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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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September 1941. "Two sons of William Gaynor, FSA dairy farmer near Fairfield, Vermont." Farm Security Administration photo by Jack Delano. View full size.
August 1941. "A street corner in Burlington, Vermont." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1941. "General store in Hinesburg, Vermont." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
September 1941. "The merry-go-round at the State Fair in Rutland, Vermont." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
September 1941. "The 'girlie' show at the State Fair in Rutland, Vermont." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Circa 1900. "Evening on the Potomac, Washington, D.C." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
California (?) circa 1912. "On the trail." A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: The Prequel. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1912. "Copley Plaza Hotel, Copley Square." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Savannah, Georgia, circa 1907. "Broughton Street from Bull." A slightly different perspective on the scene glimpsed here. 8x10 glass negative. View full size.
1901. "Fishermen at Summit, Ill's." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
The Jersey Shore circa 1901. "The Boardwalk and Auditorium Pier, Atlantic City." At Ocean Avenue, George Coryell's Bleak House hotel. View full size.
Egrets, I've had a few.
Washington, D.C., circa 1894-1901. "Miss H.M. Craig." 5x7 glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1894-1901. "Dunn baby." Happy New Year from Shorpy! 5x7 inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size.
October 30, 1918. "Base Hospital No. 7 at Tours, France. American Red Cross Chaplain the Rev. F.M. Eliot taking the home addresses of interned German prisoners, so that their families may be notified that they are well. They showed much appreciation of favors." 5x7 glass negative by Lewis Hine. View full size.
Washington, D.C., 1929. "Radio with wire-loop antenna." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.