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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]
New York, 1901. "Central Park -- Bethesda Terrace and Fountain." Starring "Angel of the Waters," a winged bronze by Emma Stebbins dedicated in 1873. Panorama made from two 8x10 inch glass negatives. Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
August 1940. "Street scene in Natchez, Mississippi." The duo last seen here. Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
This is my colorized version of "Cereal Stocker." I researched all of the box art and most of it is accurate to the branding of the time. View full size.
May 1940. "Downtown Louisville, Kentucky; Ohio River in background." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1907. "Bond Building, Fourteenth Street and New York Avenue N.W." 8x10 inch glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.
Here is my colorized version of this Shorpy photo. Seems to me the bathing suits were a little "revealing" for 1927, but I'm sure they sold plenty of Cadillacs because of them. View full size.
June 1941. "Onion plants gone to seed. Canyon County, Idaho." Did Shorpy just hear a Who? Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
February 1940. "Railway station in North Conway, New Hampshire." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
March 1940. "Berlin, New Hampshire -- paper mill town inhabited largely by French-Canadians and Scandinavians." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
June 1940. "Highway near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
January 1939. "Lake Harbor, Florida. Negro agricultural laborers watching one of their houses burn to the ground. All they have left is piled on the ground." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1940. "Street scene in Natchez, Mississippi." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1940. "Kentucky. Louisville waterfront along the Ohio River." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
July 1940. "Canoeing on the Ohio River on Saturday. Louisville, Kentucky." Ladies and gentlemen, meet Bob. Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
Lake Erie circa 1901. "Ore docks and harbor -- Cleveland, O." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.