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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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Circa 1900. "Ebbitt House, Washington, D.C." The hotel, at 14th and F Streets NW before being torn down in 1925, lives on in the name of the Old Ebbitt Grill a block away. 8x10 inch glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.
Circa 1910. "Bathing beach, Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
This image of a baby relaxing on the floor comes from a set of glass negatives taken in Pawnee City, Nebraska, around 1910 or earlier. View full size.
Magnolia, Massachusetts, circa 1906. "The Oceanside from Cobblestone Beach." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Principal workplace of the Governor of Vermont since 1971, the Second Empire style Pavilion is located at 109 State Street.
Montpelier, Vermont, circa 1904. "Pavilion Hotel." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Boston circa 1904. "Lafayette Mall -- Masonic Temple and Hotel Touraine." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
The 1849 Custom House, built at the end of the city docks, was used by the federal government to collect maritime duties in the age of Boston clipper ships. In 1915, after land reclamation had filled in the waterfront, the dome was topped with a 500-foot tower.
Circa 1906. "Custom House -- Boston, Massachusetts." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Shelter Island, New York, circa 1904. "Landing at Manhanset Manor." The sidewheeler Nantasket coming abeam. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.
All I know about this 3-D slide is that it was taken in 1956. See my previous post for tips on how to "free-view" this stereo slide from my collection. View full size.
Circa 1904. "Sylvester Avenue, Manhanset Manor, Shelter Island, N.Y." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
New York circa 1924. "Koshetz and child." The soprano Nina Koshetz and her daughter Marina Schubert. 5x7 glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.
July 1941. "People in Vale, Oregon, for the Fourth of July celebration." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
July 1941. "Carnival attractions in Vale, Oregon, on the Fourth of July." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
June 1941. "Boxing. Transient workers living at the FSA migratory farm labor camp. Athena, Oregon (mobile unit)." The scrappers last seen here. Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
November 1941. "Mrs. Buck Grant, Farm Security Administration client, with her canned goods. Near Woodville, Georgia." Photo by Jack Delano. View full size.