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Just Us Girls: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/15/2009 - 10:02am.
Washington, D.C., circa 1910. "Mrs. John Henderson with children." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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New York, New York: 1931
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/15/2009 - 1:41am.
December 15, 1931. "River House, 52nd Street and East River. Shoreline with clouds." 5x7 safety negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
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Mudville '09
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 9:58pm.
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January 1909. "Augusta, Georgia. A typical street scene in Gregtown where the employees in King Mill live. The Secretary of Associated Charities said this is the most degraded part of Augusta." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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Thompson Street: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 6:53pm.
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New York, February 1912. "A load of kimonos just finished. Girl very reticent. Thompson Street." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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Made for Walkin': 1937
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 3:42pm.
June 16, 1937. "Walk 800 miles to attend Boy Scout Jamboree. Two Venezuelan Boy Scouts, Rafael Angel Petit, left, and Juan Carmona, examining their boots after tramping 25 miles a day for two years in order to attend the Boy Scout Jamboree in Washington. They left Caracas Jan. 11, 1935, arriving in Washington today." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Tri-County Co-op: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 1:36pm.
September 1940. "Customers entering Tri-County Farmers Co-op Market in Du Bois, Pennsylvania." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
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Streets of Baltimore: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 11:21am.
"Row houses, Baltimore, June 1940." Medium format safety negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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