November 1935. "Backyard in Northwest Washington, D.C." Medium format negative by Carl Mydans for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

Circa 1905-1915. "Unidentified group (children; girls with dolls)." 5x7 glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio in Washington, D.C. View full size.

San Francisco, 1918. "Federal truck with dump body." Latest entry in the Shorpy Log of Leviathan Lorries. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.

September 1942. "Richwood, West Virginia. Hazel Friend and her son, Darriell, in front of their home. The family is traveling to Batavia, New York, to work in the harvest." Photo by John Collier, Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1936. "Grocery store in Widtsoe, Utah. FSA land use project purchase area and clients who will be removed to more desirable section." Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

"Hume, C. -- between December 1903 and March 1905." 5x7 glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio in Washington, D.C. View full size.

December 1942. "Highway view along U.S. 40 in Mount Vernon Canyon, Colorado. Looking east toward Green Mountain, with Shingle Creek below." Kodachrome transparency by Andreas Feininger, Office of War Information. View full size.

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, circa 1906. "North Street from the park." Time in New England, 1:33. Panorama made from two 8x10 inch glass negatives. View full size.

Circa 1900. "Detroit Photographic car crossing DL&W bridge over the Passaic at Millington, New Jersey." 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.

Circa 1900. "A.W. McCurdy machine." The inventor Arthur Williams McCurdy (1856-1923), a contemporary of Alexander Graham Bell. 5x7 inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio in Washington, D.C. View full size.

        Built in Kalamazoo, Michigan, by the Barley Motor Car Co., the Roamer was marketed as "the affordable Rolls-Royce."

San Francisco circa 1921. "Roamer roadster." Today's entry on the Shorpy Chart of Chilly Chariots. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.

Utica, N.Y., circa 1905. "Utica City National Bank, Genesee Street." Partners in commerce with various purveyors of hats, caps and "mattings." View full size.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, circa 1905. "Hotel Nicollet, Nicollet & Washington Avenues." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

November 1942. "Bingham Copper Mine, Utah. Carr Fork Canyon as seen from the 'G' Bridge." Kodachrome by Andreas Feininger for the office of War Information. View full size.

Syracuse, N.Y., circa 1900. "West Genesee Street." A postcard from the bygone days of hitching posts and mounting blocks. 8x10 glass negative. View full size.