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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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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.
September 1938. "Children of Greenbelt, Maryland, family buying groceries in cooperative store." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
February 19, 1958. "Mrs. J.V. Reed residence in Hobe Sound, Florida. Guest house. William Kemp Kaler, architect; Innocenti & Webel, landscape architect." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1861. "Guards at ferry landing on Mason's Island examining a pass." Wet plate glass negative by George N. Barnard. View full size.
September 1938. "Children buying groceries in co-op store. Greenbelt, Maryland." Medium format negative by Marion Post Woolcott. View full size.
June 1941. "Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Getting a haircut at Camp Shelby." Medium format acetate negative by William Perlitch. View full size.
September 1938. "Coal mining town of Welch [i.e., Eckman], in the Bluefield section of West Virginia." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
May 1862. "Yorktown, Va. (vicinity). The Peninsular Campaign -- Camp Winfield Scott. Duc de Chartres, Comte de Paris, Prince de Joinville and friends playing dominoes at mess table." Wet plate negative by James F. Gibson. View full size.