1953. "College students attending party with a tropical theme." Photo by Charlotte Brooks for the Look magazine assignment "Junior Hop." View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1937. "Federal Bureau of Investigation. Miss Helen Gandy, secretary to J. Edgar Hoover." Photo by Theodor Horydczak. View full size.

Detroit circa 1908. "Grand Circus building." Named after the large, semicircular park nearby, and home to a curiously high concentration of dentists. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Hollywood, 1952. "Actress Leslie Caron in costume as waitress, applying makeup on the set of movie musical Lili." Kodachrome by Michael Vaccaro for the Look magazine assignment "Hollywood on Its Toes." View full size.

1914. "Kitten in costume on mule pulling kitten in toy touring car." Our weekly dose of the KONRSVW. Photo by Harry W. Frees. View full size.

March 1943. Washington, D.C. "Bob Daugherty filling out his log book after lunch. The Interstate Commerce Commission requires all truck drivers to keep time records." Photo by John Vachon, Office of War Information. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1922. "Black & White taxis at Pan American Union." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

July 1936. "Picking cherries. Yakima, Washington." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

March 1943. "Pampa, Texas. Going through a town on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.

Richmond, Virginia, circa 1905. "Japanese Palm Garden -- Jefferson Hotel." Along with an ichthyological caution. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.

1956. "Actress Elizabeth Taylor." Photo by Richard Avedon for the Look magazine assignment "The Elizabeth Taylor Story: A Woman at Last." View full size.

November 5, 1940. "Sachs Quality Furniture Inc., 150th Street & Third Avenue, New York. General exterior, daylight. Morris Lapidus, Ross-Frankel Inc., clients." Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.

Carefree postwar boys, complete with a Beaver Cleaver look-alike, participating in a bicycle registration day in Lafayette, Indiana. The event began in the iconic city park, where the kids' bicycles were inspected and registered, and this raffle was held for a free bicycle. Later, they rode through town in a bicycle parade led by two local police officers on three-wheel motorcycles. View full size.

1956. "General Motors Technical Center. Warren, Mich. Design Center interior. Eero Saarinen, architect." Kodachrome by Balthazar Korab. View full size.

September 1940. Washington, D.C. "Railroad tracks with view of the U.S. Capitol in background." Photo by Edwin Rosskam. View full size.