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Gloucester- Central Grammar Entrance
The former entrance to the Central Grammar Apartments in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The elderly apartment housing was renovated and updated in 2010 with a grant from the state Department of Housing and Community Development.
Gloucester- Central Grammar Interior
The historic exterior of the Central Grammar Apartments does not lend its style to the interior. The interior hallway has stark, institutional finishes.
Gloucester- Central Grammar Rear View
The Central Apartments elderly housing building and the rear parking lot, located on Mason Street in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Gloucester- Prospect St. Housing
Gloucester is located on Cape Ann in Massachusetts. Once known at “le beau port” by settlers, Gloucester became one of the ship building capitals of New England in the 18th century. Two major fires -- one in 1830 and one in 1864 -- destroyed many of…
Gloucester- Prospect St. Housing
The Senior Care Center located at 31 Prospect St. was originally housing for the elderly funded by the city of Gloucester, Massachusetts. The project was undertaken by Govenor Francis W. Sargent who held that position from 1965-1979.
The site is…
Gloucester- Prospect St. Housing
The Senior Care Center located at 31 Prospect St. was originally housing for the elderly funded by the city of Gloucester, Massachusetts. The project was undertaken by Govenor Francis W. Sargent who held that position from 1965-1979.
The site is…
Gloucester- Prospect St. Housing
The view of the Prospect Street elderly housing, as seen from a lower vantage point. The top of the building is clearly visible above the homes in the surrounding neighborhoods.
Goat Herding along the coast of Praia de Cabral
A large group of goats are being herded along the coast of Praia de Cabral ("Cabral Beach").
Goats at Praia de Cabral
Goats roam a rocky, desolate area just inland from Praia de Cabral ("Cabral Beach'), a white sand beach about two miles from Sal Rei.
Greece: Village Near Corinth
This photograph was taken in Greece during the Greek military junta of 1967-1974. It was a time of unrest, military rule, and violence in Greece. Smolski notes,
Green Landscape on São Nicolau
São Nicolau's fertile hinterland allows it to produce more than the neighboring islands agriculturally. The landscape here is green and lush because of semi-permanent streams created by the surrounding mountains.
Greenbelt: Cars Outgrow Garages
This photograph shows a problem common in many new towns built in the early the twentieth century. As expendable income increased, planned communities modeled on Garden Cities were not able to accomodate either the amount or size of automobiles…
Greenbelt: Houses
Greenbelt is a planned community in Maryland, created as part of the New Deal during the Roosevelt administration. This photograph shows a well cared for home in Greenbelt, which was built as an American Garden City. Garden Cities, the brainchild of…
Greenbelt: Walkway
Greenbelt was built during the Roosevelt Administration at the tail end of the Great Depression. This photograph shows Greenbelt in 1970 and the walkways are deteriorating and walls are covered in graffiti.
Greenbelt was a new town built and…
Group of Children, Vila do Maio
A group of young children happily poses for this portrait taken in Vila do Maio.
Group of Unidentified Children on the Port of Sal Rei
A group of six unidentified children wave off from the end of the Port of Sal Rei. Other locals hang around, possibly to help the boats that are either coming and going.
Guide to Pico do Fogo
David Baxter's guide to Pico do Fogo, a volcano on Fogo that is mostly dormant but has erupted as recently as 1995.
Gutting a Shark
A young man on a Fogo beach, near São Felipe, guts a shark that has just been caught by local fishermen. The black sand beaches of Fogo are surrounded by ominous cliffs that have been carved over thousands of years by Atlantic breakers.
Hall's Building (detail)
Detail of the Hall's Building on Weybossett Street showing the storefront prior to restoration in 1981. The Hall's Building is a cast-iron, five story structure built in the Victorian Gothic style. This detail shows the corbel-and-bracketed cornice…
Hancock Building from the Capitol - Boston
As the tallest building in Boston, the John Hancock Tower is one of the most recognizable pieces of architecture in the skyline. The tower is located in Copley Place where its stands alone, away from the downtown high-rises. The tower was built by…
Harbor at Fajã d'Água
Fajã d'Água harbor was once a harbor for whaling boats but is now a quiet, placid waterfront protected from northwestern winds by step mountains.
Harbor Scene, Mindelo
Ships in the Bay of Mindelo. Largely devoid of all other natural resources, Mindelo's economy has evolved around it's natural harbor.
Hartford and Olneyville Neighborhoods
Olneyville, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Providence, is located in the central western section of the city.
Hartford: Public Housing
The working class housing of the Hartford neighborhood was destroyed when the Route 6 connector was built to alleviate traffic in Olneyville Square. Low-income housing (Hartoford Park Public Housing Project seen here) was built on Corbusian…
Hay Building
Designed by James Bucklin, the Hay Block (1867) is a Second Empire commercial building composed of red brick with granite trim. On the street level are cast iron storefronts.
The Hay Block was then “married” to Stone and Carpenter’s Owen Building to…
Hereford: Entry in Wales
This 1980 photograph looks into Gwent from the Wales - England border. In 1974 Gwent was made a local government through the Local Government Act of 1972. It was abolished in 1996 under The Local Government Act 1994, which reconstructed Wales into…
Hibiscus Tree in Nova Sintra
In Nova Sintra many of the streets are lined with hibiscus trees, such as pictured here. During rainy seasons this quaint village is vibrant with vegetation, such as almond trees, jacaranda, blue plumbago and bougainvillaea.
High Valley Area of São Nicolau
A picturesque view of the high valley area of São Nicolau.
Hills on a Journey across Boa Vista to Praia Curralhino
View of hills on a journey across the very arid interior of Boa Vista on the way to Praia Curralhino, also known as Praia Santa Monica. Note that despite extreme drought conditions, there is a presence of goats, donkeys and the occasional bovine.
Hillside living
Scenic view of a small village or family estates with lush greenery and stone walls in Ribeira do Paul.
Hinterland Landscape
This landscape photograph shows the farm houses and small villages that dot São Nicolau's hinterland, a fertile interior valley that is the most agriculturally productive of the Cape Verde archipelago.
Hirshhorn Museum
The Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture Garden, a Smithsonian institution, is an architectural landmark in Washington D.C. The garden added to the architectural significance, featuring sculptural pieces in the grounds surrounding the museum.
(date of…
Hirshhorn Museum
Exhibits at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C. The Hirshhorn is an architectural landmark and includes an outdoor sculpture garden on its grounds. The Hirshhorn Museum is a Smithsonian institution located on the National Mall.
The museum is…
Hirshhorn Museum
Exhibits at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C. The Hirshhorn is an architectural landmark and includes an outdoor sculpture garden on its grounds. The Hirshhorn Museum is a Smithsonian institution located on the National Mall.
The museum is…
Historic East Side
The East Side of Providence is populated with historic homes. The area known as College Hill and Benefit Street are particularly ripe with historic homes built in the late 18th century, before and after the American Revolution. The federal style of…
Historic James Burrough House
John Holden Greene built two houses neighboring each other on Power Street. The first of two, pictured here, was built for James Burrough at 160 Power Street. Greene was known for his monitor-on-hip-roof which he featured in this small-scale home.…
Historic James Burrough House 1818 #1
John Holden Greene built this Federal house for James Burrough in 1818. Burrough was a officer at the custom house. The home Greene built for Burrough exemplifies his signature monitor-on-hip-roof. The Burrough family comissioned other homes in the…
Historic Joseph Brown House
Joseph Brown was one of the four famous Brown brothers of Providence who were heirs to the shipping fortune of their father. Joseph Brown taught mathematics and astronomy at Brown University, but was also an amateur architect. Brown built this home…
Historic Stephen Hopkins House (1974)
In 1743, Stephen Hopkins purchased a home built in 1707. Hopkins attached his own two-story house to the structure, built with a single ground floor room on either side of a central hallway and two chimneys
Historic Thomas Howard Heirs House, Benefit St. 1835
Benefit St. is the home of many of Rhode Island
Holy Angels Church Society, "religious procession"
At a typical Italian feast day celebration, parishioners leave church after mass. Society members assembled in a line to continue on with their procession throughout the parish. These celebrations were often held in honor of saints worshipped in…
Holy Ghost Church
Holy Ghost Church (alternatively, The Church of the Holy Ghost) was built between 1889 and 1901. Bishop Harkins' intent for the Holy Ghost was to allot space for the presence of Italian Catholics migrating to the Federal Hill area. Where it faced…
Home of John Peter Santos
Photo of John Peter Santos' Fornalha, Paùl home in Cape Verde. Mr. Santos is known to many Cape Verdeans in America. Before his death on August 10, 2007, he dedicated his life in trying to improve the standards of life, health and welfare for the…
Homes of João Galego
The village of Jo
Homes rising with the mountains
A view from a distance of the interior yard of a home. Walls with terraced farm plot, homes rise behind the home. Three homes are visible that have been built into the gradation of the mountain. The picture shows how the planning of this area has…
Hospital Batista de Sousa
An addition to Hospital Batista de Sousa is photographed during construction.
House in Nova Sintra
A home in Nova Sintra, a quaint village on Brava that has cobblestone streets lined with hibiscus trees. In years with plenty of rain the village becomes a vibrant world of flowering vegetation.
Housing Apartments: 72 Units
The new establishment of an apartment housing community in Taunton, MA. The sign reads: Canterburry Apartments at Taunton. An example of urban development in Massachusetts in the early 1970s.
How to Try Remarkable Experiments at Home, ca. 1870
Leaflet describing how to conduct a séance at home. Describes how to set up the room and prepare for the sitting, as well as the “symptoms” of spiritual communication. Originally published in "The Spiritualist" newspaper, ca. 1870.
HUD Headquarters - Washington D.C.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters located in Washington, D.C. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 created the Housing and Urban Development agency, or HUD under President Lyndon Johnson. The HUD…