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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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June 1940. "This woman and her daughter are helping their neighbors plant their tobacco field. The bonnet is homemade. On U.S. 15, about five miles northeast of Durham, North Carolina." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
June 1940. "Baltimore-Washington Boulevard. U.S. Highway No. 1. Baltimore, Maryland." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
May 1940. "Interior of general store and poolroom at Stem, Granville County, North Carolina." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
January 1942. "Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. Family of a sugar worker living in one of the company houses behind the mill. All these people live in the same house." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1948. "Trinity College. Small alcove in library on campus." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Theodor Horydczak. View full size.
January 1942. Ensenada, Puerto Rico. "One of the mills in the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company plant." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
January 1942. "Yauco, Puerto Rico, In a small cigar factory. These cigars are made for local consumption and sell for about two cents." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
January 1942. "Lares, Puerto Rico. In an apothecary store." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
August 1943. "Southfields, New York. Interracial activities at Camp Nathan Hale, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service. The boardinghouse reach." Photo by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information. View full size.
June 1940. "Diner along U.S. Highway No. 1 near Berwyn, Maryland." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
June 1940. "Railroad tracks along U.S. Route 1 at Hyattsville, Maryland." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
February 1943. "Soldier and his girl waiting for a train at Chicago Union Station." Photo by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
September 1938. "Coal mining community near Welch, West Virginia." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
September 1938. "Coal mining community near Welch, West Virginia." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
September 1938. "Old private house, now a tourist home. Buckhannon, West Virginia." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.