Historic Site Photography

Photographs of significant historical sites and trails, capturing landscapes and landmarks from the early 20th century across various states.

Tunis Springs, Near the Site of the Old Stage Stand. Original caption: Tunis Springs, near the site of the old stage stand. "Reproduction of Old Stage Stand." State: Texas Place: Pecos County.

Road Between Jerusalem and Jericho. Original caption: Copied 1915. State: Jerusalem.

Tunis Springs, Near the Site of the Old Stage Stand. Original caption: Tunis Springs, near the site of the old stage stand. "Reproduction of Old Stage Stand." State: Texas Place: Pecos County.

Wall Street in 1764. Original caption: Wall Street in 1764 - "The Story of the Street" - Harpers Monthly Magazine - June - August 1908. Vol 117 p 301. State: New York Place: New York City.

Colorado NRH 267-D, Typical Santa Fe Trail Marker Along Road. Original caption: Colorado NRH 267-D. Typical Santa Fe Trail marker along road, this one being near town of Simpson, between Trinidad and La Junta. Photo taken January 10 & 11, 1939. State: Colorado.

Completed Pavement. Original caption: FAS 2-A (1) - Completed pavement as seen from the westerly end of the project. State: Hawaii.

Price-Castle Gate Road. Original caption: Price-Castle Gate Road. Earth (concrete proposed). Sta. 377. Looking south showing danger of Price River washing east bank to road. Short timber wing dams proposed. Everything dust covered. Water muddy, Gray sandstone, Trees beginning to show green. Finch. 4-4-21. State: Utah. Place: Carbon.

View of Newburg, New York. Original caption: View of Newburg, N.Y. from P 386, Vol 2 "The History and Topography of the United States of North America" by John Howard Hinton - Boston 1846. State: New York Place: Newburg.

Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the American Association of State Highway Officials Held in Virginia October 9, 1939. Original caption: Twenty-fifth anniversary of the American Association of State Highway Officials held in Virginia October 9, 1939. J. K. Hillers - October, 1939. State: Virginia Place: Williamsburg.

The King's Highway. Original caption: From Page 16, New Mexico, October 1945: The King's Highway.

Grave of the Old Pioneer, Simpson, Atop Bluff North of Trinidad, Called Simpson's Rest, Santa Fe Trail. State: Colorado.

Concrete Failures, Pennsylvania Turnpike. Original caption: Mile Post 84 - Failures in concrete on Pennsylvania Turnpike. Photos by T. W. Kines, August 1951. State: Pennsylvania. Place: Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Via Appia and Other Roads. undefined.

Photograph Taken During Filming of "Travelers Toll". Original caption: Taken During filming of "Travelers Toll." J. K. Hillers - 1927. State: Maryland Place: Meadows. 1927-01-01T00:00:00.

Uncommon Bridges in South America. Original caption: Uncommon Bridges in South America - "A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in Various Parts of America". p. 531 - Vol. IV. By John Pinkerton - London - 1819. Place: South America.

Stabilized Soil, Athens, Georgia. Original caption: Taken by J. K. Hillers - May 1938. State: Georgia. Place: Athens.

Boston from the Dorchester Heights. Original caption: Boston from the Dorchester Heights from p. 55 - American Scenery by N. R. Willis - illustrated in a series of views by W. H. Bartlett. London - Published for the Proprietors by Geo. Virtue - 26 Ivy Lane - 1839. Copied by H. H. Ritter - March 1938. State: Massachusetts.

"CD" road at entrance to south Parking on Bridge No. 11. State: Virginia.

Washed out end of ditch on gravel road in Jefferson County, Illinois. Original caption: Texaco to Divide. Gravel Road. Near West End of Section. Participating. Looking N.E. at washed out end of ditch check due to inadequate weir. WPSO 545-A. 7/14/1938. State: Illinois. Place: Jefferson County.

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. Original caption: Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. "A New and Popular Pictorial Description of the United States". P.27. New York - 1948 - Robert Sears. State: Maine.

Argentina. State: Argentina.

Emigration - Encampment For the Night. Original caption: Emigration - Encampment for the Night - Illinois. "A New and Popular Pictorial Description of the United States". P. 565 New York 1848 - Robert Sears. State: Illinois.

Fort Laramie, Wyoming 1876. State: Wyoming.

Bermuda Road at Mt. Langton. State: Bermuda.

Completed the mixing of the dense graded aggregate and MC-3. Original caption: Report of Highway Activities in Colombia South America - 1939. Taken by Worth D. Ross. Completed the mixing of the dense graded aggregate and MC-3. State: Colombia.

Exhibit at International Road Congress. Original caption: Copied by E. Block. July 1913. State: Belgium. Place: Brussels.

Old Oregon Trail, Ontario-Snake River, Concrete, West End of Project Showing Pavement and Shoulders. Original caption: Old Oregon Trail, Ontario-Snake River. Concrete. West end of project. Showing pavement and shoulders. Trees - green. Purcell. 5-14-21. Negative Returned. State: Oregon Place: Malheur.

Original Road Marker. Original caption: Original Road Marker - Five of these were reset in concrete foundations and repaired. State: Ohio Place: Belmont County.

Warren Wagon Road. Original caption: Warren Wagon Road. Station 1084. Log Crib Bridge. Finch 9/5/21. State: Idaho. Place: Valley County.

Arcuma. Original caption: Arcuma - p. 52 - A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities by Anthony Rich, London 1901.

Log Tavern Indiana. Original caption: Log Tavern Indiana - Frontispiece - "A Visit to North America and the English Settlements in Illinois" by Alfred Welby - London 1821. State: Indiana.

A View from U.S. #30 Showing the North Unit of Bonneville Dam Against the Washington Shore. Original caption: A view from U.S. #30 showing the north unit of Bonneville Dam against the Washington shore. Sent in by H. E. Mitchell with letter of March 28, 1938. State: Oregon.

Paving operations of Project PR-26(3). State: Philippines.

Newcastle Tunnel. Original caption: Inside Newcastle Tunnel looking toward east. State: California. Place: Newcastle.

Village of Little Falls. Original caption: "Village of Little Falls" from p. 41 - American Scenery by N. R. Willis - Illustrated in a series of view by W. H. Bartlett. London - Published for the Proprietors by Geo, Virtue 26 Ivy Lane - 1839. Copied by R. H. Ritter March 1938. In French published in Paris, France in 1840. State: New York Place: Little Falls.

George Washington Visits his Mother During the War of the Revolution in the Garden of Her Home in Fredericksburg. Original caption: George Washington visits his Mother during the War of the Revolution in the garden of her home in Fredericksburg - "In an Old Virginia Town" - Harpers New Monthly Magazine - Dec. - May 1884. Vol. 70 p. 609.

Pioneer Life in the West. Original caption: Pioneer life in the west. P. 115 vol. 1. A history of travel in America by Seymour Dunbar B.P.R. Library.

Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the American Association of State Highway Officials Held in Virginia October 9, 1939. Original caption: Twenty-fifth anniversary of the American Association of State Highway Officials held in Virginia October 9, 1939. J. K. Hillers - October, 1939. State: Virginia Place: Williamsburg.

Road in Pompeii. Original caption: Note chariot ruts. Copied, 1915. State: Italy. Place: Pompeii.

Standing Water. Original caption: Water standing in Clay bank which eventually runs to bed of road making it water-logged. J. K. Hillers May 1919. State: Maryland. Place: Balt. Wash. Boule.

Romans Making Brick. Original caption: Romans making brick. Italian translation of Vitruvius' works. Rusconi (G. A.) Della Archittetura.

Old Cumberland National Road, Cross Section. State: Maryland.

Brick Road in Hilversum. Original caption: Brick road. Wm. Solotaroff. May 20, 1912. State: Holland. Place: Hilversum.

In Light of the New World. Original caption: In Light of the New World From the Library of Congress - Copied by H. H. Ritter - March 1938.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1836. Original caption: Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1836. p. 79 - "The Wayside Inns on the Lancaster Roadside between Philadelphia and Lancaster". Julius Frederich Sachse, Lancaster 1912. State: Pennsylvania.

Cumberland Gap, Stone Road. Original caption: Cumberland Gap. Stone road. Dec. 1911. T. W. Wilby State: Maryland Place: Cumberland.

Benquet Road from Dagupan to Baguio, About 50 Miles Along the Coast in the Neighborhood of $3,000,000. Original caption: Benquet Road from Dagupon to Bagui'o, about 50 miles along the coast in the neighborhood of $3,000,000. Road is not in use at present time. Copied j. K. Hillers. 1916. State: Philippines. Place: Province Benguet.

Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the American Association of State Highway Officials Held in Virginia October 9, 1939. Original caption: Twenty-fifth anniversary of the American Association of State Highway Officials held in Virginia October 9, 1939. J. K. Hillers - October, 1939. State: Virginia Place: Williamsburg.

Chester in Massachusetts. Original caption: Chester in Massachusetts, from Personal Narrative of Travels in the United States and Canada in 1826, by Lieut. The Hon. Fred F. DeRoos - London, 1827. State: Massachusetts.

Granite Marker on Boone's Lick Road Opposite Court House. Original caption: Granite Marker on Boone's Lick Road opposite Court House, St. Charles, Missouri. State: Missouri Place: St. Charles.

Buffalo, Wyoming. Original caption: Photo by T. W. Kines. State: Wyoming. Place: Buffalo.

Inside View of Fort Boisse, Idaho. Original caption: Inside view of Fort Boisse, Idaho. Old print. (Date probably 1849 as with another like print of that date. On way to Oregon see 97364, Signal Corps. War Dept. here also.) Photo from Signal Corps. War Department. Copied by H. H. Ritter - April 1938. State: Idaho.

Granary Burial Ground, East of Park Street Congregational Church in Boston. Original caption: Granary Burial Ground, east of Park Street Congregational Church in Boston on Tremont Street east of Park Street. Here are buried the victims of the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770, Josiah Franklin and wife (parents of Benjamin Franklin), Peter Faneuil, Paul Revere, and John Phillips, first mayor of Boston. J. K. Hillers. 7/30/35. State: Massachusetts.

Mill's Point School House. Original caption: Mill's Point School House. A. S. Brainard. July 1915. State: Maine. Place: Brunswick.

Brock's Monument. Original caption: "Brock's Monument" from p. 77 - American Scenery by N. R. Willis - Illustrated in a series of view by W. H. Bartlett. London - Published for the Proprietors by Geo, Virtue 0 26 Ivy Lane - 1839. Copied by R. H. Ritter March 1938. In French published in Paris, France in 1840. State: New York.

Boundary Monument Between Maryland and Pennsylvania. Original caption: Boundary Monument between Maryland and Pennsylvania. Picture taken July 1938. Abandoned road. State: Maryland Place: Garrett County.

8 Mile Post East of Cumberland on Old National Pike. Original caption: 8 mile post east of Cumberland on Old National Pike now U.S. Route #40. J. K. Hillers. 1928. State: Maryland.

Post Road. Original caption: Forty-eight inch concrete culvert built with Merillat Core culvert forms. Located six miles east of Florence. W. E. Rosengarten. State: Alabama. Place: Lauderdale Co.

Road in Valders. Original caption: Copied, 1916. State: Norway.

Romans Carrying Burdens. Original caption: Romans carrying burdens. Italian translation of Vitruvius' works. Rusconi (G. A.) Della Archittetura.

E. F. Allen During Filming of "Travelers Toll". Original caption: E. F. Allen - Taken During filming of "Travelers Toll." J. K. Hillers - 1927. State: Maryland Place: Meadows.

Exhibit at International Road Congress. Original caption: Copied by E. Block. July 1913. State: Belgium. Place: Brussels.

Log-Cabin of Poor Whites. Original caption: Log Cabin in Maryland or Delaware () "A Peninsular Canaan" - Harpers New Monthly Magazine - December - May 1878-79. Vol 58 p. 810.

A. C. Rose During Filming of "Travelers Toll". Original caption: A. C. Rose Taken During filming of - "Travelers Toll." J. K. Hillers - 1927. State: Maryland Place: Meadows.

Canal Grocery Store. Original caption: Canal Grocery Store - "The Water Ways of New York" - Harpers New Monthly Magazine - Dec. -May 1873-74 Vol. 48 p. 15. State: New York Place: New York City.

Little Fall Creek September 22, 1849. Original caption: "Little Fall Creek Sept. 22, 1849." - From page 240-241 Senate Executive Documents, Vol. 1. Copied by H. H. Ritter - April 1938.

Grade Separations, St. Louis, Missouri. Original caption: Photos by T. W. Kines. State: Missouri. Place: St. Louis.

Road Near Turin. Original caption: A road in the hills near Turin. F. Lamson Scribner. 1911. State: Italy. Place: Turin.

Real Estate Dealers of the Olden Times. Original caption: Real Estate Dealers of the Olden Times- The Tue Story of George Washington by Elbridge S. Brooks - 1895 - p. 25.

The Smith Prospect of the City of New York in North America. Original caption: The Smith Prospect of the City of New York in North America - The London Magazine or Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer - p. 401 - Vol. 30 - 1761. (Engraved for London Magazine 1761). State: New York.

Nimrod Park. Original caption: Nimrod Park. Wm. Solotaroff. May 20, 1912. State: Holland. Place: Hilversum.

A bad dangerous turn. Original caption: A bad dangerous turn. D. H. Winslow. April 6, 1914. State: Pennsylvania. Place: East Sinking Springs.

Stabilized soil-salt-soil road near Front Royal, Virginia. Original caption: Stabilized soil-salt-soil road before treatment with salt - near Front Royal, Virginia. State: Virginia. Place: Front Royal.

Washington the Young Surveyor. Original caption: Washington the young surveyor - George Washington - an historical biography by Horace E. Scudder - 1890 - p.44.

Soil Stabilization - compacting soil-cement mixture - South Carolina. Original caption: Soil Stabilization - compacting soil-cement mixture - South Carolina - Fig. 20-D - p. 60 Public Roads - Vol. 17, No. 3 - May 1936. State: South Carolina.

Route #35 and #25 Woodbridge, New Jersey. Original caption: Taken by T. W. Kines Sept. 1, 1947. State: New Jersey. Place: Woodbridge.

An Alderman. Original caption: SOCIAL ENGLAND, edited by H. D. Traill and J. S. Mann, Vol. IV, Section I, page 174. New York -- London 1909. Place: England.

Chile. Original caption: Photographs taken by Mr. McDonald. State: Chile.

An Opportunity for Travel. Original caption: SOCIAL ENGLAND, edited by H. D. Traill and J. S. Mann, Vol. II, Section II, page 742. New York -- London 1909. Place: England.

Lancaster Pike, Pennsylvania. Original caption: C. H. Hoyt State: Pennsylvania Place: Lancaster Pike.

Le Guide Des Chemins (The Superintendent of the Roads). Original caption: Le Guide Des Chemins (The Superintendent of the Roads), Frontispiece in "Traite de la Construction des Chemins" by H. Gautier, Paris, France. Set of 66 - No.12.

President Coolidge Laying the Cornerstone For the National Press Club Building in Washington, Dc. Original caption: President Coolidge laying the cornerstone for the National Press Club Building in Washington, D.C. April 8, 1926. NY Times Index, J. Wallace. State: Washington, D. C.

Telford On a Tour of Inspection. Original caption: Telford: On a Tour of Inspection, "The Story of Telford" by Sir Alexander Gibb - London 1925.

Sod flume and ditch checks in Pike County Alabama 1938. Original caption: 38-2664 - FAP 227 - Sod flume and ditch checks. Original caption: 38-2665 - FAP 227 - Sod ditch checks. State: Alabama. Place: Pike County.

Mount Vernon. Original caption: Mount Vernon- "Mount Vernon as it is"- Harpers New Monthly Magazine. Dec-May 1858-59. Vol. 18 p. 440.

Bronze Tablet in Huntsville, Alabama. Original caption: Bronze tablet marking the spot where Alabama was admitted to the Union at Huntsville, the oldest town in the State. State: Alabama Place: Huntsville.

A. C. Rose During Filming of "Travelers Toll". Original caption: A. C. Rose Taken During filming of - "Travelers Toll." J. K. Hillers - 1927. State: Maryland Place: Meadows.

Battle Monument, Baltimore. Original caption: "Battle Monument, Baltimore" - from p. 78 - American Scenery by N. P. Willis - illustrated in a series of views by W. H. Bartlett. London - Published for Proprietors by Geo. Virtue - 26 Ivy Lane - 1838. In French - Published in Paris, France in 1840. Copied by H. H. Ritter - March 1938. State: Maryland Place: Baltimore.

Carpentum Funebre. Original caption: Carpentum funebre - p. 122 - A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities by Anthony Rich, London 1901. DLC DE5 R52 1901.

Carnegie Avenue. Original caption: 47-2143 Route 25 and Carnegie Ave. looking south. Original caption: 47-2144 Route 25 and Port Street. Photo by T. W. Kines. State: New Jersey. Place: Newark.

Stone Tablet on Courthouse, the Oldest Town in Tennessee. Original caption: Stone tablet on courthouse --- the oldest town in Tennessee. J. K. Hillers 1929. State: Tennessee Place: Jonesboro.

Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the American Association of State Highway Officials Held in Virginia October 9, 1939. Original caption: Twenty-fifth anniversary of the American Association of State Highway Officials held in Virginia October 9, 1939. J. K. Hillers - October, 1939. State: Virginia Place: Williamsburg.

Grave of John Dandridge, Father of Martha Washington. Original caption: Grave of John Dandridge - father of Martha Washington, in cemetery connected with St. George's Church at Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 1929. State: Virginia.

Old Roadbuilder, Principle of Dished Wheel. undefined.

Shiprock-Grand Canyon, Preliminary Investigation, Storm in Grand Canyon of Arizona. Original caption: Shiprock-Grand Canyon. Preliminary investigation. Storm in Grand Canyon of Arizona. Johnson 1921. State: Colorado.

Gallery on the Italian side. Original caption: Gallery on the Italian side. Copied by Mr. Block. April 24, 1912. State: Switzerland. Place: Splugen Pass.

Grave of Corporal Cruz Torres, Murdered in 1881, Alongside Present U.S. Routes 85 & 87, South Side of Dick Worton Toll Gate. State: Colorado.

New York About 1796-97. State: New York Place: New York City.

Arch in Sandstone Cliffs 21 Miles South of McCarty, Photo Taken at 5:30 P.M. Original caption: Arch in sand-stone cliffs 21 miles south of McCarty. Photo taken at 5:30 P.M. Nov. 9, 1911. A. L. Westgard. State: New Mexico Place: Valencia Co.

Cumberland, Maryland. State: Maryland Place: Cumberland.

Clifton-Morenci Road, Arizona Project 481 S 59(3). Original caption: Arizona Project 481 S 59(3), Greenlee Coun ty, Clifton-Morenci Highway, Oct. 19, 1949. Bituminous road mix. Looking ahead. State: Arizona. Place: Greenlee County.

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