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IBM Noir: 1962
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 06/18/2013 - 12:57am.
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Circa 1962. "International Business Machines Corp., Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1956-61. Exterior. Eero Saarinen, architect." Large format negative by Balthazar Korab. View full size.
Rusty: 1863
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 06/17/2013 - 4:55pm.
Ca. 1863. "Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with forage cap carrying a bone handle knife in breast pocket." Sixth-plate tintype, hand-colored. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Calumet and Hecla: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 06/17/2013 - 2:52pm.
Circa 1905. "Calumet and Hecla smelters, Lake Linden, Michigan." Starting point for the web of copper telephone and streetcar wires seen in so many of the other Detroit Publishing images. Panorama of two 8x10 glass plates. View full size.
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Following the Cotton: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 06/17/2013 - 11:11am.
June 1937. "Child of Texas migrant family who follow the cotton crop from Corpus Christi to the Panhandle." Photo by Dorothea Lange. View full size.
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Martha's Super: 1953
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 06/16/2013 - 6:27pm.
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1953. "Comedienne Martha Raye at her home in Connecticut." In a Buick Super whose grille rivaled her own. Photo by Douglas Jones for the Look magazine article "Martha Raye: At Home, She's Quieter." View full size.
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Listening Post: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 06/16/2013 - 1:33pm.
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Rochester, New York. "Mr. Babcock tuning in for war news." Howard B. in the latest installment of the Babcock saga; the photos, with a publication date of March 1943, seem to be from September 1942 if the newspaper is indeed new. Photo by Ralph Amdursky for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Dear Old Dad: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 06/16/2013 - 12:46pm.
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March 1943. Montgomery, Alabama. "Marvin Johnson, truck driver, reading the 'funnies' to his children." Happy Father's Day from Shorpy! Photo by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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