2,075 Rio Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Denver & Rio Grande Rockwork, East of South Platte, Waterton, Jefferso...

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

Denver & Rio Grande Rockwork, East of South Platte, Waterton, Jefferso...

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

Helper Commercial District, Rio Hotel, 210 South Main Street, Helper, ...

Significance: This district represents Helper's development as a town that was primarily the result of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad and the mining of the surrounding bituminous coal fields. Helper also serv... More

Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, San Juan Extension, Wolf Creek Trestle, ...

Significance: The San Juan Extension (SJE) of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG), now known as the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TS), is a relatively unchanged survivor of the first years of railroad... More

Tapacito Pueblito, North of confluence of Tapacito & Largo Canyons, Du...

Significance: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and subsequent Spanish reconquest of 1692 forced many Pueblo tribes to flee westward and seek temporary refuge with the Navajo. Tapacito Pueblito was one such refugee si... More

Tapacito Pueblito, North of confluence of Tapacito & Largo Canyons, Du...

Significance: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and subsequent Spanish reconquest of 1692 forced many Pueblo tribes to flee westward and seek temporary refuge with the Navajo. Tapacito Pueblito was one such refugee si... More

Tapacito Pueblito, North of confluence of Tapacito & Largo Canyons, Du...

Significance: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and subsequent Spanish reconquest of 1692 forced many Pueblo tribes to flee westward and seek temporary refuge with the Navajo. Tapacito Pueblito was one such refugee si... More

Plaza del Cerro, State Routes 76 & 4 vicinity, Chimayo, Rio Arriba Cou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS NM-128 Building/structure dates: before 1740 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1813-1816 Subsequent Work

Split Rock Pueblito, Mesa Rim of Largo Canyon, south of Dogie Canyon &...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N563 Survey number: HABS NM-159

State Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande River, Del Norte, Rio Grande County,...

Survey number: HAER CO-36 Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1928 Subsequent Work

El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Rio Grande Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N525 Survey number: HAER TX-78

Pointed Butte Pueblito, Cibola Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The pueblitos are small multi-roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant in... More

1166 Ponce de Leon Avenue (House), Rio Piedras, San Juan Municipio, PR

Survey number: HABS PR-132 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rio Motel, 4810 Ocean Avenue, Wildwood, Cape May County, NJ

2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Rio Motel is the last of over 200 historic motels which visitors see before the boardwalk and beach. An amalgam of the diverse motel styles found in the c... More

Merrill House (Door), Alcalde, Rio Arriba County, NM

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

El Santuario del Senor Esquipula, Chimayo, Rio Arriba County, NM

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

El Santuario del Senor Esquipula, Chimayo, Rio Arriba County, NM

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

Rio Puerco Bridge, Mainline Road, spanning Rio Puerco, Holbrook, Navaj...

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

Del Rio Federal Building, 100 Broadway, corner of Main Street, Del Rio...

Significance: The Del Rio Federal Building was planned by the U.S. Treasury Department Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor under Secretary of the Treasury Franklin MacVeagh in 1911-1912. It was designed and... More

Del Rio Federal Building, 100 Broadway, corner of Main Street, Del Rio...

Significance: The Del Rio Federal Building was planned by the U.S. Treasury Department Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor under Secretary of the Treasury Franklin MacVeagh in 1911-1912. It was designed and... More

Del Rio Federal Building, 100 Broadway, corner of Main Street, Del Rio...

Significance: The Del Rio Federal Building was planned by the U.S. Treasury Department Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor under Secretary of the Treasury Franklin MacVeagh in 1911-1912. It was designed and... More

Del Rio Federal Building, 100 Broadway, corner of Main Street, Del Rio...

Significance: The Del Rio Federal Building was planned by the U.S. Treasury Department Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor under Secretary of the Treasury Franklin MacVeagh in 1911-1912. It was designed and... More

Orinoco ilustrado, historia natural, civil, y geographica, de este gra...

Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Orinoco ilustrado, historia natural, civil, y geographica, de este gra...

Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Religious illustration above the doorway to Santa Teresa de Jesus Cath...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The church, built in 1912, is home to a parish that is notable as the home of the first Christmas celebration in Texas, in 1683. Cred... More

Descripción del Río Tigris desde Canton hasta la Ysla de Lankeet.

Relief shown pictorially and by shading and form lines. Depths shown by soundings. Watermarks: J. Honig & Zoonen; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis over the characters JH & Z. Watermark dated from 1737-87. Pen-and-in... More

Kern River. Rio Bravo Ranch. 19th century, Library of Congress collect...

Photograph shows a view of the Kern River on the Rio Bravo Ranch, Kern County, California. Watkins photo. no. 474.

Rio Cobre near Spanish Town, Jamaica, W.I.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a river or lake, forest, trees, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Rio Cobre near Bog Walk, Spanish Town, Jamaica, W.I.

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Indian women still fetch water from the Rio de Taos, which runs throug...

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

Potato pickers, Rio Grande County, Colorado

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

A black and white photo of men working in a field, Colorado. Farm Secu...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farmer on load of potatoes, Rio Grande County, Colorado

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

A black and white photo of a group of people working in a field, Color...

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

FSA borrower who is a member of a sugar cooperative, vicinity of Rio P...

Public domain photograph related to Puerto Rico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sign in front of citrus grove, San Juan, Texas. There is a great deal ...

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

A black and white photo of three men working in a field, Colorado. Far...

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

Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. Bananas, coconuts, rice, beans and other pro...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of street life, food vendor, city market, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Mr. Bailey, FSA (Farm Security Admini...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Reed and Evelyn Hall have their own c...

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

Truchas, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Modern homes being constructed in new communities and housing develop...

Title devised by Library staff from accompanying caption. Possibly International Boundary and Water Commission photograph from U.S.I.A. 52-2324P.

Smitty's Jukebox Museum in tiny Pharr in the Rio Grande Valley of Texa...

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

The community church in tiny Shafter, an unincorporated community in P...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Though it has a dozen or so inhabitants, it is included among the State Historical Society's list of "ghost towns." The onetime silve... More

Mission San Carlos Borroméo del río Carmelo, Carmel, California

Also known as the Carmel Mission, it remains a parish church today. It is the only one of the California Missions to have its original bell tower dome. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Cr... More

Mission San Carlos Borroméo del río Carmelo, Carmel, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The hand-pulled Los Ebanos Ferry or El Chalan, formally known as the L...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The ferry is the last of its kind along the entire stretch of the Rio Grande. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photogra... More

A portion of the Amistad National Recreation Area, outside Del Rio in ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Managed by National Park Service,the area includes the Amistad Reservoir at the confluence of the Rio Grande, the Devils River, and t... More

Scene in arid Big Bend National Park, which hugs the Rio Grande River ...

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

Retired major-league baseball star Lance Berkman and members of his fa...

Public domain photograph of National Park, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Doorway of Santa Teresa de Jesus Catholic Church in Presidio, along th...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A guide from the Far Flung river-tour company brings up the rear of 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 P... More

Part of a much-used, now-abandoned "western" movie set along the Rio G...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Often referred to as the "Contrabando" set, it has been used for several productions, including the movie of that name, "The Streets ... More

Part of a much-used, now-abandoned "western" movie set along the Rio G...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Often referred to as the "Contrabando" set, it has been used for several productions, including the movie of that name, "The Streets ... More

A view of the Rio Grande River, looking generally west, in Big Bend Ra...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

View of the Rio Grande River along Texas Rt. 170, which runs through B...

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 P... More

Scene in arid Big Bend Ranch State Park in Brewster County, Texas. The...

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

Cemetery in little Los Ebanos, a community on the Rio Grande River in ...

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 P... More

The sheer faces of Santa Elena Canyon, deep in Big Bend National Park ...

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 P... More

Silverio De La Pena Drugstore & Post Office, Main & Lopez Streets, Rio...

Survey number: HABS TX-3136 Building/structure dates: ca. 1886 Initial Construction

Gould Pass Pueblito, Carrizo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The Pueblitos are small multi-roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant i... More

Gould Pass Pueblito, Carrizo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The Pueblitos are small multi-roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant i... More

Gomez Canyon Pueblito, Gomez Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The pueblitos are small multi roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant i... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Compressor Station Pueblito, Superior Mesa, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, ...

Significance: The pueblitos are small multi-roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant in... More

Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande at Southern Paci...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Crow Canyon Pueblito, Approximately 1.2 miles south of Largo Canyon Wa...

Significance: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and the subsequent Spanish reconquest of 1692 forced many Pueblo tribes to flee westward and seek temporary refuge with the Navajo. The Crow Canyon site is an excellent ... More

Puente Rio Hondo, Spanning Hondo River on PR Road 156, Barrio Rio Hond...

Significance: The wrought iron, three-span truss bridge that carried Puerto Rico's coastal highway over Rio de la Plata, its longest and second largest river, was designed in 1868 and completed in 1876. Named ... More

Puente Rio Hondo, Spanning Hondo River on PR Road 156, Barrio Rio Hond...

Significance: The wrought iron, three-span truss bridge that carried Puerto Rico's coastal highway over Rio de la Plata, its longest and second largest river, was designed in 1868 and completed in 1876. Named ... More

Puente Rio Hondo, Spanning Hondo River on PR Road 156, Barrio Rio Hond...

Significance: The wrought iron, three-span truss bridge that carried Puerto Rico's coastal highway over Rio de la Plata, its longest and second largest river, was designed in 1868 and completed in 1876. Named ... More

Puente Rio Hondo, Spanning Hondo River on PR Road 156, Barrio Rio Hond...

Significance: The wrought iron, three-span truss bridge that carried Puerto Rico's coastal highway over Rio de la Plata, its longest and second largest river, was designed in 1868 and completed in 1876. Named ... More

Frances Canyon Pueblito, Frances Canyon Rincon, Dulce, Rio Arriba Coun...

Significance: Frances Canyon Pueblito, one of the largest and best preserved Navajo pueblitos, was occupied after the Pueblo Revolt in 1680. This revolt broke the Spanish hold on Pueblo villages along the Nort... More

Frances Canyon Pueblito, Frances Canyon Rincon, Dulce, Rio Arriba Coun...

Significance: Frances Canyon Pueblito, one of the largest and best preserved Navajo pueblitos, was occupied after the Pueblo Revolt in 1680. This revolt broke the Spanish hold on Pueblo villages along the Nort... More

Baxterville Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande River at Masonic Park Drive, S...

Survey number: HAER CO-76 Building/structure dates: 1932 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1933 Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work B... More

Baxterville Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande River at Masonic Park Drive, S...

Survey number: HAER CO-76 Building/structure dates: 1932 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1933 Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work B... More

Hooded Fireplace Pueblito, On a northern point of Superior Mesa about ...

Significance: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and subsequent Spanish reconquest of 1692 forced many pueblo tribes to flee northwestward and seek temporary refuge in the traditional homeland of the Navajo, Dinetah. Ho... More

Kin Naa Daa Pueblito, Gobernador Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The Pueblitos are small multi-roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant i... More

Puente de la Marina, San Lorenzo-Florida & Cerro Gordo Neighborhoods, ...

Significance: Puente de la Marina is a very narrow, 11-span, 90.5m-long concrete slab bridge. The latter is a common bridge technology, used in Puerto Rico mainly between the 1920s and the 1940s, but which is ... More

Mexican migrants drinking cold drinks and buying candy at filling stat...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mexican migrants drinking cold drinks and buying candy at filling stat...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Littleton Denver & Rio Grande Western Depot, 2199 West Littleton Boule...

Significance: Architecturally, the D & RGW Depot is characteristic of the railroad style of building developed in the Victorian Age. It is one of the oldest railroad depots in Colorado and one of the few surviv... More