Washington, D.C., circa 1902. "Heilbrun, L." is all they wrote. Most likely a Lillian, says the Research Dept. 5x7 inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1905-1908. "Searight, Will." 5x7 inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size.

HAZERS BREAK HIS WRIST.

William Searight, Central High Freshman, Refuses to "Peach."

        While conducting a hazing bee, several pupils of the Central High School broke William Searight's wrist. Searight, a freshman, who lives at 1737 De Sales street northwest, loyally refuses to "peach" on his tormentors, but Principal Emory Wilson is investigating the affair and expects the names of the guilty ones to-day. He had a talk yesterday with Supt. Chancellor about it and will make a report this afternoon.
        The "code of honor" which prevails at Central has been invoked by the boys, and the principal is finding it difficult to get at the facts.
        According to the physician it will be several weeks before young Searight will be able to use his wrist.                                                 (Washington Post -- Oct. 1, 1907)

December 1940. "War boom in a New England industrial town. Portrait of a shipyard worker. Bath, Maine." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Nashville, 1962. Portrait by Walden S. Fabry. Annenberg Space for Photography. View full size.

        NASHVILLE, Oct. 4 -- Loretta Lynn, the singer who rose from a hardscrabble upbringing to become the most significant female artist in country music history, died today at her home in Hurricane Mills. She was 90. -- Nashville Tennessean

May 1943. New York. "Woman and her dog in the Harlem section." Medium format nitrate negative by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1888. "Two Moons and American Horse, Cheyenne chiefs." Veterans of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. 5x7 inch glass negative, C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size.

September 14, 1951. "Tillett residence, 170 E. 80th Street, New York City. Mr. and Mrs. on couch." The influential textile designers D.D. (Doris Doctorow) and Leslie Tillett. 4x5 inch acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.

From around 50 years ago comes this uncaptioned News Archive negative that might have been used to illustrate a newspaper feature on trends in Seventies menswear. And what the men swear could curl your hair. But probably not this particular hair. View full size.

Circa 1894-1901. "Sanford, Miss J.B." 5x7 inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio in Washington, D.C. View full size.

May 12, 1942. "William S. Paley, residence in Manhasset, Long Island, New York. Library, telephone table." 5x7 acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.

        "In my studio Elizabeth was quiet and shy. She struck me as an average teenager, except that she was incredibly beautiful." -- Philippe Halsman

"In a décolleté silk evening dress Elizabeth Taylor sits for photographer Philippe Halsman. The former child star will be 17 next week." (Life magazine, February 21, 1949; photo taken in New York, October 1948.) Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. View full size.

March 1936. "Photographer's window of penny portraits. Birmingham, Alabama." 8x10 acetate negative by Walker Evans for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

Circa 1900. "Elizabeth Felix with paperwhites (Clarence White's sister-in-law holding daffodils)." Gelatin silver print by Clarence H. White (1871-1925). View full size.

December 1941. "Merchant seaman at National Maritime Union hiring hall, New York City." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.

New York. May 16, 1921. The Metropolitan Opera soprano Yvonne d'Arle and friend. 8x10 inch glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.