August 1942. "Detroit, Michigan. Boys in the Polish district." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.

August 1942. "Interlochen, Michigan. National Music Camp, where some 300 young musicians study symphonic music for eight weeks each summer. Dance jamboree on a Monday night." Acetate negative by Arthur S. Siegel for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.

August 14, 1942. "New York. Drying hair after dyeing it at Francois de Paris, a hairdresser on West Eighth Street." Photo by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

August 1942. "Interlochen, Michigan. National music camp where 300 or more young musicians study symphonic music for eight weeks each summer. Three young girls." 4x5 acetate negative by Arthur S. Siegel for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.

August 1942. "Detroit, Michigan. Waiting room at Greyhound bus depot." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.

August 1942. "Detroit, Michigan. Children." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.

July 1942. "Dunklin County, Missouri. Children leaving school." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information. View full size.

August 1942. "Nashville, Tennessee. Welding parts for fuel pumps. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.

August 1942. "Nashville, Tennessee. Production of 'Vengeance' (V72) dive bombers. Assembly line at the Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

July 1942. "Pennsylvania Turnpike, Pennsylvania. Toll booths." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information. View full size.

August 1942. "Tennessee Valley Authority. Generator hall of the powerhouse at Chickamauga Dam. Located near Chattanooga, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 81,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 108,000 kw. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system. The power that goes out over its 154,000 volt transmission line serves many useful domestic, agricultural and industrial uses." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.

From circa 1951 comes this unlabeled Kodachrome, part of a collection of donated slides that seem to have been taken by a U.S. Navy officer with postings across Pacific, with many photos from Japan, Korea and Hawaii. As well as this shot of shipboard volleyball. View full size.

March 12, 1961. "D.C. Transit trolley in front of the U.S. Capitol." 8x10 inch gelatin silver print by railroad historian Ara Mesrobian. View full size.

January 1943. "Italian-Americans on Lower East Side of Manhattan. Ice vendor on Mulberry Street." Nitrate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

Circa 1960, the TWA "Moonliner" rocket at Disneyland's Tomorrowland in Anaheim, California. (With Richfield Oil's "Autopia" in the background.) At 76 feet, the Moonliner was the tallest attraction in the park. This medium format transparency is part of a recent donation to Shorpy from the family of California photographer Mary Baum (1925-2012). View full size.