The [Untitled Photo] Series: Suburbia

Hidden gems from the public archives of America

The [Untitled Photo] Series: Suburbia

Lurking within the Library of Congress is a colossal collection of photographs documenting the United States in all its diversity, providing us with a glimpse into 20th century American life.

These images all share one common element: they are all untitled, ultimately left to the archivists to try and attach these erroneous moments to a wider context.


Remastered Photographs by Jordan Acosta, Joshua Barrett and Tetyana Dyachenko

[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Housing, Greendale, Wisconsin]. (⇲ Library of Congress) Photograph John Vachon, September 1939
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Construction at Greenbelt, Maryland]. (⇲ Library of Congress) Photograph Carl Mydans, July 1936
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Plumber cutting pipe, Greenbelt, Maryland]. (⇲ Library of Congress) Photograph Carl Mydans, August 1936

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[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Housing, Greendale, Wisconsin]. (⇲ Library of Congress) Photograph John Vachon, September 1939
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Girl swinging, Woodbine, Iowa]. (⇲ Library of Congress) Photograph John Vachon, May 1940
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Greendale, Wisconsin]. (⇲ Library of Congress) Photograph John Vachon, September 1939
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Housing, Greendale, Wisconsin]. (⇲ Library of Congress) Photograph John Vachon, September 1939
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Swimming pool. Greenbelt, Maryland]. (⇲ Library of Congress) Photograph Marion Post Wolcott, June 1939
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Greenhills, Ohio]. (⇲ Library of Congress) Photograph John Vachon, October 1938
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Greenbelt, Maryland]. (⇲ Library of Congress) Photograph Marion Post Wolcott, September 1938
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Fire, Terry, Montana]. (⇲ Library of Congress) Photograph Arthur Rothstein, June 1939
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Greendale, Wisconsin]. (⇲ Library of Congress) Photograph John Vachon, September 1939
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All the black and white Public Domain photographs in this Viewfinder gallery have been meticulously restored from a high resolution digital scan from their original source. Share and use these remastered high resolution black & white historical pictures, for free, with Unsplash.

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This Viewfinder gallery was originally published October 2, 2021.

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