Washington, D.C., 1912. "District of Columbia parks -- children at fountains and pools." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

May 1923. "NO CAPTION (Babies in a basket)." We sense a baby rebellion brewing, instigated by the tot on the left. 4x5 inch glass negative. View full size.

In this image that I didn't know existed until a few days ago, I'm aiming my Nizo Super-8 movie camera across the waters of Oregon's Crater Lake. I'm on a trip with my brother and my friend who took this Kodachrome slide. It's among scores we discovered in a forgotten box in a spare room at his place. View full size.

San Francisco circa 1919. "Velie roadster at Golden Gate Park." Latest entrant in the Shorpy Concours of Kaput Konveyances. 5x7 glass negative. View full size.

Circa 1910. "Bridge to Revolutionary War monument, Concord, Mass." The Old North Bridge and Daniel Chester French's 1875 statue "The Minute Man." 5x7 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

New York circa 1905. "On the beach, Coney Island." Watch out for predators! 6x8 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

July 20, 1950. "Helena Rubinstein residence, 625 Park Avenue, New York. Art gallery." Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.

August 1943. "Middle River, a small crossroads in the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland. Farm Security Administration housing project for Martin aircraft workers. Mrs. Helen Bird, USO traveler's aide, giving information to a newcomer in the Glenn L. Martin trailer village." Photo by John Collier. View full size.

San Francisco, 1922. "Ice-packed Buick motor stunt." A demonstration of the "Heat Control Carburetor." 6½ x 8½ inch glass negative. View full size.

1907. "Dearborn Street, Chicago." With the base of the massive Great Northern Hotel at right. 8x10 inch glass negative by Hans Behm. View full size.

"Up Sutter Street from Grant Avenue." Aftermath of the April 18, 1906, earthquake and fire that reduced much of San Francisco to rubble. At center, the ruins of Sutter Street Synagogue. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.

Along with the "tterrace lost and found" slides my friend and I came across in the spare room of his house a month back was a mini-trove of Kodachromes of his folks in 1953 he didn't know about. But he did instantly recognize the recreation room and bar his dad had built in the basement of their San Francisco home. A big holiday shindig is underway with friends and relations; other slides hint that it might be Thanksgiving. Meanwhile: set 'em up. His folks always knew how to really throw a party. Later in the decade and into the early 60s they took on a distinct Tiki flavor, not unusual for the time in general, but especially so for Pacific-theater WWII vets like his dad. That's his mom in the background attending to the record player. Hey buddy, you got a light? View full size.

San Francisco circa 1920. "Studebaker touring car and biplane at airfield." With the fur possibly about to fly. 6½ x 8½ inch glass negative. View full size.

A print I bought about 20 years ago showing "Massachusetts Sports Equipment on Parade" sometime around 1950. Also, carrots and "Mass Apples." View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1937. "Tax office?" is all it says here, in what looks like a set from "1984." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.