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Bagdad Flagman: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/30/2007 - 5:14am.
Flagman behind a Santa Fe R.R. westbound freight during a stop at Bagdad, Calif. March 1943. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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The Flower Factory: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/30/2007 - 5:13am.
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"Margaret Ciampa, 14 years old, finishing flowers at Boston Floral Supply Co., 347-357 Cambridge Street. Said to be the only flower factory in Massachusetts." January 29, 1917. View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Our Next Album Cover: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/30/2007 - 5:11am.
The boxers Louis De Ponthieu, Carl Morris and Leach Cross in 1911. Cross, born Louis Wallach in the Jewish ghetto of the Lower East Side, was also a practicing dentist ("I knock 'em out, then put 'em back in"). View full size.
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A Poor Diet: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/30/2007 - 5:10am.
December 1936: "Christmas dinner in home of Earl Pauley near Smithfield, Iowa. Dinner consisted of potatoes, cabbage and pie." View full size. Photograph by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
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The Hanna Furnaces: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/30/2007 - 5:09am.
Coal tower over ovens of the Hanna furnaces, Great Lakes Steel, Detroit. Nov. 1942. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Arthur Siegel.
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Hank Gowdy: 1914
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/30/2007 - 5:09am.
Hank Gowdy of the Boston Braves in a photo dated Oct. 13, 1914, the final game of the World Series. (Although this seems to be at the Polo Grounds and the Series that year was at Fenway Park.) View full size. Geo. Grantham Bain Collection.
Oscar 'Happy' Felsch: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/30/2007 - 5:09am.
Chicago White Sox centerfielder Oscar "Happy" Felsch in 1920, his final season in the majors before being banned for life for his role as one of the "eight men out" who fixed the 1919 World Series. View full size. Geo. Grantham Bain Collection.
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