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Sam's Back: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 11/21/2009 - 11:11am.
New York, December 1910. "Sam Kramer." Bodybuilder and wrestler. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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Mule Room Boys: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 11/21/2009 - 9:47am.
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October 1911. Lowell, Massachusetts. "Robert Magee (smallest), 270 Suffolk Street, apparently 12 years, been working in Mule Room #1, Merrimac Mill, one year. Michael Keefe (next in size), 32 Marion Street, been at work in #1 Mule Room for eight months; apparently 13 years old. Cornelius Hurley, 298 Adams Street, been at work in #1 Mule Room for six months; about 13 or 14 probably." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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Miriam: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 11/20/2009 - 4:05pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1924. "Miriam Auerbach." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Navy Nurses: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 11/20/2009 - 6:24am.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1912. "Navy Hospital nurses." Dry plate glass negative, Harris & Ewing Collection. View full size.
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All Over the Map: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 9:52pm.
Washington, D.C., circa 1913. "Jacinto Calvo, 'Germany' Schaefer, Merito Acosta, Washington Nationals." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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After the Storm: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 12:07pm.
Washington, D.C. "Storm damage. Between 1913 and 1918." Somewhere under all this rubble, I suspect, is a narrative waiting to be unearthed by a Shorpy history detective. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Life-Saver: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 2:39am.
August 17, 1922. Washington, D.C. "Life-saving device." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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