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Surplus Store, vertical, 1st Avenue & Battery Street, Seattle, Washing...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: General commercial buildings; Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-2). Credit line: John ... More

Alabama Theater, Houston, Texas

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Theaters. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph... More

Farmers Bank by Louis Sullivan, West James Street, Columbus, Wisconsin

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Banks; Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside Americ... More

Esquire Theater, Amarillo, Texas

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Theaters. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph... More

Lyric Theater, Lancaster, Ohio. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Theaters. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph... More

Buenos Aires - Chancery Office Building - 1978

The original finding aid described this item as: Property Number: X 1001 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

An aerial view of C-141 Starlifter and C-130 Hercules aircraft parked ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Larry G. Enloe Release Statu... More

An aerial view of C-141 Starlifter and C-130 Hercules aircraft parked ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Larry G. Enloe Release Status... More

[Bird's-eye view of the Garden Bridge spanning the Suzhou Creek in Sha...

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

View of Lower Manhattan from the Manhattan Bridge, October 1979

Public domain photograph of city skyline, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Salvador - Chancery Office Building - 1979

The original finding aid described this item as: Format: Slide Architect: Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum, 2024 Property Number: X 1001 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

San Salvador - Chancery Office Building - 1979

The original finding aid described this item as: Format: Slide Architect: Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum, 2030 Property Number: X 1001 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

San Salvador - Chancery Office Building - 1979

The original finding aid described this item as: Format: Slide Architect: Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum, 1971 Property Number: X 1001 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Rhodes Motel sign, North Little Rock, Arkansas

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Aerial view of the White House, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Photograph taken in the 1980s. Title, date, subject not... More

Picryl description: Public domain photogrpah of a Capitol building, ar...

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and prese... More

World Trade Center, New York, New York

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Photograph taken during the 1980s. Title, date, subject... More

Willis Tower, long known as Sears Tower, Chicago, Illinois

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

San Salvador - Chancery Office Building - 1979

The original finding aid described this item as: Format: Slide Architect: Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum, 1980 Property Number: X 1001 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Dusk at U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Christopher Columbus fountain at Union Station in Washington, D.C.

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

Skyline at dusk, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Public domain photograph of city skyline, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aerial view of National Mall, with the U.S. Capitol in the foreground ...

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

Aerial view of Washington, D.C.

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image -... More

Art deco building in South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida

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

[Aerial view of New York City, in which the World Trade Center Twin To...

Date, and keywords provided by the photographer. 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 ... More

Nuart Theater, Blackfoot, Idaho

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Theaters. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph... More

Aerial of the Astrodome, Houston, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain image of a stadium, public building, sports arena, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aerial view of Washington, D.C., looking toward the distant Washington...

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

Carol M. Highsmith - Federal Courthouse, Houston, Texas

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

Carol M. Highsmith - Oil refinery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

Beautiful sky over Transamerica Tower, San Francisco, California

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

Empire State Building, New York, New York

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

Panorama aerial view of Washington, D.C.

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An aerial view of Security Hill with the"Elephant Cage"AN/FLR-9 circul...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Misawa Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Curt Eddings Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

An aerial view of the dispensary with the motor pool and a trailer par...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Larry Foster Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

San Salvador - Chancery Office Building - 1982

The original finding aid described this item as: Caption: Construction Property Number: X 3001 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

US Embassy in Paris - Annex Office Building - 1982

The original finding aid described this item as: Format: Slide Architect: Chalgrin, 1767 Property Number: X 4004 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Abu Dhabi - Chancery Office Building - 1982

The original finding aid described this item as: Property Number: L 3003-08 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Marines from the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit walk down the pier after ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark Dietrich Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

A view of a supply warehouse (Building #1017) that was damaged by high...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bellows Air Force Base, Oahu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lono Kollars Release Status:... More

US Embassy in Beirut - Chancery Office Building - 1983

The original finding aid described this item as: Caption: Terrorism Format: Slide Architect: Building leased Property Number: S 98501 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Banners welcoming 7th Fleet sailors hang across a downtown street

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pattaya Beach Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: Ph2 Paul Soutar Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

Vice President George Bush looks over the Berlin Wall into East Berlin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Thomas Farr Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

An evening view of the skyline with the twin towers of the World Trade...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPEC 4 Frederick Sutter Release Status: Released to... More

An aerial view of the 3/11th and the 3/10th Headquarters and living ar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Lloyd Perkins Release Status: Released to Public ... More

An aerial view of Yokota Air Base, Japan

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Dennis Counley Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

An aerial view of Yokota Air Base, Japan

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Dennis Counley Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

An aerial view of Yokota Air Base, Japan

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Dennis Counley Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

An aerial view of the remains of the Marine battalion Landing Team hea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN) Scene Camera Operator: Gun. SGT. Lucas Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More

A view of structures and antennas on the roof of the Soviet Embassy bu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: John Lewin Release Status: Released t... More

A view of the road leading into Checkpoint 76 as Marines observe appro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Lucas / SSGT Drago Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

A view of the Washington Monument as seen from the steps of the United...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Paul Pappas Release Status: Relea... More

A dormitory building at the 485th Tactical Missile Wing facility

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Florennes Air Base Country: Belgium (BEL) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Louis Blackman Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Dutch soldiers armed with Uzi submachine guns and an 84mm M-2 Carl Gus...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SPEARPOINT '84REFORGER '84 Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Richard Hart Release Status: Rel... More

An aerial view of the White House and the Ellipse

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Ac) Dave Maclean Release Status:... More

51D-14-026 - STS-51D - 51D landing

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing the landing of the orbiter Discovery after 51D. View of the forward (FWD) flight deck (FD) side window of orbiter la... More

Downtown Seattle from the water

Downtown Seattle from the water, June 1985 ..Photographer: .Randlett, Mary..Subjects (LCSH):.Central business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle.Seattle, Wash.--Buildings, structures, etc. ..Digital Collect... More

US Embassy in Warsaw - Annex Office Building - 1985

Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings Public domain photograph related to 1930s-1950s dwelling, building, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picr... More

High oblique view of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba looking northe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Duguid Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More

High oblique view of Naval Base Guantanamo Bay looking north. The Vene...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Duguid Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More

The space shuttle Enterprise, mated to an external tank and solid rock...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James R. Pearson Release St... More

An elevated starboard quarter view of the hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: National Steel & Shipbuilding Co Release Status:... More

Soldiers work in the primary technical control section of the Defense ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Donnersburg Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: Sgt Vincent R. Kitts Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

Crew members of the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) stand on the No. 3 Mar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: New York Harbor State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Hilton Release Status: Released to ... More

A view from the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) of the St...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: New York Harbor State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Emmett Francois Release Status: Released to ... More

US Embassy in Jakarta - Chancery Office Building - 1987

The original finding aid described this item as: Property Number: R 1001 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Six F/A-18A Hornet aircraft of the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels flight demo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Harry Gann Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

An aerial view, looking southwest, of the White House. The Old Execut...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC C.M. Fitzpatrick Release Status: ... More

An aerial view of the Lincoln Memorial with the Washington Monument mi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC C.M. Fitzpatrick Release Status: ... More

US Embassy in Bogota - Chancery Office Building - 1988

The original finding aid described this item as: Property Number: X 1001 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

An aerial view of the Navy Annex

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Released to Publi... More

US Embassy in Dhaka - Chancery Office Building - 1989

The original finding aid described this item as: Format: Slide Architect: Kallmann, McKinnell & Wood, 1989 Property Number: X 24 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Changing of the guard takes place at the 19th-century Neue Wache (New ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

An aerial view of a hangar area and runway on the base, with several H...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Woodbridge Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David S. Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

An aerial view of the main runway and a portion of the base. The 501st...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Greenham Common Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant David S. Nolan Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Military vehicles and equipment line the port area during exercise REF...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '90 Base: Antwerp Country: Belgium (BEL) Scene Camera Operator: Sergeant Efrain Gonzalez Release Status: Released t... More

An aerial view of the Pentagon - U.S. National Archives Public Domain ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A view, looking south from the church steeple, of the combat village a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Esko Townell Release S... More

An aerial view of the Mayport Naval Station with various U.S. Navy shi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Mayport State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mccarter Release Status: Released ... More

San Salvador - Chancery Office Building - 1982

The original finding aid described this item as: Format: Slide Architect: Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum, 1991 Property Number: X 1001 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

A copy image of an aerial view of the US Navy (USN) Naval Medical Cent...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

An aerial view of the Pentagon - U.S. National Archives Public Domain ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Ken Hammond Release Status: Released t... More

Ash covers the base in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's eruption. The...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FIERY VIGIL Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Sta... More

Scenes of boarded-up barracks depict 7th Infantry Division's (Light) d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Ord State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Marvin Hamburger Release Status: Released to Publ... More

An air-to-air, three quarter front view of a Lear Jet-built C-21A airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ken Hackman Release Status: Released to... More

Exterior of front of Elsa's Wholesale & Retail, 368 21st Avenue.

Exterior, front, of Café Taormina, with signs for Giannella's Bakery a...

Forms part of a group of images documenting businesses along 21st Avenue in Paterson.

Exterior, front, of Café Taormina, with signs for Giannella's Bakery a...

Forms part of a group of images documenting businesses along 21st Avenue in Paterson.

Boys playing basketball; graffiti-covered walls are behind them.

Forms part of a group of images depicting graffiti murals that were painted on walls near School Number 15 as part of an organized, city-approved demonstration by graffiti artists from the metro area; School Nu... More

High oblique, facing northeast, of the Blount Island Command, a USMC M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Blount Island State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 J.F. Slaughenhaupt Release Status: Released... More

An aerial view of the Pentagon located at Washington, District of Colu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Chester Simpson, CIV Release Status: Re... More

A view of Bangkok, Thailand's modern city skyline, the cranes atop the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bangkok Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT John K. Mcdowell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

Great River Road - The Montgomery Bus Where Rosa Parks Sat

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Indoors at the National Civil Rights Museum stands a recreation of the bright yellow Montgomery city bus where Rosa Parks defied the cit... More

Great Lakes Seaway Trail - Buffalo City Hall

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: An example of Art Deco architecture, the city hall weaves together Native American art forms and scenes from city life through decoratio... More

Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway - US Route 15 Business in Leesbu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Leesburg's historic district is a bustling downtown brimming with history and charm, exampled by King Street's brick sidewalks lined wit... More

An aerial view, looking west-southwest, of a portion of the Norfolk Na...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hampton Roadstead State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert J. Sitar Release Status: Released t... More

Bosnians walk through streets damaged by the war

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Michael J. Haggerty Rele... More

An aerial view of a section of NAS Norfolk showing the section of the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert J. Sitar Release Status: R... More

A stern view of the destroyer USS PAUL F. FOSTER (DD-964) in drydock #...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 R.J. Oriez Release Status: Released to Publ... More