Circa 1905. "On the Miami River at Miami, Fla." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Jacksonville, Florida, circa 1905. "Hotel Aragon, Forsyth and Julia streets." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

September 1939. "Truck driver who operates between Twin Cities and radius of 150 miles tying in load. Minneapolis, Minnesota." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

1904. "Marion County Courthouse -- Indianapolis, Indiana." This Second Empire colossus met its Waterloo in 1962. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Co. View full size.

Toledo, Ohio, circa 1910. "Lucas County Courthouse." Completed in 1896, this imposing edifice still stands. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Detroit, Michigan, circa 1901. "Wayne County Building." This multi-layered municipal confection, completed in 1902, still stands as a monument to the wedding-cake school of architecture. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Co. View full size.

Springfield, Massachusetts, circa 1912. "Municipal Building and Civil War monument from Court Square." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Havana, 1904. "Muelle Paula (Alameda de Paula)." The Cuban capital's first waterfront promenade. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

Volusia County, Florida, circa 1897. "On the Tomoka." The nice people last glimpsed here. 8x10 inch glass transparency by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

San Francisco, 1922. "Gardner touring car." Yet another Jazz Age marque that died with its sneakers on. 5x7 inch glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.

January 1942. "College Station, Texas. Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. Cow and calf." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.

Manchester, New Hampshire, circa 1910. "Elm Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Cleveland circa 1910. "Superior Viaduct lift bridge and Cuyahoga River." Another bridge, another flour mill! 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

New York circa 1910. "Williamsburg Bridge and East River waterfront." With a cameo by the Heckers' Flour mill on Water Street. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

New York circa 1911. "The Canyon of Lower Broadway at Bowling Green and Battery Place." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.