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Our holdings include hundreds of glass and film negatives/transparencies that we've scanned ourselves; in addition, many other photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs) in the Library of Congress research archive. (To query the database click here.) They are adjusted, restored and reworked by your webmaster in accordance with his aesthetic sensibilities before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here. All of these images (including "derivative works") are protected by copyright laws of the United States and other jurisdictions and may not be sold, reproduced or otherwise used for commercial purposes without permission.
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August 1941. "Residents of Laurium, Michigan. Copper range town." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1941. "Farm boys in beer parlor on Sunday afternoon. Finnish community of Bruce Crossing, Michigan." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.
August 1941. "Olaf Ryskedahle and family, tenant purchase borrowers. Freeborn County, Minnesota." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.
July 1941. "Wife of FSA borrower discussing pressure cooker with home supervisor. Mille Lacs County, Minnesota." Medium format negative by John Vachon. View full size.
July 1941. "Removing the curd from the whey. Swiss cheese factory in Madison, Wisconsin." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
July 1941. "Buying stamps in post office. Siren, Wisconsin." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
July 1941. "Bridgeport, Wisconsin." Namesake of the Bridgeport Bridge. Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
July 1941. "Removing the curd from the whey. Swiss cheese factory in Madison, Wisconsin." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
June 1941. "Untitled (Hotel room, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
1906. "Main Street -- Summerville, South Carolina." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
August 1941. "Albany Mine, Hibbing, Minnesota. Iron ore from this mine is brought up by truck." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Feb. 2, 1925. "FILM STAR VISITS THE PRESIDENT. Baby Peggy, one of the youngest movie stars, at the White House today with Frances and Gene Quirk of New York, saw the sights of Washington and made an informal call upon President Coolidge." View full size.
Diana Serra Cary, probably the last surviving child superstar of the silent film era nearly a century ago, who spent decades coming to terms with a bizarre childhood of triumphs, heartbreaks and parents who squandered her fortune, died on Monday in Gustine, Calif. She was 101.
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August 1941. "House in North Hibbing, Minnesota, on the edge of the world's largest open pit iron mine. Houses in this section are being demolished daily as mining operations expand." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.
August 1941. "Moving railroad track in the Mahoning pit. Hibbing, Minnesota." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
December 24, 1941. Washington, D.C. "Greyhound bus terminal on the day before Christmas. Waiting to board the bus to Richmond." Acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.