4000+ fine-art prints suitable for framing. Desk-size to sofa-size and larger, on archival paper or canvas.
The Shorpy Gallery
Join and Share
Social Shorpy
To love him is to like him. Our goal: 100k "likes":
Recent comments
- Fire hazard
- Cigarettes and ... milk?
- Lighting up was not a good idea
- Paper towels
- Signal Hill oil fields
- Lessons
- More on Greenbelt, Maryland
- Washday Flexibility
- Hall pitcher
- "Zoris"
- Mangle, the Noun
- Drinkware from the future
- Mangle
- Prominent plumbing
- NoCal Thongs
- The window
- I'd love to know
- Play At Your Own Risk!
- Varies by region
- Poor boy's dream of college
- Flip-flop thongs
- My school had a playground like that, too.
- The Swingset
- Thongs vs flip flops
- Ah yes! The Bronx.
- Was hoping someone would identify this street, but
- Boom, burn, bust
- Bleak?
- We only had two TV stations
- Talk about guts.
Member Photos
Photos submitted by Shorpy members.
Colorized Photos
Colorized photos submitted by members.
About the Photos
Most of the photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs, 20 to 200 megabytes in size) from the Library of Congress research archive. (To query the database click here.) Many were digitized by LOC contractors using a Sinar studio back. They are adjusted by your webmaster for contrast and color in Photoshop before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here.
Search Shorpy
Today's Top 5
Photo Galleries
Collections
City Galleries
Vintage photos of:
NEW FROM THE VINTAGRAPH VAULTS • 1955 CHRYSLER CONVERTIBLE
Potter House: 1907
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 7:14pm.
Saginaw, Michigan, circa 1907. "Dr. Henry C. Potter's residence." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
»
- 13 comments
- 11961 reads
Commercial Place: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 2:03pm.
Tags:
Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1910. "Commercial Place." A different perspective on the Civil War monument and Coca-Cola sign seen in the previous post. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
»
- 5 comments
- 8732 reads
Our Confederate Dead: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 12:08am.
Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1910. "Confederate Monument." Our third look at Norfolk this week reveals another MacDonald's Luncheon & Cigar, as well the Stag Hotel and terminals for the Portsmouth and Berkley ferries. And: Clam Broth Served Daily. Whew! 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
»
- 10 comments
- 15227 reads
Main Street: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 3:14pm.
Tags:
Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1917. "Main Street." The port city's bustling business district. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
»
- 9 comments
- 11964 reads
Lincoln Park: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 1:56pm.
Chicago circa 1905. "The bridge, Lincoln Park." We'll meet under the tree at noon for egg salad sandwiches. Detroit Publishing Glass negatives. View full size.
»
- 8 comments
- 13412 reads
Apocalypse Then: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 10:23pm.
"Looking up Market St. from near Ferry." Another look at San Francisco in the aftermath of the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906. View full size.
»
- 12 comments
- 15520 reads
After the Earthquake: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 3:11pm.
"Market Street toward ferry." San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
»
- 23 comments
- 23078 reads
THE 100-YEAR-OLD PHOTO BLOG
Shorpy.com | History in HD is a vintage photo blog featuring thousands of high-definition images from the 1850s to 1950s. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago.
RSS | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Photo Use | © 2013 Shorpy Inc.