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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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November 1940. "Son of Mormon farmer. Santa Clara, Utah." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
October 1942. The Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant in Fort Worth, Texas. "Production. Halfway down the final line of a Western aircraft plant at which B-24 bombers and C-87 transports are made. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87 and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country." Photo by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information. View full size.
1938. "Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. House fronts in a mining town." The off-kilter castle last seen here. Acetate negative by Sheldon Dick. View full size.
May 1940. Wenona, Maryland. "Fishing parties for summer tourists are one source of income for Deal Island fishermen." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
May 1940. "Negro tobacco planter's family. The three children in the background are those of a neighbor. Near Farrington, Chatham County, North Carolina." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
May 1940. "Grocery in Stem, Granville County, North Carolina." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
May 1940. From the vicinity of Stem, North Carolina, comes this uncaptioned snap of a gas pump, fertilizer barns and some mules by Jack Delano. View full size.
May 1940. "Interior of poolroom and general store. Stem, Granville County, North Carolina." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
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.