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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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Circa 1902. "Sam Peths [?]." 5x7 inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio in Washington, D.C. View full size.
Circa 1902. "Miss K. Weston." Head and shoulders above the rest. 5x7 inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio in Washington, D.C. View full size.
October 15, 1922. Washington, D.C. "National Woman's Party -- moving." 4x5 inch glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.
April 22, 1932. "Ware Shoals, South Carolina. Cotton cloth printing machine from rear." 5x7 inch acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
February 14, 1967. "Divorcée Kay Biocini of Redwood City, Calif., chauffeuring some of her five children, John, George, Peter, Rodney and Ann." 35mm negative from photos by Thomas R. Koeniges for the Look magazine assignment "Divorce Suburban Style." View full size.
September 1952. "Portrait of Broadway entertainer Helen Gallagher in dance pose." Color transparency by Arthur Rothstein for Look magazine. View full size.
Volusia County, Florida, circa 1897. "The Hammock Road near Ormond." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Volusia County, Florida, circa 1897. "In the Ormond hammock." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
May 22, 1928. "Woolworth tower in clouds, New York City." Photo by Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc. View full size.
October 1940. "Durham, North Carolina. Five Points, center of city, with Chesterfield cigarette factories in background." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
October 1940. "Home demonstration booth at the Caswell County fair. Yanceyville, North Carolina." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Savannah, Georgia, circa 1906. "Pulaski House, Bull and St. Julian streets." The venerable hotel and its "Tonsorial Parlor." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
Savannah, Georgia, circa 1906. "Bull Street and Johnson Square -- National Bank of Savannah." With a supporting role played by the Pulaski House Tonsorial Parlor. 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
October 1940. "Old country store. Prospect Hill, Caswell County, North Carolina." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
I oink, therefore I ham.
November 1940. "Hog killing near Luray, Virginia." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.