U.S. Library of Congress Historic Photos

Historic and vintage photographs contained in the United States Library of Congress.

The U.S. Library of Congress is the oldest and largest library in the United States, second in the world only to The British Library. Established on April 24th, 1800 the Library of Congress includes over 30 million books, 60 million manuscripts, millions of government and newspaper publications, maps and historic photos.

Many of the photos in the Library of Congress are available to the public and are included below.