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Our holdings include hundreds of glass and film negatives/transparencies that we've scanned ourselves; in addition, many other photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs) in the Library of Congress research archive. (To query the database click here.) They are adjusted, restored and reworked by your webmaster in accordance with his aesthetic sensibilities before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here. All of these images (including "derivative works") are protected by copyright laws of the United States and other jurisdictions and may not be sold, reproduced or otherwise used for commercial purposes without permission.
[REV 25-NOV-2014]
December 1942. "Locomotives in the Chicago and North Western departure yard about to leave for Clinton, Iowa." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
December 1942. "Corset display at R.H. Macy department store the week before Christmas." Photo by Marjory Collins, Office of War Information. View full size.
Knoxville, Tennessee, circa 1905. "Gay Street north from Wall Street." Where close inspection will reveal subtle indications of a mid-summer clearance at T. Tobias & Son. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
A huge chunk of Shorpy is devoted to Member Photos. tterrace, Principal Panjandrum of the Shorpy Department of Comments and User Submissions, has contributed dozens over the years. Herewith we present his latest, from 1955.
It's February 1955, and as I, their delightful little brother, slumber peacefully, one of my sneaky siblings takes this photo. They did this a number of times, always finding great amusement in contrasting the uncharacteristic serenity I exhibited in my sleeping vs. waking state. Ha ha. View full size.
A happy Valentine's Day to all on this, Shorpy.com's 10th birthday. (Where has the time gone?) We'll celebrate with a stroll down Memory Lane, just as soon as that pot of coffee is ready ...
Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "Cake for Mrs. Orme." Who ordered it for her daughter Violet's birthday. National Photo glass negative. View full size.
1905. "Franklin Street, Tampa, Florida." Next stop, Hyde Park. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
December 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. An unusually heavy fog in the early afternoon." Photo by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
1905. "Holland America line piers, Hoboken, N.J." Points of interest include the Hoboken Public Bath at center and S.S. Potsdam. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
June 1943. Arlington, Virginia. "Service shop in Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war. These shops, one in each residence hall, sell cosmetics, drugs, sandwiches, Cokes, etc." Photo by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.
1905. "Church of the Sacred Heart, Augusta, Georgia." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
December 1942. "Chicago. An unusually heavy fog in the early afternoon." Medium format negative by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.
San Francisco, 1928. "Franklin dual cowl phaeton." Date night for Andy Hardy? 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
November 1942. "At the Central Market in Lancaster, Pennsylvania." Photo by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.
November 1938. "Children of [Dust Bowl] refugee families now on Works Progress Administration. They live in tents on the flats outside of Bakersfield, California." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
Circa 1910. "Long Branch Beach at Elberon, New Jersey." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.