Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering …
Measured drawings, photographs, and written historical and architectural information for structures and sites dating from the 17th-20th centuries in the U.S. and its territories. Documentation for more than 43,000 sites and structures; records being added.
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The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collections are among the largest and most heavily used in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress.
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection - Library of Congress
HALS collection | Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record. ca. 1,000 items ; various sizes. | This expanding collection already documents more than 40 historic landscapes through large-format photographs (b&w and color), measured drawings, and written historical reports. Coverage includes ...
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering …
The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collections are among the largest and most heavily used in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress.
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering …
The great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright made national headlines in 1936 with his designs for the Pennsylvania house known as Fallingwater and this building, the Johnson Wax Corporation Building in Racine, Wisconsin.
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering …
The Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) contains catalog records and digital images representing a rich cross-section of still pictures held by the Prints & Photographs Division and, in some cases, other units of the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress offers broad public access to these materials as a contribution to education and scholarship.
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering …
A brief description of every known publication produced by the Historic American Buildings Survey and the Historic American Engineering Record, from inception through 1990. This bibliography is the definitive work on publications issued by HABS/HAER.
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering …
The Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey uses an uncontrolled indexing vocabulary where different terms, such as "Car dealership" and "Auto dealership," are sometimes used for the same subject, because the material being cataloged used those different terms.
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Nov 27, 2024 · One significant and ongoing program, the Historic American Buildings Survey began as a project for out-of-work architectus to document historic buildings during the Great Depression years of the 1930s.
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering …
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey Chapline Street Row Historic District. Mark L. Hall, Ed Freeman, ca. 1976.