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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]
Bloomington, Illinois, 1900. "Adlai Stevenson residence." Home of Grover Cleveland's vice president, congressman and grandfather of the presidential candidate. Also William Jennings Bryan's vice presidential running mate when this photo was taken. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
May 1943. "San Francisco, California. The Bank of America." Medium format negative by Ann Rosener for the Office of War Information. View full size.
1952. "Pine Street at Montgomery, San Francisco." Looking toward the Matson and PG&E buildings on Market Street. 8x10 acetate negative. View full size.
From circa 1924 San Francisco comes this modishly draped miss descending from her sedan. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
San Francisco, 1952. "Fairmont and Mark Hopkins hotels." You'll come for the balustrade but stay for the porte-cochere. 8x10 inch negative. View full size.
New Haven, Conn., circa 1902. "Banquet in Alumni Hall (University Commons), Yale College." Ladies will please retire to the balcony. View full size.
Hampton Roads, Virginia, circa 1895. "Hygeia Hotel, Old Point Comfort." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.
July 1943. Washington, D.C. "Spectators at the parade to recruit civilian defense volunteers." Photo by Esther Bubley, Office of War Information. View full size.
July 1943. Washington, D.C. "A man selling flags and buttons at the parade to recruit civilian defense volunteers." Medium format negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.
February 1943. "Daytona Beach, Florida. Street scene." Howard's Chicken Shack -- we're going to phone 9363 and see if they can deliver to 2016. Medium format negative by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information. View full size.
July 1943. Washington, D.C. "Spectators at Office of Civilian Defense parade to recruit civilian defense volunteers." Medium format negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.
February 1943. "Daytona Beach, Fla. Sunday morning street scene in Midway. McGill's Fish Market and Fann Lunchroom, Pine Street and 2nd Avenue." Midway, along with Newtown and Waycross, comprised the "Negro quarters" of Daytona Beach. Photo by Gordon Parks, Office of War Information. View full size.
June 23, 1964. "Ford showroom in Wheaton, Maryland." 35mm negative by Warren K. Leffler for U.S. News & World Report. View full size.
Boston circa 1890s. "Jamaica Pond Ice Co. delivery wagon." Before there was a button for "crushed." Glass negative by Charles Henry Currier. View full size.
January 25, 1955. "Becton Dickinson Co., Rutherford, New Jersey. Mr. Becton's office. Fellheimer & Wagner, client." Anyone got a match? Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.