Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 1980s

Historic house, St. Paul, Minnesota

Historic house in Dubuque, Iowa

Historic Mann's Theatre in Los Angeles, California

Historic interpreter harvesting radishes at Old World Wisconsin, the state historical society's outdoor museum in Eagle, Wisconsin

Historic interpretors operate a crude hand-driven sawmill at Mount Vernon, George Washington's former estate in Virginia

Historic interpretor makes bricks from scratch at Mount Vernon, Virginia, George Washington's former estate

Historic interpretors till the land at Mount Vernon, George Washington's former estate

Historic interpretors make bricks from scratch at Mount Vernon, George Washington's former estate in Virginia

Historic interpreter on the farm at George Washington's former estate, Mount Vernon, Virginia

Historic interpreters on the farm at George Washington's former estate, Mount Vernon, Virginia

Historic Maryland bridge

Historic house, Macon, Georgia

Historic interpretor feeds sheep at Mount Vernon, Virginia, George Washington's former estate

Historic re-enactor at Mount Vernon, Virginia, George Washington's estate

Historic re-enactors at work at Mount Vernon, Virginia, George Washington's estate

Historic section of downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Horse-farm barn with a decorative as well as functional cupola in rural New England

Historic re-enactor feeds animals at Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate in Virginia

Historic neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky

Historic old general store in rural North Carolina

Historic train station in Gaithersburg, Maryland

Historic Washington Star Building in Washington, D.C., under restoration in the 1980s

Historic view of Montpelier, Orange, Virginia

Historic Wells Theatre, which opened in 1913 and was extensively restored, Norfolk, Virginia

Historic storefronts at 11th and E Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C., were photographed before they were demolished to make way for new buildings

Historic Union Station, Albany, New York, completed in 1900. It became a bank building in the 1980s

Historic Union stock yard gate, Chicago, Illinois

Historic Stardust sign, Las Vegas, Nevada

Historic view of the Willard Room Restaurant located in the Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C

Holocaust Museum glass wall with names of Holocaust victims, Washington, D.C.

Holocaust Memorial, Miami Beach, Florida

Home in 6th Ward, Houston, Texas

HMS Bounty, Fall River, Massachusetts

Home of Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, Washington, D.C

Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Cathedral in the Richmond District, San Francisco, California

Holocaust Memorial Park in downtown Boston, Massachusetts

Historical re-enactor at Mount Vernon, George Washington's Virginia estate, Mount Vernon, Virginia

Holocaust Museum glass with names of Holocaust victims, Washington, D.C

Holocaust Museum, Houston, Texas

Home of Mary McLeod Bethune, Washington, D.C

Home of architect Arthur Cotton Moore on the Eastern Shore of Maryland

Horse inside stockade-looking barn made of pine poles in Sturgis, South Dakota

Horse and buggy on the road in "Amish Country," Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Horse and flatbed buggy in "Amish Country," Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Homer building at 1300 G Street, N.W., Washington, D.C

Hornet's Nest location at Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee

Horse Country in The Plains, Virginia

Hooper Strait Light, St. Michaels, Maryland

Hospital imaging equipment

Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River in Arizona

Hospital medical equipment

Horses and buggies waiting for fares in front of Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana

Hospital operating or image examination room

Horses graze on a farm in bluegrass "horse country," Lexington, Kentucky

House Chamber doorway, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C

Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego, California

Hotels and other high-rise buildings on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii

Hotels on "South Beach," Miami Beach, Florida

Hotel lobby and escalators

House constructed out of newspapers and magazines in Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts