Framed or unframed, desk size to sofa size, printed by us in Arizona and Alabama since 2007. Explore now.
Shorpy is funded by you. Patreon contributors get an ad-free experience.
Learn more.
- Alas, hidden from view
- Exclusive pump
- Details, Details
- What's that building to the left of the tower?
- Coal Barges
- Bromo-Seltzer
- Inner harbor
- The Basin
- What a headache!
- Giant stepladder?
- Baldwin 62303
- Baldwin VO-1000
- Cold
- No expense spared
- Tough Guys
- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
Photos submitted by Shorpy members!
Print Emporium
South Water Street: 1943
April 1943. South Water Street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal, Chicago. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. Another view of the big Pabst sign against the Chicago skyline.
- 5 comments
- 46284 reads
Blades, Combs, Laces: 1939
November 1939. "Street vendor's goods. Waco, Texas." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
- 4 comments
- 15659 reads
Terminal Lunch: 1943
September 1943. "Greyhound bus station in Indianapolis." View full size. Medium-format negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information.
- 4 comments
- 40854 reads
Speed Demon: 1938
November 1938. "Radiator cap. Laurel, Mississippi." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
- 3 comments
- 27970 reads
Texas Topper: 1939
March 1939. San Antonio, Texas. "Man painting automobile top near market." View full size. 35mm negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration.
- 3 comments
- 17048 reads
Omaha: 1938
November 1938. "Watching the Armistice Day parade. Omaha, Nebraska." 35mm negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 1 comment
- 8669 reads
The Colored Fountain: 1938
April 1938. "Drinking fountain on the county courthouse lawn." Halifax, North Carolina. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the FSA.
- 6 comments
- 18362 reads
Main Street: 1936
October 1936. "Main and Marion. French section, west side of river, Amoskeag, Manchester, New Hampshire." View full size. 35mm negative by Carl Mydans.
- 6 comments
- 18023 reads
Prima Donna: 1912
May 1912. "Madame Gadski and daughter." The noted opera singer shipboard in New York. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
- 2 comments
- 10160 reads
Lollipops: 1910
"Lollipops." Mina Turner and her cousin Elizabeth in Waban, Massachusetts. 1910. View full size. 8x10 dry plate glass negative by Gertrude Kasebier.
- 11 comments
- 36264 reads
Boilermaker: 1942
June 1942. "Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga. Welder making boilers for a ship." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer. View full size.
- 3 comments
- 24293 reads
Brown of Princeton: 1915
- 3 comments
- 11807 reads
Aunt Sally: 1939
May 1939 in Gee's Bend, Alabama. "Aunt Sally, old midwife, the only doctor or nurse in Gee's Bend before project was started." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration.
- 1 comment
- 13669 reads
Cal's Car: 1924
1924. Washington, D.C. "President and Mrs. Coolidge at Bolling Field." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
- 6 comments
- 13912 reads
Baldauf & Schlientz: 1938
Summer 1938. "Thermometer sign. Marion, Ohio." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration.
- 2 comments
- 17435 reads
Shorpy.com is a vintage photography site featuring thousands of high-definition images. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago. Contact us | Privacy policy | Accessibility Statement | Site © 2024 Shorpy Inc.
![BUY THIS PHOTO](https://www.shorpy.com/store.php?targetnode=3085&height=545&targetttl=Blades, Combs, Laces: 1939&picurl=files/images/8a27487u_0.preview.jpg&picbody=November 1939. "Street vendor's goods. Waco, Texas." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
){kind=link}
![BUY THIS PHOTO](https://www.shorpy.com/store.php?targetnode=3083&height=543&targetttl=Speed Demon: 1938&picurl=files/images/8a25299u.preview.jpg&picbody=November 1938. "Radiator cap. Laurel, Mississippi." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
){kind=link}
![BUY THIS PHOTO](https://www.shorpy.com/store.php?targetnode=3082&height=547&targetttl=Texas Topper: 1939&picurl=files/images/8a25555u.preview.jpg&picbody=March 1939. San Antonio, Texas. "Man painting automobile top near market." View full size. 35mm negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration.
){kind=link}
![BUY THIS PHOTO](https://www.shorpy.com/store.php?targetnode=3081&height=550&targetttl=Omaha: 1938&picurl=files/images/8a03947u.preview.jpg&picbody=November 1938. "Watching the Armistice Day parade. Omaha, Nebraska." 35mm negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
){kind=link}
![BUY THIS PHOTO](https://www.shorpy.com/store.php?targetnode=3080&height=541&targetttl=The Colored Fountain: 1938&picurl=files/images/8a03228u.preview.jpg&picbody=April 1938. "Drinking fountain on the county courthouse lawn." Halifax, North Carolina. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the FSA.
){kind=link}
![BUY THIS PHOTO](https://www.shorpy.com/store.php?targetnode=3079&height=552&targetttl=Main Street: 1936&picurl=files/images/8a02717u_0.preview.jpg&picbody=October 1936. "Main and Marion. French section, west side of river, Amoskeag, Manchester, New Hampshire." View full size. 35mm negative by Carl Mydans.
){kind=link}
![BUY THIS PHOTO](https://www.shorpy.com/store.php?targetnode=3078&height=667&targetttl=Prima Donna: 1912&picurl=files/images/06884u.preview.jpg&picbody=May 1912. "Madame Gadski and daughter." The noted opera singer shipboard in New York. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
){kind=link}
![BUY THIS PHOTO](https://www.shorpy.com/store.php?targetnode=3072&height=602&targetttl=Brown of Princeton: 1915&picurl=files/images/08275u_1.preview.jpg&picbody="Brown of Princeton" circa 1915-1920. View full size. G.G. Bain Collection.
){kind=link}
![BUY THIS PHOTO](https://www.shorpy.com/store.php?targetnode=3071&height=539&targetttl=Aunt Sally: 1939&picurl=files/images/8a40121u.preview.jpg&picbody=May 1939 in Gee's Bend, Alabama. "Aunt Sally, old midwife, the only doctor or nurse in Gee's Bend before project was started." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration.
){kind=link}
![BUY THIS PHOTO](https://www.shorpy.com/store.php?targetnode=3070&height=640&targetttl=Cal's Car: 1924&picurl=files/images/12087u1_0.preview.jpg&picbody=1924. Washington, D.C. "President and Mrs. Coolidge at Bolling Field." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
){kind=link}
![BUY THIS PHOTO](https://www.shorpy.com/store.php?targetnode=3069&height=535&targetttl=Baldauf & Schlientz: 1938&picurl=files/images/8a18299u.preview.jpg&picbody=Summer 1938. "Thermometer sign. Marion, Ohio." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration.
){kind=link}