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Corvallis Downtown Historic District, Bounded by First & Sixth Streets...

Significance: The Corvallis Downtown Historic District is locally significant as a commercial and social center in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. The district reflects the commercial growth of the city, as we... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Washington Av...

Significance: The Washington Avenue Bridge is typical of the plate girder and concrete railroad bridges built by the D,L & W after the turn of the century. The bridge carried passenger and freight traffic betw... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Washington Av...

Significance: The Washington Avenue Bridge is typical of the plate girder and concrete railroad bridges built by the D,L & W after the turn of the century. The bridge carried passenger and freight traffic betw... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Lackawanna Terminal, Main Str...

Significance: The terminal's double deck train shed, attributed to Lincoln Bush, is considered to be significant as an early example of the innovative use of reinforced concrete. Unprocessed Field note materia... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Lackawanna Terminal, Main Str...

Significance: The terminal's double deck train shed, attributed to Lincoln Bush, is considered to be significant as an early example of the innovative use of reinforced concrete. Unprocessed Field note materia... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Lackawanna Terminal, Main Str...

Significance: The terminal's double deck train shed, attributed to Lincoln Bush, is considered to be significant as an early example of the innovative use of reinforced concrete. Unprocessed Field note materia... More

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, Overhead Highway Brid...

Significance: This triple-span rigid frame concrete deck girder bridge is significant for being the oldest known structure of its type in Minnesota. Survey number: HAER MN-77

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad & Ferry Terminal, Ferry Slips ...

Significance: Throughout the early decades of the twentieth century, this terminal played a central role in commuter transportation in the metropolitan area. The ferry facilities are significant as an integral... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad & Ferry Terminal, Ferry Slips ...

Significance: Throughout the early decades of the twentieth century, this terminal played a central role in commuter transportation in the metropolitan area. The ferry facilities are significant as an integral... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight & Rail Yard, Long Slip...

Significance: The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) Long Slip Canal contributes to the Old Main DL&W Railroad Heritage District. Long Slip was significant for its critical role in facilitating the... More

First Congregational Church, 1106 Chestnut Street, Western Springs, Co...

2007 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: In the 1920s, First Congregational Church of Western Springs was growing out of its original frame building and needed to expand. Seeking a new bu... More

Western Railway of Alabama Montgomery Rail Shops, 701 North Perry Stre...

Significance: When built, the Western Railway of Alabama shops at Montgomery were hailed as the largest in Alabama and the best equipped in the South. Their connection with the second oldest railroad in Alabam... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Track Scales,...

Significance: The D,L & W scale was made by the Fairbanks Company, one of the oldest manufacturers of platform scales in the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-25 Sur... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Track Scales,...

Significance: The D,L & W scale was made by the Fairbanks Company, one of the oldest manufacturers of platform scales in the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-25 Sur... More

Joseph Magrue House, 1413 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County,...

Significance: The Joseph Magrue House was an excellent example of an Italianate town house of the third quarter of the nineteenth century. It was particularly noteworthy for its elaborate cast-iron front porch ... More

Joseph Magrue House, 1413 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County,...

Significance: The Joseph Magrue House was an excellent example of an Italianate town house of the third quarter of the nineteenth century. It was particularly noteworthy for its elaborate cast-iron front porch ... More

Charles Brewer House, 1131 Western Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Count...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-73 Survey number: HABS PA-41 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1861- before. 1925 Subsequent Work

Western Maryland Railway Bridge, Spanning Maryland Route 51 at Spring ...

Significance: The Western Maryland Railway Bridge (Spring Gap Underpass) is significant as a component of the 34-mile section of the Western Maryland Railway, which was acquired by the United States for the Che... More

Western Maryland Railway Bridge, Spanning Maryland Route 51 at Spring ...

Significance: The Western Maryland Railway Bridge (Spring Gap Underpass) is significant as a component of the 34-mile section of the Western Maryland Railway, which was acquired by the United States for the Che... More

Delaware, Lackawana, & Western Railroad Station, Lewis & Chenango Stre...

Survey number: HABS NY-5567 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

To the commissioners of forfeitures of the Western district of the sta...

Blank form filled in in mss. by Abraham Bloodgood and dated Aug. 3, 1782.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. ... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Delaware River Viaduct, Spann...

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

Bluff and snow bank in Donner Pass. Western summit, altitude 1,092 fee...

No. 200. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base, Rammed Earth Aircraft Dispersal Re...

Significance: Eleven rammed earth revetments were constructed during World War II to provide shelter and cover for aircraft in case of an attack from the Pacific. The revetments are strongly associated with th... More

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base, Rammed Earth Aircraft Dispersal Re...

Significance: Eleven rammed earth revetments were constructed during World War II to provide shelter and cover for aircraft in case of an attack from the Pacific. The revetments are strongly associated with th... More

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base, Rammed Earth Aircraft Dispersal Re...

Significance: Eleven rammed earth revetments were constructed during World War II to provide shelter and cover for aircraft in case of an attack from the Pacific. The revetments are strongly associated with th... More

Western Canal, South side of Salt River between Tempe, Phoenix & Mesa,...

Significance: The Western Canal expanded the irrigable acreage of the Salt River Project; constructed partly by the Reclamation Service and partly by the landowners to be served; supplied water to the Highline ... More

Western Canal, South side of Salt River between Tempe, Phoenix & Mesa,...

Significance: The Western Canal expanded the irrigable acreage of the Salt River Project; constructed partly by the Reclamation Service and partly by the landowners to be served; supplied water to the Highline ... More

Grand Canyon Lodge, Western Quadraplex Cabin, North Rim, Grand Canyon,...

Significance: Grand Canyon Lodge, consisting of the main lodge building and Pioneer, Frontier, and Western cabins, is of regional architectural significance in association with, and as an outstanding example of... More

Vermont State House, State Street at Western Avenue, Montpelier, Washi...

Survey number: HABS VT-68 Building/structure dates: 1838 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1857 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1859 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Plac... More

Wright Aeroplane and Wireless Communication [Frank L. Perry, Western E...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street...

Public domain image of a historic place, portal, arch, doorway, classical or neoclassical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Sylvester D. Russell House, 89 Western Avenue, Morristown, Morris Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-519 Survey number: HABS NJ-659 Building/structure dates: 1822 Initial Construction

Sylvester D. Russell House, 89 Western Avenue, Morristown, Morris Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-519 Survey number: HABS NJ-659 Building/structure dates: 1822 Initial Construction

Western Reserve Academy, Chapel, Western Reserve University, Hudson, S...

Survey number: HABS OH-22-2 Building/structure dates: ca. 1836 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75001539

Grand Canyon Lodge, Western Duplex Cabin, North Rim, Grand Canyon, Coc...

Survey number: HABS AZ-135-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 82001721

Western Elevator Company, 507 North Appleton Street, Appleton, Outagam...

Significance: The Western Elevator Company embodies the distinctive characteristics of the "crib" period of storage elevator construction, and retains much of its original operating mechanism. It is also the s... More

Western Elevator Company, 507 North Appleton Street, Appleton, Outagam...

Significance: The Western Elevator Company embodies the distinctive characteristics of the "crib" period of storage elevator construction, and retains much of its original operating mechanism. It is also the s... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Coal Trestle,...

Significance: The coal trestle of the D,L & W's Scranton yards supplied coal and sand to all locomotives working on the Scranton mainline. It represents the railroad's commitment to efficient and economical ma... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Coal Trestle,...

Significance: The coal trestle of the D,L & W's Scranton yards supplied coal and sand to all locomotives working on the Scranton mainline. It represents the railroad's commitment to efficient and economical ma... More

Western Reserve Academy, President's House, Hudson & College Streets, ...

Survey number: HABS OH-275 Building/structure dates: 1830 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75001539

Western Reserve Academy, President's House, Hudson & College Streets, ...

Survey number: HABS OH-275 Building/structure dates: 1830 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75001539

Western Reserve Academy, President's House, Hudson & College Streets, ...

Survey number: HABS OH-275 Building/structure dates: 1830 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75001539

Star of the Sea Youth Hostel, Western Avenue, Nantucket, Nantucket Cou...

Significance: The Life Saving Station at Surfside, the first of its kind built on Nantucket Island, was originally constructed in 1874 in a Carpenter Gothic style with Stick Style embellishments. It was enlarg... More

Star of the Sea Youth Hostel, Western Avenue, Nantucket, Nantucket Cou...

Significance: The Life Saving Station at Surfside, the first of its kind built on Nantucket Island, was originally constructed in 1874 in a Carpenter Gothic style with Stick Style embellishments. It was enlarg... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Pier No. 6, Erie Lackawanna R...

Significance: The remains of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Pier No. 6: Grain Trestle are significant because of the information they provide about grain and coal loading techniques of a major ra... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Pier No. 6, Erie Lackawanna R...

Significance: The remains of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Pier No. 6: Grain Trestle are significant because of the information they provide about grain and coal loading techniques of a major ra... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Av...

Significance: The Scranton yards of the D,L & W Railroad are representative of twentieth-century steam-era facilities. Many structures remain from the administration of D,L & W President William H. Truesdale, ... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Av...

Significance: The Scranton yards of the D,L & W Railroad are representative of twentieth-century steam-era facilities. Many structures remain from the administration of D,L & W President William H. Truesdale, ... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Av...

Significance: The Scranton yards of the D,L & W Railroad are representative of twentieth-century steam-era facilities. Many structures remain from the administration of D,L & W President William H. Truesdale, ... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Av...

Significance: The Scranton yards of the D,L & W Railroad are representative of twentieth-century steam-era facilities. Many structures remain from the administration of D,L & W President William H. Truesdale, ... More

U.S. Coast Guard Sandy Hook Station, Western Docking Structure, West o...

Significance: The Western Docking Structure is a functional component of the area used by the U.S. Coast Guard prior to and following WW II as a boat housing, boat launching, and maintenance facility primarily ... More

U.S. Coast Guard Sandy Hook Station, Western Docking Structure, West o...

Significance: The Western Docking Structure is a functional component of the area used by the U.S. Coast Guard prior to and following WW II as a boat housing, boat launching, and maintenance facility primarily ... More

U.S. Coast Guard Sandy Hook Station, Western Docking Structure, West o...

Significance: The Western Docking Structure is a functional component of the area used by the U.S. Coast Guard prior to and following WW II as a boat housing, boat launching, and maintenance facility primarily ... More

U.S. Coast Guard Sandy Hook Station, Western Docking Structure, West o...

Significance: The Western Docking Structure is a functional component of the area used by the U.S. Coast Guard prior to and following WW II as a boat housing, boat launching, and maintenance facility primarily ... More

U.S. Coast Guard Sandy Hook Station, Western Docking Structure, West o...

Significance: The Western Docking Structure is a functional component of the area used by the U.S. Coast Guard prior to and following WW II as a boat housing, boat launching, and maintenance facility primarily ... More

U.S. Coast Guard Sandy Hook Station, Western Docking Structure, West o...

Significance: The Western Docking Structure is a functional component of the area used by the U.S. Coast Guard prior to and following WW II as a boat housing, boat launching, and maintenance facility primarily ... More

U.S. Coast Guard Sandy Hook Station, Western Docking Structure, West o...

Significance: The Western Docking Structure is a functional component of the area used by the U.S. Coast Guard prior to and following WW II as a boat housing, boat launching, and maintenance facility primarily ... More

U.S. Coast Guard Sandy Hook Station, Western Docking Structure, West o...

Significance: The Western Docking Structure is a functional component of the area used by the U.S. Coast Guard prior to and following WW II as a boat housing, boat launching, and maintenance facility primarily ... More

U.S. Coast Guard Sandy Hook Station, Western Docking Structure, West o...

Significance: The Western Docking Structure is a functional component of the area used by the U.S. Coast Guard prior to and following WW II as a boat housing, boat launching, and maintenance facility primarily ... More

The history of Genghizcan the Great, first emperor of the antient Mogu...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A collection of maps, charts, drawings, surveys, etc, published from t...

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A collection of maps, charts, drawings, surveys, etc, published from t...

Public domain scan of a page from geographical atlas, geography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Western review and miscellaneous magazine : a monthly publication,...

The first great Western empire: or, the United States of America

A patriotic broadside illustrated with emblems of the United States composed chiefly of typographic elements. A large central framework incorporates a small "Temple of Freedom" surmounted by a small Liberty fi... More

The Western wharves at Washington where Army supplies are received

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 5, 1861, p. 615. Ref. copy may be in LOT 4420 T. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

"The Western Drama - A Variety Show Entertainment" [Cheyenne, Wyoming]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Wood engraving by B.T.T. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 45, no. 1150 (1877 Oct. 13), p. 85.

[Title page of The Western Boy, or, The Road to Success, by Horatio Al...

Reference copy may be in LOT 4442. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Calamity Jane, General Crook's scout, no. 1

Photograph shows Martha Jane Burke, popularly known as Calamity Jane, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing fringed leather jacket and pants, holding a rifle with her right hand, with butt resti... More

Colorado. "Round up" in the corral

Title on inventory list: Round up in the corral. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51060". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hd... More

Western entrance to inner quadrangle, Leland Standford Junior Universi...

Title on inventory list: Quad entrance, Standford Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51337". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://h... More

[Students in a chemistry class observing others conducting an experime...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Male students playing basketball, Western High School, Washington, D....

No. 40. In album: "Western High School." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[Red Horn Bull, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]

Red Horn Bull, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing breastplate and warbonnet while holding a tomahawk. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service... More

The Western College, Oxford, O[hio]

Public domain photograph of park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eight-year old Jack on a Western Massachusetts farm. He is a type of c...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Eight-year old Jack on a Western Massachusetts farm. He is a type of ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

HORSE SHOWS. WILD WEST SHOW ON HORSE SHOW GROUNDS, GIVEN BY SOLDIERS

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

A man riding a horse down a dirt road. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Neg...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to Wild West, western, cowboys, no copyright restrictions image.

Kenya Colony. Rift Valley and en route to Nairobi. In the Rift Valley....

Public domain image of a rural landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Western Washington, Thurston County, Tenino. Seven Day Adventist Churc...

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

A couple of people riding on the backs of horses, Great Depression. FS...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Vista of Western Slope Farms, Colorado

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of people riding in a horse drawn carriage, Gr...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Grain harvest scene. Western Slope Farms, Colorado

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mr. Wardlow, drought area farmer, adjusting to a Western farm. Dead Ox...

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