June 1942. Greenbelt, Maryland. "Grandma Taylor blows out the candles on her 83rd birthday cake while her daughter, Mrs. McCarl, and grandson look on." Photo by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

Wellington, New Zealand, circa 1957. "Bond Street, formerly known as Old Customhouse Street, photographed between 1956 and 1961 by Gordon Burt. Shows a narrow city lane." National Library of New Zealand. View full size.

"Kelly, J.T. (children). Between February 1894 and February 1901." 5x7 glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio in Washington, D.C. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Garage elevator wreck." Coming back up will be trickier, if less spectacular. National Photo Co. glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "Planograph Building, L Street N.E." Where business was flat. 8x10 inch glass negative, National Photo Co. View full size.

        Adam West, the classically handsome actor who turned a comic-book superhero into live-action Pop Art in the 1960s television series "Batman," died on Friday in Los Angeles. He was 88.

-- New York Times

March 1966. "Actor Adam West on the set of the movie Batman and making public appearances." Photo by Richard Hewett for Look magazine. View full size.

        Birthplace of the Old-Fashioned, the Pendennis Club, established in 1881 as a "private club for white gentlemen of high social standing," took its name from Thackeray's novel "Pendennis."

Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1906. "Pendennis Club, West Walnut Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

February 16, 1951. "Hahne & Co. department store in Montclair, New Jersey. Staircase II. Fellheimer & Wagner, client." 4x5 acetate negative. View full size.

San Francisco circa 1920. "Mercer four-passenger coupe." At the vine-covered California Club. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.

April 1943. "Women workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch in their rest room, Chicago & North Western Railroad, Clinton, Iowa." Marcella Hart is at left, Mrs. Elibia Siematter at right. Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

Circa 1910. "Hall of Records (Surrogate's Courthouse), New York, N.Y." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

1908. "Arnold Park -- Rochester, N.Y." Our title comes from the traffic sign on the median. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

Circa 1894. "Reuter, Fritz." The son (and, presumably, dog and cat) of Washington, D.C., hotelier Fritz Reuter. Glass negative by the C.M. Bell studio. View full size.

June 1942. "Tank driver -- Fort Knox, Kentucky." Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information. View full size.

"Kelly, W.E. -- between March 1905 and August 1906." 5x7 glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio in Washington, D.C. View full size.