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Dearest One: 1918

September 1918. "Base Hospital 41, Saint-Denis, France. 'I'm Joe from Missouri. Please tell my girl I'm all right.' The Red Cross Lady lends a hand -- Red Cross nurse writes a letter for an American soldier whose right arm is disabled." 5x7 inch glass negative by Lewis Wickes Hine for the American National Red Cross. View full size.

September 1918. "Base Hospital 41, Saint-Denis, France. 'I'm Joe from Missouri. Please tell my girl I'm all right.' The Red Cross Lady lends a hand -- Red Cross nurse writes a letter for an American soldier whose right arm is disabled." 5x7 inch glass negative by Lewis Wickes Hine for the American National Red Cross. View full size.

 

The Devil's Door: 1938

September 1938. "Decorations in back room of bar. ('The things that take you to HELL.') Raceland, Louisiana." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1938. "Decorations in back room of bar. ('The things that take you to HELL.') Raceland, Louisiana." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Waiting for You: 1938

September 1938. "Interior views of barrooms. Decoration painted by itinerant artist in back room of bar. Raceland, Louisiana." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. View full size.

September 1938. "Interior views of barrooms. Decoration painted by itinerant artist in back room of bar. Raceland, Louisiana." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. View full size.

 

Airport 1958

Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1958. "Willow Run Airport. Interior. Concourse. Albert Kahn and Minoru Yamasaki, architects." Acetate negative by Balthazar Korab. View full size.

Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1958. "Willow Run Airport. Interior. Concourse. Albert Kahn and Minoru Yamasaki, architects." Acetate negative by Balthazar Korab. View full size.

 

That Seventies Kitchen: 1973

March 1973. "Petoskey, Michigan. Kitchen of the Walter O. Briggs house. William Henry Kessler, architect." 35mm Kodachrome by the Balthazar Korab Studio. View full size.

March 1973. "Petoskey, Michigan. Kitchen of the Walter O. Briggs house. William Henry Kessler, architect." 35mm Kodachrome by the Balthazar Korab Studio. View full size.

 

Prairie Style: 1955

Chicago circa 1955. "Frederick C. Robie house, Hyde Park. Exterior." Acetate negative by the architectural photographer Balthazar Korab (1926-2013). View full size.

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Completed in 1910, the Robie House is the consummate expression of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie style. Robie House sparked a revolution in residential architecture that still reverberates today and is considered one of the most important buildings in architectural history. The house is a masterpiece of the Prairie style and a forerunner of modernism in architecture. -- Frank Lloyd Wright Trust

Chicago circa 1955. "Frederick C. Robie house, Hyde Park. Exterior." Acetate negative by the architectural photographer Balthazar Korab (1926-2013). View full size.

        Completed in 1910, the Robie House is the consummate expression of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie style. Robie House sparked a revolution in residential architecture that still reverberates today and is considered one of the most important buildings in architectural history. The house is a masterpiece of the Prairie style and a forerunner of modernism in architecture. -- Frank Lloyd Wright Trust

 

BerliNH: 1940

March 1940. "Berlin, New Hampshire, papermill town inhabited largely by French-Canadians and Scandinavians." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the FSA. View full size.

March 1940. "Berlin, New Hampshire, papermill town inhabited largely by French-Canadians and Scandinavians." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the FSA. View full size.

 

Ghost Store: 1937

December 1937. "Abandoned store in Chaneysville, Pennsylvania, once a prosperous mining town." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

December 1937. "Abandoned store in Chaneysville, Pennsylvania, once a prosperous mining town." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Smoking Cowpoke: 1939

June 1939. "Cowhand at the Quarter Circle 'U' Brewster-Arnold Ranch, Montana." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

June 1939. "Cowhand at the Quarter Circle 'U' Brewster-Arnold Ranch, Montana." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Intellectual Property: 1924

Washington, D.C., circa 1924. "U.S. Patent Office Building, Ninth and F Streets N.W." Now the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. 8x10 glass negative by Harris & Ewing. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1924. "U.S. Patent Office Building, Ninth and F Streets N.W." Now the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. 8x10 glass negative by Harris & Ewing. View full size.

 

Thoroughly Modern Charlie: 1922

New York circa 1922. "Purcell." The stage actor Charles Purcell and his Cadillac. 5x7 inch glass negative, Bain News Service / George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.

New York circa 1922. "Purcell." The stage actor Charles Purcell and his Cadillac. 5x7 inch glass negative, Bain News Service / George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.

 

The Plazas: 1907

Manhattan circa 1907. "New York, N.Y. -- Plaza Hotel, Grand Army Plaza and W. 58th Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Manhattan circa 1907. "New York, N.Y. -- Plaza Hotel, Grand Army Plaza and W. 58th Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Foot Traffic: 1907

Detroit circa 1907. "Looking up Woodward Avenue from the Campus Martius." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Detroit circa 1907. "Looking up Woodward Avenue from the Campus Martius." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Fountain Square: 1907

Chattanooga, Tennessee, circa 1907. "Fountain Square and courthouse." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Chattanooga, Tennessee, circa 1907. "Fountain Square and courthouse." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

ColumBus: 1943

September 1943. "Columbus, Ohio. An old model bus, of the type which would ordinarily have been scrapped but is now being rebuilt because of the shortage of buses, parked in Columbus." Acetate negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.

September 1943. "Columbus, Ohio. An old model bus, of the type which would ordinarily have been scrapped but is now being rebuilt because of the shortage of buses, parked in Columbus." Acetate negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 
 
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