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@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 10:35 PM

Gauging shells for big guns. New, shiny shells for the Army's 155 mm guns being gauged during production at a large eastern arsenal (c. 1942)
By: Palmer, Alfred T.

#FSA #GreatDepression #oldphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017689125/

Gauging shells for big guns. New, shiny shells for the Army's 155 mm guns being gauged during production at a large eastern arsenal. Photographed by Palmer, Alfred T. Dated c. 1942. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@nextlayertech.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 5:52 PM

Several prints per shot means a shoebox is an afternoon, not a winter project.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextlt.refoto&referrer=utm_source%3Dbluesky%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_v3%26utm_content%3Done-afternoon
#oldphotos #genealogy #scanning

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:46 PM

Bill Wilkinson, Imperial Wizard, Ku Klux Klan (c. 1965-1980)
By: Ku Klux Klan (1915- )

#posterart #graphicdesign #oldphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/yan/item/2015648260/

Bill Wilkinson, Imperial Wizard, Ku Klux Klan. Photographed by Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). Dated c. 1965-1980. From the Library of Congress, diof.

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 3:26 PM

African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right (1899 or 1900)

#AnselAdams #landscape #oldphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/anedub/item/99472193/

African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Photographed by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. Dated 1899 or 1900. From the Library of Congress, anedub.

@prescottazhistory.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 1:58 PM

PIC OF THE DAY!
A 1918 (World War 1) photo of folks seeing off the troops at the Prescott depot:
#PrescottAZHistory #PrescottAZ #OldPhotos #WW1 #History

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 8:39 AM

The U.S. General Services Administration Building, 18th Street in Washington, D.C (2022-11-29)
By: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-

#Americana #Highsmith #oldphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/highsm/item/2023698625/

The U.S. General Services Administration Building, 18th Street in Washington, D.C. Photographed by Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-. Dated 2022-11-29. From the Library of Congress, diof.

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:39 AM

Portrait of Winfield Scott (no date recorded on shelflist card)

#historicalphotos #archives #oldphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/pga/item/2003677878/

Portrait of Winfield Scott. Dated no date recorded on shelflist card. From the Library of Congress, diof.

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 1:02 AM

Navajo Indians, blanket and belt weavers (1892 or 1893)
By: Mooney, James, 1861-1921

#1920s #photography #oldphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/npco/item/00650886/

Navajo Indians, blanket and belt weavers. Photographed by Mooney, James, 1861-1921. Dated 1892 or 1893. From the Library of Congress, diof.

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 9:41 PM

Nicholas Longworth, 1864-1931 (c. 1928)

#photography #archives #oldphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/ggbain/item/2001704109/

Nicholas Longworth, 1864-1931. Dated c. 1928. From the Library of Congress, diof.

@nextlayertech.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 6:55 PM

Get it onto the phone before the next move loses it. Free to scan.

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#genealogy #oldphotos #familyhistory

@prescottazhistory.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 1:48 PM

Times Change:
This week features the Governor's Mansion (which has always been in the same spot):
#PrescottAZHistory #PrescottAZ #OldPhotos #Arizona #History #OldWest

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 9:19 AM

Boy living in Mays Avenue camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, chopping wood. Refer to general caption no. 21 (1939 July)
By: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986

#FSA #GreatDepression #oldphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017783925/

Boy living in Mays Avenue camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, chopping wood. Refer to general caption no. 21. Photographed by Lee, Russell, 1903-1986. Dated 1939 July. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 7:32 AM

Chicken house on Levi Mills' farm near Spencer, Iowa. This eighty acre farm was owner-operated until this year. Feeding of cattle is done on this farm, keeping the crops on the farm… (1936 Dec)

#FSA #GreatDepression #oldphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017763364/

Chicken house on Levi Mills' farm near Spencer, Iowa. This eighty acre farm was owner-operated until this year. Feeding of cattle is done on this farm, keeping the crops on the farm, thus maintaining soil fertility. Photographed by Lee, Russell, 1903-1986. Dated 1936 Dec. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 10:11 PM

Scene from a frigid street rodeo, part of the annual Winter Carnival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. As of 2015, the five-day event, first staged in 1913, stood as the oldest winter… (2016-02-05)

#Americana #Highsmith #oldphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/highsm/item/2017687073/