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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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Columbia County, Pennsylvania, circa 1901. "Hanging rock on the Susquehanna, near Danville." A scene last glimpsed here. 8x10 glass negative. View full size.
Cleveland circa 1900. "Arcade Building, south face, Euclid Avenue." Public Square in the distance. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Photographic Co. View full size.
New York circa 1912. "Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street." At left, the East Coast outlet of California's Cawston Ostrich Farm. 5x7 inch glass negative. View full size.
August 1915. "Steamship ticket office at pier, Avalon, Catalina Island, California." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Venice, California, circa 1907. "View of the Abbot Kinney Pier showing auditorium, Ship Cafe and dance hall." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
San Francisco, 1918. "Columbia Six touring car." Today's specimen in the Shorpy Menagerie of Mesozoic Motorcars. Photo by Christopher Helin. View full size.
Pittsburgh circa 1904. "Post Office, Fourth Avenue and Smithfield Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Avalon, Calif., circa 1915. "Bathers at Hotel Metropole, Catalina Island." And yet another popcorn stand. 5x7 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
Santa Monica, Calif., circa 1915. "Pier Avenue, Ocean Park." Meet you in an hour at the Sundae Shop! 5x7 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
1940. Davidson's Bakery goods for sale in the cake display at Henry's (Harvey's?) grocery store in Olympia, Washington.
Charleston circa 1900. "Sergeant Jasper monument, White Point Garden." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
1901. "Chicora Park, Charleston, South Carolina." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
The statue was removed by official order and moved to an unknown location on May 19, 2017. (Wikipedia)
New Orleans circa 1900. "General Lee monument, Tivoli Circle, St. Charles Avenue." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Co. View full size.
New Orleans circa 1900. "Foot of Canal Street -- Riverboat at the levee." The sternwheeler America of Galena, Illinois. 8x10 glass negative. View full size.
Vicksburg, Mississippi, circa 1890s. "Pemberton's Headquarters." John C. Pemberton (U.S.A., C.S.A., 1814-1881) was the Confederate general noted for his surrender in the Siege of Vicksburg. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.