Savannah, Georgia, circa 1907. "Broughton Street from Bull." A slightly different perspective on the scene glimpsed here. 8x10 glass negative. View full size.

1901. "Fishermen at Summit, Ill's." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

The Jersey Shore circa 1901. "The Boardwalk and Auditorium Pier, Atlantic City." At Ocean Avenue, George Coryell's Bleak House hotel. View full size.

        Egrets, I've had a few.

Washington, D.C., circa 1894-1901. "Miss H.M. Craig." 5x7 glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1894-1901. "Dunn baby." Happy New Year from Shorpy! 5x7 inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size.

October 30, 1918. "Base Hospital No. 7 at Tours, France. American Red Cross Chaplain the Rev. F.M. Eliot taking the home addresses of interned German prisoners, so that their families may be notified that they are well. They showed much appreciation of favors." 5x7 glass negative by Lewis Hine. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1929. "Radio with wire-loop antenna." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

October 1968. "Entertainer Jimmy Durante performing nightclub act with showgirls." 35mm negative from photos by Bob Lerner for the Look magazine assignment "Pinocchio Lives!" View full size.

January 1941. "Negro church in mill district of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

New York, 1923. "Miss Sylvia B. Fisch listening in to a radio program." Photo by Morris Rosenfeld. View full size.

Saginaw, Michigan, circa 1908. "Houses on South Weadock Avenue." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

        Named for the seven sons of shipbuilder Simon Langell, the steam barge "Langell Boys", launched in 1890, hauled lumber until she burned and sank in Lake Huron in 1931.

Circa 1908. "Lumber hooker Langell Boys unloading at Saginaw, Michigan." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, circa 1900. "Near Mount Pleasant." Looming in the background, Mount Pleasant House. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.

January 1941. "Workers' houses near Pittsburgh Crucible Steel Company in Midland, Pennsylvania." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

January 1941. "Main street in the steel town of Midland, Pennsylvania." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.