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Bull elk in Yellowstone National Park, in the northwest corner of the western state of Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A lone and lean coyote makes the best of wintertime in the northernmost Wyoming reaches of Yellowstone National Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Two dogs, Jesse and Maude, await the next portion of their ride in the back of a motorcycle in South Hero, Vermont. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Details from the million dollar courthouse, the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

A very real, very live, very tame deer in a small park the heart of the Casper College campus in Casper, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Cattle amble freely in the San Juan Mountains of Conejos County, Colorado, near the New Mexico border. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

This boat on the Portsmouth, New Hampshire, docks is loaded with buoys used to identify the location of lobster traps. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Tunnel on North Carolina's Blue Ridge Parkway. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A thriving North Carolina tobacco field. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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New York City with World Trade Center. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Pacific Coast Sunset at Monterey, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The Redwood National and State Parks along the coast of northern California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Chicago at dusk. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Whale Shark at Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

An oceangoing container ship plies the busy Savannah River in Savannah, Georgia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A landscape view of Alaska - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

Slot Canyons. Gently carved from the Navajo sandstone over the course of countless millenniums. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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Aerial view of Philadelphia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Neon sign for Billy Bob's legendary “boot-scootin’”western nighclub and honky-tonk bar in Fort Worth. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Wagon wheel against a stone fence at Hueco Tanks State Park, northwest of El Paso, USA. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Las Vegas Strip. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Mudpots and hot springs color the terrain in northwestern Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Aerial view of Waikiki Beach and Honolulu, Hawaii. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A mixed herd of wild and domesticated horses frolics on the Ladder Livestock ranch, at the Wyoming-Colorado border. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A fat and sassy prairie dog on the grounds of Devil's Tower National Monument in Crook County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A coyote blends into its surroundings in mid-winter in Yellowstone National Park in northern Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Exterior, Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S Post Office and Courthouse in Little Rock, Arkansas (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

American bison, or buffaloes, in Yellowstone National Park in the northwest corner of Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A farmer kicks up dust as he readies the ground for planting near Bristol in Prowers County, Colorado. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Rafters on Clear Creek, outside Idaho Falls, Colorado - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A mixed herd of wild and domesticated horses frolics on the Ladder Livestock ranch, at the Wyoming-Colorado border. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Bottom up view of tall trees at Redwood National and State Parks, United States, Northern California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

White Bengal tiger at the Montgomery Zoo, it was established in 1920 as part of Oak Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Murals, Louisville Murals-Fox Hunting, by Frank Weathers Long at the Gene Snyder U.S Courthouse & Custom House, Louisville, Kentucky (2011) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

A farmer kicks up dust as he readies the ground for planting near Bristol in Prowers County, Colorado. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The Strater Hotel, opened in 1888 during a mining boom in Durango, Colorado. Four years later, owner Henry M. Strater added another hotel, the Columbian, next door. After the financial panic of 1893, Strater consolidated the hotels into one that drips with Victorian flourishes. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Big brown bear at the Wild Animal Sanctuary near Keenesburg, Colorado. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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Classic Kansas field of waving wheat. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A steam train crosses the 156-foot-tall Bass Point Creek Bridge. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Cowboy-hat neon in a food tent at the Iowa State Fair in the capital city of Des Moines. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

An old-style crank telepone inside a prairie "I house," part of the Ackley Heritage Center. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Prince William Sound is a sound of the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Family Day on the grounds of the Alabama River Pulp Company. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Aerial view of Washington, D.C. in the 80s. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Art made of "code" named Kryptos sits on the grounds of the C.I.A. Headquarters in Virginia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge (commonly known as the Bay Bridge) is a major dual-span bridge in the U.S. state of Maryland. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Mount Katahdin, Maine, Appalachian Trail. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Wolf on the run at the Wild Animal Sanctuary near Keenesburg, Colorado. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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South Haven South Pierhead Light is a lighthouse in Michigan (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Dusk view of Pennsylvania Avenue, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Details from the million dollar courthouse, the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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A red fox prowls for voles, hidden beneath the snow, in Yellowstone National Park in the western U.S. state of Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Aerial view of Las Vegas at night. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Aerial photograph of the Las Vegas Strip. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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USS Texas, the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The Empire State Building. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Elk at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's elk refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a valley on the edge of Grand Teton National Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A lone and lean coyote makes the best of wintertime in the northernmost Wyoming reaches of Yellowstone National Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Reconstruction at Ground Zero, site of the attack on the World Trade Center Twin Towers. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas Strip. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Shellfish traps in Wanchese, an old fishing port on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

For displaying jellyfish, The Monterey Bay Aquarium uses a Kreisel tank, which creates a circular flow to support and suspend the jellies. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Decatur, Alabama annual Hot Air Balloon Jubilee Festival. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Decatur, Alabama annual Hot Air Balloon Jubilee Festival. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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White Bengal tiger at the Montgomery Zoo, it was established in 1920 as part of Oak Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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One of the twice-daily parades of longhorn steers (for tourists' enjoyment) up Exchange Street in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Painting of the American and Texas flags on a building in Albany, Texas, seat of Shackelford County. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A shell casing flies out with a trail of smoke as U.S. Army

Landscape and bridge along the Connecticut River

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Texas flag, painted on boarded-up window in Brownwood, the seat of Brown County in Central Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A representation of the sign for the Texas portion of the old U.S. Highway 66, posted during a short portion of that road still existing in Amarillo, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Sunset through the trees in Rougemont, near Durham, North Carolina. Old Mammoth Road. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Horse within a lovely meadow in the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park in Johnson City, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A white lion at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, America's second-oldest zoo, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Dusk shot of Columbus, Ohio, from a point along the Scioto River. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A mixed herd of wild and domesticated horses frolics on the Ladder Livestock ranch, at the Wyoming-Colorado border. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Chairlifts ascend the mountain at the Snowmass Village ski resort in Pitkin County, Colorado - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A massive cloud presages a thunderstorm above Groom, a tiny community along old U.S. Route 66 in the Texas Panhandle. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Scene at Snowmass, a skiing and snowboarding area Pitkin County, Colorado, in the valley of the Roaring Fork River between Aspen and Basalt. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Corn rows as far as the eye can see in Buchanan County, Iowa. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A saguaro cactus dominates the scene at dusk in the garden of the White Stallion Ranch, a dude ranch outside Tucson, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Bayou La Batre is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Alligator Alley has 20 acres of natural cypress swamp land, where alligators roam freely in a protected environment. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Mature corn, almost ready for harvesting, on a farm in Sauk County, Wisconsin. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Road through Smugglers' Notch, a narrow mountain pass surrounded by high bluffs in Lamoille County, Vermont. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

A bighorn sheep in Colorado National Monument, a preserve of vast plateaus, canyons, and towering monoliths in Mesa County, Colorado, near Grand Junction. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Infrared view of a forest of trees in Montana. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress collection.

July 4th Fireworks. Washington DC is a spectacular place to celebrate July 4th! Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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American bison, or buffaloes, in Yellowstone National Park in the northwest corner of Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Ranch manager Mark Dunning oversees a roundup at the Big Creek cattle ranch near the Colorado border in Carbon County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Atlantic City (Maryland) at Dusk. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The George Washington Bridge over The Hudson River in Fort Lee, New Jersey USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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Pops Restaurant on Route 66 in Arcadia, Oklahoma. This sculptural take on a soda bottle and straw soars 66 ft. into the sky. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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$Big Tex, 55-foot-tall statue and marketing icon of the annual State Fair of Texas held at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. The figure has become a cultural icon of Dallas and Texas. On October 19, 2012, THIS Big Tex was destroyed by an electrical fire that started in the in the right boot and worked its way up the structure. It was replaced a "new" Tex. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.$

Deer in the tall grass below Devil's Tower National Monument in Crook County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Murals, Louisville Murals-Stock Farming, by Frank Weathers Long at the Gene Snyder U.S Courthouse & Custom House, Louisville, Kentucky (2011) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Murals, Louisville Murals-Rural Free Delivery, by Frank Weathers Long at the Gene Snyder U.S Courthouse & Custom House, Louisville, Kentucky (2011) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Yosemite National Park, United States. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A view of lower Manhattan a month before 9/11. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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