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'T was ever thus / L.M. Glackens.

'T was ever thus / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon depicting scenes showing modes of transportation, from dug-out canoes to ice skates, sedan chairs to horseback, sailboats to steamships, bicycles to automobiles to railroad... More

Artillery vehicles - Camouflaging Dept., American Car & Foundry Company, Detroit, Michigan

Artillery vehicles - Camouflaging Dept., American Car & Foundry Compan...

Women employees in ordnance plant during the first World War. No. 35851. U.S. Army Signal Corps photo.

Columbus Circle, north. Cityscape photograph

Columbus Circle, north. Cityscape photograph

Columbus circle, north, New York City. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woodward Avenue from City Hall, Detroit, Mich.

Woodward Avenue from City Hall, Detroit, Mich.

Stereograph shows crowds of pedestrians and vehicles along Woodward Avenue. J280543 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 26518. Copyright Dec. 31, 1925 by Keystone View Company .

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). All wiring and appliances in Dodge Army reconnaissance cars are equipped with radio to facilitate operation in the field which are heavily insulated and shielded in every possible way to prevent interference with radio reception in these vehicles

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). All wiring and appliances in Dodge Arm...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Mechanics at Fort Knox, Kentucky, check jeeps and other motor vehicles thoroughly and at regular intervals. Attention that was once given to the Army mule of days gone by now falls to the tough little "blitz buggy" or our modern mechanized forces

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Mechanics at Fort Knox...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Salvage drive, Victory Program. Variety of junk-bearing vehicles parked outside. District retail junk company

Washington, D.C. Salvage drive, Victory Program. Variety of junk-beari...

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

Tobruk, Libya. One hour after Tobruk fell, such scenes as this were common. Roofless buildings stand among scattered masonry and wreckage of motor vehicles in a corner of the bomb-torn town which had been one of the main supply ports for Rommel's army in North Africa

Tobruk, Libya. One hour after Tobruk fell, such scenes as this were co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Exterior view of the Tin Building at the Fulton Fish Market from Fulton St., New York City World Telegram & Sun photo by F. Palumbo

Exterior view of the Tin Building at the Fulton Fish Market from Fulto...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Title devised Library staff. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

[Men displaying sled-like vehicles]

[Men displaying sled-like vehicles]

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The passing of the picturesque / Dalrymple.

The passing of the picturesque / Dalrymple.

Illustration shows a central motif of a carte-de-visite photograph and a portrait painting labeled "The horrible photo-portrait of present and - the fine old Gilbert Stuart portrait of yesterday." Vignette comp... More

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. General checkover and adjustment for one of the Army's motorcycles at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Wherever possible, modern military vehicles receive the same scrupulous attention once given to army horses and mules

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. General checkover and ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. Side by side and end to end of Dodge Army trucks, produced daily, stand in the yards waiting for the final touches that make them effective fighting vehicles

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Knox. Bridge construction trucks. Engineer units of the armored forces use special trucks like this for transporting and placing treadway bridges. Equipped with winches and crane members, these vehicles make quick work of laying bridge sections on pontoons. This particular truck is in use at Fort Knox, Kentucky, where soldiers are being trained in the use of armored equipment

Fort Knox. Bridge construction trucks. Engineer units of the armored f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Kennedy Avenue, Letterman Hospital Complex, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Ken...

Significance: The garage was a contributing structure to the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark. The 1981 Historic American Engineering Record recognizes its significance as "Associated with ... More

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Kennedy Avenue, Letterman Hospital Complex, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Ken...

Significance: The garage was a contributing structure to the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark. The 1981 Historic American Engineering Record recognizes its significance as "Associated with ... More

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Kennedy Avenue, Letterman Hospital Complex, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Ken...

Significance: The garage was a contributing structure to the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark. The 1981 Historic American Engineering Record recognizes its significance as "Associated with ... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Miscellaneous subjects. Armored vehicles in front of Old Executive Office Building II

Miscellaneous subjects. Armored vehicles in front of Old Executive Off...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Office and apartment buildings (Muravyov-Amurskii Street 15, 13, 11), (1930s-50s), Khabarovsk, Russia

Office and apartment buildings (Muravyov-Amurskii Street 15, 13, 11), ...

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

Indian troops in East Africa. The largest crowd Bombay city has seen for a long time turned out to see the spectacular finale of the city's "war week," a great route march by British and Indian naval and military units followed by armored vehicles and ambulances. Sir Roger Lumley, Governor of Bombay, took the salute from a saluting base by the fine Marine Drive. With him was General Sir Claude Auchinlock, Commander-in-Chief in India. How a tank goes over the top was graphically illustrated during the "war week" when the Rodney negotiated this wall with the greatest of ease

Indian troops in East Africa. The largest crowd Bombay city has seen f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of knight armor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

A black and white photo of a lot of old trucks. Office of War Informat...

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

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. The Army's motorcycles, as well as its trucks, tanks, and other motorized equipment, pay regular visits to the wash rack. Wherever possible, modern military vehicles receive the same scrupulous attention once given to the army horses and mules

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. The Army's motorcycles...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Tanks, as well as the Army's trucks, motorcycles and other motorized equipment, pay regular visits to the wash rack. Wherever possible, modern military vehicles are kept in spic and span condition and mechanically ready for strenuous action

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Tanks, as well as the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of armored military vehicle, tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Vehicles given to and driven by President Lyndon Johnson, on display at the LBJ Ranch, Johnson City, Texas

Vehicles given to and driven by President Lyndon Johnson, on display a...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

A canine contributor to a parade of vehicles and cowpokes at the Stockyards Station neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas

A canine contributor to a parade of vehicles and cowpokes at the Stock...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Progress?, Washington DC - Posters Yanker Poster Collection

Progress?, Washington DC - Posters Yanker Poster Collection

Poster showing heavily congested traffic scene, U.S. Capitol in background, pollution coming from jet and plant. "To find out what you can do to help stop this mess, write or call Environment! 119 Fifth Avenue ... More

USNS Comet, Suisan Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

USNS Comet, Suisan Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: USNS Comet was the first purpose-built, deep-draft, ocean-going vessel designed for roll-on/roll-off handling of vehicles and other wheeled cargoes. Survey number: HAER CA-34... More

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Kennedy Avenue, Letterman Hospital Complex, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Ken...

Significance: The garage was a contributing structure to the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark. The 1981 Historic American Engineering Record recognizes its significance as "Associated with ... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

One year of reciprocal aid. Australia has built many facilities for the American forces, including airfields, barracks and motor vehicles. Here is shown the largest airfield in Australia, covering some forty square miles, with repair hangers, workshops and living quarters. This is one of 100 such fields built in Australia to service the U.S. planes

One year of reciprocal aid. Australia has built many facilities for th...

Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chrysler Corporation. Dodge truck plant. Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Welding top sections of Dodge Army vehicles

Chrysler Corporation. Dodge truck plant. Detroit, Michigan (vicinity)....

Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Third Officer Jessie Hogan, who has learned to operate efficiently many types of motor transport vehicles, is now competent to teach WAAC trainees to do likewise

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Third Officer Jessie Hogan, who has lear...

Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Aircraft engines. Using multi-colored pins to mark residences of its employees, a Midwest aircraft factory innovates its car-pooling system. Like hundreds of other U.S. factories, this plant encourages workers to utilize all available car space, thereby sparing tires, saving gasoline, and lessening the load on public transportation vehicles. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Using multi-colored pins to mark residen...

Public domain scan of vintage 18th-century map, old atlas, navigation, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

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

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

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

A canine contributor to a parade of vehicles and cowpokes at the Stockyards Station neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas

A canine contributor to a parade of vehicles and cowpokes at the Stock...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Kennedy Avenue, Letterman Hospital Complex, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Ken...

Significance: The garage was a contributing structure to the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark. The 1981 Historic American Engineering Record recognizes its significance as "Associated with ... More

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Kennedy Avenue, Letterman Hospital Complex, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Ken...

Significance: The garage was a contributing structure to the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark. The 1981 Historic American Engineering Record recognizes its significance as "Associated with ... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

[Fire patrol of our forestry service] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

[Fire patrol of our forestry service] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Man in vehicle of fire patrol forest service on railroad tracks. No. 43, no. 18263A. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection.

Miscellaneous subjects. Armored vehicles in front of Old Executive Office Building III

Miscellaneous subjects. Armored vehicles in front of Old Executive Off...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miscellaneous subjects. Armored vehicles in front of Old Executive Office Building I

Miscellaneous subjects. Armored vehicles in front of Old Executive Off...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fighting highway deaths, Wash. D.C. This photograph shows Richard S. Dill, a worker in the U.S. Bureau of Standards, tabulating the efficiency of various kinds of brake linings as the government attempts to determine the best for use on its vehicles. The automobile industry is watching these tests carefully as a possible indication of the kind of brake lining to use to reduce the number of deaths on highways, which numbered 33,980 in 1934, 10/4/35

Fighting highway deaths, Wash. D.C. This photograph shows Richard S. D...

Public domain photograph of people in office, interior, the 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Army trucks and other vehicles at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are checked thoroughly, and at regular intervals. Wherever possible, motorized military equipment is maintained in constant tip top shape, instantly ready for strenuous action

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Army trucks and other ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Riley, Kansas. Vehicles of a reconnaissance unit about to return to camp after a day in the field on a problem

Fort Riley, Kansas. Vehicles of a reconnaissance unit about to return ...

Public domain image of a rural landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. A convoy prepares for departure by checking all tires on all vehicles. Air pressure must be at the required poundage on every tire before the convoy is allowed to leave. Vehicle in the center has mobile air pressure pump attached to trailer

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. A convoy prepares for de...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Kennedy Avenue, Letterman Hospital Complex, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Ken...

Significance: The garage was a contributing structure to the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark. The 1981 Historic American Engineering Record recognizes its significance as "Associated with ... More

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Kennedy Avenue, Letterman Hospital Complex, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Ken...

Significance: The garage was a contributing structure to the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark. The 1981 Historic American Engineering Record recognizes its significance as "Associated with ... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

A Nazi bridge is put out of commission. Black smoke engulfs a railway bridge on the line from Florence to Rome after it was straddled by bombs. For two months Allied bombers pounded German railroad installations forcing the enemy to depend increasingly upon cargo vessels and motor vehicles for transportation

A Nazi bridge is put out of commission. Black smoke engulfs a railway ...

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

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. Lowering an engine to the chassis of a Dodge Army truck. Vehicles for the armed forces move in a steady stream along this busy production line

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. Before the departure of a truck convoy, drivers must give all vehicles a thorough checkup, including inspection of tires for uneven wear. A badly or spottily worn tire will be sent to the depot's recapping shop

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. Before the departure of ...

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

[Fire fighter(?) covering his eyes in foreground with New York City fire fighter, fire trucks, and rescue vehicles on street with burning buildings in background, following September 11th terrorist attack on World Trade Center, New York City]

[Fire fighter(?) covering his eyes in foreground with New York City fi...

Forms part of: Collection of unattributed photographs ... Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Kennedy Avenue, Letterman Hospital Complex, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Ken...

Significance: The garage was a contributing structure to the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark. The 1981 Historic American Engineering Record recognizes its significance as "Associated with ... More

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Kennedy Avenue, Letterman Hospital Complex, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Ken...

Significance: The garage was a contributing structure to the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark. The 1981 Historic American Engineering Record recognizes its significance as "Associated with ... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Tōkyō meishō Takanawa no shinkei - Ukiyo e print

Tōkyō meishō Takanawa no shinkei - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print showing a busy street with people walking; riding in carriages, on horseback, and in a litter; many small and large boats sail in a sea; the sun rises in the background. Signature: Hiro... More

Eugène Atget - Cour, Rue de Valence

Eugène Atget - Cour, Rue de Valence

Automobile and two motorcycles in front of garage, Paris, France. In portfolio: 20 photographs by Eugène Atget, 1856-1927. New York : Berenice Abbott, 1956, no. 13. Eugene Atget, the French photographer, is be... More

"Get a horse." Washington, D.C., Oct. 30. The cry of "get a horse" and "get out and get under" again sounded on the streets of the Capital today as a parade of ancient horseless vehicles was staged to feature the opening of the Washington Automobile show.

"Get a horse." Washington, D.C., Oct. 30. The cry of "get a horse" and...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wheeler Dam and powerhouse. Roadway on top of Wheeler Dam, part of public highway. Note open steel rail composed of car building rolled shapes strong enough to act as guardrails for heaviest vehicles

Wheeler Dam and powerhouse. Roadway on top of Wheeler Dam, part of pub...

Public domain photograph of Alabama in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A halftrac scout car must show a clean bill of health before the manufacturer turns it over to the Army. Endless inspections of parts and assemblies are made before final inspection of the complete vehicles. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

A halftrac scout car must show a clean bill of health before the manuf...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Training. Ramp boats. Marines in training at a Southern point learn the technique of landing men and equipment with ramp boats. The squared-ended craft coming in is a ramp boat, a thirty-six-footer made of wood and capable of setting troops and lighter vehicles and guns ashore at beach positions. The manufacturer of the boat cooperates in the training of men. Higgins Industries

Training. Ramp boats. Marines in training at a Southern point learn th...

Public domain photograph of a ship harbor, sailing boats, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. Securing crates to freight car and checking numbers of vehicles being shipped

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. ...

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.

Vintage mining equipment, part of a local landowner's display of old-time vehicles and mining gear near the settlement of Bangor, south of Oroville in Butte County, California

Vintage mining equipment, part of a local landowner's display of old-t...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

A canine contributor to a parade of vehicles and cowpokes at the Stockyards Station neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas

A canine contributor to a parade of vehicles and cowpokes at the Stock...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

The State of West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles Building on the Capitol grounds in Charleston, closed for renovation at the time of this image in 2015

The State of West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles Building on th...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

USNS Comet, Suisan Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

USNS Comet, Suisan Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: USNS Comet was the first purpose-built, deep-draft, ocean-going vessel designed for roll-on/roll-off handling of vehicles and other wheeled cargoes. Survey number: HAER CA-34... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

[Destroyed German military vehicle] (before 1920)

[Destroyed German military vehicle] (before 1920)

Public domain photograph of a car accident, car crash, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miscellaneous subjects. Armored vehicles in front of Old Executive Office Building IV

Miscellaneous subjects. Armored vehicles in front of Old Executive Off...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation repair work

Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation repair work

Public domain photograph related to Potomac Electric Power Company, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Paris, France. The Renault workshops on the Ile Seguin and adjacent banks of the Seine were completely destroyed and in fact, rendered unusable for many years on the night of March 3 by the Royal Air Force bombing attack. Tanks, lorries and staff cars were being manufactured for Germany. View of bomb damage in a workshop where industrial vehicles were formerly repaired, showing wrecked lorries in the foreground

Paris, France. The Renault workshops on the Ile Seguin and adjacent ba...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Bundles of various sizes brass, copper, and bronze rod in the shipping room of a brass and copper mill. These will be manufactured into shafting for boats, or sawed into short lengths and machined to make fuse components or any of hundreds of solid brass parts for guns, ammunition, instrument vehicles or vessels. Chase Copper and Brass Company, Euclid, Ohio

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Bundles of various sizes bras...

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.

Antique trucks and cars along the road, Montana

Antique trucks and cars along the road, Montana

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Kennedy Avenue, Letterman Hospital Complex, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Officers' Vehicles Garage, 1055 General Ken...

Significance: The garage was a contributing structure to the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark. The 1981 Historic American Engineering Record recognizes its significance as "Associated with ... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Tōkyō meishō Takanawa no shinkei - Ukiyo e print

Tōkyō meishō Takanawa no shinkei - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print showing a busy street with people walking; riding in carriages, on horseback, and in a litter; many small and large boats sail in a sea; the sun rises in the background. Signature: Hiro... More

Tōkyō meishō Takanawa no shinkei - Ukiyo e print

Tōkyō meishō Takanawa no shinkei - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print showing a busy street with people walking; riding in carriages, on horseback, and in a litter; many small and large boats sail in a sea; the sun rises in the background. Signature: Hiro... More

Tōkyō meishō Takanawa no shinkei - Ukiyo e print

Tōkyō meishō Takanawa no shinkei - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print showing a busy street with people walking; riding in carriages, on horseback, and in a litter; many small and large boats sail in a sea; the sun rises in the background. Signature: Hiro... More

Aérotère / H. Francois., Tissandier Collection, France

Aérotère / H. Francois., Tissandier Collection, France

Print shows a boat-like vehicle on wheels with parachutes. Tissandier collection.

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