Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "Willard service station front, 1919 Pennsylvania Avenue." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Goldenberg's, Seventh Street side." Another perspective on three places and one thing we've seen before on Shorpy. Who can link to them? National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.

Despatch (East Rochester), New York, circa 1904. "Shops and transfer yards, Merchants Despatch Transportation Co." Behind the scenes at MDT. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Despatch, New York, circa 1904. "New cars, Merchants Despatch Transportation Co." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

My sister-in-law reflected in a mirror at an art & crafts fair in Santa Cruz, California in 1974. I shot this on 35mm Kodacolor. View full size.

Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1905. "North Station." An update of this view. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Ensley, Alabama, circa 1906. "Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co.'s furnaces." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts, circa 1905. "Sea shore, first lessons." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1919. "Goldenberg display, 8th & Pennsylvania Avenue S.E." Note the gas hose on the flatiron. National Photo Co. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1919. "Saks & Co. window." From the heyday of the detachable shirt collar comes this contest: "Are You a Good Guesser? A year's supply of Corliss-Coon handmade collars FREE to the one guessing nearest to the correct number of collars in the window." National Photo Co. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1927. "Cross trucks, Semmes Motor Co." Headquarters for Good Used Cars. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1919. "Hat display, Saks & Co." Panama hats, and how they're made. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

September 15, 1922. Washington, D.C. "Scooter skates." On the right: Clarence Sherrill. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1922. "Lulu McGrath." It must have been either luck or amazing foresight that led this girl's parents to name their baby daughter Lulu -- it's hard to imagine her as a Betty or Nancy or anything else. Or it could be that when you're a Lulu, you just grow into the name. In any case, Miss McGrath's brief claim to fame was her appearance in an underwater documentary, "Wonders of the Sea." She was also a runner-up in the first Miss America pageant, in 1921. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1905. "Up the hill by trolley." On one of the city's famous incline railways. Detroit Publishing Company glass negative. View full size.