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Kendall Lake Shelter, Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Kendall Lake Shelter, Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Significance: Such structures made the surrounding park more accessible to nearby residents. They also show the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps which took place in the area. Survey number: HABS OH-230... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula, Uyehara House & Garage, 1038 Ashley Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula...

Significance: This house and garage are significant as examples of Hawaiian regional design of the 1920s. The style of this house and garage are unique within the Pearl Harbor Naval Base. The buildings repres... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula, Uyehara House & Garage, 1038 Ashley Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula...

Significance: This house and garage are significant as examples of Hawaiian regional design of the 1920s. The style of this house and garage are unique within the Pearl Harbor Naval Base. The buildings repres... More

Barnegat Peninsula Communities, Along State Route 35 on Barnegat Penninsula, south of Point Pleasant, Seaside Heights, Ocean County, NJ

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

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

Happy Days Shelter, 434 West Streetsboro Road (State Route 303), Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Happy Days Shelter, 434 West Streetsboro Road (State Route 303), Penin...

Significance: The Happy Days Shelter and other such buildings helped make the Cuyahoga Valley accessible to visitors from the surrounding areas, and represent the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the ... More

St. John the Theologian Russian Orthodox Church, Perryville, Lake & Peninsula Borough, AK

St. John the Theologian Russian Orthodox Church, Perryville, Lake & Pe...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Built in about 1912, the Perryville church has received several additions, re... More

St. John the Theologian Russian Orthodox Church, Perryville, Lake & Peninsula Borough, AK

St. John the Theologian Russian Orthodox Church, Perryville, Lake & Pe...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Built in about 1912, the Perryville church has received several additions, re... More

M/V Husky II, Seldovia Harbor, Seldovia, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

M/V Husky II, Seldovia Harbor, Seldovia, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Significance: USS LCI(L)-653 was one of over 900 large infantry landing craft built in the United States during World War II. The U.S. Navy designed these ocean-going troop transports at the instigation of the... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Storage-Tool Room, Kuahua Peninsula, West of Jarvis Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Storage-Tool Room, Kuahua Peninsula, We...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964. As a Category 1 structure, it has been determined that Building No. 413 constituted a prominent element... More

U.S. Coast Guard Station, Marginal Wharf, Women's Bay, off Nyman Peninsula, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, AK

U.S. Coast Guard Station, Marginal Wharf, Women's Bay, off Nyman Penin...

Survey number: HABS AK-48-C Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula, Defense Housing Project Type 47A, 308 Laniwai Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula...

Significance: This house is significant as an example of the residences added by the Navy after World War II to the large shoreline lots at Pearl City Peninsula. This house, and the adjacent two similar houses... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Electronics Shop, Kuahua Peninsula, West of Jarvis Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Electronics Shop, Kuahua Peninsula, Wes...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. As a Category 3 structure, it has been determined that Building No. 469 functioned as part of the Pearl Ha... More

Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Boat House, U.S. Coast Guard Station, across the taxiway from Building No. 25 on Nyman Peninsula, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, AK

Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Boat House, U.S. Coast Guard Station, acr...

Significance: When constructed in 1942, this building was designed and used as the torpedo shop. By 1958 the structure had been converted to the Exchange Auto Repair building. This structure is an early permane... More

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Pilot Point, Lake & Peninsula Borough, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Pilot Point, Lake & Peninsula Bo...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox church survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Pilot Point's simple wood-framed church has a gable roof that turns to hipped o... More

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Pilot Point, Lake & Peninsula Borough, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Pilot Point, Lake & Peninsula Bo...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox church survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Pilot Point's simple wood-framed church has a gable roof that turns to hipped o... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Jet Engine Fuel Storage Tank, Lehua Avenue, Pearl City Peninsula, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Jet Engine Fuel Storage Tank, Lehua Ave...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964; due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous ... More

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Seldovia, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Seldovia, Kenai Peninsula Boroug...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. One of the older ones, the church in Seldovia features a square cupola over t... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula, House & Garage, 346 Laniwai Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula...

Significance: This house and garage are significant as an example of the residences added by the Navy after World War II to the large shoreline lots at Pearl City Peninsula. The garage was built with matching ... More

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Pedro Bay, Lake & Peninsula Borough, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Pedro Bay, Lake & Peninsula Boro...

Significance: A number of Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. The log church at Pedro Bay features a dramatic polygonal roof over its semi-octagonal... More

Manatoc Reservation, Dining Hall, 1075 Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Manatoc Reservation, Dining Hall, 1075 Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Ninilchik, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Ninilchik, K...

Significance: One of only four Alaskan Russian Orthodox churches in a cruciform plan, the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Church was constructed in 1900-1901 of logs. The gable roof is crowned by an octagonal... More

Ohio & Erie Canal, Lock No. 29, On Cuyahoga River, 600 feet north of Main Street (Route 303), Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Ohio & Erie Canal, Lock No. 29, On Cuyahoga River, 600 feet north of M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HAER OH-59-A Building/structure dates: 1827 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1906 Subsequent Work National Regis... More

Ohio & Erie Canal, Lock No. 29, On Cuyahoga River, 600 feet north of Main Street (Route 303), Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Ohio & Erie Canal, Lock No. 29, On Cuyahoga River, 600 feet north of M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HAER OH-59-A Building/structure dates: 1827 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1906 Subsequent Work National Regis... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waipio Peninsula, Waipo Peninsula, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waipio Peninsula, Waipo Peninsula, Pear...

Significance: Waipio Peninsula was an active part of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base during WWII. The activities that took place here were important to the success of the war efforts in the Pacific. All the Navy fu... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waipio Peninsula, Waipo Peninsula, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waipio Peninsula, Waipo Peninsula, Pear...

Significance: Waipio Peninsula was an active part of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base during WWII. The activities that took place here were important to the success of the war efforts in the Pacific. All the Navy fu... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waipio Peninsula, Waipo Peninsula, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waipio Peninsula, Waipo Peninsula, Pear...

Significance: Waipio Peninsula was an active part of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base during WWII. The activities that took place here were important to the success of the war efforts in the Pacific. All the Navy fu... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waipio Peninsula, Waipo Peninsula, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waipio Peninsula, Waipo Peninsula, Pear...

Significance: Waipio Peninsula was an active part of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base during WWII. The activities that took place here were important to the success of the war efforts in the Pacific. All the Navy fu... More

Purse Seiner SHENANDOAH, Gig Harbor Peninsula Historical Society and Museum, Gig Harbor, Pierce County, WA

Purse Seiner SHENANDOAH, Gig Harbor Peninsula Historical Society and M...

Significance: It is a classic example of a wood-hulled Puget Sound purse seiner from the early to mid-twentieth century. She is one of the last of the Gig Harbor-built purse seiners and one of only two Skansie... More

[The Peninsula, Virginia A 12-pdr. howitzer gun captured by Butterfield's Brigade near Hanover Court House, May 27, 1862]

[The Peninsula, Virginia A 12-pdr. howitzer gun captured by Butterfiel...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. Photograph of a gun captured by 12th Maine and 17th New York Infantry.

[Map showing coast of northern Yucatán Peninsula].

[Map showing coast of northern Yucatán Peninsula].

Depths shown by soundings. Pen-and-ink and green watercolor. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 547 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Maggs number annotat... More

A sketch of the action between the British forces and the American provincials, on the heights of the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th of June 1775.

A sketch of the action between the British forces and the American pro...

Scale ca. 1:13,800. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Indexed for points of military interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-178... More

[The Convent Solovetskii, Kola, the Shrine, Kola Peninsula, Russia]

[The Convent Solovetskii, Kola, the Shrine, Kola Peninsula, Russia]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[General view, Port Catherine, Kola Peninsula, Russia]

[General view, Port Catherine, Kola Peninsula, Russia]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ol' swimmin hole, Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Calif.

Ol' swimmin hole, Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Calif.

Photograph shows man in bathing suit on diving board; people sitting in sand dune area watch.

View of Pacific ocean ocean along 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula in California

View of Pacific ocean ocean along 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through...

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

Tiburon Peninsula, San Francisco, California

Tiburon Peninsula, San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Tiburon's name derives from the Spanish word tiburón, which means "shark." The name was probably inspired by the prevalence of native leopard sharks in th... More

View of Pacific ocean ocean along 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula in California

View of Pacific ocean ocean along 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through...

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

Kendall Lake Shelter, Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Kendall Lake Shelter, Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Significance: Such structures made the surrounding park more accessible to nearby residents. They also show the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps which took place in the area. Survey number: HABS OH-230... More

Kendall Lake Shelter, Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Kendall Lake Shelter, Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Significance: Such structures made the surrounding park more accessible to nearby residents. They also show the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps which took place in the area. Survey number: HABS OH-230... More

Barnegat Peninsula Communities, Along State Route 35 on Barnegat Penninsula, south of Point Pleasant, Seaside Heights, Ocean County, NJ

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

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

Village of Hope, Hope, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Village of Hope, Hope, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Survey number: HABS AK-8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Quaywall Y-3, Western tip of Kuahua Peninsula, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Quaywall Y-3, Western tip of Kuahua Pen...

Significance: Quaywall Y-3, constructed in 1944, is a 985 foot long sheet pile bulkhead structure. Plans for repair and construction work to Quaywall Y-3 are included in Military Construction (MCON) Projects P... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula, Defense Housing Project Type 47, 310 & 318 Laniwai Avenues, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula...

Significance: This housing type is significant as an example of the residences added by the Navy after World War II to the large shoreline lots at Pearl City Peninsula. These two houses are the only known rema... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula, Defense Housing Project Type 47, 310 & 318 Laniwai Avenues, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula...

Significance: This housing type is significant as an example of the residences added by the Navy after World War II to the large shoreline lots at Pearl City Peninsula. These two houses are the only known rema... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula, Defense Housing Project Type 47, 310 & 318 Laniwai Avenues, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula...

Significance: This housing type is significant as an example of the residences added by the Navy after World War II to the large shoreline lots at Pearl City Peninsula. These two houses are the only known rema... More

St. John the Theologian Russian Orthodox Church, Perryville, Lake & Peninsula Borough, AK

St. John the Theologian Russian Orthodox Church, Perryville, Lake & Pe...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Built in about 1912, the Perryville church has received several additions, re... More

Manatoc Reservation, 1075 Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Manatoc Reservation, 1075 Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

2009 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: Manatoc Reservation was established in 1926 and Camp Manatoc was dedicated in 1931. A two-story bath house, three lodges, eleven one-room Adirondacks, a... More

Alaska Railroad Depot, Seward, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Alaska Railroad Depot, Seward, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Survey number: HABS AK-45-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Matrona Russian Orthodox Church, Port Heiden, Lake & Peninsula Borough, AK

St. Matrona Russian Orthodox Church, Port Heiden, Lake & Peninsula Bor...

Significance: The new church is a larger, but not much more elaborate, version of the old church at Port Heiden. The new church features an onion dome on a belfry as a distinguishing feature in the landscape. ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Berthing Wharf K-1, Kuahua Peninsula, west of Laffey Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Berthing Wharf K-1, Kuahua Peninsula, w...

Significance: Wharf K-1 is a 367 feet long by 42 feet wide structure consisting of a concrete deck on concrete piles. Plans for repair work to Wharf K-1 are included in Special Project R2-88, which proposes to... More

U.S. Coast Guard Station, Marginal Wharf, Women's Bay, off Nyman Peninsula, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, AK

U.S. Coast Guard Station, Marginal Wharf, Women's Bay, off Nyman Penin...

Survey number: HABS AK-48-C Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Electronics Shop, Kuahua Peninsula, West of Jarvis Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Electronics Shop, Kuahua Peninsula, Wes...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. As a Category 3 structure, it has been determined that Building No. 469 functioned as part of the Pearl Ha... More

Transfiguration of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Egegik, Lake & Peninsula Borough, AK

Transfiguration of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Egegik, Lake & Pe...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Although an expedient material plywood covers the walls, the church at Eg... More

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Pilot Point, Lake & Peninsula Borough, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Pilot Point, Lake & Peninsula Bo...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox church survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Pilot Point's simple wood-framed church has a gable roof that turns to hipped o... More

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Pilot Point, Lake & Peninsula Borough, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Pilot Point, Lake & Peninsula Bo...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox church survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Pilot Point's simple wood-framed church has a gable roof that turns to hipped o... More

[The Peninsula, Virginia The staff of General Fitz-John Porter; Lts. William G. Jones and George A. Custer reclining]

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

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Holy Assumption Russian Orthodox Church, Rectory, Mission & Overland Streets, Kenai, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Holy Assumption Russian Orthodox Church, Rectory, Mission & Overland S...

Significance: The oldest building on the Kenai Peninsula, the rectory was constructed in 1882 as part of a campaign to improve the housing of Russian Orthodox priests. The wood-shingled building is constructed... More

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Seldovia, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Seldovia, Kenai Peninsula Boroug...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. One of the older ones, the church in Seldovia features a square cupola over t... More

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Churches, Chignik Lake, Lake & Peninsula Borough, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Churches, Chignik Lake, Lake & Peninsula...

Survey number: HABS AK-68 Public domain photograph of historic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Pedro Bay, Lake & Peninsula Borough, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Pedro Bay, Lake & Peninsula Boro...

Significance: A number of Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. The log church at Pedro Bay features a dramatic polygonal roof over its semi-octagonal... More

Manatoc Reservation, Dining Hall, 1075 Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Manatoc Reservation, Dining Hall, 1075 Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit...

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

Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Ninilchik, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Ninilchik, K...

Significance: One of only four Alaskan Russian Orthodox churches in a cruciform plan, the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Church was constructed in 1900-1901 of logs. The gable roof is crowned by an octagonal... More

Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Ninilchik, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Ninilchik, K...

Significance: One of only four Alaskan Russian Orthodox churches in a cruciform plan, the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Church was constructed in 1900-1901 of logs. The gable roof is crowned by an octagonal... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waipio Peninsula, Waipo Peninsula, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waipio Peninsula, Waipo Peninsula, Pear...

Significance: Waipio Peninsula was an active part of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base during WWII. The activities that took place here were important to the success of the war efforts in the Pacific. All the Navy fu... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waipio Peninsula, Waipo Peninsula, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waipio Peninsula, Waipo Peninsula, Pear...

Significance: Waipio Peninsula was an active part of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base during WWII. The activities that took place here were important to the success of the war efforts in the Pacific. All the Navy fu... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waipio Peninsula, Waipo Peninsula, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waipio Peninsula, Waipo Peninsula, Pear...

Significance: Waipio Peninsula was an active part of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base during WWII. The activities that took place here were important to the success of the war efforts in the Pacific. All the Navy fu... More

Purse Seiner SHENANDOAH, Gig Harbor Peninsula Historical Society and Museum, Gig Harbor, Pierce County, WA

Purse Seiner SHENANDOAH, Gig Harbor Peninsula Historical Society and M...

Significance: It is a classic example of a wood-hulled Puget Sound purse seiner from the early to mid-twentieth century. She is one of the last of the Gig Harbor-built purse seiners and one of only two Skansie... More

Reversing station or switchback on the Bhor Ghat incline of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, near Bombay

Reversing station or switchback on the Bhor Ghat incline of the Great ...

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 782. Similar to lantern slide W7-365. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part o... More

Kalyan Junction station on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway near Bombay

Kalyan Junction station on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway near Bom...

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 830. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1... More

Nekhel. Bedouin type of the Sinai peninsula

Nekhel. Bedouin type of the Sinai peninsula

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Miscellaneous subjects. View of island or peninsula in winter

Miscellaneous subjects. View of island or peninsula in winter

Public domain photograph of river bank, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manatoc Reservation, Buena Vista Cabin, 1075 Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Manatoc Reservation, Buena Vista Cabin, 1075 Truxell Road, Peninsula, ...

2009 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Buena Vista is located at one of the highest points on the campground. It has bunks for 16 boy scouts, equipped with a fireplace, woodburning stove and... More

Log home. Farm established six years ago. Priest River Peninsula, Bonner County, Idaho. See general caption 49

Log home. Farm established six years ago. Priest River Peninsula, Bonn...

Public domain photograph of farm, farmer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fat Smitty's Diner on the Olympic Peninsula, Discovery Bay, Washington

Fat Smitty's Diner on the Olympic Peninsula, Discovery Bay, 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

View of Pacific ocean along 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula in California

View of Pacific ocean along 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through Pacif...

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lone cypress on the 17-Mile Drive, Monterey Peninsula, California

Lone cypress on the 17-Mile Drive, Monterey Peninsula, 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

View of Pacific ocean along 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula in California

View of Pacific ocean along 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through Pacif...

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

View of Pacific ocean along 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula in California

View of Pacific ocean along 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through Pacif...

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

Golf course near 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula in California

Golf course near 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through Pacific Grove an...

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

Golf course near 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula in California

Golf course near 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through Pacific Grove an...

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

Views from 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula in California

Views from 17-Mile Drive, a scenic road through Pacific Grove and Pebb...

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

[The Peninsula, Virginia Lts. George A. Custer, Nicolas Bowen, and William G. Jones]

[The Peninsula, Virginia Lts. George A. Custer, Nicolas Bowen, and Wil...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

[The Peninsula, Virginia Lts. George A. Custer, Nicolas Bowen, and William G. Jones]

[The Peninsula, Virginia Lts. George A. Custer, Nicolas Bowen, and Wil...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Holy Assumption Russian Orthodox Church, Church, Mission & Overland Streets, Kenai, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Holy Assumption Russian Orthodox Church, Church, Mission & Overland St...

Public domain scan of church plan, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Village of Hope, Hope, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Village of Hope, Hope, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Survey number: HABS AK-8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Village of Hope, Hope, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Village of Hope, Hope, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Survey number: HABS AK-8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Village of Hope, Hope, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Village of Hope, Hope, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Survey number: HABS AK-8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Saints Sergius & Herman Russian Orthodox Churches, New Church, Port Graham, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Saints Sergius & Herman Russian Orthodox Churches, New Church, Port Gr...

Survey number: HABS AK-91-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fuel Maintenance Shop, West of Jarvis Street on west tip of Kuahua Peninsula, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fuel Maintenance Shop, West of Jarvis S...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. As a Category 3 structure, it has been determined that Building No. 439 functioned as part of the Pearl Ha... More

Saints Sergius & Herman Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Port Graham, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Saints Sergius & Herman Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Port Gr...

Significance: A number of Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Perhaps one of the older Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the church at English Ba... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula, Defense Housing Project Type 47A, 308 Laniwai Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula...

Significance: This house is significant as an example of the residences added by the Navy after World War II to the large shoreline lots at Pearl City Peninsula. This house, and the adjacent two similar houses... More

Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Boat House, U.S. Coast Guard Station, across the taxiway from Building No. 25 on Nyman Peninsula, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, AK

Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Boat House, U.S. Coast Guard Station, acr...

Significance: When constructed in 1942, this building was designed and used as the torpedo shop. By 1958 the structure had been converted to the Exchange Auto Repair building. This structure is an early permane... More

Transfiguration of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Egegik, Lake & Peninsula Borough, AK

Transfiguration of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Egegik, Lake & Pe...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Although an expedient material plywood covers the walls, the church at Eg... More

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Pilot Point, Lake & Peninsula Borough, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Pilot Point, Lake & Peninsula Bo...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox church survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Pilot Point's simple wood-framed church has a gable roof that turns to hipped o... More

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Seldovia, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Seldovia, Kenai Peninsula Boroug...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. One of the older ones, the church in Seldovia features a square cupola over t... More

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Churches, Chignik Lake, Lake & Peninsula Borough, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Churches, Chignik Lake, Lake & Peninsula...

Survey number: HABS AK-68 Public domain photograph of historic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Divers Shop, Kuahua Peninsula, West of Jarvis Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Divers Shop, Kuahua Peninsula, West of ...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. As a Category 3 structure, it has been determined that Building No. 429 functioned as part of the Pearl Ha... More

Ohio & Erie Canal, Lock No. 29, On Cuyahoga River, 600 feet north of Main Street (Route 303), Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Ohio & Erie Canal, Lock No. 29, On Cuyahoga River, 600 feet north of M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HAER OH-59-A Building/structure dates: 1827 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1906 Subsequent Work National Regis... More

[The Peninsula, Virginia Lt. George A. Custer with dog]

[The Peninsula, Virginia Lt. George A. Custer with dog]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Pearl City Peninsula, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Pearl City Peninsula, Pearl City, Honol...

Significance: This peninsula is significant for its pre-WWII civilian history, the Pan American Airways history in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and the Navy history of this peninsula during and after the war... More

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