national monument

[Blank certificate for donors to the Washington National Monument Soci...

Certificate includes vignettes of the proposed Washington Monument with a pantheon and as an obelisk; medallion portrait of George Washington; and Washington's grave at Mount Vernon. The signatures are for Z. T... More

Sketch of the Washington National Monument by Robert Mills

Proposal Plans for a Washington Monument The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washington, the fi... More

To all who shall see these presents, greeting Know ye, that reposing s...

Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 198, Folder... More

State of Michigan - National Parks Gallery

Name: Michigan Level: 210-ft. Dates: 1850-52/1885/1916 Original materials: copper, silver letters and shield Dimensions: 1' 9" x 3' Sculptor/Carver: not known Original inscription: Michigan An Emblem of Her Tru... More

Description of the design of the Washington National Monument, to be e...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 233, Folder 1.

[Certificate of membership for the Washington National Monument Societ...

Certificate to raise funds to erect the Washington Monument shows two designs for the monument and two vignettes.

The Washington National Monument / [drawn by] H. Warren ; [engraved by...

Engraving showing the Washington Monument as designed by Robert Mills. Engraving by J. C. Armytage after H. Warren. Engraving in LOT 4386K. On verso: In Bartlett & Woodward, History of the United States. Varia... More

Washington National Monument proposed height in dotted lines, 485 ft. ...

Print showing a drawing of Washington Monument half completed with dotted lines representing the proposed height. Drawing possibly drawn by Fred D. Stuart.

Washington National Monument / drawn by Fred D. Stuart.

Print showing a "revised plan of the monument" with specifications and height comparisons to other buildings, as well as the Washington Monument in Baltimore and the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston. Revised pla... More

[Boy's Clubs in front of Lincoln National Monument, Illinois making th...

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[Boy's Clubs in front of Lincoln National Monument, Illinois making th...

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Geneva. National monument - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Statues of two women, representing Truth and Justice, by Luc Jaggi. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 31, upper left.

[Fundraising letter from the Office of the Lincoln National Monument A...

Surrounded by a black mourning border.

The Washington National Monument, engraving, Library of Congress

Showing Robert Mills' design for pantheon. Illus. in: Morrison, Guide... (1871). Toner Collection. Another copy available in LOT 4386 33 (Washington). This record contains unverified, old data from caption car... More

National Monument to the Forefathers. [Plymouth, Mass.]

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[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_NY_2006_S] Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to New York City, New York, [for touring, discussions with National Park Service staff at sites including the... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_NY_2006_S] Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to New York City, New York, [for touring, discussions with National Park Service staff at sites including the... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_NY_2006_S] Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to New York City, New York, [for touring, discussions with National Park Service staff at sites including the... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_NY_2006_S] Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to New York City, New York, [for touring, discussions with National Park Service staff at sites including the... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_NY_2006_S] Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to New York City, New York, [for touring, discussions with National Park Service staff at sites including the... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_NY_2006_S] Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to New York City, New York, [for touring, discussions with National Park Service staff at sites including the... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_NY_2006_S] Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to New York City, New York, [for touring, discussions with National Park Service staff at sites including the... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_NY_2006_S] Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to New York City, New York, [for touring, discussions with National Park Service staff at sites including the... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_NY_2006_S] Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to New York City, New York, [for touring, discussions with National Park Service staff at sites including the... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_NY_2006_S] Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to New York City, New York, [for touring, discussions with National Park Service staff at sites including the... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_NY_2006_E] Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to New York City, New York, [where they toured Ellis Island and environs with Statue of Liberty National Monu... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_NY_2006_E] Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to New York City, New York, [where they toured Ellis Island and environs with Statue of Liberty National Monu... More

State of Minnesota - National Parks Gallery

Name: Minnesota Level: 220-ft. Dates: 1850s/1885 Original materials: pipestone, dark pink paint in letters (not known if this was ground for gold leaf) Dimensions: 1' 9" x 2' Sculptor/Carver: not known Original... More

State of Kentucky - National Parks Gallery

Name: Kentucky Level: 230-ft. Dates: 1851/1850s/1885 Original material: limestone Dimensions: 3' 4" x 7' Sculptor/Carver: M. Pruden, 1851 [stone] Original inscription: Under the auspices of heaven, & the precep... More

Montezuma Castle, 1887 - National Parks Gallery

An image of Montezuma Castle taken in 1887, almost 30 years before it was designated a National Monument by President Theodore Roosevelt.

Views at Pipe Spring National Monument, Arizona

Pipe Spring National Monument, a little known gem of the National Park System, is rich with American Indian, early explorer and Mormon pioneer history. The water of Pipe Spring has made it possible for plants, ... More

[Holland - National Monument]. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public dom...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Cellar and Storage Shed - An old outhouse in a field with a mountain i...

Constructed between 1890 and 1910, the history of the feed shed is a good illustration of how working ranches evolved over time as buildings and materials were recycled, adapted and reused. The shed initially s... More

[National Monument of 1813, Hague, Holland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J, foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, c1905. Print no. "8475". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at ... More

[Burns National Monument, Mauchline, Scotland] view, photochrome print...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "13138". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at... More

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - Log Cabin

Constructed at some point between 1895 and 1900, the 12’4” x 16’10” log cabin is a one-story, one room structure with a cedar shingle gable roof. The cabin was part of the Officer Homestead. According to the 19... More

National Monument, Soldiers' National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa

"903-G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016606. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - Main House

Constructed between 1917 and 1918, the main house is a two and one-half story, 40-foot by 45-foot house. Its design was based on several plans from the “Radford American Homes,” published in 1903 by the Radford... More

National Monument, [Soldiers'] National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylv...

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Paesiello Emerson - From National Monument to Standish (Duxbury?)

Panorama Courtesy of Longmeadow Historical Society

National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Title devised by cataloger. Photograph of a photographic print copyrighted 1906 by "A.S. Burbank, Plymouth, Mass." "National monument to the forefathers erected by a grateful people ... civil and religious libe... More

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - Cant Ranch

Nestled below Sheep Rock along the John Day River, just north of Picture Gorge, the ranch is one of the most intact remaining examples of early 20th century ranching operations in the valley. The Sheep Rock Un... More

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - Titanic Ditch

Agricultural operations expanded dramatically in 1912 when a new irrigation system was constructed on the east side of the river. Named the "Titanic Ditch" to commemorate of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912,... More

Agate Fossil Beds - Bone Cabin - Public Domain image, National Parks G...

Before Agate Fossil Beds became a National Monument, this modest cabin was used to homestead the section which included the Fossil Hills quarries. The cabin was then used by the paleontologists. This historic ... More

Gettysburg national military park - Liberty statue

The statue of Liberty stands atop the Soldiers' National Monument. She holds a sheathed sword in her left hand a wreath of laurel in her right hand.

Booker T Washington National Monument

Master Naturalist Volunteer with Ecocampers. Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arches National Park, Cleome lutea

Common name: yellow beeplant. Family: Cleomaceae (Cleome family), formerly Capparaceae (caper family). Confirmed as present in the following Northern Colorado Plateau Network parks: Arches National Park, Canyo... More

Arches National Park, Oenothera pallida

Common name: pale evening primrose. Family: Onagraceae (evening primrose family). Confirmed as present in the following Northern Colorado Plateau Network parks: Arches National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park,... More

Sieur de Monts National Monument, Mount Desert Island, Maine.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Accompanied by: A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. 2 copies

Arches National Park, Sphaeralcea parvifolia

Common name: small-leaf globemallow. Family: Malvaceae (mallow family). Confirmed as present in the following Northern Colorado Plateau Network parks: Arches National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Canyonlan... More

Arches National Park, Chaenactis stevioides

Common name: broad-flower pincushion, Esteve's dusty-maiden. Family: Asteraceae (sunflower family). Confirmed as present in the following Northern Colorado Plateau Network parks: Arches National Park, Canyonla... More

Arches National Park, Oenothera pallida

Common name: pale evening primrose. Family: Onagraceae (evening primrose family). Confirmed as present in the following Northern Colorado Plateau Network parks: Arches National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park,... More

Arizona - Casa Grande National Monument

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Arizona - Casa Grande National Monument

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Arizona - Casa Grande National Monument

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Arizona - Casa Grande National Monument

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Arizona - Casa Grande National Monument

Arizona - Casa Grande National Monument Public domain photograph - aerial photo, work of US government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - Watchman's Hut

Constructed at some point between 1920 and 1939, the Watchman’s Hut is a small one-story 12-foot by 6½-foot rectangular building with a cedar-shingle gable roof and vertical board siding. It was used as a shelt... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_NY_2006_S] Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to New York City, New York, [for touring, discussions with National Park Service staff at sites including the... More

A yucca taken at the White Sands, National Monument, New Mexico

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St. Croix Island National Monument, Oil House, Bar Harbor, Hancock Cou...

See HABS No. ME-168-A for fieldnotes. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-59 Survey number: HABS ME-168-C

Architectural Remains of Fort Frederica National Monument (Map), Saint...

Survey number: HABS GA-2339 Public domain scan of architectural plan, map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oregon Caves National Monument, Ranger Residence, 19000 Caves Highway,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N12 Survey number: HABS OR-145-C

Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania Battlefield National Monument, Virginia

Scale 1:24,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 555.8 "Advanced sheet. Subject to correction." Detailed topographic map. Contour interval 10 feet. The base map is printed in brown, and place names are in black. Tr... More

Photo when Joshua Tree was a monument, Joshua Tree National Park, 1936...

NPS Collection photo: Joshua Tree was declared a National Monument in 1936. As part of the Desert Protection Bill, Joshua Tree National Monument was elevated to park status in 1994.

National Monument Entrance Sign

President Franklin D. Roosevelt designated over 37,000 acres of the Capitol Reef area as a National Monument on August 2, 1937.

Fort Marion National Monument, St. Augustine, Florida

Poster shows view of Fort Marion (Castillo de San Marcos). Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Looking down from Capulin National Monument near Capulin, New Mexico

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Rain over New Mexico. From Capulin National Monument, Capulin, New Mex...

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Rain over New Mexico. From Capulin National Monument, Capulin, New Mex...

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Rain over New Mexico. From Capulin National Monument, Capulin, New Mex...

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Rain over New Mexico. From Capulin National Monument, Capulin, New Mex...

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Looking down from Capulin National Monument near Capulin, New Mexico

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Cliff dwelling at Tonto National Monument. Gila County, Arizona

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Morman refrigerator used by caretaker at Tonto National Monument. Gila...

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Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho. Trees

Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho. Lava flows are extensive

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Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho

Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho. Trees

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Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho

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A hysterical map of Death Valley National Monument : and it's lookin' ...

Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Workshop - National Parks Gallery

Constructed at some point between 1920 and 1930, the workshop is a one-story 19-foot by 33-foot wood-frame structure with a gable roof and horizontal board siding. Located next to the northwest corral and north... More

Chicken Coop - National Parks Gallery

Constructed at some point between 1910 and 1929, the chicken coop is a 1-story 4’x15.5’ wood-frame structure with a shed roof, cedar shingles, and vertical board siding. The chicken coop dates from early in the... More

Shed - National Parks Gallery - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...

Constructed at some point between 1920 and 1930, the shed is a small (6’x6’) wood-frame structure with vertical siding and a shed roof with cedar shingles. Shelves on the interior back wall and a hole in the si... More

Man installing a portable generator for cloud seeding in Pipe Spring N...

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East elevation of Winsor Castle fort at Pipe Spring National Monument,...

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East elevation of Winsor Castle fort at Pipe Spring National Monument,...

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Deseret Telegraph Company telegraph pole. Sixth standing pole, Site E-...

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Deseret Telegraph Company telegraph pole. Ray Mose next to sixth stand...

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Deseret Telegraph Company telegraph pole, close up view. Third standin...

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Deseret Telegraph Company telegraph pole. Ray Mose next to third stand...

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Sewer system disposal field (leach field) and old overflowing distribu...

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Deseret Telegraph Company telegraph pole. Ray Mose next to sixth stand...

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Deseret Telegraph Company telegraph pole. Ray Mose next to second stan...

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Deseret Telegraph Company telegraph pole. First and second standing po...

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The entrance sign at Pipe Spring National Monument, with the residenti...

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Gemini IV Mission Image - Cerro del Pinacate volcanic range in Sonora...

The original caption reads: Photograph of the Cerro del Pinacate Volcanic Range in Sonora, Mexico and the Pipe Cactus National Monument taken during the Gemini IV mission during orbit no.32, on June 5,1965. G.E... More

Gemini IV Mission Image - Cerro del Pinacate volcanic range in Sonora...

The original caption reads: Photograph of the Cerro del Pinacate Volcanic Range in Sonora, Mexico and the Pipe Cactus National Monument taken during the Gemini IV mission during orbit no.32, on June 5,1965. G.E... More

Arizona Governor Jack Williams speaking with visitors on the path at P...

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AS06-02-1437 - Apollo 6 - Apollo 6 Mission Image - Mexico and Arizona

The original database describes this as: Description: Imagery taken during the Apollo 6 Mission. View is of Mexico and Arizona - Gulf of California, Bahia de Aduar, Bahia San Jorge, Great Sonoran Desert and th... More