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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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December 1941. "San Juan, Puerto Rico. In a dress factory." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
January 1942. "San Sebastian, Puerto Rico. Boy who was playing in the street." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
November 1940. "Main street. Delano, California." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
October 11, 1904. Bath, Maine. "Bath Iron Works -- launch of the battleship U.S.S. Georgia." 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1894. "St. George Street." Our second look today at this bustling thoroughfare. Photo by William Henry Jackson. View full size.
St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1894. "St. George Street." Trading in paint, window glass and wallpaper for the old houses in the nation's oldest city. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.
1908. "Key Mansion, Washington, D.C." The Georgetown residence of "Star-Spangled Banner" author Francis Scott Key, transmogrified over the years into a freeway ramp. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1908. "The Boulevard, Potomac Park." The Washington Monument flanked by the Tidal Basin and Old Post Office. View full size.
Philadelphia circa 1906. "Academy of Natural Sciences, Race Street at Logan Square." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
New Orleans circa 1910. "Terminal Station, Canal Street." Demolished in 1956. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
December 1941. "Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas Island, Virgin Islands. A colored doll in one of the houses in a slum area." Photo by Jack Delano. View full size.
December 1941. "Rio Piedras (vicinity), Puerto Rico. Family of a FSA borrower." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
December 1941. San Juan, Puerto Rico. "Women in the needlework factory." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
January 1942. "Arecibo, Puerto Rico. A row of station wagons or 'publicos' waiting for loads and passengers." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
January 1941. "The family of Peter V. Andrews, Portuguese. FSA clients. They run a small seven-acre vegetable farm near Falmouth, Massachusetts. Just got the first cow they ever had, of which they are very proud. Mr. Andrews works as a day laborer at a nearby Army camp." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.