Gray's new trunk railway map of the United States, Dom. of Canada and ...
Map of the continental United States and parts of Canada and Mexico showing drainage, some hachures to indicate major topography in the West, major cities and towns; names or abbreviations for railroad compani... More
German Biplane Ago type - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a biplane aircraft, pilot, aviator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Close-up of cock-pits of Bleriot type airplane of the American Aeropla...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item, with subsequent revisions. Photograph by Jos. Burt. "9051 A.S." Ernest L. Jones Collection.
LANGLEY FIELD, Virginia FRENCH NIEUPORT PLANE, TYPE 17, WITH CAPT. J.C...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Telephone. Disk type dial phone III
Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ammunition Wharf Type, Water's edge at ...
The name was changed from Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Ammunition Wharf Type to U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ammunition Type Wharf to more accurately reflect its name. Significance: These struc... More
Munhall Homesteads, Type "Y", Longfellow Drive, Munhall, Allegheny Cou...
Survey number: HAER PA-303-E Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
Nevada Test Site, Environmental Protection Agency Farm, Silo Type, Are...
Survey number: HABS NV-28-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a building under construction, New Jersey. ...
Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Type of multi-family house under construction on the Greendale project...
Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Type house at "Garden Homes," Kern County, California. Twenty such hom...
Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. W...
Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Southeast Missouri Farms. Type of stove bought by cooperative associat...
Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Type of house. Lake Dick Project, Arkansas
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. W...
Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington, Yakima. Home of better type in shacktown, south of fairgro...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Type of Mexican housing, Alamo, Texas. Most of the workers in the citr...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Maryland photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...
Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hay is one of the main crops of the Uncompahgre River Valley, Ouray Co...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Old house in Silverton, Colorado. This was the type of house built by ...
Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New type of plating machine being used at the Hamilton Standard Propel...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Negro infantry. These Negro infantrymen, enjoy...
Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
New oversize trailer for war workers. Here's an answer to the problem ...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley, Virginia. The profile of a YB-17 ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. James Mallory in his Ozark...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Ceramic fireplace grate. This new type ceramic fireplace grate may be ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A black and white photo of a woman in a kitchen. Office of War Informa...
Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This Norton type C six-inch semi-au...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. Lead. An Akins type classifier in a lead concentrator near...
Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Knox. M-3 tank crews. A good type of soldier mans the M-3 tanks a...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Higgins shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana. Hellcat of Higgins, an expe...
Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Substitute materials. Glass utensils. New type glass measuring cups ha...
Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Bus trip from Knoxville, Tennessee to Washington, D.C. One of the trai...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of migrant workers, 1930s car, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
British barrage ballons. Type of British barrage ballons were sent to ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Manhattan Beach Coast Guard training station. Boat drill at Manhattan ...
Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a boat in the water, Gallipolis, Ohio. Towb...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Houses for Britain. Model house of the type which it is planned to shi...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More
Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Ro...
Significance: Buildings 802-808 played a vital role in the Installation's mission to resupply U.S. forces in the Pacific during both World War II and the Korean engagement. Materiel was shipped by rail and tru... More
Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Ro...
Significance: Buildings 802-808 played a vital role in the Installation's mission to resupply U.S. forces in the Pacific during both World War II and the Korean engagement. Materiel was shipped by rail and tru... More
Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Ro...
Significance: Buildings 802-808 played a vital role in the Installation's mission to resupply U.S. forces in the Pacific during both World War II and the Korean engagement. Materiel was shipped by rail and tru... More
Hamilton Field, Double Non-Commmissioned Officers' Quarters Type B, Sa...
Significance: The Type B double Non-Commissioned Officers' Quarters are among the original residential units designed by the Constructing Quartermaster's Office at Hamilton Army Air Field. The quarters were eq... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Juni...
Significance: This type is significant to the Hospital Point neighborhood, as it is associated with the development of the naval hospital at Pearl Harbor. This type is an example of the shift in architectural ... More
Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Quonset Hut Type 2 - 40' x 200', Norr...
Significance: Hundreds of thousands of quonset huts were erected as temporary buildings all over the globe during World War II and became "the archetypal military building type of the war." These buildings emb... More
Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type L, 702 Julian Avenue, Honolulu, H...
Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type L, 702 Julian Avenue, Honolulu, H...
Public domain photograph of apartment room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Abbottsford Homes, Building Type 4, Bounded by Abbottsford, Henry & Ro...
Survey number: HABS PA-6165-D Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Abbottsford Homes, Building Type 4, Bounded by Abbottsford, Henry & Ro...
Survey number: HABS PA-6165-D Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...
Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More
Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...
Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More
Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...
Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More
Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...
Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More
Young girl smiling (Oriental type) / photograph by Ansel Adams.
Japanese American girl, half-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-6-M-5. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968. Forms part of: ... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1944 Type, Nort...
Significance: Facility Nos. 489, 490, and 491 are associated with the expansion of facilities at the Naval base during WWII. They were the second set of storehouses built on the fill land that created Kuahua Pe... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1944 Type, Nort...
Significance: Facility Nos. 489, 490, and 491 are associated with the expansion of facilities at the Naval base during WWII. They were the second set of storehouses built on the fill land that created Kuahua Pe... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Officers'...
Significance: Facilities 1001, 1002, 1004, 1036, 1037, 1038, and 1039 are excellent examples of early twentieth-century Craftsman-style architecture. The structures are distinctive for their use of materials s... More
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More
Hamilton Field, Warehouse Type B, Escolta Avenue & Fourth Street, Nova...
Significance: Facility No. 412 was the first warehouse constructed on base to serve the Quartermaster post exchange. In 1960 it was used as a Supply and Equipment Warehouse. By 1966 this building functioned v... More
Hamilton Field, Warehouse Type B, Escolta Avenue & Fourth Street, Nova...
Significance: Facility No. 412 was the first warehouse constructed on base to serve the Quartermaster post exchange. In 1960 it was used as a Supply and Equipment Warehouse. By 1966 this building functioned v... More
Keasbey & Mattison Company, 2 1/2 Story Double House, Side Gable Roof ...
Survey number: HABS PA-6048-W Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Straight T...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula...
Significance: This housing type is significant as an example of the residences added by the Navy after World War II to the large shoreline lots at Pearl City Peninsula. These two houses are the only known rema... More
Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Duplex Housing Type with Corn...
Significance: The wood Craftsman housing designs show a conscious response to popular and regional architectural styles, and to the tropical environment of the site. These houses at Schofield combine some of t... More
Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type N, 204B Second Street, Honolulu, ...
Significance: The Type N housing units were part of the development of Hickam Air Base in the late 1930s and early 1940s as the Army Air Corps shifted its operations from Ford Island and utilized the larger are... More
Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Steel Warehouse Type, Between James & Hum...
Significance: Buildings 213, 214, 312, 313, 314, 411, 412, 413, 414, 510, 511, 512, 609, 610, 611, 612, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, and 813 are contributing elemen... More
Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 1, 211 Tenth Street, Honolulu, Honolulu...
Significance: Building 570 was part of the development of HIckam Air Base in the late 1930s and early 1940s as the Army Air Corps shifted its operations from Form Island and utilized the larger area available t... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Senior Off...
Significance: This housing type is significant as the residence of flag officers of the Navy in Hawaii from 1941 to the present, and as an example of Hawaiian residential architecture during the 1940s, in a gro... More
Hamilton Field, Company Officers' Quarters Type E, South Oakwood Drive...
Significance: The Type E Company Officers' Quarters (COQ) are among the original residential units designed by the Constructing Quartermaster's Office at Hamilton Army Air Field. The quarters were equipped wit... More
Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Dispersed Storage Warehouse Type, Alo...
Significance: The significance of these buildings resides in their dispersed locations, which is a direct result of the Japanese attack on Oahu on December 7, 1941. Before that date, the plan had been to build... More
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Hawaii, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 7, 210 Eleventh Street, Honolulu, Honol...
Significance: The Type 7 housing units were part of the development of Hickam Air Force Base in the late 1930s and 1940s as the Army Air Corps shifted its operations from Ford Island and utilized the larger a... More
Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 7, 210 Eleventh Street, Honolulu, Honol...
Significance: The Type 7 housing units were part of the development of Hickam Air Force Base in the late 1930s and 1940s as the Army Air Corps shifted its operations from Ford Island and utilized the larger a... More
Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 7, 210 Eleventh Street, Honolulu, Honol...
Significance: The Type 7 housing units were part of the development of Hickam Air Force Base in the late 1930s and 1940s as the Army Air Corps shifted its operations from Ford Island and utilized the larger a... More
Nevada Test Site, Japanese Village, Type B Structure, Area 4, Yucca Fl...
Survey number: HABS NV-27-A Building/structure dates: 1962 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1992-1993 Demolished
Girl smiling (Occidental type) / photograph by Ansel Adams.
Young girl, half-length portrait, standing, facing left. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...
Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Type A Casualty Station, Hale Alii Aven...
Significance: It was built as a casualty station as a direct reaction to the attack of Pearl Harbor. Casualty stations were a category of splinter-proof shelters, built to provide quick treatment to victims dur... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Junior Off...
Significance: This housing type is significant as an example of Hawaiian residential architecture during the 1940s, in a grouping of related types. The design is notable for the use of new materials and minima... More
McChord Air Force Base, Lanham Housing 3-Bedroom Duplex Type, Tacoma, ...
Survey number: HABS WA-230-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
McChord Air Force Base, Lanham Housing 3-Bedroom Duplex Type, Tacoma, ...
Survey number: HABS WA-230-B Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1941 Type, Betw...
Significance: They are associated with the build up of the Pearl Harbor base in the early 1940s. They were a group of additional warehouses built to meet the expanding storage requirements for supplying the adv... More
Galloway Type Cataract Boat EDITH, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, AZ
Survey number: HAER AZ-71 Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Title page of George Murgatroyd Woodward, The Caricature Magazine or ...
Hand-colored etching by Cruikshanks after drawing by Woodward. "Published by Thomas Tegg. No. 111 Cheapside." cf: P&P - NE55.L7A3 vol. *, no. 10889. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library... More
Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Corner-Entry Single-Family Ho...
Significance: The wood Craftsman housing designs show a conscious response to popular and regional architectural styles, and to the tropical environment of the site. These houses at Schofield combine some of t... More
Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Corner-Entry Single-Family Ho...
Significance: The wood Craftsman housing designs show a conscious response to popular and regional architectural styles, and to the tropical environment of the site. These houses at Schofield combine some of t... More
Galloway Type Cataract Boat GLEN, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, AZ
Survey number: HAER AZ-70 Public domain photograph of a grave, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Naval Magazine Lualualei, Waikele Branch, Tunnel Magazine Type, Waikak...
Significance: These tunnel structures serve as excellent examples of unique military construction from the 1940s, and are significant as part of the World War II era base construction. Survey number: HABS HI-262
Member of the congregation of Wheeley's church who is called "Queen." ...
Public domain photograph of Queen, monarchy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oakland Army Base, Storehouse Type, Ukraine & Maritime Streets, Oaklan...
Significance: The support activities conducted in these facilities were integral to the success of the Installation's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-K Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial ... More
Oakland Army Base, Storehouse Type, Ukraine & Maritime Streets, Oaklan...
Significance: The support activities conducted in these facilities were integral to the success of the Installation's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-K Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial ... More
Hamilton Field, Electric Facility Type A, East of Nave Drive, Novato, ...
Significance: Ten of these electric switch stations and transformer vaults were constructed during the initial phase of base build up and were essential components to base operations. Four were added to the ba... More
Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Warrant Officer's & Civ...
Significance: These buildings serve as excellent intact examples of military housing construction from the 1930s, and are significant as part of the initial base construction. Survey number: HABS HI-226
Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Ready Magazine-1944 Type, Off Midway ...
Significance: This small concrete structure is part of the response to the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Oahu. Such structures were built in order to have ammunition storage close at hand to important bu... More
Aluminum City Terrace, 2-3 Bedroom Unit Type, East Hill Drive, New Ken...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Aluminum City Terrace, 2-3 Bedroom Unit Type, East Hill Drive, New Ken...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a commercial or residential multi-story building, condominium, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type H, 208 Sixth Street, Honolulu, Ho...
Significance: The housing planned for the Air Base was designed " in keeping with the Hawaiian atmosphere and traditions" with some buildings placed on curving streets and amidst extensive landscaping plants, a... More