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Retrofile Collection (page 79)

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

3,818 items

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Guernsey cow

Guernsey cow
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Guernsey dairy cow, fields in background. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Crowd and firecracker

Crowd and firecracker
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1970s: Crowd of people around lit firecracker. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: One dollar bills

One dollar bills
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Stack of one dollar bills fanned out in a circle. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Woman turning combination lock

Woman turning combination lock
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Womans hand turning combination lock on safe door. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Gone fishing

Gone fishing
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1940s: Tabby kitten sitting beside aquarium fish tank, with dead fish out of water. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Boy In Horozonial Stripe Shirt & Girl Wearing A Ve

Boy In Horozonial Stripe Shirt & Girl Wearing A Ve
UNITED STATES - Circa 1930s: Boy In Horozonial Stripe Shirt & Girl Wearing A Vertical Stripe Jumper Shorts Set On A Bicycle Sharing A Single Bottle Of Soda With Two Straws Trees. (Photo by H)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Putting Green With Feet In Golf Shoes In Upper Rig

Putting Green With Feet In Golf Shoes In Upper Rig
UNITED STATES - Circa 1920s: Putting Green With Feet In Golf Shoes In Upper Right And Putting Iron About To Tap Golf Ball Into Hole In The Center. (Photo by H)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: County Fair Scene With Horse & Cow Pen In Foregrou

County Fair Scene With Horse & Cow Pen In Foregrou
UNITED STATES - Circa 1930s: County Fair Scene With Horse & Cow Pen In Foreground Cars & Trailers In Background. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Glof Clubs Hat Balls Tee Scoring Card Pencil

Glof Clubs Hat Balls Tee Scoring Card Pencil
UNITED STATES - Circa 1950s: Glof Clubs Hat Balls Tee Scoring Card Pencil. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Retro Large Multi Tool Folding Pocket Knife Fork S

Retro Large Multi Tool Folding Pocket Knife Fork S
UNITED STATES - Circa 1960s: Retro Large Multi Tool Folding Pocket Knife Fork Spoon Scissors Saw Can Opener Corkscrew Screwdriver Awl. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Hula Dancers Dancing Honolulu Hawaii Palm Trees Na

Hula Dancers Dancing Honolulu Hawaii Palm Trees Na
UNITED STATES - Circa 1960s: Hula Dancers Dancing Honolulu Hawaii Palm Trees Natives Retro. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Money Pouring Into Piggy Bank

Money Pouring Into Piggy Bank
UNITED STATES - Circa 1950s: Money Pouring Into Piggy Bank. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Change Purse With Bills And Coins

Change Purse With Bills And Coins
UNITED STATES - Circa 1950s: Change Purse With Bills And Coins. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Group Flock Of Pink Flamingo Flamingos Wading In T

Group Flock Of Pink Flamingo Flamingos Wading In T
UNITED STATES - Circa 1950s: Group Flock Of Pink Flamingo Flamingos Wading In Tropical Pool Sarasota Jungle Gardens Retro Florida Fl. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Skyline Of The Financial Section Of N. Y. The East

Skyline Of The Financial Section Of N. Y. The East
UNITED STATES - Circa 1950s: Skyline Of The Financial Section Of N.Y. The East River & The Brooklyn Bridge View From The Manhattan Bridge Barges Wharves Skyscrapers Piers. (Photo by H)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Still Life Composition Of A Ruller Textbook Number

Still Life Composition Of A Ruller Textbook Number
UNITED STATES - Circa 1940s: Still Life Composition Of A Ruller Textbook Number 2 Pencil And A Apple On A Table With Dramatic Lighting And Shadows. (Photo by H)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Dirt Road Leading Up To Old Farm House Surrounded

Dirt Road Leading Up To Old Farm House Surrounded
UNITED STATES - Circa 1940s: Dirt Road Leading Up To Old Farm House Surrounded By Barn & Sheds. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Shot Looking Upward At Rockefeller Center Skyscrap

Shot Looking Upward At Rockefeller Center Skyscrap
UNITED STATES - Circa 1930s: Shot Looking Upward At Rockefeller Center Skyscraper. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Closeup Of Telephone Pole With 6 Levels Of Wires

Closeup Of Telephone Pole With 6 Levels Of Wires
UNITED STATES - Circa 1930s: Closeup Of Telephone Pole With 6 Levels Of Wires. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Young Man Smiling Squatting Holds Tennis Racquet A

Young Man Smiling Squatting Holds Tennis Racquet A
UNITED STATES - Circa 1930s: Young Man Smiling Squatting Holds Tennis Racquet And Ball Shadow. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: New York City Skyline Looking South To Downtown Fr

New York City Skyline Looking South To Downtown Fr
UNITED STATES - Circa 1930s: New York City Skyline Looking South To Downtown From Midtown Cloudy Sky Manhattan Retro. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Young Brunette Woman

Young Brunette Woman
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Portrait Of Young Brunette Woman, Looking At Camera With Chin Tilted Up And Resting On Hand. She Is Wearing A White Ruffled Collar, And A Thoughtful, Smug, Defiant

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Native American Indian Tribe

Native American Indian Tribe
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1920s 1930s: Native American Indian Tribe In Tipi Teepee Village. Men, Braves Riding In On Horses While Two Squaws, Women, Stand In Door Of Tipi

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Dice

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

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Pedestrians In Winter Snow

Pedestrians In Winter Snow
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s 1940s: Pedestrians In Winter Snow, Walking Away From The Camera, Wearing Hats And Boots, And An Umbrella On City Street In Bad Weather. (Photo by H)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Crowded Beach

Crowded Beach
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1940s: Crowded Beach, With Ocean In The Foreground. Swimmers, Sunbathers, The Boardwalk And Old Time Hotels Are In The Background At Atlantic City. (Photo by H)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Cars Coming Off Exit Ramp

Cars Coming Off Exit Ramp
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s 1960s: Cars Coming Off Exit Ramp Of Highway, Into The City And Towards Camera With Traffic Patrolman In Background. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Housing development

Housing development
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Housing development, Levittown, Pennsylvania. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Housing development

Housing development
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Aerial view of crowded suburban housing development. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Young boy fishing

Young boy fishing
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Boy fishing with homemade pole, feet dangling in water, dog sitting by his side. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: DC-3 aeroplane

DC-3 aeroplane
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Commercial airline DC-3 plane, with propellers spinning. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Tabby kitten

Tabby kitten
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Tabby kitten with mouth wide open, yawning. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Ticker tape parade

Ticker tape parade
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Ticker tape parade passing Woolworth Building in New York City. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Bassett hound

Bassett hound
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Basset hound wearing spectacles. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Three kittens in socks

Three kittens in socks
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Three kittens in socks, hanging from clothes line. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Dog holding newspaper

Dog holding newspaper
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Mixed breed dog holding newspaper in mouth. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Buds emerging from snow

Buds emerging from snow
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Flower buds emerging from snow in spring. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Shack

Shack
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Shack with no admittance and no trespassing signs outside. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Guernsey cow

Guernsey cow
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Guernsey cow with horns. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: House destroyed by flood

House destroyed by flood
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1900s: Tree trunk sticking out of second story of collapsed house, caused by flood damage on May 31 1899 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. (Photo by H)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Woman In Cotton Dress & Maid Apron Standing

Woman In Cotton Dress & Maid Apron Standing
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Woman and maid standing over stove, pouring water into saucepan. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Dachshund

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

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Basset hound puppies

Basset hound puppies
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: 12 week old basset hound puppies. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Gun poking out from behind curtain

Gun poking out from behind curtain
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1940s: Mans hand holding pistol, pointing out from behind curtain. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Oil well and derrick

Oil well and derrick
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Oil well with wooden derrick, near Houston, Texas. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Halloween masks

Halloween masks
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Group of Halloween masks on display. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Beagle

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

Background imageRetrofile Collection: Piglet

Piglet
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1940s: Piglet with eyes closed and mouth open. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)



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