Mother and son in combined, kitchen, living room and bedroom, beet wor...
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
A black and white photo of a frisbee in a park, Florida. Farm Security...
Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Children of Mexican beet worker. East Grand Forks, Minnesota
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
An old black and white photo of a man picking apples, Florida. Farm Se...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s great depression, dust bowl era, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Trucks loaded with sugar beets, factory in background. East Grand Fork...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mexican beet worker in his home near East Grand Forks, Minnesota
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
Luggage store and employment office. Grand Forks, North Dakota
Public domain photograph - historical image of Minnesota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A Florida orange grove. Polk County, Florida
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Green River Plantation, Polk County, North Carolina
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Mite Tavern, Mill Spring, Polk County, North Carolina
Public domain photograph of a historic place in North Carolina, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Polk County Court House, Columbus, Polk County, North Carolina
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic courthouse building, court, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Shelling corn. Luther Passmore farm, Polk County, Iowa
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
Migratory boy, aged eleven, and his grandmother work side by side pick...
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
Williamette Valley hop farmers in town hold their political forum on d...
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
Heavy yield of grapefruit with excess fruit on ground. Near Lakeland, ...
Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Judging Shropshire sheep. Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
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
Parking ground at Iowa State Fair. Des Moines, Iowa
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's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACs are shown answering call to assemb...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Additional number on caption card: SC-144857. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overse... More
Double Branch Creek in Big Thicket National Preserve, a U.S. Park Serv...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Resting bench along the trail in Big Thicket National Preserve, a U.S....
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Swampy section in the Polk County portion of Big Thicket National Pres...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Meadow in the Polk County portion of Big Thicket National Preserve, a ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Conservatory of the Greater Des Moines Botanical Gardens in Des Moines...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
A sculpture of two people sitting on a bench This sculpture by artist ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Dentville Road Bridge, Spanning Hiawassee River on Dentville Road, Ben...
Significance: The bridge is a representative example of both the through Parker and Pratt trusses. It is also significant due to its local historical associations and its association with the Joliet Bridge and ... More
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota
Apr 1922 - Aug 1950. 18 Sheet(s). 504. Minnesota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire... More
Boarding House, Ellendale, Polk County, OR
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
den Hartog House, 2210 Army Post Road, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 123, Des Moines, Polk C...
Significance: This stable barn adhered to standardized building plan 37G in the office of the Quartermaster General. Completed on October 29, 1903, after an expenditure of $7,754.10, the building had red brick... More
Mountain Fork Bridge, Spanning Mountain Fork Creek at County Road 38, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, McDonald & Johnson Av...
See HABS No. FL-323 for written data. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-82 Survey number: HABS FL-323-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1957 Initial Construction
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: This structure, completed on November 17, 1904, at a cost of $35,456.87, is one of the oldest surviving buildings at Fort Des Moines. Originally erected to house ten bachelor officers, the struct... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: This structure, completed on November 17, 1904, at a cost of $35,456.87, is one of the oldest surviving buildings at Fort Des Moines. Originally erected to house ten bachelor officers, the struct... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More
James W. Nesmith House, Rickreall, Polk County, OR
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
James W. Nesmith House, Rickreall, Polk County, OR
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
111 West Second Street (Alley Building), Crookston, Polk County, MN
Significance: In 1891, construction began on the commercial building located at 111 West Second St. The building materials and distinctive architectural style of the structure are unique to the area and set th... More
M. A. Lumbard House, 1059 Ninth Street, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: Large frame Circa 1885 residence is a representative example remaining from a once viable neighborhood. Survey number: HABS IA-136
Southeast Fourteenth Street Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River at U.S. ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Crookston Commercial District, Main Street & Broadway between Fletcher...
Significance: The Crookston Commercial Historic District reflects the city's early period of growth, which was prompted by agriculture and the railroad industry. The district remains a large, and mostly intact... More
Florida Southern College, Emile E. Watson Administration Building, McD...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 61-62, Des Moines, Pol...
Significance: This double two-story unit, identical in construction to those discussed previously, fronted on Gruber Street and the south side of the parade ground. The structure cost $58,551.73 when completed... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 61-62, Des Moines, Pol...
Significance: This double two-story unit, identical in construction to those discussed previously, fronted on Gruber Street and the south side of the parade ground. The structure cost $58,551.73 when completed... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 47, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: The Cavalry Drill Hall, wherein Fort Des Moines cavalrymen practiced equestrian formations, stood behind Building No. 46 of the northeast corner of the parade. It was completed on April 2, 1907. ... More
T. G. Richmond House, Perrydale, Polk County, OR
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS OR-26 Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction
Southwest Fifth Street Bridge, Spanning Raccoon River at Southwest Fif...
Significance: The Southwest Fifth Street Bridge ranks among Iowa's most significant vehicular spans. It is one of Iowa's few remaining pinned Pratt through trusses with three or more spans. As one of only thr... More
Reliance Bridge, Spanning Hiwassee River on State Route 315, Reliance,...
Significance: The Reliance is a representative example of the Pratt through truss. It is the only existing bridge in Tennessee known to have been built by the Roanoke Bridge Company. Also, it is a contributin... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 68, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: This structure stood almost directly south of Building No. 66 and consisted of a stable barn for cavalry mounts. Completed on February 24, 1905, at a cost of $14,843.10, the building rested on a ... More
86th Street Overpass, Spanning Interstate 35 & 80 at Northwest Eighty-...
Significance: Built as part of the earliest construction on America's interstate highway system, the 86th Street Overpass represents a formative exercise in welded aluminum construction. It was designed by not... More
86th Street Overpass, Spanning Interstate 35 & 80 at Northwest Eighty-...
Significance: Built as part of the earliest construction on America's interstate highway system, the 86th Street Overpass represents a formative exercise in welded aluminum construction. It was designed by not... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 63-64, Des Moines, Pol...
Significance: This structure stands to the west of the preceding building, along Gruber Street and fronting the south side of the Fort Des Moines parade ground. Built according to the Quartermaster General's P... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 58, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Public domain photograph of office, auditorium, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 81, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: This stable barn, finished on January 23, 1904, conformed with plan 139 in the Quartermaster General's Office and was erected at a cost of $16,015.71. Fronting on Thayer Street, the structure was... More
Dr. John Patterson House, Northeast Ariana Estates, Auburndale, Polk C...
Significance: The Patterson House, built by Doctor John Patterson, Confederate Army surgeon, in 1885, is a noteworthy example of Florida vernacular architecture. The house was designed to permit thorough natur... More
Dr. John Patterson House, Northeast Ariana Estates, Auburndale, Polk C...
Significance: The Patterson House, built by Doctor John Patterson, Confederate Army surgeon, in 1885, is a noteworthy example of Florida vernacular architecture. The house was designed to permit thorough natur... More
Florida Southern College, Polk Science Building, McDonald & Johnson Av...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-82 Survey number: HABS FL-323-F Building/structure dates: ca. 1957 Initial Construction
Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO
Significance: This bridge holds the unofficial honor of being the first "iron" bridge to be built in Polk County. It is remarkable that although it is frail, by present standards, it has carried tremendous loa... More
Sunset Bridge, Spanning Pomme de Terre River, Bolivar, Polk County, MO
Significance: This bridge holds the unofficial honor of being the first "iron" bridge to be built in Polk County. It is remarkable that although it is frail, by present standards, it has carried tremendous loa... More
Clegg Home, Valley Junction, Polk County, IA
Survey number: HABS IA-30-7 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Equitable Life Assurance Company Building, 605 Locust Street, Des Moin...
Significance: The Equitable Life Assurance Company Building, designed in 1891 by a prominent Boston firm, exemplifies the late nineteenth century design and construction technology developed for large commercia... More
832 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (Cottage), Des Moines, Polk County,...
Significance: Constructed in 1899 and located near the Sherman Hill Historic District, the architecture of this cottage is significant because it calls attention to a vernacular design influenced by Queen Anne ... More
Florida Southern College, E. T. Roux Library, McDonald & Johnson Avenu...
See HABS No. FL-323 for written data. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-82 Survey number: HABS FL-323-D Building/structure dates: ca. 1957 Initial Construction
Florida Southern College, McDonald & Johnson Avenues, Lakeland, Polk C...
Significance: Florida Southern College is architect Frank Lloyd Wright's largest collection of buildings and their design covered the longest period of time. The College's president, Dr. Ludd M. Spivey, and Mr... More
Florida Southern College, McDonald & Johnson Avenues, Lakeland, Polk C...
Significance: Florida Southern College is architect Frank Lloyd Wright's largest collection of buildings and their design covered the longest period of time. The College's president, Dr. Ludd M. Spivey, and Mr... More
William Morris Log Cabin, Saluda, Polk County, North Carolina
Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Transient Mexican worker's family from Texas. East Grand Forks, Minnes...
Public domain photograph of 1930s working-class Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a man climbing a ladder, Florida. Farm Secu...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s great depression, dust bowl era, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mother and father of beet worker family near Fisher, Minnesota
Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Green River Plantation, Polk County, North Carolina
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Copper mining section between Ducktown and Copperhill, Tennessee. Fume...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Copper mining and sulphuric acid plant. Copperhill, Tennessee
Picryl description: Public domain image of a miner, coal mine, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Copper mining section between Ducktown and Copper Hill, Tennessee. Fum...
Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Train bringing copper ore out of mine. Ducktown, Tennessee. Fumes from...
Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Highway signs and billboards. Ducktown, Tennessee
Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Farmer examines new corn picker. Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Some WAACs lean more toward the heavier ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Clare H. Pirie of Hollywood, California,...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Additional number on caption card: SC-144863. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overse... More
WAACs (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps). Newly-arrived recruits being mar...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
There are a lot of dairy farms in the rural Midwest state of Iowa, as ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The tradition of creating a butter sculpture in the shape of a dairy cow for the fair dates to 1911. The creation starts with a wood, ... More
The richly gilded Iowa State Capitol, constructed between 1871 and 188...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Path through the Polk County portion of Big Thicket National Preserve,...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Watery portion of Big Thicket National Preserve, a U.S. Park Service a...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Spring flowers in Big Thicket National Preserve, a U.S. Park Service a...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
A young Iowan's prize-winning arts-and-crafts display inside the 4-H p...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. 4-H is a global network of youth organizations whose mission is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential. Its name is a refere... More
Enticing sideshow booth at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital c...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More
John Johnson House, Pedee, Polk County, OR
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS OR-29 Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction
Mountain Fork Bridge, Spanning Mountain Fork Creek at County Road 38, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, woods, trees, arbor, outdoors, romantic landscape, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mountain Fork Bridge, Spanning Mountain Fork Creek at County Road 38, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 55-56, Des Moines, Pol...
Significance: Located on the south side of the parade ground, near the southeast corner, this two-story structure of Classical Revival style was completed on September 29, 1903, costing $59,806.94. Of brick jo... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 55-56, Des Moines, Pol...
Significance: Located on the south side of the parade ground, near the southeast corner, this two-story structure of Classical Revival style was completed on September 29, 1903, costing $59,806.94. Of brick jo... More
Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, McDonald & Johnson Av...
See HABS No. FL-323 for written data. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-82 Survey number: HABS FL-323-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1957 Initial Construction
Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, McDonald & Johnson Av...
See HABS No. FL-323 for written data. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-82 Survey number: HABS FL-323-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1957 Initial Construction
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: This structure, completed on November 17, 1904, at a cost of $35,456.87, is one of the oldest surviving buildings at Fort Des Moines. Originally erected to house ten bachelor officers, the struct... More
East Locust Street Commercial District, Nielsen,Gehrke, & Hansen Cloth...
Significance: This building was first used as retail store and contributes to the last remaining cluster of Victorian commercial buildings in Des Moines. This Victorian Italianate commercial structure is in a ... More
S. S. Brinsmaid House, Grand Avenue & Thirty-sixth Street, Des Moines,...
Significance: Earliest known Prairie Style house in Iowa. Survey number: HABS IA-67
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More