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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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May 1942. "Jim Tillma, a senior in the engineering college, in the electrical engineering laboratory. University of Nebraska, Lincoln." Acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.
June 1942. "Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority). Housing for defense workers. Kenneth Hall gives daughter Peggy a shower with garden hose in front of their TVA defense home." The nice people last seen here. Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1873-1916. "Unidentified woman with dog. Date based on span of years of Bell Collection." 5x7 glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size.
Columbus, Indiana, 1973. "Commons Courthouse Center. Interior view of shopping mall atrium with trees, walkways and crowd. Architect: César Pelli, Victor Gruen Associates." View full size.
Detroit circa 1918. "Sky scrapers from interurban station, Jefferson Avenue at Bates Street." A view last glimpsed here. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Chicago circa 1910. "Madison Street west from Wabash Avenue." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Philadelphia circa 1905. "City Hall." And its clock-topping, 26-ton statue of William Penn. Composite of two 8x10 inch glass negatives. Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, circa 1907. "Gardner House." Built in 1760 by Mark Hunking Wentworth, with subsequent additions. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
Pensacola, Florida, circa 1910. "Looking north on Palafox Street." Note the Pepsi-Cola streetcar stop. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Toledo, Ohio, circa 1901. "Summit Street." In what seems to be the home furnishings district. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
June 1942. "Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority linemen." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the U.S. Office of Coordinator of Information. View full size.
June 1942. "Experiments in dehydration at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Western Regional Agricultural Research Laboratory in Albany, California. Blindfold test for aroma of cooked dehydrated carrots." Acetate negative by Russell Lee. View full size.
June 1942. "Watts Bar Dam, a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) project. Control room." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
May 1942. "Cooperative gas station at Greenbelt, Maryland, a model community planned by the Suburban Division of the U.S. Resettlement Administration." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Marjory Collins for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
June 1942. "Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority). Workers checking out at end of shift at a chemical engineering plant." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.