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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]
March 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital, a Negro institution. Laboratory technician." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Detroit. "Summer 1941. Group of girls." Three of the young ladies from that card game, and three more who evidently didn't make the cut. Acetate negative by Arthur Siegel. View full size.
Here we have the latest installment in a curious series of photos taken by Arthur Siegel in Detroit in the summer of 1941, with the Library of Congress filing annotation "Killed" (not to be used). Their card game over, these girls seem to be settling in for the night. View full size.
My wife's cousin, Tony Granieri, with his new 1957 Dodge Royal Lancer at his house in Salt Lake City. Tony was a WWII veteran and earned the Purple Heart for injuries to his legs. He was self-conscious about that and never wore shorts the rest of his life. View full size.
May 13, 1942. "Detroit, Michigan. Style show presented by Chrysler Girls' Club at Saks Fifth Avenue store and scenes at plant. Chrysler Corporation office workers (one powdering her chin) typing various forms." Photo by Arthur Siegel for the Office of War Information. View full size.
May 31, 1943. "Gallipolis, Ohio. Young horn player at the Decoration Day ceremonies." Acetate negative by by Arthur Siegel for the Office of War Information. View full size.
February 1943. "New York, New York. Italian-American fruit stand at First Avenue and Tenth Street." Acetate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Fall 1942. "Detroit, Michigan. Style show of clothes worn by the better-dressed office workers, presented by the Chrysler Girls' Club of the Chrysler Corporation at Saks Fifth Avenue." 4x5 acetate negative by Arthur S. Siegel for the Office of War Information. View full size.
February 1943. "New York, New York. Italian-American children warming their hands by fruit stand outside a grocery store at First Avenue and Tenth Street." Medium format acetate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Circa 1900. "Golf club, White Mountain House, New Hampshire." The players and pooches last seen here. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
New York, 1910. "Singer Tower from Liberty and Nassau streets." At 612 feet, the Singer Building, headquarters of the famous sewing machine manufacturer, was the world's tallest from 1908 to 1909, when it was surpassed by the Metropolitan Life tower. 11x14 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
My brothers, circa 1960, from the family 35mm slide collection. I do not know the location, it does not look like any lot we lived on. My guess is it was a neighbor's house in South Bend, Indiana, where we have visited them before. | View full size.
Circa 1900. "Golf club, White Mountain House, New Hampshire." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Detroit circa 1907. "A glimpse of Woodward Avenue from City Hall." A slice of the Campus Martius bracketed by the Majestic Building and Michigan Avenue at left, and Detroit Opera House on the right. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
February 1943. "Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. Physical education class." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information. View full size.