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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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April 1942. "Grocery store in copper mining center of Butte, Montana." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
May 1942. "Lancaster County, Nebraska. Mrs. Lynn May, FSA borrower, cleaning a chicken." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
September 1941. "Living room of farm family, members of Boundary Farms FSA project." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
July 1941. "Idaho wheat country -- extensive rolling fields. Lewiston Hill, north of Lewiston." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
March 1943. "Santa Fe R.R. trip. Packing oranges at a co-op packing plant, Redlands, Calif." Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
September 1941. "Farmer and son, members of the Boundary Farms FSA project. Boundary County, Idaho." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
July 1941. "Logging train. Spalding Junction, Nez Perce County, Idaho." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
September 1941. Yakima, Washington. "Work Projects Administration instructor demonstrates proper method of wrapping apple at apple packing school at FSA migratory labor camp." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
September 1941. "In the living room of farm family, members of Boundary Farms FSA project. Boundary County, Idaho." Photo by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
July 1941. "Washington wheat country. Farm machinery for sale and repair shop in Colfax, Washington." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
September 1941. "Sunbath on the beach. Seaside, Oregon." Enjoying "the panorama of the beach." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
September 1941. "Indians fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls, Oregon. At the present time Indians have by treaty exclusive right for fishing in Columbia River, which is adjacent to their reservation. This right is now being contested in lawsuits." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
September 1941. "Highway leading down to the gorge at the Columbia River from the bench land. Klickitat County, Washington." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. View full size.
"No caption" is all it says here. From photos taken in July 1941 by Russell Lee in Idaho for the Farm Security Administration, this one at "Official Light Testing Station No. 89" -- possibly in Lewiston or Genesee. Medium format acetate negative. View full size.
April 3, 1914. San Francisco (Daly City). "Jim Clabby & Bill Murray." Middleweight champion "Jimmy" Clabby and "Billy" Murray, who fought to a draw after 20 rounds. 5x7 inch glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.