Mary Scott Townsend house, Washington, D.C. Foyer (c. 1910) By: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952 #architecture #photography #archives https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fbj/item/2001698334/
Maps and History
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Do you like maps, history, and libraries? Maps and History highlights historic maps and photos in the public domain from digital library collections. Analog copies for sale here: https://www.zazzle.com/collections/maps_and_history-119075331333656072
Bird's eye view of the city of Allentown, Pa (1879) By: Fowler & Bailey #map #antiquemaps #publicdomain http://www.loc.gov/item/78694441/
Friends of the deceased's family, at an annual memorial meeting in the family cemetery. In the mountains near Jackson, Kentucky. See general caption no… (1940 Aug.?) #FSA #GreatDepression #publicdomain https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017757359/
Shenandoah Valley. Broken windows of the Penn Foundry Manufacturing Company at Waynesboro, Virginia. Three cavernous buildings filled with moldering machinery. Inhabited only by flocks of… (1941 May) #FSA #GreatDepression #history https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017689316/
Liggett Bldg. Iron Work, 42 St. and Vanderbilt Av. (c. 1921) By: Underhill, Irving, -1960 #graphicarts #printmaking #historicalphotos https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/cph/item/00650131/
Pere Marquette Station, Charlevoix (c. 1900-1906) By: Detroit Publishing Co. #cityscape #photochrom #oldphotos https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det/item/2016794568/
What good does advertising do? (c. 1965-1980) By: Advertising Council #posterart #graphicdesign #publicdomain https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/yan/item/2015648290/
African American woman, half-length portrait, facing left (1899 or 1900) #AnselAdams #landscape #vintage https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/anedub/item/99472160/
Congressmen plan new quarters. Perhaps these three House leaders were planning the locations of their new offices as they looked over the model of the new House office building. But… (1930 November 29) #1930s #portrait #archives https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hec/item/2016878949/
Second Floor Corridor. Printers' marks+Columns. Detail of column capital showing Scorpio. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. (2007) By: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- #Americana #Highsmith #photography https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/highsm/item/2007684669/
Bird's eye view of Concord, N.H. : 1875 By: H.H. Bailey & Co #map #antiquemaps #libraryofcongress http://www.loc.gov/item/2015586191/
Gate mechanism at Sault Ste. Marie locks (c. 1900-1906) By: Detroit Publishing Co. #cityscape #photochrom #archives https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det/item/2016794509/
Aero view of Bangor, Pennsylvania 1918 By: Hughes & Bailey #map #antiquemaps #vintagemaps http://www.loc.gov/item/gm71005366/
World-Wide News Events, 1938/04/04 By: Universal Studios #newsreel #vintagefilm #foundfootage https://archive.org/details/1938-04-04_World-Wide_News_Events
East side. Building 517 is to the right. Building 511 is to the left. - Fitzsimons General Hospital, Central Service Building, North of Building No. 511, East of corridor connecting… (1994) #architecture #HABS #vintage https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/item/co0549.photos.328226p/
Ticonderoga, N.Y. (1884) By: Beck & Pauli #map #antiquemaps #publicdomain http://www.loc.gov/item/75694853/
Home Movie: 97267: Bull Performance Testing, Tifton, Jan. 1963 #foundfootage #vintagefilm #vintage https://archive.org/details/97267_hm_bull_performance_testing_tifton_jan_1963
San Diego the beautiful (c. 1907) By: California Panorama Co. #panorama #cityscape #historicalphotos https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/pan/item/2007660498/
Niagara, American Fall from Goat Island (c. 1898) By: Detroit Publishing Co. #cityscape #photochrom #vintage https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det/item/2016794141/
Sanford, Maine (1889) By: Norris, George E. #map #antiquemaps #vintagemaps http://www.loc.gov/item/75694500/
Sixteen Union soldiers of Company D, 21st Connecticut Infantry (c. 1861-1865) #CivilWar #portrait #photography https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/lilj/item/2026167406/
Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Grinding an axle for a marine cargo winch in the converted Midwestern plant of a farm implement manufacturer. This machine was formerly used… (1942 Oct) #FSA #GreatDepression #vintage https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017696189/
Lunch, Treasury Annex (c. 1918-1920) #1920s #photography #archives https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/npco/item/2016819632/
View of Victoria, Vancouver Island (1860) By: Day & Son #map #antiquemaps #vintagemaps http://www.loc.gov/item/75696731/
Richmond, Sagadahoc Co., Maine 1878 By: Ruger, A. #map #antiquemaps #vintagemaps http://www.loc.gov/item/73694688/
Skaneateles, N.Y. (1884) By: Beck & Pauli #map #antiquemaps #vintagemaps http://www.loc.gov/item/75694849/
Home of Mr. Nash, Atlanta, Ga. (c. 1899) #AnselAdams #landscape #oldphotos https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/anedub/item/2001705870/