Architectural detail of interior, Cathedral of the Immaculate Concepti...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
Cross-stitched art [i.e., needlepoint] located in sanctuary, Highlands...
Construction on the Sanctuary Building began in 1907, and with it came a new name for the congregation, Highlands Methodist Episcopal Church, South. After two years construction, the Spanish Renaissance Revival... More
Statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in the Kelly Ingram Park, Birmi...
Kelly Ingram Park (formerly West Park) was a staging ground for civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s. It is located adjacent to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the 16th Street Baptist Church. Titl... More
Carrie A. Tuggle Memorial, Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama
Kelly Ingram Park (formerly West Park) was a staging ground for civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s. It is located adjacent to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the 16th Street Baptist Church. Titl... More
Montgomery Zoo, Montgomery, Alabama
The Montgomery Zoo was established in 1920 as part of Oak Park. It grew and thrived there until the 1960s. Eleven years later, the Zoo was re-established and moved to its current located in north Montgomery. In... More
Civil Rights Memorial, Montgomery, Alabama
The Civil Rights Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, is a circular black granite table that chronicles the history of the movement in lines that radiate like the hands of a clock. Water emerges from the table's cen... More
Old voting house on the Johnston property, where everyone in Washingto...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mr. George F. Landegger, sponsor, speaks at the podium at the 13th Ann...
The 13th Annual Alabama Writers Symposium involves two days of author readings, panel discussions, and literary entertainment, all moderated by some of Alabama's finest literary scholars. The Harper Lee Award f... More
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Plant located in Tuscaloosa County, A...
This plant is responsible for more than 10,000 direct and indirect jobs in the region, and has an annual economic impact of more than 1.5 billion. In addition, MBUSI has become the state's largest exporter, wit... More
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group. Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers. Colorful beads and Moon Pies (two large cookies with marshmellow in between ... More
Meadowbank Farm located on Highway 84 in a bend of the Alabama River t...
The farm has 3,999 acres of land. Meadowbank farm includes four 1854 hune log cabins, a main plantation house built in 1910, and numerous out buildings. There is also a lake and a swamp, thousands of oak and pi... More
Phoenix Fire Museum, Mobile, Alabama
The Phoenix Fire Museum is in the restored home of the Phoenix Volunteer Fire Company No. 6. This building houses turn-of-the-century horse-drawn steam engines and early motorized vehicles. The gallery on the s... More
Desoto State Park, Fort Payne, Alabama
Desoto State Park is accented by rushing waterfalls and fragrant wildflowers. The atmosphere of the CCC further enhances the restaurant, lodge and cabin facilities. Nestled atop beautiful scenic Lookout Mountai... More
Photographer Carol M. Highsmith joins Sharon Tyson and visiting childr...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Meadowbank Farm located on Highway 84 in a bend of the Alabama River t...
The farm has 3,999 acres of land. Meadowbank farm includes four 1854 hune log cabins, a main plantation house built in 1910, and numerous out buildings. There is also a lake and a swamp, thousands of oak and pi... More
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Plant located in Tuscaloosa County, A...
This plant is responsible for more than 10,000 direct and indirect jobs in the region, and has an annual economic impact of more than 1.5 billion. In addition, MBUSI has become the state's largest exporter, wit... More
Industrial site logo in Monroeville, Alabama, showing the bird and the...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Rural Studio architecture, Newbern, Alabama
The Rural Studio is a design-build architecture studio run by Auburn University which aims to teach students about the social responsibilities of the profession of architecture while also providing safe, well-c... More
Fishing in Monroe County, Alabama
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dock, harbor, boats, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Sculpture at Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, A...
The Alabama Department of Archives and History was established by an act of the legislature on February 27, 1901. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F.... More
Sloss Furnace, Birmingham, Alabama
Colonel James Withers Sloss, a north Alabama merchant and railroad man built Sloss Furnace. Harry Hargreaves, a European-born engineer, was in charge of construction. Sixty feet high and eighteen feet in diamet... More
Historic buildings in Perdue Hill, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group. Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers. Colorful beads and Moon Pies (two large cookies with marshmellow in between ... More
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Plant located in Tuscaloosa County, A...
This plant is responsible for more than 10,000 direct and indirect jobs in the region, and has an annual economic impact of more than 1.5 billion. In addition, MBUSI has become the state's largest exporter, wit... More
Mural depicting actors in the play and book, "To Kill a Mockingbird." ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Civil Rights Memorial at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Gadsden, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Incorporated in 1871, Gadsden is the county seat of Etowah County. It's known as "The City of Champions" and was named an "All America City" in 1991. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the phot... More
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group. Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers. Colorful beads and Moon Pies (two large cookies with marshmellow in between ... More
Pickensville, Alabama - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Gravestone in an historic cemetery, Camden, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Hay bale art, located on U.S. 43 between Demopolis and Eutaw in Alabam...
Motorists driving along U.S. 43 between Demopolis and Eutaw in Alabama's mostly rural western Black Belt region do a lot of double-takes as they gaze over at Jim Bird's pastures to see all sorts of strange crit... More
Historic building in Monroe County, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Glass blower Susan Knecht and her associate Allison Smith create art i...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group. Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers. Colorful beads and Moon Pies (two large cookies with marshmellow in between ... More
Family Day on the grounds of the Alabama River Pulp Company in Claibor...
Family day is a big "Thank You" to all the employees and their families for running such a successful business for owner George F. Landegger and his family. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by t... More
"The Miracle Worker" play that is actually performed in the back yard ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Rural Alabama in the spring - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Cottages at Freedom Village just a few blocks from downtown Montgomery...
The cottages are now boarded up and the signs are tattered and torn. Hopefully, the Heritage View Apartments will have a better fate. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit... More
This is an amazing stone wall constructed single-handedly by a man nam...
Hendrix's great great grandmother was a 14-year old Yuchi Indian girl who was forcibly moved along with thousands of others to an Oklahoma reservation during the early 1800's. From the reservation she ran away ... More
Cast iron fountain with acanthus leaf motif, Bienville Square, Mobile,...
Bienville Square is a historic city park, built in 1842, in the center of downtown Mobile, Alabama. The square was named for Mobile's founder, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville. It takes up the entire ... More
The white sands of the beaches on the Gulf Coast are breathtaking in O...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Meadowbank Farm located on Highway 84 in a bend of the Alabama River t...
The farm has 3,999 acres of land. Meadowbank farm includes four 1854 hune log cabins, a main plantation house built in 1910, and numerous out buildings. There is also a lake and a swamp, thousands of oak and pi... More
Alabama Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...
The complex includes an Education Center, a historical timeline walkway, and a temple engraved with the 11,000 names of Alabamians lost to war in the 20th Century. Each pedestal features detailed artworks. Titl... More
Historic Rikard's Mill is a truly historic site near Beatrice, Alabama
Built by Jacob Rikard about 1840, it is a working grist mill. Run by the power of water from Flat Creek that runs under it, the mill has been grinding corn into meal and grits ever since. Title, date, subject n... More
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers. Colorful beads and Moon Pies (two large cookies with marshmellow in between and covered with various flavors of chocolate) ar... More
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Plant located in Tuscaloosa County, A...
This plant is responsible for more than 10,000 direct and indirect jobs in the region, and has an annual economic impact of more than 1.5 billion. In addition, MBUSI has become the state's largest exporter, wit... More
Gee's Bend, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Gee's Bend, also known as Boykin, is a very poor tenant community in Alabama, lying at the edge of the Black Belt in Wilcox County, about thirty miles southwest of Selma. Gee's Bend is well known for it's quilt... More
Purple Martin bird gourd houses, Hamilton, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
The grounds and interiors of Ivy Green, the house where Helen Keller g...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
A-Day Game football scrimmage for University of Alabama, with coach Ni...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rural Alabama in the spring
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Farmland in Monroe County, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
FAME Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Eagle statue on the Auburn University campus, Auburn, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda leased a home at 919 Felder nea...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama
Magnolia Cemetery is situated on 120 acres (49 hectares) and was established in 1836. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Ala... More
A scene from the play "To Kill A Mockingbird," performed in Monroevill...
This special presentation commemorates the 50th anniversary of the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, a native of Monroeville, Alabama. Many literary scholars and local residents believe ... More
Exhibit, Civil Rights Memorial Center, Montgomery, Alabama
The Civil Rights Memorial Center honors the memory and achievements of those who lost their lives during the Civil Rights Movement. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit l... More
Ferries, boats and oil rigs all co-exist on Mobile Bay in Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Wanda Newman and Teresa Phillips and their dog Cammi pose in Batman ou...
Do Dah Day is an event that has been going on for more than 30 years and is an opportunity to dress up your pets (mainly dogs) and parade them through the streets. The funds raised go to local animal charities.... More
Courthouse located in the center of downtown Athens, Alabama
Founded in 1842, the city of Athens is located 15 miles from the Tennessee State line in Limestone County. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landeg... More
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group. Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers. Colorful beads and Moon Pies (two large cookies with marshmellow in between ... More
Family Day on the grounds of the Alabama River Pulp Company in Claibor...
Family day is a big "Thank You" to all the employees and their families for running such a successful business for owner George F. Landegger and his family. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by t... More
An exhibit of the F-1 engine used in the space shuttle at the George C...
Known as a sportsman's paradise, Redstone Arsenal is located in the heart of the Tennessee Valley in northern Alabama. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Geor... More
Page Cunningham poses pretty at the OOMs (Order of the Myths) Sunday P...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama
Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More
Bellingrath Gardens and Home, the creation of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bell...
The gardens first opened to the public in 1932, while a national garden club meeting was taking place in Mobile. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. ... More
Rickwood Field, Birmingham, Alabama
Rickwood Field is the oldest surviving professional baseball park in the United States. It was built for the Birmingham Barons in 1910 by industrialist and team-owner Rick Woodward and has served as the home pa... More
Bar-b-que place near Monroeville, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
The beach community of Gulf Shores, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Drive-In theatre near Fort Payne, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group. Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers. Colorful beads and Moon Pies (two large cookies with marshmellow in between ... More
Tourist Attraction - Noccalula Falls, Gadsden, Alabama
Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monaste...
Public domain photograph of a church building, chapel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Views of Birmingham, Alabama, from Vulcan Statue
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Landmark Park, near Dothan, Alabama, is a 135-acre park built to prese...
Landmark Park is a 1890's living history farm, complete with an old farmhouse, smokehouse, cane mill, syrup shed, and sheep, mules, cows, chickens, goats and pigs. Drift back in time in a Victorian gazebo, a on... More
Rattlesnake Rodeo in Opp, Alabama
Eastern Diamondback rattlesnakes have been rattling since the dawn of time, but they have been a main attraction in Opp, Alabama, for the past 48 years. Mr. J.P. Jones was the mastermind behind this small-town,... More
Confederate and Spanish American war monument at the historic courthou...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Arthur R. Outlaw Convention Center, Mobile, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Grave of Joseph Stillwell Cain, Jr., in the Church Street Cemetery, Mo...
Born October 10, 1832 and died April 17, 1904, folk figure Joseph Stillwell Cain, Jr., also known as "Old Joe Cain," "Chief Slacabamorinico," or "Old Slac," is recognized as the man responsible for the Mardi Gr... More
Industrial scene near Stockton, Alabama
Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The white sands of the beaches on the Gulf Coast are breathtaking in O...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Historic Rikard's Mill is a truly historic site near Beatrice, Alabama
Built by Jacob Rikard about 1840, it is a working grist mill. Run by the power of water from Flat Creek that runs under it, the mill has been grinding corn into meal and grits ever since. Title, date, subject n... More
"The Miracle Worker" play that is actually performed in the back yard ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Children at Rise School, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
On October 1, 1974, Rise was funded by the U.S. Office of Health, Education and Welfare as a demonstration program designed to serve young children with physical disabilities from birth to five years of age. Ti... More
"The Miracle Worker" play that is actually performed in the back yard ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Rural Alabama scene - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Earlyworks Children's History Museum, the South's largest hands-on his...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Gee's Bend, Alabama - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Gee's Bend, also known as Boykin, is a very poor tenant community in Alabama, lying at the edge of the Black Belt in Wilcox County, about thirty miles southwest of Selma. Gee's Bend is well known for it's quilt... More
Mural depicting actors in the play and book, "To Kill a Mockingbird." ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Aerial view of Montgomery, Alabama
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisi... More
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group. Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers. Colorful beads and Moon Pies (two large cookies with marshmellow in between ... More
Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...
The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More
The J.W. Otts House, Greensboro, Alabama
Also known as the McCrary-Otts House, Magnolia Hall was built in 1840 by D.F. McCrarry. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of A... More
William and Drew Clark blow bubbles at Sci-Quest, Huntsville, Alabama
Sci-Quest is a hands-on science center with more than 100 permanent, interactive exhibits in seven different subject areas. Unlike a typical "museum," Sci- Quest's exhibits are designed to engage, educate and e... More
Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard, Colbert County, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Twin Sears houses built from kits ordered from the Sears Department St...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Frederick Law Olmsted designed the landcaping, ampitheatre and art at ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Spring baseball game, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
The Samford Stadium-Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park opened in 1950 and seats 4,096. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Ala... More