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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]
New Orleans circa 1910. "The Archbishopric." Note the cistern and chicken coop. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Short Hills, New Jersey, circa 1901. "Short Hills Station -- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R.R." 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
A Schwinn bike and its garage-mates circa 1949, from a set of 35mm Kodachromes I acquired in northern New Jersey. View full size.
April 1936. "Sneaking under the circus tent. Roswell, New Mexico." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
April 1936. "Ropesville Farms, Texas. United States Resettlement Administration rural rehabilitation project." Moooo. Photo by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
San Francisco on Dec. 8, 1941. "Japanese restaurant, Monday morning after the attack on Pearl Harbor." Empires may crumble and Reichs turn to dust, but the Coca-Cola Company endures. Photo by John Collier. View full size.
Based on circa 1950 fruit crate label artwork. (More examples here.) This sassy Santa print is guaranteed to put you in a holiday mood. View full size.
December 8, 1941. "Corner of Montgomery and Market streets. Monday morning after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor." Photo by John Collier. View full size.
February 1936. "Church at Lancaster, New Hampshire." Medium-format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
May 18, 1913. Washington, D.C. "U.S. Geological Survey fire, F Street N.W." The blaze was largely confined to the basement. National Photo Co. View full size.
November 19, 1917. New York. "Frances White in dressing room." Half of the vaudeville team Rock & White, last seen here and here. View full size.
The Ohio River circa 1905. "The levee -- Louisville, Kentucky." This barge was last seen here; the large barrel-like containers are hogsheads of tobacco. At left, the bow of the sternwheeler Georgia Lee in a continuation of this view. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
The Ohio River circa 1905. "The levee -- Louisville, Kentucky. Sternwheeler Georgia Lee." 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
Jacksonville, Florida, circa 1910. "Hemming Park. Confederate monument and Y.M.C.A." 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
The Jersey Shore circa 1905. "Bathing beauties playing on sawhorse." Show us your ankles! 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.