New York circa 1921. "Greenwich Village, Manhattan -- Washington Square and Fifth Avenue." 5x7 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

June 1939. "Blacksmith shop now used for auto repair. Glendive, Montana." A strong horseshoe motif here, architecturally speaking, in addition to the giant pile of actual horseshoes. Roofline of alphabetical anvils by Wile E. Coyote. "Wrecking" by "Joe Balison," who seems to be a fan of quote marks. Medium format negative by "Arthur Rothstein" for the "Farm Security Administration." View full size.

San Francisco circa 1926. "Dodge ambulance." Today's chapter in the Shorpy Chronicle of Convalescent Conveyances. Photo by Chris Helin. View full size.

June 1939. "General store in Pony, Montana." Back when the brands on stallions, bulls and heifers migrated to the gas station. Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

June 1939. "Ruins of blacksmith shop. Virginia City, Madison County, Montana." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

"Ray Weishaar, winner of 100-mile race at Norton, Kansas. October 22, 1914. Time 2 hr. 1½ min. World record." Lawrence Ray Weishaar (1890-1924), the "Kansas Cyclone" and rider for the Harley-Davison "Wrecking Crew," died at the age of 33 after crashing his bike during a race in Los Angeles. View full size.

December 1943. Washington, D.C. "Decorating the tree at a Christmas Eve party given by Local 203 of the United Federal Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)." Photo by Joseph A. Horne. View full size.

April 1952. "Bandleader Spike Jones and his City Slickers performing in Grand Forks, North Dakota." From the Look magazine photo assignment "Spike Jones: There's a Method in His Madness." Musicians in the band include Sir Frederick Gas, George Rock, Guy Raymond and Dick Morgan. View full size.

1954. "Actress Betty White at home, about to leave for studio where her Los Angeles daytime television show is broadcast." (UPDATE: The lady with the fan mail is Betty's mother, Tess.) 35mm negative from photos taken for Look magazine. View full size.

December 1943. "Without engaging a hotel room, traveling servicemen may take a shower, shave, and wash and iron clothes at the United Nations service center." Another entry in Esther Bubley's curiously comprehensive series of photos for the Office of War Information, documenting shower facilities for enlisted men in wartime Washington, D.C. View full size.

June 1942. "Shasta Dam under construction. Shasta County, California." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.

October 1936. "Cooking hog soup. Garrett County, Maryland." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

December 1937. "House in disrepair. Abandoned farm community. Dalton, Allegany County, New York." Photo by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.

January 1941. "Newly-dug grave. Rochester, Pennsylvania." Medium format negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

July 1942. "Salvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: It belongs in the scrap. Covering well over an acre, this automobile graveyard in Chicago holds tons of vital scrap metal and rubber for which Uncle Sam has urgent need in the manufacture of armaments and other war materials." 4x5 inch nitrate negative by Ann Rosener for the Office of War Information. View full size.