan, architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

645 D Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, District of...

Significance: A metal plaque beside the entrance to the Lincoln Inn proclaims the restaurant to be on "the site where Lincoln dined," although this act occurred in an earlier building. The Lincoln is an undisti... More

Twenty-first Street Northwest (1400 Block) (Houses), Washington, Distr...

Survey number: HABS DC-472 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a flag in front of a house, New Jersey. Far...

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A black and white photo of a water tower, New Jersey. Farm Security Ad...

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Pelican Bay Lumber Company. The burner is characteristic of the Northw...

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Family group of workman from Northwest Texas who is now employed in co...

Public domain photograph of life in the USA during the 1930s-1940s, war, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Flying Fortress of the Northwest African strategic Air force scoring...

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Washington, D.C. Victory gardening in the Northwest section

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Washington, D.C. Victory gardening in the Northwest section

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Washington, D.C. Victory gardening in the Northwest section. Buying eq...

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Lambert Showroom, business at 3800 Northwest Highway, Dallas, Texas. R...

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Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

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Livingston and Smith Streets, Brooklyn, New York. Northwest corner I

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[Second Floor, Northwest Pavilion. Circular relief of Summer by Bela L...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Northwest One Library at the Walker Jones Elementary School, Washingto...

Opened in December 2009. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America... More

Dinosaur statue in Mountainburg, Arkansas, a thriving community during...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This T-rex stands in Mountainburg City Park, along with a brontosaurus. The reptiles were designed and constructed in 1... More

Wooden barn in Northwest California

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Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Co...

Survey number: HABS DC-82 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000034

Carter G. Woodson House, 1538 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, Dist...

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Carter G. Woodson House, 1538 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, Dist...

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Carter G. Woodson House, 1538 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, Dist...

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Hamilton Field, Hangar No. 9 & Air Corps Shop, Northwest end of Hangar...

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Masonic Temple, F & Ninth Streets Northwest, Washington, District of C...

Significance: A post-Civil War fraternal and commercial building whose cornerstone-laying was honored by the presence of the President of the United States. This structure ranks among the most distinguished wo... More

Pioneer history : being an account of the first examinations of the Oh...

The Lunch Connection (Commercial Building), 1109 Pennsylvania Avenue,...

Survey number: HABS DC-547 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington Loan & Trust Company, West End Branch, Seventeenth & G Stre...

Significance: Built as West End Branch for Washington Loan & Trust Co., which was founded in 1889 and which built its main bank at 9th & F Sts., NW, in 1890. When Washingotn Loan & Trust was absorbed by Riggs ... More

Washington Loan & Trust Company, West End Branch, Seventeenth & G Stre...

Significance: Built as West End Branch for Washington Loan & Trust Co., which was founded in 1889 and which built its main bank at 9th & F Sts., NW, in 1890. When Washingotn Loan & Trust was absorbed by Riggs ... More

812 F Street Northwest (Commercial Building), (previously recorded as ...

Significance: A post Civil War building illustrating the early commercial development of F Street. Survey number: HABS DC-213 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates:... More

Portland, Oregon - the metropolis of the Pacific Northwest / C.L. Smit...

Print showing bird's-eye view of Portland, Oregon. 13216 U.S. Copyright Office. 1888, population with suburbs, 60,000. Supplement to "The West Shore," Portland, Oregon. Copyrighted 1888.

600 Indiana Avenue Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distri...

Significance: Built in 1928, these building originally had a drive-in gasoline station on the ground level. At present, a storefront has been installed and the space has been adapted to office use.... (Archit... More

Eliphalet H. Turner House, 731 Front Avenue Northwest, Grand Rapids, ...

Significance: A mid-19th century town house of Greek Revival type with an exceptionally fine entrance and a unique stair rail. / Date of construction: 1846. Architect: Gideon Colton. Stone. Rectangular with ... More

Henrietta M. Halliday House, 2234 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Wash...

Significance: This semidetached limestone residence in the Louis XVI manner has two major facades (Massachusetts Avenue and Sheridan Circle). The structure covers most of the fan-shaped lot except for a small ... More

Winder Building, Seventeenth & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: One of few pre-Civil War office buildings in Washington and certainly the least altered, the Winder Building was built for William H. Winder who leased most of the space to the U.S. government, an... More

Winder Building, Seventeenth & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: One of few pre-Civil War office buildings in Washington and certainly the least altered, the Winder Building was built for William H. Winder who leased most of the space to the U.S. government, an... More

Winder Building, Seventeenth & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: One of few pre-Civil War office buildings in Washington and certainly the least altered, the Winder Building was built for William H. Winder who leased most of the space to the U.S. government, an... More

Engine Company Number Two, Firehouse, 719 Twelfth Street Northwest, Wa...

Significance: Interesting example of firehouse design from the early 20th Century. Survey number: HABS DC-350

Selfridge Field, Building No. 1050, Northwest corner of Doolittle Aven...

Significance: Building No. 1050 is a blast proof and electromagnetic-shielded structure that served as the command node of the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) regional launch and interceptor center p... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

U.S. Military Academy, West Academic Building, Northwest corner of Bre...

Significance: The West Academic Building is the largest surviving 19th century building at the Academy. It was the first of the modern academic buildings at the Academy and foreshadowed the great architectural ... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 20, Propeller Labora...

Significance: Built incrementally from 1927 until 1942, this structure has specialized construction designed to accommodate the testing of propellers and drive motors as well as containing space for supporting ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

PEPCO Power Station, 922 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of C...

Significance: This building's stone facade solid massing and decorative elements contribute to the significance of the design. The architect, Arthur B. Heaton was a prominent Washington Architect, and received... More

PEPCO Power Station, 922 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of C...

Significance: This building's stone facade solid massing and decorative elements contribute to the significance of the design. The architect, Arthur B. Heaton was a prominent Washington Architect, and received... More

PEPCO Power Station, 922 I Street Northwest, Washington, District of C...

Significance: This building's stone facade solid massing and decorative elements contribute to the significance of the design. The architect, Arthur B. Heaton was a prominent Washington Architect, and received... More

First Baptist Church of Georgetown, Twenty-Seventh Street Northwest, W...

Significance: This Church is the first Church of the Baptist denomination in Georgetown. It was founded in 1862 by former slave. Survey number: HABS DC-241 Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construction

Fitzsimons General Hospital, Power House, Northwest Corner of East Har...

Survey number: HABS CO-172-AR Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Townsend House, 2121 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: This detached residence is a good example of Louis XV exterior detailing. As reputedly stipulated by the Townsends, he present building incorporates parts of an earlier home (apparently only a po... More

2817 N Street Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Survey number: HABS DC-157 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

National Park Seminary, Villa, Northwest corner of campus, near Capito...

Significance: The dormitory was added in 1907 to accommodate an expanding student population. In this regard, it is a testament to the school's success and popularity. Its Italianate design is one of the many... More

National Park Seminary, Villa, Northwest corner of campus, near Capito...

Significance: The dormitory was added in 1907 to accommodate an expanding student population. In this regard, it is a testament to the school's success and popularity. Its Italianate design is one of the many... More

Grafton Tyler Double House, 1314 Thirtieth Street Northwest, Washingto...

Significance: This double mansarded residence is an example of a particularly formal treatment of a mid-Victorian dwelling. It is conceived sculpturally with the heavy hood molds, cornice and mansard carried a... More

Oak Hill Cemetery, Gatehouse, 3001 R Street Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Significance: This handsome brick Victorian building forms an impressive entry to the spacious wooded grounds of Oak Hill Cemetery. Survey number: HABS DC-249 Building/structure dates: 1850-1853 Initial Cons... More

Z. D. Gilman's Drug Store, 627 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washingt...

Significance: This small Italianate commercial building is a fine example of pre-Civil War commercial Washington architecture. From 1843 through 1965, this site bore the name of Gilman's Drugstore, thus making... More

Crawford-Cassin House, 3017 O Street Northwest, Washington, District o...

Significance: 3017 O Street is a handsome example of a large free-standing Federal house. Documents as early as 1818 refer to the house as a "mansion." It is one of the few houses in Georgetown that still reta... More

Crawford-Cassin House, 3017 O Street Northwest, Washington, District o...

Significance: 3017 O Street is a handsome example of a large free-standing Federal house. Documents as early as 1818 refer to the house as a "mansion." It is one of the few houses in Georgetown that still reta... More

Tudor Place Tulip Poplar, 1644 31st Street, Northwest, Tudor Place, So...

See also HABS DC-97 for related documentation. Significance: The Tudor Place Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) is significant due to its association with the Peter family and their development of the Tudor... More

National Archives, Constitution Avenue, between Seventh & Ninth Street...

Significance: Serves as central archival repository of most important United States documents. Survey number: HABS DC-296 Building/structure dates: 1931-1937 Initial Construction National Register of Histor... More

National Archives, Constitution Avenue, between Seventh & Ninth Street...

Significance: Serves as central archival repository of most important United States documents. Survey number: HABS DC-296 Building/structure dates: 1931-1937 Initial Construction National Register of Histor... More

Robert P. Dodge House, 1534 Twenty-eighth Street Northwest, Washingto...

Significance: This spacious and elegant dwelling, along with a similar house at the southeast corner of 30th and Q Streets, was designed by Andrew Jackson Downing and Calvert Vaux. It is representative of Down... More

Robert P. Dodge House, 1534 Twenty-eighth Street Northwest, Washingto...

Significance: This spacious and elegant dwelling, along with a similar house at the southeast corner of 30th and Q Streets, was designed by Andrew Jackson Downing and Calvert Vaux. It is representative of Down... More

McCleery House, 1068 Thirtieth Street Northwest, Washington, District ...

1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: A Georgetown residence of about 1800 with many fine interior details, reputedly designed by James Hoban. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this str... More

Grogan House, Northwest Side County Road, Middleton, Elbert County, GA

Significance: Built in the early 1870's by the Reverend John Henry Grogan, an itinerant Methodist minister, this house was of mortise and tenon construction. Known as the Grogan Home Place and owned by the Grog... More

Grogan House, Northwest Side County Road, Middleton, Elbert County, GA

Significance: Built in the early 1870's by the Reverend John Henry Grogan, an itinerant Methodist minister, this house was of mortise and tenon construction. Known as the Grogan Home Place and owned by the Grog... More

Grogan House, Northwest Side County Road, Middleton, Elbert County, GA

Significance: Built in the early 1870's by the Reverend John Henry Grogan, an itinerant Methodist minister, this house was of mortise and tenon construction. Known as the Grogan Home Place and owned by the Grog... More

Grogan House, Northwest Side County Road, Middleton, Elbert County, GA

Significance: Built in the early 1870's by the Reverend John Henry Grogan, an itinerant Methodist minister, this house was of mortise and tenon construction. Known as the Grogan Home Place and owned by the Grog... More

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

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History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

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History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

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History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

Hillyer Place, Between Q & R & Twentieth & Twenty-first Streets Northw...

Significance: Relatively undisturbed block of late 19th century rowhouses, presenting a well-maintained period streetscape. #2030 was the home of Washington architect Joseph Hornblower. Street named for Curti... More

1013 E Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, Distric...

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St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Fifteenth & Church Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: Tradition associates Calvin T.S. Brent (1854-1899), Washington's earliest known black architect, with the design of this church. St. Luke's rivals Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Georgetown... More

1300-1322 Rhode Island Avenue Northwest (Houses), Washington, District...

Survey number: HABS DC-527 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description