Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 1980s

Costumed re-enactors on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C

Cottage with plantings

Country home and farm of sculptor Frederick Hart, Hume, Virginia

Country road in rural America

Cottages, Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

Country singer Clint Black, photographed between performances at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in Texas

Couple photographed with "President Reagan" in front of the Old Post Office Building on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C

Countryside, northern Arizona

Courtyard of the historic Ponce de Leon Hotel, now the main building of Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida

Courtyard of the Beauregard House in New Orleans, Louisiana, once the home of Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Cowboy and his grandson on a Longhorn at the Houston Livestock Show, Houston, Texas

Covered bridge, Rush County, Indiana

Covered bridge in rural Vermont

Cow skull in rural Wyoming

Cow barn in rural Tennessee

Cowboy at the funky Cadillac Ranch, U.S. Route 66, Amarillo, Texas

Cove inside the Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C

Cowboys relax in west Texas

Covered bridge in Vermont

Cows in Cajun country farm, Louisiana

Craftsman at work during the 1980s restoration of Union Station in Washington, D.C

Cozy corner of a modern residence

Cowhands prepare breakfast at the King Ranch located between Corpus Christi and Brownsville in south Texas

Craggy peaks of Grand Teton National Park, Jackson, Wyoming

Cozy patio in Los Angeles, California

Crescent Apartments, Atlanta, Georgia

This is actually Crawford Notch. The photograph is taken at approximately, looking North.

Crew of Amtrak's new Acela Express trainset model their new uniforms. Washington, D.C Note: the provided description is incorrect; the photo is at Race Street Yard in Philadelphia.

Crater Lake, Oregon, one of the world's deepest and clearest tourist attractions

Crude kitchen at Kirkwood Ranch on the Snake River, Hells Canyon, Idaho

Crow Rock Road Bridge, completed in 1897 in Ellerton, Maryland

Crashing surf below the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, California

Crowd at an event at the temporary memorial to the victims of United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania

Crystal City 80's

The Crystal Room in the historic Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., soon after the 1980s restoration

Cypress woods, Florida

Cypress Gardens was an American theme park near Winter Haven, Florida, that operated from 1936 to 2009

Curing baby Swiss cheese rounds at the Alp and Dell factory, Monroe, Wisconsin

Cypress driftwood on California's famous 17-Mile Drive from Pacific Grove to Pebble Beach

Crystal Room meeting room at the Willard Hotel soon after it reopened following an extensive renovation. Washington, D.C

Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

Cupola of the Pioneer Courthouse, a federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon

Cyclists, in-line skaters, and skateboarders regularly whiz past the Lincoln Park Chess Pavilion along the Lake Michigan shoreline, Chicago, Illinois

Cypress gardens near Winter Haven, Florida

Crystal Room in the newly restored historic Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. during the 1980s

Cuploa on George Washington's Mount Vernon mansion, Mount Vernon, Virginia

Cypress trees on a small island on the Pacific coast near Carmel, California

Cypress tree on the coast near Carmel, California

Curator examines an artist's book in the Rare Books Collection at the, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C

Dancers on stilts in John Marshall Park, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C

Dairy barn near Waynesboro, Virginia

Dancers limber up in the lobby of War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California

Daniel Chester French's statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C

Daniel Webster Statue in Washington, D.C

Danny's Donuts and other stores at 11th and E Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C., photographed before they were demolished to make way for new buildings

Damaged tree on a country lane

Danny's Donuts at 11th and E Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Death Valley oasis at Furnace Creek Hotel, California

Deadwood, South Dakota