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Display of artifacts on a table in the Embassy of Brazil, Washington, ...

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

Josephine Martellaro of Pueblo, Colorado, with the Saint Joseph's Day ...

The creation of a Saint Joseph's table, a tradition maintained by women in the Italian American community of Pueblo, Colorado, is one that derives from a centuries-old tradition on the family-plagued island of ... More

Arthur and Janet Ross garden, Blair House, located across from the Whi...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The Blair House serves as the President's guest house, and therefore is the guest house of the nation. Built in 1824. Title, date, ... More

Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monaste...

Just over an hour from Huntsville in Hanceville, Alabama near Cullman, you can witness a magnificent shrine with an unusual story. A cloistered community, where the nuns take vows of poverty, chastity, and obed... More

Ave Maria Grotto, Cullman, Alabama

Known as "Jerusalem in Miniature," this four-acre park (dedicated in 1934) was designed to provide a setting for 125 miniature reproductions of famous historic buildings and shrines the work of Brother Joseph Z... More

Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monaste...

Just over an hour from Huntsville in Hanceville, Alabama near Cullman, you can witness a magnificent shrine with an unusual story. A cloistered community, where the nuns take vows of poverty, chastity, and obed... More

Ave Maria Grotto, Cullman, Alabama

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Our Lady of Lourdes' Shrine, Litchfield, Connecticut

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Chelmsford Buddhist Temple during Maha Visantara Jakata Desana, Chelms...

Index data: The following photographs were made at the Chelmsford Buddhist Temple during Maha Visantara Jakata Desana. See Michael Bell's field notes for details. 1, Monk John Massey and M.B. in John's room in ... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Tripoli Shrine Temple, 3000 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwauke...

Survey number: HABS WI-367 Building/structure dates: 1928 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 86000142

Wishing Shrine, South Main Avenue, South Main Avenue, Tucson, Pima Cou...

Survey number: HABS AZ-73-50 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78000565

Wishing Shrine, South Main Avenue, South Main Avenue, Tucson, Pima Cou...

Survey number: HABS AZ-73-50 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78000565

Jackson Shrine, State Route 606, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: "The Jackson Shrine" was built by John Thornton in 1828, and was used as a dwelling and doctor's office until December, 1862, when it became headquarters for General Fitzhugh Lee, Commander of the... More

Jackson Shrine, State Route 606, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: "The Jackson Shrine" was built by John Thornton in 1828, and was used as a dwelling and doctor's office until December, 1862, when it became headquarters for General Fitzhugh Lee, Commander of the... More

Jackson Shrine, State Route 606, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: "The Jackson Shrine" was built by John Thornton in 1828, and was used as a dwelling and doctor's office until December, 1862, when it became headquarters for General Fitzhugh Lee, Commander of the... More

Jackson Shrine, State Route 606, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: "The Jackson Shrine" was built by John Thornton in 1828, and was used as a dwelling and doctor's office until December, 1862, when it became headquarters for General Fitzhugh Lee, Commander of the... More

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, New Church, Lower Kalskag, Bet...

Significance: Although one of the newer Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, St. Seraphim is in a time-honored form, with a hip-roofed square nave farmed by a gable-roofed sanctuary and narthex. Survey number:... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

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

Kykuit, Japanese Tea House, 200 Lake Road, Pocantico Hills, Westcheste...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N261 Survey number: HABS NY-6334-D

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation. Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums. Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. A... More

Shrine of the Holy Sepulchre April 10th 1839 / David Roberts.

Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 1, pts. 1-2, p. 14. Surrog... More

[Stone building with portico, possibly a crypt or shrine, and in the d...

Inscriptions on back are difficult to decipher. Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 228. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

Mosquée Kârié / Sébah & Joaillier, Cons'ple.

Mosaic in the Kariye Mosque depicting St. Joseph taking the Virgin Mary to their home in Nazareth. Formerly the Church of St. Saviour in Chora. No. 39.

Banias, shrine to god Pan. Damascus province, Syria

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Travel views of Japan and Korea

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Travel views of Japan and Korea

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

[St. Roch's Chapel, "second" & shrine, New Orleans, La.]

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Masonic ballgame, Shrine vs. Grotto, Wash., D.C., 1916

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Military at Wrestling match at Yasukuni Shrine, Japan

Photograph shows a wrestling match at the Yasukuni Shrine, a Shinto shrine in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan which honors people who died serving Japan and is the site of annual sumo wrestling matches. (Source: Flickr C... More

Ajlun District. A Moslem [i.e., Muslim] willy [i.e., weli]. Typical Mo...

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Henry Lansburg, Shrine group - Public domain portrait photograph

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Cardinal Gibbons at cornerstone laying at shrine of the Immaculate Con...

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Shrine biennial session, 10/17/21

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Shrine, Grotto ball game - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Children feeding fish at sacred fish shrine of el-Bedoui-Nerili of Tr...

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L.W. Estes & Henry Lansburgh at Shrine - Grotto game, 6/27/25

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Shrine - Grotto ballgame, 6/27/25

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Palm Beach : architecture and gardens. Garden with pool

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Shrine of the Crowning with Thorns.

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Egypt. Cairo. Museum. Tutankhamun's 3rd innermost coffin ; canopic shr...

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Neby Mousa [i.e., Nebi Musa], 1937; at shrine and J'lem. [i.e., Jerusa...

Photograph shows procession at Jerusalem. The American Colony in Jerusalem was a Christian utopian community that was established in Jerusalem in the late 19th century. The community was founded by a group of ... More

Neby Mousa [i.e., Nebi Musa], 1937; at shrine and J'lem. [i.e., Jerusa...

Photograph shows procession at Jerusalem. The American Colony in Jerusalem was a Christian utopian community that was established in Jerusalem in the late 19th century. The community was founded by a group of ... More

Royal Oak, Michigan. Portrait of a worker in the neighborhood of Fathe...

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Interior Secretary Ickes congratulates Marian Anderson at concert. Was...

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Ornaments on top of piano in living room of fruit farmer. Placer Count...

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Halhul village at kilom[eter] 30 on Hebron road. Threshing floors of H...

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Juilliard School of Music, 130 Claremont Ave., New York City. Magic Fl...

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Shrine in German hospice garden, Jerusalem

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Moslem i.e., Muslim celebrations at Mejdal (Wady Nemill and Sey'd Huss...

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

[Paintings and carvings inside Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the ca...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. This is the nation's largest Catholic church. Title, da... More

[St. Dominic Catholic Church in the southwest quadrant of Washington, ...

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 based on title of images in same range: LC-HS503-... More

Ave Maria Grotto, Cullman, Alabama

Known as "Jerusalem in Miniature," this four-acre park (dedicated in 1934) was designed to provide a setting for 125 miniature reproductions of famous historic buildings and shrines the work of Brother Joseph Z... More

Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monaste...

Just over an hour from Huntsville in Hanceville, Alabama near Cullman, you can witness a magnificent shrine with an unusual story. A cloistered community, where the nuns take vows of poverty, chastity, and obed... More

Ave Maria Grotto, Cullman, Alabama

Known as "Jerusalem in Miniature," this four-acre park (dedicated in 1934) was designed to provide a setting for 125 miniature reproductions of famous historic buildings and shrines the work of Brother Joseph Z... More

The Japanese Tea Garden, located inside Golden Gate Park, San Francisc...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Originally created as a "Japanese Village" exhibit for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition. When the fair closed, Japanese landscape ar... More

Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monaste...

Just over an hour from Huntsville in Hanceville, Alabama near Cullman, you can witness a magnificent shrine with an unusual story. A cloistered community, where the nuns take vows of poverty, chastity, and obed... More

Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monaste...

Just over an hour from Huntsville in Hanceville, Alabama near Cullman, you can witness a magnificent shrine with an unusual story. A cloistered community, where the nuns take vows of poverty, chastity, and obed... More

Ave Maria Grotto, Cullman, Alabama

Known as "Jerusalem in Miniature," this four-acre park (dedicated in 1934) was designed to provide a setting for 125 miniature reproductions of famous historic buildings and shrines the work of Brother Joseph Z... More

Ave Maria Grotto, Cullman, Alabama

Known as "Jerusalem in Miniature," this four-acre park (dedicated in 1934) was designed to provide a setting for 125 miniature reproductions of famous historic buildings and shrines the work of Brother Joseph Z... More

Cleaning bluefish on sidewalk, Lowell, Massachusetts; Pig roast at hom...

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Pope's Museum, Pelham, Georgia, South Georgia.

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Photographs of the South Georgia Folklife Project documenting the traditional culture of the... More

Laotian New Years celebration, Lowell Girls Club, Lowell, Massachusett...

Index data: 1, Lay leader holding microphone and reading from piece of paper; 2, Woman next to money tree; 3, Same as 1; 4, Monk sitting behind two lamps; 5, Same as 4, pot with small triangular red-and-white f... More

Easter vigil and baptism, Nueva Esperanza Church, Oblate Hispanic Miss...

Index data: Easter vigil and baptism, Nueva Esperanza Church, Oblate Hispanic Mission. 1-4, View from balcony with 85mm lens, Father Leo LeBlanc at lectern, with cross in background; 5-6, Long view of Father Ja... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Oriental Theatre, 828 Southeast Grand Avenue, Portland, Multnomah Coun...

Significance: The Oriental Theatre, the second largest moving picture theatre built in Oregon, was erected in conjunction with an office building and contained notable examples of thematic decor derived from an... More

Jackson Shrine, State Route 606, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: "The Jackson Shrine" was built by John Thornton in 1828, and was used as a dwelling and doctor's office until December, 1862, when it became headquarters for General Fitzhugh Lee, Commander of the... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Cheveaux Shrine, Perryville, Perry County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-1560-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction

Kykuit, Japanese Tea House, 200 Lake Road, Pocantico Hills, Westcheste...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N261 Survey number: HABS NY-6334-D

Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Ninilchik, K...

Significance: One of only four Alaskan Russian Orthodox churches in a cruciform plan, the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Church was constructed in 1900-1901 of logs. The gable roof is crowned by an octagonal... More

Port Hudson National Cemetery, 20978 Port Hickey Road, Zachary, East B...

Survey number: HALS LA-3 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 99000591

[Large bronze bell with external clapper in belfry among trees at Budd...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 61. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

Travel views of Japan and Korea

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Travel views of Japan and Korea

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Travel views of Japan and Korea

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

[Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, Japan]

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Petra. (Wadi Musa). Idol niche opposite eagle shrine west of el Muzlim...

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Cornerstone laying, shrine of the Immaculate Conception

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Cornerstone laying, shrine of the Immaculate Conception

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Shrine ball game, 5/30/22 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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James S. McCandless, Imperial Potentate, of the Imperial Shrine Counci...

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Pershing receiving honorary membership - Shrine, 4/13/23

Shrine float, Boston Tea Party, 6/7/23

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Shrine floats, 5/10/23 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[President Calvin Coolidge and his wife Grace Goodhue Coolidge at the ...

Title devised by Library staff, from information in John Y. Cole / For Congress and the Nation, p. 90. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

Palestine events. The 1929 riots, August 23 to 31. Desecrated graves i...

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Neby Mousa [i.e., Nebi Musa], 1937; at shrine and J'lem. [i.e., Jerusa...

Photograph shows procession at Jerusalem. The American Colony in Jerusalem was a Christian utopian community that was established in Jerusalem in the late 19th century. The community was founded by a group of ... More

Neby Mousa [i.e., Nebi Musa], 1937; at shrine and J'lem. [i.e., Jerusa...

Photograph shows procession at Jerusalem. The American Colony in Jerusalem was a Christian utopian community that was established in Jerusalem in the late 19th century. The community was founded by a group of ... More