Ōkarakuri, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a woman working a peepshow box for two children. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū kodakara awase : A... More
Bridges over Wissahickon Creek near Schuylkill
Drawing shows a boating party on "Wissahickon Creek", in a rowboat approaching the opposite shore; downstream, on the left are willow trees, and in the distance are two bridges. A large boulder fills much of th... More
Shinobazu no ike - Public domain image related to music prformance, dr...
Print shows a comical scene with a group of people walking along the bank of the Shinobazu Pond, with cherry blossoms and dwellings in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibu... More
Why don't they bite painted by W.H. Hilliard
Print shows a young man lying on the ground, fishing in a woodland stream with a long stick with string attached to the end. 5808 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed on lower right: Colton, Zahm & Roberts. Publicat... More
[A "Peep" from the recreation grounds, Bedford, England]
Image shows the Ouse (Great Ouse) river in Bedford, at the recreation grounds, now known as The Embankment. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign sec... More
Recreation - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Babies and child care - doctor examining babies on Recreation Pier, E....
No. 438-3. Bain Collection. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Medicine; Babies.
Wreckreation / Harry Grant Dart. (before 1920)
Illustration shows a vignette cartoon where accidents take place in various forms of recreation; at center is an automobile accident involving a horse-drawn carriage, also scenes from golf and baseball, hunting... More
A. D. Wilcox Drift Mine, Linda Creek near Dalton Highway, Bettles, Yuk...
Significance: This site is unique to the region for its completeness in terms of mining structures and machinery as well as in the unbroken continuation of mining activities occurring on the claim. It was buil... More
Mary Pickford and the Coquette contest winners
A film featuring the 25 "Coquette girls", winners of a contest conducted as a sales promotion for Mary Pickford's first sound film, Coquette. Newspapers such as the Washington evening star, the New Haven regist... More
Point Breeze Hotel, 77 Easton Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-1333 Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
This photograph shows how the two halves of a trailer house, delivered...
Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
519 Eleventh Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, D...
Significance: 519 Eleventh Street, NW, constructed around 1875, is a much-altered three-bay, three-story brick building. Its uses over the years are typical of its downtown neighborhood and have included printi... More
Another view of Cove Lake State Park with the inn in the foreground an...
Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Athletic & Recreation Dept. presents Nassau Suffolk W.P.A. Symphon...
Poster announcing concert by the Nassau Suffolk W.P.A. Symphony Orchestra at the Post Gym at Mitchel Field. Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).
View of the Oregon coast from Cape Perpetua included in the recreation...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Florence Wright, recreation supervisor, starts off a game during outdo...
Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Recreation evening at community school under direction of WPA (Work Pr...
Picryl description: Public domain image related to dance, dancing, music, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Opening October 24th Leeds recreation centers
Poster announcing opening of recreation centers by the Sioux City Dept. of Public Recreation with a program list featuring men's gym, social recreation, table tennis, basketball, arts ,crafts, badminton, dramat... More
Brick Presbyterian Church, 91st St. and Park Ave., New York City. Recr...
Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cardinal Hayes Memorial High School, Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York....
Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a cardinal, Catholic church priest, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. Airplanes. Lunch with Popeye. While the swing shift of a l...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a crowded sports competition or music festival event, spectators, people, audience, concert, stadium, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Interlochen, Michigan. National music camp where 300 or more young mus...
Public domain photograph of picnic, leisure time, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington, D.C. Amateur baseball game at the Ellipse between garage e...
Public domain image of a baseball game, sports event, arena, stadium, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Two North American employees entertain their fellow workers with a box...
Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A Red Cross hospital recreation worker in an Army hospital in Great Br...
Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington, D.C. Amateur baseball team recruited from garage workers w...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Preparing lessons for the next day's class in the recreation room of t...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, group of people, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A black and white photo of two men sitting on a bench. Office of War I...
Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fritz Buckingham's Daily Bicycle Trip to Post Office
People in photograph: Buckingham, Fritz Public domain photograph of bicycle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Community Center, Southwest of...
Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Homer Pettry and David McMillion picking banjos at Frazier Gills'
Throughout southern West Virginia one can find regular jam sessions, which occur in public spaces like the Sophia Fire Hall, the Coal City Barber Shop, and the Beckley Flea Market, as well as in private buildin... More
The musicians: Dean Bone (bass), Homer Pettry (banjo), Dave Bailey (g...
Event: Music at Dave and Glenna Bailey's House. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
David "Bugs" Stover, park naturalist at Twin Falls State Park
Event: A visit to a State Park in the mixed mesophytic forest.
Woody Boggs' homemade cannon, before a celebratory shot
Event: Molly mooching on Lillybrook Mountain. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Imaginative road art above a small store in Weaverville, a popular tou...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Sailing on the beach, Ormond, Florida
Title from jacket. "G 681" on negative. Corresponding glass transparency (LC-D4-33 X) available on videodisc frame 1A-28677. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033093. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
A jolly crowd, Atlantic City, N.J.
Stereograph showing group of young people, in bathing suits, lying in the sand on the beach posing for camera; two boys behind group making faces.
Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...
Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More
Acadia National Park Motor Roads, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME
Significance: Motorists visiting Acadia National Park enjoy a variety of experiences on the park's acclaimed road system. The principal park road is the Park Loop Road, a 20-mile circuit around the eastern hal... More
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, 11 North 4th Street, Saint Loui...
When this survey was carried out, the park was called Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. It was changed to Gateway Arch National Park in 2018. Significance: The designed landscape of the Jefferson National ... More
Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...
Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More
Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Indep...
Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was found... More
Crater Lake National Park Roads, Klamath Falls, Klamath County, OR
Significance: The primary roads in Crater Lake National Park were designed and constructed to provide visitor access to the park's scenic features, which are largely concentrated along the rim of Crater Lake. ... More
Loleta Recreation Area, Bath House, Six miles Southeast of intersectio...
Significance: Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps between the years of 1933 and 1936. The CCC work project was initiated by President Roosevelt to put young men to work while at the same time assisti... More
Chickamauga National Military Park Tour Roads, Fort Oglethorpe, Catoos...
Significance: The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park tour roads provide access to select areas of the park that commemorate and interpret the conflict between Union and Confederate forces over c... More
Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Entrance Portal, Route 132, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Steam Launch Buttercup, Long Lake City Hall, Long Lake, Hamilton Count...
Significance: Steam Launch Buttercup is the sole survivor of a large group of small, propeller-driven steamboats that were essential in opening up the central Adirondacks to tourism in the decades after the Civ... More
MacDill Air Force Base, Mess Hall, 2106 Florida Keys Avenue, Tampa, Hi...
Significance: The Mess Hall, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, is an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic character. The building... More
MacDill Air Force Base, Mess Hall, 2106 Florida Keys Avenue, Tampa, Hi...
Significance: The Mess Hall, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, is an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic character. The building... More
Roosevelt Base, Auditorium-Gymnasium, West Virginia Street between Ric...
Significance: The Roosevelt Base Historic District, constructed in 1940-1943, consists of 11 buildings designed in the International Style with Mediterranean Revival detailing, five structures, and extensive hi... More
Roosevelt Base, Auditorium-Gymnasium, West Virginia Street between Ric...
Significance: The Roosevelt Base Historic District, constructed in 1940-1943, consists of 11 buildings designed in the International Style with Mediterranean Revival detailing, five structures, and extensive hi... More
Camp Hofnung, Infirmary, Old Easton Road at Tohickon Creek, Pipersvill...
Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Camp Hofnung, Infirmary, Old Easton Road at Tohickon Creek, Pipersvill...
Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Fitzsimons General Hospital, Gymnasium, Northeast Corner of East Harlo...
Survey number: HABS CO-172-AV Building/structure dates: 1940 Initial Construction
Wind Cave Roads & Bridges, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD
Significance: The Wind Cave National Park road system reflects the combined efforts of the National Park Service, the South Dakota State Highway Commission, and the Bureau of Public Roads to provide vehicular a... More
Wind Cave Roads & Bridges, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD
Significance: The Wind Cave National Park road system reflects the combined efforts of the National Park Service, the South Dakota State Highway Commission, and the Bureau of Public Roads to provide vehicular a... More
Wind Cave Roads & Bridges, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD
Significance: The Wind Cave National Park road system reflects the combined efforts of the National Park Service, the South Dakota State Highway Commission, and the Bureau of Public Roads to provide vehicular a... More
Wind Cave Roads & Bridges, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD
Significance: The Wind Cave National Park road system reflects the combined efforts of the National Park Service, the South Dakota State Highway Commission, and the Bureau of Public Roads to provide vehicular a... More
Wind Cave Roads & Bridges, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD
Significance: The Wind Cave National Park road system reflects the combined efforts of the National Park Service, the South Dakota State Highway Commission, and the Bureau of Public Roads to provide vehicular a... More
Historic Columbia River Highway, Crown Point Viaduct, Encircling Vista...
Significance: A half-viaduct designed to carry pedestrians around the outer edge of a spiral section of roadway around the top of a 725' promontory on the Historic Columbia River Highway. Ingenious use of rein... More
Historic Columbia River Highway, Crown Point Viaduct, Encircling Vista...
Significance: A half-viaduct designed to carry pedestrians around the outer edge of a spiral section of roadway around the top of a 725' promontory on the Historic Columbia River Highway. Ingenious use of rein... More
Roosevelt Base, Tennis Courts, Corner of Reeves Avenue & Pennsylvania ...
Significance: The Roosevelt Base Historic District, constructed in 1940-1943, consists of 11 buildings designed in the International Style with Mediterranean Revival detailing, five structures, and extensive hi... More
Shiloh National Military Park Tour Roads, Shiloh, Hardin County, TN
Significance: Shiloh National Military Park is one of the earliest national battlefield parks. The 3,972 acre park is located in rural Hardin County in southwestern Tennessee. It was established in 1894, makin... More
Shiloh National Military Park Tour Roads, Shiloh, Hardin County, TN
Significance: Shiloh National Military Park is one of the earliest national battlefield parks. The 3,972 acre park is located in rural Hardin County in southwestern Tennessee. It was established in 1894, makin... More
Shiloh National Military Park Tour Roads, Shiloh, Hardin County, TN
Significance: Shiloh National Military Park is one of the earliest national battlefield parks. The 3,972 acre park is located in rural Hardin County in southwestern Tennessee. It was established in 1894, makin... More
Congress Hall, Beach & Congress Streets, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ
Significance: An excellent example of a mid-19th century hotel, the Congress Hall hosted many notable visitors, including several presidents, notably Benjamin Harrison, who establish executive offices there in ... More
Gowen Field, Recreation Building, 303 Fourth Avenue, Boise, Ada County...
Significance: This building is one of the only remaining World War II properties at Gowen Field that retains a high level of integrity and evokes the wartime era that distinguished the installation's service. ... More
Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam, On Middle Creek, West of U.S. Route 15...
Significance: The Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam is a significant example of a timber crib dam and small electric generating station, that is typical of early rural electrification in America. Locally it was a... More
Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam, On Middle Creek, West of U.S. Route 15...
Significance: The Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam is a significant example of a timber crib dam and small electric generating station, that is typical of early rural electrification in America. Locally it was a... More
Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam, On Middle Creek, West of U.S. Route 15...
Significance: The Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam is a significant example of a timber crib dam and small electric generating station, that is typical of early rural electrification in America. Locally it was a... More
Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Headquarters Area Recr...
Significance: This was constructed to foster morale and represents an effort to provide rest and relaxation to naval personnel stationed on the isolated bases of the Aleutian Islands during World War II. Unpro... More
Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Headquarters Area Recr...
Significance: This was constructed to foster morale and represents an effort to provide rest and relaxation to naval personnel stationed on the isolated bases of the Aleutian Islands during World War II. Unpro... More
Missouri Botanical Garden, Japanese Tea House, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue...
Survey number: HABS MO-1135-I National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001065
Victor Block, 202 West Harrison Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK
Significance: The Victor was among the most handsome and celebrated business blocks of early Guthrie, as well as the largest. Erected for one of the most successful developers of the commercial district, the b... More
Victor Block, 202 West Harrison Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK
Significance: The Victor was among the most handsome and celebrated business blocks of early Guthrie, as well as the largest. Erected for one of the most successful developers of the commercial district, the b... More
Victor Block, 202 West Harrison Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK
Significance: The Victor was among the most handsome and celebrated business blocks of early Guthrie, as well as the largest. Erected for one of the most successful developers of the commercial district, the b... More
Sagami shichirigahama, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a woman and two children walking along beach at Shichirigahama, and two women watching from a pavilion or porch, with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information ... More
Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, ...
Significance: The Hamilton Street Dam is an integral part of the Lehigh Canal, which was of major economic importance in the development of industry in the Lehigh Valley in the nineteenth century. The V-shaped... More
Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, ...
Significance: The Hamilton Street Dam is an integral part of the Lehigh Canal, which was of major economic importance in the development of industry in the Lehigh Valley in the nineteenth century. The V-shaped... More
Your turn / Brett Litho. Co., N.Y.
Print shows a scene on a decorative plate with two young children playing baseball. Copyright 1882, by J.L. Blamire.
Wind Cave National Park, Administration & Operator's Building, Approxi...
Survey number: HABS SD-9 Building/structure dates: 1935-1936 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1979 Subsequent Work
Wind Cave National Park, Administration & Operator's Building, Approxi...
Survey number: HABS SD-9 Building/structure dates: 1935-1936 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1979 Subsequent Work
Wind Cave National Park, Administration & Operator's Building, Approxi...
Survey number: HABS SD-9 Building/structure dates: 1935-1936 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1979 Subsequent Work
Wind Cave National Park, Administration & Operator's Building, Approxi...
Survey number: HABS SD-9 Building/structure dates: 1935-1936 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1979 Subsequent Work
Camp Cleawox, Adirondack Sleeping Shelter, Oregon Dunes National Recre...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS OR-137-B Building/structure dates: 1939 Initial Construction
Crestview Ballpark, Crestview Lane, Valley, Chambers County, AL
Survey number: HAER AL-168 Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction
A modern pyramid on the sand, Atlantic City, [N.J.]
A 3-tier, 9 man pyramid. Stereo copyrighted by William H. Rau. No. 5593.
Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Retaining Walls, Route 132 S...
Significance: Built by workers of the Work Projects Administration in 1939, the stone retaining walls, built to control soil erosion, reflect the larger objectives of conservation and reclamation in the develop... More
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Georgetown Section, East & West parallel to M...
Significance: A remarkable engineering achievement of the early 19th century that played an important role in the development of Georgetown commerce, and stimulated trade and settlement of the interior. Unproc... More
Olympic National Park Road System, Port Angeles, Clallam County, WA
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Olympic National Park Road System, Port Angeles, Clallam County, WA
Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Henry Hudson Parkway, Extending 11.2 miles from West 72nd Street to Br...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Henry Hudson Parkway, Extending 11.2 miles from West 72nd Street to Br...
Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Glen Echo Park, Administration Building, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Gle...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic park, open terrace, world heritage landmark, classical or neoclassical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Glen Echo Park, Arcade, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Montgomer...
Significance: Built during the last, major construction campaign in the amusement park at Glen Echo, the Arcade was modeled after the adjoining Administration Building designed by Philadelphia architect Edward ... More
Warm River Shelter, Warm River Campground, Ashton, Fremont County, ID
Significance: The shelter is significant due to its association with the original development of recreation and tourism in the area. The shelter embodies the characteristics of the vernacular architecture typi... More
Bathhouse Row, Visitor's Center, Central Avenue, Hot Springs, Garland ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-18 Survey number: HABS AR-28-I Building/structure dates: 1936 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000275
Sandy Lake Reservoir Dam & Lock, McGregor, Aitkin County, MN
Significance: The Sandy Lake Reservoir Dam and Lock is one of six Mississippi River Headwaters dam sites that are historically significant for their association with navigation, commerce, tourism, the Ojibway I... More
Sandy Lake Reservoir Dam & Lock, McGregor, Aitkin County, MN
Significance: The Sandy Lake Reservoir Dam and Lock is one of six Mississippi River Headwaters dam sites that are historically significant for their association with navigation, commerce, tourism, the Ojibway I... More