Washington, D.C., 1927. "Mr. Price, 8th & Jefferson Streets N.W." The "thoroughly modern" Brightwood Park Courts apartments. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.

July 1941. "Farming land as seen from Whitebird Hill. Idaho County, Idaho." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

1903. "Seward Park, New York, N.Y." A continuation of the image from our previous post. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

1903. "Seward Park, New York, N.Y." Serving the immigrant neighborhoods of Manhattan's Lower East Side, the park was noted as being the first municipal playground in the United States. At left, the recreation pavilion, next to P.S. 62 in the final stages of construction. Click here for the other side of the park. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Photographic Co. View full size.

1903. "City Hall -- Nashua, New Hampshire." Where municipal eagles perch. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

September 1941. "Houses in old mining town. Leadville, Colorado." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1941. "Main street of Craig, Colorado. A new and thriving boom town in the Yampa River Valley." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

May 1942. Yes, it's this guy again, somewhere in Grand Island, Nebraska, snapped by John Vachon for reasons unknown. Cinch up that tie and get back to work! View full size.

St. Clair, Michigan, circa 1905. "Residences on Front Street." Not for the stair-averse. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1908. "F Street N.W. from Treasury Dept." At right, the Ebbitt House hotel at F and 14th. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Circa 1910. "Steam shovel removing rock loosened by dynamite, Livingstone Channel, Michigan." Construction of the navigation channel along the Detroit River. (Is that Mike Mulligan at the controls?) 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

Detroit circa 1910. "Ford sales office (Boulevard Building), Griswold and Congress streets." Headquarters of the Edward Ford Plate Glass Co. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.

Toledo circa 1906. "Ohio Building, Madison Avenue and Superior Street." Nexus of ghost pedestrians! 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Indianapolis circa 1907. "Knights of Pythias Building (Castle Hall)." Last glimpsed here, 10 years ago! 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

1903. "Confederate monument -- Augusta, Georgia." Johnny Reb in a wire web. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.