Circa 1909. "Cincinnati from Mount Adams." Bridges over the Ohio River to Kentucky and, foreground, a section of the Mount Adams Incline Railway. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Knoxville, Tennessee, circa 1903. "Gay Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

New York circa 1904. "14th Street subway station, construction." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1907. "Canal Street." Life on the grid a century ago. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

New York circa 1922. The second of five photos labeled with a notation that looks like "Farnham." 5x7 glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.

Quantico, Virginia, circa 1920. "Quantico Post Exchange." The other side of the PX seen earlier. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

December 28, 1954. Me in the center, my brother right and my godmother's son Alfred at the left. At my grandparent's house in Calpella, California. Also: Grandma's crocheted antimacassars. Photo by my sister. View full size.

Quantico, Virginia, 1920. "Quantico Post Exchange." With merchandise ranging from tennis balls to steamer trunks. Harris & Ewing photo. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1912. "Gunston Hall group." Students at the tony girls' school. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

Aboard the U.S.S. New York circa 1896. "A champion boat crew." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by Edward Hart, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

New York circa 1922. "Farraham worshiping." Five photos of this artsy looking lady bear a name that might also be transcribed as Farnham or Fanshaw. Who will be the first to identify her? George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.

September 1939. "Minneapolis, Minnesota. Trucks loading at farm implement warehouse." Another behind-the-scenes look at Twin Cities trucking. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Overman Cushion Tire Co., creamery truck." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

New York circa 1922. "Fanny Brice." The singer-actress-comedienne born Fania Borach. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.

Atlantic City, New Jersey, circa 1905. "Seaside Hotel." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.