June 1942. Jefferson County, Tennessee. "Tennessee Valley Authority -- Cherokee Dam, Holston River. Riveter atop a 250-ton hoist." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.

        We dedicate this golden (Kodachrome) oldie to picnic-partakers everywhere. Happy Memorial Day weekend from Shorpy!

June 1960 somewhere in Maryland. "Picnic in yard." Janet, of Kermy and Janet, pointing at the camera. Who wants more potato salad? View full size.

June 1942. "Knoxville, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority). Teen-age boys and girls train for defense work made possible by TVA at a National Youth Administration school." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.

June 1942. "Knox County, Tennessee. Electrification of farms made possible by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Mrs. Wiegel, farm wife, uses electric vacuum cleaner." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.

Fall 1900. New York City. "Metropolitan Opera House, Broadway and 39th Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

Minneapolis, 1908. "The flour milling district, from lower dam at St. Anthony's Falls." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

May 1942. "Portuguese-Americans in California. Irene Farias, who was queen of the Saint Jude Society of San Lorenzo, and her maids visit the Holy Ghost Festival at Novato. Miss Farias' mother was born in Portugal, her father in Honolulu." Photo by Russell Lee. View full size.

June 1942. "Douglas Dam Victory Project, Tennessee Valley Authority. Workmen." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.

June 1942. "Wilson Dam, Alabama. Tennessee Valley Authority. Workers checking out at end of shift at a chemical engineering plant." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.

Detroit, 1908. "Cadillac Square, Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument and Hotel Pontchartrain from City Hall." Also the lower section of one of the city's famous "moonlight tower" arc lamps. And: Someone stop that hat! 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

June 1942. "Rigger on the Fort Loudoun Dam, a Tennessee Valley Authority project." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.

June 1942. "Construction of Fort Loudoun Dam, a Tennessee Valley Authority project on the Tennessee River. Some of the 1,300 men who work the 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. shift." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.

July 28, 1946. "Florsheim Shoes, 516 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Mirror detail. Ketchum, Gina & Sharp, Architects." 5x7 inch acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.

May 1942. "Novato, California. Drill team which participated in the parade at the Portuguese-American Festival of the Holy Ghost." Acetate negative by Russell Lee. View full size.

June 1942. Sevier County, Tennessee. "Construction of Douglas Dam, a Tennessee Valley Authority project." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.