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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.
[REV 25-NOV-2014]
March 1940. "Woman hanging clothes to dry. Laundry equipment is in constant use. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
San Francisco circa 1923. "Barley sedan on California Street at Huntington Park." Today's reading from the Shorpy Bible of Baroque Barouches. 5x7 inch glass negative by that automotive amanuensis Christopher Helin. View full size.
BOY: Hey! Mister what made you so big and healthy?
MAN: I eat some of — Jimmie's celery every day!
July 1939. Washington, D.C. "Sign in wholesale market." Medium format acetate negative by David Myers for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
February 1942. "Brownsville, Texas. Charro Days fiesta. A pair of bandidos." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information. View full size.
December 1937. "Deer hunter. Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
July 1937. "Antebellum plantation house in Greene County, Georgia." 4x5 acetate negative by Dorothea Lange, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
July 1941. "Store in alley-dwelling section of Washington, D.C." Medium format acetate negative by Edwin Rosskam. View full size.
December 1941. "New York, New York. Demolition for slum clearance. Whole blocks of a slum area are torn down to make room for a housing project." Photo by Edwin Rosskam for the Office of War Information. View full size.
New Orleans circa 1906. "Haunted House (Warrington House), Royal and Hospital Streets." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
February 1939. "Service station in Harlingen, Texas." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
"Refreshment stand model, 1964-65 New York World's Fair, for the Brass Rail Food Service Organization. Victor Alfred Lundy, architect." View full size.
September 1937. "McNally family dairy farm in Kirby, Vermont. The McNallys at dinner." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Admin. View full size.
UPDATE: Resident pantomath tterrace puts us at Jefferson Square Park, while Shorpy member 426hemi identifies the car as a 1922 Winton Six Model 40. Well done!
The place: San Francisco circa 1920. The tires: Goodrich Silvertown Cords. That's about all we can say about this 5x7 glass plate, whose negative sleeve is devoid of any caption information. We leave it to you to fill in the blanks. View full size.
July 1938. "Family of Clifford Shorts, a roller at the Jones & Laughlin mill. Photos show Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, a steel mill town on the Ohio River. Workers' homes on surrounding hills are segregated according to race or nationality in 'plans'." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
October 1938. "Farm wife. Burlington County, New Jersey." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.