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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.
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Pensacola, Florida, circa 1910. "Looking north on Palafox Street." Note the Pepsi-Cola streetcar stop. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Toledo, Ohio, circa 1901. "Summit Street." In what seems to be the home furnishings district. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
June 1942. "Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority linemen." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the U.S. Office of Coordinator of Information. View full size.
June 1942. "Experiments in dehydration at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Western Regional Agricultural Research Laboratory in Albany, California. Blindfold test for aroma of cooked dehydrated carrots." Acetate negative by Russell Lee. View full size.
June 1942. "Watts Bar Dam, a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) project. Control room." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
May 1942. "Cooperative gas station at Greenbelt, Maryland, a model community planned by the Suburban Division of the U.S. Resettlement Administration." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Marjory Collins for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
June 1942. "Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority). Workers checking out at end of shift at a chemical engineering plant." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
June 1942. "Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority). Kenneth C. Hall, wife and daughter rowing on the Tennessee River." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1902. "Heilbrun, L." is all they wrote. Most likely a Lillian, says the Research Dept. 5x7 inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1905-1908. "Searight, Will." 5x7 inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size.
HAZERS BREAK HIS WRIST.
William Searight, Central High Freshman, Refuses to "Peach."
While conducting a hazing bee, several pupils of the Central High School broke William Searight's wrist. Searight, a freshman, who lives at 1737 De Sales street northwest, loyally refuses to "peach" on his tormentors, but Principal Emory Wilson is investigating the affair and expects the names of the guilty ones to-day. He had a talk yesterday with Supt. Chancellor about it and will make a report this afternoon.
The "code of honor" which prevails at Central has been invoked by the boys, and the principal is finding it difficult to get at the facts.
According to the physician it will be several weeks before young Searight will be able to use his wrist. (Washington Post -- Oct. 1, 1907)
June 1942. "Redding, California. A free municipal beach on the Sacramento River." Medium format nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.
August 1957. "Nantucket sunbathing. Also Fishing, Lounging, Teenagers." 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Nantucket Essay." View full size.
August 1957. "Nantucket, Mass. Jock Gifford's 'Pink Heap' beach buggy." 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Nantucket Essay." View full size.
Circa 1901. "Paterson, New Jersey, and Passaic River from Reservoir Park." Panorama made from two 8x10 inch glass negatives, the left half seen here a decade ago; the right half became available earlier this year. Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Little Rock, Arkansas, circa 1910. "Southern Trust Co. building." Tallest in the state at the time of its completion in 1907. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.