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Most of the photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs, 20 to 200 megabytes in size) from the Library of Congress research archive. (To query the database click here.) Many were digitized by LOC contractors using a Sinar studio back. They are adjusted by your webmaster for contrast and color in Photoshop before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here.

 
 
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  • G-L-O-R-I-A

    Member Gallery

    Photos uploaded by visitors to Shorpy.com.

    There are 2285 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 4:32pm

  • Way Out West: 1943

    4x5 Kodachromes

    4x5 Kodachrome transparencies

    There are 320 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 07/30/2010 - 4:01pm

  • Horse Clothing: 1940

    ShorpyArt

    Fine-art prints by Juniper Gallery on French art paper.

    There are 4418 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 09/03/2010 - 2:32am

  • Horse Clothing: 1940

    Photographers

    There are 5186 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 09/03/2010 - 2:32am

  • Farmville: 1938

    Agriculture

    There are 81 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 2:57pm

  • Horse Clothing: 1940

    Animals

    There are 330 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 09/03/2010 - 2:32am

  • Indian Court: 1939

    Art & Design

    There are 39 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Sat, 08/01/2009 - 2:05pm

  • Carina Nebula: 5500 BC

    Astronomy

    There is 1 image in this gallery

    Last updated: Sat, 12/01/2007 - 10:26am

  • Propellerheads (colorized): 1925

    Aviation

    There are 190 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 05/10/2010 - 3:58pm

  • Color in the Water  (Colorized)

    Bathing Girls

    There are 94 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 1:44am

  • Before and After

    Before & After

    There are 2 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 01/04/2010 - 3:27am

  • Launch Party: 1905

    Boats & Bridges

    There are 220 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 8:25pm

  • Scouting: 1957

    Boy Scouts

    There are 35 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 07/05/2010 - 9:51am

  • Indian Trails Texaco: 1940

    Cars+Trucks

    There are 682 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 08/31/2010 - 11:32pm

  • Farmers Bank: 1910

    Cities

    There are 407 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 08/18/2010 - 1:33am

  • Coffee Break: 1862

    Civil War

    There are 198 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Sat, 08/14/2010 - 2:46am

  • Color in the Water  (Colorized)

    Colorized Photos

    Vintage colorized photos from Shorpy contributors.

    There are 164 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 1:44am

  • At the Zoo: 1905

    Coney Island

    Photographs from Luna Park and Coney Island in general.

    There are 26 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 08/25/2010 - 5:18am

  • Hello, Dolly: 1920s

    Curiosities

    There are 105 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 04/05/2010 - 3:56am

  • Amarillo, Texas: 1936

    Dust Bowl

    There are 7 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 09/16/2008 - 3:23am

  • Telephone Rockfish: 1928

    Eateries & Bars

    There are 95 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 06/14/2010 - 11:35am

  • New Math: 1942

    Education

    There are 124 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 2:39am

  • Drill and Tool: 1942

    Factories

    There are 139 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 08/20/2010 - 9:04am

  • Trade You for an iPod: 1979

    Farked

    There are 44 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 06/30/2010 - 2:43am

  • Turk Street: 1906

    Fires, Floods, Disasters

    There are 48 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 08/12/2010 - 2:35pm

  • Seeing New York: 1904

    Flatiron Building

    There are 7 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 06/11/2010 - 4:30am

  • Daytona Beach: 1904

    Florida

    There are 37 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 08/11/2010 - 1:19pm

  • Dr. Brush

    Found

    There are 32 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 08/31/2010 - 12:25pm

  • Amethyst Twilight

    Free iPhone Wallpaper

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

    There are 31 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 09/11/2008 - 11:20am

  • Cowpokes: 1901

    Frontier Life

    There are 13 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 01/14/2010 - 6:55pm

  • Gone Fishing: 1952

    Handsome Rakes

    There are 29 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 06/29/2010 - 11:31am

  • Washington Flyer: 1921

    Herb & Joe

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

    There are 4 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Sun, 06/28/2009 - 3:48pm

  • Christmas in Hermitage: 1966

    Holidays

    There are 183 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 07/26/2010 - 10:03am

  • Waterworks: 1906

    Industry & Public Works

    There are 46 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Sat, 03/06/2010 - 2:11pm

  • Leaving Manzanar: 1943

    Japanese-American Relocation

    There are 18 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 10/07/2008 - 2:15am

  • Horse Clothing: 1940

    Kids

    Newsies, fruit peddlers and other kids who had to work the streets or in factories or mines to help support their families.

    There are 864 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 09/03/2010 - 2:32am

  • Numerous Upgrades: 1936

    Kitchens etc.

    There are 85 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Sat, 07/03/2010 - 2:06pm

  • Way Out West: 1943

    Landscapes

    There are 40 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 07/30/2010 - 4:01pm

  • Thurston the Great: 1915

    Magic & Spiritualism

    There are 5 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 11/28/2007 - 4:49pm

  • Sick Bay: 1898

    Medicine

    There are 87 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 08/05/2010 - 12:04pm

  • The Shaft House: 1900

    Mining & Forestry

    There are 84 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 06/01/2010 - 1:17pm

  • Star Vehicle: 1920

    Movies

    There are 70 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 07/19/2010 - 7:44pm

  • Beetle in the Boonies: 1972

    On the Road

    There are 34 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Sat, 05/15/2010 - 3:34am

  • The Dear Leader: 2008 (?)

    Painfully Obvious Photoshoppery

    There is 1 image in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 11/04/2008 - 4:05am

  • Liberty: 1905

    Patriotic

    There are 29 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Sun, 07/04/2010 - 4:45pm

  • Waiting for the Sunday Boat: 1902

    Performing Arts

    There are 130 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Sun, 07/25/2010 - 3:27pm

  • Pie Town Rodeo: 1940

    Pie Town

    There are 30 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 08/12/2010 - 5:36am

  • Woman Suffrage: 1913

    Politics

    There are 34 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 08/26/2010 - 12:43pm

  • Momma's Marine: 1916

    Portraits

    There are 211 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Sat, 08/28/2010 - 3:32pm

  • Indian Court: 1939

    Posters

    There are 28 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Sat, 08/01/2009 - 2:05pm

  • Color in the Water  (Colorized)

    Pretty Girls

    There are 113 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 1:44am

  • A Connecticut Yankee: 1909

    Public Figures

    There are 53 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 06/30/2010 - 1:19pm

  • Working on the Railroad: 1899

    Railroads

    There are 342 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 08/31/2010 - 12:28pm

  • Mom & Pop  (Colorized): 1937

    Rural America

    There are 233 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 2:28am

  • Evil Clowns: 1925

    Scary Clowns

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

    There are 6 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 02/19/2009 - 5:47am

  • Nehi Guy: 1938

    Small Towns

    There are 120 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 3:47pm

  • Charlotte Hall: 1920

    Sports & Recreation

    There are 484 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 08/30/2010 - 4:10am

  • Nehi Guy: 1938

    Stores & Markets

    There are 387 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 3:47pm

  • Ready for Occupancy May 1904

    Streetcars

    There are 101 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 09/01/2010 - 12:59pm

  • Compliments Pecos City Bakery: 1940

    Texas Mountain Trail

    There are 5 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 07/03/2009 - 2:18pm

  • Dead Ox Flat: 1939

    The Depression

    There are 123 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 06/09/2010 - 4:30pm

  • Revenuers: 1920

    The Office

    There are 54 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 07/29/2010 - 12:53pm

  • The Dear Leader: 2008 (?)

    Toadlike Autocrats

    There is 1 image in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 11/04/2008 - 4:05am

  • Red, White and Aqua: 1895

    Travel & Vacations

    There are 100 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 08/25/2010 - 10:50pm

  • Grit 'n' Coke (Colorized): 1938

    Very Old Ads

    There are 12 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 07/01/2010 - 2:26am

  • Bride dress to…

    Weddings

    There are 27 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 07/20/2010 - 1:33pm

  • WRAC in Scotland: c. 1949

    WW2

    There are 330 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 08/30/2010 - 9:19am

  • Field Music: 1915

    WWI

    There are 115 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Sun, 08/29/2010 - 3:49pm

 
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