Black-and-white historical streetscape and skyline photographs of major American cities from the 1900s, 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. New York, Washington D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and more.

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Large-format (mostly 4x5) Kodachrome transparencies.

Fine-art prints by Juniper Gallery on a variety of archival art papers.

Hundreds of black-and-white photos of battleships, dreadnoughts, riverboats, paddle wheelers, cruise ships, ocean liners and Great Lakes freighters and ore carriers. Photos of suspension and truss bridges including the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge and 59th Street Bridge.

Historical color and black-and-white photos of cars and trucks from the early 20th century: Model T Ford, Packard, Cadillac, Franklin, Renault, Oldsmobile and other marques from the brass era of automobiles; tailfinned road locomotives from the 1950s and beyond.

Black-and-white historical photos from the American Civil War. Wet plate collodion glass plate negatives exposed by Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, Timothy O'Sullivan and other noted Civil War photographers. There are hundreds of photos in this gallery.

Vintage colorized photos from Shorpy contributors.

Willie and Vivian Cornett, their 12 children and grandchildren. Leatherwood, Kentucky, in 1964 and 1972.

Black-and-white historical photos of the Flatiron Building, a.k.a the Fuller Building, at Fifth Avenue and Broadway in Manhattan.

Download free iPhone Wallpaper. These historic images are cropped to fit perfectly on your iPhone.

Filling stations from the 1910s and 1920s.

Herbert Bell and Joe Garso, one-legged bicycle riders.

An assortment of teens, tots, juveniles, youngsters, girls, boys and babes.

People's Drug Stores, a once-ubiquitous retail chain in the Washington, D.C., area that was something like the Starbucks of patent remedies, cigars and "rubber goods." Interiors including soda fountains and exteriors including window displays.

Black-and-white and color historical photos of American railroads, locomotives, trains, depots and stations from the late 19th century and early to mid 20th century. Photos of steam locomotives and diesel engines. Elevated railways in New York and Chicago. There are hundreds of photos in this gallery.

Spanish-American War photos

Clowns that are scary. Which of course would be all clowns.

Black-and-white historical photos of streetcars, trolleys and interurban railways from the early 20th century. Electric street railways and traction lines.

Photographs from the Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums in England, including mug shots from the North Shields police department.