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A herd of longhorn cattle grazing near the Fort Griffin town site. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Boundary Layer Ingestion.

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Oklahoma City Memorial located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 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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Soaring Mount Shasta is visible from miles away in north-central California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Jewelers' Building, Chicago. 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.

A landscape view of Alaska - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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Family Day on the grounds of the Alabama River Pulp Company. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The Tenley-Friendship branch of the D.C. Public Library at 4450 Wisconsin Ave. N.W. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Curing baby Swiss cheese rounds at the Alp and Dell factory. 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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Skyline of Minneapolis, Minnesota 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.

Moose graze in Grand Teton National Park in northwest Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A fanciful map of Texas, depicted on a downtown wall in Pecos, the seat of Reeves County. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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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Northern fur seal at Mystic Aquarium. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Saguaro Cactus near Tucson in Arizona, USA. 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.

The barren Nevada desert near Las Vegas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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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

Row houses located near intersection of 5th Street and Independence Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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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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East Capitol Street is a major street that divides the northeast and southeast quadrants of Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress collection.

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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Chimpanzee at the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, North Carolina. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Mercury-Atlas 2 liftoff.

Larslevilaestadius, circa 1839

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CSSPalmettoState, 1901

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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.

Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The flag of Texas, depicted on a downtown wall in Pecos, the seat of Reeves County, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Spectacular Rocky Mountain valley outside Telluride, Colorado - 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.

A perfectly flat wheatfield, worthy of western Kansas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The set sets behind large, metal silos on a farm in Jackson County, Iowa. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Wind turbines dominate the sky over the soybean fields of Franklin County, Iowa. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Christmas tree farm located in Suffield, Connecticut. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Baluga Whales at Mystic Aquarium. 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.

Confederate Statue in Jasper, Alabama. Confederate flag made out of flowers. 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.

Plowed cotton fields on the outskirts of Clarksdale, in Mississippi's Delta region. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The Columbus, Ohio, skyline. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Ponderosa pine at the A Bar A guest ranch, near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming. 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.

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

New Carrollton Federal Office building in Baltimore, home to 4,400 federal employees. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Lafayette, Lousiana Swamp. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

One of the star attractions at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, North Carolina. 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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Sedgwick County, near Julesburg, Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

Commercially grown flowers in California field. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Hercules ship at the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Night skyline of Atlanta, Georgia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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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.

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

Construction of the Reading Terminal and Market renovation in the 80s. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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

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The rebuilt St. Paul Catholic Church in Pass Christian after the original was destroyed during 2005 Hurricane Katrina. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Harbor scene in the Mississippi Gulf Coast. 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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The J.J. Pickle Federal Building in downtown Austin, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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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.

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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A wind farm off California Rt. 12 near Rio Vista in Solano County, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The Santa Monica Pier. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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This view of a ground squirrel is a common sight along the Pacific Coast. 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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Palm tree palms form line in a shopping center in Irvine, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A llama peers at a passerby from its copse on a farm near Plato in LaGrange County, Indiana. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Connecticut Harbor looking out to the Long Island Sound. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Grand Canyon Panorama. Old Mammoth Road. 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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Cotton field in rural Tunica County, Mississippi. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Unspoiled north shore of Hawaii's Oahu Island. 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.

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.

Late fall day in New England. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Rugged terrain north of Big Bend National Park in the "Trans-Pecos" region of southwest Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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

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Courtroom in the Federal Building and U.S.Courthouse built by architect Henry B. Carter in 1938. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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World Trade Center. Image taken in the 1980s. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Great Seal of California

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The White House, the Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument.

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Liftoff of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.

Aerial view of the Washington Monument in Washington.

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Playa de las Americas Beach

Nine-banded Armadillo

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Jaguar

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Bull elk in Yellowstone National Park, in the northwest corner of the western state of Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A lone and lean coyote makes the best of wintertime in the northernmost Wyoming reaches of Yellowstone National Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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