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A black and white photo of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Compan...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

Interior hall and doorway at Kensington Manor, an 1855 Renaissance Rev...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The house had at one time fallen into such disrepair th... More

Hendrik de Keyser I - Façade of the Bergpoort

The Groningen Herenpoort(other side) is paired with the outer side of the Deventer city gate, called Bergpoort. The eagle in the frieze was meant to underscore Deventer’s status as a so-called ‘free city-state’... More

Westover Library/Reed School, 1644 N. McKinley Rd., N.W., Washington, ...

The library opened to the public on October 30, 2009. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Print... More

[Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel] / E. Baldus.

In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 14. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture o... More

Valladolid. Fachada de San Pablo / J. Laurent. Madrid.

In album: Spain, opposite p. 5. No. 75. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and ... More

Valladolid. Fachada de San Gregorio / J. Laurent. Madrid.

Doorway to the Colegio de San Gregorio showing elaborate architectural decorations. In album: Spain, opposite p. 5. No. 76.

Granada. La Puerta del Vino, por la parte de poniente / J. Laurent. Ma...

Moorish doorway, Alhambra, Granada, Spain. In album: Spain, opposite p. 29. No. 220.

Architectural detail of U.S. Capitol doors

The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was completed in the 1850s. Th... More

Granada. Ajimez en la Sala de Embajadores (Alhambra) / J. Laurent. Mad...

Recessed balcony and window in the Hall of Ambassadors, Alhambra, Granada, Spain. In album: Spain, p. 30. No. 1111.

Sevilla. Puerta del Perdon ó del Patio de los Naranjos / J. Laurent. M...

North portal of the Cathedral of Seville leading to the Patio le los Naranjos. In album: Spain, p. 48. No. 267 bis.

Assyria - Head of Portal Guardian from Nimroud. British Museum

Bust sculpture of a bearded man. On mount verso: 41. Public domain photograph of sculpture in France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Munich. Arch of Victory - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, p. 160. No. 301.

Granada. Entrada de la Sala de los Abencerrajes (Alhambra)

Entrance to the Hall of the Abencerrajes, Alhambra, Granada, Spain. In album: Spain, opposite p. 33. No. 238.

Tlemcen. Mihrab de la Medersa (Djama Abd-el-Kassem) / ND. Phot.

Mihrab in mosque with texts in Arabic and French hanging on either side, Tlemcen, Algeria. No. 216.

Assyria - Portal Guardian from Nimroud. British Museum

Statue of a lion with wings and head of a bearded man. On mount verso: 41. On mount recto: No. 2.

Fontaine publique A public fountain / / Bonfils.

No. 327. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy s... More

Balbek. Detail d'une niche des chambres carrées Bonfils

Niche in chamber of temple in Baʻlabakk, Lebanon. On verso: The propylea. Niche in Exedrae. No. 126. No. 826.

Damas. Porte de bronze de la grande mosquée / Bonfils.

Bronze doors to the Great Mosque, Damascus, Syria. No. 785. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixtu... More

Caire. Intérieur de l'Église cophte du Sainte Barbara

Bonfils. (statement of responsibility) No. 1131. No known restrictions on publication in the U.S. Use elsewhere may be restricted by other countries' laws. For general information see "Copyright and Other Rest... More

Le Caire. Bab-el-Foutouh / Bonfils.

Vendors along the wall near gate, Bab-el-Foutouh (Bab al-Futuh) in Cairo, Egypt. No. 1116.

Main Entrance, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[View of the Imperial Treasury in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 40. No. 788. In album: Topkapı Sarayı, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).

Mosqée Validé. Faı̈ences. Entrée des appartements du Sultan / Sébah & ...

Tilework at entranceway to the sultan's private quarters, Yeni Cami (mosque), Istanbul. No. 313.

Porte et façade en faience de la Mosqu. Roustem-Pacha / Sébah & Joaill...

Door of the Rüstem Paşa Camii (mosque). No. 740. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg w... More

Porte de Ste. Sophie / Sébah & Joaillier.

Entrance door to Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. No. 825.

[Entrance to the exhibit of forestry, hunting & fishing products, Pala...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jeypore. Maharajah's Palace view, photochrome print postcard.

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "India. Jeypore. Eastern Gate of the Maharajah's Palace". Print no. "20034. P.Z." Purchase; Marc... More

[Eglington Castle, entrance gates, Irvine, Scotland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "13123". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at... More

München. Siegestor view, photochrome print postcard.

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Germany. Bavaria. Munich. The Siegesthor (Triumphal Arch)." Print no. "1286. P.Z." Purchase; De... More

[Pola, Aurea Gate, Istria, Austro-Hungary]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "16778". Forms part of: Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Photochrom pr... More

Córdoba. La Mezquita. El Mihrab Nuevo

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Spain. Cordova. The Mezquita. The New Mihrab." Print no. "15494. P.Z." Purchase; Detroit Publis... More

Wien. Schönbrunn. Römische Ruine view, photochrome print postcard.

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Austro-Hungary. Lower Austria. Vienna. Schoenbrunn. Old Roman Ruins." Print no. "17996. P.Z." P... More

[From the tunnel, Baidar, the Crimea, Russia, (i.e., Ukraine)]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "8884". Forms part of: Views of architecture and other sites primarily in Poland,... More

Glastonbury Abbey. Door. St. Joseph's Chapel

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Great Britain and Ireland. Glastonbury. Abbey. Door of St. Joseph's Chapel." Print no. "10933."... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Barber House ("Belmont"), Washington, D.C.

Porte-cochere with Belmont coat-of-arms. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Coats-of-arms; Arc... More

Aix. Porte de la Cathédrale de Saint Sauveur

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "France. Provence. Aix. Cathedral of St. Saviour. The Door." Print no. "6741. P.Z." Now known as... More

Málaga. Puerta del Sagracio view, photochrome print postcard.

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Spain. Malaga. Door of the Sagrario." (Annotated in pencil). Print no. "15508. P.Z." Purchase; ... More

Athènes. Arc d ̕ Adrien. Avec Temple de Jupiter Olympien

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Greece. Athens. The Temple of Olympian Zeus and Arch of Adrian". Title in General-Photochrom-Ka... More

[Rolandsbogen, Rolandseck, the Rhine, Germany] view, photochrome print...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "17231". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[Pola, Germine Gate (i.e., Porta Gemina), Istria, Austro-Hungary]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "9971". Forms part of: Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Photochrom pri... More

Sevilla. Pórtico del Convento de Santa Paula

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Spain. Seville. Portico of the Convent of Saint Paul." Print no. "15430. P.Z." Purchase; Detroi... More

Córdoba. La Mezquita. El Mihrab Segundo

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Spain. Cordova. The Mezquita. The Second Mihrab." Print no. "15493. P.Z." Purchase; Detroit Pub... More

Burgos. La Catedrale Escalera Dorada view, photochrome print postcard.

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Spain. Burgos. Golden Stair." Print no. "15381. P.Z." Purchase; Detroit Publishing Company; 190... More

Mosquée Kârié / Sébah & Joaillier, Cons'ple.

Sculpture over door in chapel of the Kariye Mosque. Formerly the Church of St. Saviour in Chora. No. 47.

Mosquée Kârié / Sébah & Joaillier, Cons'ple.

Entrance to the Kariye Mosque. Formerly the Church of St. Saviour in Chora. No. 16.

Mosquée Kârié / Sébah & Joaillier, Cons'ple.

Sculpture over door in chapel of the Kariye Mosque. Formerly the Church of St. Saviour in Chora. No. 48.

Jerusalem (El-Kouds). The Angel's Stone, Church of Holy Sepulchre

Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: The Angel's Stone. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Main entrance, Parroquia (parish church), Chihuahua, Mexico

Photograph shows the Cathedral of Chihuaha, known later as the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross, Our Lady of Regla, and St Francis of Assisi, which began construction in 1725 and was designated a... More

Mosque el-Aksa i.e., al-Aqsa (interior) American Colony, Jerusalem

Title from negative. Caption on negative sleeve: Mosque of Omar [i.e., Dome of the Rock]. On negative: 51. On negative sleeve: See 107, p. 98. Title in list of Matson Collection negative numbers 13816-13914 mis... More

Travel views of the American Southwest

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. Public domain photograph of a Roman Catholic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Travel views of the American Southwest

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. Public domain photograph of a Roman Catholic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Travel views of the American Southwest

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. Public domain photograph of a Roman Catholic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Travel views of the American Southwest

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. Public domain photograph of a Roman Catholic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Travel views of the American Southwest

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

Schultzer, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Warder House, Washington, D.C.

Exterior, arched doorway, Benjamin H. Warder House, 1515 K Street, N.W. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item, with subsequent revisions. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Libra... More

La Porte Monumentale--chief entrance to the Exposition, Paris - Exposi...

D13990 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 11708. The Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, also known as the Paris World Fair of 1900, was a world's fair that was held in Paris, Fra... More

Arch at Denver, Colo - Public domain portrait photograph

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

Vabergsforten. Provskjutning mot fortet.

Vabergsforten. Provskjutning mot fortet. Public domain photograph, Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wooden Church of Saints Peter and Paul (1904), west facade, Shilka, Ru...

Number assigned by photographer: shil001. Title, date, and place from photographer's inventory. Credit line: Brumfield photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

Kairouan. Entrance to a mosque / Lehnert et Landrock, Tunis.

Blind stamp: Lehnert et Landrock, Tunis. No. 16. Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arnold Genthe. Travel views of Europe. Public domain artistic photogra...

Garden Gate, Governor's Palace, San Juan, P.R.

H64592 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5019. Copyright by Waldrop Photographic Co.

UNDERWOOD ESTATE, WOODLAND. GATE

An old black and white photo of a driveway, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date span based on active dates of Ha... More

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Grand stand entrance to Shibe Park, Philadelphia, with carved head of ...

Forms part of the George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mt. Vernon new tomb - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

[The Townsend house, home of Sumner Welles, now the Cosmos Club, 2121 ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Date based on similarity to photos taken by Johnston in 1910 of the nearby Anderson house. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Co... More

White House gate - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

A black and white photo of a horse and buggy in front of the white house, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General... More

Entrance to burned palace, Copenhagen

Photograph shows pavilions at entrance to Christianborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data ... More

Gunston Hall, Virginia - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Mary Scott Townsend house, Washington, D.C. Front entrance

Photograph shows front doorway of the Townsend house, later home of Mathilde and B. Sumner Wells, now the Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Lib... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Gates under the Church of the Resurrection (o...

Title devised by Library staff based on Russian caption in album. (Source: International Research Project "The Legacy of S.M. Prokudin Gorsky" 2012-2016). Former incorrect title was based on a nearby print in t... More

Box office of "Grand" 5-cent vaudeville and motion picture show, Niaga...

J160178 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago - Coliseum (exterior), George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo taken at the 1912 Republican National Convention held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-22. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library... More

Entrance gate to Czars Palace, Sofia, Bulgaria

Photograph showing gate to former Palace of the Czar, now National Gallery of Art. J174897 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Blair Jaekel.

Theatre as synagogue, George Grantham Bain Collection

New York City. Jewish new Year. Photo by Bain News Service, N.Y.C. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).... More

Gettysburg - Entrance Nat'l Cemetery

Photo shows the entrance to Gettysburg National Cemetery, probably taken during the Gettysburg Reunion (the Great Reunion) of July 1913, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. (Sou... More

["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampto...

Site History. House Architecture: Joseph Greenleaf Thorp, 1897. Landscape: Anna Gilman (Mrs. Robert C.) Hill. Other: Robert C. Hill acquired the house and four acres and half in 1913; Edith Bouvier Beale owned ... More

Le Glandier, outside view of chapel

Title and note information from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Children's Work. Plate to Secy. Genl. Print in album. Date based on date range for negative series. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 an... More

["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampto...

Caracas -- Federal Arch, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows the Federation Arch in Caracas, Venezuala. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. On negative: "Federation Arch at Caracas com... More

[Doorway and ivory tusks] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Photo by P. DeLord Brothers, Zanzibar. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

France, Rheims Cathedral, statue in Grand Portals

Mayflower Hotel (rear entrance), Washington, D.C.

France, Amiens Cathedral, Center Portal

["Planting Fields" William Robertson Coe house, 1395 Planting Fields R...

Site History. House Architecture: Walker & Gillette, 1918-1921. Landscape: James Frederick Dawson, Olmsted Brothers, from 1918, overall design. Tea house garden and tea house, Andrew Robeson Sargent and Guy Low... More

["Mi Sueño," Herbert Coppell house, 1245 South Grand Avenue, Pasadena,...

Site History. House Architecture: Bertram Grovesnor Goodhue, built 1916; Carlton Monroe Winslow, supervising architect. Landscape: Paul George Thiene, 1916. Associated Name: Georgia Myers (Mrs. Herbert) Coppell... More

["Uplands," Charles Templeton Crocker house, 400 Uplands Drive, Hillsb...

Site History. House Architecture: Willis Jefferson Polk, built 1913-1915. Landscape: Willis Jefferson Polk, from 1913 on 160 acres. Today: Garden not extant, house now Crystal Springs Uplands School. Title, dat... More

Military Cemetery on Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, #15

Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative sleeve. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Various results of the war. French guard at the Church of the Holy Sep...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Newport, Rhode Islan...

No. P&P no. 73. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Le Glandier. In a gateway of Old Chartreuse Monastery, now being used ...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Red Cross French Commission. Group Title: Monastery. Data: H.&E. 24042, Apr. 3 Ho... More

Entrance to the Sanatorium of La Jonchere for delicate children. This ...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC, R.C. Commission to France. Group title: Children, Refugees, France. On capti... More

Victory Arch, Madison Square and 25th St., New York City

Double-decker bus passing under the arch. J234514 U.S. Copyright Office. No. C13248.

["The Causeway," James Parmelee house, 3100 Macomb Street, Washington,...

Site history. House architecture: Charles Adams Platt, 1912. Landscape: Charles Adams Platt, overall plan, 1912 and Ellen Biddle Shipman, 1913. Associated Name: Alice Maury (Mrs. James) Parmelee. Today: House p... More

Mount Vernon. Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More

National Gallery of Art. Mercury Fountain in National Gallery of Art I...

White House exteriors. Close-up of front doorway of White House

Old negative number: 1607. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910... More

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