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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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March 25, 1918. "Garland, Hope, Miss, portrait photograph." Science, interested in. 5x7 inch glass negative by Arnold Genthe. View full size.
The Jersey Shore in 1904. "Boardwalk at Green's Hotel, Atlantic City." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
May 10, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Evelyn King, Fred W. Newman, Thelma Reese and W. Gately, marathon dancers, getting licenses to marry." The hoofers last glimpsed here. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
June 30, 1925. Washington, D.C. "National American Ballet." A triad of tessellating terpsichores. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Dancers, American National Ballet." Back before they drained the swamp. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
March 4, 1933. "Lou Henry Hoover and Eleanor Roosevelt in First Ladies' car of Inaugural motorcade. Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as 32nd President of the United States." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
1904. "Tyler Davidson Fountain ('The Genius of Water'), Cincinnati, O." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
1907. "Congress Street, north side, Portsmouth, New Hampshire." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
The Hudson River circa 1909. "City of New York municipal ferry Brooklyn, possibly a participant in the Hudson-Fulton celebration." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
March 1940. "Hays County Jail, San Marcos, Texas. Living quarters for the Deputy Sheriff, who is the jailer, and his family, are downstairs. Jail cells are on second floor. Maid who came to the door said, 'It's the nicest place I ever saw'." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Admini. View full size.
February 1940. Creek County, Oklahoma. "Wife of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, writing on typewriter. Through union activities this family has developed a desire for higher education. This typewriter is to them a symbol of that education and as such is the most prized family possession." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
March 1940. San Angelo, Texas. "Boys in a crap game at the San Angelo Fat Stock Show." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Admin. View full size.
February 1940. "Railway workmen with handcar. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
February 1940. San Angelo, Texas. "4-H Club boys from Tom Green County showing sheep at the San Angelo Fat Stock Show." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
February 1940. "Family of tenant farmer Pomp Hall, eating breakfast consisting of corn flakes, biscuits, fried bacon, milk and coffee. Creek County, Oklahoma." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.