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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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Washington, D.C., circa 1927. "E.B. Adams Co. -- Cafeteria, All States Hotel for Women." 8x10 inch glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.
March 1943. "New Orleans, Louisiana. Poydras Street dock worker." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Washington, D.C. "1928 Georgetown University baseball team at Healy Hall." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
1904. "Residences on Church Street. Jacksonville, Fla." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1928. "Wardman Construction Co. -- Printcraft Building, 930 H Street N.W." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Cincinnati circa 1904. "Elsinore Tower entrance, Eden Park." Valve house for the Cincinnati Water Works. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
October 1921. Frederick, Maryland. "Washington Herald tours -- Duplex truck, Frederick Fair." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
The Bronx circa 1904. "Tennis courts at New York University." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1904. "University of Cincinnati." McMicken Hall, flanked by his siblings Hanna Hall and Cunningham Hall. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
Cincinnati circa 1904. "Reservoir and pumping station, Eden Park." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
The Jersey Shore in 1904. "The bathing hour, Atlantic City -- Steeplechase and Steel piers." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
1904. "North Broad Street, Philadelphia. Masonic Temple and Arch Street Methodist Church, north from City Hall." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
New York, 1904. "Knickerbocker Trust Company Building, Fifth Avenue and 34th Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
New York circa 1904. "23rd Street Branch, Y.M.C.A." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Jacksonville, Florida, circa 1904. "Hemming Park and Monroe Street." "Hear evangelist Small to-night." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.