"Coal miner during May 1939 strike. Kempton, West Virginia." 4x5 acetate negative by John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

November 1936. "The chicken range at Westmoreland Homesteads, Penn­sylvania." Where there's dancing nitely at the Fryers Club. Medium format negative by Edwin Locke for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

Summer 1938. "General store interior. Florence County, South Carolina." A variety of unpleasant-looking nostrums from the punishment pharmacopoeia. Who wants saltpeter? From the FSA archive, credited to "Cox, photographer." View full size.

February 1939. Sebastian, Texas. "Migrant camp of workers who hope to get employment in the winter vegetable harvest. Daughter of white migrants reaching for stick of wood." Medium format negative by Russell Lee. View full size.

Volusia County, Florida, circa 1897. "Lake Louise, near Seville." Before they moved it to Alberta. 8x10 glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

Detroit circa 1910. "Detroit River Tunnel, Michigan Central R.R." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1942. "Conservation of fuel oil -- rock-wool attic insulation." Office of War Information photo. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1942. "Food rationing stamps. Demonstration of point rationing plan in schools." With what seem to be some tasty sides of Mexican culture. United States Office of War Information photo. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1928. "Fussell-Young Ice Cream Co. trucks." Harking back to the days when ice cream was local. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.

Prince George's County, Maryland, circa 1923. "First National Bank, Mount Rainier." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

October 1938. "Playground in Greenhills, Ohio." Medium format negative by John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

1938. "Andrews Log House, Rutherford County, North Carolina. Norwell, tenant." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.

Fairbury, Nebraska, 1953. Walter Gorham, my uncle, ran this restaurant in the Mary-Etta Hotel. View full size.

Boston circa 1906. "Board of Trade, Broad Street." Now the Boston Oakwood apartments. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

Circa 1904. "Summer Street in Boston, Mass." With much idiosyncratic signage. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.