Framed or unframed, desk size to sofa size, printed by us in Arizona and Alabama since 2007. Explore now.
Shorpy is funded by you. Patreon contributors get an ad-free experience.
Learn more.
Vintage photos of:
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]
Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1906. "View in Chester Park." Bridal Tours and Auto Rides, 10 cents. Slide the Slides for free! 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Boston circa 1906. "Mechanics Hall, Huntington Avenue." Last seen here, with less ivy. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
June 1942. Redding, California (vicinity). "Shasta Dam under construction." Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.
The Hudson River, 1892. "U.S. double turret monitor Miantonomoh." Named after the Narragansett chief. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by Edward H. Hart. View full size.
1898. "U.S.S. Nahant. The ship's mascots." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by Edward H. Hart, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Tuskegee, Alabama, circa 1906. "Tuskegee Institute -- Administration building and library." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
The Ohio River circa 1906. "The Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio." The Louisville & Cincinnati Line sidewheeler City of Cincinnati. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
Washington, D.C., 1888. "Two Moons and American Horse, Cheyenne chiefs." Veterans of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. 5x7 inch glass negative, C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size.
Boston circa 1906. "Quincy House and Faneuil Hall from Barrister's Hall, Boston University." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
September 1957. New York. "Tennis champion Althea Gibson unpacking trophies at her home in Harlem." Medium format acetate negative by Genevieve Naylor for the Look magazine assignment "Althea Gibson: Tragic Success Story." View full size.
Sardinia, Ohio, circa 1942. "Man shoveling ears of dried corn from wagon through feed store window." 35mm Kodachrome by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
November 1942. "Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Detroit, Michigan. Coke being pushed into a quenching car." 4x5 inch Kodachrome transparency by Arthur S. Siegel for the Office of War Information. View full size.
October 1942. "North American's P-51 'Mustang' fighter is in service with Britain's Royal Air Force. North American Aviation Inc., Inglewood, California." 4x5 inch Kodachrome transparency by Mark Sherwood for the Office of War Information. View full size.
April 1943. "Tracks at Chicago & North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago." Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
October 1942. "Scrap and salvage depot, Butte, Montana." 4x5 inch Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.