New York circa 1899. "Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital -- visiting a patient." Who was last seen here. Sailor at upper left is Hermann Kuchmeister, wounded at Cienfuegos, Cuba, in the Spanish American War. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

March 1950. "Microfilm reading room, Library of Congress. Man viewing Washington Post newspaper on a microfilm reader machine." Which is literally true -- he's looking at an actual paper newspaper page resting on top of the reading screen, probably because it photographs better than a projected microfilm image would. 8x10 inch acetate negative. View full size.

Philadelphia circa 1905. "Broad Street north from City Hall." The statue honors Major General John Fulton Reynolds, a Pennsylvania native who was the highest-ranking Union officer killed at the Battle of Gettysburg. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Jacksonville, Florida, circa 1900. "St. James Hotel, West Duval Street." At one time the largest hotel in the Southeast, the St. James burned in the Great City Fire of 1901 but was later rebuilt. 8x10 glass negative by William Henry Jackson, Detroit Photographic Co. View full size.

In the Navy circa 1900. "A shipboard boxing match." (Others here, here and here.) 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

Boston circa 1905. "South Station and elevated line." At 12:40; a scene last glimpsed here at 3:34. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

New York circa 1898. "U.S.S. Vixen -- Miss Vixen, the mascot." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

1959. Spectators watching a parade in Truro, Massachusetts, near the location of today's 11 Truro Center Road. 35mm Kodachrome slide. View full size.

August 22, 1922. Washington, D.C. "Weather Bureau -- Up goes the hydrogen balloon at the weather bureau and down comes information as to the direction and velocity of the winds." 4x5 inch glass negative, National Photo Company. View full size.

New York circa 1898. "Machine gun at Brooklyn Navy Yard." The Bard might opine that this sailor is not getting enough shuteye. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Photographic. View full size.

Hampton Roads, Virginia, circa 1893. "Mail orderlies of all nations at Hampton Roads." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

The Great Northern docks at Seattle, 1905. "S.S. Dakota, loading structural steel for the Orient." Our third look at this short-lived steamship. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.

The Great Northern docks at Seattle, 1905. "S.S. Dakota, after weather deck." Our second look at this ill-fated freighter. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Seattle, 1905. "S.S. Dakota, detail amidships." 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.

Detroit circa 1902. "Cadillac Square, Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument and Wayne County Building from City Hall." 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

Eva Marie Saint in the dining car of the 20th Century Limited opposite Cary Grant in the 1959 Hitchcock spy thriller "North by Northwest." She recommends the brook trout. View full size.

        Eva Marie Saint, who won an Academy Award in 1955 for her gripping movie debut as the shy love interest of Marlon Brando’s longshoreman in “On the Waterfront,” and who proved equally convincing as a stylish siren opposite Cary Grant in the romantic Hitchcock thriller “North by Northwest,” died on Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 102. -- New York Times