Framed or unframed, desk size to sofa size, printed by us in Arizona and Alabama since 2007. Explore now.
Shorpy is funded by you. Patreon contributors get an ad-free experience.
Learn more.
- Still there
- Mitigation
- Pale face
- Cat-o-two-tails
- City of Cincinnati (Packet, 1899-1918)
- Covington, KY
- Survivors
- Is that Durgin-Park?
- One Other Still Standing
- Cold makes things grow, too
- Faneuil Hall Marketplace survives
- Vanished Boston institutions
- What Could Have Been
- Where's my shopping cart???
- Her Hi-Fi
- Love all
- The metal beast
- Double fault
- "Record Player"
- Miss Lilly Moffat
- Terrifying to have above you
- Liquid death
- Bean bag toss
- Wide ranging referents
- Flying History
- Maybe not a patio table
- First edition
- You haven't lived
- Meredith Effect
- Ah, memories.
Photos submitted by Shorpy members!
- Panoramas
- Geo Mapped
- Kodachromes (Color Photos)
- Animals
- Aviation
- Bathing Girls!
- Bizarre & Weird
- Cars & Trucks
- Cities
- Civil War
- Colorized Photos
- Factories
- Farked
- Florida History
- iPhone Wallpaper
- Kids
- Kitchens
- Member Photos
- Mining
- Pretty Girls
- Railroads
- Streetcars
- Service Stations
- Sports
- Technology (Antiquated)
- tterrace
- WPA Posters
- World War II
- WW2 Color Photos
- All Galleries
Prints
Vintage photos of:
- Atlanta
- Atlantic City
- Baltimore
- Birmingham AL
- Boston
- Buffalo NY
- Charleston SC
- Chicago
- Cincinnati
- Cleveland
- Coney Island
- Detroit
- Indianapolis
- Los Angeles
- Louisville
- Memphis
- Miami
- Milwaukee
- Minneapolis
- New Orleans
- New York City
- Oklahoma City
- Philadelphia
- Pittsburgh
- Richmond
- San Francisco
- Savannah
- St. Louis
- Syracuse
- Toledo
- Vicksburg
- Washington DC
- And many more!
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.
© 2022 SHORPY INC.
[REV 25-NOV-2014]
The Carbon Kid: 1938
September 1938. "Coal miner's child breaking up large pieces of coal to take home. Pursglove, Scott's Run, West Virginia." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
- 11 comments
- 14684 reads
Family Business: 1943
April 1943. "San Augustine, Texas. Clyde Smith, grocer, with his two daughters." Papa gets sartorial points for the ironic necktie. Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
- 10 comments
- 12222 reads
Our New Olds: 1930
San Francisco circa 1930. "Oldsmobile sedan at Spreckels Mansion." With Olive Oyl and her sister, Baby. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 8855 reads
Milton Apartments: 1920
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Milton Apartments, H Street N.W." Where the amenities include a mounting block for stepping into one's carriage. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 10326 reads
Columbus in Chicago: 1911
Chicago circa 1911. "Steamer Christopher Columbus." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
- 7 comments
- 11846 reads
WMOM: 1950s
For Columbus Day we return to 1950s Columbus, Georgia, for this uncaptioned News Archive snap of a lady and a baby with a bent for broadcasting. It's 10:33. Do you know where your children are? 4x5 acetate negative. View full size.
- 9 comments
- 12826 reads
Dead End: 1958
Was Mrs. Smith bringing in the wash when she heard the crash? Circa 1958, more vehicular mayhem in Oakland, California. 4x5 negative. View full size.
- 10 comments
- 18724 reads
Two Dourpower: 1919
San Francisco circa 1919. "Mitchell touring car at Golden Gate Park." Latest entry in the Shorpy Cavalcade of Cantankerous Conveyances. View full size.
- 2 comments
- 6295 reads
Goth Baths: 1900
Circa 1900. "Maurice Bath House, Hot Springs, Arkansas." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
- 1 comment
- 7242 reads
USS Mayflower: 1907
1907. "Sidewheeler Queen Anne and president's yacht Mayflower (top) at Old Point Comfort, Virginia." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
- 2 comments
- 8932 reads
Custom Royal: 1958
Columbus, Georgia, Dodge dealers in their showroom with one of the last 1958 models, getting ready for the '59s. 4x5 acetate negative. View full size.
- 10 comments
- 9311 reads
Near Normal: 1900
Circa 1900. "Track to be straightened. Normal, Ill's." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
- 10 comments
- 11352 reads
Church & Cherry: 1913
Burlington, Vermont, circa 1913. "New Sherwood Hotel, Church and Cherry Sts." Destroyed by fire in 1940. 7x5 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
- 3 comments
- 8583 reads
Agnes the Operator: 1942
July 1942. "Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Agnes Mahan, bench lathe operator at a large Eastern firearms plant, makes oil drills for .50- caliber machine gun barrels. Colt's Patent Firearms Mfg. Co., Hartford, Connecticut." Photo by Andreas Feininger for the Office of War Information. View full size.
- 9 comments
- 12194 reads
Dodge for 1959
Columbus, Georgia, 1958. "Salesmen and 1959 Dodge." 4x5 acetate negative from the News Photo Archive. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 7834 reads
Shorpy.com is a vintage photography site featuring thousands of high-definition images from the 1850s to 1950s. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago. Contact us | Privacy policy | Site © 2022 Shorpy Inc.