The Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Street names commemorate two early San Francisco leaders: Pioneer and exchange banker Henry Haight and Munroe Ashbury. The district is noted for its role ... More
A remnant of one the unusual structures at Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle V...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Large metal chickens for sale at the Pottery Ranch pottery store in Ma...
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
Sculpture "Alaska snowshoe mail carrier," by Chaim Gross at the Ariel ...
Date: 1936; dimensions: 4' 1" x 1'7" x 1'; material: aluminum. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photograph... More
Inside an old woodshop, one of a collection of 1800s and early-1900s h...
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
Bas relief "Jackson, Defender of New Orleans, 1818," by Auguste DeFras...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,... More
A downtown mural, by artist Crystal Goodman, in San Angelo, the seat o...
Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Architectural detail of interior, Cathedral of the Immaculate Concepti...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
Cross-stitched art [i.e., needlepoint] located in sanctuary, Highlands...
Construction on the Sanctuary Building began in 1907, and with it came a new name for the congregation, Highlands Methodist Episcopal Church, South. After two years construction, the Spanish Renaissance Revival... More
Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mural "Post dispatch rider, 1776," by George Harding at the Ariel Rios...
Date: 1938; dimensions: 6' 8" x 13' 6". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photog... More
Mural "Petroleum Industry: Production," by Edgar Britton at the Depart...
Date: 1939; dimensions: 111" x 235". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograp... More
A little Mexican-food stand near the "ghost town," some of which is st...
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
Old truck in Bodie, a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra...
Located about 75 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe, the town become a state historic park in 1962. Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Colle... More
A rusted old truck and remnants of a "Fort Worth Spudder" in Marfa, Te...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Spudder was a wooden oilfield rig popular in the 1940s. Since Marfa is replete with art galleries and outdoor art, this could wel... More
Mural "An Incident in Contemporary American Life," by Mitchell Jamieso...
Date: 1943; dimensions: 148" x 82"; medium: oil. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit lin... More
Colorfully painted vintage automobile, which just happens to match the...
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
Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...
Artist name from related image in same group: LC-DIG-highsm-30087. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being the only ... More
A 1950s-vintage truck outside a general store in Jefferson, a town in ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Art deco relief, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Cent...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More
Part of a frieze, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Cen...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More
Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More
Statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in the Kelly Ingram Park, Birmi...
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
Carrie A. Tuggle 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
President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, loved the...
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
Montgomery Zoo, Montgomery, Alabama
The Montgomery Zoo was established in 1920 as part of Oak Park. It grew and thrived there until the 1960s. Eleven years later, the Zoo was re-established and moved to its current located in north Montgomery. In... More
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More
The Texas Theatre, which closed in 1983 in San Angelo, the seat of Tom...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Opened on Thanksgiving Day, 1929 the theater's equipment made San Angelo one of the first cities in the nation to play motion picture... More
Llamas and an affectionate farm cat at Heritage Farm Museum and Villag...
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
Corridor, U.S. Custom House, Charleston, South Carolina
Greek Revival building built during 1853-1879 by architect Ammi B. Young. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographe... More
The George M. Jacobs Building, erected c. 1903, was long one of Fairmo...
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
Lobby stairs. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, ...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. In 2010, the Federal Building & US Courthouse received $15M... More
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
The Old Stone House, or Heimburger House, which was actually a hotel t...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. August Heimberger first rented-out the hotel in 1869 and kept it for 22 years. His wife took over on his death in 1889 and continued t... More
One of twelve famous Madonna of the Trail statues, this one located al...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The statues were commissioned by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. They were installed in each of the twel... More
Sculpture "Contemporary postman," by Attilio Piccirilli at the Ariel R...
Date: 1937; dimensions: 3' 11" x 1' 8" x 1' 2"; material: aluminum. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photo... More
Exterior details. 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
Exterior, Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is a...
Built in 1932 by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs i... More
A historic house, built c. 1900 by the Wells Family, at 809 Main Stree...
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
The 1915 Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) Building in downto...
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Moody Mansion, a restored, four-story structure originally complet...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Home of William Lewis Moody, Jr., an American financier and entrepreneur. The house, made of limestone and brick, was ... More
The Sidney M. Aronovitz U.S. Courthouse, Post Office and Custom House,...
Built in 1933 in the Art Deco style, the two-story, Key Largo limestone clad building was designed by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. T... More
The Enoch Pratt Free Library, located in Baltimore, Maryland, is one o...
Established in 1882 after a grant from philanthropist Enoch Pratt. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Co... More
Sidney Yates Federal Building, Washington, D.C.
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1880; architect: James G. Hill. Credit line: Ph... More
Sidney Yates Federal Building, Washington, D.C.
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Date built: 1880; architect: James G. Hill. Credit line: Ph... More
Potter Stewart U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Cincinnati, Ohio
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
Courtroom. The L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building and Court House i...
Designed in the art deco style by architects Murphy & Olmstead and built in 1933. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provide... More
El Capitolio, Havana, Cuba - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
The Havana Capitol, built from April 1, 1926-1929. The building cost 17 million pesos. After the Revolution of 1959, the Capitol became the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba and then Ministry of S... More
Handicap ramp. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse,...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. In 2010, the Federal Building & US Courthouse received $15M... More
Column detail. The Jack Brooks Federal Building in Beaumont, 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 Architects Fred C. Stone, and F.W. and D.E... More
Fireplace, U.S. Custom House, Charleston, South Carolina
Greek Revival building built during 1853-1879 by architect Ammi B. Young. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographe... More
The Ball-Eddleman-McFarland House in Fort Worth, Texas, one of the bes...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1899, the Ball-Eddleman-McFarland House is Fort Worth's premier example of Queen Anne-style Victorian architec... More
The 1940-43 Henry Oates House, a brick interpretation of George Washin...
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
Stair, 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 were... More
Exterior detail, U.S. Custom House, San Francisco, California
Beaux Arts building built in 1911 by architect Eames and Young. The street fronts are clad in ashlar granite from Raymond, California. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administrat... More
Grill at the U.S. Courthouse, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Built in 1930 by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More
Tourist Attraction - Handley Library, Winchester, Virginia
Judge John Handley of Scranton, Pa. left $250,000 to open this Public Library. Architects J. Stewart Barney and Henry Otis Chapman of New York designed the building in the Beaux-Arts style. The building opened ... More
The Sidney M. Aronovitz U.S. Courthouse, Post Office and Custom House,...
Built in 1933 in the Art Deco style, the two-story, Key Largo limestone clad building was designed by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. T... More
Centro Gallego, was a Galician social club in 1914. The National Balle...
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
The Bridge of Honor, commonly known as the Pomeroy-Mason Bridge is a c...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Completed on December 30, 2008, the bridge carries Ohio State Route 833 and West Virginia Route Spur 62. The bridge replaced a two-lan... More
Front exterior. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. In 2010, the Federal Building & US Courthouse received $15M... More
Light fixture at the Ed Edmondson Courthouse, also known as the U.S. P...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1915 by Architect James Knox Taylor, the building ... More
Detail of mural located at the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, Washi...
Completed between the years 1939-1940, by architect Charles Z. Klauder. Architectural style is Stripped Classicism. Originally constructed as and called the Social Security Building, it was renamed in 1988 for ... More
The 1903 Tinker-Wright House, one of several fine houses in the Highla...
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
Historic home, LaFayette Park, located directly north of the White Hou...
This home was the social Center during the period and was called the "Little White House" by President McKinley. This is the site of Dwellin House owned by James Madison from 1828-1836. It was also the home of ... More
Forest Park Branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Marylan...
Opened on November 26, 1910. In April 1964, two new wings were added nearly doubling its size. The library was rededicated after the completion of another major renovation project in February 1987. Title, date,... More
A roundup (for tourists) of longhorn cattle in the Stockyards, a histo...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The arrival of railroads in 1876 made Fort Worth an important livestock center. Fort Worth Union Stockyards opened for... More
Light fixture at U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Galveston, Texas
Built in 1937 in the Art Deco style of architecture, the building is significant as a representation of the federal government in Galveston for over 60 years. Photographed as part of an assignment for the Gener... More
The Sidney M. Aronovitz U.S. Courthouse, Post Office and Custom House,...
Built in 1933 in the Art Deco style, the two-story, Key Largo limestone clad building was designed by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. T... More
Architectural details. Lawton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, La...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Designed by Architect Oscar Wenderoth, the three-story, neo... More
Exterior detail, Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S. Post Office and Courthou...
Built in 1932 by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs i... More
"Crispus Attucks," by Herschel Levit, mural at the Recorder of Deeds b...
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
Log cabin at the Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp Historic District, also known...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The camp was established in 1921 as the first statewide 4-H camp in the United States. The district includes buildings related to the ... More
Exterior door detail, U.S. Custom House, San Francisco, California
Beaux Arts building built in 1911 by architect Eames and Young. The street fronts are clad in ashlar granite from Raymond, California. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administrati... More
Auditorium with mural at the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, Washing...
Completed between the years 1939-1940, by architect Charles Z. Klauder. Architectural style is stripped classicism. Originally constructed as and called the Social Security Building, it was renamed in 1988 for ... More
The Allen log cabin at the West Virginia State Farm Museum, a 50-acre ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The two-story log house built around 1830 by John Allen and his son William near Procter, West Virginia, in what was then far-western ... More
Details from the "million dollar courthouse," the Theodore Levin Unite...
Courtroom is from the previous building built in 1896. It was disassembled and reassembled in the new building in 1932. It contains over 30 types of marble. Behind the bench is a frieze of 10 female figures dep... More
Courtroom. U.S. Court House, Augusta, Georgia
Designed by architect Oscar Wendroth and built in 1916, the courthouse is a 3-story Renaissance Revival federal building, executed in white marble. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services... More
Courtroom lamp at the the U.S. Courthouse, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Built in 1930 by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More
Architectural detail at the Robert A. Grant Federal Building & U.S. Co...
Built in 1933 by architectural firm Austin & Shambleau, the building served its original purpose for fifty years. In 1983, the U.S. Postal Service moved from the building into a new facility. Photographed as pa... More
Architectural details at the John Minor Wisdom U.S. Court of Appeals B...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Originally the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse. In 1908, th... More
Mural "Harvest Dance," by James Auchiah at the Department of Interior ...
Date: 1939; dimensions: 96" x 600". 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
Lion statues on the Prado Promenade in Havana, Cuba
The lion statues were brought to Cuba by Carlos Miguel de Caspedes from London in 1920. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library... More
Details from the "million dollar courthouse," the Theodore Levin Unite...
Courtroom is from the previous building built in 1896. It was disassembled and reassembled in the new building in 1932. It contains over 30 types of marble. Behind the bench is a frieze of 10 female figures dep... More
Exterior bas-relief, EPA East and West, located on 12th and Constituti...
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
Stained-glass details in the Hutzler Reading room located in Gilman Ha...
Located in Gilman Hall and designed by Douglas Thomas. Construction of Gilman Hall began in 1913, and the building was dedicated on May 21, 1915, and named for Daniel Coit Gilman, the first president of the uni... More
Exterior. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Alexandria, Louisiana
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
Riders enjoy (or endure) a spin on the Big Dipper roller-coaster at Ca...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Established in 1902 as a picnic spot by the Camden Interstate Railway Company, where riders traveling between Huntington and nearby ci... More
A Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) steam train crosse...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The D&SNG operates 45.2 miles of track between Durango and Silverton in southwest Colorado. The route was originally opened in 1882 by... More
El Capitolio, Havana, Cuba - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
The Havana Capitol, built from April 1, 1926-1929, cost 17 million pesos. After the Revolution in 1959, the Capitol became the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba and then the Ministry of Science, T... More
Bust of William H. Welch at the William H. Welch Medical Library, the ...
Founded in 1929 with the merger of three libraries, namely, the library of the School of Medicine, the library of the School of Hygiene and Public Health, and the library of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Title, d... More
Architectural detail, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Gainesvill...
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
Exterior detail, U.S. Custom House, Charleston, South Carolina
Greek Revival building built during 1853-1879 by architect Ammi B. Young. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographe... More
Grille. The Jack Brooks Federal Building in Beaumont, 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 Architects Fred C. Stone, and F.W. and D.E... More
Ceiling mural "The Four Seasons and Signs of the Zodiac (Spring)," by ...
Date: 1940; dimensions: 13' 4" x 21'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photogra... More
Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church in Wheeling, West Virginia, built i...
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
Courtroom at U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Galveston, Texas
Built in 1937 in the Art Deco style of architecture, the building is significant as a representation of the federal government in Galveston for over 60 years. Photographed as part of an assignment for the Gener... More
Ohev Sholom Temple, a synagogue in Huntington, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Now known as B'Nai Sholom Congregation, the building was designed by the Charleston, West Virginia, architectural firm of Meanor and H... More