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Map of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware exhibiting the post offices, post roads, canals, rail roads &c.

Map of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware exhibiting the post offices, po...

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. LC copy sectioned in 8 and mounted on cloth. Printed label on verso: no. 5, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia. LC Railroad maps, 70 Available also... More

The result of the Star Route trials / F. Graetz.

The result of the Star Route trials / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows a well-dressed Robert G. Ingersoll carrying two large bags of money labeled "Counsel Fees" as he departs the "Washington Court House"; exiting on the right side, wearing tattered clothing, ar... More

Going to post her letter - Public domain dedication image

Going to post her letter - Public domain dedication image

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: St. Nicholas, 18:699 (July 1891).

[S.J. Gilpin shoe store, Richmond, Virginia]

[S.J. Gilpin shoe store, Richmond, Virginia]

Mail carrier and six other men posed standing at entrance to shop.

POST OFFICE - Public domain portrait photograph

POST OFFICE - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing at a counter. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shy / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Shy / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows an old man labeled "St. Valentine" carrying a "U.S. Mail" letter pouch, delivering valentines to "Col. W.D. Mann", John A. "McCall", Henry H. "Rogers", John D. Rockefeller, Jr., John D. "Rock... More

The campaign Santa Claus / Frank A. Nankivell 1908.

The campaign Santa Claus / Frank A. Nankivell 1908.

Illustration shows a man, possibly Thomas F. Ryan, labeled "Postmaster General" dressed up like Santa Claus, standing beneath a sign that states "What is home without Statistics", placing sheets of paper labele... More

[Santa Claus standing on back of Washington, D.C., Post Office truck, decorated with branches and American flag]

[Santa Claus standing on back of Washington, D.C., Post Office truck, ...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

As to the parcels post / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

As to the parcels post / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows Uncle Sam sitting on a split-rail fence labeled "Trust Control of Congress" enclosing a barren patch of land and an emaciated cow labeled "U.S. Post Office Dept."; outside the fence are some ... More

BURLESON, ALBERT SIDNEY. REP. FROM TEXAS, 1899-1913; POSTMASTER GENERAL, 1913-1921. AT DESK, POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT

BURLESON, ALBERT SIDNEY. REP. FROM TEXAS, 1899-1913; POSTMASTER GENERA...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Letters. Posting of letters I - Public domain dedication image

Letters. Posting of letters I - Public domain dedication image

Public domain photograph of midcentury American office, workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Post route map of the state of West Virginia : showing post offices with the intermediate distances on mail routes : January 1, 1939

Post route map of the state of West Virginia : showing post offices wi...

Includes index to counties and inset. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

When the defense boom started, the post office at Hermiston, Oregon employed three people; post office now employs sixteen

When the defense boom started, the post office at Hermiston, Oregon em...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Courthouse and Post Office, 9th and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Courthouse long corridor

U.S. Courthouse and Post Office, 9th and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, ...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Signs on the post office bulletin board in Childersburg, Alabama

Signs on the post office bulletin board in Childersburg, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Actresses Millette Alexander and Louise King, and nightclub entertainer Ted Lewis, stand outside a giant mailbox stamp selling booth in Times Square, New York City, while Assistant Postmaster Aquiline F. Weierich dispenses stamps from inside booth] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Phyllis Twachtman.

[Actresses Millette Alexander and Louise King, and nightclub entertain...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior lobby, Richard B. Anderson Federal Building, Port Angeles, Washington

Interior lobby, Richard B. Anderson Federal Building, Port Angeles, Wa...

Originally a post office that was completed in 1933. General Services Administration took over the building in 1978 when the Post Office moved out. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services... More

Office doorway. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Tyler, Texas

Office doorway. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Tyler, Texas

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 by architect Shirley Simons. Neoclassical sty... More

Courtroom doors in Lobby at the U.S. Post Office & Court House, Lexington, Kentucky

Courtroom doors in Lobby at the U.S. Post Office & Court House, Lexing...

Neoclassical design. Built in 1934 by architect H.A. Churchill and John P. Gillig. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provid... More

Door, Winston E. Arnow U.S. Post Office and Court House, Pensacola, Florida

Door, Winston E. Arnow U.S. Post Office and Court House, Pensacola, Fl...

Built in 1938-1939 by architect Rudolph Stanley Brown. Designed in a simple Mission style. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from informatio... More

Courtroom at Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse and Annex, London, Kentucky

Courtroom at Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse and Annex, London, K...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. U.S. Courthouse built in 1910 by Architect James Knox Taylo... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Main Building, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Ma...

Significance: The Main Building was constructed in 1868-69 and designed by prominent Milwaukee architect Edward Townsend Mix. It was the primary purpose-built structure for the Northwestern Branch of the Natio... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bakery, South Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bakery, South Avenue, Pearl City, Honol...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Post Office, Church & Company Streets, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Post Office, Church & Company Streets, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Survey number: HABS VI-43 Public domain photograph of a post office building, postal service, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Post Office, Pearl Harbor Boulevard near Willamette Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Post Office, Pearl Harbor Boulevard nea...

This structure was moved to its current location in 1945. (5/14/03, KEY) Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in... More

Woodside Store, Kings Mountain Road, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Woodside Store, Kings Mountain Road, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA

Significance: Built for Mathias Parkhurst and Robert Tripp as a general store, post office, dental office, saloon, and after 1859 a library, this store was operated by Tripp until his death in 1909 at the age o... More

Coffren House, Store, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County, MD

Coffren House, Store, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County,...

Significance: The Coffren Store is a rare example of a well-preserved, mid 19th-century general merchandise store. Small local stores of this type one-room utilitarian structures including a Post Office on... More

United States Post Office Garage, 135 A Street (northeast corner A & West First Streets), South Boston, Suffolk County, MA

United States Post Office Garage, 135 A Street (northeast corner A & W...

Significance: Built in 1940-41 by the federal Public Buildings Administration, the United States Post Office Garage survives as a rare Boston-area of example of the International Style of architecture. This fu... More

United States Post Office Garage, 135 A Street (northeast corner A & West First Streets), South Boston, Suffolk County, MA

United States Post Office Garage, 135 A Street (northeast corner A & W...

Significance: Built in 1940-41 by the federal Public Buildings Administration, the United States Post Office Garage survives as a rare Boston-area of example of the International Style of architecture. This fu... More

United States Post Office Garage, 135 A Street (northeast corner A & West First Streets), South Boston, Suffolk County, MA

United States Post Office Garage, 135 A Street (northeast corner A & W...

Significance: Built in 1940-41 by the federal Public Buildings Administration, the United States Post Office Garage survives as a rare Boston-area of example of the International Style of architecture. This fu... More

United States Post Office Garage, 135 A Street (northeast corner A & West First Streets), South Boston, Suffolk County, MA

United States Post Office Garage, 135 A Street (northeast corner A & W...

Significance: Built in 1940-41 by the federal Public Buildings Administration, the United States Post Office Garage survives as a rare Boston-area of example of the International Style of architecture. This fu... More

Hamilton Main Post Office, 340 Main Street, Hamilton, Ravalli County, MT

Hamilton Main Post Office, 340 Main Street, Hamilton, Ravalli County, ...

Public domain photograph of a post office building, postal service, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

E. D. Sweeney Building, 102 South Curry Street, Carson City, Carson City, NV

E. D. Sweeney Building, 102 South Curry Street, Carson City, Carson Ci...

Significance: This is one of the earliest commercial buildings in Carson City, and one of the few brick buildings remaining from the city's earliest years. Located at what was an important intersection, the bu... More

Elkhorn Tavern, Telegraph Road, Pea Ridge, Benton County, AR

Elkhorn Tavern, Telegraph Road, Pea Ridge, Benton County, AR

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS AR-23 Building/structure dates: after. 1830- before. 1840 Building/structure dates: 1858 Subsequent Work Building/structu... More

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christi...

Significance: Christiansted, as the chief port of St. Croix, was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries; it exported large quantities of sugar, rum, and molasses. This building, which was t... More

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christi...

Significance: Christiansted, as the chief port of St. Croix, was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries; it exported large quantities of sugar, rum, and molasses. This building, which was t... More

Post Office Arcade, 2118 First Street, Fort Myers, Lee County, FL

Post Office Arcade, 2118 First Street, Fort Myers, Lee County, FL

Significance: The Post Office Arcade was the first building in Fort Myers specifically built to serve the Fort Myers Post Office. The Arcade was the first building constructed on the new Broadway Street block ... More

Post Office Arcade, 2118 First Street, Fort Myers, Lee County, FL

Post Office Arcade, 2118 First Street, Fort Myers, Lee County, FL

Significance: The Post Office Arcade was the first building in Fort Myers specifically built to serve the Fort Myers Post Office. The Arcade was the first building constructed on the new Broadway Street block ... More

U. S. Customhouse & Post Office Building (Old), 17 School Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

U. S. Customhouse & Post Office Building (Old), 17 School Street, Rock...

Structure contains post office screens (teller windows). Significance: The Rockland Customhouse and Post Office is an excellent example of Government building of the Grant era and is notable for its restrained ... More

U. S. Customhouse & Post Office Building (Old), 17 School Street, Rockland, Knox County, ME

U. S. Customhouse & Post Office Building (Old), 17 School Street, Rock...

Structure contains post office screens (teller windows). Significance: The Rockland Customhouse and Post Office is an excellent example of Government building of the Grant era and is notable for its restrained ... More

U. S. Post Office & Courthouse, 25 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

U. S. Post Office & Courthouse, 25 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima ...

Significance: Historically the monumental Beaux Arts Structure has always served as Yakima Main Post Office and Federal Courthouse. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalizati... More

U. S. Post Office & Courthouse, 25 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

U. S. Post Office & Courthouse, 25 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima ...

Significance: Historically the monumental Beaux Arts Structure has always served as Yakima Main Post Office and Federal Courthouse. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalizati... More

U. S. Post Office & Courthouse, 25 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

U. S. Post Office & Courthouse, 25 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima ...

Significance: Historically the monumental Beaux Arts Structure has always served as Yakima Main Post Office and Federal Courthouse. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalizati... More

U. S. Post Office & Courthouse, 25 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

U. S. Post Office & Courthouse, 25 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima ...

Significance: Historically the monumental Beaux Arts Structure has always served as Yakima Main Post Office and Federal Courthouse. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalizati... More

U. S. Post Office & Courthouse, 25 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

U. S. Post Office & Courthouse, 25 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima ...

Significance: Historically the monumental Beaux Arts Structure has always served as Yakima Main Post Office and Federal Courthouse. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalizati... More

Pueblo Federal Building & Post Office, 421 North Main Street, Pueblo, Pueblo County, CO

Pueblo Federal Building & Post Office, 421 North Main Street, Pueblo, ...

Survey number: HABS CO-186 Building/structure dates: 1896-1898 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1935-1936 Subsequent Work

Godfrey Nims House, Old Deerfield Street & Memorial Road, Deerfield, Franklin County, MA

Godfrey Nims House, Old Deerfield Street & Memorial Road, Deerfield, F...

Significance: This structure was the house of an early settler, ancestor of all of the Nims in the United States. Post Office kept here from 1816-1831. / Built early in the eighteenth century for Godfrey Nims,... More

U.S. Post Office, 1201 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

U.S. Post Office, 1201 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The U.S. Post Office, designed by the local architectural firm of Royer and Anglemeyer in 1931, is the city's outstanding example of Art Deco style. The monumental Neoclassical building, of Indian... More

Georgetown Post Office, 2 The Circle, Georgetown, Sussex County, DE

Georgetown Post Office, 2 The Circle, Georgetown, Sussex County, DE

Public domain image of a church, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Georgetown Post Office, 2 The Circle, Georgetown, Sussex County, DE

Georgetown Post Office, 2 The Circle, Georgetown, Sussex County, DE

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

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent C...

Significance: The Police Department Headquarters is significant for its association with the Municipal Historic District, Baltimore City, Maryland. The district consists of a linear area with an east-west axis... More

U. S. Allegheny Post Office, Ohio Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

U. S. Allegheny Post Office, Ohio Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County...

Additional info on LC index card. Significance: The successor to 7 previous structures serving the same purpose. The old Allegheny U.S. Post Office was erected in 1897. A reflection of the French Renaissance pe... More

U. S. Allegheny Post Office, Ohio Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

U. S. Allegheny Post Office, Ohio Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County...

Additional info on LC index card. Significance: The successor to 7 previous structures serving the same purpose. The old Allegheny U.S. Post Office was erected in 1897. A reflection of the French Renaissance pe... More

Lincoln City Hall, 916 "O" Street, Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE

Lincoln City Hall, 916 "O" Street, Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE

Significance: Lincoln's Old City Hall is architecturally significant as a notable product of the "Grant era" and as an unusual fusion of Victorian Gothic and Second Empire elements, typifying in an important me... More

Northern Commercial Company, Store, 220 Front Street, Eagle, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK

Northern Commercial Company, Store, 220 Front Street, Eagle, Southeast...

Significance: Located on the bank of the Yukon River which permitted stern wheelers to dock immediately alongside building. / Eagle, Alaska, established in 1898, survived the end of the Klondike Gold Rush becau... More

Dr. James Marshall Price House, 39 West Main Street, Frostburg, Allegany County, MD

Dr. James Marshall Price House, 39 West Main Street, Frostburg, Allega...

Significance: The building was built c. 1890 as a five-bay wide cross gable two story structure. In 1909-10 it was redesigned by Olin Gernach, F.A.I.A., in the Colonial Revival style. The structure was a priv... More

United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

United States General Post Office, Between Seventh, Eighth, E, & F Str...

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century federal office building with important historical associations and notable architectural character; a landmark of the national capital. Survey number: HABS DC-219 Buil... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...

Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & Spring Streets, Aurora, Kane County, IL

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & ...

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & Spring Streets, Aurora, Kane County, IL

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & Spring Streets, Aurora, Kane County, IL

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & Spring Streets, Aurora, Kane County, IL

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & ...

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

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & Spring Streets, Aurora, Kane County, IL

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & Spring Streets, Aurora, Kane County, IL

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oakland Plantation, Plantation Store & Post Office, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Oakland Plantation, Plantation Store & Post Office, Route 494, Bermuda...

Suggested address, Rt. 494, is not verifiable in documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Oakland Plantation Store-Post Office building still bears its faded sign, Berm... More

Oakland Plantation, Plantation Store & Post Office, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Oakland Plantation, Plantation Store & Post Office, Route 494, Bermuda...

Suggested address, Rt. 494, is not verifiable in documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Oakland Plantation Store-Post Office building still bears its faded sign, Berm... More

Oakland Plantation, Plantation Store & Post Office, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Oakland Plantation, Plantation Store & Post Office, Route 494, Bermuda...

Suggested address, Rt. 494, is not verifiable in documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Oakland Plantation Store-Post Office building still bears its faded sign, Berm... More

Chanute Air Force Base, White Hall, Jolly Green Street, Rantoul, Champaign County, IL

Chanute Air Force Base, White Hall, Jolly Green Street, Rantoul, Champ...

Significance: Built in response to the pre-World War II massive mobilization, Building 3 was originally a self-contained multi-purpose troop barracks for 2,200 men. It included a barber shop, post office, commu... More

United States Post Office & Court House, 300 East Steward Avenue, Las Vegas, Clark County, NV

United States Post Office & Court House, 300 East Steward Avenue, Las ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

United States Post Office & Court House, 300 East Steward Avenue, Las Vegas, Clark County, NV

United States Post Office & Court House, 300 East Steward Avenue, Las ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

United States Post Office & Court House, 300 East Steward Avenue, Las Vegas, Clark County, NV

United States Post Office & Court House, 300 East Steward Avenue, Las ...

Public domain photograph of court building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

United States Post Office & Court House, 300 East Steward Avenue, Las Vegas, Clark County, NV

United States Post Office & Court House, 300 East Steward Avenue, Las ...

Public domain photograph of a court, jury, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of a court, law enforcement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image -... More

Anti annexation procession. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Anti annexation procession. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A cynical look at the opposition to American annexation of Texas during the 1844 campaign. At the head of a motley procession is Whig candidate and professed anti-annexationist Henry Clay, riding a raccoon (wh... More

Horses pulling U.S. Mail sled - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Horses pulling U.S. Mail sled - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

A Letter to papa - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

A Letter to papa - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Girl handing letter to mailman. H53052 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by E.W. Kelley.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, water way, maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The toll-takers / K. - Political cartoon, public domain image

The toll-takers / K. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows four toll-takers labeled "Retailer's Profit, Commission Broker's Profit, Rail Road's Profit, [and] Express Company's Profit" on a bridge spanning a small waterway that separates the rural "Pr... More

[Mailing division, U.S. Post Office, Washington, D.C.]

[Mailing division, U.S. Post Office, Washington, D.C.]

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of manufacturing workers, factory building, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Post office. Clerks at work at post office

Post office. Clerks at work at post office

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Postal Service - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Postal Service - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Date based on date of negatives in same ra... More

Officials of United Natl. Assn. of Post Office clerks, 3/6/25

Officials of United Natl. Assn. of Post Office clerks, 3/6/25

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Peter's Rest Estate, Letterbox, Peters Rest, St. Croix, VI

Peter's Rest Estate, Letterbox, Peters Rest, St. Croix, VI

Survey number: HABS VI-132 A drawing of a lamp post. A black and white drawing of a lamp post. Public domain postcard scan.

Sign in front of post office, Taylor, Texas

Sign in front of post office, Taylor, Texas

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

Buying stamps in post office. Siren, Wisconsin

Buying stamps in post office. Siren, Wisconsin

Picryl description: Public domain image of postal stamp, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Notice of discontinuance of the post office in Sterlingville, New York, inside the Pine Camp expansion area

Notice of discontinuance of the post office in Sterlingville, New York...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portland (Ore.) Assembly Center - Complete postal service under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Post Office, was maintained and included regular mail delivery, special, parcel post, money orders and other units

Portland (Ore.) Assembly Center - Complete postal service under the ju...

Japanese American women work in Portland Assembly Center post office. Signal Corps Photo No. 9CA-42-2800-PSF. S 166. Photo from U.S. Army, Western Defense Command and Fourth Army. In album: v. 7, p. 610.

The Sidney M. Aronovitz U.S. Courthouse, Post Office and Custom House, Key West, Florida

The Sidney M. Aronovitz U.S. Courthouse, Post Office and Custom House,...

Built in 1933 in the Art Deco style, the two-story, Key Largo limestone clad building was designed by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. T... More

The Sidney M. Aronovitz U.S. Courthouse, Post Office and Custom House, Key West, Florida

The Sidney M. Aronovitz U.S. Courthouse, Post Office and Custom House,...

Built in 1933 in the Art Deco style, the two-story, Key Largo limestone clad building was designed by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. T... More

Courtroom, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Fargo, North Dakota

Courtroom, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Fargo, North Dakota

Built in 1931 by architect James A. Wetmore. Originally designed as a U.S. Post Office on the main floor. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject ... More

Lobby of former General Post Office,Tariff Building; now the Monaco Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Lobby of former General Post Office,Tariff Building; now the Monaco Ho...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title and date provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Print... More

Eureka Post Office, 205 Main, southeast corner of Main & Wallace Alley, Eureka, Juab County, UT

Eureka Post Office, 205 Main, southeast corner of Main & Wallace Alley...

Significance: The Eureka Post Office was the first federal building erected in the city. The building was constructed at the peak of the Tintic Mining District's Prosperity and has continuously housed Eureka's ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bakery, South Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bakery, South Avenue, Pearl City, Honol...

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Knox County Courthouse, Southwest corner of Fourth Avenue & Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Knox County Courthouse, Southwest corner of Fourth Avenue & Elm Street...

Significance: The Knox County Courthouse, housed in the first floor, is significant for its association with the politics and government of Knox County from 1886 to 1906. After 1906, the first floor served var... More

Knox County Courthouse, Southwest corner of Fourth Avenue & Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE

Knox County Courthouse, Southwest corner of Fourth Avenue & Elm Street...

Significance: The Knox County Courthouse, housed in the first floor, is significant for its association with the politics and government of Knox County from 1886 to 1906. After 1906, the first floor served var... More

Shadwell Market, Intersection of Route 250 East & Route 22, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, Virginia

Shadwell Market, Intersection of Route 250 East & Route 22, Charlottes...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Maxwell Air Force Base, Post Office, 61 West Maxwell Boulevard, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Maxwell Air Force Base, Post Office, 61 West Maxwell Boulevard, Montgo...

Significance: Maxwell Air Force Base, Post Office (Building 807), which was built in 1941, represents the first WWII expansion program to take place at Maxwell Air Force Base. Building 807 is one of the few bui... More

Maxwell Air Force Base, Post Office, 61 West Maxwell Boulevard, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Maxwell Air Force Base, Post Office, 61 West Maxwell Boulevard, Montgo...

Significance: Maxwell Air Force Base, Post Office (Building 807), which was built in 1941, represents the first WWII expansion program to take place at Maxwell Air Force Base. Building 807 is one of the few bui... More

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