Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Final additions are made...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. Ventura bomber. Along the well-lighted length of the "MacA...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. B-25 bombers. A wing brace assembly for a B-25 bomber is p...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a religious building interior, church, cathedral, hall, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Hydraulic mechanic at a ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Center wing sections at ...
Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
War housing. Lompoc trailer camp. The 200th trailer arrives at Lompoc,...
Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An overall assembly line whe...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. B-25 bombers. Filing burrs from slots in sections of brass...
Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Production. War housing trailers. Stepped-up production of war housing...
Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dehydration. Potatoes. Blanched potatoes move off the conveyor belt of...
Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a modernist architecture building, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mock gunfight at Old Tucson, a movie studio and theme park just west o...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1939 for the movie "Arizona" in 1940, Old Tucson has been used for the filming of several movies and television westerns sinc... More
This statue of Michelangelo's "David" at the Ringling Museum in Saraso...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Western Plaza, a wide space on Pennsylvania Avenue, was renamed Freedo...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Martin Luther King, Jr., who worked on his "I Have a Dr... More
The Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono Count...
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
Big Tex is a 55-foot tall statue and marketing icon of the annual Stat...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The figure has become a cultural icon of Dallas and Texas. Since 1952 Big Tex has served as a cultural ambassador to visitors, and hi... More
Scene from Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show at the Cowtown Coliseum in 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 Ph... More
Part of the procession at the annual Western Weekend Parade in Woodvil...
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
Scene from the Enchanted Springs Ranch, an Old West theme park, specia...
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
The Western Maryland Railway Station in Elkins, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Although Elkins, in north central West Virginia, is 250 miles from Maryland, it was indeed the terminus of a Maryland-based railroad, ... More
Historic re-enactor at a quite civilized Wild West show, part of the a...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within... More
In this image, you can see two reasons why the trail that runs atop a ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Over the years, the Masonic Lodge of Green River held frequent meetings atop the butte. A ladder to the top was installed to facilitat... More
Historical re-enactors at the Old Tombstone theme park and movie set h...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:005) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Caro... More
Portrait of Web Dolson and three generations of his offspring riding o...
Picryl description: Public domain image related to Wild West, western, cowboys, no copyright restrictions image.
Mount Pocono Bridge, Fairview Avenue, over Delaware, Lackawanna & West...
Significance: The bridge is important at a state and local level as one of three late 19th-early 20th century metal truss bridges standing in Monroe County. The dwindling number of metal truss bridges in Monroe... More
U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Quaywall Y-3, Western tip of Kuahua Pen...
Significance: Quaywall Y-3, constructed in 1944, is a 985 foot long sheet pile bulkhead structure. Plans for repair and construction work to Quaywall Y-3 are included in Military Construction (MCON) Projects P... More
Western Land & Improvement Company Double Houses, South Fifth & Sixth ...
Significance: A high concentration of window, tableware, bottle and specialty glass plants distinguished Jeannette as "The Glass City" early in its history. Significant housing stock consists of company-built r... More
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad, Dearborn Station Trainshed, 47 Wes...
Significance: The Dearborn Station Trainshed of the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad was an unusual and unique example of trainshed design, combining timber and wrought iron in the massive trusses that suppor... More
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad, Dearborn Station Trainshed, 47 Wes...
Significance: The Dearborn Station Trainshed of the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad was an unusual and unique example of trainshed design, combining timber and wrought iron in the massive trusses that suppor... More
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad, Dearborn Station Trainshed, 47 Wes...
Significance: The Dearborn Station Trainshed of the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad was an unusual and unique example of trainshed design, combining timber and wrought iron in the massive trusses that suppor... More
Cheeseman's Tavern, Western Turnpike, Gifford, Schenectady County, NY
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-139 Survey number: HABS NY-339 Building/structure dates: ca. 1784 Initial Construction
Cheeseman's Tavern, Western Turnpike, Gifford, Schenectady County, NY
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-139 Survey number: HABS NY-339 Building/structure dates: ca. 1784 Initial Construction
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, South Bergen Tunnel, Jersey C...
Significance: The South Bergen Tunnel is technologically significant for its innovative concrete technology and is historically significant because it reflected the dramatic increase in railroad freight operati... More
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, South Bergen Tunnel, Jersey C...
Significance: The South Bergen Tunnel is technologically significant for its innovative concrete technology and is historically significant because it reflected the dramatic increase in railroad freight operati... More
Ohio National Guard Armory, 1417-1437 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hami...
Significance: The Ohio National Guard Armory was built by the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners. Construction began in 1887 and the building was completed in 1889. The significance of the building is based... More
Ohio National Guard Armory, 1417-1437 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hami...
Significance: The Ohio National Guard Armory was built by the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners. Construction began in 1887 and the building was completed in 1889. The significance of the building is based... More
Western New World or Hemisphere. Eastern Old World or Hemisphere.
Shows Western and Eastern hemispheres separately. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
Grindle Point Light Station, Western end of Ferry Road on Grindle Poin...
Survey number: HABS ME-181
Grindle Point Light Station, Western end of Ferry Road on Grindle Poin...
Survey number: HABS ME-181
Indians and cow-boys /
A captured Indian marauder is beaten by a gang of cowboys. Seeking vengeance, the Indians attack a stagecoach and abduct its passengers. The cowboys ride in pursuit and successfully rescue the captives. Copyrig... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Western river scenery - Print, Library of Congress collection
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7151
Western Canal, Guard Gates, Western & Northern Canals, Lowell, Middles...
Significance: The Guard Gates were built as part of the improvements to the canal system which took place around the middle of the 19th century. The Guard Gates allowed parts of the Western Canal to be drained... More
Western Canal, Hickey Hall Dam, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
Significance: The Hickey Hall Dam was built to ensure the water level in the upper level of the Western Canal was sufficiently high to provide power to the Suffolk and Tremont Mills prior to construction of the... 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
Western Maryland Railway Station, 13 Canal Street, Cumberland, Allegan...
Significance: The Visitor Center for the C&O Canal National Historical Park is located on the first floor of the railway station. Survey number: HABS MD-1318
Western Maryland Railway Station, 13 Canal Street, Cumberland, Allegan...
Significance: The Visitor Center for the C&O Canal National Historical Park is located on the first floor of the railway station. Survey number: HABS MD-1318
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
Philadelphia & Western Railway, Bridgeport Bridge, Spanning Schulykill...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad & Ferry Terminal, Hudson Place...
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
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
[Female students playing basketball in a gymnasium, Western High Schoo...
Inscribed in ink on bottom center of photo: 35. In album: "Western High School, nos. 1-40" Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "The Sports Show" at the Minneap... More
[Female students playing basketball in a gymnasium, Western High Schoo...
Inscribed in ink on bottom center of photo: 35. In album: "Western High School, nos. 1-40" Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "The Sports Show" at the Minneap... More
Edward S. Curtis - The three chiefs--Piegan
Three Piegan men on horseback in open grassland near pond. Curtis no. 52. LC no. 23. Copyright by Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American India... More
Western New York & Pennsylvania Railway, Bridge No. 30, Spanning Alleg...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
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
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
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Vestal Passenger & Freight St...
Significance: The station at Vestal is typical of the 19th century "combination" station (one that handled both passengers and freight separately under the same roof). This station is similar to another D, L &... More
View of San Francisco, Taken from the Western Hill at the foot of Tele...
Bird's-eye view of San Francisco, California, looking southeast across the Bay, with Yerba Buena Island on the far left; also showing camps and travelers in the foreground. Includes key to numbered locations.
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Bridge 60, Sp...
Significance: Bridge 60 stands at the west end of the Scranton yards. It controlled traffic between the yards and the D,L & W's mainline and Bloomsburg branch. Its construction is typical of D,L & W plate gir... 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
Western Novelty Company, 1725-1731 Lawrence Street, Denver, Denver Cou...
Survey number: HABS CO-103 Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Western Novelty Company, 1725-1731 Lawrence Street, Denver, Denver Cou...
Survey number: HABS CO-103 Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Zion Lodge-Birch Creek Historic Complex, Western Deluxe Quadraplex Cab...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-61 Survey number: HABS UT-112-A
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
Western & Atlantic Railroad Culvert, Stilesboro Road, Marietta, Cobb C...
Significance: The Western & Atlantic Railroad Culvert over Noonday Creek is the oldest remaining culvert from the construction of the rail line in 1854. The culvert is associated with the growth and expansion ... 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
[Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad yards, Scranton, Pennsylva...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
Western Avenue, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship...
Significance: Built by the City of Chicago as a PWA project in 1940, the substructure was constructed by M.J. McDermott & Company and the superstructure was erected by the C.L. Strobel Construction Company of C... More
Grand Canyon Lodge, Western Duplex Cabin, North Rim, Grand Canyon, Coc...
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
Pawnee Bill's Historic Wild West. Beautiful Daring Western Girls & Mex...
Circus poster showing cowgirls on horseback. The poster is in two separate panels, each panel required two overlapping scans, the scans were then digitally stitched to produce an image of each panel. The scans... More
Western Ranch House. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Farm equipment, horses, wagons, dogs and people posed in front of western ranch houses. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.
Round-up at Moss Agate of T. 999 A.S. & G., A.U.T. and others
Cowboys herding cattle; three additional herds in background. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.
Western Reserve Academy, Loomis Observatory, Western Reserve Universit...
Significance: The Loomis Observatory was the first to be built west of the Allegheny Mountains being first used September 8, 1838. It is now the second oldest on the American continent. It was designed by and b... More