December 1941. "Workman at Shasta Dam plays poker. Shasta County, California." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1942. "Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. In the chicken pharmacy. Poultry raising exclusively for egg production on a scientific basis." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1901. "View of G Street N.W., south side, between 12th & 13th, looking southwest." Where the businesses and merchants vying for our trade include Diggs & Co., dealer in Impervious Front Brick; Madame D. Dion de Paris, dyer, curler and renovator of plumes d'autruche, as well as a doer-up of lace curtains; and the Electric Parlors of Dr. Nevin B. Shade, purveyor of Eclectic Remedies ("Mostly, 25¢"). And yes, we have bananas, in addition to real estate and Fine Tailoring. 5x7 glass negative, D.C. Street Survey Collection. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1901. "View of S.W. Block 386, probably D Street side of Baltimore & Potomac Railroad freight station at Maryland & D, 9th & 10th Streets, showing man loading freight into delivery wagon." 5x7 glass negative, D.C. Street Survey Collection. View full size.

        The Penfield Box Co. at 21 Gold Street.

Circa 1893-1899. "Doorways to two businesses, New York City." Tuesday at the Terrace Garden: the French Students' bal masque. Glass negative by Robert L. Bracklow. View full size.

November 1940. "Houses, late afternoon. Mystic, Connecticut." The moldy manse last seen here. Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

November 1940. "Mr. George Howe lives in the cellar of what was formerly his house. The top part was completely destroyed in the hurricane. He runs a small farm near Canterbury, Connecticut." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

October 1940. "International bridge between Calais, Maine, and New Brunswick, Canada." Crossing the Saint Croix River to the town of Saint Stephen. Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

February 1942. Tulare County, California. "FSA farm workers' camp. Girls in the recreation room." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

November 1940. Ledyard, Connecticut. "Two of the Crouch family boys coming home for the Thanksgiving Day dinner after a morning of hunting in the woods." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

February 1942. Woodville, California. "FSA farm workers' community. Demonstration of 'pressure spot' to stop arterial bleeding at the first aid class." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

February 1942. Woodville, Calif. "FSA farm workers' community. Son of agricultural worker at their garden house." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

New York circa 1910. "View down Wall Street to Trinity Church." Its steeple sharing the Lower Manhattan skyline with the obelisk-topped "Chimney Building" at 1 Wall Street. 6x8 inch dry plate glass negative by Robert L. Bracklow. View full size.

February 1942. "Tulare County, California. FSA farm workers' camp. At the movies." Not to be outdone by our previous FSA photo, we have two birders here, and three birds! Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

New York, 1888. "Bandits' roost, 59½ Mulberry Street (Mulberry Bend)." Gelatin silver print from a glass negative by the social reformer Jacob Riis (1849-1914). View full size.