Charleston, South Carolina, circa 1910. "New Charleston Hotel and Meeting Street." Close by: a bootery, office supplies and "Shaving Parlor." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Philadelphia circa 1910. "Chestnut Street west from 12th." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

1894. "Royal arch oak with Spanish moss, Ormond, Florida." 8x10 inch glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

Port Huron, Michigan, circa 1905. "Armory (Charles Baer Bldg.) and Maccabees Temple." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

Winona, Minnesota, circa 1899. "Winona Hotel." Spelled out in Edison bulbs. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

February 1942. "Farm Security Administration Mercer G. Evans camp in Weslaco, Texas. Drake family playing for a Saturday night dance." Medium format negative by the under-appreciated Arthur Rothstein. View full size.

San Francisco circa 1921. "Standard Eight sedan." Times two in this inadvertent double exposure. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.

December 1941. "Dr. Tabor examining Randolph Darkey, before inoculating him against measles, in the community health center. Dailey, West Virginia." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information. View full size.

December 1941. "Factory workers' homes. Coatesville, Pennsylvania." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein, Office of War Information. View full size.

January 1942. "Fort Worth, Texas. View of Main Street." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information. View full size.

"Southwark Plumbing & Heating Supply, Philadelphia, 1949." 4x5 acetate negative from the archives of Signal Corps photographer Lt. Joseph Zinni. View full size.

Somewhere in the Pacific circa 1945. "Navy sailors at paint shop." 4x5 negative from the archives of Lt. Joseph Zinni, U.S. Army Signal Corps. View full size.

January 1942. "Night view, downtown section. Dallas, Texas." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information. View full size.

October 1937. "Houses near the railroad tracks. Hagerstown, Maryland." With a return appearance by the boys last seen here. 4x5 inch acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

February 1942. Two members of the "Musical Drake Family," performing at a barn dance in the Farm Security Administration's Mercer G. Evans camp in Weslaco, Texas. Our pickers are brothers Weldon (1923-1977) and Jasper "Sleepy" Drake (1926-1992). More Drakes here, and you can read comments from their children and grandkids here. Photo by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.