April 1942. "Santa Anita reception center, Los Angeles County, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanese-Americans from West Coast areas under United States Army war emergency order. Examining baggage of Japanese as they arrive at the center." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1942. "Los Angeles, California. Street scene in Little Tokyo." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.

November 1939. Butler County, Missouri. "Evicted sharecropper and son. Camp of makeshift homes built by white and Negro sharecroppers evicted from plantation." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

November 1960. New York. "General Motors Motorama '61 at the Waldorf-Astoria. 'Ideas for Living' exhibit features model kitchen with two-oven Frigidaire Flair range with pull-out burners, mounted on a slim pedestal rising from a bed of growing plants. 'About-Face' pantry has hidden shelves that pivot out from storage wall at the touch of a button." View full size.

Circa 1901. "St. James Street, Montreal, Quebec." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

March 1942. "Boys. Imperial County Fair, El Centro, California." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.

From around 1960 comes this News Archive portrait of a young paparazzo labeled "Magazine Promotion." His friends call him Flash. 4x5 inch Kodak color negative. View full size.

Circa 1901. "Water tower and shops entrance -- Pullman Palace Car Co., Pullman, Ill's." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

Chicago circa 1900. "Great Northern Hotel and office building, Dearborn and Jackson Streets." Along with perhaps the earliest appearance on these pages of Coca-Cola signage. Also: a "Lady Barber Shop." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

From sometime around 1968 comes this News Archive snapshot of a cozy kitchen dinner. Raise your hand if you see family here. 4x5 inch acetate negative. View full size.

Portland, Oregon, 1948. "Calvary Presbyterian Church." Completed in 1882 and now known simply as The Old Church. Acetate negative from the News Photo Archive. View full size.

The Columbus, Georgia, Holiday Inn circa 1961. GOOD JOB RAY WRIGHT. This particular Inn had a swimming pool and a trampoline. 4x5 inch acetate negative. View full size.

From Columbus, Georgia, circa 1957 comes this News Archive photo of the lads last seen here. Will that suitcase fit in the frunk? 4x5 inch acetate negative. View full size.

Senior Sneak was the name applied to Marin Catholic High School's pre-graduation recreation getaway day, which for the class of 1955, including my brother and his roll of Tri-X film, was on May 18th that year. There was nothing particularly sneaky about it, since it was school-sponsored -- another shot depicts the principal at the refreshment counter clad in a distinctly non-priestly Hawaiian shirt. The location is Adobe Creek Lodge in Los Altos Hills, 50 miles south of the school on the San Francisco Peninsula. View full size.

"New York World's Fair (1939-40) railroad exhibit. Historic locomotives at Court of Railways." 35mm color transparency by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.