Greater Straightaway Baptist Church, 1717 North Seventh Street, east s...
Significance: The Greater Straightaway Baptist Church underscores the movement of various ethnic and racial groups in and out of North Philadelphia throughout its history. The church was constructed as a Jewis... More
![[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Ezekiel as monumental figure before reduced-scale crenellated towers and gate]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLXN0YWluZWQtZ2xhc3Mtd2luZG93LXNob3dpbmctZXpla2llbC1hcy1tb251bWVudGFsLWZpZ3VyZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/53/webp "[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Ezekiel as monumental figure before reduced-scale crenellated towers and gate]")
[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Ezekiel as monumental...
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Iolani Palace, King & Richards Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI
Significance: Residence of the last two royal rulers of Hawaii. Scene of transfer of government to the United States in 1898. From 1898 to 1960s, the palace served as the capitol of Hawaii. When built, the p... More
Iolani Palace, King & Richards Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI
Significance: Residence of the last two royal rulers of Hawaii. Scene of transfer of government to the United States in 1898. From 1898 to 1960s, the palace served as the capitol of Hawaii. When built, the p... More
Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
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.
Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott...
Significance: The Prescott Bridge is a rare regional example of a Waddell-and-Harrington, vertical-lift highway bridge. Built by a group of Prescott residents who operated it as a toll crossing from 1923 to 19... More
M. T. Marcello Company Building, 105 Harris Avenue, Providence, Provid...
Significance: The M.T. Marcello Company Building is significant for its associations with the history of the Providence food provisions industry. Established in 1918, the company was one of the leading local p... More
Glen Echo Park, Chautauqua Tower, 7300 McArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, ...
Significance: The substantial, three-story tower is the only intact structure remaining from the late nineteenth-century Chautauqua community based at Glen Echo, Maryland. The stonework reinforces the tower's ... More
Grey Towers, Old Route 6, Milford, Pike County, PA
Significance: A National Historic Landmark, it was completed in 1886 as the summer home of James Wallace Pinchot. The chateausque mansion was based on a design by Richard Morris Hunt. It was subsequently modifi... More
Grey Towers, Old Route 6, Milford, Pike County, PA
Significance: A National Historic Landmark, it was completed in 1886 as the summer home of James Wallace Pinchot. The chateausque mansion was based on a design by Richard Morris Hunt. It was subsequently modifi... More
El Santuario del Senor Esquipula, Chimayo, Rio Arriba County, NM
Picryl description: Public domain image of a cabinet, window or door, furniture, interior architecture detail, doorway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
El Santuario del Senor Esquipula, Chimayo, Rio Arriba County, NM
Public domain photograph of a church building, chapel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Point Arguello Coast Guard Rescue Station, Lompoc, Santa Barbara Count...
Drawings delineated by R. Johnson, A. Borgo, 1980 Significance: The U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Station and Lookout Tower at Point Arguello, California, was established on December 17, 1936, and ceased normal opera... More
Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photogr... More
Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photogr... More
Camden, Rappahannock River, Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia
Significance: Camden is one of the most complete and best-preserved Italianate country houses in America. Except for the elaborate upper stage of the tower, which was removed after damage by military action in... More
Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...
Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More
Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...
Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More
Potomac Edison Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Bridge, Spanning C & O...
Significance: The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Lift Bridge is significant as a rare surviving example of a short-span railroad vertical lift bridge, for its unusual design elements to allow unimpeded passage of cana... More
Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD, Anti...
Survey number: HABS MD-934 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038
Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD, Anti...
Survey number: HABS MD-934 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038
Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD, Anti...
Survey number: HABS MD-934 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038
![[Telescoping siege machine]. Book illustration from Library of Congress](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvdGVsZXNjb3Bpbmctc2llZ2UtbWFjaGluZS0wZTY0N2QtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Telescoping siege machine]. Book illustration from Library of Congress")
[Telescoping siege machine]. Book illustration from Library of Congres...
Print shows a telescoping tower raised from beneath by a screw mechanism manipulated by two men, used during siege warfare to gain an advantage of height by those perpetrating the siege. Illus. in: Fl. Vegetii... More
Hoffman - Public domain scan / drawing
Drawing shows a large building or cluster of buildings with an observation tower with spiral stairway above a circular building; a railroad train passes in the lower left foreground. Inscribed in pencil on upp... More
Córdoba. La torre de Mala muerte / J. Laurent. Madrid.
In album: Spain, p. 24. No. 420. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, w... More
![[The entrance of the Yedikule (Seven Towers)] / Abdullah Frères.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWVudHJhbmNlLW9mLXRoZS15ZWRpa3VsZS1zZXZlbi10b3dlcnMtYWJkdWxsYWgtZnJlcmVzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[The entrance of the Yedikule (Seven Towers)] / Abdullah Frères.")
[The entrance of the Yedikule (Seven Towers)] / Abdullah Frères.
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 33. In album: City walls and other views, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
![[The Galata Tower] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWdhbGF0YS10b3dlci1hYmR1bGxhaC1mcmVyZXMtY29uc3RhbnRpbm9wbGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[The Galata Tower] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.")
[The Galata Tower] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 9. No. 27. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy, Imperial Naval Arsenal, Navy Department, and bridges, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire... More
Prag. Kleinsetner Brückenthürme view, photochrome print postcard.
Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Austro-Hungary. Bohemia. Prague. Kleinsetner Bridge Tower." Print no. "1984. P.Z." Title also i... More
Nürnberg. Heidenthurm view, photochrome print postcard.
Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Germany. Bavaria. Nuremberg. Heidenthurm." Print no. "1536. P.Z." Heidenthurm also known as Hea... More
Dorset. Abbey Church of Milton view, photochrome print postcard.
Now known as Milton Abbey School. Purchase; Detroit Publishing Company; 1906; 42865. Item removed from FOREIGN GEOG FILE - England Dorset in 2017. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is avai... More
Luzerne. Kapellbrücke Ghcl? das Schweizerhofquai view, photochrome pri...
Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Switzerland. Lucern. Chapel Bridge and Water Tower." Print no. "8685. P.Z." Purchase; Detroit P... More
Halberstadt A. Harz. der Dom view, photochrome print postcard.
Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Germany. Hartz. Halberstadt. The Cathedral." Print no. "16916. P.Z." Now known as Church of St ... More
Fort Sheridan, Ill., tower over general quarters
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old round tower, Fort Snelling, Minn
"G 4705" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070629. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Bashni i sti︠e︡na Borisogli︠e︡bskago monastyri︠a︡. Borisogli︠e︡bsk
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Solntse Match Factory (1911), main tower, Usol'e Sibirskoe, Russia
Public domain photograph of factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![R. Towers, Navy [Yd, 1920] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvci10b3dlcnMtbmF2eS15ZC0xOTIwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "R. Towers, Navy [Yd, 1920] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.")
R. Towers, Navy [Yd, 1920] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain photograph related to US navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1710-1715. The court church of Colonial Virginia. Plans were furnished by Gov. Spottswood, and part of the cost was paid by the Colonial Gov't. Bui... More
Parlange Plantation, New Roads vic., Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. Paul's Church, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New Chief of Naval Aeronautics takes oath. Washington, D.C., June 1. T...
A black and white photo of two men in a room, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Ge... More
Towers connecting with central tower from which material for construct...
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
Crossing towers and the Columbia River at Bonneville Dam, Oregon
Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![Blair Towers, Washington, D.C. [i.e., Silver Spring, Maryland] General view of lobby](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3RodW1ibmFpbC8xOTU5LzAxLzAxL2JsYWlyLXRvd2Vycy13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLWllLXNpbHZlci1zcHJpbmctbWFyeWxhbmQtZ2VuZXJhbC12aWV3LW9mLWxvYmJ5LTIwMC5qcGc%3D/40/40/webp "Blair Towers, Washington, D.C. [i.e., Silver Spring, Maryland] General view of lobby")
Blair Towers, Washington, D.C. [i.e., Silver Spring, Maryland] General...
Public domain photograph of apartment building, architectural plan, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. Cyril (Kirill)-Belozersk Monastery, Ferapontov (Moscow) Tower (166...
Title, date, and place from photographer's inventory. Number assigned by photographer: kiri005. Credit line: Brumfield photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More
Church of the Intercession (1785-95), southwest view, Krasnoiarsk, Rus...
Title, date, and place from photographer's inventory. Number assigned by photographer: kras009. Credit line: Brumfield photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More
Church of the Intercession (1785-95), north facade, Krasnoiarsk, Russi...
Title, date, and place from photographer's inventory. Number assigned by photographer: kras010. Credit line: Brumfield photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More
Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Uglovai︠a︡ bashni︠a︡ sti︠e︡ny Spaso-I︠A︡kovle...
Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views along the upper Volga River, between Yaroslavl, Vla... More
Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Bashni i sti︠e︡na Borisogli︠e︡bskago monastyr...
Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views along the upper Volga River, between Yaroslavl, Vla... More
Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, The Summer Centre for Public Gatherings, Baku...
Photograph shows the Summer Centre for Public Gatherings which first opened in 1912 as a club for upper-class Baku society. It is now called the Magomayev Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall. (Source: researcher... More
Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Detali sobora v Milani︠e︡, color separation n...
Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Various views and studies, Russian Empire and Europe, LOT... More
Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Sti︠e︡nnai︠a︡ bashni︠a︡ Troit︠s︡kago monastyr...
Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views along the upper Volga River, between Yaroslavl, Vla... More
Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Vid na Kremlʹ s berega ozera Nero. Rostov Vel...
Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views along the upper Volga River, between Yaroslavl, Vla... More
Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Sti︠e︡nnai︠a︡ bashni︠a︡ Troit︠s︡kago monastyr...
Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views along the upper Volga River, between Yaroslavl, Vla... More
Panorama of Madison Square, New York, N.Y
Nine-part panorama includes 10 x 8 inch negative of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Building tower (D4-15953 RC X) which matches top edge of D4-15953 RC. Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to... More
Providence College, George M. Bradley House, 189 Eaton Street, Provide...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Frenchman's Tower, Old Page Mill Road, Stanford, Santa Clara County, C...
Survey number: HABS CA-2170 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Watts Towers of Simon Rodia, 176 East 107th Street, Los Angeles, Los A...
Survey number: HABS CA-2119 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 77000297
Hawkwood, Route 15, Zion Crossroads, Louisa County, Virginia
The location was changed from Gordonsville vicinity to Zion Crossroads vicinity because the historic site is located in Louisa County, not Orange County. Significance: Designed by A.J. Davis, who is widely rega... More
National Park Seminary, Indian Mission, 2790 Linden Lane, Silver Sprin...
Significance: The Indian Mission building was the clubhouse for the Theta Sigma Rho sorority. The building's design was inspired by eighteenth-century Franciscan mission churches of the Far West. The early co... More
Kenyon Village, Kenyon School Road, Sherman Avenue, & Lewiston Avenue,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Greater Straightaway Baptist Church, 1717 North Seventh Street, east s...
Significance: The Greater Straightaway Baptist Church underscores the movement of various ethnic and racial groups in and out of North Philadelphia throughout its history. The church was constructed as a Jewis... More
Perky Bat Tower, Airport Road, Key West, Monroe County, FL
Significance: An unusual structure built to house bats as part of a local experiment in mosquito control. Survey number: HABS FL-193 Building/structure dates: 1929 Initial Construction National Register of H... More
Aquia Church, U.S. Route 1 & State Route 676, Stafford, Stafford Count...
Significance: Aquia Church is among the largest and handsomest of Virginia churches. It is built in the form of a Greek cross with hipped roof and has a most interesting unorthodox tower arising from the west ... More
General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East How...
Significance: The XYZ Crane & Towers is significant for its association with nearly 70 years of shipbuilding at the Quincy-Fore River shipyard, functioning as an assembly crane for early submarine construction ... More
Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a cathedral or church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kingscote, Bellevue Avenue & Bowery Street, Newport, Newport County, R...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Blue Spring Cotton Mill, Route 20, Oxford, Calhoun County, AL
Significance: Blue Spring Cotton Mill was constructed in 1885 and produced 4 x 4 cotton sheeting, along with other products. Survey number: HAER AL-189 Building/structure dates: 1999 Demolished Building/stru... More
El Santuario del Senor Esquipula, Chimayo, Rio Arriba County, NM
Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
El Santuario del Senor Esquipula, Chimayo, Rio Arriba County, NM
Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
National Park Seminary, Castle, Ravine in northeast part of campus, Si...
Significance: The castle is one of the NPS clubhouses. The fanciful, medieval fortress for the Pi Beta Nu sorority counterbalanced the symmetrical architectural forms, such as the villa and the Colonial House,... More
Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photogr... More
Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photogr... More
Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photogr... More
Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photogr... More
Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photogr... More
Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photogr... More
Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photogr... More
Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photogr... More
Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...
Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More
Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...
Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More
Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...
Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More
Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD, Anti...
Survey number: HABS MD-934 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038
Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD, Anti...
Survey number: HABS MD-934 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038
Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD, Anti...
Survey number: HABS MD-934 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More
Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...
Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More