1954. "Actress Betty White at home, about to leave for studio where her Los Angeles daytime television show is broadcast." (UPDATE: The lady with the fan mail is Betty's mother, Tess.) 35mm negative from photos taken for Look magazine. View full size.

December 1943. "Without engaging a hotel room, traveling servicemen may take a shower, shave, and wash and iron clothes at the United Nations service center." Another entry in Esther Bubley's curiously comprehensive series of photos for the Office of War Information, documenting shower facilities for enlisted men in wartime Washington, D.C. View full size.

June 1942. "Shasta Dam under construction. Shasta County, California." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.

October 1936. "Cooking hog soup. Garrett County, Maryland." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

December 1937. "House in disrepair. Abandoned farm community. Dalton, Allegany County, New York." Photo by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.

January 1941. "Newly-dug grave. Rochester, Pennsylvania." Medium format negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

July 1942. "Salvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: It belongs in the scrap. Covering well over an acre, this automobile graveyard in Chicago holds tons of vital scrap metal and rubber for which Uncle Sam has urgent need in the manufacture of armaments and other war materials." 4x5 inch nitrate negative by Ann Rosener for the Office of War Information. View full size.

1954. "Actress Betty White rehearsing and performing on her local Los Angeles daytime television show." Look magazine 35mm negative. View full size.

April 1939. "Slums. Newark, New Jersey." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

San Francisco circa 1921. "Standard Eight sedan." The chic chariot last glimpsed here. 5x7 inch glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.

April 1939. "Highway. New Jersey, near Newark." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

April 1939. "Rail yard. Newark, New Jersey." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

January 1939. "Highway in Franklin County, Illinois." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

February 1936. "Mission District firetrap. San Francisco, California." 4x5 acetate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

My great-uncle Dave Tunnel, in a mid-1950s Kodachrome taken near Norwalk, Ohio. He's proudly displaying his 1953 Dodge Coronet. View full size.