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Always Be Careful: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/14/2007 - 3:31am.
Vernon Brower riding the footboard of an Illinois Central diesel switch engine at the South Water Street freight terminal, Chicago. May 1943. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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Stingy Mille
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"Beggar, New York City." Circa 1912. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection. Note cryptic graffiti chalked on building.
Robertson in Locomobile: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/14/2007 - 3:30am.
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Vanderbilt Cup Auto Race, Robertson in Locomobile on track. October 24, 1908. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
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San Francisco: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/14/2007 - 3:28am.
"The Burning of the Call." The San Francisco Call newspaper building in flames after the April 18, 1906 earthquake. View full size. Pillsbury Picture Co.
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Antietam: 1862
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/14/2007 - 3:27am.
Allan Pinkerton ("E.J. Allen") of the Secret Service on horseback. Antietam, Maryland, main eastern theater of the war, September-October 1862. Glass negative (wet collodion). View full size. Photograph by Alexander Gardner.
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Gettysburg: 1863
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July 1863. Dead Confederate sharpshooter at the foot of Round Top. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. View full size. Photograph by Alexander Gardner.
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Faceless Beggar: 1918
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