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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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"Yale Varsity 4 at boathouse (1913)." As for whatever the coxswain is calling out, you can fill in the blanks in the comments below. 5x7 inch glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.
July 1941. "Gas station. Chicago, Illinois." 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
July 1941. "Parking lot. Chicago, Illinois." This is what you call being in a tight spot! 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1901. "View of F Street N.W., north side between 12th & 13th, showing various businesses." 5x7 inch glass negative, D.C. Street Survey Collection. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1901. "View of 12th Street N.W., west side, from near G Street." Merchants and tenants seen here include Morton C. Stout, Tailor, at the corner of 12th and F; a dealer in Sundries and Bedding; a hardware emporium whose name we can't quite make out, as well as a [Something] School; the Washington Chess Club; the Sheetz & Bishop Photographic Stock House; C.A. Muddiman & Co., dealer in Lamps and purveyor of Electric and Gas Fixtures; and Dr. William Dieffenderfer, Dentist. 5x7 inch glass negative. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1901. "View of Seventh Street and Virginia Avenue S.W., looking southeast." 5x7 inch glass negative, D.C. Street Survey Collection. View full size.
This image is but one section of 10-part panorama, described by the caption below. Some (or even all) of the points of interest mentioned may not be visible here.
Washington, D.C., circa 1901. "Aerial view over rowhouses from old Providence Hospital, showing E Street, Heckman Street [now Duddington Place] and F Street S.E. between 1st and 2nd." 8x10 inch glass negative, D.C. Street Survey Collection. View full size.
August 1940. "Daughter of Mormon farmer sweeping up the kitchen. Snowville, Utah." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1940. "Mormon farm family. Snowville, Utah." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
July 1941. "Roughhousing at Fourth of July picnic, Vale, Oregon." Mess with the boys of the Baker Motorcycle Club at your peril. 35mm acetate negative by Russell Lee. View full size.
September 1940. Ouray, Colorado. "Store building. Ouray is the center of a gold mining region and is developing as a tourist center." A continuation of the storefronts last seen here, and a sequel to that other Uray Theatre. Acetate negative by Russell Lee. View full size.
July 1941. "Store with cap guns and fireworks for sale, Fourth of July, Vale, Oregon." 35mm acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1940. "Daughter of Mormon farmer putting away dishes in kitchen cabinet. Box Elder County, Utah." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
August 1940. "Wife of Mormon farmer with canned goods. Snowville, Utah." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
July 1938. "Looking north. Monongahela River, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.