July 4, 1941. "Fourth of July parade in Watertown, Wisconsin." 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1919. "Fourth of July tableau on the Ellipse -- 'Columbia,' 'Liberty' and dancers." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

The 1967 Twin Cities (Larkspur & Corte Madera, California) Fourth of July Parade on the 300 block of Magnolia Ave. in Larkspur, right down the hill from our house. The "Leoettes" was an auxiliary of the Lions Club - see the toy lion over the windshield? Their garb commemorates the Spanish/Mexican history of the area; at the end of the block, the car will cross the boundary between two old Mexican land grant ranchos: Punta de Quentin (here) and Corte Madera del Presidio. Today this parade entry would be part of the vintage car contingent. This is a section of a 35mm Kodachrome slide. View full size.

Circa 1905. "Unloading oyster luggers at Baltimore." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

The Jersey Shore circa 1906. "A sand man -- Atlantic City." The Michelangelo of sand sculpture. Detroit Publishing glass negative. View full size.

Aiken, South Carolina, circa 1905. "Park in the Pines Hotel." Of the resort's eponymous evergreens, it was claimed that "the exhalations from this tree exert a soothing and purifying effect upon the mucous membrane of the respiratory passages." At least until the place burned down in 1913. View full size.

New York. June 21, 1911. "White Star liner S.S. Olympic guided by tugboats Kirkham and Admiral." Detroit Publishing glass negative. View full size.

Charleston, South Carolina, circa 1905. "Meeting Street and St. John Hotel," a.k.a. the Mills House. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

Atlantic City circa 1910. "A group of big hotels -- Dennis and Marlborough-Blenheim." 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1919. "Junior Marines." Our second look in as many days at these clean-living lads. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1919. "Junior Marines." Engaged in a spirited game of truck-toss. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

September 1957 somewhere in Pennsylvania. In the prequel to this slide, we have Big Brother's second birthday. Let the anthropological analysis and cultural deconstruction begin! 35mm Kodachrome transparency. View full size.

The Jersey Shore circa 1905. "Crowded beach, Atlantic City." These boys have been standing here for over an hour, hoping to spy a bare ankle. View full size.

October 1942. "Scrap and salvage depot in Butte, Montana." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1929. "Utilization of confiscated bootleg paraphernalia." Getting crafty with the tin snips in our second glimpse of Prohibition-era contraband. Once again, enigmatic accouterments abound. View full size.