Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1906. "Mahogany mills, C.C. Mengel & Bros." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Circa 1900. "St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans." Will Desire stop, or pass you by? 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

August 1940. "Women in Upper Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

1939. "Forsyth House, 112 S. Conception Street, Mobile, Alabama." The sign: "FURNISHED LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING ROOMS and SLEEPING ROOMS." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.

The corner of Grant and Bush in San Francisco in 1966. I took this Kodachrome to show Big Ben's, my favorite place for hamburgers while I was in the Navy, stationed on Treasure Island. View full size.

        UPDATE (2017): Thanks to the sleuthing of journalist Tori Cummins and historian Joe Manning, we now know the identity of the young woman in this photo: Ruby Nell Shepard (1916-1970). You can read her story on Joe's website.

November 1936. "Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in American River camp near Sacramento, California." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1904. "Casino, the Breakers, and cottages along the beach." One of Henry Flagler's giant wood-frame hotels, the Breakers burned in 1903 and reopened the following year, then burned yet again in 1925. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.