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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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New Orleans circa 1900. "Henry Clay Monument, Canal Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
San Francisco, 1940. "International stake bed truck." Ready to roll up its sleeves and get to work. 8x10 inch acetate negative. View full size.
Spring 1940. "Store in Bisbee, Arizona. Phelps-Dodge practically owns this town: the copper mines, the principal mercantile company, the hospital and the hotel." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
May 1940. "Looking down on the rooftops of Bisbee, Arizona. Copper mining center in the Mule Mountains, elevation 5,300 feet." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
May 1940. "Youngsters in the swimming pool at the desert dude ranch at Coolidge, Arizona." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. View full size.
April 1940. Coolidge, Arizona. "Swimming pool at desert dude ranch." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Admin. View full size.
May 1940. "Side street [Subway Street] of Bisbee, Arizona. Copper mining center." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
May 1940. "On the main street of Mogollon, New Mexico." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
New York circa 1906. "Custom House and Bowling Green." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
New York circa 1906. "Manhattan Opera House, West 34th Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Lake Erie circa 1908. "Gordon Park bathing pavilion, Cleveland, Ohio." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
New York circa 1905. "U.S. Sub-Treasury (Federal Hall), Wall Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1905. "In the court of the Hotel Ponce de Leon." Back at the Frog Fountain. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
New York circa 1905. "J.P. Morgan building, 23 Wall Street at Broad." The Drexel Building, eclipsed by its gilded tenant at the nexus of the financial universe. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
New York circa 1905. "Up Fifth Avenue from 28th Street." With a view of Marble Collegiate Church. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.