September 1911. Winchendon, Mass. "Rosina Goyette, Maple Street. Apparently 12 but says she is 14; has steady job doffing and spinning in Spring Village Mill. Said at first she had been working six months, later she changed it to three weeks. Her partner said 'a few weeks.' " Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

December 1908. Dillon, S.C. "Maple Mills. John Roberts, been in mill two years. Runs four and five sides." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

New York City circa 1908. "Cells, new Tenderloin police station." 8x10 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1910. "King of Cardonia" is the caption here, perhaps the name of a play. [Update: The correct spelling is "Cadonia"; the play ended its D.C. run in January 1910.] Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

"Car interior. Washington & Old Dominion R.R." Our third and final look at Pennsy car 4928 on the tracks of the W. & O.D., whose right-of-way is now plied by commuters taking I-66 into Washington. 8x10 glass negative. View full size.

"Car interior. Washington & Old Dominion R.R." Another circa 1930 view of a decrepit Pennsylvania Railroad car that seems to have come into the possession of the W. & O.D. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., or vicinity circa 1915-1930. One of three H&E glass negatives labeled "Car exterior. Washington & Old Dominion R.R." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. The others are here and here.

May 1938. New Madrid County, Missouri. "Interior of house without windows, home of sharecropper, cut-over farmer of Mississippi bottoms." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

May 1938. New Madrid County, Missouri. "House without windows. Home of sharecropper cut-over farmers of Mississippi bottoms." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "Emergency Fleet Corporation, building exterior." E and Sixth streets N.W. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "Mrs. L.O. King, traffic cop." Badge 432, where are you? Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1924. "District National Bank, Dupont branch." This photo was used to make the line drawing that illustrates the bank ad seen in the comments below. National Photo Co. Collection glass negative. View full size.

"U.S. Patent Office. July 16, 1925." Alternate caption: "Creeping clutter engulfs august surroundings." National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.

New York circa 1920s. "De Luca." The Italian baritone Giuseppe De Luca, who for many years sang leading roles for the Metropolitan Opera. And who seems to be working from home. 5x7 glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.

1918. "Navy Department, intelligence bureau. Finger print department clerk Marie S. Dahm." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.