June 17, 1922. Washington, D.C. "Washington Advertising Club bathing beauty contest at Tidal Basin." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

        "Quintet of beauties wore the models of Lansburg & Brother, which captured first prize in the store competition." Caboose of the quintet is Miss Iola Swinnerton, First Lady of Shorpy, who took second in the individual costume contest. Read all about it here.

Washington, D.C., circa 1923. "View of Naval Observatory and Washington from Massachusetts Avenue hill." Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.

Alexandria, Virginia, 1925. "Ford Motor Co. -- Banner Laundry truck." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

July 1958. "Actors Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner onboard their yacht off the California coast." 35mm Kodachrome from photos by Robert Vose for the Look magazine assignment "Natalie Wood: Beauty and Violence." View full size.

Los Angeles, 1950. "Herman Miller furniture showroom, 8806 Beverly Boulevard, West Hollywood." Designed by Charles and Ray Eames. View full size.

March 1940. "Young Texas couple at the Junior Chamber of Commerce dance during the San Angelo Fat Stock Show." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

March 1940. "Cowboy asleep in cattle show barn at San Angelo Fat Stock Show. At nearby stock shows the working cowboys bring along their camp beds and sleep in the barns." The tag on our buckaroo's suitcase reads "R.R. Walston." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

November 1936. "Street scene. Popcorn stand in Ames, Iowa." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

February 1940. "Swing game at 'play party' in McIntosh County, Oklahoma." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

March 1940. "Ring of people watching the judging of horses at the San Angelo Fat Stock Show. Many polo ponies are bred and raised in West Texas." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

March 1940. "Cowboy resting on hay and rolled-up camp bed in the barn at San Angelo Fat Stock Show." Living the dream in San Angelo, Texas. Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

March 1940. "Girls at Junior Chamber of Commerce dance during the San Angelo Fat Stock Show. San Angelo, Texas." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

"Artistic Stereo Gems of Gettysburg Scenery -- Implements of Modern Warfare." 1875 stereograph by William Howard Tipton (1850-1929). View full size.

March 1940. Visalia, California. "Tulare migrant camp. Sunday school." Where the angels get to sit up front. Photo by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.

1906. "A tobacco market, Louisville, Kentucky." Put that in your pipe and smoke it. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.