Shorpy.com

Our holdings include hundreds of glass and film negatives/transparencies that we've scanned ourselves; in addition, many other photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs) in the Library of Congress research archive. (To query the database click here.) They are adjusted, restored and reworked by your webmaster in accordance with his aesthetic sensibilities before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here. All of these images (including "derivative works") are protected by copyright laws of the United States and other jurisdictions and may not be sold, reproduced or otherwise used for commercial purposes without permission.

WEB SITE & CONTENTS
© 2018 SHORPY INC.

[REV 25-NOV-2014]

Photo galleries

The Gallery

Fine-art prints by Juniper Gallery on a variety of archival art papers.

12650 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 10/15/2018 - 7:33pm

Bizarre

Bizarre, weird, rare historical photos. Because that's what the Internet wants.

68 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 08/20/2018 - 8:34pm

Featured Contributors

Shorpy contributor galleries.

397 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 10/10/2018 - 1:47pm

Member Gallery

Photos uploaded by visitors to Shorpy.com. To see your photos here, register for a user account and become a member! It may take a day or two for your photos to appear. If you're already a registered user, make sure you're logged in and then click here to upload. To see member submissions in blog form, click here.

5791 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 10/10/2018 - 1:47pm

Places

Black-and-white historical streetscape and skyline photographs of major American cities from the 1900s, 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. New York, Washington D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and more.

7486 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Sun, 10/14/2018 - 8:03pm

Kodachromes

Color transparencies including Kodachrome, Ektachrome and Anscochrome. Many large-format (mostly 4x5) Kodachrome transparencies shot for the Office of War Information. The images you see here have been adjusted by the Webmaster for color and contrast.

462 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 10/01/2018 - 9:50pm

Photographers

12348 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 10/15/2018 - 7:33pm

Agriculture

207 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 10/10/2018 - 10:52am

Animals

773 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 10/10/2018 - 10:52am

Art & Design

42 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 09/19/2011 - 11:26pm

Astronomy

3 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 06/26/2013 - 10:51am

Aviation

264 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 07/16/2018 - 12:34pm

Before & After

2 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 09/09/2011 - 10:15pm

Bicycles

190 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Sun, 10/14/2018 - 8:03pm

Boats & Bridges

Hundreds of black-and-white photos of battleships, dreadnoughts, riverboats, paddle wheelers, cruise ships, ocean liners and Great Lakes freighters and ore carriers. Photos of suspension and truss bridges including the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge and 59th Street Bridge.

798 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Sun, 10/14/2018 - 3:45pm

Boy Scouts

45 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Sun, 05/07/2017 - 10:27am

Camping

79 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Tue, 08/28/2018 - 6:34pm

Cars+Trucks

Historical color and black-and-white photos of cars and trucks from the early 20th century: Model T Ford, Packard, Cadillac, Franklin, Renault, Oldsmobile and other marques from the brass era of automobiles; tailfinned road locomotives from the 1950s and beyond.

2082 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 10/15/2018 - 11:23am

Civil War

Black-and-white historical photos from the American Civil War. Wet plate collodion glass plate negatives exposed by Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, Timothy O'Sullivan and other noted Civil War photographers. There are hundreds of photos in this gallery.

307 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Sun, 08/19/2018 - 9:10pm

Colorized Photos

Vintage colorized photos from Shorpy contributors.

944 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Tue, 10/09/2018 - 11:00am

Cornett Family

Willie and Vivian Cornett of Leatherwood, Kentucky, their 12 children and grandchildren as documented by William Gedney in 1964 and 1972. Photographs from Duke University's William Gale Gedney (1932-1989) Photographs and Writings Collection.

18 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 07/20/2012 - 9:05pm

Curiosities

109 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 05/21/2018 - 1:32pm

Dust Bowl

31 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Tue, 03/27/2018 - 10:48am

Education

204 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 06/25/2018 - 11:54am

Edwards Boy

Who was he, and what became of him? The answer is ... Out There. Maybe.

6 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 10/04/2012 - 2:54am

Elvis 1956

Photos of a 21-year-old Elvis Presley in 1956.

8 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 02/26/2016 - 1:36pm

Factories

266 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 09/03/2018 - 11:34am

Farked

70 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 07/27/2018 - 11:12am

Fires, Floods etc.

106 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Tue, 05/08/2018 - 6:58pm

Flatiron Building

Black-and-white historical photos of the Flatiron Building, a.k.a the Fuller Building, at Fifth Avenue and Broadway in Manhattan.

21 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Sun, 01/24/2016 - 10:26am

Found Photos

Slides, mostly Kodachromes, snagged on eBay. Plus the odd Ektachrome, Anscochrome or black-and-white snapshot.

228 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 07/04/2018 - 11:27am

Free iPhone Wallpaper

Download free iPhone Wallpaper. These historic images are cropped to fit perfectly on your iPhone.

31 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 09/11/2008 - 9:20am

Frontier Life

30 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 10/01/2018 - 5:00pm

Gas Stations

Filling stations from the 1910s and 1920s.

189 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 09/21/2018 - 12:08pm

Glazier Stove Works

Photos from 1901 documenting the Glazier Stove factory in Chelsea, Michigan.

16 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Sun, 03/05/2017 - 9:02pm

Handsome Rakes

45 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 07/25/2018 - 1:24pm

Herb & Joe

Herbert Bell and Joe Garso, one-legged bicycle riders.

4 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Tue, 08/13/2013 - 4:09pm

Holidays

382 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 06/21/2018 - 10:45pm

Industry & Public Works

63 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 10/12/2018 - 3:22pm

Iola S.

Miss Iola Swinnerton, First Lady of Shorpy. Current occupation: Angel.

11 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 07/06/2018 - 10:20pm

Kids

An assortment of teens, tots, juveniles, youngsters, girls, boys and babes.

1777 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 10/11/2018 - 4:15pm

Kitchens etc.

261 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 10/08/2018 - 2:21pm

Krazy Kat Club

5 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Sun, 08/05/2012 - 4:48pm

Landscapes

90 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Sat, 09/15/2018 - 1:56pm

Magic & Spiritualism

5 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 11/28/2007 - 2:49pm

Medicine

174 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Sat, 09/29/2018 - 2:11pm

Mining

179 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 10/15/2018 - 7:33pm

Motorcycles

Photos of motorbikes like the Harley-Davidson and Indian as well as motorized bicycles.

53 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 12/07/2017 - 11:41am

Movies

214 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 10/01/2018 - 9:50pm

On the Road

55 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Tue, 05/01/2018 - 3:53pm

Painfully Obvious Photoshoppery

0 photos in this gallery

Patriotic

62 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 07/04/2018 - 7:01pm

PDS

People's Drug Stores, a once-ubiquitous retail chain in the Washington, D.C., area that was something like the Starbucks of patent remedies, cigars and "rubber goods." Interiors including soda fountains and exteriors including window displays.

37 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 08/29/2016 - 12:10pm

Performing Arts

258 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Sat, 09/29/2018 - 6:27pm

Photochrom

Chromolithographs, generally postcards, made by the Detroit Publishing Co. using the Photochrom process.

1 photo in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 04/04/2014 - 1:26pm

Piscatorial Downspouts

1 photo in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 08/30/2012 - 11:05am

Politics

77 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 05/03/2017 - 9:25am

Portraits

369 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 10/01/2018 - 9:50pm

Posters

31 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 11/01/2013 - 9:33am

Pretty Girls

302 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 10/01/2018 - 9:50pm

Public Figures

79 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 08/21/2017 - 10:07am

Railroads

Black-and-white and color historical photos of American railroads, locomotives, trains, depots and stations from the late 19th century and early to mid 20th century. Photos of steam locomotives and diesel engines. Elevated railways in New York and Chicago. There are hundreds of photos in this gallery.

1069 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Sun, 10/14/2018 - 3:45pm

Relocation Camps

World War 2 Japanese-American relocation camps.

20 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 03/23/2016 - 1:21pm

Restaurants

Eateries, bars and pop stands.

277 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 09/14/2018 - 10:55am

Rural America

272 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 09/13/2018 - 4:36am

S-A War

Spanish-American War photos

6 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 10/02/2014 - 2:34pm

Scary Clowns

Clowns that are scary. Which of course would be all clowns.

10 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Tue, 09/12/2017 - 8:05am

Signal 30

Newspaper photos of 1950s car wrecks, generally around Oakland, California. 4x5 inch Kodak negatives.

45 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 02/18/2016 - 9:19pm

Small Towns

238 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Sun, 09/30/2018 - 7:56pm

Sports

709 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 08/17/2018 - 6:56pm

Stores & Markets

1011 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 10/11/2018 - 11:43am

Streetcars

Black-and-white historical photos of streetcars, trolleys and interurban railways from the early 20th century. Electric street railways and traction lines.

553 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Tue, 09/25/2018 - 10:29am

Swimming

384 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 10/15/2018 - 10:31am

Texas Mountain Trail

5 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 07/03/2009 - 12:18pm

The Card Game

A curious set of photos from the Office of War Information archive, taken by Arthur Siegel in Detroit in the summer of 1941.

9 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 11/27/2013 - 9:07pm

The Depression

204 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Sun, 05/27/2018 - 5:33pm

The Dickeys

Washington, D.C., lawyer Raymond Dickey and family, and Christmas tree.

10 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 12/22/2017 - 7:18am

The Office

169 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 07/02/2018 - 9:20am

Toadlike Autocrats

0 photos in this gallery

Travel & Vacation

125 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 05/30/2018 - 12:29pm

TV

Photos relating to television sets and television shows.

107 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 06/13/2018 - 1:23pm

Tyne & Wear

Photographs from the Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums in England, including mug shots from the North Shields police department.

1 photo in this gallery

Last updated: Tue, 01/17/2012 - 11:41am

Very Old Ads

13 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Sun, 02/06/2011 - 7:06pm

Weddings

33 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Sat, 05/19/2018 - 1:54pm

WW2

World War 2 photos documenting life on the home front, including defense plants manufacturing aircraft and armaments, and the railroads and trains that moved them to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Many large-format Kodachromes by Jack Delano and other photographers on assignment for the Office of War Information, as well as photos by Ansel Adams documenting Japanese-American internment camps along the West Coast.

582 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 09/27/2018 - 6:52pm

WWI

173 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 07/02/2018 - 9:20am

Zeppelins & Blimps

38 photos in this gallery

Last updated: Sat, 10/29/2016 - 12:16am

SHORPY HISTORICAL PHOTO ARCHIVE

Shorpy.com | History in HD is a vintage photo archive featuring thousands of high-definition images from the 1850s to 1960s. (Available as fine-art prints from the Shorpy Archive.) The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago.