Washington, D.C., or vicinity circa 1928. "Photographing fire for newsreels." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1924. "A&P Stores, Miss Frances Talley." Storefront spokesman for Dad's Bread and its rather literal marketing tie-in with a movie called "Bread." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

September 1918. "Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co. fire at Washington docks." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

New York, June 29, 1921. "Brunswick Records employees' luncheon." Seated center is the pianist Marvin Maazel; his dining companions include the contralto Elizabeth Lennox (hat, far right) and soprano Marie Tiffany (hat, seated left). 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "F.G. Lindsay store front, Anacostia, 2215 Nichols Avenue." Exterior of the grocery seen here. National Photo Co. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "The toy shop, 1207 New York Avenue." The former Apolonia Stuntz store (seen earlier on Shorpy here and here) where Abraham Lincoln is said to have bought toys for his son Tad, now the Lee Lung First-Class Laundry ("Bosom 6¢"). A scene so sun-dappled and languid, it's making us ... very ... sleepy. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

New York circa 1904. "Morningside Park, Cathedral of St. John the Divine under construction." Panorama made from two 8x10 glass negatives. View full size.