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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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[Sarah Jane Foster, Reconstruction missionary teacher to freedpeople at Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia] ([between 1860? and 1868])

#archives #libraryofcongress #photography

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/lilj/item/2020630900/
[Sarah Jane Foster, Reconstruction missionary teacher to freedpeople at Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia]
January 28, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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Singer Building, The Singer Manufacturing Company, no. 149 Broadway, cor. Liberty Street, New York City, New York, U.S.A., highest building in the world ([about 1907])

#vintagephotos #photography #oldphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/pga/item/2018694970/
Singer Building, The Singer Manufacturing Company, no. 149 Broadway, cor. Liberty Street, New York City, New York, U.S.A., highest building in the world
January 28, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ Odigitrīi Bozhʹeĭ Materi v Verkhoturʹi︠e︡ ([1910])

#archives #vintagephotos #oldphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/prok/item/2018679411/
Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ Odigitrīi Bozhʹeĭ Materi v Verkhoturʹi︠e︡
January 28, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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Gruppa rabochikh na sbori e chai a . Grechanki. [Chakva] ([between 1905 and 1915])

#publicdomain #oldphotos #americana

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/prok/item/2018679759/
Gruppa rabochikh na sbori e chai a . Grechanki. [Chakva]
January 28, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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Service on the home front There's a job for every Pennsylvanian in these civilian defense efforts. (between 1941 and 1943])
By: Hirshman, Louis

#oldphotos #history #historicalphoto

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/item/98518713/
Service on the home front There's a job for every Pennsylvanian in these civilian defense efforts.
January 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy Federal Building located in the Government Center area of Boston, Massachusetts. Exterior stairs (2018-07-24.)
By: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-

#libraryofcongress #americana #oldphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/highsm/item/2018651681/
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Federal Building located in the Government Center area of Boston, Massachusetts. Exterior stairs
January 28, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Jas. H. Wallick presents The dairy farm a romance of Sleepy Hollow by Eleanor Merron. (c1899.)
By: A.S. Seer Print.

#libraryofcongress #historicalphoto #history

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/var/item/2014636429/
Jas. H. Wallick presents The dairy farm a romance of Sleepy Hollow by Eleanor Merron.
January 28, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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General landscape showing cattle. Halifax County, Virginia (1939 Sept.)
By: Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990

#historicalphoto #libraryofcongress #publicdomain

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017801312/
General landscape showing cattle. Halifax County, Virginia
January 28, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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Washington, D.C. Construction of temporary war emergency buildings on the Mall, near 16th and 17th Streets, N.W. Le Tourneau earth mover and caterpillar tractor being used to ... (1942 Mar.)

#historicalphoto #publicdomain #americana

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017764246/
Washington, D.C. Construction of temporary war emergency buildings on the Mall, near 16th and 17th Streets, N.W. Le Tourneau earth mover and caterpillar tractor being used to move the top soil from the building site. The machine was also used to dig the basements
January 28, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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[Pa. - Philadelphia - U.S. Mint - full page from Demorest's Family Magazine article of operations of Phila. mint] ([no date recorded on caption card])

#publicdomain #oldphotos #libraryofcongress

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fbj/item/2006688478/
[Pa. - Philadelphia - U.S. Mint - full page from Demorest's Family Magazine article of operations of Phila. mint]
January 28, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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[Private Alexander White of Co. H, 16th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment in uniform with bayoneted musket] ([between 1861 and 1862])

#vintage #americana #historicalphoto

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/lilj/item/2010648802/
[Private Alexander White of Co. H, 16th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment in uniform with bayoneted musket]
January 28, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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[Worker, possibly doing pipeline construction for gas company, with cables and engine] ([between 1900 and 1920])
By: Detroit Publishing Co.

#photography #americana #history

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det/item/2016816711/
[Worker, possibly doing pipeline construction for gas company, with cables and engine]
January 28, 2026 at 5:16 AM
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Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo., Moffat Road (c1910.)
By: Sawdey, E. F.

#historicalphotos #americana #vintage

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/pan/item/2007661979/
Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo., Moffat Road
January 28, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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UFW Boycott lettuce. ([between 1970 and 1972])
By: United Farm Workers

#archives #libraryofcongress #vintage

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/yan/item/2015649388/
UFW Boycott lettuce.
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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Washington and his family (c1865.)
By: Sartain, William, 1843-1924

#historicalphotos #photography #historicalphoto

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/pga/item/2006680106/
Washington and his family
January 28, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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[Riggs National Bank, G Street, Washington, D.C.] ([between 1913 and 1918])
By: Harris & Ewing

#photography #historicalphotos #archives

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hec/item/2016854202/
[Riggs National Bank, G Street, Washington, D.C.]
January 28, 2026 at 3:56 AM
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House-Capitol tunnel may get moving walk. Washington, D.C., Feb. 3. Footsore Congressmen may find succor in their journey from the House office building to the Capitol by pro... (1939 February 3.)

#americana #oldphotos #publicdomain

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hec/item/2016874952/
House-Capitol tunnel may get moving walk. Washington, D.C., Feb. 3. Footsore Congressmen may find succor in their journey from the House office building to the Capitol by proposed installation of a 'moving side-walk'. President Roosevelt made the supplemental request for $200,000 in an appropriation bill sent to the House Wednesday. David Lynn, Capitol Architect made a similar proposal last year. A rail subway between the two offices has been decided to be impractical because of the heavy traffic between House office buildings and the Capitol, 2-3-39
January 28, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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Washington, D.C. Portrait of a boy (1939.)
By: Myers, David (David Moffat)

#vintagephotos #americana #historicalphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017745274/
Washington, D.C. Portrait of a boy
January 28, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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[Houses along unpaved street in Georgia] ([1899 or 1900])

#archives #publicdomain #vintagephotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/anedub/item/99472428/
[Houses along unpaved street in Georgia]
January 28, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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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.
January 28, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township), Brownsville, Berks County, PA (Documentation compiled after 1933)
By: Historic American Buildings Survey

#historicalphotos #photography #history

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/item/pa1391/
Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township), Brownsville, Berks County, PA
January 28, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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[Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck and Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia] (1910.)
By: Dodge

#history #publicdomain #vintagephotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/pan/item/2007662389/
[Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck and Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia]
January 28, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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Hotel Green, east building, from veranda of west building, Pasadena, Calif. (c[between 1910 and 1920])
By: Detroit Publishing Co.

#publicdomain #oldphotos #americana

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det/item/2016814108/
Hotel Green, east building, from veranda of west building, Pasadena, Calif.
January 27, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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Harris W. & family, 10/4/19 ([19]19 October 4.)

#historicalphoto #vintagephotos #vintage

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/npco/item/2016827116/
Harris W. & family, 10/4/19
January 27, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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[On the Rice farm near Syracuse, N.Y.] ([between 1900 and 1915])
By: Detroit Publishing Co.

#publicdomain #photography #archives

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det/item/2016810974/
[On the Rice farm near Syracuse, N.Y.]
January 27, 2026 at 9:41 PM