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On Broadway: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 1:50pm.
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A vertiginous view of New York circa 1910. "Broadway from Chambers Street -- City Hall Park, Post Office, Park Row, City Investing and Singer buildings." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Indigo Girl: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 1:07pm.
April 1943. "Chicago & North Western R.R. -- Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse in Clinton, Iowa." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Rear Window: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 3:11am.
July 1938. "Slums in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania." 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Good Night: 1897
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 7:54pm.
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Circa 1897. "Aboard the U.S.S. Brooklyn -- good night." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by Edward H. Hart, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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October Magazines: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 7:25pm.
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Toledo, Ohio, circa 1905. "Post Office on St. Clair Street." 6½ x 8½ inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Full Service: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 12:59pm.
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May 1940. "Wiping off windshield at service station in Cairo, Illinois." 35mm negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Nickel Inn: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 12:31pm.
August 1938. "Quick lunch stand in Plain City, Ohio." 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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