June 1942. "This husky member of a construction crew building a 33,000 volt power line into Fort Knox is performing an important war service. Thousands of soldiers are in training there, and the new line from a hydroelectric plant at Louisville is needed to supplement the existing power supply." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer, Office of War Information. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1921. "Accident at 12th and K." (The Franklin Market: "Your cigar and school supply headquarters!") National Photo Co. View full size.

Washington, 1925. "Miss Grace M. Eddy, first woman examiner for the Interstate Commerce Commission." National Photo Co. glass negative. View full size.

Circa 1928, more fun in the sun at Plum Point near Chesapeake Beach, Maryland. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Circa 1928. "Plum Point," also seen here. Near Chesapeake Beach, Maryland. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Dallas, October 1913. "Messenger boy in the heart of the Reservation (Red Light). Prostitutes run back and forth. Business beginning at mid-day. I saw messenger boys and delivery boys for drug stores from 15 years upward. Some still younger told me that they go there. This was in spite of a strong agitation being waged to close up the resorts." Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

Spring 1943. "Romeroville, near Chacon, New Mexico." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Collier for the Office of War Information.

District of Columbia circa 1921. The Washington Evening Star building at 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.

January 29, 1917. "Margaret Reddington, 14 years old, powdering roses with blowpipe at Boston Floral Supply Co., 347-357 Cambridge St. Said to be the only flower factory in Massachusetts." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

November 1913. Shreveport, Louisiana. "Western Union messenger No. 2, fourteen years old. Says he goes to the Red Light district all the time." Glass negative by Lewis Wickes Hine for the National Child Labor Committee. View full size.

June 29, 1916. Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. "Hanging around the saloon -- 5 p.m." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1922. "Cafritz, 13th & B Streets N.E." Probably taken for Morris Cafritz's real estate development company. View full size.

Washington circa 1922. "Ford Motor Co. panorama No. 4." An exhibit of Ford cars and Fordson tractors. National Photo Co. glass negative. View full size.

Atlanta, 1864. "Federal Army wagons at railroad depot." And maybe Scarlett O'Hara in the distance. Wet plate negative by George N. Barnard. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1923. "Eastern High School typewriting class." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.