Pen-Mar Park, Maryland, circa 1906. "North from Brinkwood." With Mr. William Henry Jackson himself at the camera in this Blue Ridge mountain resort. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Atlantic City circa 1914. "The Boardwalk and hotels -- Chalfonte and Haddon Hall." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Detroit, 1918. "Cadillac Square and Real Estate Exchange from City Hall." Also a view of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument with World War I patriotic signage as the backdrop. Now playing at the corner movie palace: the "cinemelodrama" Cheating the Public. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.

Pittsburgh circa 1910. "Sixth Street Bridge and skyscrapers across the Allegheny River." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

New York, 1904. "A flower vender's Easter display, Union Square." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

Somewhere in Wisconsin circa 1950. "Mike and Mr. Rabbit." Happy Easter weekend from Shorpy! 35mm Kodachrome slide. View full size.

Florida circa 1897. "The Plaza, St. Augustine." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

New Ulm, Minnesota, circa 1899. "Main Street." Showcasing the latest in electric illumination. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Co. View full size.

Columbus, Georgia, circa 1959. Since the days of "Rebel Without a Cause," one staple of Young Adult pop culture has been the drama inherent in that evergreen premise, Which boy will win the flower-arranging contest? The two young men shown here appear to have ribboned on the theme of "Spring Unfolds" -- at right with a creation titled "Rocket to Moon"; on the left with a nautical floral composition featuring a beached cabin cruiser, the "Fair Lady." 4x5 inch acetate negative from the Shorpy News Photo Archive. View full size.

New York circa 1903. "Looking up Broadway from City Hall." With a view of the National Shoe & Leather Bank, and a roving vendor of DESKS. View full size.

December 1942. "Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A skilled team of men and women workers at the Boeing plant in Seattle complete assembly and fitting operations on the interior of a fuselage section for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber. About half of the workers at the Boeing plant are women. The Flying Fortress has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying high altitudes." Photo by Andreas Feininger for the Office of War Information. View full size.

January 16, 1960. It was about 1 o'clock on a cool, crisp, sunny Saturday afternoon at the Lake Bluff stop of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee interurban railroad. The North Shore was one of America's very last operating interurbans when I photographed a group of cadets from the nearby Great Lakes Naval Training Center climbing aboard a southbound train for a weekend of fun and relaxation in downtown Chicago. The attentive motorman is keeping an eye on the conductor for the two-bell start signal while at the same time observing what I was doing with my camera. The once busy line was abandoned three years later, almost to the day. 35mm Kodachrome by William D. Volkmer. View full size.

December 1937. "Daughter of Marvin 'Cub' Ryman, 94-year-old resident of Bear Hill, Garrett County, Maryland." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

February 1939. "Bathroom of tenant purchase house. Hidalgo County, Texas." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

December 1941. "Buildings on Lower Broadway, New York." The park is Bowling Green, whose focal point was a statue of Abraham de Peyster, 17th-century mayor of the city. 5x7 inch acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.