"Unidentified woman. Between 1873 and ca. 1916." Her noggin appropriately ovoid. From the C.M. Bell portrait studio in Washington, D.C. View full size.

November 1938. "Union Pacific yards. Omaha, Nebraska." Medium format negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

May 1909. Manchester, New Hampshire. "Boy with bare arms, Fred Normandin, 15 Bridge Street, has been working in Amoskeag Manufacturing Company mill No. 1 for several months." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

San Francisco circa 1919. "Chalmers touring car at Golden Gate Park." Fitted with a funereally swagged top, complete with flowers. Latest addition to the Shorpy Mortuary of Marmoreal Motorcars. Photo by Christopher Helin. View full size.

Detroit circa 1901. "Woodward Avenue at the Campus Martius showing Bagley Fountain." Other landmarks include City Hall, the Majestic Building, Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument and Detroit Opera House. Plus a "moonlight tower" super-streetlight. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Circa 1900. "Entrance, Government Reservation, Hot Springs, Arkansas." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Hanover, New Hampshire, circa 1901. "Chandler Hall, Dartmouth College." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Circa 1900. "Sauquoit silk mill on Susquehanna River at Scranton, Pennsylvania." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

        Connoisseurs of anodyne architecture will be pleased to learn that this building still stands.

Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "Hill Bldg., 17th and Eye Streets N.W." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Circa 1906. "Santa Barbara, California -- General view from west." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1903. "Hotel Alcazar annex (Cordova Hotel)." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Circa 1899. "Steamboat A.W. Chesterton." Brought to you by the Boston Globe. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Charleston, South Carolina, circa 1900. "Meeting Street and St. Michael's Church." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

San Francisco circa 1920. "Maxwell sedan at Presidio Terrace." Angular transport for the upright motorist. 5x7 glass negative by Chris Helin. View full size.

January 1911. Pittston, Pennsylvania. "Four Breaker Boys working in #9 Breaker, Hughestown Borough, Pennsylvania Coal Company. Boy on left is Tony Ross, 142 Panama Street. Other small boy is Mike Ross, cousin." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine for the National Child Labor Committee. View full size.