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Belle With a Ball: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 7:30pm.
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August 1942. "Interlochen, Mich. National music camp where 300 or more young people study symphonic music for eight weeks each summer. Girl putting check on board to indicate she is in swimming." Photo by Arthur Siegel. View full size.
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Penalty of Two Dollars: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 4:47pm.
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Circa 1908. "North End bridge, Springfield, Massachusetts." Points of interest include the signal light on the pole and sign on the bridge. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Under the El: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 1:02pm.
September 1942. "New York. Third Avenue elevated railway at 18th Street." The Shorpy Pub Crawl starts at Flynn's! Medium format negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Table Reading: 1963
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 12:30pm.
Another visit to faux New Rochelle: Mary Tyler Moore with Carl Reiner, left, and Jerry Paris on the "Dick Van Dyke Show" set in 1963. Photo by Earl Theisen for the article "America's Favorite TV Wife" in Look magazine. View full size.
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Arterial Stop: 1937
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June 1937. "Street corner. Black River Falls, Wisconsin." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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Tahoe Beer: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 5:41pm.
March 1940. "Genoa, Nevada. Stores on Main Street." A former Mormon outpost, Genoa was the first settlement in the Nevada Territory. Medium-format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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Top Brass: 1860s
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 3:22pm.
Man with a horn, ca. 1861-65. "Soldier in Union infantry uniform with saxhorn." Sixth-plate tintype, hand-colored. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress. View full size.
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