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Retrofile Collection (#78)

Founded in 1920 by H. Armstrong Roberts, Retrofile was one of the first major stock photography agencies mainly capturing the American spirit of progress

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Background imageRetrofile Collection: Young woman smiling, portrait, close-up

Young woman smiling, portrait, close-up

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Postal worker carrying letters on wheel barrow against white background, portrait

Postal worker carrying letters on wheel barrow against white background, portrait

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Womans leg with high heels on white background

Womans leg with high heels on white background

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Boy brushing teeth, portrait

Boy brushing teeth, portrait

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Group Of Six Hounds Facing The Camera Dogs From Th

Group Of Six Hounds Facing The Camera Dogs From Th
UNITED STATES - Circa 1950s: Group Of Six Hounds Facing The Camera Dogs From The Kirkwood Kennels In Berwyn Pa Eager Ready To Hunt. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: A Frame A-Frame Country House Mountain Retreat Vac

A Frame A-Frame Country House Mountain Retreat Vac
UNITED STATES - Circa 1960s: A Frame A-Frame Country House Mountain Retreat Vacation Home Homes Houses Leisure Retro. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Woman In Bonnet Hoeing In Garden

Woman In Bonnet Hoeing In Garden
UNITED STATES - Circa 1930s: Woman In Bonnet Hoeing In Garden. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Trailer Park Home Cars Community People (1970 1970

Trailer Park Home Cars Community People (1970 1970
UNITED STATES - Circa 1960s: Trailer Park Home Cars Community People (1970 1970s Retro). (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Elevated View Of Ski Resort, With Many Skiers In P

Elevated View Of Ski Resort, With Many Skiers In P
UNITED STATES - Circa 1930s: Elevated View Of Ski Resort, With Many Skiers In Parking Lot And Buildings, Pattern Bear Mt. NY.. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Wire Hair Terrier

Wire Hair Terrier
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Portrait Of A Dog, A Wire Hair Terrier Sitting By Pumpkin And Looking At Camera, Making Eye Contact And Looking Cute Outdoors In The Autumn. (Photo by H)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Construction Workers

Construction Workers
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Two Men Construction Workers, Climbing Two Tall Steel Beams Girders That Are Connected By Wires Pulley. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Log cabin

Log cabin
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Rustic log cabin in wilderness. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Depression Era shack

Depression Era shack
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Depression Era shack with chairs and junk outside. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Crowd of people

Crowd of people
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Crowd of people standing, rear view. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Highway construction

Highway construction
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Super-highway construction site. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Bridge construction

Bridge construction
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Bridge construction site over industrial canal. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Trains and furnaces

Trains and furnaces
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Industrial site with trains on intersecting tracks, blast furnaces in background. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Maltese dog

Maltese dog
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Maltese dog. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Setters

Setters
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Setters. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Riders and horses crossing glacier

Riders and horses crossing glacier
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1940s: Silhouette of packhorses and riders crossing glacier park at dusk. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Hands chained together

Hands chained together
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Businessmans hands chained together. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Power shovel

Power shovel
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Power shovel with jaws open, view from below. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: College couple

College couple
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: College couple with arms around each other, mid section, rear view. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Busy street

Busy street
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Wide street crowded with cars. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Mannequin hands and arms

Mannequin hands and arms
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1970s: Mannequin hands and arms in pile of artificial limbs. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Full parking lot

Full parking lot
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Full parking lot, elevated view. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Person about to step on banana skin

Person about to step on banana skin
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1970s: Person wearing stack heeled shoes and bell bottoms, about to step on a banana skin. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Two women walking

Two women walking
CANADA - CIRCA 1950s: Two women walking along dirt road, Rideau Lakes, Ontario. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Rooster crowing

Rooster crowing
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Rooster standing on rock, crowing. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Coins arranged in dollar sign

Coins arranged in dollar sign
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Coins arranged to form dollar symbol. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Monkey puppets whispering

Monkey puppets whispering
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1970s: Monkey puppets whispering. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: In and Out trays

In and Out trays
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Office paper trays, In tray overflowing, Out tray empty. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Polar bear

Polar bear
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Polar bear lying on rock, with paws covering eyes. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Dolphins jumping out of water

Dolphins jumping out of water
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Two dolphins jumping out of water, one with mouth open. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Interlocking gears

Interlocking gears
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Two interlocking gears. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Rippled water

Rippled water
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Concentric rings on water surface. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Peas in a pod

Peas in a pod
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Peas in pod on shiny surface. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Ten pin bowling

Ten pin bowling
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1940s: Bowling ball hitting pins for a strike. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Woman gardening

Woman gardening
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Woman standing in garden, smiling, arms full carrying watering can, garden tools and potted plants, portrait. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Flying trapeze

Flying trapeze
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Men and women circus performers on flying trapeze, Ringling Brothers circus. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Relaxing on beach

Relaxing on beach
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Crowds of relaxing on beach. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Winter street scene

Winter street scene
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1940s: Winter street scene in Philadelphia, pedestrians and cars at road intersection, snow falling. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: S. S. America

S. S. America
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1940s: Crowd waving as S.S. America departs from New York. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Farmhand Wearing A Placard Front Shirt Pin Stripe

Farmhand Wearing A Placard Front Shirt Pin Stripe
UNITED STATES - Circa 1930s: Farmhand Wearing A Placard Front Shirt Pin Stripe Pants With Suspenders & A Floppy Straw Hat Holding A Basket Of Tomatos On His Sholder Smiling Field. (Photo by H)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Swimming Pool With Many Men And Women In And Out O

Swimming Pool With Many Men And Women In And Out O
UNITED STATES - Circa 1960s: Swimming Pool With Many Men And Women In And Out Of Water Swim Club Lifestyle. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Salesman At Door Of A House Wife Showing Her A Bro

Salesman At Door Of A House Wife Showing Her A Bro
UNITED STATES - Circa 1930s: Salesman At Door Of A House Wife Showing Her A Brochure Of His Product He Is Dressed Ia A Suit She Is Wearing A White Apron Over A Dressey Dress. (Photo by H)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Silhouette Of Man Hunter

Silhouette Of Man Hunter
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Silhouette Of Man Hunter, Holding Rifle Or Gun, Wearing Cowboy Hat And Standing With Dog In Field. Sunset Is Behind. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Prow Of The Queen Mary

Prow Of The Queen Mary
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Prow Of The Queen Mary, Showing The Mooring Ropes In The Foreground With A Small Crowd On The Fore Deck Dock Port. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)



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