Sinai. Interior of the famous library [Monastery of St. Catherine] / A...
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$2,500,000 in rare books acquired for Folger Library. Washington, D.C....
William Shakespeare books and illustrations
Mrs. Francis A. Shaughnessy, residence on Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach, Flo...
Public domain photograph of midcentury American residential architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mrs. Lawrence J. Ullman, business on Prospect Ave., Tarrytown, New Yor...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[D.D. and] Leslie Tillett, residence at 170 E. 80th St., New York City...
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Carol M. Highsmith - Handley Library, Winchester, Virginia
Judge John Handley of Scranton, Pa. left $250,000 to open this Public Library. Architects J. Stewart Barney and Henry Otis Chapman of New York designed the building in the Beaux-Arts style. The building opened ... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Phila...
Significance: The Central Library, built between 1917 and 1927, was designed by well-known architect Horace Trumbauer and his associate Julian Abele and it is the flagship of the Philadelphia Free Library syste... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More
[Five U.S. soldiers in Y.M.C.A. library]
National Photo Company Collection. No. L.W.S. 8. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Interior views of a Piggly Wiggly self-service grocery story showing ...
Copyright by Clarence Saunders. Public domain photograph of 1920s-1930s Poland, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
If these sagging shelves should break--you can almost hear the crash! ...
Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Alfred L. Rose, residence at 19 W. 44th St., New York City. Curved gla...
Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
President James K. Polk, residence in Columbia, Tennessee. Shelves
Public domain photograph of midcentury American residential architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Exhibit of a sign that appeared on the Texas School Book Depository in...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The sign is displayed in sixth-floor storeroom of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, Texas, where Oswald was perched above D... More
Georgetown University, Healy Building, Thirty-seventh & O Streets, Nor...
Significance: Healy Building is the most prominent structure on the University campus and a picturesque landmark for all Georgetown. Its construction marked the evolution of the school toward true University s... More
Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Phila...
Significance: The Central Library, built between 1917 and 1927, was designed by well-known architect Horace Trumbauer and his associate Julian Abele and it is the flagship of the Philadelphia Free Library syste... More
[George Bancroft, 1800-1891, half-length portrait, seated at desk in l...
Photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
[Interior of People's Drug Store, 7th and M Streets, Washington, D.C.,...
National Photo Co., Washington, D.C. No. 5834. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
They signal "Send books" Good books left at the public library will be...
Poster showing soldiers and sailors using semaphore to signal with flags.
Washington, D.C. The Egyptian Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. Minist...
Picryl description: Public domain image - Massachusetts in the 1910s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[D.D. and] Leslie Tillett, residence at 170 E. 80th St., New York City...
Public domain photograph of 20th-century New York City interiors, commerce, 1940s-1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mr. David Owen, residence at 36 Sutton Place, New York City. View into...
Public domain photograph of library, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Carol M. Highsmith - Burke Centre Library, Burke, Virginia
Opened in June of 2008, it was designed and constructed under the LEED program, and certified with a Silver Rating. It is also the first library in the Fairfax County Public Library system to offer drive thru s... More
Rockville Memorial Library, Rockville, Maryland
Public domain photograph of library, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mrs. Little, quarters in Marine Barracks. Shelves near corner containi...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of 3d object, pottery, ceramics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Erskine Caldwell signing copies of book "Tobacco Road"
A man sitting at a table in front of a book shelf, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the ... More
Nothing wrong with these shelves. Shelves like these may be built in a...
Forms part of a slide film made by the Farm Security Administration. Image derived from negative 60284-D. Original negative missing. Title and other information from caption card. Negative has no corresponding ... More
Washington, D.C. Walter Spangenberg in the library at Woodrow Wilson H...
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David Phillips, residence, R.F.D., Troy, New York. Kitchen shelves I
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Francis E. Powell, residence on Dosoris Lane, Glen Cove, Long Island. ...
Public domain photograph of living room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cardboard boxes containing garment pieces, stacked on shelves; letteri...
Forms part of a group of images taken on September 14, 1994, documenting scenes VBF Trim Company, a garment-making shop located at 404 Grand Street, Paterson, New Jersey.
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Canton Branch, Baltimore, Maryland
Designed by architect Charles L. Carson, who drew the plans for Old Central and the first six branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Canton opened its doors to the public in 1886. It is the last of the four ... More
MacDill Air Force Base, Library, 2313 Florida Keys Avenue, Tampa, Hill...
Significance: The Base Library, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, is an integral part of the MacDill Air Force Base's historic character. The b... More
[Kitchen of the camp building at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with neat...
Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 50. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More
Electric Institute of Washington. Room with shelves for equipment
Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Interior of Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland] / Holmes I...
Accession box no. PR 06 CN 375 c3 (A size) Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Offices of Command Army Educational Corps, interior, library
Public domain photograph of library, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Schrafft's, Esso Building, Rockefeller Center, New York. Bakery shelve...
Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Carol M. Highsmith - Kingstowne Library, Alexandria, Virginia
Opened on June 24, 2000, the branch serves its vibrant, growing community from a convenient location on the lower level of the Landsdowne Centre shopping center. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided... More
City Lights bookstore, San Francisco, California
Founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter D. Martin, it's one of the truly great independent bookstores in the United States. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs ... More
[Shelves in a Piggly Wiggly self-service grocery store in or near Memp...
Photo by Clifford H. Poland. Copyright by Clarence Saunders. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I; Shelf.; Geogr.; Stores; Self-service.
Henry R. Luce, residence on Upper King St., Greenwich, Connecticut. Di...
Public domain photograph of living room, apartment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lititz, Pennsylvania. These are the last aluminum and enamel ware uten...
Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Containers of plant spray on shelves at th...
Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dr. R.L. Patterson, residence on Sarles St., Mount Kisco, New York. Li...
Public domain photograph of living room, apartment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lamont Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. First le...
Public domain photograph of college, living room, dorm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Shelves display the many party favors available to customers.
Forms part of a group of images documenting Grini's Fashions & Bakery. Unpainted ceramic figures are shipped to the shop, where they are decorated with intended use or customer preference in mind. Decoration c... More
Cardboard boxes containing garment pieces, stacked on shelves; letteri...
Forms part of a group of images taken on September 14, 1994, documenting scenes VBF Trim Company, a garment-making shop located at 404 Grand Street, Paterson, New Jersey.
Beatley Central Library, Alexandria, Virginia
Public domain photograph of library, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Library on the Go and Read Rover, part of the mobile library serivice ...
The buses travel to senior citizens as well as children. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Georgetown University, Healy Building, Thirty-seventh & O Streets, Nor...
Significance: Healy Building is the most prominent structure on the University campus and a picturesque landmark for all Georgetown. Its construction marked the evolution of the school toward true University s... More
Shelves in library, U.S. Naval Academy
Public domain photograph of library, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Elisha Dyer, residence in Brookville, Long Island. Library shelves
Public domain photograph of bedroom or living room, interior decor, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hamilton Watch Factory. Shelves in vault showing storage of watches re...
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Liquor stores. Shelves of liquor bottles II
Public domain photograph of pharmacy, convenience store, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Liquor stores. Shelves of liquor bottles I
Public domain photograph of pharmacy, convenience store, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mr. R. Jones in front of new shack built on government property near C...
Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bobby Willis, son of W.H. Willis, FSA (Farm Security Administration) b...
Public domain photograph of North Carolina in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bobby Willis, son of W.H. Willis, FSA (Farm Security Administration) b...
Public domain photograph of North Carolina in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Christiansted, Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. Canned goods on she...
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Preparation for point rationing. Clearly posted cards indicating "rati...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Goucher College, Towson, Maryland. Library, periodical room
Public domain photograph of college library, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cluttered desk at the historic Harrison Brothers Hardware in Huntsvill...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
[Advertisement for Pictorial Toy Catalogue No. 2 showing composite of ...
Photo copyrighted by C.F.A. Hinrichs, New York. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Ads Toys; Ph. Ind.; Shelf.
In the library, home of President Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay...
H48234 Copyright Office. No. 2. Copyright 1904 by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of Theodore Roosevelt political campaign, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Interior of People's Drug Store, No. 9, 31st and M Streets, Washingto...
National Photo Co., Washington, D.C. No. 5854. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
Livres pour les aveugles, lantern slide
Lantern slide showing the bookstacks for the blind at the Library of Congress. Slide was probably used in a lecture to accompany an exhibit prepared for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques ... More
Washington, D.C. In the library at the Woodrow Wilson High School
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
Mrs. Harriet K. Morse, residence in Underhill Center, Vermont. Kitchen...
Public domain photograph of kitchen, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
William H. Cobb, residence in West Sand Lake, New York. Sofa and shelv...
Public domain photograph of living room, apartment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mount Kisco Library, Mount Kisco, New York. Desk and shelves
Public domain photograph of library, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
O'Gara and Wilson antiquarian booksellers in the Hyde Park neighborhoo...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Library on the Go and Read Rover, part of the mobile library serivice ...
The buses travel to senior citizens as well as children. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library, Washington, D.C.
Opened in 2010 and named after Civil Rights activist Dorothy Height. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of ... More
Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacrament...
Significance: This facility, constructed between 1936 and 1937, was the first building of the multi-component Sacramento Junior College Annex, a Public Works Administration project. The library was built as cl... More
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...
Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More
The Postman's Xmas, George Grantham Bain Collection
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Christmas trees and decorations. Santa Claus pointing to book on shelv...
Public domain photograph - Merry Christmas or Happy New Year, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Folger Library interiors. Book room in Harmsworth vault at Folger Libr...
Public domain photograph of library, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Parke, Davis and Company, manufacturing chemists, Detroit, Michigan. S...
Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[D.D. and] Leslie Tillett, residence at 170 E. 80th St., New York City...
Public domain photograph of New York City interiors, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bunkhouse Wall Shelves. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
Maker: Stewart, Leslie Made for Smithsonian Exhibition, 1980 Public domain photograph of table, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Projec... More
Shelves display the many party favors available to customers.
Forms part of a group of images documenting Grini's Fashions & Bakery. Unpainted ceramic figures are shipped to the shop, where they are decorated with intended use or customer preference in mind. Decoration c... More
Part of the kitchen, behind the preparation line, showing storage shel...
Forms part of a group of images documenting lunchtime work processes at the Hot Grill, 669 Lexington Avenue, Clifton, New Jersey (just southeast of Paterson), before and during the lunchtime rush. One of the ... More
Postal stamp promotional display hanging over grocery shelves
Picryl description: Public domain image of postal stamp, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Forest Park Branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Marylan...
Opened on November 26, 1910. In April 1964, two new wings were added nearly doubling its size. The library was rededicated after the completion of another major renovation project in February 1987. Title, date,... More
Shelves which will serve as storage space for kitchen equipment in one...
Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The 2,000-year-old Sicilian state library, parts of which was badly bo...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Parke, Davis and Company, manufacturing chemists, Detroit, Michigan. A...
Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
David Phillips, residence, R.F.D., Troy, New York. Kitchen shelves II
Public domain photograph of kitchen, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New Brunswick Theological Seminary, Library, 21 Seminary Place, New Br...
Significance: Built in 1875, this large, attractive library is a major work of the important New York architect, Detlef Lienau. Survey number: HABS NJ-722 Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction
Oliver Ames Free Library, 53 Main Street, North Easton, Bristol County...
Significance: The library was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, one of America's greatest architects. Richardson's name has become synonymous with Romanesque design. Together with Landscape Architect, Fred... More
Shelves in library, U.S. Naval Academy
"WH" and "Detroit Photographic Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021348. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
[Interior view of a Piggly Wiggly self-service grocery store showing m...
Copyright by Clarence Saunders. Public domain photograph of early years of the Second Polish Republic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Livres prèts à prendre, place sur les rayons
Lantern slide showing books books ready to be shelved at the Library of Congress, including the book about Napoleon.
In the library of the FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm families...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Chicago, Illinois. In the reservation bureau at the Union Station. The...
Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A woman standing in front of a window in a library. Office of War Info...
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
Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc., Nutley, New Jersey. Shelves
Public domain photograph of pharmacy, convenience store, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Scarves by Vera, business at 417 5th Ave. Curio shelves
Public domain photograph of midcentury American office, workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description