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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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Avalon, Calif., circa 1915. "Bathers at Hotel Metropole, Catalina Island." And yet another popcorn stand. 5x7 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
Santa Monica, Calif., circa 1915. "Pier Avenue, Ocean Park." Meet you in an hour at the Sundae Shop! 5x7 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
1940. Davidson's Bakery goods for sale in the cake display at Henry's (Harvey's?) grocery store in Olympia, Washington.
Charleston circa 1900. "Sergeant Jasper monument, White Point Garden." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
1901. "Chicora Park, Charleston, South Carolina." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
The statue was removed by official order and moved to an unknown location on May 19, 2017. (Wikipedia)
New Orleans circa 1900. "General Lee monument, Tivoli Circle, St. Charles Avenue." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Co. View full size.
New Orleans circa 1900. "Foot of Canal Street -- Riverboat at the levee." The sternwheeler America of Galena, Illinois. 8x10 glass negative. View full size.
Vicksburg, Mississippi, circa 1890s. "Pemberton's Headquarters." John C. Pemberton (U.S.A., C.S.A., 1814-1881) was the Confederate general noted for his surrender in the Siege of Vicksburg. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.
Lakewood, New Jersey, 1901. "Polo grounds at Georgian Court." The estate and athletic pleasure-dome of Gilded Age scion George Jay Gould, now a university campus. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1910. "Ambassador White at Poet Miller Cabin, Meridian Hill." The former home of Joaquin Miller, "Poet of the Sierras," relocated to Rock Creek Park in 1911 to make room for Henry White's mansion. View full size.
July 1939. Person County, North Carolina. "Millworker's house six miles north of Roxboro." Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange. View full size.
Lakewood, New Jersey, circa 1901. "Laurel in the Pines." This winter resort hotel on Lake Carasaljo, which opened in 1891, was leveled by fire in 1967. Composite of two 8x10 inch glass negatives by William Henry Jackson. View full size.
New Orleans, 1901. "Roller coaster and pier at West End, Lake Pontchartrain." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
"Miss Anna Niebel, former Follies girl who lives at 1370 Harvard Street northwest, won first prize by unanimous vote of the judges."
June 17, 1922. "Winning costume at Tidal Basin bathing beach style contest." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "Enlisted Officers Personnel." The clerical army behind the one with the guns. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.