{"id":13,"date":"2025-01-01T14:21:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T14:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/habs-haer-hals.com\/?p=13"},"modified":"2026-03-21T18:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T18:57:00","slug":"new-scans-at-habs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habs-haer-hals.com\/?p=13","title":{"rendered":"New HABS Photo Scans on the LoC Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just found two new sets of scanned records on the HABS site today. As the LoC slowly gets through the backlog of HABS\/HAER\/HALS photos waiting for scans from the last couple decades. It&#8217;s nice to see some of my photos out in the public domain where they belong.<\/p>\n<p>These two examples of historic survey photography exemplify the idea behind the establishment of the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1933:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A complete resume of the builder&#8217;s art.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"photo-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80307200c\" class=\"photo-wrap photo-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80307200c\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 502px;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/schafphoto.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80307200c-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80307200c img-responsive\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" title=\"HABS Photography example. historic survey by stephen schafer_0007\" src=\"https:\/\/schafphoto.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80307200c-500wi\" alt=\"HABS Photography example. historic survey by stephen schafer_0007\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80307200c\" class=\"photo-caption caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80307200c\">HABS Photography example &#8211; Pacific Telephone Building<\/div>\n<div class=\"photo-caption caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80307200c\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80304200c\" class=\"photo-wrap photo-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80304200c\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/schafphoto.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80304200c-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80304200c img-responsive\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"HABS Photography example. historic survey by stephen schafer_0003\" src=\"https:\/\/schafphoto.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80304200c-500wi\" alt=\"HABS Photography example. historic survey by stephen schafer_0003\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80304200c\" class=\"photo-caption caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80304200c\">Historic American Buildings Survey Example Photo<\/div>\n<div class=\"photo-caption caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80304200c\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80070200c\" class=\"photo-wrap photo-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80070200c\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 502px;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/schafphoto.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80070200c-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80070200c img-responsive\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"HABS Photography example. historic survey by stephen schafer_0006\" src=\"https:\/\/schafphoto.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80070200c-500wi\" alt=\"HABS Photography example. historic survey by stephen schafer_0006\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80070200c\" class=\"photo-caption caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80070200c\">HABS\/HAER\/HALS Photography Example<\/div>\n<div class=\"photo-caption caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80070200c\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9411200b\" class=\"photo-wrap photo-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9411200b\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 502px;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/schafphoto.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9411200b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9411200b img-responsive\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"HABS Photography example. historic survey by stephen schafer_0005\" src=\"https:\/\/schafphoto.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9411200b-500wi\" alt=\"HABS Photography example. historic survey by stephen schafer_0005\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9411200b\" class=\"photo-caption caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9411200b\">HABS Photography by Stephen Schafer<\/div>\n<div class=\"photo-caption caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9411200b\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80080200c\" class=\"photo-wrap photo-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80080200c\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 502px;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/schafphoto.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80080200c-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80080200c img-responsive\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"HABS Photography example. historic survey by stephen schafer_0004\" src=\"https:\/\/schafphoto.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80080200c-500wi\" alt=\"HABS Photography example. historic survey by stephen schafer_0004\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80080200c\" class=\"photo-caption caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80080200c\">HABS interior photograph of Pacific Telephone Building \u2022 Photo by Stephen Schafer<\/div>\n<div class=\"photo-caption caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02c8d3c80080200c\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9451200b\" class=\"photo-wrap photo-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9451200b\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/schafphoto.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9451200b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9451200b img-responsive\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"HABS Photography example. historic survey by stephen schafer_0002\" src=\"https:\/\/schafphoto.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9451200b-500wi\" alt=\"HABS Photography example. historic survey by stephen schafer_0002\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9451200b\" class=\"photo-caption caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9451200b\">Context view for HABS of Top Hat Hot Dog Stand in Ventura, California<\/div>\n<div class=\"photo-caption caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9451200b\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9482200b\" class=\"photo-wrap photo-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9482200b\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 502px;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/schafphoto.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9482200b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9482200b img-responsive\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"HABS Photography example. historic survey by stephen schafer_0001\" src=\"https:\/\/schafphoto.typepad.com\/.a\/6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9482200b-500wi\" alt=\"HABS Photography example. historic survey by stephen schafer_0001\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9482200b\" class=\"photo-caption caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9482200b\">Front Facade HABS photograph of Top Hat, Ventura, California (HABS CA-2863)<\/div>\n<div class=\"photo-caption caption-xid-6a0115712c3d78970c02e860de9482200b\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;Not just the wealthy, also the worthy!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you\u2019d like more information about HABS\/HAER\/HALS photography take a look at our website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a title=\"HABSphoto.com website link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.habsphoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HABSphoto.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Stephen Schafer<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Architectural Photography<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ventura, California<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ph: 415-857-HAER<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just found two new sets of scanned records on the HABS site today. As the LoC slowly gets through the backlog of HABS\/HAER\/HALS photos waiting for scans from the last couple decades. It&#8217;s nice to see some of my photos out in the public domain where they belong. These two examples of historic survey photography&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14,20,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,19,15],"tags":[27,26,22,23,24,25,28],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architectural-photography","category-documentary-photography","category-film","category-habs","category-habs-photographer","category-habs-haer-hals","category-habs-haer-hals-photography","category-haer","category-haer-photographer","category-hals","category-hals-photographer","category-heritage-conservation","category-historic-preservation","tag-architecture","tag-engineering-record","tag-habs","tag-haer","tag-hals","tag-historic-american-buildings-survey-photography","tag-preservation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/habs-haer-hals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/habs-haer-hals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/habs-haer-hals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habs-haer-hals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habs-haer-hals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/habs-haer-hals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283,"href":"https:\/\/habs-haer-hals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions\/283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/habs-haer-hals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habs-haer-hals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habs-haer-hals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}