March 1943. "Albuquerque, New Mexico. Men working on the firebox of an engine in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad locomotive shops." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

Boston circa 1912. "Public Library, Copley Square." Completed in MDCCCLXXXVIII -- which, in Roman numerals, requires more characters to write (13) than any other year to date. Also of note: The R.P.O. (Railway Post Office) at left, and streetcar to Holyhood Cemetery at right. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Philadelphia circa 1912. "Broad Street and City Hall tower." William Penn presiding over a profusion of hotels and theaters. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

1906. "Mississippi River, Algiers Point (at right), steamship Excelsior -- New Orleans riverfront panorama." Made from four 8x10 inch glass negatives. Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1910. "Shelby County Courthouse, Adams Avenue and Second Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Manhattan circa 1913. "Suburban concourse with ramp, Grand Central Terminal, New York Central Lines." Phantom commuters and ectoplasmic pedestrians populate this flash-powder time exposure. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

1914. "Pearl Street from State Street -- Albany, New York." Last seen here at street level, a decade earlier. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1914. "Group of skyscrapers and Fifth Avenue." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Richmond, Virginia, circa 1913. "First National Bank." Rising 262 feet at the southwest corner of Ninth and Main Streets, this 19-story building, completed in 1913, was the city's first skyscraper. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Circa 1900-1910. "No caption (boy in 'Erie' baseball uniform standing by fence)." 6½x8½ inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

July 1955. "Camp Sunapee, New Hampshire. Campers making popcorn on a rainy day at Pleasant Lake." Another of the more than 800 Kodachrome slides taken by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Boys' Camp." View full size.

July 1955. "Art Brooks and boys canoeing on Little Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire." 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Boys' Camp." View full size.

July 1955. "Boys and counselors at Camp Sunapee, New Hampshire." 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Boys' Camp." View full size.

March 1943. "Kansas City, Missouri. Produce freight yard used by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad." Acetate negative by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. Kansas City, Kansas. "Argentine Yard, Santa Fe R.R. -- Night view of the departure yard on the route of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway." Previously seen here, in color. Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.