The corner of Grant and Bush in San Francisco in 1966. I took this Kodachrome to show Big Ben's, my favorite place for hamburgers while I was in the Navy, stationed on Treasure Island. View full size.

        UPDATE (2017): Thanks to the sleuthing of journalist Tori Cummins and historian Joe Manning, we now know the identity of the young woman in this photo: Ruby Nell Shepard (1916-1970). You can read her story on Joe's website.

November 1936. "Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in American River camp near Sacramento, California." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1904. "Casino, the Breakers, and cottages along the beach." One of Henry Flagler's giant wood-frame hotels, the Breakers burned in 1903 and reopened the following year, then burned yet again in 1925. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

Waseca, Minnesota, circa 1899. "Chautauqua grounds -- cottages at Maplewood." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

San Francisco, 1921. "Maxwell Model 25 touring sedan." Honey, whose horse was that blocking the garage? 5x7 glass negative by Chris Helin. View full size.

1939. "Montebaro House, Salem & Greene Sts., Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. Structure dates to ca. 1827. Said to be oldest frame house in Selma. Birthplace of P. Hal Sims." Now revealed to be the residence of Mr. Peepers' better half. 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.

August 1968. My mom in San Francisco's Chinatown at Grant and California Streets; Kodachrome slide by my dad. View full size.

Cincinnati circa 1915. "Western & Southern Life Insurance Co., Fourth and Broadway." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

Mount Clemens, Mich., ca. 1899. "Egnew Hotel." Connected to THE ORIGINAL BATH HOUSE across the street. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.

February 1936. "Lilac Street, Mission District, San Francisco. Rent fifteen dollars a month for three rooms." The alley seen earlier here. Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

August 1942. "Shepherd with his horse and dog on Gravelly Range, Madison County, Montana." Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee. View full size.

New Orleans circa 1900. "St. Charles Hotel, St. Charles Street." Welcome NEA members! 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

San Luis Potosi, Mexico, circa 1897. "Church of Carmen, rear view." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

February 1936. "Card Alley. North Beach District (Italians). San Francisco, California." 4x5 acetate negative by Dorothea Lange. View full size.

San Francisco, 1928. "Essex Super Six sedan at golf course." Topping the Shorpy Leaderboard of Fairway Phaetons. Glass negative by Chris Helin. View full size.