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.

        The B&O Ellicott City Depot is the oldest surviving railroad station in the U.S. Built in 1831, it was the terminus of the first 13 miles of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

Howard County, Maryland, 1920. "Herald tour to Annapolis (Ellicott City railroad station)." One in a series of photos documenting the Washington Herald's "pathfinding tour" by car from one capital to another, back when inter-city automobile travel, still something of a novelty, could be a real adventure. 4x5 inch glass negative, National Photo Company. View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1926. "Post Products Co. -- Dodge Bros. trucks at Lincoln Memorial." 8x10 inch glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.

        Inscription on the White House Zero Mile reads: POINT FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCES FROM WASHINGTON ON HIGHWAYS OF THE UNITED STATES

Washington, D.C., 1926. "Cross Continent Trip -- Official Car, Lee Highway Association; White House in background." The "Cross Continent Trip" was a publicity stunt promoting a proposed "national highway" that would traverse the United States from New York to Southern California via Washington. 8x10 inch glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1917. "Dodge Brothers trucks -- Lerch's van." Lerch's billed itself as "Washington's Foremost Cleansers and Dyers." 8x6 inch glass negative. View full size.

Montgomery County, Maryland, circa 1930. "Glen Echo Park." 8x10 inch glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.

Rockville, Maryland, 1926. "Montgomery County Motor Co." A behind-the-scenes look at MCMC's oil-stained service bay. 8x10 inch glass negative, National Photo Co. View full size.

Rockville, Maryland, circa 1926. "Montgomery County Motor Co." A view from inside the "Used Cars" section of the Chevrolet dealership seen here a few years ago. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "Ford Motor Co. -- Lincoln at Lincoln Memorial." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.