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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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February 1942. "Bates County relocation project, Missouri. Abandoned roadhouse." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
February 1942. "Burlington, Iowa. Sunnyside unit, Farm Security Administration trailer camp. In a trailer for workers at the Burlington ordnance plant." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Detroit circa 1915. "Chalmers Motor Company plant, Jefferson Avenue." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Circa 1915. "Mildred Lodge -- Ormond, Fla." Rooms $2.50 and up. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
March 1959. "Home economist Anne Anderson demonstrating the RCA-Whirlpool 'Miracle Kitchen of the Future,' a display at the American National Exhibition in Moscow." Kodachrome by Bob Lerner for the Look magazine article "What the Russians Will See." View full size.
September 1952. "Man in an airport control tower looking at radar screen. Also other equipment used by air traffic controllers." Acetate negative from the Look magazine assignment "International Airport." View full size.
March 1940. "Skiers on top of Cannon Mountain. Franconia Notch, New Hampshire." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
September 1941. "Small-town scenes in Vermont. Storefronts along the main street in South Royalton." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
November 1940. "Residential section of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This is one of the few Dakota towns with plenty of trees. They were brought here when the town was first settled by Easterners." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.
January 1941. "Freedom oil refinery. Freedom, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Detroit, 1910. "Woodward Avenue." A prequel to the bustling scene depicted here. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Detroit circa 1908. "Woodward Avenue and Central Methodist Episcopal Church." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
1901. "Isle of Palms near Charleston, South Carolina." Panorama made from two 8x10 inch glass negatives. Photo by William Henry Jackson. View full size.
Detroit circa 1910. "Y.W.C.A., Washington Boulevard and Clifford Street." The building last glimpsed here. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
November 1939. "Scene in the business section of Gonzales, Texas." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.