January 3, 1924. New York. "_________  listening to records." If you recognize yourself here, speak up. 5x7 glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.

November 1938. "Apartment house. Omaha, Nebraska." Medium format negative by John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

September 1942. "Park County, Montana. Oat harvest." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.

November 1938. "Houses near the Nebraska Power Company plant, Omaha." Photo by John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "Jewish Community Center bowling alley." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

July 10, 1912. "Karmnes [Karmner? Kaminer?] automobile (Overland touring car). Taken at barn-raising." With an Illinois tag. 5x7 glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Herbert E. French, photographer, in office." The proprietor of the National Photo Company, stylishly coordinated with a natty three-button desk. 8x6 inch glass negative, National Photo Co. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1910. "Riggs House formerly, 15th and G Sts. N.W." The 19th-century hotel was soon demolished to make way for a much larger office building. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Circa 1907. "Youth with winged hat (Nicholas Giancola)." Platinum print by the Boston-based photographer Fred Holland Day (1864-1933). View full size.

July 1918. "American Red Cross Canteen at Gare d'Ivry, Paris, showing decorations in honor of the Fourth of July, which was celebrated by the French as well as by the Americans." Photo by Lewis Hine for the American Red Cross. View full size.

June 1941. "Interior of Negro rural house. Greene County, Georgia." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano, Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1906. "Mahogany mills, C.C. Mengel & Bros." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Circa 1900. "St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans." Will Desire stop, or pass you by? 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

August 1940. "Women in Upper Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

1939. "Forsyth House, 112 S. Conception Street, Mobile, Alabama." The sign: "FURNISHED LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING ROOMS and SLEEPING ROOMS." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.