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Howbert House, 106 Salem Turnpike, Roanoke, Roanoke City, VA

1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Howbert House is architecturally significant as a rare example of log construction and is historically significant as record of German immigra... More

A. J. McDonald Homeplace, 103 West Roanoke Drive, Fitzgerald, Ben Hill...

Significance: The architectural style of this particular structure was typical for this period of history. The home was used as a personal residence until 1978, a rental house from 1978-1981 and a commercial bu... More

Fort Hill Farm, Two-Room Cabin, West of Staunton (Roanoke) River betwe...

Significance: This two-room cabin is a contributing element of Fort Hill Farm. Survey number: HABS VA-1288-F

Somewhere in France is my daddy

music by J. Edwin Allemong ; words by Chas. H. Adams. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

The Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

cover, black print on yellow stock. color lithograph, p. 3 Music associated with the Union side

Down by the winding Roanoke - Public domain American sheet music, 1884

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)

Trouts Farm, Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1800. Related names: Mrs. George Trout. All buildings with molded brick cornices. Built by John Trout. Corresponding reference print in LOT 118... More

Buena Vista, Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1820. Related names: Virginia T. Rogers estate. Built by Col. George P. Tayloe. Fine mantels. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-81. Cr... More

Sheep on farm near Roanoke, Indiana

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

Unloading wall of prefabricated house from truck, Roanoke Farms Projec...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lumber, lumberjack workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Son of farmsteader at Roanoke Farms, North Carolina

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

A black and white photo of men working on a building. Great Depression...

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

Building wall of prefabricated house, Roanoke Farms, North Carolina

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Homesteader at Roanoke Farms, North Carolina

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

A little boy standing on a wooden bench. Office of War Information Pho...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Manpower, junior size. Nobody played hookey the day teacher Doris Jord...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Manpower, junior size. "Who wants to be a junior commando?" teacher as...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

A black and white photo of three boys in suits. Office of War Informat...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

An old black and white photo of two men. Office of War Information Pho...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Manpower, junior size. These hardy determined young fighters of the Ja...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A black and white photo of two children with tennis rackets. Office of...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A black and white photo of two women with umbrellas. Office of War Inf...

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

Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...

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

Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...

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

Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a modernist architecture building, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...

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

Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...

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

Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ronald Webb, twelve year old doffer boy and Frank Robinson, seven year...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2159. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Roanoke Veterans Administration Hospital, Building No. 6, 1970 Roanoke...

Significance: Building #6, designed and constructed by the Veterans Administration in 1934-1935, is significant on a national and local level in the areas of architecture, science and social history. The build... More

4533-39 Roanoke Parkway (Apartment Building), Kansas City, Jackson Cou...

Significance: This building is one of nine two-story apartment buildings in the area of Roanoke Parkway that, together, present a unified urban streetscape that is enlivened by paired facades, interrelated cou... More

The Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

cover, black print on yellow stock. color lithograph, p. 3 Music associated with the Union side

Fort Hill Farm, Cool Storage Shed, West of Staunton (Roanoke) River be...

Significance: This building is a contributing element of Fort Hill Farm. Survey number: HABS VA-1288-M

[Design drawing for stained glass Great East window with many Christia...

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

Fort Hill Farm, Four-Room Cabin, West of Staunton (Roanoke) River betw...

Significance: This building is a contributing element of Fort Hill Farm. Survey number: HABS VA-1288-D

Northern section of Roanoke County - Public domain map

Map of the Great Kennesaw Route via Washington, Roanoke and, Knoxville...

Map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, and the railroad network with the named lines. Heavy black lines emphasize the main line. See entry 614. Scale ... More

Mamie Witt. Runs one side in Roanoke Cotton Mills, Roanoke, Virginia S...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2157. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Rosemary Mfg. Co. Uriah and Eva Westbrook. Both violations. Uriah is 1...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buena Vista, Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1820. Related names: Virginia T. Rogers estate. Built by Col. George P. Tayloe. Fine mantels. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-81. Cr... More

Manpower, junior size. Junior commandos of Roanoke, Virginia, follow u...

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

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Salvage. School children get in the scrap. The school children of Amer...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

A black and white photo of a woman handing something to a boy. Office ...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

A group of people riding in a horse drawn carriage. Office of War Info...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Manpower, junior size. What's a home without its sidewalk scrap pile? ...

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

A black and white photo of a man and a dog. Office of War Information ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A black and white photo of a truck, Roanoke, Virginia. Truck trailer

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Roanoke, Virginia. Paper mill - safety film negatives, Library of Cong...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway depot, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Jefferson Electric Co., Franklin Road, Roanoke, Virginia

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Communication; Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadsid... More

[Design drawing for stained glass aisle memorial window for St. John's...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Hill Farm, West of Staunton (Roanoke) River between Turkey & Caes...

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

North River Canal System, West side of Buena Vista, Buena Vista, Roano...

Significance: The North River Navigation represents a rare example of stone lock construction in Virginia, exhibiting remarkable similarities to earlier structures of the Potomac Canal at Great Falls, Virginia.... More

Richmond, Petersburg, and vicinity Genl. Grant's campaign war map

"Shows fortifications, camps, roads, railroads, street pattern of Richmond and Petersburg, towns, drainage, vegetation, hachures, and houses. The horizontal and upright lines represent one mile square. " -- LC ... More

Group of doffers and spinners working in Roanoke Cotton Mills (Virgini...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2156. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

$3,500 Reward Offered ($3,000 by the Governor of Virginia and $500 by ...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 188, Folder 4.

Buena Vista, Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1820. Related names: Virginia T. Rogers estate. Built by Col. George P. Tayloe. Fine mantels. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-81. Cr... More

Buena Vista, Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1820. Related names: Virginia T. Rogers estate. Built by Col. George P. Tayloe. Fine mantels. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-81. Cr... More

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a horse, North Carol...

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

A little girl standing in front of a house, North Carolina. Farm Secur...

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

A black and white photo of two men working on a roof, North Carolina. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farmers waiting in line for cotton seed, fence posts and wire which th...

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

A black and white photo of a truck driving down a dirt road, North Car...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower, junior size. Too young to help? Not the youngsters of Roanok...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manpower, junior size. Any fats today? This Roanoke, Virginia fourth g...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower, junior size. A mild-mannered little girl--she looks as thoug...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Manpower, junior size. Notes from parents giving permission to their s...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Roanoke, Virginia. Paper mill - safety film negatives, Library of Cong...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway depot, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...

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

Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...

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

Howbert House, 106 Salem Turnpike, Roanoke, Roanoke City, VA

1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Howbert House is architecturally significant as a rare example of log construction and is historically significant as record of German immigra... More

The Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

cover, black print on yellow stock. color lithograph, p. 3 Music associated with the Union side

The Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

cover, black print on yellow stock. color lithograph, p. 3 Music associated with the Union side

The Battle of Roanoke Island - Public domain American piano sheet mus...

Down by the winding Roanoke - Public domain American sheet music, 1884

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)

Down by the winding Roanoke - Public domain American sheet music, 1884

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)

Plan of the Battle of Roanoke Island. North Carolina. Feby 8th 1862.

Federal forces under Burnside quickly overcame the Confederate defenders, giving the Union control of Pamlico Sound and a base on the Atlantic coast for operations against North Carolina.

Richmond, Petersburg, and vicinity Genl. Grant's campaign war map /

Public domain scan of a railway map, transportation, industrial development, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[Sketch map of the vicinity of Roanoke, Virginia].

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil over 3/4-inch pencil grid, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), ... More

Dependent Parents (See also 2157) R.L. Witt. He is apparently working ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Erosion and an abandoned farm near Roanoke, Indiana

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Weighing certified cotton seed for distribution to Negro farmers of Ro...

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

Truck loaded with parts of prefabricated house, Roanoke Farms, North C...

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

A black and white photo of men working on wood, North Carolina. Farm S...

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

New and old farmhouse at Roanoke Farms, North Carolina

Public domain photograph of a historic place in North Carolina, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man carrying a barrel. Office of War Info...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Manpower, junior size. "After this old tire's been done over, it will ...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). File print misnumbered LC-USE6-D-6442; corrected June 2000. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of W... More

Manpower, junior size. What's a home without its sidewalk scrap pile? ...

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

A black and white photo of two girls sitting on the floor. Office of W...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Manpower, junior size. "Who wants to be a junior commando?" teacher as...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...

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

Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...

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

Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a modernist architecture building, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...

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

Aiken-Smith Camp, No. 293, U.C.V., Roanoke, Alabama, April 26th, 1907

Photograph shows portrait of veterans of United Confederate Veterans Aiken-Smith Camp, No. 293. Notation on verso: "Grandpa Werther, Uncle Frank Werther, of Gladys Kingston Tennant Rucker, members of Confedera... More