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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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August 1942. Washington, D.C. "Saturday afternoon, Seventh Street and Florida Avenue N.W." Photo by Gordon Parks, Office of War Information. View full size.
December 1941. New York. "Broadway from Bowling Green." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
December 1941. "Construction work on lower part of the East River Drive. New York City." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
December 1941. "Elevated train structure and buildings -- Lower Manhattan." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
Scranton, Pennsylvania, circa 1901. "Municipal Building, Washington Avenue and Mulberry Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
December 1941. "Hunters. Dailey, West Virginia." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
January 1939. "Signs along highway approaching Hurst, Illinois." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
June 1939. "Gold mine owners built substantial homes in ghost town of Pony, Montana." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
June 1939. "Bartender in Birney, Rosebud County, Montana." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
June 1940. "Detail of front of store building. Mogollon, New Mexico." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
June 1940. "Clown rider with his trick mule at rodeo. Quemado, New Mexico." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
November 1938. "The Coronado Apartments. Omaha, Nebraska." Medium format negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
November 1938. "Saloon and liquor store near Cudahy packing plant. South Omaha, Nebraska." Metz on the left, Blatz on the right. Medium format negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
November 1938. "Loan companies on lower Douglas Street. Omaha, Nebraska." Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
May 1862. "Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Servants at Prince de Joinville's quarters." Wet plate glass negative by James F. Gibson. View full size.