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- A needed addition
- Sixty years later --
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- Grandpa did this
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- Is that the whole class?
- Pushcarts
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- One Of 20 Questions
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The Fat Stock Show: 1940
March 1940. "Girls at Junior Chamber of Commerce dance during the San Angelo Fat Stock Show. San Angelo, Texas." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Gems of Gettysburg: 1875
"Artistic Stereo Gems of Gettysburg Scenery -- Implements of Modern Warfare." 1875 stereograph by William Howard Tipton (1850-1929). View full size.
Choirboys: 1940
March 1940. Visalia, California. "Tulare migrant camp. Sunday school." Where the angels get to sit up front. Photo by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
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Legal Weed: 1906
1906. "A tobacco market, Louisville, Kentucky." Put that in your pipe and smoke it. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Banana Veranda: 1938
September 1938. "Verandah of plantation house near New Orleans, Louisiana." Medium format negative by Russell Lee. View full size.
Gauze Country: 1933
New York circa 1933. "Elizabeth Duncan dancers." Diaphanously draped, ready for a sun-dappled dip. 4x5 nitrate negative by Arnold Genthe. View full size.
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College of Pharmacy: 1924
Washington, D.C., circa 1924. "National College of Pharmacy group -- George Washington University." National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
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Ice Dealer: 1941
December 1941. "Ice man. New York City." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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