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.

March 1942. "Mennonite boy. Lancaster, Pennsylvania." View full size. Medium format nitrate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration.
One of my favorite places is south of Akron, beauiful Amish village and shops with all kinds of crafts and food.
Today's Top 5