Sept. 13, 1941. "Bloomingdale Brothers, business in New York City. Terrace furniture, Fresnado group, horizontal." Something wicker this way comes. Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.

Palatine, Illinois, circa 1950. "Schoolchildren at Hirsch's." Home of the Neon Typo. 4x5 acetate negative from the Shorpy News Photo Archive. View full size.

Cleveland circa 1931. "View of Terminal Tower at night, with eagle on right." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Theodor Horydczak. View full size.

January 25, 1955. "Becton Dickinson Inc., Rutherford, New Jersey. Mr. Sherman's secretary's desk." With, presumably, Mr. Sherman's secretary. Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.

Circa 1908. "High Street at night, Arch City, Columbus, Ohio." If you can't get into Bliss College, there's always Professor Rader's Academy of Dancing next door. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1905. "Shoot-the-Chutes ride at Luna Park." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

The Mississippi River circa 1906. "Steamboat landing at Vicksburg, Miss." Starring the paddlewheelers Belle of Calhoun and Belle of the Bends. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

New York circa 1908. "Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street." Where hustle meets bustle. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Circa 1910. "Schlitz Hotel, Atlantic City." On the Boardwalk at Ocean Avenue. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

San Francisco circa 1920. "Locomobile touring sedan." An expensive open car fortified against the elements with yet another variation on the so-called "California top." 5x7 inch glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.

This is my mom, Dorothy Porter, and my two older sisters, Madge and June, on a family vacation trip to Folly Beach, South Carolina in the summer of 1950. Not sure if the old carousel was at Folly Beach or if this was perhaps taken at the Myrtle Beach Pavilion. 35mm Kodachrome slide. View full size.

April 20, 1965. "Vending Machines, Cigarettes." 35mm negative by Marion S. Trikosko for U.S. News & World Report. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1928. "Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. office boys football team." National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1936. "Dept. of Interior exhibit -- kitchen at all electric farm." An early manifestation of the government's push for rural electrification, three years after the Tennessee Valley Authority was created by act of Congress. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

Somewhere in Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "S.W. Barrow" is all it says here. Who can pinpoint the location? 8x10 glass negative, National Photo Co. View full size.