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Fight for Freedom: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 11:56pm.
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Washington, 1943. "United Nations Fight for Freedom: Colored, white and Chinese Boy Scouts in front of Capitol. They help out by delivering posters to help the war effort." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Rous for the Office of War Information. What photo expert out there can tell us about the numbers on these Kodachromes -- how and at what point in the manufacturing/ exposure/ developing process they were made, and what they signify.
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Army Balloon: 1918
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 10:30pm.
Vicinity of Washington, D.C. Army balloon circa 1918-1921. View full size. Glass negative from the National Photo Company Collection.
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Stuck Truck: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 9:16pm.
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Ingley, Yankees: 1921
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Ready for Takeoff: 1921
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The Boys: 1952
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 1:04pm.
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Possibly Indianapolis, circa 1952. Set 2 of found 35mm Kodachromes. At right is the boy from Dancing Queen. At left: Technicolor cuffs. View full size.
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Bathgate Avenue: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 12:46pm.
December 1936. "Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come." View full size. Medium format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration.
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