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Prints & Photographs Division staff have selected sets of images on frequently requested topics, focusing on images for which there are no known restrictions.

Architecture

T.S. Eastabrook House, 200 North Scoville Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL. HABS, ILL,16-OAKPA,2-1 Bungalows in the Historic American Buildings Survey: A Select List (text and images)
Isaac Small House, Old Kings Highway & Highland Road, Truro, Barnstable County. HABS, MASS,1-TRU,49-1 Cape Cod Houses Recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey: A Select List (text and images)
Lawrence County Courthouse, Courthouse Square bounded by Main Street, Lawrence, Moulton, Lawrence County, AL. HABS, ALA,40-MOULT,1-2 Courthouses Recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) (text)
Leatherwood Station Covered Bridge, Spanning Leatherwood Creek (moved to Billie Creek , Montezuma, Parke County, IN. HAER, IND,61-MONT,1-3 Covered Bridges Recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) (text)
Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle vicinity, Fayette County, PA. HABS, PA,26-OHPY.V,1-87 Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings Recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey (text and images) *revised April 2004*
Comfort Starr House, Guilford, New Haven County, CT. HABS CONN, 5-GUIL, 18-1 Saltbox Houses in the Historic American Buildings Survey (text and images)
Shadrach Standish House, Monponsett Street, Halifax, Plymouth County, MA. HABS MA-2-70, sheet 1 of 3 Timber-frame Houses in the Historic American Buildings Survey: A Select List (text and images)

History and Events

Inspection and sale of a negro. LC-USZ62-15392 Images of African-American Slavery and Freedom (text and images)
Arlington, Va. Band of 107th U.S. Colored Infantry at Fort Corcoran. LC-DIG-cwpb-04279 Photographs of African Americans During the Civil War: A List of Images in the Civil War Photograph Collection (text and many images) *revised May 2004*
Currier & Ives. The assassination of President Lincoln: at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., April 14th, 1865 The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Selected Images from the Collections of the Library of Congress ( text and images)
Columbus taking possession of the new country. LC-USZC2-1687 Images of Christopher Columbus and His Voyages (text and images)
Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963. Civil Rights March on Washington
The Civil Rights Era in the U.S. News & World Report Photographs Collection: A Select List (text and images)
Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, watching agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during the height of prohibition. LC-USZ62-123257 The Dry Years: Selected Images Relating to Prohibition from the Collections of the Library of Congress (text and images)
Landing at Ellis Island. LC-USZ62-12595. Selected Images of Ellis Island and Immigration, ca. 1880-1920 (text and images)
Washington, D.C. Government charwoman. LC-DIG-fsa-8b1484 Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection: 15 Popular Requests (via Prints and Photographs Online Catalog)
Tap dancing class in the gymnasium at Iowa State College. Ames, Iowa. LC-USW3- 002809-D Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection: 15 Staff Selections (via Prints and Photographs Online Catalog)
Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California. LC-USF34-009058-C Farm Security Administration Collection: Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" Photographs -- An Overview (text and images)
A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Sign at bus station. Rome, Georgia. LC-USZ62-75338 Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information: Photographs of Signs Enforcing Racial Discrimination (text and images)
Montage: Discovery of North America, by John and Sebstian Cabot; The battle of New Orleans, fought Jan. 8th, 1814; A gold hunter on his way to California, via St. Louis; Emancipation of the slaves, proclaimed on the 22nd September 1862, by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America Pictorial Americana: Selected Images from the Collections of the Library of Congress - Includes prints and photographs relating to historical events to 1899; general subjects such as education, daily life, miners and mining; and views of U.S. locations (text and images)
The great Bartholdi statue, Liberty enlightening the world--The gift of France to the American people. LC-USZC2-2509 Selected Views of the Statue of Liberty (text and images)
Frank Farnum coaching Pauline Starke. And now the Charleston is moving into the movies
The Twenties Fads, Dress, and Trends: Selected Images From the Collections of the Library of Congress (text and images)
United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Perspective from the northeast. Watercolor by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1806. LC-USZC4-1090 Washington, D.C., Sights Before 1850: A Select List of Images (text and images)
Mrs. Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Confederate spy, during her imprisonment in the Old Capitol. LC-USZ62-3131 Photographs of Women During the Civil War: Selected Images (text and some images)
Help us to win the vote. LC-USZ62-23622 Votes for Women: The Struggle for Women's Suffrage: Selected Images From the Collections of the Library of Congress (text and images)
Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a Vengeance dive bomber, Tennessee. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35371 Rosie Pictures: Select Images Relating to American Women Workers During World War II (text and some images)

People (portrait lists)

Amelia Earhart, head-and-shoulders portrait, full face. LC-USZ62-112514 Amelia Earhart: An Overview of Prints & Photographs Division Holdings (text and some images)
Columbus taking possession of the new country. LC-USZC2-1687 Images of Christopher Columbus and His Voyages (text and images)
Pvt. Edwin Francis Jemison Portraits of Named Civil War Enlisted Men (text and images)
Se-Quo-Yah, half-length portrait, seated, facing right, holding Cherokee alphabet. LC-USZC4-2566 Famous People: Selected Portraits From the Collections of the Library of Congress
Martha Washington. LC-USZ62-3833 First Ladies of the United States Selected Images From the Collections of the Library of Congress
H. Rap Brown, SNCC. LC-U9-17744-28 Images of Twentieth Century African American Activists: A Select List (text and images)
Esther Bubley, Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information photographer, three-quarter length portrait, kneeling with camera, facing right, at Bayway, New Jersey. LC-USZ62-121073 Photographers of the Farm Security Administration: Selected Portraits (via Prints and Photographs Online Catalog)
George Washington, first president of the United States. LC-USZ62-117116 Presidents of the United States: Selected Images From the Collections of the Library of Congress
John Adams Vice Presidents of the United States: Selected Images From the Collections of the Library of Congress New!
Help us to win the vote. LC-USZ62-23622 Votes for Women: The Struggle for Women's Suffrage: Selected Images From the Collections of the Library of Congress (text and images)

Related Resources

Montage (clockwise from upper left): Vash Gon--Jicarilla by Edward Curtis; Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange, Farm Security Administration Collection; Woman in dressing room by Ralph Barton, Swann Collection of Caricature and Cartoon; West Martingham Outbuildings, St. Michael's, Talbot County, Maryland, 1936 by Frances Benjamin Johnston, Carnegie Survey Prints & Photographs Division Collection and Subject Area Overviews (text; many accompanied by selected images)

Several Library of Congress American Memory sites also offer selected images on particular themes:

Harry Houdini, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, in chains. LC-USZC4-3277 American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920" (images relating to Harry Houdini)
American hunting scenes: "a good chance". LC-USZC2-3482 The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920 (text and images)
Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers, posed and ready to swing. LC-L9-54-3566-O, no. 8 By Popular Demand: Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860's-1960's (text and images)
Chief Justice Frederick Vinson administering the oath of office to Dwight D. Eisenhower on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol, January 20, 1953. LC-USZ62-126332 "I Do Solemnly Swear..."... Presidential Inaugurations (text and images)
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