April 1942. "Fort Riley, Kansas. G troop of the 10th Cavalry brigade." The African-American regiment of "Buffalo Soldiers" fame. Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

April 1942. "Fort Riley, Kansas. Training of Negro units and white units. Soldier of a cavalry rifle unit going through smokescreen during a field problem." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the U.S. Foreign Information Service/Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1942. "Fort Riley, Kansas. Signal Corps unit communicating by radio from a scout car during a field problem." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.

Birmingham, Alabama, 1906. "Southern Club and Birmingham Athletic Club, 20th Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

June 1942. "Norris Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority). Electric switchyard." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.

June 1942. Jefferson County, Tennessee. "Tennessee Valley Authority -- Cherokee Dam, Holston River. Riveter atop a 250-ton hoist." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.

        We dedicate this golden (Kodachrome) oldie to picnic-partakers everywhere. Happy Memorial Day from Shorpy!

June 1960 somewhere in Maryland. "Picnic in yard." Janet, of Kermy and Janet, pointing at the camera. Who wants more potato salad? View full size.

June 1942. "Knoxville, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority). Teen-age boys and girls train for defense work made possible by TVA at a National Youth Administration school." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.

June 1942. "Knox County, Tennessee. Electrification of farms made possible by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Mrs. Wiegel, farm wife, uses electric vacuum cleaner." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.

Fall 1900. New York City. "Metropolitan Opera House, Broadway and 39th Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

Minneapolis, 1908. "The flour milling district, from lower dam at St. Anthony's Falls." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

May 1942. "Portuguese-Americans in California. Irene Farias, who was queen of the Saint Jude Society of San Lorenzo, and her maids visit the Holy Ghost Festival at Novato. Miss Farias' mother was born in Portugal, her father in Honolulu." Photo by Russell Lee. View full size.

June 1942. "Douglas Dam Victory Project, Tennessee Valley Authority. Workmen." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the U.S. Foreign Information Service. View full size.

June 1942. "Wilson Dam, Alabama. Tennessee Valley Authority. Workers checking out at end of shift at a chemical engineering plant." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.

Detroit, 1908. "Cadillac Square, Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument and Hotel Pontchartrain from City Hall." Also the lower section of one of the city's famous "moonlight tower" arc lamps. And: Someone stop that hat! 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.