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A black and white photo of two men sitting on a bench, Louisiana. Farmers during Great Depression

A black and white photo of two men sitting on a bench, Louisiana. Farm...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Children of unemployed trapper, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Children of unemployed trapper, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Experimental sugarcane (POJ) which has been imported by the Department of Agriculture because of its resistance to the mosaic disease, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Experimental sugarcane (POJ) which has been imported by the Department...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man leaning against a wall, Louisiana. Farmers during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man leaning against a wall, Louisiana. Fa...

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 Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of men working in a field, Louisiana. Farmers during Great Depression

A black and white photo of men working in a field, Louisiana. Farmers ...

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 Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a group of people riding horses, Louisiana. Farmers during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a group of people riding horses, Louisiana....

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 Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Paper mill. West Point, Virginia

Paper mill. West Point, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

West Point, New York. Portrait of Cadet Clarence M. Davenport, Jr., of Detroit, Mich. who was commissioned in the Coast artillery corps  following his graduation from the United States Military Academy on January 19, 1943

West Point, New York. Portrait of Cadet Clarence M. Davenport, Jr., of...

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Point of Rocks Stage Station, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of Rocks, Sweetwater County, WY

Point of Rocks Stage Station, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of Rocks, S...

Significance: The Point of Rocks Stage Station is one of the very few remains of the celebrated Overland Stage Route. Operated by Ben Holladay, the Overland Stage Company contributed to the settlement and deve... More

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Parke Road, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Park...

Significance: The Gymnasium is part of the Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson ensemble of buildings in the Academy and along with its additions, it helps define the architectural character of the Academic Area. Unpr... More

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Parke Road, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Park...

Significance: The Gymnasium is part of the Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson ensemble of buildings in the Academy and along with its additions, it helps define the architectural character of the Academic Area. Unpr... More

U. S. Military Academy, East Academic Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, East Academic Building, West Point, Orange Cou...

Significance: The East Academic building was the first 20th century classroom building at West Point. Designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson, with a later addition by Paul P. Cret, the building greatly increas... More

U. S. Military Academy, East Academic Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, East Academic Building, West Point, Orange Cou...

Significance: The East Academic building was the first 20th century classroom building at West Point. Designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson, with a later addition by Paul P. Cret, the building greatly increas... More

Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The construction of Castle Pinckney began in 1809 on the site of the earlier fort. By 1811, it was ready for the installation of armaments. The design of Castle Pinckney is attributed to Jonathan ... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: These quarters are a classic example of the Gothic Revival cottage as advocated and popularized by Andrew Jackson Downing and Alexander Jackson Davis. It is one of the earliest remaining sets of q... More

U.S. Military Academy, West Academic Building, Northwest corner of Brewerton Roads, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, West Academic Building, Northwest corner of Bre...

Significance: The West Academic Building is the largest surviving 19th century building at the Academy. It was the first of the modern academic buildings at the Academy and foreshadowed the great architectural ... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: This set if quarters is the oldest extant building at the Academy. The house retains much of its original Federal style details and has been the quarters of the academy superintendent since its co... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: This set if quarters is the oldest extant building at the Academy. The house retains much of its original Federal style details and has been the quarters of the academy superintendent since its co... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: Quarters No. 116 is an example of the highly successful officers' quarters designed for the U. S. Military Academy by the office of Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson. Its character, neo-gothic reflects ... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: Quarters No. 116 is an example of the highly successful officers' quarters designed for the U. S. Military Academy by the office of Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson. Its character, neo-gothic reflects ... More

U. S. Military Academy, Central Barracks, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Central Barracks, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Central Barracks is one of the two surviving structures at the Academy which were designed and erected under the guidance of Major Richard Delafield. These designs were an attempt to form a co... More

U. S. Military Academy, Warner House, Constitution Island, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Warner House, Constitution Island, West Point,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The admiration of the furloughmen

The admiration of the furloughmen

Satirical drawing showing a dandy being admired by a group of cadets. Changes in composition include figures moved or crossed out. Drawn while Whistler was a cadet at West Point. Possibly from the Alexander Web... More

Elsing Green, State Route 632 vicinity, West Point, King William County, Virginia

Elsing Green, State Route 632 vicinity, West Point, King William Count...

Survey number: HABS VA-67 Building/structure dates: 1757 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1820 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000252

Waverley, Waverley Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

Waverley, Waverley Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Begun in the 1840s and completed in 1852, Waverly is distinguished by the immense octagonal rotunda which projects through the roof as a cupola. This structure co... More

U. S. Military Academy, Hospital Steward's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Hospital Steward's Quarters, West Point, Orang...

Significance: The Hospital Steward's Quarters is representative of a late 19th century standard Quartermaster plan which was reproduced on many army posts for enlisted mens' family housing. The building retains... More

Textile Industry in Valley, Alabama, Valley, Chambers County, AL

Textile Industry in Valley, Alabama, Valley, Chambers County, AL

Significance: The development of the cotton textile industry in Valley, Alabama (Chambers County) after 1866, exemplifies the development of the industry throughout the South, particularly the expansion of the ... More

U. S. Military Academy, Chaplain's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Chaplain's Quarters, West Point, Orange County...

Significance: The Chaplain's Quarters is part of Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson's Cadet Chapel and as such its design and siting make it one of the most prominent architectural symbols of West Point. The house fea... More

U. S. Military Academy, Artillery Stables, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Artillery Stables, West Point, Orange County, ...

Significance: The Artillery Stables is one of a group of five Cram, Goodhoue, and Ferguson buildings that define the western and southern edges of Buffalo Soldier Field. The neo-gothic character of the building... More

Cedar Oaks, Barton Ferry Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

Cedar Oaks, Barton Ferry Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

Significance: Cedar Oaks is probably the last remaining structure from the extinct river town of Barton. The finish details of the house show a late interpretation of the Greek Revival style found throughout M... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: Quarters No. 48 is an example of the highly successful officers' quarters designed for the U. S. Military Academy by the office of Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson. Its character, neo-gothic reflects t... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cullum Memorial Hall, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cullum Memorial Hall, West Point, Orange Count...

Significance: Cullum Hall is associated with with Brevet Major General George W. Cullum, its founder, and with McKim, Mead and White, its architects. The building represents a short lived period of American Ren... More

[Panoramic view of West Point, New York showing American encampments on the Hudson River]

[Panoramic view of West Point, New York showing American encampments o...

Pencilled on back: "Encampment of the Revolutionary Army on the Hudson River." Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compi... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cemetery Gates, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cemetery Gates, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: The cemetery gates are an intricately detailed set of cast iron gates and posts which remain as a rare survivor of early exterior decorative ironwork at the Academy. Unprocessed Field note materi... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cemetery Gates, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cemetery Gates, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: The cemetery gates are an intricately detailed set of cast iron gates and posts which remain as a rare survivor of early exterior decorative ironwork at the Academy. Unprocessed Field note materi... More

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Roads, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Ro...

Significance: Castle Williams, a three-tiered, circular, casemated fortification built between 1807 and 1810/11 served as a prototype for a new era of coastal fortification. Its massive masonry walls and design... More

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Roads, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Ro...

Significance: Castle Williams, a three-tiered, circular, casemated fortification built between 1807 and 1810/11 served as a prototype for a new era of coastal fortification. Its massive masonry walls and design... More

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Roads, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Ro...

Significance: Castle Williams, a three-tiered, circular, casemated fortification built between 1807 and 1810/11 served as a prototype for a new era of coastal fortification. Its massive masonry walls and design... More

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Roads, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Ro...

Significance: Castle Williams, a three-tiered, circular, casemated fortification built between 1807 and 1810/11 served as a prototype for a new era of coastal fortification. Its massive masonry walls and design... More

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Roads, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Ro...

Significance: Castle Williams, a three-tiered, circular, casemated fortification built between 1807 and 1810/11 served as a prototype for a new era of coastal fortification. Its massive masonry walls and design... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Chapel, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Chapel, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: The Cadet Chapel is the most ambitious and spectacular of all the Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson buildings at West Point. Its site, above the Academic Area and Plain, make this the most visible symbol... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Chapel, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Chapel, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: The Cadet Chapel is the most ambitious and spectacular of all the Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson buildings at West Point. Its site, above the Academic Area and Plain, make this the most visible symbol... More

U.S. Military Academy, Married Enlisted Men's Quarters, South of intersection of Washington & Lee Roads, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Married Enlisted Men's Quarters, South of inter...

Significance: Quarters No. 352 is an example of mid-19th century housing to accommodate the enlisted men on the military post away from the cadets at the Academy. A number of similar, small duplex units were co... More

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Poin...

Significance: The Ice House (Building 644) was one of the larger capacity icehouses in the region. The New York State Historic Preservation Office determined that it was a rare surviving building type since bul... More

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Poin...

Significance: The Ice House (Building 644) was one of the larger capacity icehouses in the region. The New York State Historic Preservation Office determined that it was a rare surviving building type since bul... More

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Ice House, Mills Road at Howze Place, West Poin...

Significance: The Ice House (Building 644) was one of the larger capacity icehouses in the region. The New York State Historic Preservation Office determined that it was a rare surviving building type since bul... More

U. S. Military Academy, Power Plant, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Power Plant, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: The Power Plant was the first of Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson's ensemble of collegiate neo-gothic buildings in the Academic Area of the U.S. Military Academy. The Power Plant generated power to lig... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: These quarters, together with those just south of them, are the oldest extant structures at the Academy. The house retains much of its original Federal Style details. The house is now traditionall... More

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Officer's Quarters, West Point, Orange County,...

Significance: These quarters, together with those just south of them, are the oldest extant structures at the Academy. The house retains much of its original Federal Style details. The house is now traditionall... More

Birds-eye view of the camp of the army of occupation, commanded by Genl. Taylor, near Corpus Christi, Texas, (from the North) Oct. 1845 / D.P. Whiting, Capt. 7th Inf. del. ; on stone by C. Parsons.

Birds-eye view of the camp of the army of occupation, commanded by Gen...

279 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. B&w copy Inscribed in ink at bottom: 279. Deposited in the Clerk's Office for the So. Dist. of New York July 23, 1847. Color co... More

Point of Rocks Stage Station, Stable, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of Rocks, Sweetwater County, WY

Point of Rocks Stage Station, Stable, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of ...

Significance: The Point of Rocks Stage Station is one of the few remains of the celebrated Overland Stage Route. Operated by Ben Hollday, the Overland Stage Company contributed to the settlement and developmen... More

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York C...

Significance: Constructed on the site of an earlier defense work in the years 1806-1809, Fort Columbus, renamed Fort Jay in 1904, was one of the largest fortifications in the defense system that effectively def... More

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York C...

Significance: Constructed on the site of an earlier defense work in the years 1806-1809, Fort Columbus, renamed Fort Jay in 1904, was one of the largest fortifications in the defense system that effectively def... More

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York C...

Significance: Constructed on the site of an earlier defense work in the years 1806-1809, Fort Columbus, renamed Fort Jay in 1904, was one of the largest fortifications in the defense system that effectively def... More

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City...

Significance: This structure was built contemporaneously with its twin next door at 609 Oronoco, later known as Hallowell School. Together these chaste Georgian buildings confer distinction to the block, a qua... More

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City...

Significance: This structure was built contemporaneously with its twin next door at 609 Oronoco, later known as Hallowell School. Together these chaste Georgian buildings confer distinction to the block, a qua... More

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Mess, Store & Drawing Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Cadet Mess, Store & Drawing Academy, West Poin...

Significance: The Cadet Mess occupies both a central function in the everyday life of the Academy and is a major building helping to define the boundaries of the Plain. Unprocessed Field note material exists ... More

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Administration Building, West Point, Orange Co...

Significance: The Administration Building was designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson as the keystone of their 1903 competition plan. The great height of its load bearing tower and its salient position at the a... More

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Hotel Thayer was built on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in 1925-26 by a private firm to house visiting families of cadets, dignitaries, and tourists. The hotel was purchased by the f... More

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Hotel Thayer was built on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in 1925-26 by a private firm to house visiting families of cadets, dignitaries, and tourists. The hotel was purchased by the f... More

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Hotel Thayer was built on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in 1925-26 by a private firm to house visiting families of cadets, dignitaries, and tourists. The hotel was purchased by the f... More

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Hotel Thayer was built on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in 1925-26 by a private firm to house visiting families of cadets, dignitaries, and tourists. The hotel was purchased by the f... More

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Building No. 674, West Point, Orange County, N...

Significance: The Hotel Thayer was built on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in 1925-26 by a private firm to house visiting families of cadets, dignitaries, and tourists. The hotel was purchased by the f... More

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR...

Significance: The La Esperanza's decorated steam engine is the only West Point Foundry beam engine known to survive. It is also the only known 6-column beam engine by any American manufacturer. Additionally, i... More

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR...

Significance: The La Esperanza's decorated steam engine is the only West Point Foundry beam engine known to survive. It is also the only known 6-column beam engine by any American manufacturer. Additionally, i... More

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR...

Significance: The La Esperanza's decorated steam engine is the only West Point Foundry beam engine known to survive. It is also the only known 6-column beam engine by any American manufacturer. Additionally, i... More

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: It was established by an Act of Congress on March 16, 1802. Prior to that Act, West Point served as an important defensive fortification since the time of the Revolutionary War. A National Histori... More

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: It was established by an Act of Congress on March 16, 1802. Prior to that Act, West Point served as an important defensive fortification since the time of the Revolutionary War. A National Histori... More

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange County, NY

Significance: It was established by an Act of Congress on March 16, 1802. Prior to that Act, West Point served as an important defensive fortification since the time of the Revolutionary War. A National Histori... More

U.S. Military Academy cadets. American Civil War 1861-1865. (Andrew J. Russel)

U.S. Military Academy cadets. American Civil War 1861-1865. (Andrew J....

Photograph showing a group portrait of cadets possibly from West Point.

[Battle Monument, West Point, N.Y.]

[Battle Monument, West Point, N.Y.]

Public domain photograph of a column monument, city square, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

West Point Hotel, West Point, N.Y.

West Point Hotel, West Point, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

West Point Cadet Camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

West Point Cadet Camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

The gymnasium, U.S. Military Academy

The gymnasium, U.S. Military Academy

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "WHJ 345" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013401. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

West Point Cadet Camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

West Point Cadet Camp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tent, camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

West Point Cadet Camp - Public domain portrait photograph

West Point Cadet Camp - Public domain portrait photograph

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

West Point Centennial, gelatin silver print

West Point Centennial, gelatin silver print

Photograph shows the Yale University vs. United States Military Academy at West Point baseball game, June 10, 1902. H19186 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; B. J. Falk; June 19, 1902. No. 1.

The reception to Prince Henry and staff at West Point

The reception to Prince Henry and staff at West Point

No. 14868. Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Light artillery drill, Horse Battery, mounting, [United States Military Academy], West Point, N.Y.

Light artillery drill, Horse Battery, mounting, [United States Militar...

Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[TR's inaugural ceremony, 1905] /

[TR's inaugural ceremony, 1905] /

On Mar. 4, 1905, TR is inaugurated in Washington, D.C. with much celebration and fanfare. TR rides in an open landau on Fifteenth St., NW, escorted by mounted Rough Riders; Secret Service men and detectives wal... More

Siege battery drill, ready for loading, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y

Siege battery drill, ready for loading, United States Military Academy...

"2669" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018691. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

West Point cadets on the Capitol Plaza, March 4, 1905

West Point cadets on the Capitol Plaza, March 4, 1905

Photograph showing West Point cadets in dress uniforms in formation outside the United States Capitol for the inauguration of President Theodore Roosevelt, horses in foreground. H57319 U.S. Copyright Office.

Siege battery drill, aiming [United States Military Academy], West Point, N.Y.

Siege battery drill, aiming [United States Military Academy], West Poi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, or cannon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Battalion passing in view, [United States Military Academy], West Point, N.Y.

Battalion passing in view, [United States Military Academy], West Poin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

West Point cadets handling coast defense guns

West Point cadets handling coast defense guns

No. 1083-2. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Education, military; Univ & Colleges; Army, U.S. Art... More

West Point cadets coming on field

West Point cadets coming on field

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Coach Daly (Lieut. C.D. Daly) & Capt. Weyand

Coach Daly (Lieut. C.D. Daly) & Capt. Weyand

Photograph shows Charles Dudley Daly (1880-1959), head coach of the Army football team from 1913 to 1916 and 1919 to 1922 and Alexander Mathias Weyand (1892-1982), tackle at West Point from 1911 to 1915. (Sourc... More

West Point - Loading Mt. Gun - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

West Point - Loading Mt. Gun - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Army-Yale at West Point, 10/19/12

Army-Yale at West Point, 10/19/12

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

Capt. Hoge - Public domain portrait photograph

Capt. Hoge - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo shows Captain Benjamin Fiery Hoge (d. 1985) of the United States Military Academy (West Point) football team. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010, 2011)

Mrs. Alexandra Shields, Born West Point, Ga., Home Amarillo, Texas.  On picket line July 4, 1917.

Mrs. Alexandra Shields, Born West Point, Ga., Home Amarillo, Texas. O...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Mrs. Alexander Shields, with short hair and bare shoulders.

St. John's Church, West Point vic., King William County, Virginia

St. John's Church, West Point vic., King William County, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A couple of people standing next to a tree, Louisiana. Farmers during Great Depression

A couple of people standing next to a tree, Louisiana. Farmers during ...

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 Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Placquemines Parish, Louisiana. Signs along the highway

Placquemines Parish, Louisiana. Signs along the highway

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

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Signs along the highway

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Signs along the highway

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Point of Rocks Stage Station, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of Rocks, Sweetwater County, WY

Point of Rocks Stage Station, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of Rocks, S...

Significance: The Point of Rocks Stage Station is one of the very few remains of the celebrated Overland Stage Route. Operated by Ben Holladay, the Overland Stage Company contributed to the settlement and deve... More

Point of Rocks Stage Station, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of Rocks, Sweetwater County, WY

Point of Rocks Stage Station, Rock Springs vicinity, Point of Rocks, S...

Significance: The Point of Rocks Stage Station is one of the very few remains of the celebrated Overland Stage Route. Operated by Ben Holladay, the Overland Stage Company contributed to the settlement and deve... More

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Parke Road, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Park...

Significance: The Gymnasium is part of the Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson ensemble of buildings in the Academy and along with its additions, it helps define the architectural character of the Academic Area. Unpr... More

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Parke Road, West Point, Orange County, NY

U.S. Military Academy, Gymnasium, West of DeRussy Loopy, South of Park...

Significance: The Gymnasium is part of the Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson ensemble of buildings in the Academy and along with its additions, it helps define the architectural character of the Academic Area. Unpr... More

U. S. Military Academy, East Academic Building, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, East Academic Building, West Point, Orange Cou...

Significance: The East Academic building was the first 20th century classroom building at West Point. Designed by Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson, with a later addition by Paul P. Cret, the building greatly increas... More

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