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A black and white photo of a city. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a city. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Pl...

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

[General view, Aachen, the Rhine, Germany]

[General view, Aachen, the Rhine, Germany]

Print no. "8017". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[Old Zÿds, the Kolk (canal), Amsterdam, Holland]

[Old Zÿds, the Kolk (canal), Amsterdam, Holland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J, foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, c1905. Print no. "17455". Printed at bottom left: 17455. P.Z. - Amsterdam O.Z. Kolk. More inform... More

Aleppo from castle Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem

Aleppo from castle Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem

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.

Some high buildings of lower New York, view from East River; Harbor scene, 1902

Some high buildings of lower New York, view from East River; Harbor sc...

Photo by A. Loeffler. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: 4 midshipmen carrying a man; crowd of guests along sidewalk

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: 4 midshipmen carrying a man; crowd of g...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Pres. I.; Military education; Univ. & Colleges; Shelf.

Ruins of San Francisco from Bush St., near Stockton

Ruins of San Francisco from Bush St., near Stockton

H80577 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Smith Bros.; July 16, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42971. Copyright claimant's address: Oakland, Cal.

Panorama of Oakland from the Court House

Panorama of Oakland from the Court House

H97611 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; August 2, 1907. No. 1255.

Panorama view of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

Panorama view of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

H121424 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; J. M. Strub; May 3, 1909.

Madison Ave. Bldg., cor. 25th St.

Madison Ave. Bldg., cor. 25th St.

J176807 U.S. Copyright Office. No. C 9084. Copyright by Irving Underhill, New York.

Captain Maurice Chastenet de Gery of the French Foreign Legion, Edouard de Billy of the French High Commission, and William Gibbs McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury, at ceremony to hoist the Fourth Liberty Loan flag. U.S. Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.

Captain Maurice Chastenet de Gery of the French Foreign Legion, Edouar...

A group of men standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title and date from article and photo in The Sunday Star, Wash. DC, Sept. 22, 1918. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. ... More

North from Hollywood Club - A black and white photo of a city

North from Hollywood Club - A black and white photo of a city

J0 2674 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C.C. Pierce & Co.; July 17, 1929. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Calif. No. 8015.

[Old tavern, Brook Road, Richmond, Virginia]

[Old tavern, Brook Road, Richmond, Virginia]

Photo shows twelve African American children standing in a row by a three-story wooden building. Sign on front: Groceries ... R.L. Hilliard ... On slide (handwritten): "Tavern, Richmond." Slide for lecturing on... More

Two men walking down a street in front of a store, possibly related to: Marked Tree, Arkansas

Two men walking down a street in front of a store, possibly related to...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a mail box, Street corner, Newport News, Virginia

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a mail box, Street c...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Streetcars at terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Streetcars at terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Textile mills seen from a bridge in Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Textile mills seen from a bridge in Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a city street, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a city street, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Ph...

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th-century, the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jack Delano - Houses in Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Jack Delano - Houses in Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tyrone, New Mexico, a town developed by the Burro Mountain Copper Company, now inactive, but which is developing the town as a summer resort

Tyrone, New Mexico, a town developed by the Burro Mountain Copper Comp...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Chicago, Illinois. Lake Michigan beach

Chicago, Illinois. Lake Michigan beach

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. Construction work began in September 1941. Trailer camps, cabins, hotels, liquor stores, cafes, and night clubs stretch along U.S. Highway No. 71 bordering the camp for about ten miles

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. Construction work began in...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Yauco, Puerto Rico. A funeral procession on a street

Yauco, Puerto Rico. A funeral procession on a street

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

[Kowloon Walled City, Kowloon, China]

[Kowloon Walled City, Kowloon, China]

Slide thought to have been used by Paul Rudolph for lectures ("Housing lecture"). Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

From historical photo display in HUD headquarters hallway:  Robert C. Weaver Federal Building under construction, Washington, D.C.

From historical photo display in HUD headquarters hallway: Robert C. ...

Photographer: HUD Staff Photo Creation Date: ca. 1967 - 1968 From historical photo display in HUD headquarters hallway: Robert C. Weaver Federal Building under construction, Washington, D.C

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Downtown Salamanca Passenger Station, Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, NY

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Downtown Salamanca Passenger Station, Salam...

Survey number: HAER NY-99 Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A most unusual levee along the Arkansas River in Pueblo, Colorado

A most unusual levee along the Arkansas River in Pueblo, Colorado

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The long and eclectic mural on the levee walls first appeared as whimsical graffiti in the 1970s and is said to be the longest, if not... More

Washington Theater, Royal Oak, Michigan, Motion Picture Theaters

Washington Theater, Royal Oak, Michigan, Motion Picture Theaters

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

Alabama Theater, Houston, Texas

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

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

[Bird's-eye view of the Garden Bridge spanning the Suzhou Creek in Shanghai, China, at the confluence of the Huangpu River, with a ferry and a cargo ship in the distance, and the Shanghai waterfront on the right]

[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).

Rhodes Motel sign, North Little Rock, Arkansas

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

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

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

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

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

Aerial view of National Mall, with the U.S. Capitol in the foreground and Washington Monument in the distance, Washington, D.C.

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

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

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 Towers is prominent]

[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

Aerial view of Washington, D.C., looking toward the distant Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall

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

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

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

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

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

Lower Manhattan skyline, including the World Trade Center, New York, New York

Lower Manhattan skyline, including the World Trade Center, New York, N...

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 shot was taken two months before the 9/11/2001 terr... More

Aerial view of New York City, in which the World Trade Center Twin Towers is prominent

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

Aerial was taken a couple of months before the 9/11 tragedy. Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital im... More

[Aerial view of Capitol Hill featuring the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building behind the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

[Aerial view of Capitol Hill featuring the Library of Congress Thomas ...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Hurricane Gustav] Corpus Christi, TX, September 9, 2008 -- Workers place boards on windows in a downtown Corpus Christi business.  Preparations area being made in anticipation of Hurricane Ike's landfall.  FEMA is working with the State of Texas to provide  assistance to residents who may need to evacuate from their homes.  Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

[Hurricane Gustav] Corpus Christi, TX, September 9, 2008 -- Workers pl...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Skyline, dominated by the Space Needle, which appeared in the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, or "Century 21 Exposition." Seattle, Washington

Skyline, dominated by the Space Needle, which appeared in the 1962 Sea...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency not held by the Library Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. ... More

Grain Belt Beer sign, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Grain Belt Beer sign, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift;... More

Aerial view of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, the Ohio River, and some of the many bridges that connect Cincinnati with its northern Kentucky suburbs

Aerial view of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, the Ohio River, and some of ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Prominent in the foreground is Paul Brown Stadium, home of the city's National Football League team, the Cincinnati Bengals. Credit li... More

Aerial view of dowtown Cincinnati, Ohio from the Ohio River

Aerial view of dowtown Cincinnati, Ohio from the Ohio River

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In the foreground is Paul Brown Stadium, home of the city's National Football League franchise, the Cincinnati Bengals. Credit line: P... More

Aerial view of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio

Aerial view of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Prominent in the foreground, along the Ohio River, is Paul Brown Stadium, home of the city's National Football League team, the Cincin... More

California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San F...

Significance: The California State Building is a contributing element of the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Nationa... More

Hotel Victoria, corner Newbury and Dartmouth Sts., Boston, Massachusetts.

Hotel Victoria, corner Newbury and Dartmouth Sts., Boston, Massachuset...

H38067 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. Chickering & Co.; November 13, 1903; DLC/PP-1903:41972. On front: "Copyright by E. Chickering & Co., 1903, reproduction forbidden".

Security First National Bank, 5207-5209 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Security First National Bank, 5207-5209 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angele...

Significance: A single floor bank structure, externally sheathed in glazed black terracotta, with bright gold accented terracotta detailings. In a reserve fashion Zigzag Moderne (Art Deco) ornament has been int... More

Reading News Building, 22-24 North Fifth Street, Reading, Berks County, PA

Reading News Building, 22-24 North Fifth Street, Reading, Berks County...

Written data includes floor plans. Significance: The City of Reading has witnessed the appearance and disappearance of numerous newspapers since the origin of the town's existence. The Reading News was establis... More

Strand Historic District, Leon & H. Blum Building, 2310-2328 Mechanic Street, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

Strand Historic District, Leon & H. Blum Building, 2310-2328 Mechanic ...

Survey number: HABS TX-3296-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000748

U.S. Post Office, Customs House & Courthouse, Public Square, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

U.S. Post Office, Customs House & Courthouse, Public Square, Cleveland...

Significance: Designed by Arnold W. Brunner of New York and built in 1905, the granite building features giant colonnades of attached Corinthian columns between end pavilions which are surmounted by sculptured ... More

Will Marion Cook House, 221 West 138th Street, New York, New York County, NY

Will Marion Cook House, 221 West 138th Street, New York, New York Coun...

Significance: Will Marion Cook was known for his great abilities in musical performance and composition, and theatrical organization. Especially noted for his contributions to ragtime music, Cook is also rememb... More

Dallas - Oak Cliff Viaduct, Dallas, Texas

Dallas - Oak Cliff Viaduct, Dallas, Texas

J172400 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Johnson & Rogers; August 12, 1912.

Erie Railway, Meadville Roundhouse, West side of U.S. 6/19 opposite West end of North Street, Meadville, Crawford County, PA

Erie Railway, Meadville Roundhouse, West side of U.S. 6/19 opposite We...

See also HAER PA-11 for additional documentation. Includes photographs. Survey number: HAER PA-13

Patee House Hotel, South Twelfth & Penn Streets, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

Patee House Hotel, South Twelfth & Penn Streets, Saint Joseph, Buchana...

Significance: Served as the eastern terminus and headquarters for Russell, Majors & Waddell, the owners of the Pony Express. It also played a significant local role in St. Joseph as a luxurious hotel in a front... More

Dallas skyline, Apr. 1st, '20, taken from roof of Butler Brothers

Dallas skyline, Apr. 1st, '20, taken from roof of Butler Brothers

J240411 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; W. H. Raymond; April 5, 1920. Copyright claimant's address: 2004 McKinney Ave., Dallas.

South Street Seaport Museum, 127-137 Beekman Street, New York, New York County, NY

South Street Seaport Museum, 127-137 Beekman Street, New York, New Yor...

Significance: The only 20th century building on the block, 127-237 Beekman Street is a large three-story cream-colored brick warehouse with neo-classic details designed by architect James S. Maher for Ruth Livi... More

Christ Reformed Church, 1501-1507 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Christ Reformed Church, 1501-1507 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona, Blair Count...

Significance: Christ Reformed Church was the second home of a congregation which was formed in 1863 as the German Reformed Missionary Congregation in Altoona. In 1870, it changed its name to Christ Reformed Chu... More

Empire State Building, 34th St. & 5th Ave.

Empire State Building, 34th St. & 5th Ave.

JO8771 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, Inc, NYC. No. C 20611.

Camp Travis from wireless, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 1917

Camp Travis from wireless, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 1917

J225762 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C. W. Henningsen; October 15, 1917; DLC/PP-1917:45491. Copyright claimant's address: San Antonio, Texas.

Lehigh Valley Railroad, Sayre Repair Shops, Northeast side of Lehigh Avenue opposite Stevenson Street, Sayre, Bradford County, PA

Lehigh Valley Railroad, Sayre Repair Shops, Northeast side of Lehigh A...

Survey number: HAER PA-33 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Jet Engine Inspection & Maintenance Shop, Arizona Avenue, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Jet Engine Inspection & Maintenance Shop, ...

Significance: The overall 30,720 square-foot Jet Engine Inspection and Maintenance Shop provided 29,427 square foot of engine inspection and maintenance space and 1,293 square feet of supply and equipment wareh... More

West Shore Railroad, Pier 7 Grain Elevator, Hudson River & Pershing Road vicinity, West New York, Hudson County, NJ

West Shore Railroad, Pier 7 Grain Elevator, Hudson River & Pershing Ro...

Significance: Pier 7 is significant as the remains of the last and largest grain elevator built by a railroad in the Port of New York. Its two million bushel capacity together with the 1.2 million bushel elev... More

Skyline Urban Renewal Area, Larimer Square, 1400 Block, Larimer Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

Skyline Urban Renewal Area, Larimer Square, 1400 Block, Larimer Street...

Survey number: HABS CO-50-A Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of shopping cent... More

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Unicon Portable Hangar, First & C Streets, Boron, Kern County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Unicon Portable Hangar, First & C ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N710 Survey number: HAER CA-170-A

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: It constituted the first large-scale, black-owned, black-operated, multiple use complex in Atlanta. Built in 1911-13 for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the complex was the brainchild of Be... More

St. Francis de Sales Church, 2100 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

St. Francis de Sales Church, 2100 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Oakland...

Significance: St. Francis de Sales Church is a characteristic example of a large brick urban Catholic Church of the late 19th century. It is Gothic Revival in style, has a cruciform plan, and a plaster ceiling... More

Longview Farm, Show Horse Barn, Longview Road, Lees Summit, Jackson County, MO

Longview Farm, Show Horse Barn, Longview Road, Lees Summit, Jackson Co...

Significance: The Show Horse Barn was a pivotal structure on the farm, both for its physical presence and for its key role in the history of the farm. The barn, 260' x 150' in size and built at a cost of $100,0... More