Photographer Jack Delano explains that he made the couple laugh by telling Mr. Lyman his pants were falling down. "The thought of such a catastrophe," Delano writes, "apparently made them break up."

September 1940. "Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lyman, Polish tobacco farmers near Windsor Locks, Connecticut." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1940. "Cows on the farm of Mrs. Dewitt Lasser, FSA client near Cheshire, Connecticut." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Key West, Florida, circa 1900. "Residence in palm grove." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

Coney Island, New York, circa 1905. "Luna Park at night." Panorama made from three 8x10 glass negatives, previously seen here, here and here. View full size.

Brighton Beach, N.Y., circa 1903. "Brighton Beach Hotel and boardwalk." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

Minneapolis, 1905. "Stone Arch Bridge, which carries railroad traffic over the Mississippi River." Panorama from three 8x10 glass negatives. View full size.

The Mississippi River circa 1905. "St. Anthony's Falls and flour mills at Minneapolis." Panorama made from three 8x10 glass negatives. View full size.

"Marion standing by rocker in parlor" is what's written on the envelope I found this glass negative in. It's from Glenmont, New York, circa 1910. View full size.

From around 1910, three lads in Pawnee City, Nebraska, you might not want to turn your back on. 4x6 inch glass negative. View full size.

November 1939. "Barbershop on Hillsboro Street. Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

September 1939. "Street on Saturday afternoon in Belzoni, Mississippi Delta." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

November 1939. Durham County, North Carolina. "Cars parked along the highways on day of Duke-Carolina football game, near Duke University Stadium." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

November 1939. "Lunch stand and tobacco inside entrance to warehouse at end of auction sale. Durham, North Carolina." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

May 1942. "Childersburg, Alabama. Defense worker's child in WPA (Work Projects Administration) day nursery." Medium format negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.

November 1939. "Tobacco warehouse during auction sales in Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.