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1909 Exposition, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

J131362 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; A.J. Park; August 5, 1909; DLC/PP-1909:43873.

Part of a frieze, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Cen...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Statue at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Statue at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Statue at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Artist name from related image in same group: LC-DIG-highsm-30087. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being the only ... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, "Automotive Transportation" by Car...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Part of a frieze, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Cen...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Art deco relief, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Cent...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, "Railroad Transportation" by Carlo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Statue at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

[Five small Eskimo(?) children sitting bundled in fur garments] / F.H....

H118370 U.S. Copyright Office. No. X221. Copyright by Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition.

Art deco relief, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Cent...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Artist name from related image in same group: LC-DIG-highsm-30084. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being the only ... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Poster for the U.S. Centennial Exposition in 1876, which brought thous...

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

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Eskimo family and their igloo from Labrador, Seattle, A.Y.P.E.

Photograph shows two Inuit couples and two children, outside fake igloo at the Alaska+-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, Washington. J133779 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: No. 1081. On recto: Seattle A.Y.P.... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Entrance doorway to the Hall of State at Fair Park, site of the 1936 T...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Part of a frieze, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Cen...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Statue at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Artist name from related image in same group: LC-DIG-highsm-30087. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being the only ... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Statue at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Columbian Exposition Store Buildings, East Fifty-seventh Boulevard & S...

Significance: The buildings were associated with the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. One of the few remaining structures from the fair, they were an artists' and writers' center for many years afterwards.... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Statue at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

[Part of a carefully restored mural, "Navigation" by Carlo Ciampaglia,...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

G. W. G. Ferris House, 311 West Third Street, Carson City, Carson City...

Significance: An attractive nineteenth century house with later, elaborate Colonial Revival interior trim. This building was the boyhood home of the inventor of the Ferris Wheel. Survey number: HABS NV-13-14 ... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Public domain reproduction of art deco poster, cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Artist name from related image in same group: LC-DIG-highsm-30087. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being the only ... More

Part of a frieze, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Cen...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Artist name from related image in same group: LC-DIG-highsm-30087. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being the only ... More

The Tower of the Americas, the theme structure for HemisFair '68, the ...

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

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

G. W. G. Ferris House, 311 West Third Street, Carson City, Carson City...

Significance: An attractive nineteenth century house with later, elaborate Colonial Revival interior trim. This building was the boyhood home of the inventor of the Ferris Wheel. Survey number: HABS NV-13-14 ... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Artist name from related image in same group: LC-DIG-highsm-30087. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being the only ... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Statue at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Artist name from related image in same group: LC-DIG-highsm-30087. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being the only ... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

G. W. G. Ferris House, 311 West Third Street, Carson City, Carson City...

Significance: An attractive nineteenth century house with later, elaborate Colonial Revival interior trim. This building was the boyhood home of the inventor of the Ferris Wheel. Survey number: HABS NV-13-14 ... More

G. W. G. Ferris House, 311 West Third Street, Carson City, Carson City...

Significance: An attractive nineteenth century house with later, elaborate Colonial Revival interior trim. This building was the boyhood home of the inventor of the Ferris Wheel. Survey number: HABS NV-13-14 ... More

Eskimo family from Labrador Seattle A.Y.P.E.

Photograph showing two Inuit couples and two children, with backdrop of snow covered log buildings in background. J133777 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: No. 1088. On recto: Seattle A.Y.P.E. 09. Copyright by ... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Artist name from related image in same group: LC-DIG-highsm-30087. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being the only ... More

Art deco relief, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Cent...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Part of a frieze, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Cen...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

G. W. G. Ferris House, 311 West Third Street, Carson City, Carson City...

Significance: An attractive nineteenth century house with later, elaborate Colonial Revival interior trim. This building was the boyhood home of the inventor of the Ferris Wheel. Survey number: HABS NV-13-14 ... More

Construction of Manufacturers Bldg., Alaska-Yukon Exposition

Public domain photograph of industrial building, factory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Part of a frieze, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Cen...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Statue at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Statue at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Part of a frieze, one of many at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Cen...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Statue at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More

Special Party. Lucy E. Anthony, Chairman of Transportation, National A...

Burlington Route/Northern Pacific itinerary, rates for special train for National American Woman Suffrage Association delegates and friends, leaving Chicago June 25 for Seattle. Return ride trips to Mount Raini... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

Special Party. Lucy E. Anthony, Chairman of Transportation, National A...

Burlington Route/Northern Pacific itinerary, rates for special train for National American Woman Suffrage Association delegates and friends, leaving Chicago June 25 for Seattle. Return ride trips to Mount Raini... More

Uncle Sam, US Navy Photogrpah, theatrical script

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park preserves the largest collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the United States. It also holds the distinction of being ... More