April 1942. "Baker's Garage in Wisdom, Montana. Largest town, population 385, in the Big Hole Basin, a trading center in ranching country." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

December 17, 1909. "After 9 p.m. Newark, New Jersey. All these were selling and work later some nights. Some are 10 years old." View full size. Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. So, who here has the latest on Britney?

October 1935. At the movies in Amite City, Louisiana. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration.

December 1943. National City Christian Church on Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C. Medium-format safety negative by Esther Bubley. Superjumbo full size.

December 1943. Detail of "Man Controlling Trade," a limestone statue completed in 1942 by Michael Lantz for the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington. View full size. Medium-format negative by Esther Bubley.

October 1935. "Girls outside movie house in Amite City, Louisiana." 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

A display showing savings from materials substitution at the 1943 U.S.-Canadian Combined Conservation Committee Exhibit in Washington, D.C. View full size. Medium-format safety negative by Esther Bubley.

Making his third appearance here in as many days, the impish Iowa farmboy captured on film by John Vachon in May 1940. View full size.

December 1937. The Alamo movie theater in Washington, D.C. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration.

June 1940. An all-day community sing in Pie Town, New Mexico. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.

July 1940. Another view under the elevated tracks in Chicago. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration.

June 1940. Pie Town, New Mexico. Wife of a homesteader with her WPA (Work Projects Administration) music class. These children walk eight miles for their music lessons. View full size. Medium-format safety negative by Russell Lee.

October 1938. Fire station at Greenhills, Ohio, a planned community built by the federal government (Suburban Division of the Resettlement Administration) during the Depression. The image, scanned from a print, is a composite, with the utility pole and fire alarm superimposed; the asphalt was retouched with an airbrush. View full size. The fire station photo is by John Vachon.

July 1940. "Under the elevated railway, Chicago, Illinois." 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

May 1940. Parked cars in Des Moines, Iowa. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration.