An old ore car at the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine in West Virginia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3091041/free-photo-image-underground-mining-americaFree Image from public domain licenseMassive machinery at work in the open-pit Wyodak coal mine in the coal-rich Powder River Basin outside Gillette, Wyoming.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434368/free-photo-image-mine-coal-tractorFree Image from public domain licenseQuarry. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434290/free-photo-image-mining-coal-mineFree Image from public domain licenseMassive machinery at work in the open-pit Wyodak coal mine in the coal-rich Powder River Basin outside Gillette, Wyoming.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434361/free-photo-image-mining-public-domain-trains-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseSavannah River in Savannah, Georgia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434297/free-photo-image-fossil-fuels-coal-portFree Image from public domain licenseBodie is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California, United States… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212392/bodie-ghostFree Image from public domain licenseBodie is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California, United States… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212385/bodie-ghostFree Image from public domain licenseBig Brutus a giant strip-mining shovel in Kansas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090970/free-photo-image-america-big-brutus-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseBig Brutus a giant strip-mining shovel in Kansas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3091003/free-photo-image-america-big-brutus-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseInterior tools and milling equipment at the Bale Grist Mill, now a California Historic Park. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434146/free-photo-image-mill-museum-americaFree Image from public domain licenseChinese Camp, a small settlement in Tuolumne County. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434149/free-photo-image-ghost-fence-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain license Row houses in Maysville, Kentucky, an Ohio River port city that, although home to fewer than 10,000… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8049279/photo-image-people-hemp-public-domainFree Image from public domain license Scene at the Lake Valley Historic Site, now (as of 2021) mostly a ghost mining town in New Mexico … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8046888/photo-image-public-domain-lake-united-statesFree Image from public domain licenseRefinery storage tanks along the Houston Ship Channel. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582587/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseMartha Ann Crider Comes From a Coal Mining Family and Is the Wife of a Retired Miner Living in Fireco, near Beckley, West… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8765497/photo-image-flower-vintage-womanFree Image from public domain licenseThe State of Texas raises longhorn cattle at Abilene State Historical Park on the site of old Fort Griffin. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434251/free-photo-image-longhorn-cattle-carol-highsmith-animalFree Image from public domain license A fairly new and massive grain elevator array in the village of Gordon in northwest Nebraska … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068232/photo-image-cloud-sky-roadFree Image from public domain licenseThe State of Texas raises longhorn cattle at Abilene State Historical Park on the site of old Fort Griffin. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434262/free-photo-image-longhorn-texas-farmFree Image from public domain licenseMountain-sunset view from Telluride, once a mining boomtown and now a popular skiing destination in Colorado - Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434422/free-photo-image-mountains-mountain-range-landscapeFree Image from public domain licenseMountain-sunset view from Telluride, once a mining boomtown and now a popular skiing destination in Colorado - Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434454/free-photo-image-colorado-carol-highsmith-americaFree Image from public domain licenseAt the Trinidad Mining Museum in Trinidad, Colorado, old-timers Tom Hay, Alex Gerardo, Gerald Renner, and Bob Butero (left… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582476/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseAbandoned cabins near the old mining town of Ironton, between Ouray and Silverton, in San Juan County, Colorado. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582536/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA completely reassembled vintage Texaco Station, near Memphis, Tennessee (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/594978/carol-highsmiths-arkansas-photographyFree Image from public domain licenseA steam train crosses the 156-foot-tall Bass Point Creek Bridge. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434634/free-photo-image-georgetown-railway-steam-engineFree Image from public domain licenseA long-abandoned mining tipple on a hillside near the settlement of Ironton in San Juan County, Colorado. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582520/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe Argo Gold Mine and Mill, a former mining and milling property consisting of a gold mine and gold mill in Idaho Springs… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582489/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseVintage Texaco station in Arkansas (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/594973/carol-highsmiths-arkansas-photographyFree Image from public domain licenseView from the mountain above Telluride, once a mining boomtown and now a popular skiing destination in Colorado. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2371001/photo-image-public-domain-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain license A large Marathon Oil refinery, on the Big Sandy River in the town of Catlettsburg, Kentucky, was… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8049119/photo-image-cloud-sunset-plantFree Image from public domain license Building in Maysville, Kentucky, an Ohio River port city that, although home to fewer than 10,000… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8069197/photo-image-cloud-plant-personFree Image from public domain license Welcome sign with a southern touch in Maysville, Kentucky, an Ohio River port city that, although… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8069519/photo-image-plant-people-treeFree Image from public domain licenseMountain-sunset view from Telluride, once a mining boomtown and now a popular skiing destination in Colorado. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434426/mountain-sunset-viewFree Image from public domain licenseA whimsical pedestrian-crossing sign in the Terilingua "ghost town". Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434208/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-usa-signFree Image from public domain licenseOld Gasoline Pump in rural Virginia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421885/free-photo-image-oil-gas-pump-petroleumFree Image from public domain licenseCoal City Club in Coal City, West Virginia, a Part of Beckley All of the Men Are Coal Miners 06/1974. Photographer: Corn… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770068/photo-image-person-food-restaurantFree Image from public domain license One of several New Vision Co-Op grain elevator and silo complexes in and around Minnesota towns near… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8069763/photo-image-border-sky-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseThe 1892 powerhouse above the Crystal River in what is now the virtual ghost town (except for a handful of summer-only… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582534/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseMural Bauzite Mining, by Julius Woeltz, in Saline County Courthouse in Benton, Arkansas (2011) photography by Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/594979/carol-highsmiths-arkansas-photographyFree Image from public domain licenseThe adobe home of William Ide at the William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park in Red Bluff, California. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212460/adobe-state-historic-parkFree Image from public domain licenseThe Belknap Mill, New Hampshire. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094084/free-photo-image-america-beautiful-belknap-millFree Image from public domain licenseAlaska Pipeline. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421916/free-photo-image-pipeline-petroleum-oil-fieldFree Image from public domain licenseHistoric Route 66 Motel sign, Kingman, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421714/free-photo-image-route-sign-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseWork progresses inside the Colorado Stone Quarries mine. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434351/free-photo-image-quarry-carol-highsmith-mineFree Image from public domain licenseIndustrial scene on Nueces Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434265/free-photo-image-gas-industry-corpus-christiFree Image from public domain licenseIndustrial scene along the road from Port Arthur to Sabine Pass, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434212/free-photo-image-industry-factory-oilFree Image from public domain licenseIn 1994, Allen Armstrong (shown here) and his wife, Stephanie, bought and began restoring the Castle Dome City ghost town… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582269/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain license Replica of an early Mobilgas station and one of the structures and artifacts presented in a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8062924/photo-image-plant-tree-skyFree Image from public domain licenseBrown's Town campground and historic site in Bishop, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212440/browns-town-campgroundFree Image from public domain licenseFort Ross (Russian: Форт-Росс), originally Fortress Ross (Крѣпость Россъ, r Krepostʹ Ross) is a former Russian establishment… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212447/fort-rossFree Image from public domain licenseLime plant in rural Alabama. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421784/free-photo-image-factory-plant-industrialFree Image from public domain licenseJockey Hollow road at The Morristown National Historical Park in Morristown, New Jersey. Old Mammoth Road. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434596/free-photo-image-new-jersey-woods-road-natureFree Image from public domain licenseInside of Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright Federal Buildings. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434481/free-photo-image-factory-industry-roomFree Image from public domain licenseThe adobe home of William Ide at the William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park in Red Bluff, California. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212388/adobe-state-historic-parkFree Image from public domain licenseHistoric re-enactor Dave Johnston at South Park City Museum, a collection of historic buildings in Fairplay, Colorado. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582531/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseView of the snow-capped mountains surrounding Telluride, a historic Colorado mining town turned ski resort. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582471/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseHistoric Route 66 Motel sign, Kingman, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421731/free-photo-image-black-and-white-desert-advertisingFree Image from public domain licenseThe State of Texas raises longhorn cattle at Abilene State Historical Park on the site of old Fort Griffin. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433874/cattle-farmFree Image from public domain licenseThe State of Texas raises longhorn cattle at Abilene State Historical Park on the site of old Fort Griffin. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433971/free-photo-image-cow-carol-highsmith-longhornFree Image from public domain licenseIndustrial scene on Nueces Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434264/industrial-sceneFree Image from public domain licenseIndustrial area in Bayonne, New Jersey. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434595/free-photo-image-industrial-aerial-power-plants-portFree Image from public domain licenseIndustrial scene on Nueces Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434272/free-photo-image-electricity-energy-industrialFree Image from public domain licenseHeating room. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434040/free-photo-image-heating-valves-boiler-roomFree Image from public domain licenseIndustrial scene of Nueces Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434266/free-photo-image-industrial-power-industry-gasFree Image from public domain licenseAlaska Pipeline. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421917/free-photo-image-oil-and-gas-pipeline-naturalFree Image from public domain license The Stampmill Inn in Lead, a onetime gold-mining boomtown in the Black Hills of South Dakota … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8043155/photo-image-gold-public-domain-blackFree Image from public domain licenseGolden Spike National Historic Site, where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads came together in on May 10, 1869.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421930/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-train-railwayFree Image from public domain licenseMercedes-Benz U.S. International Plant located in Tuscaloosa County. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421769/free-photo-image-manufacturing-factory-industrialFree Image from public domain licenseGalveston, Texas, Oil Rigs ;Galveston, Texas, Oil Rigs. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421890/free-photo-image-oil-rigs-industryFree Image from public domain licenseSilo-sized containers of ice cream ingredients at the Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory in South Burlington, Vermont.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/422113/free-photo-image-tank-factory-industry-productionFree Image from public domain licenseLincoln Memorial. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421850/lincoln-memorialFree Image from public domain licenseDusk shot of an industrial scene along the road from Port Arthur to Sabine Pass, Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/422055/port-arthurFree Image from public domain licenseThe unique Telluride/Mountain Village gondola above Telluride, once a mining boomtown and now a popular skiing destination… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582462/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseScene at the Castle Dome City ghost town, once the boomtown surrounding the Castle Dome mining district above several silver… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582272/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseHorses at a ranch in Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434089/free-photo-image-horses-agriculture-industry-farm-barnFree Image from public domain licenseCuring baby Swiss cheese rounds at the Alp and Dell factory. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433967/free-photo-image-factory-production-cheeseFree Image from public domain licenseMechanical room in the basement of the Federal Building at 300 N. Los Angeles Blvd. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434500/free-photo-image-industry-pipes-los-angelesFree Image from public domain licenseSows in a pigpen jostle for food and water on Dean and Julie Folkmann's hog farm in Benton County, Iowa, near the town of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/422060/free-photo-image-pig-farm-animalFree Image from public domain licenseAbraham Lincoln portrait in the Lincoln room, Blair House, located across from the White House, Washington, D.C. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421696/abraham-lincolnFree Image from public domain licenseU.S. Capitol, Washington D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421853/free-photo-image-tourism-architecture-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseU.S. Capitol Dome. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421880/free-photo-image-architecture-capitol-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseThe Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. that is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421746/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-architecture-famous-landmarkFree Image from public domain licenseLincoln Memorial statue by Daniel Chester French. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421857/lincoln-memorial-statueFree Image from public domain licenseJefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421744/jefferson-memorialFree Image from public domain license The historic Oahe School Chapel in remote Hughes County, above Pierre, South Dakota, was once paired… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8060219/photo-image-churches-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain licenseNational Cathedral, Washington D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421914/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-church-architectureFree Image from public domain licenseCattle in a feed lot in Van Zandt County in Northeast Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434279/free-photo-image-cattle-farm-animalsFree Image from public domain licenseThis mural remembering the famous Chisholm Trail cattle trail in Fort Worth seems to almost literally jump out at you. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582560/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe "Cellar 12" filtration room at the MillerCoors Brewery in Corolado. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434520/free-photo-image-industry-beer-processFree Image from public domain licenseAlabama River Pulp Company and the Claiborne Mill Complex. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433831/free-photo-image-production-paper-millFree Image from public domain licenseAlabama River Pulp Company and the Claiborne Mill Complex. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433830/free-photo-image-alabama-architecture-river-pulp-companyFree Image from public domain licenseBarley processing at the MillerCoors Brewery in Colorado. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434515/free-photo-image-barley-beer-industry-brewery-processFree Image from public domain licenseHorse within a lovely meadow in the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park in Johnson City, Texas. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434268/free-photo-image-horses-carol-highsmith-americaFree Image from public domain licenseThe incomplete frontier mission in the tiny settlement of Tumacacori, south of Tucson, Arizona, where native Indian and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582242/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseRock formations near the desolate Fort Bowie National Historic Site in Cochise County, Arizona. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582365/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseIconic capital from the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421928/free-photo-image-column-interior-architectureFree Image from public domain licenseColumn Detail, U.S. Treasury Building, Washington. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421851/free-photo-image-column-washington-historic-architectureFree Image from public domain license