The Detroit River circa 1910. "Wayne Hotel and pavilion from the river." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

October 1959. "Lord & Taylor department store, Washington-Chevy Chase. View to south facade." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.

September 1941. "South Royalton, Vermont. The main street." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

October 1940. "Along U.S. Highway No. 1 -- street scene in Caribou, Maine." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

March 1941. "Traffic on the main street of Fayetteville, North Carolina, at about five o'clock, when the workers start coming out of Fort Bragg." Photo by Jack Delano. View full size.

October 1940. "Mr. and Mrs. Lindore Labbe and children in their newly-built home. Mr. Labbe, FSA client, runs a small seed foundation unit in Wallagrass, Maine." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

October 1940. "Mr. Lawrence J. Brown, Aroostook potato farmer, operates a small seed foundation unit in Eagle Lake, Maine. His three sons and one hired man do all the work. The little boy on the left picked fourteen barrels of potatoes before lunch." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

October 1940. "Scenes along U.S. Route 1. Main street in Caribou, Maine." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

October 1940. "Mrs. Baptiste Jendreau, wife of French-Canadian FSA (Farm Security Administration) client and potato farmer near Saint David, Maine." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

April 1940. "Post office and gas station. Le Grand, Iowa." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1940. "Farmers and townspeople in center of town on court day. Campton, Kentucky." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

February 1942. "Shannon County, Missouri. Gas station and tourist cabins." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

February 1942. "Union County, Illinois. Gas station and roadhouse." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

Arlington, Virginia, 1942. "Washington-Hoover Airport terminal and Eastern Air Lines sign prior to demolition for construction of the Pentagon." Nitrate negative by Harold Lang. View full size.

January 1942. Washington County, Illinois. "Billy Williams, 65-year-old squatter, living in shack he built himself." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.