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Nurses of the Johns Hopkins Base Hospital Unit, which is now on its way to the fighting front in Europe, photographed just before sailing. The unit is one of the largest which the United States has sent abroad

Nurses of the Johns Hopkins Base Hospital Unit, which is now on its wa...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: International Film Service. Group Title: Nurses, Johns Hopkins, U.S. Data: Copyri... More

A black and white photo of a small town, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a small town, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a small cabin in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of a small cabin in the snow, Vermont. Farm Se...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[ Danny Kaye stands next to the bed of an injured GI at  the Casualty Staging Flight unit, Tachikawa Air Base, Japan]

[ Danny Kaye stands next to the bed of an injured GI at the Casualty ...

The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners... More

A black and white photo of two people on skis, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of two people on skis, Vermont. Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A company officer of the 442nd Combat Team makes corrections in the saluting technique of one of the rookies from Hawaii as the unit began training with remarkable speed after its arrival at Camp Shelby

A company officer of the 442nd Combat Team makes corrections in the sa...

Photograph by Bureau of Public Relations, U.S. War Department. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Fort Lincoln housing, Washington, D.C. (project). Model of individual housing unit]

[Fort Lincoln housing, Washington, D.C. (project). Model of individual...

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Facsimile scan provided for: Unbuilt Washington, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2011-May 2012. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Children's Unit, Pavilion Road, .4 mile west of intersection with Sanatorium Road, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Children's Unit, Pavilion Ro...

Significance: The Children's Unit brings together under one roof the typical tuberculosis sanatorium design features and functions usually located in multiple buildings in sanatoria through the United States du... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Pot Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Pot Lake Dam, Wasatch National ...

Significance: Pot, Fire and Weir lakes, all built in 1934 by the Provo Reservoir Company, are indicative of the renewed local interest in reservoir-building sparked by the drought of 1931. They are historicall... More

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Dispensary, Thorne Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Di...

Significance: Building 112 was the Dispensary for the G.U. Treatment Unit. The Dispensary signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of the 800-series in mob... More

Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Jamaica Avenue Unit, 625 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY

Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Jamaica Avenue Unit, 625 Jamaica Aven...

Survey number: HALS NY-2-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97001439

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Five Point Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 12 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Five Point Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: Five Point Lake is the largest reservoired body of water in the Yellowstone drainage, and with a crest length of 970 feet, Five Point Lake Dam is the second longest of the earthen dams in the Upal... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Island Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Island Lake Dam, Wasatch Nation...

Significance: The Island Lake Dam is one of several lakes in the upper Provo River drainage impounded by the Provo Reservoir Company for irrigation water storage in the 1930s. The small dam has the sloped prof... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Long Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Long Lake Dam, Wasatch National...

Significance: Construction of Long Lake Dam was undertaken in 1923 by the Provo Reservoir Company to augment water flow through its canal to the pumping station completed that same year at the Jordan Narrows. ... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Island Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 4.8 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Island Lake Dam, Ashley National Fo...

Significance: Island Lake is one of three high mountain lakes in the Brown Duck Basin dammed by the Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir Company in 1920. The dam itself it representative and relatively well-preserve... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Island Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 4.8 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Island Lake Dam, Ashley National Fo...

Significance: Island Lake is one of three high mountain lakes in the Brown Duck Basin dammed by the Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir Company in 1920. The dam itself it representative and relatively well-preserve... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Forest, 10.1 miles North of Mountain Home, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running wate... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Forest, 10.1 miles North of Mountain Home, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running wate... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Forest, 10.1 miles North of Mountain Home, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running wate... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Forest, 10.1 miles North of Mountain Home, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running wate... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Forest, 10.1 miles North of Mountain Home, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running wate... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Drift Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 11.4 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Drift Lake Dam, Ashley National For...

Significance: Drift Lake is one of several natural high mountain lakes in the Swift Creek and Yellowstone River drainages dammed by the Farmers Irrigation Company in the 1920s and 1930s to store water for irrig... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Washington Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Washington Lake Dam, Kamas, Sum...

Significance: Washington Lake is the largest body of water to be reservoired in the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. Its dam, built cooperatively by four of the principal regional irrigation compan... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Lost Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Lost Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit Co...

Significance: With the crest of 950 feet, the Lost Lake dam is the largest of the earth-fill retention structures built over the natural lakes in the upper Provo River drainage. It represents a considerable in... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Teapot Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Teapot Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit ...

Significance: Teapot Lake is one of several lakes in the upper Provo River drainage impounded by the Provo Reservoir Company using previously granted water rights (1909, in this instance). The dam and secondar... More

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Mess Hall, Thorne & Hood Avenues, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Me...

Significance: Building 114 was built as the Mess Hall for the G.U. Treatment Unit and signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of the T.O. 700 series in mo... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Fire Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Fire Lake Dam, Wasatch National...

Significance: Fire, Weir and Pot lakes, all built in 1934 by the Provo Reservoir Company, are indicative of the renewed local interest in reservoir-building sparked by the drought of 1931. They are historicall... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, White Miller Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 6.9 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, White Miller Lake Dam, Ashley Natio...

Significance: White Miller Lake is one of several natural high mountain lakes dammed by the Farmers Irrigation Company in the 1920s and 1930s to store water for irrigation. The dam is a representative example ... More

Architectural Remains, Unit A, Sub-unit 39, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia

Architectural Remains, Unit A, Sub-unit 39, Jamestown, James City Coun...

Significance: The site was first excavated in 1934, and the foundations were drawn by HABS around that time. The archaeological work uncovered a pair of rowhouses made of brick and likely one-story in height. ... More

A black and white photo of two small buildings, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of two small buildings, Great Depression. FSA/...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a little boy, Georgia. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a little boy, Georgia. Farm Security Admini...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a house, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a house, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photogra...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a man tapping a tree, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of a man tapping a tree, Vermont. Farm Securit...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a small town, Arizona. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a small town, Arizona. Farm Security Admini...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a window in a room. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a window in a room. Great Depression FFSA /...

Public domain photograph of window, architectural element, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a bed in a room. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a bed in a room. Great Depression FFSA / OW...

Public domain photograph of window, architectural element, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Members of an artillery unit stand by and check their equipment while the convoy takes a break / U.S. Army Signal Corps.

Members of an artillery unit stand by and check their equipment while ...

Photograph shows African American artillery troops on march in Belgium. Stamped on verso: Released by authority of Bureau of Public Relations War Department. Credit: Signal Corps photo. SC 196212-A-S. Forms pa... More

Sublet Mine No. 6, Housing Unit No. 4, East side of Willow Creek Valley, east of County Road No. 306, 3 miles north of U.S. Highway 189, Kemmerer, Lincoln County, WY

Sublet Mine No. 6, Housing Unit No. 4, East side of Willow Creek Valle...

Survey number: HAER WY-54-J Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Lavatory, Hood Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit La...

Significance: Building 121 was built as a 200-man lavatory for the G.U. Treatment Unit of the Station Hospital. It signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role... More

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-unit 76, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-unit 76, Jamestown, James City Coun...

Significance: Structure 16 had a long rectangular footprint measuring 34' x 12' with framed side walls and north gable end. The walls rested on sills underpinned by a single row of brick footings. The south gab... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Star Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Star Lake Dam, Wasatch National...

Significance: The existing Star Lake Dam is actually the second retention structure built on that lake. The Provo Reservoir Company had built a small dam over the natural outlet by 1923; that was replaced with... More

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Dispensary, Thorne Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Di...

Significance: Building 112 was the Dispensary for the G.U. Treatment Unit. The Dispensary signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of the 800-series in mob... More

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Dispensary, Thorne Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Di...

Significance: Building 112 was the Dispensary for the G.U. Treatment Unit. The Dispensary signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of the 800-series in mob... More

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Dispensary, Thorne Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Di...

Significance: Building 112 was the Dispensary for the G.U. Treatment Unit. The Dispensary signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of the 800-series in mob... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Marjorie Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Marjorie Lake Dam, Wasatch Nati...

Significance: Typical earth-fill structures, the dams on Marjorie and Duck lakes were constructed using similar specifications, including the stipulation for "carefully hand-laid rock faces." They are represen... More

Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Jamaica Avenue Unit, 625 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY

Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Jamaica Avenue Unit, 625 Jamaica Aven...

Survey number: HALS NY-2-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97001439

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Five Point Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 12 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Five Point Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: Five Point Lake is the largest reservoired body of water in the Yellowstone drainage, and with a crest length of 970 feet, Five Point Lake Dam is the second longest of the earthen dams in the Upal... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, East Timothy Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 8.4 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, East Timothy Lake Dam, Ashley Natio...

Significance: With a crest length of almost 1,400 feet, the East Timothy Lake dam is distinguished as by far the largest dam in the Upalco Unit of the Central Utah Project. It was completed in 1951 as the last... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Bluebell Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 11.2 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Bluebell Lake Dam, Ashley National ...

Significance: Bluebell Lake is one of several natural high mountain lakes in the Swift Creek and Yellowstone River drainages dammed by the Farmers Irrigation Company in the 1920s and 1930s, to store water for i... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Island Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Island Lake Dam, Wasatch Nation...

Significance: The Island Lake Dam is one of several lakes in the upper Provo River drainage impounded by the Provo Reservoir Company for irrigation water storage in the 1930s. The small dam has the sloped prof... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Water Lily Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 1.1 miles Northeast of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Water Lily Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: The Water Lily Lake Dam is the oldest manmade structure to reservoir a natural lake in the Swift Creek drainage. With a crest length of 64 feet, it is the smallest of the dams in the Upalco Unit ... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Long Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Long Lake Dam, Wasatch National...

Significance: Construction of Long Lake Dam was undertaken in 1923 by the Provo Reservoir Company to augment water flow through its canal to the pumping station completed that same year at the Jordan Narrows. ... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Long Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Long Lake Dam, Wasatch National...

Significance: Construction of Long Lake Dam was undertaken in 1923 by the Provo Reservoir Company to augment water flow through its canal to the pumping station completed that same year at the Jordan Narrows. ... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Island Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 4.8 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Island Lake Dam, Ashley National Fo...

Significance: Island Lake is one of three high mountain lakes in the Brown Duck Basin dammed by the Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir Company in 1920. The dam itself it representative and relatively well-preserve... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Brown Duck Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 4.4 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Brown Duck Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: Brown Duck Lake is one of three high mountain lakes dammed by the Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir Company in 1920. The dam is representative, though structurally damaged, and the recent replacemen... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Wall Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Wall Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit Co...

Significance: Wall Lake is the deepest body of water to be reservoired in the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. Its dam, built conservatively by four of the principal regional irrigation companies, ... More

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-unit 86, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-unit 86, Jamestown, James City Coun...

Significance: The sites of Structure 21 and the brick-paved path (Structure 20) were both compromised by a later brick drain pipe (Structure 39), however the architectural remains suggest either a well-appointe... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Drift Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 11.4 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Drift Lake Dam, Ashley National For...

Significance: Drift Lake is one of several natural high mountain lakes in the Swift Creek and Yellowstone River drainages dammed by the Farmers Irrigation Company in the 1920s and 1930s to store water for irrig... More

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Structure 110, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Structure 110, Jamestown, James City Co...

Significance: Evidence suggests that this structure served as a brewhouse and apothecary between ca. 1623 when it was constructed until ca. 1650 when it was destroyed. The work building was constructed by eithe... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Kidney Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 4.7 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Kidney Lake Dam, Ashley National Fo...

Significance: Kidney Lake is by far the largest of the reservoired high mountain lakes in the Upalco Unit of the Central Utah Project. One of three lakes in the Brown Duck Basin dammed by the Farnsworth Irriga... More

North Canal Dam & Diversion Canals, North Unit Main Canal, North of River Mile 165, Bend, Deschutes County, OR

North Canal Dam & Diversion Canals, North Unit Main Canal, North of Ri...

Survey number: HAER OR-61-E Public domain photograph of a canal, water landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Trial Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Trial Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit C...

Significance: Trial Lake is the second largest body of water to be reservoired in the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. Its dam, built cooperatively by four of the principal regional irrigation comp... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Trial Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Trial Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit C...

Significance: Trial Lake is the second largest body of water to be reservoired in the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. Its dam, built cooperatively by four of the principal regional irrigation comp... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Fire Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Fire Lake Dam, Wasatch National...

Significance: Fire, Weir and Pot lakes, all built in 1934 by the Provo Reservoir Company, are indicative of the renewed local interest in reservoir-building sparked by the drought of 1931. They are historicall... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Deer Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 5.8 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Deer Lake Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: Deer Lake is one of several natural high mountain lakes in the Swift Creek and Yellowstone River drainages dammed by the Farmers Irrigation Company in the 1920s and 1930s to store water for irriga... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Weir Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Weir Lake Dam, Wasatch National...

Significance: Weir, Fire and Pot lakes, all built in 1934 by the Provo Reservoir Company, are indicative of the renewed local interest in reservoir-building sparked by the drought of 1931. They are historicall... More

Architectural Remains, Unit A, Sub-unit 39, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia

Architectural Remains, Unit A, Sub-unit 39, Jamestown, James City Coun...

Significance: The site was first excavated in 1934, and the foundations were drawn by HABS around that time. The archaeological work uncovered a pair of rowhouses made of brick and likely one-story in height. ... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight & Rail Yard, Multiple Unit Light Inspection Shed, New Jersey Transit Hoboken Terminal Rail Yard, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight & Rail Yard, Multiple ...

Significance: The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) Multiple Unit Light Inspection Shop (MU Shed) contributes to the Old Main DL&W Railroad Historic District which is significant for its associatio... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight & Rail Yard, Multiple Unit Light Inspection Shed, New Jersey Transit Hoboken Terminal Rail Yard, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight & Rail Yard, Multiple ...

Significance: The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) Multiple Unit Light Inspection Shop (MU Shed) contributes to the Old Main DL&W Railroad Historic District which is significant for its associatio... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight & Rail Yard, Multiple Unit Light Inspection Shed, New Jersey Transit Hoboken Terminal Rail Yard, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight & Rail Yard, Multiple ...

Significance: The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) Multiple Unit Light Inspection Shop (MU Shed) contributes to the Old Main DL&W Railroad Historic District which is significant for its associatio... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight & Rail Yard, Multiple Unit Light Inspection Shed, New Jersey Transit Hoboken Terminal Rail Yard, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight & Rail Yard, Multiple ...

Significance: The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) Multiple Unit Light Inspection Shop (MU Shed) contributes to the Old Main DL&W Railroad Historic District which is significant for its associatio... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight & Rail Yard, Multiple Unit Light Inspection Shed, New Jersey Transit Hoboken Terminal Rail Yard, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight & Rail Yard, Multiple ...

Significance: The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) Multiple Unit Light Inspection Shop (MU Shed) contributes to the Old Main DL&W Railroad Historic District which is significant for its associatio... More

Great Depression: A black and white photo of a man on a tractor. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph. Indiana

Great Depression: A black and white photo of a man on a tractor. Farm ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An old black and white photo of a factory, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old black and white photo of a factory, West Virginia. Farm Securit...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[ Danny Kaye puts his hand on a GI's shoulder at  the Casualty Staging Flight unit, Tachikawa Air Base, Japan]

[ Danny Kaye puts his hand on a GI's shoulder at the Casualty Staging...

The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners... More

A black and white photo of a small town, Arizona. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a small town, Arizona. Farm Security Admini...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a couple of trucks. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a couple of trucks. Office of War Informati...

Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI C... More

Eco. George Unit #4-- cultivating cotton

Eco. George Unit #4-- cultivating cotton

Photograph shows man with two horses cultivating cotton. Copyright by Keystone View Co. Caption card tracings: Farm machinery; photog. Index; Cotton Industry; Shelf.

[Oriental Masonic Gardens, Wilmot Road, New Haven, Connecticut. First scheme. Mobile (modular) housing unit cluster. Isometric rendering]

[Oriental Masonic Gardens, Wilmot Road, New Haven, Connecticut. First ...

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. 16B. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

Sublet Mine No. 6, Housing Unit No. 6, East side of Willow Creek Valley, east of County Road No. 306, 3 miles north of U.S. Highway 189, Kemmerer, Lincoln County, WY

Sublet Mine No. 6, Housing Unit No. 6, East side of Willow Creek Valle...

Survey number: HAER WY-54-K Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Children's Unit, Pavilion Road, .4 mile west of intersection with Sanatorium Road, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Children's Unit, Pavilion Ro...

Significance: The Children's Unit brings together under one roof the typical tuberculosis sanatorium design features and functions usually located in multiple buildings in sanatoria through the United States du... More

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Children's Unit, Pavilion Road, .4 mile west of intersection with Sanatorium Road, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Children's Unit, Pavilion Ro...

Significance: The Children's Unit brings together under one roof the typical tuberculosis sanatorium design features and functions usually located in multiple buildings in sanatoria through the United States du... More

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Children's Unit, Pavilion Road, .4 mile west of intersection with Sanatorium Road, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Children's Unit, Pavilion Ro...

Significance: The Children's Unit brings together under one roof the typical tuberculosis sanatorium design features and functions usually located in multiple buildings in sanatoria through the United States du... More

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-unit 76, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-unit 76, Jamestown, James City Coun...

Significance: Structure 16 had a long rectangular footprint measuring 34' x 12' with framed side walls and north gable end. The walls rested on sills underpinned by a single row of brick footings. The south gab... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Marjorie Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Marjorie Lake Dam, Wasatch Nati...

Significance: Typical earth-fill structures, the dams on Marjorie and Duck lakes were constructed using similar specifications, including the stipulation for "carefully hand-laid rock faces." They are represen... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Marjorie Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Marjorie Lake Dam, Wasatch Nati...

Significance: Typical earth-fill structures, the dams on Marjorie and Duck lakes were constructed using similar specifications, including the stipulation for "carefully hand-laid rock faces." They are represen... More

Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Jamaica Avenue Unit, 625 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY

Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Jamaica Avenue Unit, 625 Jamaica Aven...

Survey number: HALS NY-2-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97001439

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, East Timothy Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 8.4 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, East Timothy Lake Dam, Ashley Natio...

Significance: With a crest length of almost 1,400 feet, the East Timothy Lake dam is distinguished as by far the largest dam in the Upalco Unit of the Central Utah Project. It was completed in 1951 as the last... More

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Lavatory, Thorne & Hood Avenues, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit La...

Significance: Building 13 was one of two lavatories built for the G.U. Treatment Unit and signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of T.O. 700-series const... More

Eska Coal Mine, McNally Dryer Unit, Wishbone Hill, Sutton, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK

Eska Coal Mine, McNally Dryer Unit, Wishbone Hill, Sutton, Matanuska-S...

Significance: The McNally dryer unit was used at the Eska Coal Mine. It is now an exhibit at the Sutton Outdoor Mining Museum in Sutton, Alaska. Survey number: HAER AK-19-C Building/structure dates: 1946 Su... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Bluebell Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 11.2 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Bluebell Lake Dam, Ashley National ...

Significance: Bluebell Lake is one of several natural high mountain lakes in the Swift Creek and Yellowstone River drainages dammed by the Farmers Irrigation Company in the 1920s and 1930s, to store water for i... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Long Lake Dam, Wasatch National Forest, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Long Lake Dam, Wasatch National...

Significance: Construction of Long Lake Dam was undertaken in 1923 by the Provo Reservoir Company to augment water flow through its canal to the pumping station completed that same year at the Jordan Narrows. ... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Forest, 10.1 miles North of Mountain Home, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running wate... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Wall Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Wall Lake Dam, Kamas, Summit Co...

Significance: Wall Lake is the deepest body of water to be reservoired in the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. Its dam, built conservatively by four of the principal regional irrigation companies, ... More

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-unit 86, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-unit 86, Jamestown, James City Coun...

Significance: The sites of Structure 21 and the brick-paved path (Structure 20) were both compromised by a later brick drain pipe (Structure 39), however the architectural remains suggest either a well-appointe... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Clements Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 6.5 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Clements Lake Dam, Ashley National ...

Significance: The largest of the Brown Duck Basin dams, the Clements Lake Dam is a representative, though undistinguished, example of clay core/earth fill technology found in the Upalco Unit. Its principal sig... More

Cataract Falls Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek, bypassed section of CR 279 (Cataract Falls Unit of Leiber State Recreation Area), Cataract, Owen County, IN

Cataract Falls Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek, bypassed section of CR 279...

Significance: Cataract Falls Bridge is the only surviving covered bridge in Owen County, Indiana. It is also one of only six Smith trusses in Indiana. This popular late nineteenth century bridge was patented ... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Kidney Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 4.7 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Kidney Lake Dam, Ashley National Fo...

Significance: Kidney Lake is by far the largest of the reservoired high mountain lakes in the Upalco Unit of the Central Utah Project. One of three lakes in the Brown Duck Basin dammed by the Farnsworth Irriga... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Kidney Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 4.7 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Kidney Lake Dam, Ashley National Fo...

Significance: Kidney Lake is by far the largest of the reservoired high mountain lakes in the Upalco Unit of the Central Utah Project. One of three lakes in the Brown Duck Basin dammed by the Farnsworth Irriga... More

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