Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 1980s
4,363 photos, in date order; 61–120 on this page. The photographer dedicated these photographs to the public domain. About the collection
1950s living room interior at Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
1980–2006
1950s kitchen at Strawbery Banke Colonial Village, a restored city neighborhood in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
1980–2006
Looking east from the Washington Monument, down the National Mall toward the U.S. Capitol past a parade of national museums in Washington, D.C
1980–2006
Aerial view of original convention center, Washington, D.C
1980–2006
1980s residential interior
1980–1990
Rudulph Evans's statue of Thomas Jefferson was mounted in the Jefferson Memorial in 1947, four years after the memorial opened, Washington, D.C
1980–2006
Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., sheathed in scaffolding during a renovation, looms over the White House. In the distance is the Jefferson Memorial
1980–2006
Original convention center, Washington, D.C
1980–1990
Jefferson statue at the Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C
1980–2006
Three Washington landmarks in a row, the White House, Washington Monument, and Jefferson Memorial
1980–2006
The Old State House was the center of political activity of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Boston, Massachusetts
1980–2006
The original convention center, Washington, D.C
1980–1990
View of Washington, D.C., from the Washington Monument looking southeast
1980–2006
1980s-style office building interior, Virginia
1980–2006
Spring cherry blossom time at the Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C
1980–2006
90-foot stone pyramid honoring 18,000 Confederate enlisted men buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
1980–2006
7th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C
1980–1990
30th Street Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1980–2006
A 13-basin cascade fountain at Meridian Hill Park in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C
1980–2006
A 143-foot-long, walk-through, fiberglass-and-steel muskie, and a less-imposing fiberglass sunfish, at the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame, Hayward, Wisconsin
1980–2006
A boy escorts his younger sister to school in New Orleans, Louisiana
1980–2006
A California vineyard
1980–2006
A carefully constructed log cabin
1980–2006
A California border station
1980–2006
A children's computer center, Rockville, Md
1980–1990
A cog railway on New Hampshire's Mount Washington in the White Mountains
1980–2006
A completely reassembled vintage Texaco Station on the property of Vernon Walker who is a collector of old signs in Arkansas, near Memphis, Tennessee
1980–2006
A classic 1925 Chevrolet truck is housed inside the Child-Kleffner Ranch's big barn, East Helena, Montana
1980–2006
A couple relaxes in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1980–2006
A girl blows bubbles amid the tulips in Pershing Park on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C
1980–2006
A George Washington actor greets Vice President Dan Quayle at a running event (Race for the Cure) during the 1980s on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C
1980–1990
A giant panda, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo, Washington, D.C
1980–2006
A large apple represents the town symbol, Winchester, Virginia
1980–2006
A huge allotment of cotton gets a quick inspection at Buster's cotton gin near Lubbock in the Texas panhandle
1980–2006
A Ku Klux Klan mannequin in the Black Archives in Tallahassee, Florida
1980–2006
A lone hiker trudges through Unicoi Gap on the Appalachian Trail in Georgia
1980–2006
A lone rower practices "sculling" beneath the 1897 Strawberry Mansion Bridge across the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1980–2006
A messenger delivers food to a restaurant in the Chinatown district of New York, New York
1980–2006
A panda plays at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo, Washington, D.C
1980–2006
Chicago River view of downtown Chicago, Illinois
1980–2006
A polyhedron, or multi-sided, barn is this nine-sided example in La Porte, Indiana
1980–2006
A remnant of Old Las Vegas, from the days before the Strip brought glittering, multi-million-dollar casino resorts to the valley. Las Vegas, Nevada
1980–2006
A row of busts, depicting notable Chicago merchants, was added to the entrance of the Merchandise Mart, the world's largest wholesalers' building, in 1953. Chicago, Illinois
1980–2006
A serene pond beckons visitors and hikers on the Appalachian Trail, to Pennsylvania's Caledonia State Park in the northernmost section of the Blue Ridge Mountains
1980–2006
A sculler on the Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1980–2006
A small but uniquely decorated house in Chicago, Illinois
1980–2006
A sister at the Franciscans' Saint Clare Monastery tends to one of the minature horses that the order raises in Brenham, Texas
1980–2006
A summertime look at the Colorado ski resort of Vail
1980–2006
A specimen at the Parrot Jungle and Gardens, south of Miami, Florida
1980–2006
A test run of the high-speed Amtrak Acela train through New England
1980–2006
A technician looks at samples at the pharmaceutical lab in Rockville, Maryland
1980–2006
A street band has no competition, from other musicians or automobiles, on Bourbon Street sic; actually Royal Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana
1980–2006
Art located outside of the B'nai B'rith Building in Washington, D.C
1980–2006
A tourist barge rounds the bend of the San Antonio River in San Antonio's River Walk, the leading tourist attraction in Texas
1980–2006
A variation on roulette, in which one picks a number, and the house spins a wheel. Las Vega, Nevada
1980–2006
A traditional black Kentucky tobacco barn
1980–2006
A thriving North Carolina tobacco field
1980–2006
A vintage Willard Hotel plate found during the hotel's 1980s restoration. Washington, D.C
1980–2006
A worker rolls tobacco in cigars at a cigar plant in Tampa, Florida
1980–2006
A young Amish woman from Lancaster County serves fresh-cooked soft pretzels, a time-honored Philadelphia delicacy at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1980–2006