Enjoying the water
A fisherman’s family enjoys the waters of Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana. Photographer John Messina took this photo in July 1972 as part of the Documerica...
Exempt from exclusion
Chu Hoy, a merchant with the Kwong Sun Chong & Company of 30 Mott Street in New York City, left Seattle for China to bring his wife and children into the United...
Failing to qualify
Johann Georg Peifer of Pennsylvania submitted these frakturs to prove his age and his marriage to Maria Schaferin, in support of his claim to a pension based upon...
Family chronicle
J. Pillie of New York City created this illustrated family record in 1861 for Revolutionary War veteran Joseph Smead of Massachusetts. It included illustrations of...
Family meal
In this 1957 photograph, Walter E. Washington and his family sit down for dinner together. Ten years later, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Washington Mayor of...
Family photo
Three generations of the Sutherland family sit for a photograph in their front garden. This portrait is one in a series that includes photographs of Government...
Family portrait
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Public Buildings Service photographed Federal buildings, officials, and workers and their families. This image of...