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Light Reading: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 2:06pm.
January 21, 1941. "Brooklyn Public Library, Prospect Park Plaza, New York. Popular Room." 5x7 safety negative by Samuel H. Gottscho. View full size.
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Venezuela: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 11:01am.
Circa 1905. "Country store, Venezuela." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Twin Towers: 1900
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 8:06pm.
Circa 1900. "New York from East River." At right we see the dual domes of the 26-story Park Row building, at 391 feet the world's tallest office tower at the turn of the century. Dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
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Washington: 1918
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 12:50pm.
September 30, 1918. "Fourth Liberty Loan." Crowds gathered for a war-bond rally on Pennsylvania Avenue with the Capitol in the distance. View full size.
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Beauty Parlor: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 5:48am.
Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Roberts beauty shop." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Harris & Ewing Collection. View full size.
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The Children's Song: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 11/01/2009 - 9:00pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1910. "Potomac School." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Harris & Ewing Collection. View full size.
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The Apprentice: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 11/01/2009 - 5:05pm.
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New York, February 1917. "Horace Lindfors, 14-year-old printer's helper, sizing up leads for the Riverside Press, First Avenue." 5x7 inch glass negative. Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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