"Wells Corset Shop, 1920." Unmentionables under glass at 1331 G Street N.W. in Washington. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Detroit, July 1942. "Looking east on Farnsworth Street with the Rackham Memorial Building at right and Detroit Institute of Art on the left." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Arthur Siegel. View full size.

Circa 1925. The title of this one is "Untitled" because the label fell off eons ago. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

"Street scene, auto accident, 14th and Q." A second look at this Washington, D.C., car crash circa 1932. National Photo Co. safety film negative. View full size.

Detroit, July 1942. "Looking north on Woodward Avenue from the Maccabees Building with the Fisher Building at the distant left, and the Wardell Hotel at the right." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Arthur Siegel. View full size.

Washington, D.C. "Students, Eastern High School, 1941." Notes on the chalkboard mention both the school's newspaper, the Easterner, and its yearbook, "Punch and Judy." National Photo Company Collection safety film negative. View full size.

Washington circa 1932. "Street scene, auto accident," 14th and Q streets N.W. National Photo Company Collection safety film negative. View full size.

Silver Spring, Maryland. "Montgomery Blair High School girls, 1935." Archery, anyone? National Photo Company Collection safety negative. View full size.