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Men's straw hats, hanging inside the farmhouse at Yoder's Amish Home. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Details from the million dollar courthouse, the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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A vintage Dr. Pepper soft-drink outdoor advertisement in Anson, the seat of Jones County, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The sixth-floor storeroom of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, where Lee Harvey Oswald, the presumed (by most) assassin of President John F. Kennedy, found a perch above Dealey Plaza, along which Kennedy, Texas governor John Connally, who was wounded, and their wives rode in an open touring car on Nov. 22, 1963. Now called the Sixth Floor Museum, the site is operated by the Dallas County Historical Foundation. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Exterior window, Bruce M. Van Sickle Federal Building, Minot, North Dakota (2014) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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General Motors Technical Center Building, Warren, Michigan (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Cornus Florida (Box–Wood of North America, Flowering Dogwood) enlarged 3 times from Urformen der Kunst (1928) by Karl Blossfeldt.

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Ford Fairmont 1979 Shared Taxi in Margarita Island

Vapor trails follow space shuttle Atlantis as it approaches Runway 15 on the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the final time.

The infamous row of Victorian houses across from Alamo Square Park, in San Francisco. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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WPS mural, Daniel Boone's Arrival in Kentucky, by Ward Lockwood at the U.S Post Office & U.S Courthouse, Lexington Kentucky (2011) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

General Motors Building, Detroit, Michigan (2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Details from the million dollar courthouse, the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Fragment of unfinished rocket with printed US flag

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Lobby architectural details, Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S Post Office and Courthouse in Little Rock, Arkansas (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Details from the million dollar courthouse, the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Actual skateboarders mimic those on a street mural, Louisville, Kentucky (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Exterior bas-relief, Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Exterior detail, Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S Post Office and Courthouse in Little Rock, Arkansas (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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The photograph of the Saturn V launch vehicle (SA-506) for the Apollo 11 mission liftoff on July 16, 1969, from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.

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Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. In the right background is the lunar module.

Astronaut Edwin Aldrin prepares to deploy two components of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. This photograph was taken by Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander.

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Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, descends the ladder of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) prior to making the first step by man on another celestial body.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lift off from Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

The space shuttle Endeavour is seen on launch pad 39a at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla, Thursday, April 28, 2011.

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The Mercury-Atlas 7 carrying astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, was launched by NASA from Pad 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 24, 1962.

Murals, Louisville Murals-Star Route, by Frank Weathers Long at the Gene Snyder U.S Courthouse & Custom House, Louisville, Kentucky (2011) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Details from the million dollar courthouse, the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Details from the million dollar courthouse, the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Dusk view of the Dallas, Texas skyline. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong in the Lunar Module (LM) while the LM rested on the lunar surface. This picture was taken after the committee had already completed their historic extravehicular activity (EVA).

El Chalten, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

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Final Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, STS-134 Mission, 16 May 2011.

Pacific Coast Highway Scenic. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Thousands of chickens live in this large place where their main function is to lay eggs. Located in Monroe County. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Liberty Ship S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien slid down the ways at the New England Shipbuilding Corporation in South Portland, Maine.

Exterior bas-relief, Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Courtroom, Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Post office boxes in the Isaac C. Parker Federal Building & U.S Courthouse, Fort Smith, Arkansas (2016) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Lobby between new addition and original structure, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Fargo, North Dakota (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquira

Amazing waterfalls at Iguazu Falls

Amazing waterfalls at Iguazu Falls

The floating and tourist Islands of lake Titicaca

Amazing waterfalls at Iguazu Falls

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El Avila. Caracas

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Giraffe at the Phoenix Zoo in Phoenix, Arizona. Opened in 1962, it is the largest privately owned, nonprofit zoo in the United States. The zoo was founded by Robert Maytag, a member of the family that owned a famous appliance company. It displays more than 1,400 animals and contains 2.5 miles of walking trails through four main themed areas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Victor Gomez, whose heritage is Seneca, at the Celebrations of Traditions Pow Wow, an official Native American Pow Wow this is part of the annual, month-long Fiesta San Antonio in Texas. The Pow Wow is sponsored by United San Antonio Pow Wow, Inc., a Texas nonprofit organization devoted to promoting the culture and traditions of the American Indian. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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One of several four-legged residents of the Forever Home Donkey Rescue & Sanctuary, a private facility in the Cochise County desert, several miles north of Benson, Arizona. "Each animal has a different story" of abuse, neglect, or abandonment, the sanctuary's staff and volunteers tell visitors. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Brown bear, maybe smiling, at the Wild Animal Sanctuary, a 720-acre animal refuge housing more than 350 large animals near Keenesburg, Colorado. The sanctuary specializes in rescuing and caring for large predators that had being ill-treated. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The Alamo mission in San Antonio. Here in 1836, following a 13-day siege during the Texas Revolution, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault that wiped out the Texian (yes, they called themselves Texians) garrison, including Davy Crocket and Jim Bowie. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Gadsden is the county seat with a population in 2000 of 38,978. Area 37 square miles and is located in the central part of the county. Incorporated in 1871. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Exterior, new addition, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Fargo, North Dakota (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Details from the million dollar courthouse, the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

The drag chute is deployed as the space shuttle Atlantis lands on July 21, 2011 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

he SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket makes its way to the pad at Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

The space shuttle Atlantis atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) during takeoff for a return ferry flight to the Kennedy Space Center from Edwards, California. 1994.

One-third of the Earth's sphere illuminated, Earth's terminator, sunglint, a portion of east Africa, as photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its first lunar landing mission.

El Chalten, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

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An Atlas launch vehicle lifts off with the Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7 atop with astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. aboard.

An Indian Maid pours waters for explorer Hernando De Soto in the men’s bath at the Fordyce Bathhouse, Helena, Arkansas (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Exterior, Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S Post Office and Courthouse in Little Rock, Arkansas (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, 8 Aug. 2007.

Rising from fire and smoke, NASA's Juno planetary probe, enclosed in its payload fairing, launches atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

Prince William Sound is a sound of the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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South Haven South Pierhead Light is a lighthouse in Michigan (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Details from the million dollar courthouse, the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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The Empire State Building. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Amazing waterfalls at Iguazu Falls

Amazing waterfalls at Iguazu Falls

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Niagara Falls Maid of the Mist

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Highway Speed

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Teton National Park, Wyoming

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The Strater Hotel, opened in 1888 during a mining boom in Durango, Colorado. Four years later, owner Henry M. Strater added another hotel, the Columbian, next door. After the financial panic of 1893, Strater consolidated the hotels into one that drips with Victorian flourishes. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Grand National Golf Course - Part of the Robert Trent Jones Trail in Auburn/Opelika, Alabama. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Decatur, Alabama annual Hot Air Balloon Jubilee Festival. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite aboard, at the Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

The Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) ascent stage, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. aboard, is photographed from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit.

A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket launches with the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite onboard from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

A Boeing Delta II rocket is framed between the ghostly silhouettes of two press photographers as it launches Deep Space 1 on its mission from Launch Complex 17A.

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Details from the million dollar courthouse, the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

An American flag flaps proudly in the wind in front of space shuttle Atlantis on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Benny Hopson from the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium in Alaska drills a core sample from sea ice in the Chukchi Sea on July 4, 2010.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket vents liquid oxygen propellant vapors during fueling for the lift off of NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite.

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A bighorn sheep in Colorado National Monument, a preserve of vast plateaus, canyons, and towering monoliths in Mesa County, Colorado, near Grand Junction. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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