Statue of Moses Austin in City Hall Plaza, San Antonio, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Moses Austin(1761-1821) was a pioneer settler of Texas who, in 1808, founded the town of Herculaneum, MO, the first Anglo American to... More
Oil painting "Morgan's Raiders" at the Federal Building and U.S. Court...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Artist: Daniel Boza, 1936. Dimensions: 6' 10" x 9' 2". Date... More
Mural showing Native American woman by artist Velino Herrara at the In...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The 7 story building is of steel frame construction, clad in granite and limestone. It consists of a north-south core which bisects... More
Mural "Gathering dates," by Nicolai Cikovsky at the Department of Inte...
Date: 1938; dimensions: 107" x 77". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograph... More
Bodie is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mou...
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The Garmon Theatre, which opened in the 1940s and closed three decades...
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"Benjamin Banneker: Surveyor-Inventor-Astronomer," mural by Maxime See...
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
![[The Evolutionary Rainbow mural by Yana Zegri in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Francisco, California]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTYvdGhlLWV2b2x1dGlvbmFyeS1yYWluYm93LW11cmFsLWJ5LXlhbmEtemVncmktaW4tdGhlLWhhaWdodC1hc2hidXJ5LW5laWdoYm9yaG9vZC0yZDVmYjYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "[The Evolutionary Rainbow mural by Yana Zegri in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Francisco, California]")
[The Evolutionary Rainbow mural by Yana Zegri in the Haight-Ashbury ne...
Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Artist name and mural title from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. Street ... More
Dr. Ruth J. Jackson Memorial, Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama
Kelly Ingram Park (formerly West Park) was a staging ground for civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s. It is located adjacent to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the 16th Street Baptist Church. Titl... More
Old log church at Heritage Farm Museum and Village, in Harveytown, Wes...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Not to be confused with Heritage Station downtown, Heritage Farm Museum displays a wide collection of historical items related to Appa... More
Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Gainesville, Georgia
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1910; architect: James Knox Taylor. Credit line... More
Courtroom. Potter Stewart U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Cincinnati,...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1939 by architect/builder Louis A. Simon. Credit l... More
Stairway details. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Alexandria, Louisia...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1933 by architect Edward Neild. Art Deco style. Cr... More
The 1937 Robert Davis House in the Market Street neighborhood of fine ...
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Old hen house at Morgan's Mount Vernon Farm of Southside, West Virgini...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Home lovingly owned, restored and maintained by Breton L. Morgan, MD. In 1927-28, retired West Virginia businessman H.E. Shadle, who s... More
Courtroom at the Texarkana U.S. Post Office and Federal Building
Built in 1933 and located on the State line between Texas and Arkansas. It is a courthouse for both states. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keyword... More
"The Scott Window," a stained-glass window at St. Matthew's Episcopal ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Window was created by the Tiffany Studio of New York and installed in 1902. The Scott name relates to U.S. Senator Nathan Bay Scott an... More
Stairs at the Mississippi River Commission building, Vicksburg, Missis...
Built in 1894 by Architect William Freret. The style is Gothic Revival. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... More
View across water toward the Alton Lennon Federal Building and U.S. Co...
Built in 1919 by architect James A. Wetmore. The style is Neoclassical. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the p... More
Courtroom. U.S. Courthouse, El Paso, Texas
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1936 by architectural firm McGhee Frazer Lippincot... More
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[Leland Stanford Mansion, Sacramento, California]
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Iglesia de Jesus de Miramar, Havana, Cuba
The second largest church in Cuba. It was begun in 1948 and completed in 1053. The murals were painted by Spanish painter, Cesareo Marciano Hombrados y de Onativia (1909-1977). Title, date, subject note, and k... More
Front exterior, James L. Whitten Federal Building, Washington, D.C.
Also known as the U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building, it was the first large Beaux-Arts building in Washington, D.C. Designed by Rankin, Kellogg and Crane architects, the L-shaped wings wer... More
Sculpture "Joseph Habersham, former postmaster general," by Gleb W. De...
Date: 1937; dimensions: 2' 10"; material: wood. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line... More
Elevator lobby, Appraisers Building, San Francisco, California
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1944 by architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood. Credi... More
Executive suite boardroom, EPA East and West, located on 12th and Cons...
Architect: Arthur Brown, Jr. Built in 1934, the exterior elevations, particularly at Constitution Avenue, are embellished with Beaux-Arts sculpture. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Service... More
View, in 2014, of Dealey Plaza and the Texas School Book Depository in...
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All are aboard, and the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&S...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The D&SNG is a narrow-gauge railroad that operates 45.2 miles of track between Durango and Silverton in southwest Colorado. The route ... More
Courtroom grille. The Joel Solomon Federal Building and U.S. Courthous...
Located in the central business district, it was built by Reuben Harrison Hunt in 1933. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information p... More
Lamp post at Century Station Federal Building located in Raleigh, Nort...
Built between 1874-1878 by architect Alfred B. Mullett. Additions were added between 1936-1938. The style is Second Empire. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, ... More
The West Virginia Capitol in Charleston
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. For several years, the capital of West Virginia intermittently traveled between Wheeling and Charleston. In 1877, however, the state's... More
George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute ...
In 1857 George Peabody, a Massachusetts-born philanthropist, dedicated the Peabody Institute to the citizens of Baltimore in appreciation of their ""kindness and hospitality."" The Peabody Library building, whi... More
Exterior. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Tyler, Texas
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 by architect Shirley Simons. Neoclassical sty... More
Talladega Superspeedway Race, Talladega, Alabama
Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex that opened in 1969. The track hosts the NASCAR series. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegge... More
Sanctuary of the Nativity of Mary, Blessed Virgin Catholic Church, als...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1906, the church is considered the "queen" of what Texans call their "painted churches." It is one of the first churches bui... More
Snow covered trees, Mammoth Lakes, California
In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More
The Galloway House, a historic house in Burnet in the Texas Hill Count...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The adobe and rock residence, owned by Maj. Hugh H. Calvert, also served as an inn. Local landowner Enoch Brooks bought the home in 1... More
The 1887 Moore-Flack House in Austin, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The first owner of the Victorian house, John M. Moore, was Texas secretary of state. Laura A. E. Flack, a prominent Austin businesswo... More
Jam session in Luckenbach, Texas, a dot of a place in Gillespie County...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Luckenbach, made famous by the country song about "Waylon (Jennings), Willie (Nelson) and the Boys." Its oldest building is a combina... More
Tourist Attraction - Cathedral Caverns, Scottsboro, Alabama
The first thing you notice about Cathedral Caverns is the massive entrance. The huge opening measures 126 feet wide and 25 feet high. Inside the cavern, is Big Rock Canyon, Mystery River and some of the most be... More
View from the top of the Ellington Building, 1301 U St., NW, Washingto...
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Eastern Market is a public market in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of ...
Housed in a 19th century brick building, the market is located on 7th St., SE, a few blocks east of the U.S. Capitol between North Carolina Ave. and C St. Badly damaged by an early-morning fire on April 30, 200... More
Murals in the Anacostia neighborhood of SE, Washington, D.C.
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
Beautiful communities and rural scenes in Baldwin County, Alabama. Pec...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Murals, Dothan, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Mural artist: Cheryl Hardin (Source: murallocator.org, 2017) Dothan is a Mural City. Murals painted on many downtown buildings by nationally and internationally known muralists showcase early scenes of local an... More
Murals, Dothan, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Mural artist: Cheryl Hardin (Source: murallocator.org, 2017) Dothan is a Mural City. Murals painted on many downtown buildings by nationally and internationally known muralists showcase early scenes of local an... More
Vague image resembling face in window of Pickens County Courthouse, Ca...
There is a legend associated with the Pickens County courthouse. Henry Wells, suspected of setting fire to the building, was arrested and locked in the garett. According to legend, as a mob gathered to hang him... More
Barns and rural scenes on Route 11 near Gadsden, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Scene from the Mexican encampment at the annual Battle of San Jacinto ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texian Army engaged and defeated General Antoni... More
Tile work at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, Santa Barbara, Calif...
The Santa Barbara County Courthouse was designed by William Mooser, III, built in a Spanish Colonial Revival style, and completed in 1929. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Th... More
President Lyndon B. Johnson's boyhood home in Johnson City, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Johnson's family moved from a farm near Stonewall, Texas, now known as the LBJ Ranch, to Johnson City (a distance of about fourteen m... More
Portion of a mural by Cleburne, Texas, artist Stylle Read, depicting l...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The portly cowboy pictured in his white hat is Dan Blocker (1928-1972), who graduated with a master's degree from Sul Ross State Teac... More
Dusk view of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, known locally...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The originating museum was first granted a charter from the State of Texas in 1892 as the "Fort Worth Public Library and Art Gallery.... More
Gillette's estate, East Haddam, Connecticut
Built in 1914, the estate is located on top of a chain of hills known as the Seven Sisters. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection ... More
Staircase at The Ace of Clubs House in Texarkana, Texas, more formally...
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
Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...
The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More
Roy Clay Crowe poses with eagles who are brought into the Southeastern...
These eagles are brought into the Southeastern Raptor Rebilitation Center. The College of Veterinary Medicine is a rehabilitation hub for injured birds of prey. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided ... More
Troy, a city in Pike County, Alabama
Home to Troy University (formerly Troy State University). Troy burned down in 1901 and had to be rebuilt from scratch. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Geor... More
Hot Air Balloon Jubilee Festival, Decatur, Alabama
50,000 to 100,00 people gather at Point Mallard Park to see 65 balloons fly. The balloon festival began in 1977. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. ... More
Aerial view of Montgomery, Alabama
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisi... More
Harriott II riverboat in Montgomery, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
The Governor's Mansion in Montgomery, Alabama
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Aerial view of Montgomery, Alabama
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Mission Dolores, San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Mission Dolores has always had a central place in the religious, civic, and cultural life of San Francisco. Misión San Francisco de Asís was founded June ... More
University of Alabama football game, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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Scene from the "Battle of Flowers" parade, part of the monthlong Fiest...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First held in 1891 to honor the heroes of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto, the parade, in which local women decorated carriag... More
The Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills, Californ...
Opened on May 12, 1912 by Margaret J. Anderson and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, who had been managing the Hollywood Hotel. The original main building of The Beverly Hills Hotel was designed by Pasadena archite... More
Ernest Hemingway's home in Havana, Cuba
Hemingway left in 1960 and nothing has been changed. For 20 years Hemingway lived in this house. He wrote "For Whom the Bell Tolls," and "The Old Man and the Sea" here. Title, date, subject note, and keywords p... More
Gas station next to hand painted revolutionary mural in Havana, Cuba
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... More
Upper reaches of the former Dallas County Courthouse, fondly known loc...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1892 of red sandstone rusticated marble accents, it was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architecture by ar... More
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama
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Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama
Magnolia Cemetery is situated on 120 acres (49 hectares) and was established in 1836. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Ala... More
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers. Colorful beads and Moon Pies (two large cookies with marshmellow in between and covered with various flavors of chocolate) ar... More
Meadowbank Farm located on Highway 84 in a bend of the Alabama River t...
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Historic buildings in downtown Tuscumbia, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Tuscumbia was incorporated in 1820 as Occocopoosa and is one of Alabma's oldest towns. In 1821 its name was changed to Big Spring and in 182... More
Carousel in Spring Park, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Spring Park, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Swan graces the water in the Spring Park, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Spring Park, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Colbert County Courthouse, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Built in 1882. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, ... More
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama
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Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. On October 1, 1891, Stanford University opened its doors after six years of planning and building. The first student body consisted of 555 men and women, ... More
Architectural detail, interior, Alabama Theatre, Birmingham, Alabama
The Alabama Theatre was built in 1927 by Paramount Studios as an Alabama showcase for Paramount films. It was used primarily as a movie palace for 55 years, with the exception of the annual Miss Alabama pagent ... More
The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a baseball paly, player, baseball field, athlete, 1920s, 20th century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Gravestones at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Founded by Mr. W.W. Corcoran, the cemetery was incorporated by an Act of Congress on March 3, 1849. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Col... More
Rick Hall, founder of FAME Recording Studios, sitting in the FAME stud...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
"Chief Tuscumbia greets the Dickson family" in this WPA Art by Jack Mc...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Adams Morgan is a culturally diverse neighborhood in NW, Washington, D...
Centered at the intersection of 18th St. and Columbia Rd., Adams Morgan is considered the center of Washington's Hispanic immigrant community, and is a major night life area with many bars and restaurants, part... More
Family Day on the grounds of the Alabama River Pulp Company in Claibor...
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Historic downtown Tuscumbia, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Alabama Music Hall of Fame, Tuscumbia, Alabama
The Muscle Shoals Music Association, an organization of recording studio owners, producers, musicians, songwriters and other music professionals created the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Board in 1980 with a manda... More
The Cavalry Sculpture below the west front of the United States Capito...
The Cavalry Sculpture is located at the base of Capitol Hill (Union Square, the Mall, 1st St., between Pennsylvania Ave. and Maryland Avenue). Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographe... More
A parlor in the McFaddin-Ward House in Beaumont, Texas, now a house mu...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally owned by cattle and oil man W.P.H. McFaddin and his wife, Ida, the home was one of a number of grand residences built in t... More
The Marilyn Monroe mural, on the corner of Calvert St. and Connecticut...
Commissioned in 1981 by Roi Barnard of Salon Roi, and painted by John Bailey. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of... More
Ozzie Smith, Bruce Sutter, Reggie Jackson, Hank Aaron and Rickey Hende...
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Fletcher Chapel, now known as First Tabernacle or First Tabernacle Bet...
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The Catalina Casino, built on the site formerly known as Sugarloaf Poi...
The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More
The Catalina Casino, built on the site formerly known as Sugarloaf Poi...
The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More
Rough wooden crosses and peeling hand-lettered signs bearing Bible scr...
If the late W.C. Rice's stark Cross Garden doesn't save you, there's no one to blame but yourself. His frightening jumble of white crosses cling to hills on either side of a curving county road next to a traile... More
A pleasant garden path at the Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens in the...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Over 50 years, philanthropist and art collector Ima Hogg amassed a collection of American paintings and decorative pieces throughout ... More