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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.
[REV 25-NOV-2014]
1938. "New York, New York. A scene on East 62nd Street." Showing the vans of New York Linen Supply, seen here earlier, and a gasometer, or gas holder, from the era of "city gas." Acetate negative by Sheldon Dick for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
April 1941. "South Side Chicago. Telephone booth in Negro tavern." The Bronzeville watering hole known as Tony's Tavern. Acetate negative by Russell Lee. View full size.
November 1940. "Dead leaves in the fall. Marysville, California." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
December 1940. "Mrs. Richard Carter, poultry farmer of Middleboro, Massachusetts. She runs the business of one thousand poulets while her husband drives a bulldozer at an Army camp nearby." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
January 1941. "Railroad cars and factory buildings in Lawrence, Massachusetts." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
January 17, 1941. "On a foggy night in New Bedford, Massachusetts." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
January 1941. "A large textile mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
July 1941. "Municipal airport, Washington, D.C. -- In the teletype room, where weather data and other information is constantly being received." Photo by Jack Delano. View full size.
July 1941. "One of the airlines uses stewards, the other two use hostesses. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
January 1941. "Guests at Sarasota, Fla., trailer park playing shuffleboard." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Detroit circa 1924. "Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Cadillac Square." Also: "Don't Jay Walk -- Stay Safe." 5x7 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
January 1941. "Guests of Sarasota trailer park picnicking at the beach." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
1940. "New Orleans, Louisiana. Old building at Rampart and Bienville streets." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.