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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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September 1941. "Freak Show at the State Fair in Rutland, Vermont." Next up: Boko the "Alligator Skin Boy." Photo by Jack Delano. View full size.
September 1941. "At the State Fair in Rutland, Vermont." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
November 1940. "The bar in 'Art's Sportsmen's Tavern,' Colchester, Connecticut." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
November 1940. "Having a beer in 'Art's Sportsmen's Tavern' on a rainy day in Colchester, Connecticut." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
November 1940. "In a one-room schoolhouse in Ledyard, Connecticut. The teacher is Miss Holmes." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
November 1940. "The main square in Colchester, Connecticut." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
September 1941. "Three of the Gaynor children on their farm near Fairfield, Vermont." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
September 1941. "Mrs. W. Gaynor canning tomatoes on their farm near Fairfield, Vermont." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
September 1941. "Two sons of William Gaynor, FSA dairy farmer near Fairfield, Vermont." Farm Security Administration photo by Jack Delano. View full size.
August 1941. "A street corner in Burlington, Vermont." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1941. "General store in Hinesburg, Vermont." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
September 1941. "The merry-go-round at the State Fair in Rutland, Vermont." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
September 1941. "The 'girlie' show at the State Fair in Rutland, Vermont." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Circa 1900. "Evening on the Potomac, Washington, D.C." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
California (?) circa 1912. "On the trail." A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: The Prequel. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.