1937. Charleston, South Carolina. "18 & 20 Wentworth Street." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.

Oct. 23, 1959. "Bloomingdale's. Hackensack, New Jersey. Men's shop. Raymond Loewy, client." Large-format negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.

1951. "Marilyn Monroe reclining on a contour lounge chair, with photographers." Photo by Earl Theisen for Look magazine. View full size.

Burlington, Vermont, circa 1907. "Church Street looking north from College Street." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

1914. "Puppy in crib next to 'mother' in costume using toy sewing machine." (The kittens are traveling this week.) Photo by Harry W. Frees. View full size.

Christchurch, New Zealand, circa 1908. "Wolseley and Cadillac motor cars in garage." Glass plate by the Steffano Webb Photographic Studio. View full size.

January 1937. Flint, Michigan. "Sit-down strikers. Fisher Body plant No. 3." The labor action that led to the unionization of the American auto industry. Note the "sleeping car" at right. Photo by Sheldon Dick. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1927. "Cherry blossoms -- dancers at Tidal Basin." Ethereally moldy. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

Feb. 9, 1928. Washington, D.C. "Peter Pan, wire-haired terrier pet of the personal secretary to President Coolidge and Mrs. Edward T. Clark, arrived at the White House today attired in 'flapper galoshes'." You lucky dog! View full size.

New York circa 1908. "The Singer Building." Shortly after its completion. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

1961. "Marilyn Monroe posed on a bed under white sheets." Photo by Douglas Kirkland for the Look magazine assignment "Four for Posterity." View full size.

April 1943. Baltimore, Maryland. "Workers hurrying to catch a conveyance for their jobs at 7 a.m." Style notes include the brooch and hat. Medium format nitrate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

By 1910, men's bathing costumes were sleeveless and cut off at mid-thigh. However, as required by some bylaws, many male bathers, such as this group, wore trunks over their one-piece suits.

-- Encyclopedia of New Zealand

New Zealand circa 1910. "Unidentified bathers, probably at Christchurch." Dry plate glass negative by Steffano Francis Webb. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1934. "Leon's Delicatessen, 1131 14th Street NW. Window display of whiskey." Courtesy of Leon Slavin (1893-1975), who, according to his obituary, "obtained the first off-sale retail liquor license in Washington after the repeal of Prohibition." 8x10 negative by Theodor Horydczak. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1924. Tweaking the dials on a Freed Eisemann Neutrodyne receiver and a Western Electric 138 amplifier. On the shelf: Westinghouse "Rectigon" battery chargers. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.