1938. "Swimwear model on bow of skiff at Marineland." You've come a long way, baby. Medium format negative by Toni Frissell. View full size.

December 20, 1909. "Firemen spraying burning building on West 14th Street, New York." 5x7 glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.

        Three million gallons of water from the high-pressure mains were pumped into a fire that destroyed a large seven-story factory and loft building at 180-188 West Fourteenth Street yesterday morning, and for five hours the fire, which raged until the afternoon, completely cut off traffic on that street. The pavement and sidewalks and many buildings for almost a block were coated with thick mid-Winter ice. Fire and water together provided a spectacle for thousands of Christmas shoppers who crowded both sides of the street.
        Although there were no injuries from the fire, it caused damage of $200,000. Workers at the training school of the Salvation Army headquarters, adjoining the building on the east, were routed from their beds. It is not known what started the fire.

-- New York Times, 12/21/1909

April 1937. "Coal miners' housing in Birmingham, Alabama." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

September 1943. "Indianapolis, Indiana. A Greyhound bus station." Photo by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.

Washington, D.C. November 24, 1924. "Bonus Bureau -- Personnel Records Division." Something to do with calculating benefits for World War I veterans. 8x10 inch glass negative. Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

June 25, 1921. Washington, D.C. "Bathing beach costume contest." The ladies last glimpsed here, an array of lesser lights orbiting the transcendently beautiful Iola Swinnerton, second from left with the Krazy Kat doll. View full size.

San Francisco circa 1920. "Moon auto." Its virtues being demonstrated in front of the building also seen here and here. Latest heavenly body in the Shorpy Orrery of Automotive Astronomy. 5x7 glass negative by Chris Helin. View full size.

September 1943. Cincinnati, Ohio. "Loading baggage on a Greyhound bus at the bus terminal." Medium-format nitrate negatives by Esther "Burst Mode" Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.

January 1939. "Railroad tracks. Williamson County, Illinois." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

August 1937. "Virginia, Minnesota -- cooperative service station of the Virginia Work People's Trading Company." One manifestation of the Iron Range consumer cooperative movement started by Finnish immigrants. Photo by Russell Lee for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

Hoboken, New Jersey, circa 1905. "Holland America Piers with view of Manhattan across Hudson River." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.

September 1937. "Wife of John Holling, member of the Otsego Forest Products Cooperative. Otsego County, New York." Medium format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

September 1937. "Hyde Park Inn in Hyde Park, Vermont." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

San Francisco, 1919. "Bus at Exposition Auditorium, Grove Street." With Pennsylvania plates. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.

        Location Update: West Main Street in Alhambra, California.

Another look at the street seen earlier here. 35mm Kodachrome. View full size.