New York City circa 1911. "Fifth Avenue looking south from 60th Street." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Philadelphia, 1959. "West and north elevations, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, southwest corner, 24th and Chestnut Streets." 5x7 inch acetate negative by Cervin Robinson for the National Park Service's Historic American Buildings Survey. View full size.

June 1959. "North and east elevations, George Gordon Building, 300 Arch Street (southwest corner of Third and Arch), Philadelphia. Present owner: Religious Society of Friends. Building vacant, awaiting demolition." 5x7 inch acetate negative by Cervin Robinson for the Historic American Buildings Survey. View full size.

Spring 1959. "Arch Street study, Philadelphia, looking north. Taken before demolition in 1959." A city dedicated to the proposition that all men should be free, but parking you have to pay for. Photo by Jack E. Boucher for the Historic American Buildings Survey. View full size.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1959. "Arch Street (houses) study, 527-503 Arch Street (from right to left), looking north. Taken before demolition in 1959." 5x7 inch acetate negative by Jack E. Boucher for the Historic American Buildings Survey. View full size.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1958. "General view; east (front) elevation -- Beck-Care Warehouse, 18-20 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia." Details here. 5x7 inch acetate negative by Cervin Robinson for the Historic American Buildings Survey. View full size.

New York circa 1900-1906. "Terminal building, Hudson River -- Erie Railway, Chambers Street Ferry Terminal." 5x7 nitrate negative, Historic American Buildings Survey. View full size.

March 1943. "Santa Fe R.R. train stopping for coal and water. Laguna, New Mexico." Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

Spring 1943. "Chacon, Mora County, New Mexico." 4x5 inch Kodachrome transparency by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1943. "Dallas, Texas. Proofreading desk of the Dallas Morning News." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1943. Lufkin, Texas. "Newsprint (paper) production and use, from pine tree to Dallas Morning News. Southland Paper Mills worker with equipment used to produce 18-foot rolls of newsprint." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

1920. "Herald tour -- York, Pennsylvania." Our second photo in as many weeks from the Washington Herald's auto tour shows what looks to be a passel of pupils outside their schoolhouse. 4x5 inch glass negative, National Photo Company. View full size.

February 1943. "New York, New York. Associated Transport Company trucking terminal on Twenty-Third Street. Mechanic checking the motor of a transport truck." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

Paterson, New Jersey, ca. 1908. "Passaic Street -- anarchists live here." Paterson was a hotbed of labor unrest in the early 1900s, with the label "anarchist" seemingly applied to anyone from strike organizer to bomb thrower. 5x7 inch glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.

New York circa 1917. "Taking home milk. (Woman with baby carriage holding bottles from one of the depots set up by merchant Nathan Straus to provide pasteurized milk to poor families.)" 5x7 inch glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.

March 29, 1935. "CHERRY BLOSSOMS COMING. Famous Japanese cherry blossoms are beginning to open around Washington's Tidal Basin. Velera Barber, left, and Anne Moffett, both of Washington, are inspecting the blossoms. They predict that the blossoms will be out by Sunday, or Monday, March 31, at the latest." Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.