September 1939. "Iowa state capitol, Des Moines." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

          Another stocking-stuffer from the Shorpy Christmas closet:

Christmas 1954. My grandmother Sarah Hall (1904-2000, last seen here) and her daughter, my Aunt Barbara (1935-2017), at home in Miami Shores. 35mm Kodachrome by my grandfather Shepard. The tree is a northern blue spruce, spray-painted white with his workshop air compressor. View full size.

May 1939. "Sign near St. David, Cochise County, Arizona." Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange, Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1939. "Son of dairy farmer. Dakota County, Minnesota." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

May 1943. Chicago. "Special agent making his rounds at night at the South Water Street freight terminal of the Illinois Central Railroad." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1922. "Christmas Post Office." Last glimpsed here. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

June 1939. Birney, Montana. "Dude playing a slot machine." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration. View full size.

July 1939. "Cattle guard on railroad. Madison County, Montana." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1917. "Shoreham Hotel, 15th and H Streets N.W." This smorgasbord of architectural styles was demolished in 1929 to make way for an office building. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.

May 1939. "Negro grocery store in Laurel, Mississippi." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1917. "Street scene, New York Avenue & H Street N.W., from Masonic Temple. New York Avenue Presbyterian Church with Woodward Building behind, and Southern and Real Estate Trust buildings." 8x10 inch glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1924. "Lincoln roadster at Ford Motor Building, Pennsylvania Avenue." 8x10 glass negative, National Photo Company. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1917. "Treasury Department north from 15th Street & Penna. Ave. N.W." 8x10 glass negative, National Photo Company. View full size.

Washington, D.C. "Emil Berliner, 1915." The German-born inventor and scientist (1851-1929). National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1922. "Japanese legation -- military attache of the Japanese Embassy." General Hatsutaro Haraguchi, second from left; the girl with the doll is his daughter Kukiko. National Photo glass negative. View full size.