October 1935 in Omar, West Virginia. A better view of the motorcycle seen two posts down. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the FSA.

October 1935. A street scene in the mining town of Omar, West Virginia. 35mm negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

October 1935. Matinee at the Casino Cinema in Amite City, Louisiana. Among the current offerings: Laurel and Hardy in "Tit for Tat." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration.

New York's Central Park on a Sunday in September 1942, with the twin towers of the San Remo apartments in the background. View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information.

December 1943. Hugh and Lynn Massman sightseeing on their first day in Washington. Their baby, Joey, is being taken care of in the nursery at the United Nations service center. View full size. Caption and medium-format safety negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information.

December 1943. Visitors at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. View full size. 3x3 safety negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information.

January 1942. Bantam, Connecticut. The business section of Bantam with the camera facing south along Lafayette Boulevard (Route 25). A few rods to the left is the Warren McArthur plant [fabricator of aluminum aircraft parts], while the block of stores visible at the left includes Mitchell's Tavern, the First National Store, a garage and two service stations. Not shown, but lying just this side of Mitchell's restaurant, is the birthplace of Horace Bushnell, a discoverer of anaesthesia. Reading from the right are the Episcopal Church, Tony's Bantam Inn (favorite eating place), Marcel Roy's drugstore, the Bantam grocery store and the firehouse. View full size. Photo and caption by Howard Hollem for the OWI.

Spring 1939. "Street scene along the main thoroughfare in Greensboro, Georgia." Medium-format safety negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

December 1943. "Lynn Massman, wife of a second class petty officer studying in Washington, D.C., giving eight weeks old Joey his daily bath." The Massman family was the subject of dozens of photos shot by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size. Epilogue: Joe, a lawyer, died in March 2000 in Montana. His dad, Hugh, died two years later. Lynn, a mother of eight, passed away in 1983 after a very active life. Click here for remarks by her son Bascomb.

December 1943. Lynn Massman, a Washington D.C. Navy wife and mother, does her marketing. View full size. Medium-format safety negative by Esther Bubley.

April 1942. "Baker's Garage in Wisdom, Montana. Largest town, population 385, in the Big Hole Basin, a trading center in ranching country." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

December 17, 1909. "After 9 p.m. Newark, New Jersey. All these were selling and work later some nights. Some are 10 years old." View full size. Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. So, who here has the latest on Britney?

October 1935. At the movies in Amite City, Louisiana. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration.

December 1943. National City Christian Church on Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C. Medium-format safety negative by Esther Bubley. Superjumbo full size.

December 1943. Detail of "Man Controlling Trade," a limestone statue completed in 1942 by Michael Lantz for the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington. View full size. Medium-format negative by Esther Bubley.