New York, 1959. "Stanley Hyams, co-owner of Washington Pickle Works, holding two pickles in a roomful of barreled dills." Photograph by Roger Higgins for the New York World Telegram & Sun. View full size.

"Valentine and horse." The actress Grace Valentine and an equine co-star circa 1920. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.

1935. "Cooking Class. Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland." View full size. 5x7 safety negative, National Photo Company Collection. The classroom is described as being at Chevy Chase High in another photo.

October 15, 1924. The husband-and-wife musical comedy team of Cecil Lean and Cleo Mayfield at the White House. View full size. National Photo Company.

September 1938. "Mother, wife and child of unemployed coal miner. Marine, West Virginia." View full size. 35mm negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the FSA.

September 1938. "Miners' wives coming home from town with groceries on payday near Mohegan, West Virginia." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration.

September 1938. "Kewpie doll bathing girls for sale along main highway near Charleston, West Virginia." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. Library of Congress.

August 1942. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago. "Women in industry. Tool production. Eyes averted from the white shower of sparks, this young employee of a drill and tool plant touches the button that welds drills to their shanks. She's one of nearly 1,000 women who have replaced men at the production machines of this Midwest factory." View full size. Medium format negative by Ann Rosener for the Office of War Information.

New York, May 1943. "Policeman no. 19687. William Alexander Frazier, born 1916 in Harlem." Medium format nitrate negative by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information. View full size.

September 1938. Westover, West Virginia. Marion Post Wolcott and her intrepid camera head downstairs: "Miner takes shower, which he built in the cellar of his home." View full size. Medium-format negative, Farm Security Administration.

The actress Grace Valentine strikes a sporty pose circa 1920. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress.

September 1938. Granville, West Virginia. "Coal miner's sons watch aerial trapeze artists at outdoor carnival. Large event and only outdoor amusement during the year." Nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the FSA. View full size.

September 1938. "Coal miner's family. Pursglove, West Virginia." View full size. 35mm negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration.

New York, May 1943. "A foggy morning at Fulton fish market." View full size. Medium format negative by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information.

"Valentine in pool." The actress Grace Valentine circa 1920. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.