united states

A chart of Delawar Bay, with soundings and nautical observations.

Scale ca. 1:150,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along left and right margins. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

The United States of North America, with the British territories.

Includes Reference to the colouring. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and ...

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Washington. Third state. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of the West Indies. LC copy sectioned and... More

Tennessee. Historic map, Library of Congress

Pennsylvania Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows roads, canals, railroads, and proposed railroads. Counties are distinguished by color. Main mountain ridges are shown by hachures. Earliest general map of the state to show railroads. Scale ca. 1:5,600,00... More

Map of the territory west of the Rocky Mountains /

Relief shown by hachures. From: The Rocky Mountains; or, scenes, incidents, and adventures in the far west; digested from the journal of Captain B. L. E. Bonneville, of the Army of the United States, and illust... More

A map of the United States of Mexico : as organized and defined by the...

Relief shown by hachures. Cover title: Tanner's travelling map of Mexico. Prime meridian: Washington. "Entered according to Act of Congress, the 2nd day of April 1832, by H.S. Tanner, of the state of Pennsylvan... More

Henrico County, Virginia / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. Title and statement of responsibility in manuscript above bar scale. Annotated in ink: Smith's map of Henrico County, Virginia, from actual surveys by James Keily, Richmond, Robert P. ... More

Map of Allegany Co., N.Y. : from actual surveys /

General-content county map showing rural buildings and householders' names. Relief shown by hachures. LC copy hand colored to emphasize town (township) boundaries and areas of village/city insets. "Entered acco... More

Isometrical view of the Presidents House, the surrounding public build...

Bird's-eye view of White House vicinity and Lafayette Park. Shows all buildings, individual trees, fences, sidewalks, etc. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Accompanied by letter from the White House,... More

Map of the United States, Canada, Mexico, West Indies and Central Amer...

Includes State seals and portraits of Presidents. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Map of Monroe County, Michigan / - Public domain old map

"Entered according to the Act of Congress by Eli F. Siverd in the year 1859 in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." LC Land ownership maps, 348 Available also throu... More

Map of Ontario County, New York / - Public domain map

General-content county map showing towns (townships), numbered town survey divisions, rural buildings, and rural householders' names; the Canandaigua/Geneva insets show residential lots, lot numbers, land tract... More

[Sketches of portions of Madison County, Va.].

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title, date, and scale derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil (some col.) on irregularly shaped sheet of ledger paper, mounted between sh... More

Martenet's map of Anne Arundel County, Maryland : shore lines, soundin...

Shows distances between intersections, railroads, and houses and buildings labeled with owners' names. Depths shown by soundings. Includes table of distances from Annapolis. Insets: Plan of Brooklyn -- Taylorsv... More

Map of Sussex Co., New Jersey : from actual surveys & records /

General-content county map also showing rural buildings and householders' names; the Newton borough inset also shows building coverage, property lot lines, and occupants' names. Relief shown by hachures. Hand c... More

[Map of portions of Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland, centering o...

Shows roads in red, and railroads, place names, etc. in black. Relief shown by hachures. Date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Title derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Following the statemen... More

Map of Henry County, Illinois / - Public domain old map

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1860 by P. Holmes in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States in & for the Northern District of Illinois." LC Land ownership maps, 116 Avail... More

[Map of Hanover County, Va.]. - Public domain old map

LC Land ownership maps, 1272 Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. Date, title, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H37 Pen-and-ink on tracing l... More

Map of Grant County, Indiana / - Public domain old map

LC Land ownership maps, 147 Includes 1860 population table, business directories, list of county officers, views of public, residential, and commercial buildings. Insets: Map of Marion -- Map of Jonesboro -- Fa... More

Panorama of the seat of war. Birds eye view of Virginia, Maryland, Del...

Shows various Civil War fortifications (battle sites noted by crossed swords) and smoke over Manassas (Bull Run) vicinity. Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web si... More

Union and Rebel works Yorktown, Va. [1862]

Shows the York River from Gloucester Point to south of Wormsley Creek. Yorktown appears at top of image, with remaining detail showing interior of the Peninsula. Woods, creeks, fields, roads, houses and other ... More

Sketch showing route of the Burnside expedition [to Roanoke Island, N....

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 317.12 From U.S. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. Supplemental report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, in two volumes. Suppleme... More

Map of the field of operations in Virginia and Battle of Mine Run, dur...

Includes areas of Orange and Culpeper counties, Va., where Meade approached the Rapidan River and the Mine Run Valley to try and push Lee's forces unsuccessfully back towards Richmond in the Mine Run Campaign o... More

Map of the battle field of Gettysburg. [July 1st, 2nd, and 3rd 1863].

[Scale 1:15,840]. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 340 Another edition From Jacobs, Michael. Notes on the invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania . . . Philadelphia, [1888?] Revised edition of the preceding map inclu... More

Gettysburg and vicinity. Constructed and engraved to illustrate "The w...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Sumpter Prison, Andersonville, Georgia, June 1864

Shows the prison with wooden fence, 18 guard towers, the famous "deadline," the north and south gates, Sweetwater Creek, "Valley of Death," fortification, batteries, and cook house. He depicts overcrowding by a... More

Map showing the investment and siege of Savannah, Georgia by Genl Sher...

Regional view of Savannah, Ga., with the many landforms (rivers, sounds, swamps, islands) noted as well as the locations of forts Jackson and Pulaski. The Savannah & Gulf Railroad, Georgia Central Railroad, and... More

Plan of Andersonville Prison or "Camp Sumter," April, 1864.

Illustrates the layout of Andersonville Camp, as Sneden refers to the prison, and the surrounding area where Confederate guard troops of the 1st Florida Battery were stationed including the headquarters of Capt... More

Map of the battlefield of Five-Forks. [March 30-April 1, 1865]

Scale 1:15,840. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 540 Shows entrenchments, villages, roads, "South Side Rail Road," drainage, vegetation, relief by hachures, houses, and names of residents. Description derived from ... More

Map showing the burnt district in Chicago : published for the benefit ...

Oriented with North to right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of Newport & vicinity, or Rhode Island.

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Published by M. Dripps, New York, 1860." LC Land ownership maps, 828 Gift; Mrs. Draper L. Kauffmann; 1958. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year... More

Map showing the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, and its connections.

Advertising map covering Michigan and vicinity. Shows drainage, cities and towns, railroad land grant, and the railroad network emphasizing the main line. Information on bond sale by Winslow, Lanier & Co., N.Y.... More

View of Bridgeport, Ct. 1875. - Public domain old map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Hand colored. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 77.3 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to point... More

Centennial American Republic and railroad map of the United States and...

Shows drainage, cities and towns,and the railroad network with names of lines. Includes distance chart and view of "Main building centennial exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876." [From published bibliography] 5458 U... More

Indexed map of Rhode Island showing the railroads in the State, and th...

Railroads are named along the lines. Scale ca. 1:650,000. Title from cover. LC Railroad maps, 298 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ra... More

Map of Steele County, Minnesota : drawn from actual surveys and the co...

Cadastral map showing drainage, section lines and numbers, land ownership, landowners' names, roads, railroads, etc. "Eng. by Worley & Bracher." Indexed. LC Land ownership maps, 383 Available also through the L... More

Map of the Rio Grande and Pecos Railway showing its connections with t...

Outline map of the U.S. Southwest showing major drainage, cities and towns. Railroad lines are named and narrow gauge lines are in red. The "Cannel Coal Field" is indicated. 8159 U.S. Copyright Office Scale not... More

Railway postal diagram of the state of Wisconsin prepared for the use ...

Shows county boundaries, cities and towns, and the railroad network with names along the lines. Scale ca. 1:700,000. LC Railroad maps, 313 Description derived from published bibliography. "The railroads and pos... More

Map of Jefferson County, West Virginia /

Shows district boundaries and land ownership. Relief shown with hachures. "Copyright 1883 by S. Howell Brown." LC Land ownership maps, 1395 Includes inset of Charlestown, text and 3 ill. Available also through ... More

Map of Rock Creek Cemetery near Washington, D.C. /

Shows lots, lot numbers and dimensions, and section letters. LC copy torn, halved, and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

Official map of Los Angeles County, California : compiled under instru...

Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map showing drainage, roads, railroads, ranchos, township & section lines, land ownership, landowners' names, etc. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1888, by ... More

A correct map of the United States of America showing the Atchison, To...

Map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, stations, and the railroad network with the main line emphasized. Advertisements at top of map. 21572 U.S. Copyright Office Scale... More

Railway map of Nebraska issued by State Board of Transportation 1889.

Shows drainage, township and county boundaries, cities & towns, and the railroad network with names of lines and distances between stations. Scale 1:1,000,000. LC Railroad maps, 250 Description derived from pub... More

Map of Washington, D.C. - Public domain vintage map

15968Y U.S. Copyright Office Baltimore & Ohio Railroad shown in red. Includes index to points of interest. LC copy 1 trimmed and annotated in blue pencil on verso. Copy 2 mounted on cloth backing. Available als... More

Map of the tourist routes, Yellowstone National Park.

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Early automobiles - Christie [racing automobile]

Public domain image of an early automobile, 1910s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Map of Choctaw Nation, Indian territory, coal and asphalt segregation ...

In upper right corner: Exhibit 9. In upper left corner: Tenth annual report of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of the battlefield of Gettysburg from original surveys by the engi...

Scale ca. 1:8450. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 351.55 Another edition. The map was redrawn for this edition. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web s... More

I want you for the Navy Apply any recruiting station or postmaster / /...

Poster showing a young woman in Navy uniform jacket and cap. 1129 2nd Ave., near 59th St., N.Y. City. Stamped: U.S. Government Property, $5000 fine and imprisonment for defacing. Forms part of: Willard and Doro... More

Map of the new subway of greater New York : (Interborrow system)

Folded title. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Pressler's map of the state of Texas /

[Herbert Hoover] - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Atlantic / Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows major cities, shipping lines and submarine cables. Relief shown by contours. "M.I.D.G.S. Map No. 103 A." Drawn on tracing linen. "Note: Scale true on the equator and 20th (Central) Meridian. Geographical ... More

Map of San Fernando Valley, California

Relief shown by hachures. Shows major roads, public streets, and cities and towns in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles. "Copyrighted by Franklin P. Borgnis, L.A." Publication date inferr... More

Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C. / - Public domain map

WPA women painters, Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston / RW(?)...

Poster for exhibition of WPA women painters at the Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston, Mass., showing a woman painting outdoors. Date stamped on verso: Feb 23 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster C... More

Regional poster exhibition

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of posters from New York and New Jersey at the Federal Art Gallery, 225 West 57th Street, New York City, showing abstract design. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Wo... More

Working with a sea-plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dock, harbor, boats, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis has been appointed by civil service to be senior ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Now an expert mechanic, Mary Jo...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

The Colorado River basin showing the upper and lower basins

Illustration showing the upper and lower basins of the Colorado River as they extend across portions of the states of Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California. Illus. in: The Bureau... More

[Portrait of June Christy and Bob Cooper, 1947 or 1948]

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/g... More

[Portrait of June Christy, Georgie Auld, and Red Rodney, Club Troubado...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/g... More

Topographic map, Acadia National Park and vicinity, Hancock County, Ma...

Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[John Lewis speaking at a meeting of American Society of Newspaper Edi...

Frame 28 of contact sheet. Original negative not available for frame 28 of LC-U9-18801.

White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire-Maine.

Scale 1:15,840; 1/4ʺ = 1 mile. "Contour interval 100 feet." "Polyconic projection." "Forest Service map class C." Includes illus., "Recreation site index," "Ski areas," key map, and map of "Presidential Range a... More

[A man and a woman watching a film footage of the Vietnam war on a tel...

Contact sheet folder caption: "War comes to the living room, WKL, 2/13/68." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 18633,... More

Bucks County, Pennsylvania Historic map, Library of Congress

Title in right lower margin: Bucks Co., Pa. : N4002.5--W7442.5/34.5X47.5, 1976. "Compiled in 1976 from USGS 1:24 000-scale topographic maps dated 1953-1966." "Planimetry revised from aerial photographs taken 19... More

Cape Fear River, North Carolina nautical chart

Scale 1:30,000. Facsimile. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. "American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976." "Plate no. 1161." "BiC-31." Includes sailing information a... More

Baltimore County, Maryland Historic map, Library of Congress

Title in lower margin: Baltimore Co., Md. : N3909--W7615/35X39.5, 1977. "Compiled in 1977 from USGS 1:24,000-scale topographic maps dated 1953-1974." "Planimetry revised from photographs taken 1976 and other so... More

Soil resource map, Knox County, Tennessee

"May 1981 4-R-31898. June 1978 Base 4-R-36769." "Base compiled from U.S. Geological Survey quadrangle sheets and county highway map, polyconic projection." "... provides information on large areas of land in th... More

Exterior, United States IRS building, Washington, D.C.

Built 1928-1936. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Arc... More

[Rescue worker reaching into a New York Police car covered with debris...

Forms part of: Collection of unattributed photographs ... Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Aerial view of Capitol Hill featuring the Library of Congress Thomas ...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Aerial view from the south of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferso...

More information about the Highsmith Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.highsm Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Main Reading Room. Detail of winged geniuses in pendentive holding an...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Aerial view of White House and downtown, Washington, D.C.

The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-p... More

[Main Reading Room. Interior of dome. Library of Congress Thomas Jeffe...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Second Floor, East Corridor. View of printer's mark of G. di Legnano ...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Florida / Historic map, Library of Congress

"LC-CCP-2009/12/21." Shows land use and land cover. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes source note and insets of Tallahassee, Cape Canaveral, and Miami areas.

The Christian Heurich House Museum, also known as The Brewmaster' Cast...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Historic buildings, Wisconsin Ave., NW, in the Georgetown neighborhood...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Jefferson Memorial, aerial view, Washington, D.C.

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. that is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an American Founding Father and the third president of the United States. The neoclassical bui... More

National Capitol columns at the United States National Arboretum locat...

The National Capitol columns originally supported the old East Portico of the United States Capitol (1828). The columns were removed during expansion of the Capitol in 1958, and placed at the National Arboretum... More

National Mall, Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument, Washington D....

The Lincoln Memorial is an American memorial built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and was dedicated on May 30, 1922. Th... More

Exterior view of the historic E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse ...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1949-1950, the building is an example of early 195... More

Located on the side of the Roadhouse Relics building on 1st Street in ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Mural artist and owner: Todd Sanders, with Rory Skagen (Source: austinot.com/best-murals-in-austin, 2014) Credit line: The Lyda Hill ... More

Industrial scene on Nueces Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas

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

This alligator is a gator out of water at the Texas State Aquarium in ...

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

United States foreign service posts and Department of State jurisdicti...

"802533 (R02268) 12-96." Also shows time zones. Includes listings of posts and missions. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

A map of South Carolina and a part of Georgia. Containing the whole se...

Scale ca. 1:322,000. Hand colored. "West longitude from London." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1518 Available also through the Library of Congress Web... More

New York, New York. A Harlem newsboy

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

Scott's map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

General-content county map also showing rural buildings with householders' names, lot lines in rural subdivisions/villages, and election districts. Relief shown by hachures. Differs from other 1842 ed. in not b... More

Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: Diaries, 1845-1899; 1861, June 15-1862, May...

The House of Representatives, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. lith. by ...

Print shows a interior view of the House of Representatives wing of the U.S. Capitol showing Congress in session and spectators in the gallery. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library o... More

Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: Miscellany, circa 1846-1908; Printed matter...

Robertson's geographic-historical series illustrating the history of A...

Street map, New York City / - Public domain map

Includes index and inset of lower Manhattan. Index and Metropolitan map of New York City on verso, with inset of Eastern Long Island. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Plat book of Le Sueur County, Minnesota : showing township plats, city...

Copyright: 1928 L.W. Prendergast and H.C. Lende, Le Sueur Center, Minnesota. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5113 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index,... More