"McCrory fire, 11/21/29." Washington, D.C., firefighters at the McCrory five-and-dime on Seventh Street N.W., after a lunchtime boiler explosion in the store's basement -- a disaster whose final toll was six dead and dozens injured. 4x5 inch glass negative. View full size.

Honolulu, 1957. "On the beach at Waikiki." 35mm Kodachrome slide by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Hawaii -- The Sporting Look." View full size.

May 1964. 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Life magazine assignment "The Splendor of a Great Family: The Vanderbilts." View full size.

        On her country estate near Stamford, Connecticut, Gloria Vanderbilt enjoys a picnic with her husband, Wyatt Cooper, and two sons by her marriage to Leopold Stokowski -- Chris, 12, and Stan, 13. She came upon the picturesque waterfall with its secluded cottage one day and couldn't resist buying it. "It was like something out of a fairy tale," she exclaims.

March 1909. A trio of Hartford, Connecticut, newsies. "Have been selling two years. Youngest, Yedda Welled, is 11 years old. Next, Rebecca Cohen, is 12. Next, Rebecca Kirwin, is 14." Glass negative by Lewis Wickes Hine for the National Child Labor Committee. View full size.

June 18, 1960. "Rowing, Harvard-Yale Regatta. Crew race at New London, Connecticut." We're back aboard the Versatile with yachtsman Harold "Mike" Vanderbilt (seated), Cabin Boy and various other guests who have yet to lose their shirts. As well as some expensive looking sporting goods. 35mm Kodachrome slide by Toni Frissell. View full size.

June 18, 1960. "Rowing, Harvard-Yale Regatta. Crew race at New London, Connecticut." Our host (far right) is Commodore Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, and we are aboard his 90-foot yacht the Versatile, last seen here. 35mm Kodachrome slide by Toni Frissell. View full size.

June 18, 1960. "Rowing, Harvard-Yale Regatta. Crew race at New London, Connecticut." Man overboard! 35mm Kodachrome slide by Toni Frissell. View full size.

        UPDATE: The Ronald Balcoms at "Windsong," their home in Palm Beach.

"Florida -- couple with car, Roney Balcom, 1954" is all it says here. The car being a 1955 Thunderbird. 35mm Kodachrome by the fashion photographer Toni Frissell. View full size.

Circa 1906. "Glimpse of harbor. Marblehead, Massachusetts." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

September 1942. "Boy and girl from Richwood, West Virginia, en route to upper New York state to work in the harvest." The young man last seen here. And here. Acetate negative (colorized by Shorpy) by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

1906. "Park Square -- Pittsfield, Massachusetts." The bronze soldier was cast from Civil War cannon barrels. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, circa 1906. "Berkshire County Savings Bank." Last glimpsed here. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1941. "Thomas Circle at 14th Street N.W." And yet another Peoples Drug Store. Medium format acetate negative with no photographer credit. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1941. "Thomas Circle at 14th Street and Vermont Avenue N.W." Medium format acetate negative with no photographer credit. View full size.

August 1942. Washington, D.C. "Streetcar at 7th Street and Florida Avenue N.W." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Gordon Parks for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.