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Fire Horses: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 10/04/2016 - 12:30am.
New York, December 1913. "Hook & Ladder Company No. 7, Third Avenue and 15th Street." 5x7 inch glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.
Fiske House: 1904
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 10/03/2016 - 11:24am.
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Circa 1904. "Fiske House and beach, Old Orchard, Maine." Reduced to ashes along with 16 other hotels in the Great Fire of August 15, 1907. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Tank & Barrel: 1903
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 10/02/2016 - 5:48pm.
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1903. "Plant of the Consolidated Naval Stores Company, Pensacola, Florida. Resin and turpentine." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
Michigan Manselet: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 10/02/2016 - 3:53pm.
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Circa 1910. "Morgan residence -- St. Clair Flats, Michigan." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Six and the City: 1928
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 10/01/2016 - 11:36am.
San Francisco, 1928. "DeSoto Six sedan." Perhaps doing some advance location scouting for Jimmy Stewart's Firedome coupe three decades hence. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
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Piano Boy: 1923
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 09/30/2016 - 7:23pm.
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Nov. 16, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Shura Cherkassky, father Isaac & mother Lydia." The Russian-born piano prodigy at the age of 14. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Friday Night Heavies: 1919
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 09/30/2016 - 1:17pm.
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Washington, D.C. "Tech High football, 1919." As soon as we're done with our homework, look out. 8x10 glass negative, National Photo Co. View full size.
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