Two girls and a boy pumping water at well of Hampton Institute graduate

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress)

Rear view of the Wright brothers' 1903 motor

Rear view of the Wright brothers' 1903 motor in the shop, January 1, 1928, before its shipment to the Science Museum in London on January 31, 1928.

Orville Wright Group Photo from 1915

Group picture of Orville Wright, Bishop Milton Wright, Katharine Wright, Earl N. Findley, nephew Horace Wright, John R. McMahon, and Pliny Williamson, on the steps of Orville's home, Hawthorn Hill; Dayton, Ohio (1915).

Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and shoulder scales with musket

Civil War Photos

Washington, D.C. Slum

Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Library of Congress

Aerial view from the southwest of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.

Construction of the Library of Congress

Construction of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Aug. 27, 1891.

This photo is public domain.