Image galleries | Shorpy Historic Photo Archive

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Image galleries

Member Gallery

Photos uploaded by visitors to Shorpy.com.

There are 1957 images in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 03/12/2010 - 7:26pm

4x5 Kodachromes

4x5 Kodachrome transparencies

There are 318 images in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 03/19/2010 - 12:06am

ShorpyArt

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

There are 3953 images in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 03/19/2010 - 12:26pm

Photographers

There are 4699 images in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 03/19/2010 - 12:26pm

Agriculture

There are 79 images in this gallery

Last updated: Sun, 03/14/2010 - 4:38am

Animals

There are 304 images in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 03/18/2010 - 1:28am

Art & Design

There are 40 images in this gallery

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

Astronomy

There is 1 image in this gallery

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

Aviation

There are 189 images in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 03/01/2010 - 8:06pm

Bathing Girls

There are 66 images in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 03/18/2010 - 2:15am

Before & After

There are 2 images in this gallery

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

Boats & Bridges

There are 167 images in this gallery

Last updated: Sat, 03/13/2010 - 9:30pm

Boy Scouts

There are 34 images in this gallery

Last updated: Tue, 12/15/2009 - 11:47am

Cars+Trucks

There are 621 images in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 03/18/2010 - 2:15am

Cities

There are 406 images in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 03/10/2010 - 11:33am

Civil War

There are 192 images in this gallery

Last updated: Tue, 03/09/2010 - 1:22pm

Colorized Photos

Vintage colorized photos from Shorpy contributors.

There are 110 images in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 03/03/2010 - 11:27am

Coney Island

Photographs from Luna Park and Coney Island in general.

There are 17 images in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 01/27/2010 - 11:42pm

Curiosities

There are 107 images in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 12/02/2009 - 12:47pm

Dust Bowl

There are 7 images in this gallery

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

Eateries & Bars

There are 85 images in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 03/15/2010 - 9:57pm

Education

There are 119 images in this gallery

Last updated: Sun, 03/14/2010 - 11:15pm

Factories

There are 118 images in this gallery

Last updated: Tue, 03/16/2010 - 9:16pm

Farked

There are 38 images in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 03/18/2010 - 7:58pm

Fires, Floods, Disasters

There are 39 images in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 11/20/2009 - 12:27am

Flatiron Building

There are 4 images in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 01/11/2010 - 3:31pm

Florida

There are 31 images in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 03/17/2010 - 1:08pm

Found

There are 28 images in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 02/03/2010 - 11:20am

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

Frontier Life

There are 13 images in this gallery

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

Handsome Rakes

There are 24 images in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 03/18/2010 - 7:58pm

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

Holidays

There are 175 images in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 02/24/2010 - 11:48am

Industry & Public Works

There are 47 images in this gallery

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

Japanese-American Relocation

There are 18 images in this gallery

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

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 821 images in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 03/15/2010 - 6:20pm

Kitchens etc.

There are 79 images in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 03/18/2010 - 8:01pm

Landscapes

There are 37 images in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 02/19/2010 - 3:47pm

Magic & Spiritualism

There are 5 images in this gallery

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

Medicine

There are 76 images in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 02/08/2010 - 3:36am

Mining & Forestry

There are 82 images in this gallery

Last updated: Tue, 03/16/2010 - 2:58am

Movies

There are 64 images in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 03/01/2010 - 4:21am

On the Road

There are 33 images in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 08/17/2009 - 8:14pm

Painfully Obvious Photoshoppery

There is 1 image in this gallery

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

Patriotic

There are 27 images in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 07/29/2009 - 10:07am

Performing Arts

There are 127 images in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 03/17/2010 - 2:14am

Pie Town

There are 29 images in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 01/25/2008 - 5:00am

Politics

There are 32 images in this gallery

Last updated: Tue, 12/22/2009 - 6:36pm

Portraits

There are 196 images in this gallery

Last updated: Sun, 03/14/2010 - 4:45pm

Posters

There are 29 images in this gallery

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

Pretty Girls

There are 102 images in this gallery

Last updated: Sun, 02/28/2010 - 2:00pm

Public Figures

There are 52 images in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 10/07/2009 - 7:15am

Railroads

There are 296 images in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 03/19/2010 - 12:06am

Rural America

There are 220 images in this gallery

Last updated: Tue, 02/16/2010 - 7:26pm

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

Small Towns

There are 114 images in this gallery

Last updated: Tue, 03/16/2010 - 5:46am

Sports & Recreation

There are 465 images in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 03/19/2010 - 12:26pm

Stores & Markets

There are 337 images in this gallery

Last updated: Sun, 03/14/2010 - 6:44pm

Streetcars

There are 67 images in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 03/18/2010 - 3:01pm

Texas Mountain Trail

There are 5 images in this gallery

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

The Depression

There are 122 images in this gallery

Last updated: Tue, 01/05/2010 - 1:07pm

The Office

There are 43 images in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 02/01/2010 - 9:40pm

Toadlike Autocrats

There is 1 image in this gallery

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

Travel & Vacations

There are 88 images in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 03/17/2010 - 1:08pm

Very Old Ads

There are 10 images in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 06/24/2009 - 6:50pm

Weddings

There are 26 images in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 02/25/2010 - 4:32pm

WW2

There are 309 images in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 03/15/2010 - 9:57pm

Officers of the 107th Canadian Battalion, Co. "A"

WWI

There are 107 images in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 02/26/2010 - 7:58pm

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