Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 2000s

Aerial view of LaFayette Park, located directly north of the White House on H Street between 15th and 17th Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C

Brass knuckles carried by Lincoln's bodyguards during his train ride through Baltimore. Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.

Aerial showing White House, U.S. Treasury building, Willard Hotel and Pershing Park, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view from the south of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view from the southwest of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view from the west of the Thomas Jefferson Building and John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view from the southwest of the Thomas Jefferson Building and John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view from the southwest of the. Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view of Capitol Hill featuring the Madison, Jefferson and Adams Buildings of the, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view of Capitol Hill featuring the Madison, Jefferson and Adams Buildings of the behind the Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view of Capitol Hill featuring the U.S. Capitol, with the Thomas Jefferson Building behind, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view of Capitol Hill featuring the Thomas Jefferson Building behind the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view of Judiciary Square

Aerial view of Lincoln Memorial - west side

Aerial view of Judiciary Square (cropped)

Aerial view of the Lincoln Memorial

Aerial view of the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view of the National Mall, Washington, D.C

Aerial view of the White House

Aerial view of the White House, Old Executive Office and Washington, D.C. business district

Aerial view of Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Aerial view showing the Thomas Jefferson Building, with East Capitol Street on the left and the James Madison Building on the right, Washington, D.C. ( )

Aerial view showing the Thomas Jefferson Building, with East Capitol Street on the left and the James Madison Building on the right, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view, United States Capitol building 04492v

Aerial view, United States Capitol building 04492v (cropped)

African and Middle Eastern Reading Room (Area Studies). Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.

Air Force Academy Chapel, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Architectural art "Swimmers" at U.S. Courthouse, Jacksonville, Florida

Arctic building seal architectural details, Seattle, Washington

Bas relief "Transportation & Distribution of the Mail," by Raymond Barger at the John O. Pastore Federal Building in Providence, Rhode Island

Boot worn by John Wilkes Booth. It was cut by the doctor that tented to Booth's wound. Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, D.C

Brass knuckles carried by Lincoln's bodyguards during his train ride through Baltimore. Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, D.C

Bust of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow located in library lobby, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania

Calling card. Henry R. Rathbone, U.S. Army. Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, D.C

Carte de visite photographs carried by Booth at the time of his capture. Artifacts in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, D.C

Chrysler Building detail, New York, New York

Cities of the Dead New Orleans Masonic Cemetery Highsmith

Compass used by John Wilkes Booth when he tried to escape Washington, D.C. after shooting President Abraham Lincoln. Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, D.C

Courtroom lobby, James T. Foley U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Albany, New York

Courtroom, U.S. Courthouse, Toledo, Ohio

Courtroom, James T. Foley U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Albany, New York

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C

Departments of Government detail 1

Departments of Government detail 2

Departments of Government detail 3

Departments of Government detail 4

Departments of Government detail 5

Departments of Government detail 6

Derringer gun John Wilkes Booth used to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, D.C

Detail above elevator in lobby of 2nd Street entrance. John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.

Detail of the Bloch Building, Nelson Atkins Museum Bloch, Kansas City, Missouri

Detail of the coat Abraham Lincoln wore the night he was assassinated at Ford's Theatre. Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, D.C

Dillon room, Blair House, located across from the White House, Washington, D.C

Door detail, Federal Building, Grand Island, Nebraska

Doors of stack service elevator on fifth floor. John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.

Drinking fountain, near ground floor lobby. John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.

Dusk at U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Exterior view. Cupola and Torch of Learning. Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.

East Corridor, First Floor. Mosaic in domed lobby at head of stairway leading to ground floor, with quotation "Knowledge is power." Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.