prairie

Blacksmith shop at the Heritage Farmstead Museum, a living-history sit...

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

Globe aërostatique. Dédié à Monsieur Charles. Cette machine est repres...

Jacques Alexandre César Charles departs Nesle, France after the landing of the first hydrogen balloon flight from Paris on December 1, 1783. Marie-Nöel Robert (on the ground at left), who accompanied Charles o... More

A prairie schooner of the 50's at '49 mining camp. California Midwinte...

Photograph shows prairie schooner on display; wooden signs: A Prairie Schooner of the 50' and C. H. Huffmann. I. W. Taber, 121 Post St. S. F.

[Flight 30: machine close to the ground, Wilbur piloting, covering a d...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 58. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Left front view of flight 46, Orville turning to the left, in the las...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 60. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

Edward S. Curtis - The Prairie Chief

Sioux man on horseback in open field. H104377 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 2566-07. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, ... More

William Conner Prairie Farm, State Highway 234, Noblesville, Hamilton ...

Significance: An interesting group of restored buildings on an early Indiana farm, including the first brick house in the "New Purchase" of Indiana, which comprised roughly the central third of Indiana. Survey... More

A woman standing in a field with a hat on, Great Depression. FSA/OWI P...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a box of nuts, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Ph...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sign in beer parlor, near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

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

Farmers during Great Depression: A black and white photo of a man hold...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s great depression, dust bowl era, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farmers during Great Depression: A man standing in a field next to a b...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s great depression, dust bowl era, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of cows in a pen. War Poduction. Office of War...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro cowhand with cattle in the Black Prairie region. Hale County, Al...

Public domain image of a rural landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A friendly goat at the Heritage Farmstead Museum, a living-history sit...

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

Engaging mule at the Heritage Farmstead Museum, a living-history site ...

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

Prairie dog at Prairie Dog Town, Abilene, Kansas, 447 miles west of St...

No. 119. Part of series: Across the continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his pho... More

French (Creole) House, Market Street, Prairie du Rocher, Randolph Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-62, FN-63, FN-66, FN-67 Survey number: HABS IL-234 Building/structure dates: 1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1858 Subsequent Work

Prairie fires of the great west

Train traveling across prairie ahead of fire. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5269

My Irish prairie queen - Public domain music sheet scan

Prairie flower waltzes - Public domain American sheet music, 1883

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

John W. O'Conner House, 160 Prairie Avenue, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Count...

Significance: The house is a contributing structure in the Henderson Park/West Main Hill Historic District. This district is an early example of a "naturalistic" subdivision originally laid out in 1888 by Fran... More

View embracing 12 miles of prairie from Moore's Summit, on Branch Road...

No. 61. Part of series: Across the continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his phot... More

The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic pu...

James Akin's earliest-known signed cartoon, "The Prairie Dog" is an anti-Jefferson satire, relating to Jefferson's covert negotiations for the purchase of West Florida from Spain in 1804. Jefferson, as a scraw... More

Hazard Post Office, Wild Rose Prairie, Deer Park, Spokane County, WA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10 Survey number: HABS WA-28 Building/structure dates: 1884 Initial Construction

Gay-MacGregor-Allen Cabin, Rock Prairie Road, Millican, Brazos County,...

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Gay-McGregor-Allen House, one of the first houses built in Brazos County, is probably the only surviving house that predates the Republic of T... More

Latah Creek Bridge No. 4102, Prairie View Road, Waverly, Spokane Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-163 Building/structure dates: 1924 Initial Construction

Latah Creek Bridge No. 4102, Prairie View Road, Waverly, Spokane Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-163 Building/structure dates: 1924 Initial Construction

Michael Brisbois House, Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, WI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS WI-28-18 Building/structure dates: 1815 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000801

Calipso Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River, Terry, Prairie County, MT

Survey number: HAER MT-26 Building/structure dates: ca. 1907 Initial Construction

John J. Glessner House, 1800 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Cook Count...

Significance: Designed and built between May 1885 and December 1887, this house is considered the last of the fully personal works of the architect H.H. Richardson and one of his finest houses. The house was de... More

Dousman Hotel, Water Street at Fisher Street, Saint Feriole Island, Pr...

Significance: The Dousman Hotel, built 1864-65, is associated with Prairie du Chien's role in post-Civil War transportation on the upper Mississippi. When its builder, The Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad, ext... More

Dousman Hotel, Water Street at Fisher Street, Saint Feriole Island, Pr...

Significance: The Dousman Hotel, built 1864-65, is associated with Prairie du Chien's role in post-Civil War transportation on the upper Mississippi. When its builder, The Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad, ext... More

Dousman Hotel, Water Street at Fisher Street, Saint Feriole Island, Pr...

Significance: The Dousman Hotel, built 1864-65, is associated with Prairie du Chien's role in post-Civil War transportation on the upper Mississippi. When its builder, The Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad, ext... More

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce...

Significance: It retains 6 of its original 7 tunnels and 44 of its more than 50 original bridges and trestles. These structures enabled the tracks to rise from a starting elevation of approximately 800' by the ... More

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce...

Significance: It retains 6 of its original 7 tunnels and 44 of its more than 50 original bridges and trestles. These structures enabled the tracks to rise from a starting elevation of approximately 800' by the ... More

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce...

Significance: It retains 6 of its original 7 tunnels and 44 of its more than 50 original bridges and trestles. These structures enabled the tracks to rise from a starting elevation of approximately 800' by the ... More

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce...

Significance: It retains 6 of its original 7 tunnels and 44 of its more than 50 original bridges and trestles. These structures enabled the tracks to rise from a starting elevation of approximately 800' by the ... More

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce...

Significance: It retains 6 of its original 7 tunnels and 44 of its more than 50 original bridges and trestles. These structures enabled the tracks to rise from a starting elevation of approximately 800' by the ... More

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce...

Significance: It retains 6 of its original 7 tunnels and 44 of its more than 50 original bridges and trestles. These structures enabled the tracks to rise from a starting elevation of approximately 800' by the ... More

[Wilbur and Orville Wright with their second powered machine; Huffman ...

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

[Side view of flight 45, Orville flying to the right close to the grou...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

[Front view of flight 41, Orville flying to the left at a height of ab...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

Fort de Chartres, Commandant's Quarters (Foundations), Fort de Chartre...

Survey number: HABS IL-301 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000329

Fort de Chartres, Officers' Quarters (Foundations), Fort de Chartres S...

Survey number: HABS IL-289 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000329

Farmers during Great Depression: A man standing next to a pile of hay.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s great depression, dust bowl era, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Removing inferior peas and foreign matter from peas to be canned. Cann...

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

A black and white photo of a man leaning over a fence, Great Depressio...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Packing filled cans into cooking basket. Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

Public domain photograph of 3d object museum collection, metal, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man on a ladder, Great Depression. FSA/OW...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of two men working on a truck, Great Depressio...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a person feeding a giraffe, Great Depressio...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Apparatus used for spraying pea vines to eliminate lice near Sun Prair...

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

FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower building a new gate for hi...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Mrs. Brown giving corn to some of her sows. Prairie Farms, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

House made by children in their school classroom. Prairie Farms, Alaba...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Students at FSA (Farm Security Administration) project school, Prairie...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hogs belonging to Mrs. Brown, FSA (Farm Security Administration) borro...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Students with teacher in home economics cooking class. Prairie Farms, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gate and barbed wire fence around pasture and grazing land on prairie ...

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

Rainbow over the west Texas prairie

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

2-year-old Gavin Olson of Savannah, Texas, feeds a friendly goat at th...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

2-year-old Gavin Olson of Savannah, Texas, feeds a friendly goat at th...

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

2-year-old Gavin Olson of Savannah, Texas, feeds a friendly goat at th...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The Prairie Chapel School, a three-room schoolhouse that served the mo...

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

Fort de Chartres, Powder Magazine, Fort de Chartres State Park, Prairi...

Survey number: HABS IL-288 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000329

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing pioneers as 19th-cent...

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

William B. Engle House, Ebey's Prairie, Whidby Island, Coupeville, Isl...

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

Greene County Courthouse, Main & Boligee Streets, Prairie & Monroe Ave...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30, FN-31 Survey number: HABS AL-218 Building/structure dates: 1840 Initial Construction

White River Bridge, Spanning White River at U.S. Highway 70, De Valls ...

Significance: The vertical lift bridge at DeValls Bluff over the White River is one of only two such bridges in the state. It was designed in 1923 by the Missouri firm of Consultant Engineers, Harrington Howar... More

White River Bridge, Spanning White River at U.S. Highway 70, De Valls ...

Significance: The vertical lift bridge at DeValls Bluff over the White River is one of only two such bridges in the state. It was designed in 1923 by the Missouri firm of Consultant Engineers, Harrington Howar... More

Latah Creek Bridge No. 4102, Prairie View Road, Waverly, Spokane Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-163 Building/structure dates: 1924 Initial Construction

Latah Creek Bridge No. 4102, Prairie View Road, Waverly, Spokane Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-163 Building/structure dates: 1924 Initial Construction

Calipso Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River, Terry, Prairie County, MT

Survey number: HAER MT-26 Building/structure dates: ca. 1907 Initial Construction

Calipso Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River, Terry, Prairie County, MT

Survey number: HAER MT-26 Building/structure dates: ca. 1907 Initial Construction

Prairie Creek Fish Hatchery, Hwy. 101, Orick, Humboldt County, CA

Significance: The Prairie Creek Fish Hatchery (PCFH) is representative of the nature of pre-World War II functions of hatcheries in California and illustrative of significant changes in hatchery goals and infra... More

Prairie Creek Fish Hatchery, Hwy. 101, Orick, Humboldt County, CA

Significance: The Prairie Creek Fish Hatchery (PCFH) is representative of the nature of pre-World War II functions of hatcheries in California and illustrative of significant changes in hatchery goals and infra... More

A. Wiley Hill House, Route 304, Hill's Prairie Vicinity, Bastrop, Bast...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-43 Survey number: HABS TX-336 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction

Dousman Hotel, Water Street at Fisher Street, Saint Feriole Island, Pr...

Significance: The Dousman Hotel, built 1864-65, is associated with Prairie du Chien's role in post-Civil War transportation on the upper Mississippi. When its builder, The Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad, ext... More

Dousman Hotel, Water Street at Fisher Street, Saint Feriole Island, Pr...

Significance: The Dousman Hotel, built 1864-65, is associated with Prairie du Chien's role in post-Civil War transportation on the upper Mississippi. When its builder, The Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad, ext... More

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce...

Significance: It retains 6 of its original 7 tunnels and 44 of its more than 50 original bridges and trestles. These structures enabled the tracks to rise from a starting elevation of approximately 800' by the ... More

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce...

Significance: It retains 6 of its original 7 tunnels and 44 of its more than 50 original bridges and trestles. These structures enabled the tracks to rise from a starting elevation of approximately 800' by the ... More

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce...

Significance: It retains 6 of its original 7 tunnels and 44 of its more than 50 original bridges and trestles. These structures enabled the tracks to rise from a starting elevation of approximately 800' by the ... More

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce...

Significance: It retains 6 of its original 7 tunnels and 44 of its more than 50 original bridges and trestles. These structures enabled the tracks to rise from a starting elevation of approximately 800' by the ... More

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce...

Significance: It retains 6 of its original 7 tunnels and 44 of its more than 50 original bridges and trestles. These structures enabled the tracks to rise from a starting elevation of approximately 800' by the ... More

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce...

Significance: It retains 6 of its original 7 tunnels and 44 of its more than 50 original bridges and trestles. These structures enabled the tracks to rise from a starting elevation of approximately 800' by the ... More

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce...

Significance: It retains 6 of its original 7 tunnels and 44 of its more than 50 original bridges and trestles. These structures enabled the tracks to rise from a starting elevation of approximately 800' by the ... More

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce...

Significance: It retains 6 of its original 7 tunnels and 44 of its more than 50 original bridges and trestles. These structures enabled the tracks to rise from a starting elevation of approximately 800' by the ... More

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce...

Significance: It retains 6 of its original 7 tunnels and 44 of its more than 50 original bridges and trestles. These structures enabled the tracks to rise from a starting elevation of approximately 800' by the ... More

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce...

Significance: It retains 6 of its original 7 tunnels and 44 of its more than 50 original bridges and trestles. These structures enabled the tracks to rise from a starting elevation of approximately 800' by the ... More

Prairie Center Sod school house, District #57, in Custer County, Nebra...

summary: Several of the girls hold jump ropes. This photograph is the same as RG2806-5121 original size: 8x10

[Long-range view of machine on launching track, showing hangar nearby ...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 58. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Damaged machine to the right of the launching track at the end of fli...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 58. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

Boston Marines going on PRAIRIE

Photo shows Marines getting ready to board the ship the USS Prairie. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Hazel Davis, Tinney, Okla. 7 years old. Picks 50 pounds of cotton in h...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort de Chartres, East Barracks (Foundations), Fort de Chartres State ...

Survey number: HABS IL-299 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000329

Brisbois Warehouse, Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, WI

Significance: Erected about 1852 for B.W. Brisbois, this building was used as a fur-trading warehouse, but not exclusively so. Random ashlar sides, coursed ashlar front, rectangular plan, two stories, gable ro... More

L.W. Ernst, residence at 4500 Prairie Ave., Miami Beach, Florida. Entr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A hopper full of peas and conveyor at canning factory. Sun Prairie, Wi...

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

A black and white photo of a group of men working in a field, Great De...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.