St. Clair, Michigan, circa 1905. "Residences on Front Street." Not for the stair-averse. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1908. "F Street N.W. from Treasury Dept." At right, the Ebbitt House hotel at F and 14th. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Circa 1910. "Steam shovel removing rock loosened by dynamite, Livingstone Channel, Michigan." Construction of the navigation channel along the Detroit River. (Is that Mike Mulligan at the controls?) 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

Detroit circa 1910. "Ford sales office (Boulevard Building), Griswold and Congress streets." Headquarters of the Edward Ford Plate Glass Co. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.

Toledo circa 1906. "Ohio Building, Madison Avenue and Superior Street." Nexus of ghost pedestrians! 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Indianapolis circa 1907. "Knights of Pythias Building (Castle Hall)." Last glimpsed here, 10 years ago! 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

1903. "Confederate monument -- Augusta, Georgia." Johnny Reb in a wire web. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

February 1940. "Secondhand store. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

July 1941. "Harrowing summer fallow (wheat land). Nez Perce County, Idaho." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

July 1941. "Logging train. Spalding Junction, Nez Perce County, Idaho." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

        After the halt of automobile production and "freeze" of car sales, these 1942 Buicks were among the last new models the public could buy until the end of the war.

May 1942. "Grand Island, Nebraska. Auto dealer's window." Better buy Buick! Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

May 1942. It's that crap-shooting gent from Grand Island, Nebraska, in the second of eight enigmatic, uncaptioned exposures credited to John Vachon. View full size.

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July 1941. "Driver of caterpillar tractor which draws combine in wheat fields of Whitman County, Washington." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1942. Kerch Peninsula, Ukraine. "Parents find the body of their murdered son in Kerch. Photograph shows mother with arms outstretched, leaning back against husband while dead bodies lie at their feet." U.S. Office for Emergency Management photoprint -- British Official Photo (German War Crimes -- Hitler -- World War II). View full size.