Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 1980s

Georgetown's Washington Harbour, Washington, D.C

Georgia Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia

Georgetown University buildings, Washington, D.C

German apple pancakes at Millie's Restaurant, Delavan, Wisconsin

Getty Center, which combines an art museum, gardens, and five research institutes in Los Angeles, California

Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Getty Center architectural detail, Los Angeles, California

Giant banyan tree outside the winter home and laboratory of Thomas Edison, Fort Myers, Florida

Giant pandas, the star attraction at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo, Washington, D.C

Giant redwood tree in northern California

Gift shop sign in "Amish Country," Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Gift shop in fashionable Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

Gibson Inn, Apalachicola, Florida

Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, Maryland

Gilpin's Falls covered bridge in Cecil County, Maryland, was built about 1860

Giraffes at the Milwaukee County Zoo, Wisconsin

Giraffes at Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois

Giraffes at the Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois

Zoo giraffes, Chicago, Illinois

Ginnan Villa estate in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana

Giraffe at Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois

Glen Echo Park, Washington, D.C

Gold Coast neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois

Gold Metal flour historic mill renovated into condiminiums in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Golden Gate Bridge toward Marin County, California

Golden Gate Bridge, looking north toward Marin County, California

Golden Nugget historic casino sign in the Neon Boneyard, Las Vegas, Nevada

Golfing at Baca Raton resort, Boca Raton, Florida

Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge connects southern Maryland and Virginia across the Potomac River

Grain elevator in dusty eastern Colorado

Gracie Mansion is the official residence of the mayor of the City of New York, New York

Governor's Mansion, Raleigh, North Carolina

Governor's Mansion, Salt Lake City, Utah

Governor's mansion, North Carolina

Governor's Mansion decorated for Halloween in Carson City, Nevada

Grand Canyon, Arizona

Grand Canyon panorama, Arizona

Grand Hall of the Wisconsin Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin

Grain elevators in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Grand Canyon river view, Arizona

Grant statue, Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Tennessee

Grass on the roof helps keep the home warm in North Pole, Alaska

Grass roof helps keep warmth inside in this home, North Pole, Alaska

Granite seawall at Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts North Shore

Grand Victorian home in Cape May, New Jersey

Grave of movie actor and war hero Audie Murphy at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia

Grandma and grandchildren in New Orleans, Louisiana

Grapes of Wrath billboard along a California highway

Grass roof on a cabin in North Pole, Alaska

Grandfather and granddaughter visit a yard sale, Indianapolis, Indiana

Grand staircase heading from the Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C

Gravers station by Carol Highsmith

Great Hall, second floor, north. Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C

Great Hall at the 's Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C

Gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

Great Falls tavern, C&O Canal, Washington, D.C

Gravesite of Judith Henry, killed by Yankee shells at First Battle of Bull Run

Great Gatsby featival at the historic Mount Washington Hotel in the White Mountains, New Hampshire

Gravesite of Union Army Lt. Thomas Hudson McKee and his wife at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia

Graves of Patricia and Richard Nixon at the Nixon Library and birthplace, Yorba Linda, California