812 Free Photos of Carol Highsmith

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Utah Capitol, Salt Lake City. Washington Monument in spring. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Samuel "Tamehorse" Gallegos, photographed in Pueblo, Colorado, at a gathering of North American Native People. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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New York Skyline, Pre-9/11. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Vineyard in Napa Valley, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Monument Valley, perhaps the most enduring and definitive images of the American West. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Night skyline of San Francisco from Treasure Island. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Light streams in to an Arizona "slot canyon" near Page. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A fearsome dinosaur menaces at the Painted Desert Indian Center in Sun Valley, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Marshlands on the New Jersey Shore near Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Sign in daytime, Las Vegas, Nevada. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

Dunes and Fence, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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New York World Trade Center View. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Seahorse at The Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Industrial scene on Nueces Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A literal pit of vipers at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Crater Lake, Oregon. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Utah's Red Canyon. Old Mammoth Road. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Badlands National Park, in southwest South Dakota, United States. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Wind Turbines in mass out in the Mojave Desert in Southern California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Redwood National and State Park on U.S. 101 in Northern California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A harvester kicks up dust in a cornfield near Bridgeton in Parke County, Indiana. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Detail of Ruth Glacier, Glacial moulin, Alaska's Denali National Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Baluga Whales at Mystic Aquarium. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Historic Route 66 Motel sign, Kingman, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

White Bengal tiger at the Montgomery Zoo, it was established in 1920 as part of Oak Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The golden eagle that flies at the Auburn University's football game every year. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Steam locomotives in the roundhouse of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Scenic Railroad in Durango, Colorado. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A turtle glides through the water at the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

New York City Skyline - World Trade Center. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Beautiful scenics along Route 46 in California. State Route 46. Old Mammoth Road. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A massive container ship plies the Savannah River in Savannah, Georgia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The Robert Grant Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, previously a post office. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

New York subway train arrives at a station in Brooklyn. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Seattle Skyline. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A red fox prowls for voles, hidden beneath the snow, in Yellowstone National Park in the western U.S. state of Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Route 1 along the Pacific Ocean in Northern California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Cattle at Meadowbank Farm located on Highway 84 in a bend of the Alabama River. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Lobby murals. Federal Building and U.S Courthouse, Paducah, Kentucky (2016) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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$Big Tex, 55-foot-tall statue and marketing icon of the annual State Fair of Texas held at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. The figure has become a cultural icon of Dallas and Texas. On October 19, 2012, THIS Big Tex was destroyed by an electrical fire that started in the in the right boot and worked its way up the structure. It was replaced a "new" Tex. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.$

Wind turbines above San Gorgonio Pass, known as Banning Pass, in Riverside County. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Spectacular rainbow outside the settlement of Humbolt-Dewey, near Prescott in Central Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Fog obscures the mountains outside Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Sunflowers in Nebraska. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Horses head for the corral in the daily roundup of horses, Riverside, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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American bison, or buffaloes, in Yellowstone National Park in the northwest corner of Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

South Dakota rural scene. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Battery Park View, New York. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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New York City Skyline - World Trade Center. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Row houses, Florida Ave. and Porter St., NE, Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A luxurient field of bluebonnets, the state flower, near Marble Falls in the Texas Hill Country. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

An Art Deco interpretation of a classical style. Built in 1935. Architect: Conrad & Cummings. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Rio Grande River in Big Bend Ranch State Park in lower Brewster County, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Whale Shark at Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A beautiful sunset in rural Goshen County, Wyoming, near Guernsey. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Korean War Memorial located in Washington D.C.'s West Potomac Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Denver International Airport's peaked roof, outside Denver, Colorado, designed by Fentress Bradburn Architects.Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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Swing ride in Santa Cruz, the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Bodie, a ghost town in the Bodie Hills, east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Historic Route 66 Motel sign, Kingman, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

Bodie, a ghost town in the Bodie Hills, east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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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A young bald eagle surveys the world below in the vast Wyoming portion of Yellowstone National Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The 'Great White Throne,' Zion National Park, Utah. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Curious horses on a ranch in Red River County near Detroit, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Yearlings on a ranch in Red River County near Detroit, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The “sheriff” of Old Tombstone, now an Old West tourist attraction in southeastern Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Horses head for the corral in the daily roundup of horses, Riverside, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

Washington Monument, Washington D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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A wind-turbine farm near the city of Snyder in Scurry County, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Texas state flags line a path through the Texas State Cemetery in Austin. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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"Austin, Texas" mural — evoking a postcard image — on Guadalupe Street, north of the University of Texas at Austin. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Grand Teton National Park view. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Heavy snow surrounds and lies a top a cabin in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Mountain-sunset view from Telluride, once a mining boomtown and now a popular skiing destination in Colorado. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Skyline of Los Angeles. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Saguaro Cactus near Tucson, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Mock shootout, strictly for visitors’ benefit, in Old Tombstone in southeast Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

White Bengal tiger at the Montgomery Zoo, it was established in 1920 as part of Oak Park. 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.

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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Cotton field in rural Tunica County, Mississippi. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Bright-red canoes at Brittingham Park's beach on Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin's capital city. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A Dusk View of the Seattle Skyline. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Empire State Building view of New York City. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

LaFayette Park, located directly north of the White House on H Street between 15th and 17th Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A mixed herd of wild and domesticated horses frolics on the Ladder Livestock ranch, at the Wyoming-Colorado border. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

American bison, or buffaloes, in Yellowstone National Park in the northwest corner of Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A coyote blends into its surroundings in mid-winter in Yellowstone National Park in northern Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Rafters on Clear Creek, outside Idaho Falls, Colorado - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A mixed herd of wild and domesticated horses frolics on the Ladder Livestock ranch, at the Wyoming-Colorado border. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Two lionesses are less than excited about their chance to star in a photo shoot at the Santa Barbara, California, zoo. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Bottom up view of tall trees at Redwood National and State Parks, United States, Northern California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

White Bengal tiger at the Montgomery Zoo, it was established in 1920 as part of Oak Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Pacific Coast Sunset at Monterey, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The Redwood National and State Parks along the coast of northern California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Chicago at dusk. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Whale Shark at Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Slot Canyons. Gently carved from the Navajo sandstone over the course of countless millenniums. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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Tunnel on North Carolina's Blue Ridge Parkway. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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