"In my studio Elizabeth was quiet and shy. She struck me as an average teenager, except that she was incredibly beautiful." -- Philippe Halsman

"In a décolleté silk evening dress Elizabeth Taylor sits for photographer Philippe Halsman. The former child star will be 17 next week." (Life magazine, February 21, 1949; photo taken in New York, October 1948.) Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. View full size.

June 1943. "New Britain, Connecticut. Women welders at the Landers, Frary, and Clark plant." Acetate negative by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information. View full size.

"Girl 1943" is all it says on this Kodachrome snapped by Navy photographer's mate Don Cox on a beach that would seem to be somewhere in the vicinity of San Diego. View full size.

"1957 Thunderbird. Removable glass-fibre hard top has stylish 'port' windows." Color transparency from the Ford Motor Co. photographic archive. View full size.

"1949 Mercury Eight convertible coupe." A golden Forty-Niner if there ever was one. Color transparency from the Ford Motor Co. photographic archives. View full size.

"1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria hardtop coupe." This color transparency from the Ford Motor Co. archives is our first in a series of automotive publicity photos. View full size.

New York. May 16, 1921. The Metropolitan Opera soprano Yvonne d'Arle and friend. 8x10 inch glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.

January 1943. "Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. Girl welder in the National Youth Administration school." Photo by Gordon Parks, Office of War Information. View full size.

        All of Washington is looking forward to the arrival of the famous Mack Sennett girls, who are due to reach this city in the near future, and who are to appear every day on the stage at one of the local theaters in conjunction with the much-heralded feature photoproduction "Yankee Doodle in Berlin." -- News item (Washington Post)

Washington, D.C., circa 1919. "Mack Sennett girls." An assortment of the theatrical impresario's "bathing beauties," last seen here. National Photo Co. View full size.

May 14, 1913. "Young woman in pitching stance, full-length studio portrait, wearing a baseball uniform." Gelatin silver print, Stadler Photographing Co., New York-Chicago. View full size.

New York, 1953. "Actress Joan McCracken [1917-1961] in costume for the musical Me & Juliet." Color transparency by Phillip Harrington for Look magazine. View full size.

July 18, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Sunshine Girls dancing on beach." The British dance troupe last seen here, visiting the national capital for an engagement at the B.F. Keith vaudeville house. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.

February 1956. "Singer-actress Elaine Malbin, who performs in television production as Joan of Arc, in a gym vocalizing while using exercise equipment under the instruction of Joseph Pilates." Color transparency from photos by John Vachon for Look magazine. View full size.

Ca. 1932. "Woman holding a cigarette." Gelatin silver print by Wynn Richards. View full size.

"Princess Grace of Monaco, 1957 recipient of the first annual Golden Hat Award after being named 'Best Hatted Woman in the World' by the Millinery Institute of America, shown in 1949 as a teen-age hat model for the United States millinery industry." View full size.