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Fins: 1961
Submitted by daross on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 7:17pm.
Big brother and little brother pose in Mom's new 1961 Cadillac. Seems big brother did a little damage. View full size.
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Monkey Dentist: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 6:26pm.
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May 29, 1924. Washington, D.C. "Pulling monkey teeth." The dentist seems to be one Dr. Wells. National Photo Co. Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Semper Fido: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 4:06pm.
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1925. "Sgt. Jiggs." The Marine Corps mascot in Washington, D.C., with an actual Marine. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Celebration Illumination: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 11:26am.
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New York, 1909. "Hudson-Fulton celebration. Union League Club illumination." 8x10 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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Miss Weeks, Mr. Rowe: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 10:44am.
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April 10, 1925. Washington, D.C. "Miss Nancy Weeks with Mr. Rowe." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Slabtown: 1864
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 7:59pm.
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December 1864. "Slabtown. Hampton, Virginia." One of two views of Hampton's slave refugee camps built during the Civil War. The dooryards and various blurry figures moving about in this broken glass negative afford a rare glimpse of life in the mid-19th century. Photographer unknown. View full size.
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Hampton, Virginia: 1864
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 4:10pm.
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December 1864. "Hampton, Virginia. View of the town. From photographs of the Federal Navy and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy." Wet-plate glass negative, photographer unknown. View full size.
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Liberty Theatre: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 12:24pm.
"1935 or 1936. Saint Charles Street. Liberty Theatre, New Orleans." Now playing: Wheeler and Woolsey in "The Rainmakers," with a product tie-in. Large-format nitrate negative by Walker Evans, Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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