Carol M. Highsmith

The mummers parade is held each new year's day and believed to be the oldest folk festival in the united states

Carol Highsmith has donated her life's photography work of tens of thousands of images to the Library of Congress during her decades-long career.  The photography collection at the Library is the most historic photographic collection on earth and includes the work of Dorothea Lange and Frances Benjamin Johnston.  Highsmith has been doing a visual study of America for 40 years and travels the United States for about 10 months a year.

Pennsylvania

Woman with pretzels, Reading Terminal Market Pretzel Girl, Philadelphia

Reading Terminal Market Harry G. Ochs Butcher Shop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The 1914 Round Barn & Farm Market, Biglerville, Pennsylvania

A painted, rearing horse statue outside the Round Barn & Farm Market, Biglerville, Pennsylvania

A well-maintained red barn outside McKnightsville, Pennsylvania

A painted gas pump (a popular art form in the state) in McKnightsville, Pennsylvania

Jordan Ryan, left, and his father, Bob Ryan, depict Union signal corps, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Earl Weaver, portraying Confderate commander Robert E. Lee, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Costumed characters at the re-enactment, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

One of dozens of examples of exemplary public art and architecture, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Father and son with horses at Mr. McConnell’s soybean farm in Derry Township, Pennsylvania

Downtown cityscape from the Duquesne Incline   Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The 93-foot “Tower of Voices” at the Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville, Pennsylvania

A painted gas pump (a popular art form in the state) in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

The 15th New York Battery monument at Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

The Washington Fire Company No. 1 station Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

Replica of the Boy with the Leaking Boot, Hershey, Pennsylvania

The gilded brass “Commonwealth” atop the state capital, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Iconostas (wall of icons) inside All Saints Orthodox Church, Olyphant, Pennsylvania

Marilyn Monroe sculpture outside a shop in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

Topiary garden Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

Array of fountains at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

View of Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

Cannons at Artillery Park, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Muhlenberg Brigade huts at Valley Forge National Historical Park, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Window at the Mill at Anselma, a gristmill in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania

Aerial view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Auguste Rodin’s “The Thinker” at the Rodin Museum, an art museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The “Rocky Statue” on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Unsigned mural in the Gray’s Ferry neighborhood of  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mural, created by Willis Humphrey in 2008, depicting W.E.B. Du Bois in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

“Immersive art” at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens on Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Amish horse and buggy

The skyline at dusk, from the top of the One Liberty Place skyscraper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A sculpture of Benjamin Franklin, One Liberty Place, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A barber’s chair at the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cellblock 6 at the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The historic Letitia Street House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Part of the “Rain Forest Carousel” at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Elephant statue at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dusk shot of famous restaurant Geno’s Steaks, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dusk shot of Pat’s Steaks restaurant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Day time view of Geno’s Steaks  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mural depicting police commissioner, and later mayor, Frank Rizzo, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Centre Square in Easton, Pennsylvania

Factory buildings in Easton, Pennsylvania

Ornate costumes and marching band at the Mummers Parade, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Liberty Bell at Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Woman playing drums in ornate costume at Mummers Parade, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania