Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 1980s

Aerial view showing the red-tile-roof government buildings in the Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C

Aerial view of William Randolph Hearst's "Hearst Castle" and his San Simeon estate in California

Aerial view showing the red-roof Federal Triangle government buildings, Washington, D.C

Aerial view showing U.S.Capitol, looking south, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view with a focus on the red-roofed federal buildings of the "Federal Triangle," Washington, D.C

Aerial view with a focus on the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C

Aerial view with a focus on Francis Scott Key Bridge between Northern Virginia and the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C

Aerial view with a focus on the Potomac River Tidal Basin and the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C

Aerial view, New York, New York

Aerial views of Lake Mead National Recreation Area, formed when Hoover Dam backed up the Colorado River. Boulder City, Nevada

Aerial view with focus on the red-tile-roof government buildings in the Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C

Aerial view showing two buildings: the historic Thomas Jefferson Building (green roof) and the modern James Madison Building across Independence Avenue, Washington, D.C

Aerial view showing U.S.Capitol, looking south, Washington, D.C

Aerial view with a focus on the National Mall, Washington, D.C

Aerial view showing, from the left, the Jefferson Memorial, the Washington Monument, and the White House, Washington, D.C

Aerial view with a focus on plants and other buildings along the Potomac River, Washington, D.C

Aerial view with a focus on Union Station terminal and its tracks, and the city's main post office building next door. The U.S. Capitol is in the distance. Washington, D.C

Aerial view with a focus on the Bureau of Printing and Engraving complex in the foreground and the Washington Monument to the left, Washington, D.C

Aerial view with a focus on the city's main post office, Union Station terminal, left, and the U.S. Capitol, above. Washington, D.C

Aerial view with a focus on the red tile roofs of the Federal Triangle U.S. Government buildings, Washington, D.C

Aerial view, San Francisco, California

Aerial view with Franklin Square Park in the foreground. Washington, D.C

Aerial, lift bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

Aerial, Chicago, Illinois

Agate Bay Lighthouse, Two Harbors, Minnesota

AIDS quilt, Washington, D.C

Airplane displayed at the offices of BAE Systems, a leading defense contractor, Arlington, Virginia

Amphitrite - Allegorical mural in U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C

Alexander Hamilton statue in front of the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C

Alexander Phimister Proctor's 'Broncho Buster' statue in Civic Center park, Denver, Colorado

Alcatraz Island is an island located in the San Francisco Bay, 15 miles offshore from San Francisco, California

Alligator wrestler in action at Sunken Gardens, St. Petersburg, Florida

Alexander Milne Calder sculptures in a corner pavilion of City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Allee of lindens at Chestnut Hill's Ropsley Estate, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Aladdin's Lamp historic casino detail in the 'Neon Boneyard,' Las Vegas, Nevada

Allegorical mural with Venus at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C

Aladdin mining tipple, Aladdin, Wyoming

Along Lake Junaluska in North Carolina

Along Skyline Drive in Virginia

Alligators at Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay, Florida

Along a beautiful path in springtime at Virginia's Mount Vernon

Altar at the Baltimore Basilica, Baltimore, Maryland

Altar in a chapel, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Amazing Body Pavilion at the Museum of Health and Medical Science presents an inside view of the human body, Houston, Texas

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

Alligator wrestler, Paul Strazzula, wrestles with ease at Florida's Sunken Gardens show in Saint Petersburg, Florida

Along Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois

Alva Vanderbilt's tea house behind the Vanderbilts' sumptuous Marble House mansion in Newport, Rhode Island

Ambassador's library at the British Embassy, Washington, D.C

Alligators (look carefully!) in the Everglades of Florida

Almost every sign on the Appalachian Trail is handmade and wooden. Not this one

Almas Masonic temple, Washington, D.C

Altar and stained glass window at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Morristown, New Jersey

Altar of Capilla del Cristo, photograph by Carol M. Highsmith

Quilts, Amish Country, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Amish farmer and draft animals, hard at work, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Amish children in the back of a buggy on the road in Lancaster County, Pensylvania

Amish farm scene in Pennsylvania

Amish farm corn crib, Pennsylvania

Amish buggy in Pennsylvania