674 Waterfront Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Washington, D.C. A dishwasher who works in a waterfront restaurant

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Deane residence, Great Neck, New York. Waterfront façade]

No. 11B. No. 25-B PMR. Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Mechanics Shop, Waterfront Avenue, west si...

Significance: Building 271 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 271 is highly significant as the earliest of the "curtain-wall" industrial buildings at Mare Island, a distin... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Mechanics Shop, Waterfront Avenue, west si...

Significance: Building 271 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 271 is highly significant as the earliest of the "curtain-wall" industrial buildings at Mare Island, a distin... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Mechanics Shop, Waterfront Avenue, west si...

Significance: Building 271 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 271 is highly significant as the earliest of the "curtain-wall" industrial buildings at Mare Island, a distin... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Mechanics Shop, Waterfront Avenue, west si...

Significance: Building 271 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 271 is highly significant as the earliest of the "curtain-wall" industrial buildings at Mare Island, a distin... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph of ship dock, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Waterfront scene in Panama City], Panoramic Photograph

Possible waterfront market. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division (Panama Canal Commission (Canal Zone Library - Museum Collection)); August 9, 1983; (DLC/PP-1988:137). On front: "[Copyright] The Pictorial News Co.,... More

[Waterfront scene in Panama City], Panoramic Photograph

Possible waterfront market. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division (Panama Canal Commission (Canal Zone Library - Museum Collection)); August 9, 1983; (DLC/PP-1988:137). On front: "[Copyright] The Pictorial News Co.,... More

[Waterfront of Havana, Cuba] panoramic photo

Public domain photograph of historic place, landmark, 19th-century, vintage travel, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charlestown Navy Yard, Pier 9, Between Piers 8 & 10, along Mystic Rive...

Significance: Wharfs and piers were critical to the Navy Yard's mission of shipbuilding and maintenance, and Pier 9 occupies the site of one of the early wharfs at Charlestown Navy Yard. Originally known as Sh... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Coal Sheds, Waterfront Avenue, northwest c...

Significance: Buildings 141-153 are contributing elements of the Mare Island Historic District. The building numbers, 141-153, apply to a series of large coal sheds, located along the waterfront near the north... More

Christiansfort, Waterfront, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Survey number: HABS VI-137 Public domain image of 16th-17th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Equipment & Recruitment Storehouse, Waterf...

Significance: Building 69 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. The building is important chiefly as an example of the continuing commitment by the Navy to high-quality design and con... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waterfront Transit Shed, Corner of Gaff...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous eve... More

Charlestown Navy Yard, Pier 11, Charlestown Waterfront at confluence o...

Significance: Pier 11 is significant as the last pier built at Charlestown Navy Yard. It is also the largest. It was originally a narrow timber pier constructed during World War II to serve in degaussing ship... More

Charlestown Navy Yard, Pier 11, Charlestown Waterfront at confluence o...

Significance: Pier 11 is significant as the last pier built at Charlestown Navy Yard. It is also the largest. It was originally a narrow timber pier constructed during World War II to serve in degaussing ship... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Nort...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964; due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous ... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Pier 19, Hudson River waterfront, Jers...

Significance: The pier and its attendant structures represent the last vestiges of the repair facility for the harbor craft of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, which developed its huge harborside transportat... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Hu...

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The United S... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Hu...

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The United S... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Hu...

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The United S... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Hu...

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The United S... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track...

Significance: Crane use at Pearl Harbor is intrinsically tied to the construction of the dry docks and the daily functions of the dry docks and wharfs. The procurement of cranes throughout the history of Pearl ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track...

Significance: Crane use at Pearl Harbor is intrinsically tied to the construction of the dry docks and the daily functions of the dry docks and wharfs. The procurement of cranes throughout the history of Pearl ... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Machine Shop, Waterfront Avenue, west side...

Significance: Building 87 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 87 is important as the second oldest shop building remaining at Mare Island; it was built in 1858, just two ye... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Gymnasium Building, North Waterfront & ...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964; due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous ... More

[Charleston, South Carolina. Waterfront], American Civil War Glass Neg...

Public domain photograph of building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Waterfront, Detroit, Mich.]. Cityscape photograph

Public domain image of Detroit City buildings, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plan of wharfing : [Anacostia River waterfront, Washington D.C.] /

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[Bridge and waterfront, Magnolia Gardens, Charleston, S.C.]

Public domain photograph of a lake, river, pond in the woods, forest, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pittsburgh waterfront. Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers, Pennsylvania

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

[Navy gun at waterfront] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Waterfront of Bay City, Oregon, a fishing town

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

A group of people standing around a boat on a beach. Office of War Inf...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas Island, Virgin Islands. Backyard of one...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Near the waterfront in New Bedford, Massachusetts

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Charlestown Navy Yard, Marine Railway, Between Piers 2 & 3, on Charles...

Significance: The Marine Railway is a significant ship repair structure at the Charlestown Navy Yard, used for nearly a half-century in the repair and maintenance of small naval vessels, ranging from tugboats t... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waterfront Facilities, Various location...

Significance: The waterfront facilities (drydocks, wharfs, piers, and mooring structures) are among the most important facilities at Pearl Harbor, serving the basic needs of the Navy for ship and submarine bert... More

Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washin...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washin...

Public domain photograph of apartment building, architectural plan, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a river, water stream, lake or pond, park or forest, natural landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Pier S8-S9, Magazine Locks at intersect...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous eve... More

Christiansfort, Waterfront, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Survey number: HABS VI-137

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Equipment & Recruitment Storehouse, Waterf...

Significance: Building 69 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. The building is important chiefly as an example of the continuing commitment by the Navy to high-quality design and con... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Equipment & Recruitment Storehouse, Waterf...

Significance: Building 69 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. The building is important chiefly as an example of the continuing commitment by the Navy to high-quality design and con... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Equipment & Recruitment Storehouse, Waterf...

Significance: Building 69 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. The building is important chiefly as an example of the continuing commitment by the Navy to high-quality design and con... More

Charlestown Navy Yard, Pier 11, Charlestown Waterfront at confluence o...

Significance: Pier 11 is significant as the last pier built at Charlestown Navy Yard. It is also the largest. It was originally a narrow timber pier constructed during World War II to serve in degaussing ship... More

The Harbor and waterfront, Boston, Massachusetts.

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Harbor and waterfront, Boston, Massachusetts.

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Waterfront scene in small village]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

View of boats on water and waterfront at Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Tanganyika. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

[Cityscape and waterfront, possibly in Europe]

Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Waterfront near German Building, Jackson Park, Chicago, Ill.]

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas Island, Virgin Islands. Backyard of one...

Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A woman sitting on the side of a road next to a building. Office of Wa...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Mechanics Shop, Waterfront Avenue, west si...

Significance: Building 271 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 271 is highly significant as the earliest of the "curtain-wall" industrial buildings at Mare Island, a distin... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Pier S8-S9, Magazine Locks at intersect...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous eve... More

[Waterfront, probably Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

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

Water scenes. Waterfront with power plants in background

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

Washington, D.C. Waterfront, Bureau of Engraving and Printing and Wash...

The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washington, the first President of the United States. It was... More

Two types living along the waterfront in Ottawa, Illinois

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

The Spirit of Ethan Allen III, a tour boat docked at the Burlington, V...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-9). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Charlestown Navy Yard, Pier 10, Between Piers 9 & 11 along Mystic Rive...

Significance: Pier 10 is one of four piers built at Charlestown Navy Yard in the decade prior to World War I. Wharfs and piers were critical to the Navy Yard's mission of shipbuilding and maintenance, and occu... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Pier 19, Hudson River waterfront, Jers...

Significance: The pier and its attendant structures represent the last vestiges of the repair facility for the harbor craft of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, which developed its huge harborside transportat... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Hu...

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The United S... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Hu...

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The United S... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, 25-Ton Portal Crane Ty...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Waterfront, foot of Campau Street, Detroit, Mich.]

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

Map showing proposed waterfront improvements, terminals & railroad ins...

"February 1911." Oriented with north toward the lower left. "Reproduced from report issued by New York Dock Department." Removed from textual publication. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Waterfront Transit Shed, Between Northa...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous eve... More

Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone structure, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, BRAVO Docks, Merry Loch waterfront, nor...

Significance: The BRAVO Docks, B-22 to B-26, are 37 foot wide wharves that extend a total length of 2900 feet. The wharves consist of concrete deck, concrete piles, combined concrete and steel pile bulkhead, a... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Hu...

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The United S... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Hu...

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The United S... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track...

Significance: Crane use at Pearl Harbor is intrinsically tied to the construction of the dry docks and the daily functions of the dry docks and wharfs. The procurement of cranes throughout the history of Pearl ... More

[Two waterfront views in Saudi Arabia, 1914]

Two prints with views of the harbors of Al Wajh and of Jembo, Saudi Arabia. Photoprints by B. Moritz. Plates 84 and 83 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916.

[Deane residence, Great Neck, New York. Model, waterfront faç̧ade]

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

Strollers on the boardwalk at the Burlington, Vermont, waterfront. Onc...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-9). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Mechanics Shop, Waterfront Avenue, west si...

Significance: Building 271 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 271 is highly significant as the earliest of the "curtain-wall" industrial buildings at Mare Island, a distin... More

[Waterfront fire, probably burning of the Washington Navy Yard, 1814, ...

Title devised by cataloger. Caption on mat: "#17 - Riverscape with city reflected." Attribution based on provenance. Watermark: J. Whatman. DLC/PP-1904:42176.17. Exhibited: "Out of the Ashes: A New Library for ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Administration Building, North waterfro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a parking lot, cars, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Submarine Base, Berthing Wharves ...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964 due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the devastatin... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Coal Sheds, Waterfront Avenue, northwest c...

Significance: Buildings 141-153 are contributing elements of the Mare Island Historic District. The building numbers, 141-153, apply to a series of large coal sheds, located along the waterfront near the north... More

Harbor and waterfront, Boston, Massachusetts.

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Harbor and waterfront, Boston, Massachusetts.

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Waterfront. Waterfront with boats at dock

Logbook annotation: Boat in Washington Harbor. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washingto... More

Waterfront warehouses. Louisiana

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

Louisville waterfront along the Ohio River. Kentucky

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Waterfront. Cathlamet, Washington

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Waterfront, Astoria, Oregon. The town moved away from this area when d...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s bridge, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Bedford, Massachuetts. Waterfront on a Sunday

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Administration Building, North waterfro...

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Equipment & Recruitment Storehouse, Waterf...

Significance: Building 69 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. The building is important chiefly as an example of the continuing commitment by the Navy to high-quality design and con... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Equipment & Recruitment Storehouse, Waterf...

Significance: Building 69 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. The building is important chiefly as an example of the continuing commitment by the Navy to high-quality design and con... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Nort...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964; due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous ... More

[Waterfront scene including bridges, boats and buildings]

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

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Machine Shop, Waterfront Avenue, west side...

Significance: Building 87 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 87 is important as the second oldest shop building remaining at Mare Island; it was built in 1858, just two ye... More

[Waterfront, Detroit, Mich.]. Cityscape photograph

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[City Point, Virginia - waterfront scene] during American Civil War

Photo from Brady Collection, #2456. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Waterfronts Virginia Hopewell. Civil War, 1861-1865.

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