September 1937. "The Herman Gerling family near Wheelock, North Dakota. The daughter lost her arm four years ago." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Manhattan circa 1906. "Boys' playground, Central Park, New York." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

September 1937. "Lumberjack at the bar on Saturday night. Craigville, Minnesota." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1937. "Herman Gerling, farmer. Barrels on truck are for hauling spring water. Near Wheelock, North Dakota." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1937. "Boardinghouse in Littlefork, Minnesota." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

New Orleans circa 1903. "Jackson Square and St. Louis Cathedral." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

September 1937. "Cooks drying 'silverware' in logging camp near Effie, Minnesota." Medium format negative by Russell Lee. View full size.

September 1937. "Cabin of Steve Flanders, cut-over farmer near Northome, Koochiching County, Minnesota." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

May 30, 1940. "Bertram F. Willcox residence in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York. Upper deck. Moore & Hutchins, architect." The house last seen here. Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.

May 30, 1940. "Bertram F. Willcox residence in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York. Outside stairs to upper deck. Moore & Hutchins, architect." Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.

New York, 1957. "Broadway Theatre District -- Times Square at night." Now playing at Loew's State: "The Sweet Smell of Success." 35mm negative from the Look magazine photo archive. View full size.

October 1942. "Health measures for low home temperatures. Down goes the thermometer and out come flannel nightclothes, almost like the kind Grandpa used to wear, as government workers in Washington, D.C., dress for the 65-degree maximum temperature recommended by the fuel oil limitation order." Photo by Albert Freeman for the Office of War Information. View full size.

        UPDATE: Commenter "Outside Food," a professor at Drexel University, was the first to identify the location of this January 1940 photo of Durham, North Carolina, by Arthur Rothstein.

"Aerial view of Xxxxx." Who'll be the first to tell us where we are? View full size.

March 1940. "Railroad station. Elko, Nevada." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

October 1942. "Health measures for low home temperatures. The American male, accustomed to heavy clothing indoors and out, probably won't mind the lower home temperatures imposed by the government's fuel oil limitation order; but the ladies had better adopt costumes of warmer materials made with long sleeves to ward off the chill air this winter." 4x5 inch nitrate negative by Albert Freeman for the Office of War Information. View full size.