walls

Home views. No. 15, Rebel prison - 1865

Stereograph shows a bird's-eye or elevated view of Elmira prison camp in New York, with a long line of prisoners standing along the fence with rows of buildings in the background. No. 15. Printed on label: A ... More

In the nick of time / Keppler, Jr.

Print shows two medieval monks labeled "McKinley" and "Reed" constructing a wall using blocks labeled "War Tax on Dinner Pails, Heavy Duty on Laborers Tools, Prohibitory Duty on Necessaries, High Duty on Raw Ma... More

Expecting a Filipino attack behind the cemetery wall; Pasig, Phil. Is'...

Stereograph showing a group of armed soldiers lined up behind a wall. 70479 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R.Y. Young, 1899.

The cemetery outside the city wall, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Kairouan. Scene from outside the walls

Kolonka snaruzhi s protivopolozhnoĭ ot vkhoda storony. Shakh-Zinde. Sa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a Russian Empire, color separation negatives, Prokudin Gorsky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[View of the camp at Kitty Hawk from the northeast, showing its condit...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 60. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

Iraq. Babylon "the great." Various views of the crumbling ruins. Brick...

Picryl description: Public domain image of historical building ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arched street between Arab & Jewish Quarters sealed up with concrete w...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Children of farmer reading in dining room. Note construction of the wa...

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Food storage. Beginning to pour concrete for walls. Southeast Missouri...

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St. Philip's Church, 144-156 Church St., Charleston, Charleston County...

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1835. Doorway and Parish houses. James Hyde, arch. Steeple by E. Blake White. Wren tower in five tiers. This is the third structure and a repli... More

Brick Wall Whitake St., Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

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Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Old home with mud walls built...

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Walls of old building crumbling on the main street of Tombstone, Arizo...

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Damascus. The Ommayad Mosque. Mosaics on walls near entrance

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. All walls and ceilings are finish...

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. A sheeting crew of fourteen men f...

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This wet cellar is a poor place for canned foods. The air must be mois...

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

Bridge and Retaining Walls

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Wall and Wallpaper in West Room, Second Floor

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lumber, lumberjack workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Graffiti murals on walls around school playground; School Number 15 is...

Forms part of a group of images depicting graffiti murals that were painted on walls near School Number 15 as part of an organized, city-approved demonstration by graffiti artists from the metro area; School Nu... More

Boys playing basketball; graffiti-covered walls are behind them.

Forms part of a group of images depicting graffiti murals that were painted on walls near School Number 15 as part of an organized, city-approved demonstration by graffiti artists from the metro area; School Nu... More

Cathedral belltower (17th century, rebuilt 1869-70), northwest view ov...

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View of Grand Cañon walls, near mouth of Diamond River.

Original negative number: 143. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 6. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lie... More

Grand Canyon National Park Roads, Village Loop Headwall No. 2, Grand C...

Significance: This headwall is representative of rustic style road structures constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps and other depression-era public works agencies within the western national parks duri... More

"Our picnic party at Sunday Gulch." Photographed between the walls of ...

Group of men and women posed on boulders between two huge rock formations. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection. DCRM(G) example 1E1, statement of resp... More

Dynamiting dangerous walls on Market St., after the fire, San Francisc...

Stereo shows a man from the Building Committee driving a car on Market Street toward an explosion in the distance, after the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. H78144 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8717. Copyright ... More

Fortifications of San Juan, Outer Defenses, Puerta de Tierra, San Juan...

Survey number: HABS PR-53 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 18h1 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1850 Subsequent Work

S li︠e︡voĭ naruzhnoĭ storony u prokhoda mertvykh. Samarkand

Picryl description: Public domain image of a Russian Empire, color separation negatives, Prokudin Gorsky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Grand Canyon National Park Roads, Boulder Street Headwall No. 1, North...

Significance: This headwall is representative of rustic style road structures constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps and other depression-era public works agencies within the western national parks duri... More

Mount Vernon Arsenal, Inner Wall, Old Saint Stephens Road (County Road...

Survey number: HABS AL-105-B Building/structure dates: after 1830 Initial Construction

Grand Canyon National Park Roads, Apache Street Headwall No. 1, Northw...

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Grand Canyon National Park Roads, Apache Street Headwall No. 1, Northw...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Additional Piers and Quay Walls, S13 to...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Additional Piers and Quay Walls, S13 to...

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Looking down the Cañon de Chelle, walls about 1200 ft. in height.

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Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Woodstock, Windsor County, ...

Significance: The result of Frederick Billings's efforts was a network of carriage roads giving access to the estate for utilitarian purposes, as well as providing a pleasurable encounter with the landscape. T... More

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Woodstock, Windsor County, ...

Significance: The result of Frederick Billings's efforts was a network of carriage roads giving access to the estate for utilitarian purposes, as well as providing a pleasurable encounter with the landscape. T... More

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Woodstock, Windsor County, ...

Significance: The result of Frederick Billings's efforts was a network of carriage roads giving access to the estate for utilitarian purposes, as well as providing a pleasurable encounter with the landscape. T... More

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Woodstock, Windsor County, ...

Significance: The result of Frederick Billings's efforts was a network of carriage roads giving access to the estate for utilitarian purposes, as well as providing a pleasurable encounter with the landscape. T... More

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Woodstock, Windsor County, ...

Significance: The result of Frederick Billings's efforts was a network of carriage roads giving access to the estate for utilitarian purposes, as well as providing a pleasurable encounter with the landscape. T... More

Oakland Harbor Training Walls, Mouth of Federal Channel to Inner Harbo...

Significance: The North Training Wall is one component of the Oakland Harbor Training Walls, which defined Oakland's basic harbor footprint and are the oldest surviving remnants of nineteenth-century harbor imp... More

Oakland Harbor Training Walls, Mouth of Federal Channel to Inner Harbo...

Significance: The North Training Wall is one component of the Oakland Harbor Training Walls, which defined Oakland's basic harbor footprint and are the oldest surviving remnants of nineteenth-century harbor imp... More

Oakland Harbor Training Walls, Mouth of Federal Channel to Inner Harbo...

Significance: The North Training Wall is one component of the Oakland Harbor Training Walls, which defined Oakland's basic harbor footprint and are the oldest surviving remnants of nineteenth-century harbor imp... More

Oakland Harbor Training Walls, Mouth of Federal Channel to Inner Harbo...

Significance: The North Training Wall is one component of the Oakland Harbor Training Walls, which defined Oakland's basic harbor footprint and are the oldest surviving remnants of nineteenth-century harbor imp... More

[Design drawing for stained glass Tondo window showing Christ as lamb ...

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Exterior of the Haram-Ash-Shárif. Detail of masonry at wailing place /...

Illus. in: Ordnance survey of Jerusalem / by Charles W. Wilson, under the direction of Colonel Sir Henry James, 1865, p. 14b.

Mansion for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York...

Architectural drawing shows interior with ornate wall and windows. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Lib... More

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Cheat Mountain, Buckeye Wall - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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Newer Jerusalem. Hill and walls and trees

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Mansion for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York...

Architectural drawing shows paneled walls and decorative carved figures in room converted from children's playroom. Architect from A monograph of the William K. Vanderbilt house, Richard Morris Hunt, architect... More

a) Mosaic frieze from the temple at Ubaid b) The temple at al-Ubaid re...

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Northern views. Ancient staircase, Samaria

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Precipitous lava walls of the beautiful volcanic lake, Masaya, Leon, N...

H21116 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 12855. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kairouan. General view of the Grand Mosque of Sidi Okba from without t...

Caption continues: In the middle foreground may be seen an old Arab well, back of which looms the walls of Kairouan and to the right may be seen the minaret and fluted domes of the Grand Mosque. No. 460. No. 17.

Bibi-Khanym. Chastʹ sti︠e︡ny s vostoka. Samarkand

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The walls of Jericho / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows supporters of a "Square Tariff Deal", carried in an ark by "Folk, Clark, Gore, Harmon, [and] Beveridge", march on Jericho, blowing ram-horns labeled "The Voice of the People" causing the wall... More

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

No. R.I. 1084. No. 344. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[Green walls that make a living-room where leisure lives with sunshine...

Later version published as frontispiece in Harper's magazine, 137 (Aug. 1918). (DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Petra. El-Habis area. El-Habis and opening of es-Siyyagh valley from e...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Walls and round tower by the water, Castillo de San Marcos, St. August...

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Turks have great respect for the dead and for this reason their cemete...

Filed in: Turkey General. No. RC-2809. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

Banana shadows, New Orleans, first half of 20th century

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Air views of Palestine. Jerusalem from the air (The Old City). Jerusal...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

716 Toulouse St., New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

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Prince William's Church, Sheldon Church (ruins), Sheldon, Beaufort Cou...

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1753. Destroyed by British army in 1779. In 1826 walls rebuilt upon. In 1865 destroyed by Sherman's army. Corresponding reference print in LOT 1184... More

Delta Road, near New Orleans, La. Emile Riche, a farmer, has a small p...

Photograph shows Emile Riche standing next to wall of barn covered with writing about his legal claim; also shows starving man with two well-fed men above him labelled depression and starvation. Farm Security ... More

Fuel oil conservation. Caulking is a useful trick John Citizen has lea...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Constantino Brumidi art detail on the U.S. Capitol walls, Washington, ...

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

Stamped Tin Wall Covering in Short Addition

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

Wall Layers Visible in Second Story Doorway

Boys playing basketball; graffiti-covered walls are behind them.

Forms part of a group of images depicting graffiti murals that were painted on walls near School Number 15 as part of an organized, city-approved demonstration by graffiti artists from the metro area; School Nu... More

Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior, east view, with monast...

Title, date, and place from photographer's inventory. Number assigned by photographer: enis005. Credit line: Brumfield photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

Limestone blocks in the Old Jail Art Center in Albany, Texas, seat of ...

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

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Pier & Quay Walls, Entrance to Dry Dock...

Significance: They are located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. They are integral parts of Dry Dock Nos. 2 & 3. The docks and their walls were built at the time of intense military build-up d... More

A caravan outside the walls of Peking

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Great Wall of China" by Romyn Hitchcock, Century, 45:328 (Jan. 1893).

Rock Wall, North side of Battle Creek Canyon, Shingletown, Shasta Coun...

Significance: The Pacific Power Company Rock Wall is representative of early hydroelectric development efforts along the Battle Creek drainage system of Shasta County, California. The massive native basalt cob... More

Warrior River, Lock No. 3 Wall, River Road at University Park, Tuscalo...

Significance: The Warrior River lock, dam and quarry sites along the Tuscaloosa riverfront constitute the best surviving remains of an extensive system of locks and dams that opened river transportation for the... More

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Retaining Walls, Route 132 S...

Significance: Built by workers of the Work Projects Administration in 1939, the stone retaining walls, built to control soil erosion, reflect the larger objectives of conservation and reclamation in the develop... More

Fortifications of San Juan, Outer Defenses, Puerta de Tierra, San Juan...

Survey number: HABS PR-53 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 18h1 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1850 Subsequent Work

Fortifications of San Juan, Outer Defenses, Puerta de Tierra, San Juan...

Survey number: HABS PR-53 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 18h1 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1850 Subsequent Work

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, South Quay Wall & Repair Wharf, L-shape...

Significance: The South Quay Wall is one of the earliest berthing facilities at Pearl Harbor, built as a connection between Dry Dock No. 1 and the 1010 Wharf. Considering its early construction date and difficu... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, South Quay Wall & Repair Wharf, L-shape...

Significance: The South Quay Wall is one of the earliest berthing facilities at Pearl Harbor, built as a connection between Dry Dock No. 1 and the 1010 Wharf. Considering its early construction date and difficu... More

A gateway in the wall of San Juan, Puerto Rico

A man and five children stand at gateway. D10773 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R.Y. Young.

A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come thro...

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Castillo San Cristobal, Ravelin, Puerta de Tierra, San Juan, San Juan ...

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G.T. Thomsen house, Ojai, Calif.

Title devised by cataloger. Signed. Scale 1/4 in. to 1 ft. Dimensioned. "Res. for Mr. & Mrs. G.T. Thomsen." Gift of Mary Craig Skewes-Cox, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. Gift; Mary Craig Sk... More

View across Black Cañon. The grand walls in perspective.

Original negative number: 122. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 2. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lie... More

Grand Canyon National Park Roads, Apache Street Headwall No. 3, Southe...

Significance: This headwall is representative of rustic style road structures constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps and other depression-era public works agencies within the western national parks duri... More

Grand Canyon National Park Roads, Apache Street Headwall No. 3, Southe...

Significance: This headwall is representative of rustic style road structures constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps and other depression-era public works agencies within the western national parks duri... More

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Woodstock, Windsor County, ...

Significance: The result of Frederick Billings's efforts was a network of carriage roads giving access to the estate for utilitarian purposes, as well as providing a pleasurable encounter with the landscape. T... More

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Woodstock, Windsor County, ...

Significance: The result of Frederick Billings's efforts was a network of carriage roads giving access to the estate for utilitarian purposes, as well as providing a pleasurable encounter with the landscape. T... More

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Woodstock, Windsor County, ...

Significance: The result of Frederick Billings's efforts was a network of carriage roads giving access to the estate for utilitarian purposes, as well as providing a pleasurable encounter with the landscape. T... More

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Woodstock, Windsor County, ...

Significance: The result of Frederick Billings's efforts was a network of carriage roads giving access to the estate for utilitarian purposes, as well as providing a pleasurable encounter with the landscape. T... More

Oakland Harbor Training Walls, Mouth of Federal Channel to Inner Harbo...

Significance: The North Training Wall is one component of the Oakland Harbor Training Walls, which defined Oakland's basic harbor footprint and are the oldest surviving remnants of nineteenth-century harbor imp... More

Oakland Harbor Training Walls, Mouth of Federal Channel to Inner Harbo...

Significance: The North Training Wall is one component of the Oakland Harbor Training Walls, which defined Oakland's basic harbor footprint and are the oldest surviving remnants of nineteenth-century harbor imp... More

Oakland Harbor Training Walls, Mouth of Federal Channel to Inner Harbo...

Significance: The North Training Wall is one component of the Oakland Harbor Training Walls, which defined Oakland's basic harbor footprint and are the oldest surviving remnants of nineteenth-century harbor imp... More

Karnak (Thèbes) - palais - salle hypostyle - decoration de la paroi in...

Detail showing hieroglyphics and sculpture on interior wall in the hypostyle hall in the main temple as seen from "point L" (see map, pl. 42 bis). Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intére... More