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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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January 25, 1956. "Prudential Insurance Co., Newark, New Jersey. From Public Service roof." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
September 1941. "Mrs. Harvey Renninger and son in her home with canned goods. Two River Non-Stock Cooperative, FSA co-op. Waterloo, Nebraska." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
September 1941. "Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Renninger with sons Richard and Winfield, members of the Two River Non-Stock Cooperative, FSA co-op. Waterloo, Nebraska." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
October 1942. " 'Salvage for Victory' campaign -- scrap and salvage depot in Butte, Montana." Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.
September 1941. Central City, Colorado. "The 'Old 71' engine of the Colorado and Southern Railway, which carried ore and passenger cars from Denver to 'the richest square mile on earth'." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
September 1941. "Central City, an old mining town. Mountainous region of Central Colorado, west of Denver." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
September 1938. "Mrs. Betty Zimmerman and child in kitchen of new home at Greenbelt, Maryland." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
September 1939. "Trucks loading at terminal warehouse. Minneapolis, Minnesota." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
April 1940. "Gas station on a sunny afternoon. Dubuque, Iowa." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
April 1940. "Children. Dubuque, Iowa" is all it says here. Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
April 1940. A hotel room in Dubuque is the setting for this untitled self-portrait of photographer John Vachon. Medium format acetate negative. View full size.
September 1939. "Abandoned mail-order house. Minneapolis, Minnesota." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
1907. "Bethlehem, White Mountains, New Hampshire. Bethlehem Street, looking west." As opposed to looking east. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Richmond, Virginia, circa 1907. "Grace Street and Capitol Square east from 8th." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
San Francisco's Golden Gate Park circa 1920. "King Model H 'Foursome' touring car at Spreckels Temple of Music." Today's entry in the Shorpy Abecedary of Esoteric Autos is the letter K. Or maybe H. 5x7 inch glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.