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Our holdings include hundreds of glass and film negatives/transparencies that we've scanned ourselves; in addition, many other photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs) in the Library of Congress research archive. (To query the database click here.) They are adjusted, restored and reworked by your webmaster in accordance with his aesthetic sensibilities before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here. All of these images (including "derivative works") are protected by copyright laws of the United States and other jurisdictions and may not be sold, reproduced or otherwise used for commercial purposes without permission.
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September 1942. Fort Belvoir, Virginia. "Army Sgt. George Camplair on kitchen police duty." Last seen here, 10 years ago. Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.
September 1942. "New York, New York. Under the Third Avenue elevated railway." Starring Joe's Clothes Shop and the Variety Theatre, which had a bit part in the movie "Taxi Driver." Acetate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.
September 1942. "New York, New York. Looking north south on Broadway at Times Square." Acetate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Circa 1910. "Old Ferry Lane -- Kittery Point, Maine." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
1908. "Main Street -- Nashua, New Hampshire." At right, offices of the Nashua Telegraph and Fletcher's Optical Parlors. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Autumn 1963. "Mrs. Robert McLean." The former Clare Randolph Goode (1894-1983) was married to the longtime president of the Associated Press, who was also chairman of the Philadelphia Bulletin. And whose estate in the Philadelphia suburb of Fort Washington was called Pheasant Run Farm. 120mm color transparency by Toni Frissell. View full size.
Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, 1963. "Shooting fashions and autumn scenes at Pheasant Run Farm, home of Mrs. Robert McLean." 120mm color transparency by Toni Frissell. View full size.
September 1942. "Detroit, Michigan. Milling machine operator at the Allison Motors plant." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information. View full size.
September 1942. "Detroit, Michigan. Learner at the Allison Motors plant. Dimensional finishing." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information. View full size.
September 1942. "Detroit, Michigan. Office worker at aircraft engine plant, Allison Division of General Motors." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information. View full size.
September 1942. "Cass Lake, near Pontiac, Michigan. The Westerberg family outside the home which Karl Axel Westerberg, a Swedish immigrant who is a foreman at the Dearborn plant of Ford Motor Company, and his son, Eric, built themselves after working hours. Eric, his young son Karl, his father and mother, and Mrs. Eric Westerberg in the backyard of their house. It is a modern well-designed home with all conveniences, including an electric refrigerator and stove." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.
New York circa 1906. "B. Altman store, Fifth Avenue and East 35th Street." Last seen here. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
New York, 1903. "R.M.S. Majestic -- outward bound farewells." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
June 1942. "Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. Gas demonstration. Reconditioning gas masks at the gas mask factory." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
June 1942. "Queens, New York. Nursery school at Queensbridge housing project. Children listening to music during rest period." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.