March 1911. Magnolia, Mississippi. "Interior of Magnolia Cotton Mills spinning room. See the little ones scattered through the mill. All work." Our second look at this workroom. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

We return to Southern California circa 1956 for the next in this series of Kodachrome slides, which finds us at a wedding with the bridesmaids in Easter egg pastels, carrying matching bouquets of dyed carnations. View full size.

New York. April 19, 1919. "St. Paul's Church and St. Paul Building from Woolworth Building." The St. Paul Building at left, seen here in the previous post in 1900 when it was one of the world's tallest, now cut down to size by its much bigger neighbors. Bain News Service glass negative. View full size.

New York, 1900. "St. Paul and Park Row buildings, two tallest buildings in the world." Note the campaign banner at the bottom of the photo, shot from the Woodbridge building. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing. View full size.

June 1943. "A scene at the Fulton Fish Market, New York." Medium format negative by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information. View full size.

October 1935. "Interior of Postmaster Brown's home at Old Rag. Shenandoah National Park, Virginia." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA. View full size.

January 1938. Washington, D.C. "Buildings on L Street." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1923. "Diana group." The virgin huntress of Roman mythology times 10. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

Circa 1905. "Arnold Park -- Rochester, New York." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

The Well-Dressed Family is back for an outing at the park somewhere in Southern California circa 1956. Please ignore the commotion in back. View full size.

Washington, D.C. July 1920. "Poli's Theater, front." Now playing: Edith Taliaferro in "Keep to the Right," a five-reel silent melodrama about a Jewish girl's search for love -- a film that, in the words of the Washington Post, "is said to solve one of the persistent problems of modern life." National Photo Co. View full size.

April 9, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Paul Tchernikoff dancers, Russian Village Fair at Wardman Park Inn." Our second glimpse of these lithe young ladies. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

New York circa 1900. "Gillender Building." This improbably slender tower at the corner of Nassau and Wall Streets, one of the tallest buildings in the city when it was completed in 1897, met the wrecking ball in 1910. View full size.

New York circa 1909. "High school graduates wearing dollar dresses." Note plunging neckline, scandalously exposed ankles and elbows. View full size.

New York circa 1926. "Victor Salon Orchestra." To sound sharp, one must first look sharp. Bain News Service glass negative. View full size.