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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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  • Nasta Family: 1920 or 1921

    Member Gallery

    Photos uploaded by visitors to Shorpy.com.

    There are 2160 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 07/30/2010 - 2:27pm

  • Hell Gate: 1942

    4x5 Kodachromes

    4x5 Kodachrome transparencies

    There are 319 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Sat, 06/19/2010 - 8:57pm

  • The Dancing Dozen: 1925

    ShorpyArt

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

    There are 4316 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:51pm

  • The Dancing Dozen: 1925

    Photographers

    There are 5082 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:51pm

  • iTunes: 1939

    Agriculture

    There are 79 images in this gallery

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

  • Fifth Avenue Stage: 1900

    Animals

    There are 320 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 07/26/2010 - 7:34am

  • 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

  • By the Seashore: 1905

    Bathing Girls

    There are 87 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:37pm

  • Before and After

    Before & After

    There are 2 images in this gallery

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

  • The Dancing Dozen: 1925

    Boats & Bridges

    There are 207 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:51pm

  • Scouting: 1957

    Boy Scouts

    There are 35 images in this gallery

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

  • Model T: 1921

    Cars+Trucks

    There are 670 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 07/27/2010 - 1:07pm

  • Visible Writer (Colorized): 1918

    Cities

    There are 406 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 05/10/2010 - 3:49pm

  • Lunch Among the Ruins: 1862

    Civil War

    There are 196 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 07/28/2010 - 6:31am

  • Wish You Were Here (Colorized): 1905

    Colorized Photos

    Vintage colorized photos from Shorpy contributors.

    There are 157 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 07/30/2010 - 2:26pm

  • Light Rail: 1905

    Coney Island

    Photographs from Luna Park and Coney Island in general.

    There are 25 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 06/24/2010 - 2:13pm

  • 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

  • Keeping Fit: 1920

    Education

    There are 121 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 07/27/2010 - 12:20pm

  • Shipshape: 1906

    Factories

    There are 132 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 07/23/2010 - 9:47am

  • Trade You for an iPod: 1979

    Farked

    There are 44 images in this gallery

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

  • Wreck of the Morro Castle: 1934

    Fires, Floods, Disasters

    There are 47 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 07/21/2010 - 1:25pm

  • Seeing New York: 1904

    Flatiron Building

    There are 7 images in this gallery

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

  • To Boiling Spring: 1902

    Florida

    There are 35 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Sun, 06/27/2010 - 11:16pm

  • Photo Shoppe: 1925

    Found

    There are 31 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 05/13/2010 - 12:14pm

  • 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

  • Hancock County: 1944

    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 843 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 07/30/2010 - 2:52am

  • Numerous Upgrades: 1936

    Kitchens etc.

    There are 85 images in this gallery

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

  • Zion (Again): 1971

    Landscapes

    There are 39 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 05/26/2010 - 10:22pm

  • Thurston the Great: 1915

    Magic & Spiritualism

    There are 5 images in this gallery

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

  • Easy Women: 1920

    Medicine

    There are 86 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 07/27/2010 - 12:05pm

  • 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 Singers: 1940

    Pie Town

    There are 29 images in this gallery

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

  • Follette and Family, Colorized

    Politics

    There are 33 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Sun, 06/20/2010 - 8:26pm

  • Agustina & Leonardo Urrutia: 1895

    Portraits

    There are 206 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 07/20/2010 - 1:31pm

  • Indian Court: 1939

    Posters

    There are 28 images in this gallery

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

  • Dad Gets the Shot: 1942

    Pretty Girls

    There are 113 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 07/26/2010 - 10:48am

  • A Connecticut Yankee: 1909

    Public Figures

    There are 53 images in this gallery

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

  • Shipshape: 1906

    Railroads

    There are 333 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 07/23/2010 - 9:47am

  • 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

  • Lawrence Bros. Hardware

    Small Towns

    There are 119 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 07/09/2010 - 11:11am

  • World Cup Fever: 1914

    Sports & Recreation

    There are 478 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Sun, 07/11/2010 - 11:20am

  • Meats and Groceries: 1905

    Stores & Markets

    There are 382 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Sat, 07/24/2010 - 10:07am

  • Meats and Groceries: 1905

    Streetcars

    There are 95 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Sat, 07/24/2010 - 10:07am

  • 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

  • Picket Fences: 1905

    Travel & Vacations

    There are 97 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 07/28/2010 - 8:03pm

  • 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

  • Captured German Plane

    WW2

    There are 323 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 07/27/2010 - 1:02pm

  • Italian WWI Prison Camp

    WWI

    There are 112 images in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:24pm

 
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