Our holdings include hundreds of glass and film negatives/transparencies that we've scanned ourselves; in addition, many other photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs) in the Library of Congress research archive. (To query the database click here.) They are adjusted, restored and reworked by your webmaster in accordance with his aesthetic sensibilities before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here. All of these images (including "derivative works") are protected by copyright laws of the United States and other jurisdictions and may not be sold, reproduced or otherwise used for commercial purposes without permission.
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Vintage photos of:
The Jersey Shore circa 1905. "Ponies on the beach at Atlantic City." In the background, the Steeplechase and Steel piers. Closer to the camera, five ponies, five boys and five incendiary Easter eggs, so to speak. View full size.
Chicago circa 1903. "Fine Arts Building, Michigan Avenue." Now playing at the Studebaker Theatre: Castle Square Opera Company's production of The Pirates of Penzance. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Co. View full size.
Circa 1900. "L.R. & H.S.W. R.R. Depot, Hot Springs, Arkansas." A locomotive of the Little Rock & Hot Springs Western Railroad. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Circa 1901. "The Military Road, San Juan, Puerto Rico." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1924. "George Washington University group." Not afraid of Virginia Woolf. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
January 30, 1911. New York. "New Year's decorations in Chinatown on Mott Street." 8x10 inch glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.
December 1942. "Creede, Colorado. Lead and silver mining in a former ghost town." Photo by Andreas Feininger, Office of War Information. View full size.
June 1939. Big Horn County, Montana. "Cowhands singing after day's work. Quarter Circle U Ranch roundup." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.