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Signals: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 7:32pm.
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"Union Station tracks, Washington, circa 1920." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Evacuation: 1864
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 5:26pm.
May 30, 1864. "Port Royal, Virginia. The Rappahannock River front during the evacuation." Photograph from the main Eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign. Wet plate negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. View full size.
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Sunset School: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 9:04am.
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October 7, 1921. "School in Session. Sunset School, Marey, West Virginia. Pocahontas County." View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Jazz Cats: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 9:03am.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Petworth Orchestra." National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Mardi Gras: 1900
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 09/23/2008 - 5:54pm.
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"Mardi Gras, New Orleans, the Red Pageant," circa 1900-1910. Detroit Publishing Company glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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The Great Gesticulator: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 09/23/2008 - 12:38pm.
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September 1, 1924. "Robert M. La Follette, first radio campaign speech." Republican senator from Wisconsin and Progressive Party presidential candidate "Fighting Bob" La Follette, who died less than a year after this picture was taken. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Chillin' Under the El: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 09/23/2008 - 9:16am.
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New York City, July 31, 1913. "Children at Play." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress. View full size.
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