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Our holdings include hundreds of glass and film negatives/transparencies that we've scanned ourselves; in addition, many other photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs) in the Library of Congress research archive. (To query the database click here.) They are adjusted, restored and reworked by your webmaster in accordance with his aesthetic sensibilities before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here. All of these images (including "derivative works") are protected by copyright laws of the United States and other jurisdictions and may not be sold, reproduced or otherwise used for commercial purposes without permission.
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October 1942. "Long lines of A-20 attack bombers roll ceaselessly, night and day, through the Douglas Aircraft plant at Long Beach, California. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and the Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge-hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations -- also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed for its several duties with light and heavy caliber guns in varying combinations." 4x5 acetate negative by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information. View full size.
January 14, 1942. "Prince and Princess Alexis Zalstem-Zalessky, residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Miss Knoop, Mr. Wessel, Prince (standing) and Princess on beach. Treanor & Fatio, architect." 5x7 inch acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
July 1942. "Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Greasing a logging truck." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
July 1942. "Oakridge, Oregon. Population 520. Town telephone switchboard." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
July 1942. "Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Lumberjack on truckload of logs." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
May 1942. "Childersburg, Alabama. Street scene." Medium format acetate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
May 1942. "Childersburg, Alabama. Rooms for rent." Medium format acetate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
May 1942. "Childersburg, Alabama. Police force." Medium format acetate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
June 1942. "Baker, Florida. Crossroads in nearest town to Escambia Farms." Acetate negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Adminisration. View full size.
June 1942. "Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Workmen." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.
July 1942. Rupert, Idaho. "Minidoka War Relocation Center -- former CCC camp now under FSA management. Wash bowls used by the Japanese-Americans." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information. View full size.
1907. "Aetna Insurance Co., Hartford, Connecticut." A phantasmagoria of phantom footfalls and paranormal pedestrians. Plus hot popcorn! 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.
Saratoga Springs, New York, 1904. "United States Hotel, Broadway at Division Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
New Orleans circa 1906. "Audubon Place." A private, gated street developed in the 1890s next to Tulane University. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
April 1913. "Old Colony Trust Co., Boston. Temple Place branch." If the main course here is the bank, dessert would the Laboratory-Kitchen "licensed victualler" upstairs at left -- part of the lunchroom chain started by chemist-breadmaker Bertha Stevenson, offering "delicious home cooking" for 15 cents. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.