This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I created several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers (see full list below). I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
Current totals by data source
Current totals by date accuracy
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum - 22336 items; Sjöhistoriska museet - 11809 items; Bohusläns museum - 7936 items; Vänersborgs museum - 7561 items; Kulturarv Västernorrland - 4090 items; Rijksmuseum - 3241 items; Tekniska museet - 2444 items; Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden - 2317 items; Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum - 2007 items; Miliseum - 1287 items; Örebro läns museum - 1254 items; Flygvapenmuseum - 1058 items; ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - 1042 items; Marinmuseum - 735 items; Skansen - 629 items; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library - 579 items; Riksantikvarieämbetet - 381 items; Stiftelsen Nordiska museet - 288 items; Historisch Museum Ede - 254 items; Stedelijk Museum Zutphen - 221 items; Ajuntament de Girona - 106 items; CODA Museum - 103 items; INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest - 103 items; Upplandsmuseet - 102 items; The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland - 95 items; Aaltense Musea - 58 items; Stadsmuseum Harderwijk - 56 items; Sundsvalls museum - 50 items; National library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" - 44 items; Länsmuseet Gävleborg - 37 items; Nederlands Openluchtmuseum - 31 items; Vasamuseet - 28 items; Images of Old Cluj - 27 items; Nederlands Tegelmuseum - 20 items; Postmuseum - 18 items; Δήμος Τρίπολης - 11 items; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem - 9 items; Cluj County Library - 9 items; Slovak National Library - 8 items; Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs - 7 items; Stadskasteel Zaltbommel - 7 items; Stichting Liemers Museum - 6 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus - 4 items; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" - 3 items; Deventer Musea - 3 items; NOC*NSF - 3 items; Nationalmuseum, Sweden - 2 items; Wikimedia Commons Community - 2 items; Lietuvos švietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History - 2 items; Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár - 2 items; Museum Elburg - 1 items; National Library of Bulgaria - 1 items; Horniman Museum and Gardens - 1 items; jNederlands Openluchtmuseum - 1 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum - 1 items; Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum - 1 items; A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum - 1 items; Slot Loevestein - 1 items; Museon - 1 items
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives - 1730 items; The Library of Congress - 1093 items; SMU Libraries Digital Collections - 1038 items; State Library and Archives of Florida - 912 items; State Library of Queensland, Australia - 891 items; Cornell University Library - 840 items; bibliothequedetoulouse - 821 items; Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons - 567 items; Swedish National Heritage Board - 559 items; National Library of Ireland on The Commons - 494 items; State Library of New South Wales collection - 402 items; Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums - 385 items; MissouriStateArchives - 371 items; National Library of Australia Commons - 295 items; NASA on The Commons - 262 items; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums - 249 items; National Library of Norway - 229 items; Royal Australian Historical Society - 216 items; Deseronto Archives - 183 items; Provincial Archives of Alberta - 177 items; Powerhouse Museum Collection - 170 items; UW Digital Collections - 123 items; National Library NZ on The Commons - 123 items; UA Archives | Upper Arlington History - 114 items; National Library of Scotland - 105 items; Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - 89 items; Australian War Memorial collection - 88 items; Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons - 78 items; National Archives of Estonia - 67 items; Museum of Photographic Arts Collections - 64 items; Stockholm Transport Museum Commons - 61 items; Liberas / Liberaal Archief - 59 items; National Museum of Denmark - 55 items; Costică Acsinte Archive - 49 items; The Gallen-Kallela Museum - 46 items; Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle - 46 items; Museum of Hartlepool - 45 items; George Eastman Museum - 33 items; San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives - 32 items; The National Archives UK - 31 items; tyrrellhistoricallibrary - 29 items; Preus museum - 27 items; Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - 21 items; OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons - 21 items; The Finnish Museum of Photography - 20 items; National Science and Media Museum - 17 items; Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University - 9 items; Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol - 7 items; Smithsonian Institution - 4 items; Getty Research Institute - 4 items; Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland - 4 items; The British Library - 2 items; Camden Public Library (Maine) - 2 items; Center for Jewish History, NYC - 1 items; Kalamazoo Public Library - 1 items; Aalto University Library and Archive Commons - 1 items;
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The website code and generated data is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please (subject to any restrictions as imposed by the content and toolset providers).
[Portrait of Art Tatum, Rochester, N.Y.(?), ca. May 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Benny Goodman, 400 Restaurant, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Benny Goodman, 400 Restaurant, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Boyd Raeburn and Edwin A. Finckel, Edwin A. Finckel's home, Greenwich Village, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Boyd Raeburn, Edwin A. Finckel's home, Greenwich Village, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Buddy Rich, Strand(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Bunk Johnson and Maude Johnson, Stuyvesant Casino, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Cecil (Xavier) Scott, Ole South, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Charles Delaunay and Walter E. Schaap, 52nd Street, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Charles Delaunay, 52nd Street, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Charlie Barnet and Re-Bop, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Charlie Barnet and Re-Bop, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Charlie Barnet, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Charlie Barnet, WOR broadcast, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Charlie Ventura and Herb Abramson, National studio(?), New York, N.Y., ca. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Cozy Cole, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Sept. 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Dardanelle, Joe Sinacore, and Bert Nazer, Sheraton Hotel, Satire Room(?), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Dave Tough, Eddie Condon's (basement), New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Dick Stabile, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Aug. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie, 52nd Street, New York, N.Y., ca. May 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie, Famous Door, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Django Reinhardt and Duke Ellington, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Django Reinhardt, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Doris Day and Les Brown, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Doris Day, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Howard Theater(?), Washington, D.C., ca. June 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Zanzibar, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Eddie Condon, Eddie Condon's, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Edwin A. Finckel in his home, Greenwich Village, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Franc Williams, Harold Baker, and Cat Anderson, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Fred Guy, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Gene Krupa, 400 Restaurant, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Gene Krupa, 400 Restaurant, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Gene Sedric, Danny Settle, Slick Jones, Mary Lou Williams, and Lincoln Mills, The Place, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Gene Sedric, The Place, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Gene Sedric, The Place, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Gilbert J. Pinkus, Three Deuces, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Glen Gray, Paramount Theater, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Harry Carney, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Henry Allen, Onyx, New York, N.Y., ca. May 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Henry Wells, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Jack Lesberg and Leonard Bernstein, New York, N.Y., ca. Dec. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Jack Lesberg, Eddie Condon's, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of James P. (James Price) Johnson, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. May 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Jo Stafford, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. July 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Jo Stafford, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. July 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Joe Mooney and Andy Fitzgerald, Dixon's Steak House(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Joe Mooney, Andy Fitzgerald, Gaeton (Gate) Frega, and Jack Hotop, Decca studio, New York, N.Y., ca. Dec. 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Joe Mooney, Andy Fitzgerald, Gaeton (Gate) Frega, and Jack Hotop, Dixon's Steak House(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
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[Portrait of Joe Mooney, Dixon's Steak House(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Joe Mooney, Milt Gabler, and Morty Palitz, Decca studio, New York, N.Y., ca. Dec. 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of John Kirby and Buster Bailey, Brown Derby, Washington, D.C., ca. May 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Johnny Hodges and Al Sears, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Josh White, Café Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Junior Raglin and Sonny Greer, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Junior Raglin, Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, Ray Nance, Sonny Greer, Fred Guy, and Harry Carney, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Lawrence Brown, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Lilyann Carol, National studio, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Lilyann Carol, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Lilyann Carol, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Lionel Hampton and Arnett Cobb, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Lionel Hampton, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Louis Jordan, Paramount Theater(?), New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Louis Jordan, Paramount Theater(?), New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Louis Jordan, Paramount Theater(?), New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Morty Palitz, Jack Hotop, Joe Mooney, and Andy Fitzgerald, Decca studio, New York, N.Y., ca. Dec. 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Nat King Cole and Oscar Moore, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Oscar Moore, Nat King Cole, and Wesley Prince, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Pee Wee Russell, Muggsy Spanier, Miff Mole, and Joe Grauso, Nick's (Tavern), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Pete Johnson, Café Society (Downtown)(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Ray McKinley, Hotel Commodore, New York, N.Y., ca. Apr. 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Ray McKinley, Hotel Commodore, New York, N.Y., ca. Apr. 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Red Rodney, 400 Restaurant(?), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Red Rodney, 400 Restaurant(?), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Rex William Stewart and Charlie Barnet, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Rex William Stewart, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
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[Portrait of Rex William Stewart, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946] (LOC)
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[Portrait of Roy Eldridge, Spotlite (Club), New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Sam Donahue and Hep, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Dec. 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Sam Donahue and Hep, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Dec. 1946] (LOC)
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The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Sarah Vaughan, Café Society (Downtown)(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
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[Portrait of Sarah Vaughan, Café Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Sarah Vaughan, Café Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Sidney Bechet, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Sy Oliver, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Taft Jordan, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Tony Parenti, Jimmy Ryan's (Club), New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress
[Portrait of Tony Parenti, Jimmy Ryan's (Club), New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1946
The Library of Congress