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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]
New York circa 1905. "St. Bartholomew's Church parish house, East 42nd Street." Previously seen here. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Circa 1905. "Court Street, Binghamton, N.Y." A bustling promenade of law offices and "dental rooms." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Philadelphia, 1905. "American Academy of Music." With two examples of that latest thing in signage, the electric carriage call. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
New York circa 1905. "St. Bartholomew's Church parish house and clinic, East 42nd Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Dearborn, Michigan. "1954 Ford Mainline two-door sedan." A thrifty ride for the suburban bride. Color transparency from the Ford Motor Co. photographic archives. View full size.
August 1935. "Meat testing. Prince George's County, Maryland." 35mm nitrate negative by Carl Mydans for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
1905. "Sheriff Street Market, Cleveland, O." Offering fruits, vegetables and a plenitude of pigeons. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
1905. "Garfield Building, Cleveland, O." Completed in 1893, it still stands at the corner of Euclid and Sixth. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Circa 1905. "State bath house and pavilion, Revere Beach, Massachusetts." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Circa 1905. "Along the boulevard -- Revere Beach, Massachusetts." All aboard for the Red Planet! 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Circa 1905. "State bath house and pavilion, Revere Beach, Massachusetts." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Detroit circa 1905. "Ferry Building, Woodward Avenue, looking south from Grand River Avenue." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Detroit circa 1905. "Woodward Avenue, looking north from Jefferson" -- vantage on an abundance of bulb-studded signage and electric streetcars, as well as two giant "moonlight tower" lighting standards. 8x10 glass negative, with water damage at the edges. View full size.
New Hampshire circa 1906. "Taking trains of Mount Washington Railway at base station, White Mountains." A cog railway to the highest peak in the Northeast. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
"Sure sounds like trouble," Tip muttered, frowning.
October 1937. "Boy reading in bedroom. Note lack of proper bed clothing. Home of A.O. Ryland, farmer who has quit farming. Near Williston, North Dakota." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.