Tuscarora and Algonquian Pots - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Two pots on display at the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Visitor Center that show the handiwork of the Tuscarora and Roanoac.
An Indian priest - National Parks Gallery
Watercolor over black lead, touched with white (altered), 262 x 151 mm., Inscribed in brown ink: 'One of their Religious men.' 1906,0509.1.14
A wife of an Indian werowance or chief of Pomeiooc
Watercolor over black lead, touched with bodycolor, white (altered) and gold, 263 x 149 mm, approx. Inscribed in brown ink (modernized): 'A chief Herowans wife of Pomeoc and her daugher of the age of 8 or 10 ye... More
Sassafras - National Parks Gallery
Sassafras, a plant found here at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, was thought to be a cure for syphilis and an aphrodisiac during the 16th century. It isn't either, but they could dream!
The wife of a chief or werowance of Secotan
Watercolor over black lead, touched with bodycolor, white (altered) and gold, 260 x 139 mm. Inscribed in brown ink: 'The wyfe of an Herowan of Secotan.' 1906,0509.1.18
John White - An Indian man and woman eating
Watercolor over black lead, touched with bodycolor, and gold, 209 x 214 mm. Inscribed in brown ink: 'Theire sitting at meate.' 1906,0509 1.20
John White - Diamond-back terrapin
This a protected species today. The southern diamond-back terrapin has five toes, not six as shown here. Note the shading behind the front legs and carapace that John White added to indicate its relationship wi... More
Plan of entrenchment near Cape Rojo, Puerto Rico
The text on drawing (modernized): 'The form of a fort which was made by Master Ralfe Lane in a part of St. Johns Island near Capross where we took in salt the 26th of May, 1585' 1906,0509.1.5
Plan of a Fortified Encampment - Public domain architectural plan draw...
Pen and brown ink over black lead and watercolor on two conjoined sheets, 363 x 445 mm. Inscribed in brown ink: within a red border (modernized), 'The 11th of May the General in the Tiger arrived at St. Johns I... More
FDR Speech Location - National Parks Gallery
On August 18, 1937, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt helped commemorate the 350th anniversary of the 1587 Lost Colony by visiting the Lost Colony drama, and giving a speech at this location before the show.
John White - An ossuary temple - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
Watercolor over black lead, touched with bodycolor and gold, 295 x 204 mm. Inscribed in brown ink, modernized: 'The Tombs of their Cherounes or chief personages, their flesh clean taken off from the bones save ... More
John White - The town of Pomeiooc
Watercolor and bodycolor over black lead, heightened with gold, 222 x 215 mm. Inscribed in brown ink (modernized):'The town of Pomeiock and true form of their houses, covered and enclosed some with mats, and so... More
Portrait of an Indian chief (possibly Wingina)
Watercolor over black lead, touched with white (altered) and gold, 262 x 147 mm. Inscribed in black ink: 'A chiefe Herowan.' 1906,0509.1.21
John White - An Indian medicine man: 'The flyer'
Watercolor over black lead, touched with bodycolor, white (altered), 246 x 151 mm. Inscribed: 'The flyer.' 1906.0509.1.16
John White - Loggerhead turtle - Drawing. Public domain image.
Possibly drawn in the West Indies during the 1585 voyage, this sea turtle is an endangered species in American waters. Its' range spans the tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Watercolor and ... More
1896 Memorial Marker - National Parks Gallery
The Roanoke Colony Memorial Association purchased the land that became Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. They also had crafted this marker. Pictured left to right: W.D. Pruden, Sr., Dr. Richard Dillard, unid... More
1896 Marker - National Parks Gallery
Stone marker with words etched into the front that commemorates on-site preservation efforts.
A festive dance - National Parks Gallery
Watercolor over black lead, touched with bodycolor including white (altered), on a folded sheet with offsetting. 274 x 358 mm. 1906, 0509, 1.10
John White - The town of Secotan
Watercolor over black lead, heightened with bodycolor (altered), 324 x 199 mm, Inscribed in brown ink with notes; 1906, 0509 1.7
Eastern Box Turtle - National Parks Gallery
An eastern box turtle enjoys the rain on the visitor center plaza.
Bell-ringing Ceremony: 400 Years of African American History
Visitors join in a servicewide bell-ringing ceremony commemorating 400 years of African American history and culture.
HFCA 1607_NPS Employees, Women_131.jpg
NPS employee in the Elizabethian Room in the visitor center in Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
Old Road From the Ferry Ramp - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...
Now overgrown, this is the historic roadway from the 1920s ferry dock heading into the woods.
Old Ferry Ramp - National Parks Gallery
Before bridges tied the Outer Banks together, ferries connected the islands. This broken up rubble was the western ferry terminal ramp on Roanoke Island in the 1920s.
Fort Raleigh, Entrance Gate, U.S. 64-264, Manteo, Dare County, NC
Survey number: HABS NC-389-A Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Raleigh, Waterside Theater, U.S. 64-264, Manteo, Dare County, NC
Survey number: HABS NC-389-C Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Raleigh, Visitor Center, U.S. 64-264, Manteo, Dare County, NC
Survey number: HABS NC-389-B Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Drama and FDR - National Parks Gallery
Marker inside the Waterside Theatre indicating where FDR watched the 23rd performance of The Lost Colony drama, performed on August 18, 1937.
FDR Spoke Here - National Parks Gallery
Marker indicating where Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke in 1937.
The Imaginary Invalid - theatrical playbill, public domain image
A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More
Sherlock Holmes--A Study in Scarlet
A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More
Ship, Elizabeth II, Manteo, North Carolina
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
Town unveils statue of first African-American Life Saving Service stat...
MANTEO, N.C. - The Manteo commissioner, youth from the community, the statue's creator and an ancestor of a rescuer at Pea Island unveil a bronze statue of Richard Etheridge Saturday, May 8, 2010. The town of M... More
Capt. George Bonner, his wife Andrea and their there
Capt. George Bonner, his wife Andrea and their there children, Logan, Lea, and Lanely, are pictured here in front of the Bodie Island Lighthouse Station at the relighting ceremony, April 18, 2013. Bonner and hi... More
Town unveils statue of first African-American Life-Saving Service stat...
MANTEO, N.C. - The Manteo commissioner, youth from the community, the statue's creator and an ancestor of a rescuer at Pea Island unveil a bronze statue of Richard Etheridge Saturday, May 8, 2010. The town of M... More
Town unveils statue of first African-American Life Saving Service stat...
MANTEO, N.C. - The town of Manteo honored life saver and civil rights hero Richard Etheridge with a bronze statue which was unveiled Saturday on Roanoke Island. Etheridge was born into slavery on Roanoke Island... More
Town unveils statue of first African-American Life Saving Service stat...
MANTEO, N.C. - Keynote speaker Daniel Gardiner shares the impact of Richard Etheridge's work in his life during a statue unveiling ceremony in Manteo, N.C., Saturday, May 8, 2010. The town of Manteo honored lif... More
Town unveils statue of first African-American Life Saving Service stat...
MANTEO, N.C. - Manteo Commissioner and chair of The Collins Park Committee, Darrell Collins, shares his comments during a statue unveiling ceremony in Manteo Saturday, May 8, 2010. The town of Manteo honored li... More
Pea Island Boathouse dedication
MANTEO, N.C. - Pictured is a close up of a Beebe rocker keel type 26-foot wooden surf boat that was in the Coast Guard's service from approximately 1910-1939, and is now on loan from the National Park Service t... More
Town unveils statue of first African-American Life Saving Service stat...
MANTEO, N.C. - The Manteo commissioner, youth from the community, the statue's creator and an ancestor of a rescuer at Pea Island unveil a bronze statue of Richard Etheridge Saturday, May 8, 2010. The town of M... More
Town unveils statue of first African-American Life-Saving Service stat...
MANTEO, N.C. - The Manteo commissioner, youth from the community, the statue's creator and an ancestor of a rescuer at Pea Island unveil a bronze statue of Richard Etheridge Saturday, May 8, 2010. The town of M... More
Gilliardia Pulchella, Jefferson national expansion memorial
Gilliardia Pulchella Public domain photograph of a wildflower close up, nature, flowers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bodie Island Lighthouse - National Parks Gallery
Bodie Island Lighthouse Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lighthouse at sunset - National Parks Gallery
Lighthouse at sunset Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rose Mallow, Jefferson national expansion memorial
Rose Mallow Public domain photograph of a wildflower close up, nature, flowers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Banker ponies on Ocracoke Island
Banker ponies on Ocracoke Island Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sunset at Cape Point - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Sunset at Cape Point Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Aerial view of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Aerial view of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse - National Parks Gallery
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse - National Parks Gallery
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Silver Lake Marina and Ocracoke Village
Silver Lake Marina and Ocracoke Village Public domain photograph of a ship, sailing ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ocracoke Lighthouse, Jefferson national expansion memorial
Ocracoke Lighthouse Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Entrance sign, Jefferson national expansion memorial
Entrance sign Public domain photograph of a memorial plaque, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Spanish Moss - National parks scenic trails
Spanish moss on a live oak along the Thomas Hariot Trail.
Scene from "The Lost Colony," a historical outdoor drama that marked 8...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play describes the late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh, in North ... More
John White - Indians fishing, National Parks gallery
Watercolor over black lead, touched with bodycolour and gold, 353 x 235 mm, inscribed: 'The manner of their fishing' and 'A Cannow' 1906,0509.1.6
Scene from "The Lost Colony," a historical outdoor drama that marked 8...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play describes the late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh, in North ... More
John White - Grouper (possibly Mycteropica venenosa apua)
Watercolor over black lead, heightened with bodycolor, white, gold and silver (altered), 131 x 213 mm. Inscribed in brown ink: 'Mero.' 1906,0509.1.50
John White - Broiling fish over a fire
Watercolor over black lead, heightened with white (altered) and gold, 146 x 170 mm. Inscribed in brown ink, 'The broyling of their fish over the flame of fier.' 1906,0509.1.11b
Wild mushrooms - National parks scenic trails
Wild mushrooms along the Thomas Hariot trail
John White - Tiger swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus)
Historical note: This watercolor has become renowned as the first picture of an American butterfly. Watercolor over black lead, with bodycolour and touched with white, 140 x 198 mm. 1906,0509.1.66
Scene from "The Lost Colony," a historical outdoor drama that marked 8...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play describes the late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh, in North ... More
John White - Common box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)
Watercolor over black lead, 144 x 197 mm. Inscribed in brown ink (modernized): 'A land Tort which the Savages esteem above all other Torts' 1906,0509.1.68
Wysauke (Asclepias syriaca, common milkweed)
Historical note: this plant no longer exists along the Outer Banks. The Algonquian word 'Wysauke' may have meant 'bitter' or describing medicinal herbs in general. Watercolor over black lead, touched with white... More
Scene from "The Lost Colony," a historical outdoor drama that marked 8...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play describes the late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh, in North ... More
The Elizabeth II, a representative 16th-century sailing vessel in Fest...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More
An Indian werowance, or chief - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Watercolor over black lead, touched with bodycolour, white (altered) and gold, 263 x 150 mm. Inscribed in brown ink (modernized): 'The manner of their attire and painting themselves when they go to their genera... More
Northern shoreline of Roanoke Island
Northern shoreline of Roanoke Island in its natural state.
American Beautyberry - National parks scenic trails
American beautyberry along the Thomas Hariot Trail. Public domain scan of drawing, botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Scene from "The Lost Colony," a historical outdoor drama that marked 8...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play describes the late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh, in North ... More
Pea Island Boathouse dedication
MANTEO, N.C. - Senior Chief Petty Officer Ron McCready gives his remarks during a ceremony to dedicate the boathouse at the Pea Island Cookhouse Museum to Herbert M. Collins in Manteo, Oct. 15, 2011. Referred t... More
Pea Island Boathouse dedication
MANTEO, N.C. - Grandchildren of Herbert M. Collins reveal a plaque dedicating the boathouse at the Pea Island Cookhouse Museum to their grandfather, in Manteo, Oct. 15, 2011. Referred to as the Last Keeper, Col... More
USCGC Etheridge Crew - US Coast Guard photo
Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge are shown here at the North Carolina Aquarium in Manteo, N.C., Dec. 4, 2012. The crew was welcomed to the Outer Banks to visit the final resting place o... More
Pvt. Travis Samate, from Colorado Springs, Colo., And
Pvt. Travis Samate, from Colorado Springs, Colo., And a signal support systems specialist with HHT, 4th 'Dark Horse' Sqdn., 9th U.S. Cav. Regt., 2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div., simulates applying a tourniquet to a sold... More
USCGC Etheridge Crew - US Coast Guard photo
Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge are shown here at Island Farm in Manteo, N.C., Dec. 4, 2012. The crew was welcomed to the Outer Banks to visit the final resting place of Richard Etheri... More
Surf Fishing at Cape Point - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
Surf fishing on a mild autumn day at Cape Point in Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
Thomas Hariot Trail Forest - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
Scene of the forest that the Thomas Hariot Trail meanders through.
Fishing at Cape Point - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Surf fishing on a mild autumn day at Cape Point in Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
National parks: Acorns - public domain image
Acorns are plentiful in the autumn in the forest at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
Do Trees Have Eyes? - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
An interesting bark pattern seen on trees in the forest found at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
Do Trees Have Eyes? - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
An interesting bark pattern seen on trees in the forest found at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
Queen Elizabeth, National Parks gallery
An actor from The Lost Colony drama production portrays Queen Elizabeth during the 2013 Virginia Dare Faire at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
Spanish Moss, National Parks gallery
A native epiphyte that grows on the trees around the park.
Autumn Berries - National parks scenic trails
Berries found along the Thomas Hariot Trail at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
Masked Wonder, National Parks gallery
A young visitor to Fort Raleigh National Historic Site enjoys learning about life here in the 1580s during the Virginia Dare Faire.
Hold Still, National Parks gallery
A young visitor gets her face painted by an actor from The Lost Colony drama during the Virginia Dare Faire at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
Autumn Berries - National parks scenic trails
Berries found along the Thomas Hariot Trail at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
Virginia Dare Monument - National Parks Gallery
This monument celebrates the birth of Virginia Dare, the first English person born in North America on August 16, 1587.
Spanish Moss, National Parks gallery
A native epiphyte that grows on the trees around the park.
Facial Art, National Parks gallery
A young visitor sits patiently while getting her face painted by an actor from The Lost Colony drama production portraying a native during the 2013 Virginia Dare Faire at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
2013 Virginia Dare Faire Colonists
Actors from The Lost Colony drama production portray the English colonists at the 2013 Virginia Dare Faire at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
Thomas Hariot Trail Forest - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
Scene of the forest that the Thomas Hariot Trail meanders through.
Tourist Attraction - The Waterside Theater
Oblique view of the Waterside Theater where The Lost Colony drama is presented during the summer at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
The Freedmen's Colony Monument - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
The marker stone commemorating the Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island. Public domain photograph of a memorial plaque, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
National parks: Acorns - public domain image
Acorns are plentiful in the autumn in the forest at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
US COAST GUARD Etheridge nameboard
Photos of Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge nameboard donated from the structure of the Etheridge family homestead in Manteo, N.C. Capt. Etheridge was the first African-American keeper of the Pea Island Lif... More
US COAST GUARD Etheridge nameboard
Photos of Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge nameboard donated from the structure of the Etheridge family homestead in Manteo, N.C. Capt. Etheridge was the first African-American keeper of the Pea Island Lif... More
US COAST GUARD Etheridge nameboard
Photos of Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge nameboard donated from the structure of the Etheridge family homestead in Manteo, N.C. Capt. Etheridge was the first African-American keeper of the Pea Island Lif... More
US COAST GUARD Etheridge nameboard
Photos of Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge nameboard donated from the structure of the Etheridge family homestead in Manteo, N.C. Capt. Etheridge was the first African-American keeper of the Pea Island Lif... More
US COAST GUARD Etheridge nameboard
Photos of Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge nameboard donated from the structure of the Etheridge family homestead in Manteo, N.C. Capt. Etheridge was the first African-American keeper of the Pea Island Lif... More