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First National: 1913

Richmond, Virginia, circa 1913. "First National Bank." Rising 262 feet at the southwest corner of Ninth and Main Streets, this 19-story building, completed in 1913, was the city's first skyscraper. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Richmond, Virginia, circa 1913. "First National Bank." Rising 262 feet at the southwest corner of Ninth and Main Streets, this 19-story building, completed in 1913, was the city's first skyscraper. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Erie Slugger: 1900

Circa 1900-1910. "No caption (boy in 'Erie' baseball uniform standing by fence)." 6½x8½ inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Circa 1900-1910. "No caption (boy in 'Erie' baseball uniform standing by fence)." 6½x8½ inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Popping Wet: 1955

July 1955. "Camp Sunapee, New Hampshire. Campers making popcorn on a rainy day at Pleasant Lake." Another of the more than 800 Kodachrome slides taken by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Boys' Camp." View full size.

July 1955. "Camp Sunapee, New Hampshire. Campers making popcorn on a rainy day at Pleasant Lake." Another of the more than 800 Kodachrome slides taken by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Boys' Camp." View full size.

 

Sunapee Canoe Crew: 1955

July 1955. "Art Brooks and boys canoeing on Little Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire." 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Boys' Camp." View full size.

July 1955. "Art Brooks and boys canoeing on Little Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire." 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Boys' Camp." View full size.

 

Summer Campers: 1955

July 1955. "Boys and counselors at Camp Sunapee, New Hampshire." 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Boys' Camp." View full size.

July 1955. "Boys and counselors at Camp Sunapee, New Hampshire." 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Boys' Camp." View full size.

 

Missouri Produce Yard: 1943

March 1943. "Kansas City, Missouri. Produce freight yard used by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad." Acetate negative by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Kansas City, Missouri. Produce freight yard used by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad." Acetate negative by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Argentine Yard: 1943

March 1943. Kansas City, Kansas. "Argentine Yard, Santa Fe R.R. -- Night view of the departure yard on the route of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway." Previously seen here, in color. Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information.  View full size.

March 1943. Kansas City, Kansas. "Argentine Yard, Santa Fe R.R. -- Night view of the departure yard on the route of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway." Previously seen here, in color. Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Yardmaster Tyres: 1943

March 1943. "Fort Madison, Iowa. Mr. H.D. Tyres, yardmaster on the route of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Fort Madison, Iowa. Mr. H.D. Tyres, yardmaster on the route of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.

 

66 & 85: 1943

February 1943. "Albuquerque, New Mexico. Stores on West Central Avenue." An alternate view of this corner. Acetate negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.

February 1943. "Albuquerque, New Mexico. Stores on West Central Avenue." An alternate view of this corner. Acetate negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Olden Lab: 1911

Detroit circa 1911. "Frederick Stearns and Company laboratory from southeast." This pharmaceutical manufacturing plant and office building, at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Bellevue Street, has since been repurposed into the Lofts at Rivertown condominiums. Minus the ivy. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Detroit circa 1911. "Frederick Stearns and Company laboratory from southeast." This pharmaceutical manufacturing plant and office building, at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Bellevue Street, has since been repurposed into the Lofts at Rivertown condominiums. Minus the ivy. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Rust Belt Riviera: 1912

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1912. "A group of skyscrapers." Behind the sapling, the Wabash Bridge over the Monongahela River; in the distance, the Sixth Street Bridge over the Allegheny. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1912. "A group of skyscrapers." Behind the sapling, the Wabash Bridge over the Monongahela River; in the distance, the Sixth Street Bridge over the Allegheny. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Hotel Franciscan: 1943

February 1943. "Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Hotel Franciscan on Central Avenue." Medium format acetate negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.

February 1943. "Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Hotel Franciscan on Central Avenue." Medium format acetate negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Yard Jockey: 1943

March 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. Associated Transport Company trucking terminal. 'Yard jockeys' or 'spotters' drive trucks around the terminal and back them up to the loading platform." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. Associated Transport Company trucking terminal. 'Yard jockeys' or 'spotters' drive trucks around the terminal and back them up to the loading platform." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Boy Dinner: 1943

February 1943. "Madison, Wisconsin. Farm short course at the University of Wisconsin. The cafeteria in the school." Photo by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

February 1943. "Madison, Wisconsin. Farm short course at the University of Wisconsin. The cafeteria in the school." Photo by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Future Farmer: 1943

February 1943. "Madison, Wisconsin. Farm short course at the University of Wisconsin. Robert A. Janowski, who is eighteen years old and a high school graduate, comes from a sixty-four acre farm of which five acres are cultivated. His father works as an automobile mechanic in Chicago." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

February 1943. "Madison, Wisconsin. Farm short course at the University of Wisconsin. Robert A. Janowski, who is eighteen years old and a high school graduate, comes from a sixty-four acre farm of which five acres are cultivated. His father works as an automobile mechanic in Chicago." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 
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