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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Splinterproof Shelter, Seventh Street between Avenues E & G, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Splinterproof Shelter, Seventh Street b...

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. It is one of four types of air raid shelters that were constructed during WWII at Pearl Harbor, in direct response to the December... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Sabin Lock Subcomplex, Northwest Operating Shelter, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Sabin Lock Subcomplex, Northwest Op...

Significance: The Sabin Lock's Northwest Operating Shelter is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex in general. The shelter also serves as a unique compone... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Sabin Lock Subcomplex, Northwest Operating Shelter, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Sabin Lock Subcomplex, Northwest Op...

Significance: The Sabin Lock's Northwest Operating Shelter is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex in general. The shelter also serves as a unique compone... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Sabin Lock Subcomplex, Northwest Operating Shelter, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Sabin Lock Subcomplex, Northwest Op...

Significance: The Sabin Lock's Northwest Operating Shelter is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex in general. The shelter also serves as a unique compone... More

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Moses Point Shelter Cabin, Moses Point, Nome Census Area, AK

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Moses Point Shelter Cabin, Moses Point,...

Survey number: HABS AK-5-H Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shelter Island Windmill, Manwaring Road, Shelter Island, Suffolk County, NY

Shelter Island Windmill, Manwaring Road, Shelter Island, Suffolk Count...

Significance: The Shelter Island Windmill is one of eleven surviving 18th and early-19th century wind-powered gristmills on Long Island. This is one of four extant windmills built by Nathaniel Dominy V, a prom... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bombproof Personnel Shelter, Enterprise Street and St. Lo Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bombproof Personnel Shelter, Enterprise...

Significance: It was built as a bombproof personnel shelter in direct response to the attack of Pearl Harbor. It is a distinctive type of reinforced concrete construction, built for the specific purpose of prot... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Northeast Operating Shelter, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Northeast Op...

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

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Northeast Operating Shelter, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Northeast Op...

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

Eagle Creek Overlook Shelter, Columbia Gorge,Oregon-Washington Border, Bonneville, Multnomah County, OR

Eagle Creek Overlook Shelter, Columbia Gorge,Oregon-Washington Border,...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Overlook Shelter, built in 1938 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, is located in the Columbia Gorge and sits atop a flat knoll above the Columbia River o... More

Eagle Creek Overlook Shelter, Columbia Gorge,Oregon-Washington Border, Bonneville, Multnomah County, OR

Eagle Creek Overlook Shelter, Columbia Gorge,Oregon-Washington Border,...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Overlook Shelter, built in 1938 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, is located in the Columbia Gorge and sits atop a flat knoll above the Columbia River o... More

Warm River Shelter, Warm River Campground, Ashton, Fremont County, ID

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

Warm River Shelter, Warm River Campground, Ashton, Fremont County, ID

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

Fort Lewis, Locomotive Shelter, South side of South Drive, DuPont, Pierce County, WA

Fort Lewis, Locomotive Shelter, South side of South Drive, DuPont, Pie...

Significance: According to inventory records maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USACERL), Building 1-B-99 is one of two remaining structures t... More

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Portage Shelter Cabin, Golovin, Nome Census Area, AK

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Portage Shelter Cabin, Golovin, Nome Ce...

Significance: The Portage Site, location of a roadhouse during the Nome Gold Rush, was at Mile 863 on the Seward-Iditarod-Nome Trail. During 1919-1920, the Territorial Road Commission, a counterpart to the Ala... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Southwest Operating Shelter, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Southwest Op...

Significance: The Davis Lock's Southwest Operating Shelter is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex in general. The shelter also serves as a unique compone... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Southwest Operating Shelter, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Southwest Op...

Significance: The Davis Lock's Southwest Operating Shelter is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex in general. The shelter also serves as a unique compone... More

Chisana Trail, Solo Mountain Shelter Cabin, Chisana, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Chisana Trail, Solo Mountain Shelter Cabin, Chisana, Valdez-Cordova Ce...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2 Survey number: HABS AK-10-A

Ogden Arsenal, Bombproof Shelter, East side of Lemon Street, between New Hampshire & Browning Streets, Layton, Davis County, UT

Ogden Arsenal, Bombproof Shelter, East side of Lemon Street, between N...

Significance: Building 2132 provides particularly vivid insight into the processes involved in the storage of highly explosive chemicals that were used in the production of ammunition at Ogden Arsenal. In addi... More

Tower Grove Park, Shelter Twenty-one, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Tower Grove Park, Shelter Twenty-one, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis...

Significance: The structure is a well-preserved example of the picturesque and eclectic design favored by British and American landscape architects in the 19th century. One of the most stylistically pure of the... More

Naval Air Station Fallon, 100-man Fallout Shelter, 800 Complex, off Carson Road near intersection of Pasture & Berney Roads, Fallon, Churchill County, NV

Naval Air Station Fallon, 100-man Fallout Shelter, 800 Complex, off Ca...

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

Locks & Dam No. 15, Locks Operator's Shelter House, Arsenal Island, Upper Mississippi River, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Locks & Dam No. 15, Locks Operator's Shelter House, Arsenal Island, Up...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 1927-1940 Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project changed the free-flowing river into an intra-continental canal, regulated and controlled for the promotio... More

Locks & Dam No. 15, Locks Operator's Shelter House, Arsenal Island, Upper Mississippi River, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Locks & Dam No. 15, Locks Operator's Shelter House, Arsenal Island, Up...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 1927-1940 Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project changed the free-flowing river into an intra-continental canal, regulated and controlled for the promotio... More

Locks & Dam No. 15, Locks Operator's Shelter House, Arsenal Island, Upper Mississippi River, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Locks & Dam No. 15, Locks Operator's Shelter House, Arsenal Island, Up...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 1927-1940 Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project changed the free-flowing river into an intra-continental canal, regulated and controlled for the promotio... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Northwest Operating Shelter, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Northwest Op...

Significance: The Davis Lock's Northwest Operating Shelter is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex in general. The building is also significant as a uniqu... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Sabin Lock Subcomplex, Northwest Intermediate Shelter, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Sabin Lock Subcomplex, Northwest In...

Significance: The Sabin Lock's Northwest Intermediate Shelter is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex in general. The shelter also serves as a unique comp... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fallout Shelter, West end of Hancock Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fallout Shelter, West end of Hancock Av...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, including Ford Island, was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth centur... More

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, (Moved from Fourth & Steadman), Nome, Nome Census Area, AK

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, (Mo...

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

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Rhon River Shelter Cabin, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Rhon River Shelter Cabin, Nikolai, Yuko...

Significance: After the roadhouse at Rhon River (now Tatina River) burned in May, 1924, travelers used the trapper's cabin/shelter cabin of Einar Carlson, a partner in the Rhon River Roadhouse. Carlson's Rhon ... More

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Rhon River Shelter Cabin, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Rhon River Shelter Cabin, Nikolai, Yuko...

Significance: After the roadhouse at Rhon River (now Tatina River) burned in May, 1924, travelers used the trapper's cabin/shelter cabin of Einar Carlson, a partner in the Rhon River Roadhouse. Carlson's Rhon ... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Sabin Lock Subcomplex, Southwest Operating Shelter, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Sabin Lock Subcomplex, Southwest Op...

Significance: The Sabin Lock's Southwest Operating Shelter is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex in general. The shelter is also significant as a unique... More

Destruction of Tongu--Russians tearing down mud houses which might shelter the "Boxers"--China

Destruction of Tongu--Russians tearing down mud houses which might she...

H7962 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shelter house built for the city of Denver in Rocky Mountains--J.B. Benedict, Architect

Shelter house built for the city of Denver in Rocky Mountains--J.B. Be...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 20. Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, 1906: A crude shelter for a home, ruins and U.S. Mint, April 1906

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, 1906: A crude shelter for a home, r...

Stereo copyrighted by E.W. Kelley; Universal View Co. No. 7895. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mints, US; City halls; Ca. SF; Photog. I.; Shelf.

["Sylvester Manor," Cornelia Horsford house, Shelter Island, New York. Boxwood at pathway]

["Sylvester Manor," Cornelia Horsford house, Shelter Island, New York....

Site History. House Architecture: Built 1735, the second on the site. Landscape: Cornelia Horsford and others. Today: House extant as the private residence of Cornelia Horsford descendents. Photographed when Fr... More

Rapide Croche Lock & Dam, Lock Shelter, On northern embankment near lower gate, Wrightstown, Brown County, WI

Rapide Croche Lock & Dam, Lock Shelter, On northern embankment near lo...

Significance: The lock shelter provides shelter for the lockkeeper while on active duty. Further, the lock shelter provides office space and first aid facilities for office personnel. As such the lock shelter f... More

Creche put up and supported by the American Red Cross at La Panne, Belgium. Fifty babies from the danger zone were given shelter and cared for here. They slept in the sand bagged bomb proof shelter seen on the right, and often had to be taken there through the day also when the place was shelled by the Germans from the sea

Creche put up and supported by the American Red Cross at La Panne, Bel...

Caption from negative sleeve: Czeche and (sp?) at La Parse fifty babies rescued from the zone were brought here saved from the bombardment and air raids the babies were taken into the (sp?) at night to sleep. T... More

Shelter in one of the large shacktown communities around Yakima. Yakima, Washington, Sumac Park

Shelter in one of the large shacktown communities around Yakima. Yakim...

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

Close-up of car from Mississippi used for sleeping as well as shelter and traveling. Evidences of cooking outside are beside it. On highway near Camp Livingston. Alexandria, Louisiana

Close-up of car from Mississippi used for sleeping as well as shelter ...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Camp member moving into shelter at Okeechobee migratory labor camp. Belle Glade, Florida

Camp member moving into shelter at Okeechobee migratory labor camp. Be...

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

Front of row shelter for migratory workers at the migratory labor camp. Sinton, Texas

Front of row shelter for migratory workers at the migratory labor camp...

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

The air raid protective services. "Take over" is a cardinal rule in the event of air raids. Here an air raid warden directs the evacuation of a public bus, notifying the passengers where they may find shelter

The air raid protective services. "Take over" is a cardinal rule in th...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Langdon Tent and Awning Company, Wichita, Kansas. Balint 48 "pup" tents for shipment to the Army Quartermaster Corps supply depots. This plant is producing 1500 of these tents a day with two shifts of thirty-three people each. These tents are in two parts, one of which is intended to be carried by each soldier. Two soldiers putting their interchangeable half tents together form a two-man shelter in the field

Langdon Tent and Awning Company, Wichita, Kansas. Balint 48 "pup" tent...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Malay Chinaman erecting a temporary shelter amid the ruins of his home bombed by Japanese raiders, while his wife (right) collects their scattered possessions

A Malay Chinaman erecting a temporary shelter amid the ruins of his ho...

Photograph shows Malaysian people working on a wood and grass structure next to the ruins of a house. No. OA-8835. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).

Washington, D. C. Air raid shelter area sign on the chapel of a seminary at the Catholic University

Washington, D. C. Air raid shelter area sign on the chapel of a semina...

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

Kendall Lake Shelter, Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Kendall Lake Shelter, Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Significance: Such structures made the surrounding park more accessible to nearby residents. They also show the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps which took place in the area. Survey number: HABS OH-230... More

Kendall Lake Shelter, Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Kendall Lake Shelter, Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Significance: Such structures made the surrounding park more accessible to nearby residents. They also show the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps which took place in the area. Survey number: HABS OH-230... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fallout Shelter, Middle of Hancock Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fallout Shelter, Middle of Hancock Aven...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, including Ford Island, was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth centur... More

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Dexter Roadhouse, Golovin, Nome Census Area, AK

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Dexter Roadhouse, Golovin, Nome Census ...

Survey number: HABS AK-5-J Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, small home in Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nevada Test Site, Environmental Protection Agency Farm, Shelter Unit Type, Area 15, Yucca Flat, 10-2 Road near Circle Road, Mercury, Nye County, NV

Nevada Test Site, Environmental Protection Agency Farm, Shelter Unit T...

Survey number: HABS NV-28-E Building/structure dates: 1965 Initial Construction

Camp Cleawox, Adirondack Sleeping Shelter, Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, Siuslaw National Forest, Florence, Lane County, OR

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

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Cape Nome Roadhouse, Cape Nome, Nome Census Area, AK

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Cape Nome Roadhouse, Cape Nome, Nome Ce...

Survey number: HABS AK-5-M Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tower Grove Park, Shelter Seventeen, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Tower Grove Park, Shelter Seventeen, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis,...

Significance: The structure is a well-preserved example of the picturesque and eclectic design favored by British and American landscape architects in the 19th century Unprocessed Field note material exists fo... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Air Raid Shelter, West of Moffett Street between Bismarck Sea & Hamilton Roads, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Air Raid Shelter, West of Moffett Str...

Significance: This is the only known remaining example at Naval Air Station Barbers Point (NAS BP) of this type of personnel shelter, a distinctive construction type erected in the aftermath of the Japanese att... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Air Raid Shelter, West of Moffett Street between Bismarck Sea & Hamilton Roads, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Air Raid Shelter, West of Moffett Str...

Significance: This is the only known remaining example at Naval Air Station Barbers Point (NAS BP) of this type of personnel shelter, a distinctive construction type erected in the aftermath of the Japanese att... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Bomb Shelter, Alden Park on Railroad Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Bomb Shelter, Alden Park on Railroad Avenu...

Significance: Plans for the construction of bomb shelters were being completed by month's end following the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The following year would see the construction of 100 bom... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Sabin Lock Subcomplex, Southwest Intermediate Shelter, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Sabin Lock Subcomplex, Southwest In...

Significance: The Sabin Lock's Southwest Intermediate Shelter is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex in general. The shelter is also significant as a uni... More

Fort Lewis, Locomotive Shelter, South side of South Drive, DuPont, Pierce County, WA

Fort Lewis, Locomotive Shelter, South side of South Drive, DuPont, Pie...

Significance: According to inventory records maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USACERL), Building 1-B-99 is one of two remaining structures t... More

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Portage Shelter Cabin, Golovin, Nome Census Area, AK

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Portage Shelter Cabin, Golovin, Nome Ce...

Significance: The Portage Site, location of a roadhouse during the Nome Gold Rush, was at Mile 863 on the Seward-Iditarod-Nome Trail. During 1919-1920, the Territorial Road Commission, a counterpart to the Ala... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Southwest Operating Shelter, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Southwest Op...

Significance: The Davis Lock's Southwest Operating Shelter is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex in general. The shelter also serves as a unique compone... More

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing afternoon scene with Christ at sunset with harp, shelter, and lambs in opalescent glass for First Presbyterian Church in Rutherford, New Jersey]

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing afternoon scene with ...

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

Shelter at Strawberry Point on Asawomen Bay, Delaware land use project

Shelter at Strawberry Point on Asawomen Bay, Delaware land use project

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ogden Arsenal, Bombproof Shelter, East side of Lemon Street, between New Hampshire & Browning Streets, Layton, Davis County, UT

Ogden Arsenal, Bombproof Shelter, East side of Lemon Street, between N...

Significance: Building 2132 provides particularly vivid insight into the processes involved in the storage of highly explosive chemicals that were used in the production of ammunition at Ogden Arsenal. In addi... More

Naval Air Station Fallon, 100-man Fallout Shelter, 800 Complex, off Carson Road near intersection of Pasture & Berney Roads, Fallon, Churchill County, NV

Naval Air Station Fallon, 100-man Fallout Shelter, 800 Complex, off Ca...

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

Locks & Dam No. 15, Locks Operator's Shelter House, Arsenal Island, Upper Mississippi River, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Locks & Dam No. 15, Locks Operator's Shelter House, Arsenal Island, Up...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 1927-1940 Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project changed the free-flowing river into an intra-continental canal, regulated and controlled for the promotio... More

Locks & Dam No. 15, Locks Operator's Shelter House, Arsenal Island, Upper Mississippi River, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Locks & Dam No. 15, Locks Operator's Shelter House, Arsenal Island, Up...

Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 1927-1940 Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project changed the free-flowing river into an intra-continental canal, regulated and controlled for the promotio... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Southeast Intermediate Shelter, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Southeast In...

Significance: The Davis Lock's Southeast Intermediate Shelter is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock Complex in general. The shelter also serves as a unique comp... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Passenger Shelter, Seventh Street near Avenue F intersection, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Passenger Shelter, Seventh Street near ...

Significance: It is significant for its distinctive type of construction. Yard employees built the structure in a resourceful way, using functional and utilitarian materials while incorporating artistic salvage... More

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Skwentna Crossing Shelter Cabin, Skwentna, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Skwentna Crossing Shelter Cabin, Skwent...

Significance: Located at Mile 218 on the Sweard-Iditarod-Nome Trail, the Skwentna Crossing Shelter Cabin replaced Joe McElroy and Jack Rimmer's roadhouse which was destroyed by fire ca. 1925. The Alaska Road C... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Sabin Lock Subcomplex, Northwest Intermediate Shelter, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Sabin Lock Subcomplex, Northwest In...

Significance: The Sabin Lock's Northwest Intermediate Shelter is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex in general. The shelter also serves as a unique comp... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fallout Shelter, West end of Hancock Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fallout Shelter, West end of Hancock Av...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, including Ford Island, was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth centur... More

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, (Moved from Fourth & Steadman), Nome, Nome Census Area, AK

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, (Mo...

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

Ellis Island, Recreation Shelter, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, Recreation Shelter, New York Harbor, New York, New York ...

Significance: The Recreation Shelter on Islands 2 and 3 was part of the last active phase of construction at the Ellis Island U.S. Immigration Station during the 1930s. The Recreation Building and two Recreati... More

[Manhanset House, north veranda, Shelter Island, N.Y.]

[Manhanset House, north veranda, Shelter Island, N.Y.]

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

Golf club, Manhansett [i.e. Manhanset House], Shelter Island, N.Y.

Golf club, Manhansett [i.e. Manhanset House], Shelter Island, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a golf field, park, outdoor activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manhansett Hotel [i.e. Manhanset House], Shelter Island, N.Y.

Manhansett Hotel [i.e. Manhanset House], Shelter Island, N.Y.

Public domain photograph of a lake, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

German Bomb-proof shelter, 5 yards deep

German Bomb-proof shelter, 5 yards deep

Photograph shows a German bomb-proof shelter during World War I.

Old forts built centuries ago to hold back the Turkish invasion In the terraced garden rising behind his home on the Bosphorus, the Honorable G.B. Ravendael [i.e., Ravndal], American Consul-General in Constantinople, points out the Giant's Hill (or Goliath's Hill??) over on the Asiatic side and in the shelter of it the huge tanks of Standard Oil Co.

Old forts built centuries ago to hold back the Turkish invasion In the...

Photographs show a palaces on the shores of the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On page: no. 1370 (top image) and no. 1371 (bottom image). Text under image no. 1370:... More

Soil and shelter exhibit. United States Resettlement Administration

Soil and shelter exhibit. United States Resettlement Administration

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jibaro hurricane shelter. The rags are freshly-washed laundry drying. Puerto Rico

Jibaro hurricane shelter. The rags are freshly-washed laundry drying. ...

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

Camp member on porch of her shelter at Osceola migratory labor camp. Belle Glade, Florida

Camp member on porch of her shelter at Osceola migratory labor camp. B...

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

Camp members outside their shelter unit at Okeechobee migratory labor camp. Belle Glade, Florida

Camp members outside their shelter unit at Okeechobee migratory labor ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Camp member repairing his car outside his shelter. Osceola migratory labor camp. Belle Glade, Florida

Camp member repairing his car outside his shelter. Osceola migratory l...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kid in front of individual shelter on ranch in Kimble County, Texas

Kid in front of individual shelter on ranch in Kimble County, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lamb, sheep, goat, livestock, farm animals, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing project being developed by the housing authority of the city of Newport News, Virginia for the shelter of defense workers and families of enlisted personnel

Defense housing project being developed by the housing authority of th...

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

Permanent shelter for agricultural workers. Osceola migratory labor camp, Belle Glade, Florida

Permanent shelter for agricultural workers. Osceola migratory labor ca...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camper sweeps sidewalk in front of her shelter. FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp, Robstown, Texas

Camper sweeps sidewalk in front of her shelter. FSA (Farm Security Adm...

Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Truck parked in front of shelter. FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp, Robstown, Texas

Truck parked in front of shelter. FSA (Farm Security Administration) c...

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

Stevensville, Montana (vicinity). Air raid shelter

Stevensville, Montana (vicinity). Air raid shelter

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trampas, New Mexico. The home of Juan Lopez, the majordomo (mayor), consists of four rooms, a small orchard, a storehouse and corrals where the wagon is stored and the cows and horses given shelter from the winter blizzards

Trampas, New Mexico. The home of Juan Lopez, the majordomo (mayor), co...

Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Summit Shelter Cabin, Skwentna, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Summit Shelter Cabin, Skwentna, Matanus...

Survey number: HABS AK-5-I Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

DePere Lock & Dam, Storage Building, Approximately 50 feet Northwest of Lock Shelter, De Pere, Brown County, WI

DePere Lock & Dam, Storage Building, Approximately 50 feet Northwest o...

Significance: The storage building functions as part of the daily operation of the De Pere Lock and Dam Complex. Survey number: HAER WI-86-D Building/structure dates: 1982 Initial Construction

Genealogy sheets frame the picnic shelter where the Stanley Heirs Reunion takes place

Genealogy sheets frame the picnic shelter where the Stanley Heirs Reun...

Event: Stanley Heirs Reunion. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kendall Lake Shelter, Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Kendall Lake Shelter, Truxell Road, Peninsula, Summit County, OH

Significance: Such structures made the surrounding park more accessible to nearby residents. They also show the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps which took place in the area. Survey number: HABS OH-230... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fallout Shelter, Middle of Hancock Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fallout Shelter, Middle of Hancock Aven...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, including Ford Island, was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth centur... More

Tower Grove Park, Shelter Eleven, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Tower Grove Park, Shelter Eleven, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, In...

Significance: One of the original well-shelters in the city's first driving park, the structure is a well-preserved example of late 19th century ornamental garden design. Unprocessed Field note material exists... More

Shelter Island Windmill, Manwaring Road, Shelter Island, Suffolk County, NY

Shelter Island Windmill, Manwaring Road, Shelter Island, Suffolk Count...

Significance: The Shelter Island Windmill is one of eleven surviving 18th and early-19th century wind-powered gristmills on Long Island. This is one of four extant windmills built by Nathaniel Dominy V, a prom... More

Shelter Island Windmill, Manwaring Road, Shelter Island, Suffolk County, NY

Shelter Island Windmill, Manwaring Road, Shelter Island, Suffolk Count...

Significance: The Shelter Island Windmill is one of eleven surviving 18th and early-19th century wind-powered gristmills on Long Island. This is one of four extant windmills built by Nathaniel Dominy V, a prom... More

Tower Grove Park, Shelter Sixteen, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Tower Grove Park, Shelter Sixteen, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, I...

Significance: The structure is a well-preserved example of the picturesque and eclectic design favored by British and American landscape architects in the 19th century. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Eagle Creek Overlook Shelter, Columbia Gorge,Oregon-Washington Border, Bonneville, Multnomah County, OR

Eagle Creek Overlook Shelter, Columbia Gorge,Oregon-Washington Border,...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Overlook Shelter, built in 1938 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, is located in the Columbia Gorge and sits atop a flat knoll above the Columbia River o... More

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