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NEW FROM THE VINTAGRAPH VAULTS • LORD, FOR YOUR NERVES: 1930s
Harris + Ewing
Harris & Ewing black-and-white photographs imaged directly from large-format glass negatives. The photographs were made by the prominent Washington, D.C., photo studio founded in 1905 by George Harris and Martha Ewing. Harris & Ewing glass plates currently residing in the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Collection.
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Billymobile: 1917
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Man of Action: 1917
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Army Surplus: 1919
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War and Peas: 1919
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National Theatre: 1918
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War Kitchen: 1917
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Canteen: 1918
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Veterans: 1918
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The Soldier: 1918
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Big Guns: 1917
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Music Club: 1905
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Back From the War: 1918
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Insane: 1917
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Eastern Track: 1905
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Patent Office: 1918
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American National: 1918
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Punching Bag: 1918
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Triptych: 1917
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Eastern High: 1905
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Battleship: 1917
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The Ink Spot: 1922
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Mrs. B: 1933
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White House Laundry: 1909
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Fast Woman: 1915
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Daddy's Boy: 1933
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Military Exercise: 1917
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