San Francisco circa 1929. "DeSoto coupe at Phelan Mansion." Critter du jour in the Shorpy Menagerie of Musty Marques, this example comes from the first model year for DeSoto, a Chrysler brand that lasted for three decades. 8x10 nitrate negative, late of the Marilyn Blaisdell collection. View full size.

Circa 1912. "Main Street and Chippewa Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Burlington, Vermont, circa 1911. "Hotel Vermont." Last glimpsed here. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

May 1940. "Wife of member of the Arizona part-time farms, Chandler Unit, Maricopa County, at her kitchen stove." Photo by Russell Lee. View full size.

May 1940. "Wife of member of the Arizona part-time farms. Chandler Unit, Maricopa County, Arizona, in the kitchen of her apartment on the project." The lady last seen here. Medium format negative by Russell Lee. View full size.

May 1940. "Member of the Arizona part-time farms (last seen here), Chandler Unit, in bedroom of his apartment on the project studying for civil service examination in poultry culture. Maricopa County, Arizona." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

May 1940. "High school students crossing the street. Phoenix, Arizona." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Admin. View full size.

May 1940. "Cactus light standard in front of hotel in Phoenix, Arizona." Behold the Urban Saguaro. Medium format negative by Russell Lee. View full size.

May 1940. "Member of the Arizona part-time farms with his wife and child. Maricopa County, Arizona. Chandler Unit." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 4, 1918. "Garland, Charles Y., Mr., portrait photograph." Brother of Hope Garland, young Charles would become a news item in 1919, when he and his brother turned down a million-dollar inheritance. Eventually he changed his mind and made a name for himself as an exponent of socialism, naturism and free love. 5x7 glass negative by Arnold Genthe. View full size.

December 1935. "Tenement backyard and privy, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio." 35mm nitrate negative by Carl Mydans. View full size.

March 25, 1918. "Garland, Hope, Miss, portrait photograph." Science, interested in. 5x7 inch glass negative by Arnold Genthe. View full size.

The Jersey Shore in 1904. "Boardwalk at Green's Hotel, Atlantic City." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

May 10, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Evelyn King, Fred W. Newman, Thelma Reese and W. Gately, marathon dancers, getting licenses to marry." The hoofers last glimpsed here. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.

June 30, 1925. Washington, D.C. "National American Ballet." A triad of tessellating terpsichores. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.