Jerry Brown pottery, Hamilton, Alabama
The only known mule-powered pug mill still operating in the United States is located in northwest Alabama. Ninth-generation potter Jerry Brown and his mule, Blue, mix and grind the clay used to make his unique ... More
A portion of the mosaic sidewalk that winds through Grandma Prisbrey's...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. At age 60, Tressa "Grandma" Prisbrey, began carting bottles home from the town dump to use as inexpensive building material, initially for a wall between ... More
Metal yard art for sale at the Pottery Ranch pottery store in Marble F...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Stained glass window, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Mobile, ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
Part of an elaborate "fish mural," painted in 1906 by a local (reputed...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Formerly a 1899-vintage dry-goods store owned by Charles Champion in Port Isabel, Texas, the building is now the town's historical mu... More
Stained glass windows, Highlands Methodist Episcopal Church at Five Po...
Construction on the Sanctuary Building began in 1907, and with it came a new name for the congregation, Highlands Methodist Episcopal Church, South. After two years construction, the Spanish Renaissance Revival... More
Cross-stitched art [i.e., needlepoint] located in sanctuary, Highlands...
Construction on the Sanctuary Building began in 1907, and with it came a new name for the congregation, Highlands Methodist Episcopal Church, South. After two years construction, the Spanish Renaissance Revival... More
Part of a ceramic-tile mural by Works Project Administration artist Ke...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. A similar panoramic frieze hangs on the front facade of the Will Rogers Coliseum to the right of the auditorium. Built... More
Mural by Carlo Ciampaglia at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, site of the 1...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Mural. U.S. Courthouse, El Paso, Texas
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1936 by architectural firm McGhee Frazer Lippincot... More
Mural "Haying" by Philip Von Saltza, located in Federal Building, St. ...
GSA Fine Arts Program. FA492-A, c. 1939; dimensions: 6' x 16' ; medium: oil. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by ... More
Mural "Haying" by Philip Von Saltza, located in Federal Building, St. ...
GSA Fine Arts Program. FA492-A, c. 1939; dimensions: 6' x 16' medium: oil. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by th... More
The old company-town movie theater in the "ghost town," some of which ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
[Old truck,] rural Alabama - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Statue of former Dallas mayor and state-fair president Robert Lee Thor...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More
Yale University, New Haven, 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
Yale University, New Haven, 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
Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama
Kelly Ingram Park (formerly West Park) was a staging ground for civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s. It is located adjacent to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the 16th Street Baptist Church. Titl... More
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Photograph shows the main entry to the Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photogra... More
Yale University, New Haven, 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
[Medusa mural by Lango in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Francis...
Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Artist name and mural title from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. Street ... More
This old vaudeville house, built in the 1930s in Alpine, Texas, was pu...
Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The American Village, Monetvallo, Alabama
The American Village opened on November 30, 1999, as Alabama's civic education center. It's buildings are replications of famous buildings in American history. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided b... More
Towson Branch Library is a landmark building in the heart of Towson, M...
The expansive, contemporary, cement architecture, designed by Tatar & Kelly Architects, adds to its prominence. While the current building was constructed in 1974, and expanded in 1990, the Towson Library dates... More
Towson Branch Library is a landmark building in the heart of Towson, M...
The expansive, contemporary, cement architecture, designed by Tatar & Kelly Architects, adds to its prominence. While the current building was constructed in 1974, and expanded in 1990, the Towson Library dates... More
Towson Branch Library is a landmark building in the heart of Towson, M...
The expansive, contemporary, cement architecture, designed by Tatar & Kelly Architects, adds to its prominence. While the current building was constructed in 1974, and expanded in 1990, the Towson Library dates... More
Details from the "million dollar courthouse," the Theodore Levin Unite...
At the requst of Chief Justice Arthur Tuttle, the courtroom from the previous building (built in 1896) was disassembled and stored during construction, then reassembled in the new building. It contains more tha... More
Stained glass details at the William H. Welch Medical Library, the lib...
Founded in 1929 with the merger of three libraries, namely, the library of the School of Medicine, the library of the School of Hygiene and Public Health, and the library of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Title, d... More
Architectural details at the Texarkana U.S. Post Office and Federal Bu...
Built in 1933 and located on the State line between Texas and Arkansas. It is a courthouse for both states. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keyword... More
Interior lobby, Richard B. Anderson Federal Building, Port Angeles, Wa...
Originally a post office that was completed in 1933. General Services Administration took over the building in 1978 when the Post Office moved out. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services... More
Winston E. Arnow U.S. Post Office and Court House, Pensacola, Florida
Built in 1938-1939 by architect Rudolph Stanley Brown. Designed in a simple Mission style. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from informatio... More
Interior mailbox. U.S. Courthouse, El Paso, Texas
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1936 by architectural firm McGhee Frazer Lippincot... More
U.S. Custom House in New Orleans, Louisiana
Architect was Alexander Thompson Wood. Built between the years 1848-1881, the building occupies the full trapezoidal downtown city block bounded by Canal, North Peters, Iberville and Decatur Streets. The entire... More
Stained-glass details in the Hutzler Reading room located in Gilman Ha...
Located in Gilman Hall and designed by Douglas Thomas. Construction of Gilman Hall began in 1913, and the building was dedicated on May 21, 1915, and named for Daniel Coit Gilman, the first president of the uni... More
Lamp detail. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, G...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. In 2010, the Federal Building & US Courthouse received $15M... More
Office doorway. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Tyler, Texas
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 by architect Shirley Simons. Neoclassical sty... More
Details from the "million dollar courthouse," the Theodore Levin Unite...
Courtroom is from the previous building built in 1896. It was disassembled and reassembled in the new building in 1932. It contains over 30 types of marble. Behind the bench is a frieze of 10 female figures dep... More
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
Interior postal window detail, Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building & U...
Built in 1932 and designed by architect James Wetmore. The exterior of the Trenton Federal Building is a well executed design with a "Stipped Neo-Classical" form, with both Classical and Art Deco terra cotta d... More
Stairway at the U.S. Post Office & Court House, Lexington, Kentucky
Neoclassical design. Built in 1934 by architect H.A. Churchill and John P. Gillig. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provid... More
Courtroom doors in Lobby at the U.S. Post Office & Court House, Lexing...
Neoclassical design. Built in 1934 by architect H.A. Churchill and John P. Gillig. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provid... More
Ceiling details at the Alton Lennon Federal Building and U.S. Courthou...
Built in 1919 by architect James A. Wetmore. The style is Neoclassical. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... More
The Enoch Pratt Free Library, located in Baltimore, Maryland, is one o...
Established in 1882 after a grant from philanthropist Enoch Pratt. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Co... More
Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Beaux Arts and Art Moderne design. Four buildings: Library... More
Lamp post at Minneapolis Federal Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Originally constructed as a post office, this neoclassical style building was built in 1915 by architect James Knox Taylor. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, ... More
Elevators, Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is ...
Built in 1932 by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs i... More
Door, Winston E. Arnow U.S. Post Office and Court House, Pensacola, Fl...
Built in 1938-1939 by architect Rudolph Stanley Brown. Designed in a simple Mission style. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from informatio... More
Exterior. The Jack Brooks Federal Building in Beaumont, Texas
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 by Architects Fred C. Stone, and F.W. and D.E... More
Interior, U.S. Custom House, San Francisco, California
Beaux Arts building built in 1911 by architect Eames and Young. The street fronts are clad in ashlar granite from Raymond, California. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administrati... More
Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Gainesville, Georgia
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1910; architect: James Knox Taylor. Credit line... More
Stairway at Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse, Portland, Maine
Designed by architect James Knox Taylor and built 1908-1911. Addition in 1931-1932 by James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords fr... More
Interior, U.S. Custom House, San Francisco, California
Beaux Arts building built in 1911 by architect Eames and Young. The street fronts are clad in ashlar granite from Raymond, California. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administrati... More
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Galveston, Texas
Built in 1937 in the Art Deco style of architecture, the building is significant as a representation of the federal government in Galveston for over 60 years. Photographed as part of an assignment for the Gener... More
Architectural detail at U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Galveston, Te...
Built in 1937 in the Art Deco style of architecture, the building is significant as a representation of the federal government in Galveston for over 60 years. Photographed as part of an assignment for the Gener... More
Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Gainesville, Georgia
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1910; architect: James Knox Taylor. Credit line... More
The Mississippi River Commission building, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Built in 1894 by Architect William Freret. The style is Gothic Revival. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... More
Doorway detail. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Tyler, Texas
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 by architect Shirley Simons. Neoclassical sty... More
Century Station Federal Building and Postal Station located in Raleigh...
Built between 1874-1878 by architect Alfred B. Mullett. Additions were added between 1936-1938. The style is Second Empire. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, ... More
Hallway. Lawton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Lawton, Oklahoma
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Designed by Architect Oscar Wenderoth, the three-story, neo... More
An old jalopy outside an abandoned stone building in the "ghost town,"...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Courtroom at Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse and Annex, London, K...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. U.S. Courthouse built in 1910 by Architect James Knox Taylo... More
Exterior view, full front. U.S. Courthouse, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Built in 1930 by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More
Five of the approximately 75 Kilgore College Rangerettes, a choreograp...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse and Annex, London, Kentucky
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. U.S. Courthouse built in 1910 by Architect James Knox Taylo... More
Stained-glass details in the Hutzler Reading room located in Gilman Ha...
Located in Gilman Hall and designed by Douglas Thomas. Construction of Gilman Hall began in 1913, and the building was dedicated on May 21, 1915, and named for Daniel Coit Gilman, the first president of the uni... More
Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Beaux Arts and Art Moderne design. Four buildings: Library... More
Winston E. Arnow U.S. Post Office and Court House, Pensacola, Florida
Built in 1938-1939 by architect Rudolph Stanley Brown. Designed in a simple Mission style. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from informatio... More
Interior, U.S. Custom House, San Francisco, California
Beaux Arts building built in 1911 by architect Eames and Young. The street fronts are clad in ashlar granite from Raymond, California. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administrati... More
The Fort Worth Masonic Temple, designed by Wiley G. Clarkson and built...
Public domain photograph of masonic lodge building, masons, freemasons, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Exterior. U.S. Court House, Augusta, Georgia
Designed by architect Oscar Wendroth and built in 1916, the courthouse is a 3-story Renaissance Revival federal building, executed in white marble. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services... More
Tourist Attraction - Tulsa, Oklahoma Federal Building
Built in 1915-1917. The style is Neoclassical. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line:... More
Interior of the Hutzler Reading room located in Gilman Hall, on the Jo...
Located in Gilman Hall and designed by Douglas Thomas. Construction of Gilman Hall began in 1913, and the building was dedicated on May 21, 1915, and named for Daniel Coit Gilman, the first president of the uni... More
Exterior window detail, U.S. Custom House, Charleston, South Carolina
Greek Revival building built during 1853-1879 by architect Ammi B. Young. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographe... More
Lobby door. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Alexandria, Louisiana
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1933 by architect Edward Neild. Art Deco style. Cr... More
Sculpture "Young American Man" near courtroom doors at Federal Buildin...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Beaux Arts and Art Moderne design. Four buildings: Library... More
Stairs at U.S. Custom House in New Orleans, Louisiana
Architect was Alexander Thompson Wood. Built between the years 1848-1881, the building occupies the full trapezoidal downtown city block bounded by Canal, North Peters, Iberville and Decatur Streets. The entire... More
Exterior detail, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Fargo, North Da...
Built in 1931 by architect James A. Wetmore. Originally designed as a U.S. Post Office on the main floor. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject ... More
Sculptor Joe Scarpa executed this playful piece featuring a futuristic...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Entrance to the Winston E. Arnow U.S. Post Office and Court House, Pen...
Built in 1938-1939 by architect Rudolph Stanley Brown. Designed in a simple Mission style. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from informatio... More
Exterior, Federal Building and U.S. Court House, Peoria, Illinois
Built in 1938 by architect Howard Cheney. Neoclassical/Art Deco design. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... More
Wagon Wheel lamp. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthou...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. In 2010, the Federal Building & US Courthouse received $15M... More
Corridor. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Alexandria, Louisiana
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1933 by architect Edward Neild. Art Deco style. Cr... More
Order of Myths, Mobile's first and oldest Mardi Gras society, Mobile, ...
One of Mobile's most secretive, the OOMs (Double-Ohh-Mms) secret society was founded in 1867, one year after Joe Cain's fateful first ride through the streets of Mobile in the guise of Chief Slacabamorinico, an... More
Historic train bridge in Gadsden, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
St. John's Episcopal Church, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Organized in the 1830's, the present building was first used in October 1852. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Pho... More
Main Street, downtown Greensboro, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Gee's Bend, Alabama - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Gee's Bend, also known as Boykin, is a very poor tenant community in Alabama, lying at the edge of the Black Belt in Wilcox County, about thirty miles southwest of Selma. Gee's Bend is well known for it's quilt... More
Old Brick Church built in 1839 on Lauderdale Street, Mooresville, Alab...
Mooresville is the oldest incorporated town in Alabama (November 16, 1818). The entire town, characterized as a picturesque early 19th century village, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The... More
Skiers on ski lift, Mammoth Lakes, California
In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More
Historic buildings in Tuskegee, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Rural Alabama in the spring - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Photographer's choice (Alabama project). Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's Amer... More
Pope Mansion, built in 1814 on the highest hill in Huntsville, Alabama
LeRoy Pope, a prominent American planter, lawyer, and early settler of Madison County, Alabama who purchased much of the land on which downtown Huntsville now stands. Title, date, subject note, and keywords pro... More
Hotel Ella, a boutique hotel in Austin, Texas, that occupies the 1900 ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It was built by local doctor and benefactor Goodall H. Wooten and his wife Ella and was noted for its Classical Revival architecture ... More
Detail from the Gage Hotel in Marathon, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Alfred Gage came to Texas from Vermont in 1878, eager to make his fortune as a rancher, banker and businessman. In 1927, Gage commiss... More
Family Day on the grounds of the Alabama River Pulp Company in Claibor...
Family day is a big "Thank You" to all the employees and their families for running such a successful business for owner George F. Landegger and his family. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by t... More
Houses, Mammoth Lakes, California
In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More
Charlie Lucas makes his art from materials that others have discarded,...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Tinsley Harrison sculpture by Cordray Parker, University Boulevard, Bi...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Railway station, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
[Holly Pond Town Hall, Holly Pond, Alabama]
Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; George F. Landegger; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:090).... More