New York circa 1908. "Mike Glover." South Boston welterweight Michael J. Cavanaugh, shown here around age 18, died in 1917 after contracting "a severe cold" while training for what would be his last fight, a bout with Ted Lewis. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.

New York circa 1916. "Anna Fitziu." The Metropolitan Opera soprano and small entourage. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.

New York circa 1924. The Brox sisters again, on the road to success with a detour through the living room. Bain News Service glass negative. View full size.

Circa February 1900. "French Opera House, New Orleans." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Circa 1912. What might look like the start of a gruesome blood ritual is really just business as usual in Washington: "Treasury Department, Bureau of Printing and Engraving. Destruction Committee. Maceration of old currency." The lady is Mrs. Louise Lester, "in charge of mutilation." Harris & Ewing photo. View full size.

New York circa 1924. The Brox sisters again, a year after getting out of bed. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.

New York circa 1923. "Brox sisters." These singing siblings made it big in vaudeville and then on Broadway. From the left (or maybe the right): Bobbe, Lorayne and Patricia. George Grantham Bain glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1911. "Hudson cars, H.B. Leary agency, 1317½ 14th Street N.W." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

January 1918. Washington, D.C. "Billy Sunday tabernacle." A temporary meeting hall built near Union Station for a three-month series of revival meetings held by the famous evangelist. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

Circa 1917. "Gunston Hall group." Somnambulists from the Washington, D.C., girls' school. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

Fairfax County, Virginia, circa 1911. "Occoquan Work House, sleeping area." Part of the jail operated by the District of Columbia Department of Corrections, shown shortly after its construction. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.

January 1922. Washington, D.C. "Machinists' Association, printers." Another peek behind the scenes at the International Association of Machinists. View full size.

Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1905. "Government Square." Convenient one-stop shopping for all your flyscreen and stained-glass needs. View full size.

December 1921. Washington, D.C. "Machinists Association." One of a six-photo set. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1922. The second of two photos with the caption "William Armstrong Perry." National Photo Co. Collection glass negative. View full size.