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Got Meat?
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 7:40pm.
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East Side peddler, New York. Circa 1915. View full size. 5x7 glass negative. George Grantham Bain Collection.
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The Streets of Deadwood: 1887
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 2:30pm.
"Part of Deadwood as seen from big flume, showing steps, stairways, and roads from store to residence." Taken between 1887 and 1892. View full size. Photograph by John C.H. Grabill.
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Colossus: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 7:04am.
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June 1942. Crane at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Douglas Dam. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer. An amazing photograph.
John Slebzak: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 11:56pm.
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John Slebzak, working on the Bottomley farm near Baltimore with his family (Polish). They have worked here three years and one winter at Avery Island, Louisiana. View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Galewood Yard: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 11:56pm.
April 1943. Galewood Yard of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) at Chicago. View full size (if you don't, you're missing a lot). 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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Bay Windows: 1899
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 11:55pm.
Man on the porch of his house in Georgia, probably near Atlanta. 1899 or 1900. View full size. Gelatin silver print from the collection of W.E.B. Du Bois.
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Hood Ornament: 1948
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 11:55pm.
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April 7, 1948: "Woman with chest & stomach on mat, head up and hands behind her back holding her feet." View full size. New York World-Telegram & Sun photo by Phyllis Twatchman. (Looks like a cross between Madonna and Marilyn.)
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