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Built in America: Historic Building and Engineering, 1933-Present,
contains the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic
American Engineering Record (HAER). These two collections include measured
drawings, large-format photographs, and written histories for more
than 35,000 historic structures and sites in the United States dating
from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. The buildings and
engineering technologies in the collections range from windmills
and one-room schoolhouses to the Golden Gate Bridge and buildings
designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
These online exhibits provide context and additional
information about these collections.
History:
Vision of Charles E. Peterson
Selected
Image Gallery (Map and Geographic Listing)
These historical era(s) are best represented
in these collections, although they may not be all-encompassing.
Development of the Industrial United States, 1876-1915
Emergence of Modern America, 1890-1930
The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Postwar United States, 1945-early 1970s
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These collections and exhibits contain thematically-related
primary and secondary sources. Also browse the Collection
Finder for more related material on the American Memory Web
site.
American
Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920
Architecture
and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Frank Lloyd
Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1932
Panoramic
Maps, 1847-1929
Small Town America: Stereoscopic Views from the Robert Dennis Collection,
1850-1920
Temple
of Liberty: Building the Capitol for a New Nation
Touring
Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920
Recommended additional sources of information.
National Park Service
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering
Record
Read More About It! - A bibliography
Specific guidance for searching these collections.
Search for structures and
engineering sites using the keyword search, or by selecting from the Subject
Index and Geographic
Location Index. For help with search words, go to the Synonym
List.
For help with search strategies, see Finding Items in American Memory.
Many items in these collections are not yet digitized. Searches may
produce the bibliographic record for a building or other site, but
may NOT include digitized photographs, plans, or drawings. Updates
to the collections are being made monthly.
No special viewers are needed to see the photographs and data pages
in these collections. Measured drawings and high-resolution archival
images require a special viewer. For help with viewers, go to American
Memory Viewer Information.
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