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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]
Savannah, Georgia, 1907. "Broughton Street looking west." With a view of the department store founded by Leopold Adler at the corner of Broughton and Bull. View full size.
New Orleans, 1910. "Orpheum Theatre (St. Charles Theatre), St. Charles Street." Matinee Daily at 2:15. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Circa 1910. "Saltpeter Cave, Natural Bridge, Virginia." Charter members of the Edward Gorey Spelunking Club (Junior Division). 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
January 1939. "Houses at city limits. Charleston, West Virginia." Nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
September 1941. "Children playing in Defrees Alley N.E. near the Capitol building. A basement room rents for 9 dollars a month; two rooms upstairs for 16 dollars; one bath and cold water in the hall for entire building." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
September 1941. "Cattlemen's bar and cafe near Union Stockyards. South Omaha, Nebraska." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
September 1941. "Stockmen's and farmers' and truckers' hotel near Union Stockyards. South Omaha, Nebraska." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the FSA. View full size.
April 1942. "Fort Riley, Kansas. G troop of the 10th Cavalry brigade." The African-American regiment of "Buffalo Soldiers" fame. Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
April 1942. "Fort Riley, Kansas. Training of Negro units and white units. Soldier of a cavalry rifle unit going through smokescreen during a field problem." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the U.S. Foreign Information Service/Office of War Information. View full size.
April 1942. "Fort Riley, Kansas. Signal Corps unit communicating by radio from a scout car during a field problem." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
Birmingham, Alabama, 1906. "Southern Club and Birmingham Athletic Club, 20th Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
June 1942. "Norris Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority). Electric switchyard." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.
June 1942. Jefferson County, Tennessee. "Tennessee Valley Authority -- Cherokee Dam, Holston River. Riveter atop a 250-ton hoist." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
We dedicate this golden (Kodachrome) oldie to picnic-partakers everywhere. Happy Memorial Day from Shorpy!
June 1960 somewhere in Maryland. "Picnic in yard." Janet, of Kermy and Janet, pointing at the camera. Who wants more potato salad? View full size.