The Ohio River circa 1906. "Coney Island Co. sidewheeler Island Queen at Cincinnati." Let her not blind us to the more modest charms of the Guiding Star. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

October 1940. "Michigan, North Dakota." A cryptic message in chalk on the walk. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the FSA. View full size.

Daytona Beach, Florida, circa 1908. "Bungalows on South Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Walkerville, Ontario, circa 1900. "Avenue of rack warehouses, Hiram Walker & Sons." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

February 1940. Chillicothe, Ohio. "Children going home from school." 35mm negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1908. "Along the shore of Lake Worth." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Detroit circa 1919. "Grand Circus Park from Detroit Athletic Club." The Statler and Tuller hotels, and the two Winged Victory statues seen here. Photoplays being advertised include "When Men Desire" starring Theda Bara, Alice Joyce in "The Cambric Mask," Cecil B. DeMille's "For Better, For Worse," Elsie Ferguson in "Eyes of the Soul," and "Stolen Orders." 8x10 glass negative. View full size.

Magnolia, Massachusetts, circa 1910. "Entrance to the Oceanside." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

March 1941. "Planting corn on a plantation near Moncks Corner, South Carolina." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the FSA. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1925. "Montrose tennis team." The Eight Racqueteers. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

September 1935. Washington, D.C. "Negro back yards near Capitol." A back alley view of some F Street tenements that are an interesting mix of appalling and appealing. 35mm nitrate negative by Carl Mydans. View full size.

Mobile, Alabama, circa 1910. "Royal Street looking north." Points of interest include a lineman up a pole and the fickle finger of retail. View full size.

Washington, D.C., in 1921. "Parker Bridget & Co., Ninth Street and Market Space." A nighttime view of the festive six-Santa Christmas display previously seen here. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Another shot of someone who may or may not be Penny Vachon, perusing the February 1939 issue of Fortune. Photo by John Vachon. View full size.

Circa 1906. "Atlantic City, N.J., hotel busses at P.R. depot." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.