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Yesterday's News: 1940
December 1940. Brockton, Massachusetts. "Men and a woman reading headlines posted in window of Brockton Enterprise newspaper office on Christmas Eve." 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. View full size.
- 34 comments
- 49050 reads
Elinor M.: 1933
"Miss Elinor McNeir, portrait, 1933." Elinor was a granddaughter of Julius Burrows (1837-1915), senator from Michigan. Harris & Ewing. View full size.
- 12 comments
- 13312 reads
Irish Free State Legation: 1925
Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Irish Free State legation, Florida Avenue." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 9816 reads
Table Setting: 1920
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Gus Buchholz, Occidental Hotel interior." A view of the restaurant. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
- 14 comments
- 27235 reads
Let's Do Lunch: 1918
Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "U.S. Food Administration." The cafeteria in one of Uncle Sam's new bureaucracies. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
- 13 comments
- 15026 reads
Bathtime for Baby: 1905
Circa 1905. "Martha Harris. Baby being washed." Maybe one (or two) of the Harrises of Harris & Ewing. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
- 16 comments
- 17948 reads
Horseless Carriage: 1906
Washington, D.C., circa 1906. "Senator George P. Wetmore, Rhode Island." Who can identify the car? (The current consensus: Krieger electric landaulet, from France.) Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
- 24 comments
- 46002 reads
Birthday Party with Grandma, 1953
My cousins, Oak Park, Illinois. 1953. Tom (left) is the Birthday Boy. 35mm slide. View full size. The living room was seen earlier in this post.
- 10 comments
- 14026 reads
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