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Maps and History
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Do you like maps, history, and libraries? Maps and History was a popular Twitter account that highlights historic maps and photos in the public domain from digital library collections. I have moved the account to Bluesky.
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Civil liberties in war times by Max Lerner City wide forum. ([between 1936 and 1940])
By: Federal Art Project

#publicdomain #historicalphoto #vintagephotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/item/98510239/
Civil liberties in war times by Max Lerner City wide forum.
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Amateur contest for children Final eliminations, Sept. 24, 1936. (1936.)
By: Levine, Estelle

#historicalphotos #photography #history

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/item/97502865/
Amateur contest for children Final eliminations, Sept. 24, 1936.
January 30, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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[Private Elijah C. Summers of Co. B, 30th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment and 17th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps in uniform] ([between 1862 and 1865])
By: Ingmire, F. W., 1822-1876

#libraryofcongress #americana #publicdomain

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/lilj/item/2022631618/
[Private Elijah C. Summers of Co. B, 30th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment and 17th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps in uniform]
January 30, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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24. CULVERT WITH CONCRETE HEADWALL AND SIDEWALLS CARRYING THE LATERAL UNDER 8TH AVENUE. - Highline Canal, Sand Creek Lateral, Beginning at intersecti... (2016-04-16T00:00:00Z)

#libraryofcongress #photography #publicdomain

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/item/co0841.photos.316793p/
24. CULVERT WITH CONCRETE HEADWALL AND SIDEWALLS CARRYING THE LATERAL UNDER 8TH AVENUE. - Highline Canal, Sand Creek Lateral, Beginning at intersection of Peoria Street & Highline Canal in Arapahoe County (City of Aurora), Sand Creek lateral Extends 15 miles Northerly through Araphoe County, City & County of Denver, & Adams County to its end point, approximately 1/4 mile Southest of intersectioin of D Street & Ninth Avenue in Adams County (Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Commerce City Vicinity), Commerce City, Adams County, CO
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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Beecher (family group) ([between 1855 and 1865])

#vintage #photography #archives

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/brhc/item/2017897109/
Beecher (family group)
January 30, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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One of the old, architecturally iconic, English cottage-style Pure Oil gasoline stations with steep pitched roofs that once dotted the American landscape. This one, in... (2014-03-16.)

#vintagephotos #historicalphoto #photography

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/highsm/item/2014630574/
One of the old, architecturally iconic, English cottage-style Pure Oil gasoline stations with steep pitched roofs that once dotted the American landscape. This one, in Laredo, Texas, was added upon and, at the time of this photograph, served as a computer-repair shop
January 30, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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Cirkut view of De Soto, Missouri, Iron Mountain car shops (c1913.)
By: Milfeld, F. J.

#historicalphoto #americana #historicalphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/pan/item/2007662407/
Cirkut view of De Soto, Missouri, Iron Mountain car shops
January 30, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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[Exterior of old Pennsylvania Station, 6th & B Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C., as it appeared in the 1880's(?) showing street traffic in front and insert of int... ([between 1909 and 1932])

#libraryofcongress #photography #americana

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/npco/item/90710994/
[Exterior of old Pennsylvania Station, 6th & B Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C., as it appeared in the 1880's(?) showing street traffic in front and insert of interior]
January 30, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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Market Square, Chattanooga, Tenn. (c1907.)
By: Detroit Publishing Co.

#publicdomain #historicalphotos #archives

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det/item/2016800158/
Market Square, Chattanooga, Tenn.
January 30, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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[Stenographers' room, Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Co., Detroit, Mich.] ([1903 Nov.])
By: Detroit Publishing Co.

#publicdomain #libraryofcongress #history

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det/item/2016812067/
[Stenographers' room, Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Co., Detroit, Mich.]
January 30, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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[Atlantic City, N.J., the [Hotel] Rudolf] ([between 1890 and 1910])
By: Detroit Publishing Co.

#libraryofcongress #oldphotos #history

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det/item/2016795448/
[Atlantic City, N.J., the [Hotel] Rudolf]
January 30, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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Metro light-rail transit cars at a station in St. Paul, Minnesota, the capital city of the state of Minnesota. Fittingly, one's sign denotes St. Paul and the other Minnea... (2019-10-23.)

#historicalphoto #vintagephotos #archives

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/highsm/item/2020723407/
Metro light-rail transit cars at a station in St. Paul, Minnesota, the capital city of the state of Minnesota. Fittingly, one's sign denotes St. Paul and the other Minneapolis, the neighboring city that forms the other half of the state's "Twin Cities"
January 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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J.W. Johnson's Old Reliable Virginia Minstrels world's best colored show : the show that is different. ([1921?])
By: Erie Litho. & Printing Co.

#vintagephotos #americana #photography

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/var/item/2014636997/
J.W. Johnson's Old Reliable Virginia Minstrels world's best colored show : the show that is different.
January 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Signal bridge, U.S.S. Montana ([between 1909 and 1920])

#historicalphoto #americana #vintagephotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/npco/item/2016821648/
Signal bridge, U.S.S. Montana
January 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Küche ([between 1840 and 1870])
By: Dondorf, Bernhard, 1809-1902.

#libraryofcongress #history #photography

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/pga/item/2003666706/
Küche
January 30, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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Calle de San Francisco, San Juan, P.R. ([between 1900 and 1906])
By: Detroit Publishing Co.

#oldphotos #vintage #archives

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det/item/2016803658/
Calle de San Francisco, San Juan, P.R.
January 30, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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Arrowhead Hot Springs (c1907.)
By: Pillsbury Picture Co.

#history #libraryofcongress #historicalphoto

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/pan/item/2007660516/
Arrowhead Hot Springs
January 30, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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The marble worker (c[between 1900 and 1920])
By: Philpot, Glyn, 1884-1937

#vintagephotos #libraryofcongress #oldphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det/item/2016817208/
The marble worker
January 30, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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Roger Williams University--Nashville, Tenn.--Normal class ([1899])

#publicdomain #photography #vintage

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/anedub/item/00651764/
Roger Williams University--Nashville, Tenn.--Normal class
January 30, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Shacks inhabited by Negroes, along river on highway between Charleston and Gauley Bridge, West Virginia] ([1938 Sept.])
By: Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990

#history #historicalphoto #photography

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017753300/
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Shacks inhabited by Negroes, along river on highway between Charleston and Gauley Bridge, West Virginia]
January 30, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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[Italian neighborhood with street market, Mulberry Street, New York] ([between 1900 and 1910])
By: Detroit Publishing Co.

#libraryofcongress #history #historicalphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det/item/2016817800/
[Italian neighborhood with street market, Mulberry Street, New York]
January 30, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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The vanished meal; or, the mystery of the bankers' lunch club (1911 May 31.)
By: Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933

#oldphotos #archives #historicalphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/cph/item/2011648991/
The vanished meal; or, the mystery of the bankers' lunch club
January 30, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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Richmond Field Hospital, 1330 Cutting Boulevard, Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA (Documentation compiled after 1933)
By: Historic American Buildings Survey

#photography #libraryofcongress #history

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/item/ca3068/
Richmond Field Hospital, 1330 Cutting Boulevard, Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA
January 30, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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[Main Reading Room. Portrait statue of Gibbon along the balustrade. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.] (2007.)
By: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-

#historicalphoto #archives #vintagephotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/highsm/item/2011648109/
[Main Reading Room. Portrait statue of Gibbon along the balustrade. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]
January 30, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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Na ulit︠s︡i︠e︡ v Samarkandi︠e︡ ([between 1905 and 1915])

#photography #history #vintagephotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/prok/item/2018680193/
Na ulit︠s︡i︠e︡ v Samarkandi︠e︡
January 30, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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Friends of the deceased's family, an annual memorial meeting in the family cemetery. In the mountains near Jackson, Kentucky. See general caption no. 1... (1940 Aug.?)

#oldphotos #photography #americana

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017757300/
Friends of the deceased's family, an annual memorial meeting in the family cemetery. In the mountains near Jackson, Kentucky. See general caption no. 1
January 30, 2026 at 2:45 PM