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The 'Great White Throne,' Zion National Park, Utah. 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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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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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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New York City Skyline - World Trade Center. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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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.

Yearlings on a ranch in Red River County near Detroit, 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.

Cotton field in rural Tunica County, Mississippi. 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.

Grand Teton National Park view. 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.

A Dusk View of the Seattle Skyline. 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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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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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.

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

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

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

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

Neon sign for Billy Bob's legendary “boot-scootin’”western nighclub and honky-tonk bar in Fort Worth. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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.

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.

The Redwood National and State Parks along the coast of northern California. 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.

Wagon wheel against a stone fence at Hueco Tanks State Park, northwest of El Paso, USA. 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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Chicago at dusk. 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.

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge (commonly known as the Bay Bridge) is a major dual-span bridge in the U.S. state of Maryland. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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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Mount McKinley or Denali ("The Great One") in Alaska. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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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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A steam train crosses the 156-foot-tall Bass Point Creek Bridge. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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

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

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Dusk view of Pennsylvania Avenue, D.C. 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.

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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Rafters on Clear Creek, outside Idaho Falls, Colorado - 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.

Creative "diver" neon sign at the old Starlight Motel in Mesa, a small Arizona city that became one of sprawling Phoenix's many suburbs. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Classic Kansas field of waving wheat. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Cowboy-hat neon in a food tent at the Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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

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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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Big brown bear at the Wild Animal Sanctuary near Keenesburg, Colorado. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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Martha Hepworth's 1964 creation, "Squares with Two Circles," at the Nasher Sculpture Center is a museum that opened in 2000 in Dallas. It houses a collection of modern and contemporary sculpture on a 2.4-acre site adjacent to the Dallas Museum of Art in the heart of the Dallas Arts District. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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

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Reconstruction at Ground Zero, site of the attack on the World Trade Center Twin Towers. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Pops Restaurant on Route 66 in Arcadia, Oklahoma. This sculptural take on a soda bottle and straw soars 66 ft. into the sky. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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July 4th Fireworks. Washington DC is a spectacular place to celebrate July 4th! Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Scene at Snowmass, a skiing and snowboarding area Pitkin County, Colorado, in the valley of the Roaring Fork River between Aspen and Basalt. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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For displaying jellyfish, The Monterey Bay Aquarium uses a Kreisel tank, which creates a circular flow to support and suspend the jellies. 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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Decatur, Alabama annual Hot Air Balloon Jubilee Festival. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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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.

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

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Building on the Wyoming-Nebraska border in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming

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A saguaro cactus dominates the scene at dusk in the garden of the White Stallion Ranch, a dude ranch outside Tucson, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

One of the twice-daily parades of longhorn steers (for tourists' enjoyment) up Exchange Street in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A representation of the sign for the Texas portion of the old U.S. Highway 66, posted during a short portion of that road still existing in Amarillo, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A massive cloud presages a thunderstorm above Groom, a tiny community along old U.S. Route 66 in the Texas Panhandle. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Ranch manager Mark Dunning oversees a roundup at the Big Creek cattle ranch near the Colorado border in Carbon County, Wyoming. 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.

View of spectacular Monument Valley, one of the most-photographed scenic locations in Arizona, on Navajo lands east of the Grand Canyon. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Infrared view of barn in rural Montana, USA. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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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.

North Window, Arches National Park, Utah. Old Mammoth Road. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Beautiful sunset near the town of Ovid (and close to the Nebraska border) in Sedgwick County, Colorado. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Yosemite National Park, United States. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens is also known as Anacostia Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Grain elevator, Idaho (2005) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Bridge to Lewiston, Idaho (2005) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Corvette Car outside the Route 66 Hackberry General Store in Hackberry, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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

North Carolina Outer Banks Scene. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Theatre Marquee, Fargo, North Dakota (2008) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Barn, Idaho (2005) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Some of the stunning red rocks for which Sedona, in nothern Arizona, is famous. These are some of the most-photographed formations — especially at sunrise and dusk — in a state that’s replete with them. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A fire road just off the trail to Bearfence Hut on the Appalachian Trail in Northern Virginia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Monument Valley, Arizona. 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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Dusk shot of Santa Barbara, California, and the Pacific shore, taken from bluffs high above the city. 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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The Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church & Parsonage, AL, where Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr. pastored from 1954-1960. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Rodeo action at the Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration in Wyoming's capital city. The Western celebration has been celebrated since 1897. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Larry "Professor Paisley" Heidbreder tends to his yoked Texan longhorns (Justice, left, and Liberty) at the annual Battle of San Jacinto Festival and Battle Reenactment, a living-history retelling and demonstration of the historic Battle of San Jacinto. This was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texian Army engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican army in a fight that lasted just 18 minutes. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Barn, Idaho (2005) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Aerial view of New York City, in which the World Trade Center Twin Towers is prominent. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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

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Black and white intrared view of an old train car found in a back lot of the warehouse district in Selma, Alabama. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Canal Street, New Orleans. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Pheasants on the Prairie, Enchanted Highway, Regent, North Dakota (2005) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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At the Trinidad Mining Museum in Trinidad, Colorado, old-timers Tom Hay, Alex Gerardo, Gerald Renner, and Bob Butero (left to right) relive some memories of their days in the nearby coal mines. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Young fans of the Colorado Rockies major-league baseball team wait and hope for player autographs at a Spring Training game between the Rockies and the Arizona Diamondbacks in Scottsdale, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Detail of historic artifacts at Rockwood Manor in Wilmington, Delaware (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Carnival rides and games, including a Ferris wheel, in Phoenix at the annual Arizona State Fair, which has been held since 1884, eighteen years before statehood, when it was a territorial fair. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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