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Nuclear Family: 1956
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 2:14pm.
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Another found 35mm Kodachrome transparency from our New Jersey family of slide-takers in their atomic living room circa 1956. View full size.
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Cold, Cold Heart: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 6:03am.
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Washington, D.C. April 2, 1924. The motion picture actress Fritzi Ridgeway strikes a pose. View full size. National Photo Co. Collection glass negative.
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New Haven: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 12:05am.
September 13, 1913. Yale football coaches and captain: Jesse Spalding, Douglas Bomeisler, Dr. William T. Bull, Carl Gallauer, Henry H. Ketcham (Capt.), Howard Jones." View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. [Thanks to Anonymous Tipster for the first names and correct spelling. - Dave]
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Willie and Fred: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 11:57pm.
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November 1908. Wylie Mill at Chester, S.C. Willie Crocker (barefoot), 13 yrs. old -- "worked since I was 6." Lost part of finger in gear of machinery. Fred Crocker, 11. One year in mill." View full size. Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Nurse Hamaguchi: 1943
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Nurse Aiko Hamaguchi at the Manzanar Relocation Center, California, in 1943. Medium format safety negative by Ansel Adams. View full size.
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Good as New: 1918
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 1:49pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1918. Naval medical hospital on Observatory Hill (near current site of the Kennedy Center). View full size. National Photo Company.
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Abbott and Sultana: 1925
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September 18, 1925. W.S. Abbott of Agricultural Extension Station in Vienna, Virginia, with "Sultana." View full size. National Photo Company Collection.
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