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Three-Quarter Moon: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 08/03/2015 - 12:58am.
San Francisco, 1920. "Moon touring car and tire chains in Golden Gate Park." Was that ice under those palm trees? Latest entry in the Shorpy File of Ephemeral Phaetons. 5x7 inch glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
Dinette Dynasty: 1951
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 08/02/2015 - 4:49pm.
Columbus, Georgia, in 1951. "Mrs. Luther Wolff." And her brood of squirrels. Nuts will make your children STRONG! 4x5 acetate negative. View full size.
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Track Crew: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 08/02/2015 - 2:51pm.
November 1942. "Track crews repairing tracks in the roundhouse at the Illinois Central rail yard, Chicago." Photo by Jack Delano for the OWI. View full size.
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Fruit Cocktail: 1958
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 11:41pm.
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Oakland, Calif., circa 1958. Our third look at the collision between a Plymouth sedan and GMC tractor hauling a load of Del Monte canned fruit. One commenter puts us on Hollis Street in Emeryville. View full size.
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Beau Geste: 1926
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 8:02pm.
San Francisco circa 1926. "Alice Joyce in Beau Geste Locomobile." Evidently promoting the film. 8x0 Eastman Kodak negative. View full size.
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T-Wharf: 1903
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 07/31/2015 - 6:42pm.
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Circa 1903. "Unloading fish at 'T' wharf, Boston, Mass." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Sidewheeler: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 07/31/2015 - 2:46pm.
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Circa 1910. "Steamer Greenport at Manhanset House landing, Shelter Island, N.Y." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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