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Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Final additions are made to the shell of a consolidated transport plane in preparation for its trip down the final assembly line of a Western aircraft plant. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

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 "MacArthur Boulevard" in a large Western aircraft plant are the assembly lines from which a steady stream of Ventura bombers is pouring. This section of one of the lines gives some idea of the rate at which production is moving. Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California

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 prepared for the assembly line of a Western aircraft plant. General Doolittle has called the ship the best military plane in existence. With plenty of speed, a 1700-mile cruising range and a ceiling of 25,000 feet, it has performed brilliantly as a medium bomber and as an escort plane. Fairfax bomber plant, Kansas City

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  Western aircraft plant greasing the landing gear of a consolidated transport, just before the plane leaves the last station on the assembly line. This new transport, adapted from the B-24 bomber is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest  human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production.

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 a Western aircraft plant now producing consolidated B-24 bombers and transports. The new transport ship, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production -- and carries these great loads at high speeds

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, California housing project. This trailer was manufactured by Western Trailer Company, Los Angeles. Note government inspector's "OK" below the molding

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 where Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships take shape in a large Western aircraft plant. To the left is an identical line on which British "Lightning" ships are made. At the right is a long line of Allison liquid-cooled engines of a kind that has carried the P-38 through brilliant high-altitude performances

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 tubing used in construction of B-25 bombers at a Western aircraft plant. General Doolittle has called the ship the best military plane in existence. With plenty of speed, a 1700-mile cruising range and a ceiling of 25,000 feet, it has performed brilliantly as a medium bomber and as an escort plane. Fairfax bomber plant, Kansas City

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 trailers caused an assembly line to overflow into a plant yard at both ends. View of the spill-over assembly line of Western Trailer Company at Los Angeles. Chassis seen here have been much simplified over former types, using a minimum of steel. Wood stringers replace metal formerly employed. The trailer in the background has sides in place and is now ready to hit the inside assembly line

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 a steam blancher at the Western Regional Research Laboratory in Albany, California. After four to five minutes in the blancher the vegetables are ready to be placed in the dehydrator

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. Telephone and lounge

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. Rear, vertical

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 of Tucson, Arizona

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 Sarasota, Florida, is the only one in the Western Hemisphere

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 Freedom Plaza in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., Washington, D.C.

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 County, California

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 State Fair of Texas held at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas

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 Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

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 Woodville, a town in Tyler County, Texas

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, special-events venue, and frequent movie and television commercial set in Boerne, Texas, northwest of San Antonio

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

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 annual Buffalo Bill Days celebration in the hometown of legendary scout and Wild West showman William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody

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 long plateau from north of Rock Springs westward to the city of Green River in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, is called the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop. This is the butte, and these are a few of the horses Over the years, the Masonic Lodge of Green River held frequent meetings atop the butte. A ladder to the top was installed to facilitate those gatherings

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 help visitors visualize the raucous days of the 1880s in Tombstone, when this dusty patch of southeastern Arizona was so violent, it was known as "The Town Too Tough to Die." Pictured are, left to right, owner Lee McKechnie, Udaya Sun, Jim Kolegraf, Leva Clark, and Jon Mossholder

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 on the Milk River wagon train

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 & Western Railroad, Mount Pocono, Monroe County, PA

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 Peninsula, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

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 Streets, Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA

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 West Polk Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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 West Polk Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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 West Polk Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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

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

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 City, Hudson County, NJ

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 City, Hudson County, NJ

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, Hamilton County, OH

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, Hamilton County, OH

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.

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 Point, Islesboro, Waldo County, ME
Grindle Point Light Station, Western end of Ferry Road on Grindle Point, Islesboro, Waldo County, ME
Indians and cow-boys /

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, Van Buren & Western Avenues, Corvallis, Benton County, OR

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, Van Buren & Western Avenues, Corvallis, Benton County, OR

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, Van Buren & Western Avenues, Corvallis, Benton County, OR

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, Van Buren & Western Avenues, Corvallis, Benton County, OR

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, Van Buren & Western Avenues, Corvallis, Benton County, OR

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, Van Buren & Western Avenues, Corvallis, Benton County, OR

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, Van Buren & Western Avenues, Corvallis, Benton County, OR

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 Avenue Bridge, Spanning Washington Avenue at Railroad Alley, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

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

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, Middlesex County, MA

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

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 Street & Buffalo River, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

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 Street & Buffalo River, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

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, Allegany County, MD

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, Allegany County, MD

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 Bridge, Spanning Twin City & Western Railroad on Trunk Highway 71, Olivia, Renville County, MN

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 & Bridges, Bounded by Observer, Newark & River Streets, Hudson River, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ

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 & Bridges, Bounded by Observer, Newark & River Streets, Hudson River, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ

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 River, west of DeKalb Street, Bridgeport, Montgomery County, PA

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, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ

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 Canal, New Jersey Transit Hoboken Rail Yard, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ

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, Cook County, IL

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 School, Washington, D.C.]

[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 School, Washington, D.C.]

[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

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 Allegheny River, north of State Route 446 Bridge, Eldred, McKean County, PA

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 Street, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

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 Street, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

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, OH

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, OH

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 County, PA

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 Station, North Main Street, Vestal, Broome County, NY

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 Telegraph Hill, looking toward Ringon Point and Mission Valley / / drawn from nature by Henry Bainbridge and George W. Casilear ; lith. of Sarony & Major.

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, Spanning Lackawanna River, Seventh Avenue & Bridge Street, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

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 Gap, Cumberland, Allegany County, MD

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 County, CO

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 County, CO

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 Streets, Binghamton, Broome County, NY

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 Cabins, Cabins No. 523, 528 & 529, Springdale, Washington County, UT

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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 Revetments, Western Shore of Rogers Dry Lake, Boron, Kern County, CA

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 Revetments, Western Shore of Rogers Dry Lake, Boron, Kern County, CA

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 County, GA

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, Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ

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, Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ

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, Pennsylvania]

[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, Coconino County, AZ

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 Canal, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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, Coconino County, AZ

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 & Mexican Senoritas...

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

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

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 University, Hudson, Summit County, OH

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

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