First Presbyterian Church, established in 1818, was the first church o...
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
Chinatown, San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. San Francisco Chinatown is the largest Chinatown outside of Asia as well as the oldest Chinatown in North America. It is one of the top tourist attraction... More
Avalon theater located at the Catalina Casino, built on the site forme...
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
Building, corner of Georgia Ave. and Newton Pl., NW, 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
Staff of Ben's Chili Bowl, 1213 U St., NW, 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
Mural located in SE neighborhood, 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
The Alabama River Pulp Company and the Claiborne Mill Complex, Claibor...
Since 1978, the Alabama River Pulp Company and the Claiborne Mill Complex have been producing southern softwood and hardwood kraft pulps for the paper producers service markets around the globe. Parsons & Whitt... More
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group. 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 ... More
Historic houses, North Capitol St., 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
Statue of Rear Admiral Semmes of the C.S. Navy, located in Mobile, Ala...
Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes (1809-1877) was an officer in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1860 and the Confederate States Navy from 1860 to 1865. During the American Civil War he was captain of the famous c... More
The Art Deco, 1100 New York Ave., NW., Washington, D.C.
Building was once a Greyhouse Bus depot. 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. Hig... More
Civil War bas relief on the Pension Building, 401 F St., NW, Washingto...
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
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group. 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 ... More
The Mono County Courthouse in Bridgeport, California
Mono County was created on April 21, 1861, as the first California mining county on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada. This Italianate courthouse was completed in 1880. Title, date, and keywords provided b... More
Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama
Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport, Alabama, was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and n... More
The Gonzales, Texas, Memorial Museum and Amphitheater, commissioned 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
Grand National Golf Course, part of the Robert Trent Jones Trail, Opel...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a golf field, park, outdoor activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Statue of Chess players, at the John Marshall Memorial Park, NW, Washi...
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
In 2008, nearly 90 years after it was built, this 1919 gas station 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
Ave Maria Grotto, Cullman, Alabama
Known as "Jerusalem in Miniature," this four-acre park (dedicated in 1934) was designed to provide a setting for 125 miniature reproductions of famous historic buildings and shrines the work of Brother Joseph Z... More
Rural Alabama in the spring - Drawing. Public domain image.
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 Alabama River Pulp Company and the Claiborne Mill Complex, Claibor...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Tule Lake Refuge in California - Drawing. Public domain image.
Established in 1928, the Refuge encompasses 39,116 acres of mostly open water and croplands. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Pho... More
Rural Alabama in the spring
Public domain image of wetland, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Flowers placed on Mother's Day in cemeteries across 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
[House Members Room. Light fixture. Library of Congress Thomas Jeffers...
Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
A scene from the play "To Kill A Mockingbird," performed in Monroevill...
This special presentation commemorates the 50th anniversary of the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, a native of Monroeville, Alabama. Many literary scholars and local residents believe ... More
View of the Webster School from the top of the Ellington Building, 130...
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
Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina District of San Francisco, Californi...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. One of only a few surviving structures from the Exposition, it is the only one still situated on its original site. It was rebuilt in 1965, and renovation... More
Mural at Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alaba...
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
Camellias, which are the Alabama state flower, bloom in profusion on t...
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
Rock Creek Park, NW, 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
Houses that will soon be gone located at 5th and 3rd Avenue in Birming...
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
Arts on Foot Festival, 7th and F St. at Penn Quarter, NW, Washington, ...
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
Somerville is a town in Morgan County, Alabama
Somerville was the county seat of Morgan County from 1818 to 1891. The town was named for Robert M. Summerville, an officer killed in 1814 during the Creek Indian War. Title, date, subject note, and keywords pr... More
Classical Revival style building built in 1925, 14th and G St., NW, Wa...
Formerly the National Bank of Washington which was the oldest bank in Washington, D.C. It closed around 1999 when it was taken over by the FDIC. It was designed by Alfred C. Bossom and Jules-Henri de Sibour. Pl... More
Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama
Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More
Forest, 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
National Capitol columns at the United States National Arboretum locat...
The National Capitol Columns originally supported the old East Portico of the United States Capitol (1828). The columns were removed during expansion of the Capitol in 1958, and placed at the National Arboretum... More
Murals, Dothan, Alabama - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Mural artist: Wes 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 and s... More
Saint Anthony Cathedral Basilica, the cathedral of the Roman Catholic ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Constructed in 1903 as the first Catholic Church of Beaumont, Texas, the building has underwent many restorations. On July 11, 2006, ... More
Pasadena City Hall, Pasadena, California
Completed in 1927, it is a significant architectural example of the City Beautiful movement of the 1920s. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of C... More
Children's playgound 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
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama
Public domain image of carnival, parade, celebration, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Sculptor Joe Scarpa executed this playful piece featuring a futuristic...
Located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley, the city was cited by Time magazine as America's most ethnically and ra... More
Scenic downtown Huntsville, 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
Scenic downtown Huntsville, 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 Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...
The complex includes an Education Center, a historical timeline walkway, and a temple engraved with the 11,000 names of Alabamians lost to war in the 20th Century. Each pedestal features detailed artworks. Titl... More
Bellingrath Gardens and Home, the creation of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bell...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Necropolis de Colon, Havana, Cuba
Necropolis de Colon (Havana's Cemetery) has 131 years of history. Also known as Christopher Columbus Cemetery. It was built by Galician architect Calixto Areliano de Lorira y Cordoso. The first work in the ceme... More
El Capitolio, Havana, Cuba
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Façade of the Ursuline Convent and other buildings in Old 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
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 Miracle Worker" play that is actually performed in the back yard ...
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
Rural Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
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
Rattlesnake Rodeo in Opp, Alabama
Eastern Diamondback rattlesnakes have been rattling since the dawn of time, but they have been a main attraction in Opp, Alabama, for the past 48 years. Mr. J.P. Jones was the mastermind behind this small-town,... More
Historic buildings, 14th St., NW, 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
Mr. George F. Landegger and Carolyn Haines with her award at the 13th ...
The 13th Annual Alabama Writers Symposium involves two days of author readings, panel discussions, and literary entertainment, all moderated by some of Alabama's finest literary scholars. The Harper Lee Award f... More
A clock that depicts African Americans and Booker T. Washington in a d...
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
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group. 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 ... More
[Librarian's Room. Circular Mural in pendentive illustrating Study the...
Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
The Takoma Theatre, corner of 4th and Butternut St. in the Takoma neig...
The Takoma Theatre opened on July 2, 1923 with Thomas Meighan in "The Ne'er Do Well', with 724 seats. It was designed by John Jacob Zink, who also designed the Uptown in Washington, the Commodore in Portsmouth,... More
Boulder Bridge, Rock Creek Park, NW, 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
Logan Circle, NW, Washington, D.C.
Logan Circle is a traffic circle, neighborhood, and historic district in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. The primarily residential neighborhood includes two historic districts, properties listed on t... More
View of the Ellipse, from the Washington Monument, NW, 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
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
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, Alabama
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute was dedicated in 1992.Today, the BCRI features exhibits showing human rights barriers during the Civil Rights era. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the p... More
[Second Floor, Southwest Pavilion. Adventure mural by George W. Maynar...
Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2007; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Municipal amphitheater, Gadsden, Alabama
Built of local sandstone in 1935. Gadsden architect Paul W. Hofferbert designed this open-air arena constructed by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provide... More
Amtrak buildings, Sub 25A, 2nd St., between I St. and K St., NE, Washi...
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
Fountain and front view of Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, Californ...
Founded by the Franciscan order on March 31, 1782, it was the ninth Spanish mission established in California. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection... More
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group. 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 ... More
Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Birmingham, Alabama
Public domain photograph of greenhouse plants, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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. Photographer's choice (Alabama project). Credit line: ... 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
Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama
Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More
Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monaste...
Just over an hour from Huntsville in Hanceville, Alabama near Cullman, you can witness a magnificent shrine with an unusual story. A cloistered community, where the nuns take vows of poverty, chastity, and obed... More
The Moore/Webb/Holmes Plantation and out buildings (circa 1819), Folso...
Most of the buildings are original to the site. This is one of Alabama's last active plantations, which has been in the same family since the early 1800s. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the... More
The 1908 Fort Bend County Courthouse in Richmond, Texas, southwest of ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Out front stands a statue of Georgia native, later Richmond resident, Mirabeau B. Lamar, who held three offices, including president,... More
Architectural details in the Camara de Representantes building in Hava...
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
Row houses at the corner of 10th and T St., NW, 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
William J. Samford Hall is a structure on the campus of Auburn Univers...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. William J. Samford Hall is an icon of Auburn University and houses the school's administration. The building is named for William J. Samford... More
Scene from Morton Cemetery in Richmond, Texas, southwest of Houston
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The cemetery was begun in by William Morton, a farmer, stock raiser, brickmaker, and Freemason as the final resting place for Robert ... More
Vulcan statue, Birmingham, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Vulcan statue is the world's largest cast iron statue and is considered one of the most memorable works of civic art in the United States. D... 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
Alabama Veterans Memorial Park is a 21-acre park located on a wooded h...
The complex includes an Education Center, a historical timeline walkway, and a temple engraved with the 11,000 names of Alabamians lost to war in the 20th Century. Each pedestal features detailed artworks. Titl... More
One of several elaborate doorways at Saint Anthony Cathedral Basilica,...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Constructed in 1903 as the first Catholic Church of Beaumont, Texas, the building has underwent many restorations. On July 11, 2006, ... More
Grand National Golf Course, part of the Robert Trent Jones Trail, Opel...
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
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Oak Hill Cemetery founded by Mr. W.W. Corcoran 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... More
House, Eufaula, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Many impressive antebellum homes and businesses attest to the wealth and culture of the period. Politically powerful Eufaula with it's "Eufaula Regency," supported secession of Alabama from the United States as... More
A scene from the play "To Kill A Mockingbird," performed in Monroevill...
This special presentation commemorates the 50th anniversary of the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, a native of Monroeville, Alabama. Many literary scholars and local residents believe ... More
It is a tradition at the A-Game that the captain of the football team ...
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
Bodie is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mou...
Located about 75 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe, the town become a state historic park in 1962. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California P... More
Skiers on ski lift, 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 old Texas General Land Office Building, now the Texas Capitol Visi...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The oldest surviving state government office building in the city, it was the first building designed by a university-trained archite... More
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at The Shoals, Muscle Shoals, Alabam...
The Shoals is home to two 18-hole championship courses and lies between the Wheeler and Wilson dams on the Tennessee River. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The... More
Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Bladensburg Road, NE, 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
Art museum in historic downtown Gadsden, Alabama [graphic].
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
Kaitlyn E. Pesto is all dressed up for her visit to the Alabama A-Day ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Photo shows the annual spring practice scrimmage game called A-Day. The Alabama Crimson Tide team began playing in 1892 and has claimed many... More
Railway station, 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