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Lollipops: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/27/2008 - 9:41am.
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"Lollipops." Mina Turner and her cousin Elizabeth in Waban, Massachusetts. 1910. View full size. 8x10 dry plate glass negative by Gertrude Kasebier.
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Boilermaker: 1942
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June 1942. "Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga. Welder making boilers for a ship." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer. View full size.
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Brown of Princeton: 1915
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/26/2008 - 9:48pm.
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Aunt Sally: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/26/2008 - 7:12pm.
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May 1939 in Gee's Bend, Alabama. "Aunt Sally, old midwife, the only doctor or nurse in Gee's Bend before project was started." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration.
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Cal's Car: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/26/2008 - 6:20pm.
1924. Washington, D.C. "President and Mrs. Coolidge at Bolling Field." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Baldauf & Schlientz: 1938
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Summer 1938. "Thermometer sign. Marion, Ohio." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration.
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U-Md: '23
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