Part of a porch on of a collection of 1800s and early-1900s houses and...
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 Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Replacing a more modest structure that dated back to 1803, it was built in 1836 on land donated by George Washington's brother, Charle... More
"Cyrus Tiffany in the Battle of Lake Erie, September 13, 1813," mural ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
"Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1814," mural ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photo... More
Bas relief "Jackson, Defender of New Orleans, 1818," by Auguste De Fra...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,... More
Bas relief "Jackson, Defender of New Orleans, 1818," by Auguste DeFras...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,... More
Statue of Moses Austin in City Hall Plaza, San Antonio, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Moses Austin(1761-1821) was a pioneer settler of Texas who, in 1808, founded the town of Herculaneum, MO, the first Anglo American to... More
"Bishop's Palace," also known as Gresham's Castle, an ornate Victorian...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The American Institute of Architects listed the home as one of the 100 most significant buildings in the United States.... More
A piece of an 1840s-vintage log cabin at the Grayson County Frontier V...
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
A downtown mural, by artist Crystal Goodman, in San Angelo, the seat o...
Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Capitol Park showing reconstructed architectural features of the old c...
A little-known fact is that Tuscaloosa was actually the state capitol before Montgomery from 1826 to 1846. This site uses actual bricks and stonework from the original building to outline the ground floor and p... More
The French Legation Museum, in Austin, Texas, where the Empire of Fran...
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
Capitol Park showing reconstructed architectural features of the old c...
A little-known fact is that Tuscaloosa was actually the state capitol before Montgomery from 1826 to 1846. This site uses actual bricks and stonework from the original building to outline the ground floor and p... More
Capitol Park showing reconstructed architectural features of the old c...
A little-known fact is that Tuscaloosa was actually the state capitol before Montgomery from 1826 to 1846. This site uses actual bricks and stonework from the original building to outline the ground floor and p... More
The Grand Hotel, Point Clear, Alabama
Located 23 miles from Mobile and surrounded by 300-year-old oak trees, the Grand Hotel was originally built in 1847 as a two-story building with 40 rooms. The Grand has since expanded to include more than 400 g... More
A view of the south fork of the American River at Coloma in El Dorado ...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Approximately 36 miles northeast of Sacramento, Coloma is most noted for being the site where James W. Marshall first discovered gold in California, at Su... More
Gravestones at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Founded by Mr. W.W. Corcoran, the cemetery was incorporated by an Act of Congress on March 3, 1849. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Col... More
Wagon "Cemetery Rides" in Rough and Ready, a small settlement near Gra...
Rough and Ready was established in 1849 by a mining company from Wisconsin known as the Rough and Ready Company. Their leader, Captain A.A. Townsend, named the company after General Zachary Taylor (nicknamed "O... More
Stained glass window, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Mobile, ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
Architectural detail, interior, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception...
When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the architectural skills of Claude Beroujon, the cornerstone for the new Cathedra... More
Stained glass window, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Mobile, ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
Architectural detail of interior, Cathedral of the Immaculate Concepti...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
Stained glass window, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Mobile, ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
Architectural detail of interior, Cathedral of the Immaculate Concepti...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
Sculpture "Pony Express mail carrier, 1850-1858," by Arthur Lee at the...
Public domain photograph of statue, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The fountain in Market Square, which was created in 1850 for perpetual...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Today the market is a small, crowded park surrounded by municipal buildings and the cityÆs local bus terminal. Credit line: The Lyda ... More
Architectural detail of interior, Cathedral of the Immaculate Concepti...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
Stained glass doors, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Mobile, A...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
Detail of mosaic, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Mobile, Alab...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
Architectural detail of interior, Cathedral of the Immaculate Concepti...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
Interior, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Mobile, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
Architectural detail of interior, Cathedral of the Immaculate Concepti...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. When bishop Michael Portier became the First Bishop of Mobile in 1829, he set out to build a Cathedral befitting the name. Under the archite... More
Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
[North Corridor, Great Hall. Religion ural in lunette from the Family ...
Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2007; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. Thebuilding has grown over ... More
View of the Rotunda looking straight up. State Capitol, Montgomery, Al...
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and wascompleted in 1851. The building has grown over ... More
State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. Thebuilding has grown over ... More
State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol'sfoundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over ... More
Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol'sfoundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over ... More
Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
[North Corridor, Great Hall. "Rest" mural in lunette from the Family a...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
Architectural detail, interior, Battle House Hotel, Mobile, Alabama
Originally built in 1852, the Battle House was established on the site of a military headquarters set up by Andrew Jackson during the war of 1812. The property served as a Confederate hospital during the Civil ... More
Architectural detail, interior, Battle House Hotel, Mobile, Alabama
Originally built in 1852, the Battle House was established on the site of a military headquarters set up by Andrew Jackson during the war of 1812. The property served as a Confederate hospital during the Civil ... More
A plaque on what is now the Community Supervision Corrections Building...
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
Interior of corral on cemetery grounds at Arlington (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows three men standing in corral on grounds of Arlington House, which became part of Arlington National Cemetery. No. 195. Inscribed on negative: Interior of corral on cemetery grounds at Arlington... More
[View from the Petersburg railroad depot, Richmond, Virginia, during t...
Anaglyph stereograph made from a digital image of a stereograph card, published by E. & H.T. Anthony in 1865. (Call number: LOT 4162, no. 207, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18951) Gift; Matt Raymond; 2011;... More
Historic Blakeley State Park, scene of the last major battle of the Ci...
The Battle of Blakeley was fought at Fort Blakeley on April 9, 1865 at 5:30 p.m. Historic Blakeley State Park was created in 1981 to preserve the National Register Site and its 5 1/2 miles of pristine breastwor... More
Abraham Lincoln's summer home, Washington, D.C.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Savage Station, Virginia Union field hospital after the battle of Jun...
Anaglyph stereograph made from a digital image of an uncut stereograph negative by James F. Gibson in June 1862. (Call number: LC-B815-491, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.00202) Gift; Matt Raymond; 2011; (DLC... More
John Wilkes Booth diary, artifact in the museum collection, National P...
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Shallenberger, Honorable W.S. of Miss. Carpet Bagger adj. of the 140th...
A black and white photo of two men in tuxedos. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Poster broadcasting the hunt for John Wilkes Booth. Artifact in the mu...
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
A 2007 mural ("Wiethorn Family Foods, Valley Mills, Texas, Welcomes Yo...
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
A 2007 mural, "Wiethorn Family Foods, Valley Mills, Texas, Welcomes Yo...
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
National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.
Stereo copyrighted by F.H. Bell. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Cemeteries.
Soldiers' Cemetery at Arlington Heights, Virginia / / sketched by Theo...
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1869 March 27, p. 196. Public domain photograph - cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cow skull at Hackberry General Store, Route 66, Hackberry, Arizona
Hackberry was founded when prospectors found a rich vein of ore here in the 1870's. A large Hackberry tree grew by the spring and gave the town its name. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. ... More
View of National Cemetery at Arlington
Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
The North Chancel Window, a stained-glass window at St. Matthew's Epis...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It is a 1962 replacement by the Lamb Studio of New Jersey of a window originally given by the congregation in 1871 in memory of the ch... More
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama
The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was organized in 1873 as the First Colored Baptist Church of Birmingham. In 1880, the church came to this site on 16th Street and 6th Avenue North. During the Civil Rights Mo... More
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama
The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was organized in 1873 as the First Colored Baptist Church of Birmingham. In 1880, the church came to this site on 16th Street and 6th Avenue North. During the Civil Rights Mo... More
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama
The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was organized in 1873 as the First Colored Baptist Church of Birmingham. In 1880, the church came to this site on 16th Street and 6th Avenue North. During the Civil Rights Mo... More
Tiffany stained glass windows, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma, Ala...
St. Paul's parish was established in 1838. The original sanctuary building was burned during the Battle of Selma. The current building, designed by the New York firm of Richard Upjohn, was completed in 1875. Th... More
Stained glass windows, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma, Alabama
St. Paul's parish was established in 1838. The original sanctuary building was burned during the Battle of Selma. The current building, designed by the New York firm of Richard Upjohn, was completed in 1875. Th... More
Tiffany stained glass windows, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma, Ala...
St. Paul's parish was established in 1838. The original sanctuary building was burned during the Battle of Selma. The current building, designed by the New York firm of Richard Upjohn, was completed in 1875. Th... More
Stained glass windows, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma, Alabama
St. Paul's parish was established in 1838. The original sanctuary building was burned during the Battle of Selma. The current building, designed by the New York firm of Richard Upjohn, was completed in 1875. Th... More
Stained glass windows, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma, Alabama
St. Paul's parish was established in 1838. The original sanctuary building was burned during the Battle of Selma. The current building, designed by the New York firm of Richard Upjohn, was completed in 1875. Th... More
Tiffany stained glass windows, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma, Ala...
St. Paul's parish was established in 1838. The original sanctuary building was burned during the Battle of Selma. The current building, designed by the New York firm of Richard Upjohn, was completed in 1875. Th... More
Stained glass windows, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma, Alabama
St. Paul's parish was established in 1838. The original sanctuary building was burned during the Battle of Selma. The current building, designed by the New York firm of Richard Upjohn, was completed in 1875. Th... More
Stained glass windows, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma, Alabama
St. Paul's parish was established in 1838. The original sanctuary building was burned during the Battle of Selma. The current building, designed by the New York firm of Richard Upjohn, was completed in 1875. Th... More
Stained glass windows, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma, Alabama
St. Paul's parish was established in 1838. The original sanctuary building was burned during the Battle of Selma. The current building, designed by the New York firm of Richard Upjohn, was completed in 1875. Th... More
Stained glass windows, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma, Alabama
St. Paul's parish was established in 1838. The original sanctuary building was burned during the Battle of Selma. The current building, designed by the New York firm of Richard Upjohn, was completed in 1875. Th... More
Stained glass windows, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma, Alabama
St. Paul's parish was established in 1838. The original sanctuary building was burned during the Battle of Selma. The current building, designed by the New York firm of Richard Upjohn, was completed in 1875. Th... More
Stained glass windows, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma, Alabama
St. Paul's parish was established in 1838. The original sanctuary building was burned during the Battle of Selma. The current building, designed by the New York firm of Richard Upjohn, was completed in 1875. Th... More
Stained glass windows, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma, Alabama
St. Paul's parish was established in 1838. The original sanctuary building was burned during the Battle of Selma. The current building, designed by the New York firm of Richard Upjohn, was completed in 1875. Th... More
Stained glass windows, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma, Alabama
St. Paul's parish was established in 1838. The original sanctuary building was burned during the Battle of Selma. The current building, designed by the New York firm of Richard Upjohn, was completed in 1875. Th... More
Stained glass windows, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma, Alabama
St. Paul's parish was established in 1838. The original sanctuary building was burned during the Battle of Selma. The current building, designed by the New York firm of Richard Upjohn, was completed in 1875. Th... More
Tiffany stained glass windows, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma, Ala...
St. Paul's parish was established in 1838. The original sanctuary building was burned during the Battle of Selma. The current building, designed by the New York firm of Richard Upjohn, was completed in 1875. Th... More
Snow covered road, Mammoth Lakes, California
In 1877, prospectors staked a claim on Mineral Hill, south of the current town. By the end of 1878, 1500 people settled in the mining camp called Mammoth City. Today the area is home to the Mammoth Mountain Ski... More
An untitled 1932 oil painting by George Sanderson Bickerstaff, display...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum showcases fifteen outdoor structures and West Texas artifacts that reach back to the late 19th century and the early 20th ... More
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church & Parsonage, Montgomery, Al...
Founded in 1877, the current red-brick building was constructed between 1883 and 1889 and is a national historic landmark. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was the pastor from 1954-1960, and began his quest for civ... More
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church & Parsonage, Montgomery, Al...
Founded in 1877, the current red-brick building was constructed between 1883 and 1889 and is a national historic landmark. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was the pastor from 1954-1960, and began his quest for civ... More
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church & Parsonage, Montgomery, Al...
Founded in 1877, the current red-brick building was constructed between 1883 and 1889 and is a national historic landmark. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was the pastor from 1954-1960, and began his quest for civ... More
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church & Parsonage, Montgomery, Al...
Founded in 1877, the current red-brick building was constructed between 1883 and 1889 and is a national historic landmark. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was the pastor from 1954-1960, and began his quest for civ... More
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church & Parsonage, Montgomery, Al...
Founded in 1877, the current red-brick building was constructed between 1883 and 1889 and is a national historic landmark. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was the pastor from 1954-1960, and began his quest for civ... More
Apropos advertising signs in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Te...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The neighborhood celebrates a former livestock market that operated under various owners from 1866. Fort Worth Union Stockyards opene... More
A colorful illustration on a building in the Stockyards District of Fo...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The neighborhood celebrates a former livestock market that operated under various owners from 1866. Fort Worth Union Stockyards opene... More
Art tile with Charlie Chaplin in Pershing Square Park, a public park i...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Muralist's tribute to Hernan Cadena, a Del Rio blacksmith who built an...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Mural artist: name not given. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Lib... More
Mural by artist Stylle Read inside the Stockyards Visitor Information ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The arrival of railroads in 1876 made Fort Worth an important livestock center. Fort Worth Union Stockyards opened for... More
Artist Crystal Goodman's downtown mural depicting an "iron horse", a r...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Ordway, General Albert. Grave at Arlington Cemetery
A black and white photo of a grave in a park. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ordway, General Albert. Grave at Arlington Cemetery
A black and white photo of a monument in a park. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description