New York circa 1920. "Burke." Covent Garden tenor Tom Burke, a former coal miner dubbed the "Lancashire Caruso." Bain News Service. View full size.

Circa 1910. "Passenger (observation) locomotive train car of New York Central R.R." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.

October 23, 1909. New York. "Duelling with wax bullets." Paintball 1.0. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.

Circa 1910. "Ormond, Florida -- New golf links and club house." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1914. "Post Office Department -- parcel post." A scene outside the post office on Pennsylvania Avenue in its final year of operations before it moved and the building became known as the Old Post Office. View full size.

August 1942. "Window of a Jewish religious shop on Broome Street." We'll take a calendar and two cans of Magic, please. Medium format nitrate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

1916. Washington, D.C. "Miss Clara R.A. Nelson, Dead Letter Office." Another peek behind the scenes at the P.O. Remember, folks: If you must send cash in the mail, include a valid return address, otherwise Clara here ends up with a stack of orphaned $2 bills. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

February 1907. Washington, D.C. "Post Office." This space is now a food court in the Old Post Office Pavilion on Pennsylvania Avenue. In just a few years the P.O. would decamp for a bigger facility near Union Station. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1915. "Post Office Department." The Mail Equipment Shops last glimpsed here. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.

New York circa 1900. "Chinatown -- Mott Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1919. "Mack Sennett girls." Producer Mack Sennett's comedy reels featured a bevy of "bathing beauties," among them Marvel Rea, seen here in the harlequin costume. More on these ladies here. | View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "Thos. R. Shipp Co. -- A.A. Anselmo stand, Center Market." Delectable produce from all points of the compass, fetchingly arrayed. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1924. "Ford Motor Co. -- Lincoln at Capitol." The Great Transportator. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.

September 6, 1922. Washington, D.C. "Miss Elizabeth U. Hoffman." Last spied here four years ago, Miss H. is still stuck in this institutional-looking kitchen. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1920. "Street scenes, 14th & New York Avenue." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.