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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 1942. Babies' Hospital, New York. "Student nurses, like Susan Petty of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, are rendering their country a great service by making it possible for experienced nurses to join the Army or Navy Nurse Corps. Relieved of such civilian duties as administering injections to patients like this smiling youngster, graduate nurses are tending America's fighting men in distant parts of the world." Photo by Fritz Henle, Office of War Information. View full size.
November 1942. New York. "Nurse training. After a day of hard work and study, Susan Petty and her fellow student nurses enjoy a swim and frolic in the pool, one of the recreational facilities offered in the School of Nursing residence." Medium format negative by Fritz Henle for the Office of War Information. View full size.
March 29, 1941. "James H. McGraw Jr. residence in Hobe Sound, Florida. Patio. Henry Corse, architect." Gottscho-Schleisner photo. View full size.
March 29, 1941. "James H. McGraw Jr. residence in Hobe Sound, Florida. Loggia. Henry Corse, architect; Jessup Inc., decorator." Note glass hats and boots among the tchotchkes in the cupboard. Gottscho-Schleisner photo. View full size.
February 1943. "Enola O'Connell, age 32, widow and mother of one child, ex-housewife, now the only woman welder at Heil and Co., Milwaukee, maker of gasoline trailers for the Army Air Forces." Medium format Kodachrome by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information. View full size.
October 1, 1936. Washington, D.C. "Supreme Court guard." You may approach the bench. Then make a sharp right. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
July 1942. "Truckload of ponderosa pine, Edward Hines Lumber Co. operations in Malheur National Forest, Grant County, Oregon." Medium-format Kodachrome by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.
April 1941. "Scene in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois." Photographer Russell Lee's exploration of the South Side enclave known as Bronzeville continues with this stop at a garden plot fenced by Coca-Cola signs. View full size.
April 1941. "Couple at rollerskating rink. Southside, Chicago, Illinois." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
October 11, 1904. Bath, Maine. "Launch of the battleship U.S.S. Georgia at Bath Iron Works." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
April 1941. "Rollerskating on Saturday night. Chicago, Illinois." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
April 1941. "Kitchenette apartments on South Parkway, Chicago, Illinois. These are rented to Negroes." Medium format negative by Russell Lee. View full size.
April 1941. "South Side Chicago, 47th Street (Bronzeville)." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
June 1940. "Youngsters in a bar at Mogollon, New Mexico." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
October 1904. "After the launch -- U.S.S. Georgia at Bath, Maine." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.