Rochester, New York, circa 1908. "Pompeiian Room -- Hotel Seneca." (Catchphrase: "In the Pompeiian Room, everyone smokes!") 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

January 1939. "Housewife boiling clothes -- Chicot Farms, Arkansas." Note the primitive nature of this washer -- it doesn't even have a "simmer" setting. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Edwardian-Bohemian New York circa 1909. "Bacchus Dance -- Miss Grace Walters, Mrs. A.S. Burden, Miss M.R. White, Alfred Hester, Mrs. James B. Eustis, Miss Martha White." 8x10 glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.

January 1939. "Housewife reading in living room. Chicot Farms, Arkansas." A peek behind the porch seen in the previous post. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1939. Chicot Farms, Arkansas. "Husband and wife on porch of farm house." Photo by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size.

New York circa 1917. "St. Luke's Hospital children's ward." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.

New York circa 1917. "Gladys Kierstead -- Pratt Institute cooking class." Immediately followed by finger inventory. Bain News Service. View full size.

A very quiet night, after midnight in Medford, Massachusetts. Not sure of the make or year of the car. View full size.

June 1958, somewhere in Pennsylvania. This begins a new series of Kodachromes that I found on eBay. Happy Birthday from Shorpy! View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1925. "Ford Motor Co. -- Pierce Lumber." An interesting mix of solid and pneumatic tires. National Photo glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1921. "Bracklow, G.W.U." Willard Bracklow of the George Washington U. Law School. National Photo glass negative. View full size.

What better way to close out our circa-1956 Southern California slide show than with a slide show? This third box of Kodachromes from our summer vacation might look familiar, but don't let that fool you ... View full size.

Circa 1903. "High Rock Observatory near Pen Mar Park, Maryland." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

June 1903. "Pennsylvania Avenue -- Washington, D.C." Landmarks here include the Old Post Office and that big domed building at the end of the street. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Circa 1904. "Gardens of Colonial Hotel and the harbor, Nassau, Bahama Islands." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.