New York circa 1921. "New York Band Instrument Co., East 14th Street." Dealer in Victrolas and Victor records, also seen here in its window display. Next door: Great China Chop Suey. 5x7 glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1924. "Dog catcher." Thwarted, at least for the moment, by jurisdictional issues. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.

1933. "Benson, Mary, Mrs. -- residence." Its owner last glimpsed dining alfresco sur mer. 4x5 inch nitrate negative by Arnold Genthe. View full size.

April 17, 1935. "Pontiac convertible coupe at Tanforan racetrack, San Bruno." This fine filly looks like a mudder! 8x10 inch nitrate negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "George Washington Inn, C Street S.E." Last glimpsed here and here. National Photo glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "George Washington Inn." Not pictured: the big spooky house out back where Mother lives. 8x10 glass negative. View full size.

"Goodyear Girls bathing beauties in San Francisco -- September 14, 1932." Spreading the gospel of Proper Inflation. 8x10 nitrate negative. View full size.

Nov. 15, 1908. "Los Angeles Pacific Railroad fire, Fourth Street between Hill and Broadway." 8x10 glass negative, photographer unknown. View full size.

Los Angeles Express, Nov. 16, 1908:

FIRE DESTROYS L.A.P. BUILDING

        Flames broke out in the basement of the Los Angeles Pacific building at 314 W. Fourth St., adjoining the Broadway Department Store, at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon and threatened serious loss.

        The fire is believed to have had its origin in the rear of the basement, under the Sunset Bakery, at 320 W. 4th Street.

        Fourth Street from Broadway to Hill was speedily roped off to keep the crowds back, and Broadway became a mass of humanity within a few minutes. Great volumes of smoke could be seen rolling up over the Broadway Department Store, creating the impression that it was that great store which was burning.

        So quickly did the flames spread in the lower portions of the Los Angeles Pacific Building that the clerks and stenographers of the railway company in the offices on the second floor could not reach safety by the stairway or elevator. Fifteen girls and women were taken from the windows of the second floor with ladders.

        The clouds of smoke that rolled from the building did not begin to compare in size with the cloud of spectators which sought to reach the scene of the fire.

March 1937. "Migratory agricultural worker family making tire repairs along California highway U.S. 99." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

"Cadillac (Flappers, 1927) at de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park." Check out those headlights! 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.

"Blizzard '99 - cleaning the streets after New York snowstorm." Photo by Byron. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

New York, 1911. "Sailor Burke." The Brooklyn-born welterweight champion known to his mother as Charles Presser, and someone you wouldn't want to meet in a well-lit alley. 5x7 glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.

1931. "Brandon, James River, Prince George County, Virginia. Built ca. 1730 by Nathaniel Harrison II and for two centuries the home of the Harrison family. The central block connecting the two older wings is supposed to have been designed by Thomas Jefferson in 1789 upon his return from France." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.

New York, 1899. "Dumping snow carts at the river after a blizzard." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

June 20, 1916. Fall River, Massachusetts. "Marian Viera, 101 Columbia St., Doffer in mill. Says he gets $7.74 a week." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.