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Our holdings include hundreds of glass and film negatives/transparencies that we've scanned ourselves; in addition, many other photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs) in the Library of Congress research archive. (To query the database click here.) They are adjusted, restored and reworked by your webmaster in accordance with his aesthetic sensibilities before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here. All of these images (including "derivative works") are protected by copyright laws of the United States and other jurisdictions and may not be sold, reproduced or otherwise used for commercial purposes without permission.
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The Bronx circa 1904. "Tennis courts at New York University." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1904. "University of Cincinnati." McMicken Hall, flanked by his siblings Hanna Hall and Cunningham Hall. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
Cincinnati circa 1904. "Reservoir and pumping station, Eden Park." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
The Jersey Shore in 1904. "The bathing hour, Atlantic City -- Steeplechase and Steel piers." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
1904. "North Broad Street, Philadelphia. Masonic Temple and Arch Street Methodist Church, north from City Hall." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
New York, 1904. "Knickerbocker Trust Company Building, Fifth Avenue and 34th Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
New York circa 1904. "23rd Street Branch, Y.M.C.A." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Jacksonville, Florida, circa 1904. "Hemming Park and Monroe Street." "Hear evangelist Small to-night." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Philadelphia circa 1904. "Dental Hall, University of Pennsylvania." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
June 1940. "Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Children of mulatto family returning home after an afternoon fishing in Cane River." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
June 1940. Belle Glade, Florida. "Showers for babies, older children and parents, as well as complete laundry facilities, are provided in the utility building for members of the Osceola migratory labor camp." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the FSA. View full size.
June 1940. "Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Fireplace in old mud hut built and still lived in by French mulattoes near John Henry cotton plantation. 'Uncle' Joe Rocque, about 86 years old." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
June 1940. "Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Old cotton plantation store at Derry Plantation." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
June 1940. "College boy trying to 'thumb' a ride home over the weekend near Natchitoches, Louisiana." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
January 1939. "Abandoned store in which coal miner on relief lives. Zeigler, Illinois." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.