June 1941. "Surveyors at work in Martin County, Indiana, where naval ammunition depot is being constructed on 42,000 acre tract. 160 families will be displaced." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

France circa 1915. "German tethered balloon being raised for observation purposes during the Champagne campaign (observation balloon being maneuvered through a field of haystacks by German soldiers in the Champagne region of France during World War I)." Gelatin silver print from the F.J.M. Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, München. View full size.

March 1941. "Newport News, Virginia. Shipyard employees getting out at 4 p.m." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.

June 1941. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

June 1941. "Tuning in radio in trailer at FSA camp. Erie, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

San Francisco, 1923. "Auburn 'Beauty-Six' Model 6-39 touring car at First Unitarian Church." Today's selection from the Shorpy Inventory of Idling Autos. 5x7 glass negative. View full size.

December 1940. "Radford, Virginia. Crowd at bar of Busy Bee Restaurant." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

December 1940. "Construction workers at Hercules powder plant in their room in boardinghouse. Radford, Virginia." Acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.

June 1941. "Chicago, Illinois. Meat in cold storage. Davidson Meat Company, supplier of hotels, restaurants, etc." Medium format negative by John Vachon. View full size.

June 1941. "Entrance to Union Stockyards, Chicago." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

June 1941. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

March 1941. "Rustburg, Virginia. Judge of local court on right." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

June 1941. "Rain. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Circa 1906. "High Rock Spring, Saratoga, N.Y." Yesterday's water boy makes a reappearance at the hydration gazebo, along with three coworkers and a vaguely familiar gent with a bicycle. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Circa 1906. "Interior, High Rock Spring, Saratoga, N.Y.," a.k.a. the "Medicine Spring of the Great Spirit." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.