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Fire Patrol: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 4:26am.
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Washington, D.C., 1912. "Naon children." Our second look at Romulo Naon Jr., son of the Argentinean ambassador, and his siblings -- patrician antecedents of the Addams Family. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
The Doll
Submitted by Vintagetvs on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 5:59pm.
Wednesday Addams would have already removed the head.
Oz
Submitted by cnik70 on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 5:41pm.
I'm waiting for a house to land on the girl on the left.
Star Trek
Submitted by AmericanJarhead on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 3:49pm.
I now know where the Romulan characters came from.
Ms. Gulch?
Submitted by Mal Fuller on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 11:50am.
The witch on the left looks to be related to Margaret Hamilton.
Fire Patrol
Submitted by TCosgroveJones on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 6:13am.
I sure would like to have that wagon for my collection.
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