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 * WOMAN WORKING WITH A HAND DRILL ON A "VENGEANCE" DIVE BOMBER, NASHVILLE,
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 * CAROUSEL, ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY. COLOR SLIDE PHOTO BY JOHN MARGOLIES, 1978.


 * STAINED GLASS CEILING, OLD STATE CAPITOL, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. DIGITAL
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 * BLUE GROTTO, CAPRI ISLAND, ITALY. PHOTOCHROM PRINT BY PHOTOGLOB ZURICH AROUND
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 * CLOTHING DISPLAY, RUSSIAN EMPIRE. COLOR PHOTO BY SERGEII M. PROKUDIN-GORSKII,
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 * SMALL TAXI, HAVANA, CUBA. DIGITAL PHOTO BY CAROL M. HIGHSMITH, 2010.


 * EMIR OF BUKHARA. COLOR PHOTO BY SERGEII M. PROKUDIN-GORSKII, 1911.


 * WOODLAND PATHWAY. HAND-COLORED LANTERN SLIDE BY FRANCES B. JOHNSTON, AROUND
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 * WALLPAPER SAMPLE. DESIGNED BY VIRCHAUX & CO., 1815.


 * DOUBLE RAINBOW APPEARS OVER THE LEVEE ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER IN PUEBLO,
   COLORADO. DIGITAL PHOTO BY CAROL M. HIGHSMITH, 2015.


 * VACATION READING CLUB. WPA POSTER, 1936-1939.


 * LEFT FOOT OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, NEW YORK CITY. PHOTO BY JET LOWE, 1984.


 * APOSTLE WITH A BOOK. RED INK CHIAROSCURO WOODCUT BY DOMENICO BECCAFUMI,
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 * LIVING AREA, MILLER HOUSE, COLUMBUS, INDIANA. COLOR TRANSPARENCY PHOTO BY
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 * SAINT LOUIS GATEWAY ARCH, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI. COLOR SLIDE PHOTO BY
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 * WALL DESIGN FOR UNIDENTIFIED RESTAURANT, NEW YORK CITY. TEMPERA DRAWING BY
   WINOLD REISS, AROUND 1944.


 * AN EASTER OFFERING. CHROMOLITHOGRAPH BY OBPACHER BROS., 1884.


 * BLUE GARDEN AT BEACON HILL HOUSE, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. HAND-COLORED LANTERN
   SLIDE BY FRANCES B. JOHNSTON, 1914.


 * PEASANT GIRLS, RUSSIA. COLOR PHOTO BY SERGEII M. PROKUDIN-GORSKII, 1909.


 * LLOYD J. HARRISS: PIES. CHROMOLITHOGRAPH ADVERTISEMENT BY A.C. SCHULZ, 1947.
   (SPOOF ON LEUTZE'S PAINTING OF GEORGE WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE
   RIVER.)


 * "ASSESSED VALUATION OF ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY OWNED BY GEORGIA NEGROES."
   HAND-DRAWN CHART PREPARED FOR W.E.B. DU BOIS FOR DISPLAY AT THE PARIS
   EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE IN 1900 TO SHOW THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROGRESS OF
   AFRICAN AMERICANS SINCE EMANCIPATION.


 * "LAND OWNED BY NEGROES IN GEORGIA, U.S.A. 1870-1900."


 * HACIENDA HORSE AND RIDER, HISTORIC NEON SIGN, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. PHOTO BY
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 * SAVE SEED CORN NOW! WORLD WAR I POSTER, 1917.


 * HOT AIR BALLOON JUBILEE FESTIVAL DECATUR, ALABAMA. DIGITAL PHOTO BY CAROL M.
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 * PHILIP JOHNSON'S "GLORY WINDOW," CHAPEL OF THANKSGIVING, DALLAS, TEXAS.
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 * MARDI GRAS PARADE, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. DIGITAL PHOTO BY CAROL M.
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 * CAPTAIN BOB'S BBQ BULL, OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND. COLOR SLIDE PHOTO BY JOHN
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 * PRINCE SOLMS PARK ON THE COMAL RIVER IN NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS. PHOTO BY CAROL
   M. HIGHSMITH, 2014.


 * JULY 4TH FIREWORKS, WASHINGTON, DC. PHOTO BY CAROL M. HIGHSMITH, 2007.


 * STAINED GLASS WINDOW IN THE GUARDIAN ANGEL CATHEDRAL, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.
   COLOR TRANSPARENCY PHOTO BY CAROL M. HIGHSMITH, AROUND 2000.


 * ASCIDIAE (SEA SQUIRT MARINE ANIMALS). COLOR LITHOGRAPH BY ADOLF GILTSCH FROM
   SKETCH BY ERNST HAECKEL. COLOR PLATE IN: KUNSTFORMEN DER NATUR, 1904.


 * RED HOUSE, RICH'S MINIATURE GOLF, WYOMING, PENNSYLVANIA. COLOR SLIDE PHOTO BY
   JOHN MARGOLIES, 1984.


 * ATLANTIC CITY, THE PLAYGROUND OF THE WORLD: TRAVEL BY TRAIN. POSTER BY LATHAM
   LITHO., 1932.


 * PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF BURNED AREAS, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK AND ADJOINING
   NATIONAL FORESTS. MAP, 1988. GEOGRAPHY & MAP DIVISION


 * POPE JOHN PAUL II TRIP TO KRAKOW, POLAND. COLOR SLIDE PHOTO BY BERNARD
   GOTFRYD, 1983.


 * TRANS WORLD AIRLINES TERMINAL, JOHN F. KENNEDY AIRPORT, NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
   COLOR TRANSPARENCY PHOTO BY BALTHAZAR KORAB AROUND 1962.


 * ASTRONOMICAL CHART: BOOTES, CANES VENATICI, COMA BERENICES, AND QUADRANS
   MURALIS. HAND-COLORED ETCHING BOOK ILLUSTRATION BY SIDNEY HALL, 1825.


 * SUMMER READING FOR MEN. COVER FOR PUCK MAGAZINE, FROM PAINTING BY T.V. KELLY,
   1914.


 * YARD OF CATS. CHROMOLITHOGRAPH, 1893.


 * MUMMERS PARADE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. DIGITAL PHOTO
   BY CAROL M. HIGHSMITH, 2011.


 * MOSAIC OF MINERVA BY ELIHU VEDDER, WITH RESTORER AT WORK. LIBRARY OF
   CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, DC. COLOR TRANSPARENCY PHOTO BY CAROL M. HIGHSMITH,
   AROUND 1990.


 * LEST LIBERTY PERISH FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH - BUY BONDS. WATERCOLOR BY
   JOSEPH PENNELL FOR A WORLD WAR I POSTER, 1918.


 * THE SHIPS ARE COMING. WORLD WAR I POSTER BY JAMES H. DAUGHERTY, 1917


 * MAP OF THE REBEL POSITION IN VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI. WATERCOLOR MAP BY ROBERT
   K. SNEDEN, 1863-1865. GEOGRAPHY & MAP DIVISION

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