March 1943. "Truck transportation from Baltimore to New Orleans. Evergreen, Alabama -- refueling a Montgomery-to-Mobile truck at 3 a.m." Less than a hundred miles to go. Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Charlotte, North Carolina. Truck and warehouse district." Starring A&P & G&H. Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Charlotte, North Carolina (vicinity). Filling station on a highway out of town." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1943. "Detroit, Michigan. A section of a boiler on a flatcar." Our third and final look. 4x5 inch acetate negative by Arthur S. Siegel for the Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1943. "Detroit, Michigan. A huge pipe section loaded on a flatcar." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Arthur Siegel for the Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1943. "Detroit, Michigan. Freight cars in railyard seen from above." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Arthur Siegel for the Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1943. "Detroit. Transportation of U.S. Army equipment. Amphibian jeeps waiting to be loaded on trucks." Photo by Arthur Siegel, Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Albuquerque, New Mexico. Men working on the firebox of an engine in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad locomotive shops." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

Boston circa 1912. "Public Library, Copley Square." Completed in MDCCCLXXXVIII -- which, in Roman numerals, requires more characters to write (13) than any other year to date. Also of note: The R.P.O. (Railway Post Office) at left, and streetcar to Holyhood Cemetery at right. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Philadelphia circa 1912. "Broad Street and City Hall tower." William Penn presiding over a profusion of hotels and theaters. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

1906. "Mississippi River, Algiers Point (at right), steamship Excelsior -- New Orleans riverfront panorama." Made from four 8x10 inch glass negatives. Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1910. "Shelby County Courthouse, Adams Avenue and Second Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Manhattan circa 1913. "Suburban concourse with ramp, Grand Central Terminal, New York Central Lines." Phantom commuters and ectoplasmic pedestrians populate this flash-powder time exposure. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

1914. "Pearl Street from State Street -- Albany, New York." Last seen here at street level, a decade earlier. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1914. "Group of skyscrapers and Fifth Avenue." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.