Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 1980s

Capitol building, Des Moines, Iowa (cropped2)

Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah

Capitol, Montpelier, Vermont

Capitol, Jackson, Mississippi

Capitol, Nashville, Tennessee

Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

Capitol, Salem, Oregon

Capitol, Springfield, Illinois

Clock tower, Dubuque, Iowa

Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota

Carillon at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

Caravan Grill "Persian Hideaway," located in downtown Washington, D.C

Carmel Mission Basilica, Carmel, California

Capitol, Trenton, New Jersey

Carl Sandburg's home, Flat Rock, North Carolina

Card table in Bathhouse Row which is a collection of bathhouses, associated buildings, and gardens located at Hot Springs National Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas

Carnival ride in rural America

Self portrait of photographer, via a broken mirror that she photographed during the Willard Hotel restoration. Washington, D.C.

Self portrait of photographer, via a broken mirror that she photographed during the Willard Hotel restoration.

Carroll House, a hotel in Fullerton (Dickey County, North Dakota)

Clock cleaner in historic Union Station in Washington, D.C

Carving stone at the FDR Memorial during construction, Washington, D.C

Carved bruin at the Flower and Garden Center in Maggie Valley in North Carolina's far-western toe

Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the First Continental Congress met in 1774.

Carroll House, a hotel in Fullerton, North Dakota

Carving at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the campus of the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C

Carousel, House on the Rock, Spring Green, Wisconsin

Carolina shrimp boat

Carved warrior indian wood art at Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood, Oregon

Carpenter Center, Richmond, Virginia

Carson Mansion, built in 1884 for lumber baron William Carson, Eureka, California

Casino sign, Las Vegas, Nevada

Carvings of ship's captains, mariners, pirate, Florida Keys, Key West, Florida

Catchy gift shop sign, Cherokee, North Carolina

Casino, Central City, Colorado

Cash register at the Harrison Brothers Hardware store on the city square, Huntsville, Alabama

Castle Gatehouse and pumphouse of the Georgetown Reservoir, part of the Aqueduct system that sends water through a four-mile-long tunnel into the heart of the city. Washington, D.C

Casino and leaded-glass ceiling at the Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada

Casual Crates Collection shop in Stevensville, Maryland

Casselman River Bridge on the National Road was the longest single-span stone arch in the United States when the bridge was built in 1819, Grantsville, Maryland

Casino interior, Las Vegas, Nevada

Castro district at night, San Francisco, California

Cascade fountain at Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C

Cattle feedlot, Fort Worth, Texas

Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland

Cattle branding in Texas

Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, head church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, is located at 18th Street & the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on the east side of Logan Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cattle bunch together for a photograph

Ceiling detail of the Baltimore Basilica, Baltimore, Maryland

Ceiling detail at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C

Ceiling detail at the Washington National Bank Building, Washington, D.C

Ceiling art at the historic Wells Theatre, Norfolk, Virginia

Cedar and wood carvings created by chain-saw carver Ken Schels at Carl's Wood Art Museum, Eagle River, Wisconsin

Caution sign to auto drivers to be on the lookout for Amish horses and buggies in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Cattle ranch near Greeley, Colorado

Ceiling detail, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C

Ceiling touch-up during the 1980s restoration, Union Station, Washington, D.C

Cemetery gate, Shiloh, Tennessee

Cement work in Washington D.C.'s Union Station, whose entire Main Hall floor was relaid as part of a massive renovation

Celery crop stretches far into the distance on the Central Coast, Los Alamos, California