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Oyster Bay: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 10/27/2007 - 12:40am.
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September 1908. "Invited guests going to Roosevelt house on foot and by carriage" at Sagamore Hill, the president's estate near Oyster Bay, Long Island. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Immigrant Arrival: 1907
Submitted by Ken on Fri, 10/26/2007 - 7:23am.
Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, New York. Photo from the George Grantham Bain collection, 1907. View full size.
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New York Tenement: 1912
Submitted by Ken on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 10:21pm.
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A Jewish family works on garters in the kitchen of a New York City tenement home. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine, November, 1912. View full size.
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Boys' Choir: 1942
Submitted by Ken on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 11:44am.
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"Portuguese Boy Scouts singing in New Bedford, Massachusetts." Photograph by John Collier, spring 1942. View full size.
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Omelet Anyone?
Submitted by Ken on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 11:34am.
An electric refrigerator helps Mrs. Case keep her eggs fresh in Lauderdale County, Alabama. This photograph for the Tennessee Valley Authority was taken by Arthur Rothstein in June, 1942. View full size.
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Matinee: 1939
Submitted by Ken on Tue, 10/23/2007 - 1:20pm.
"Belzoni, Miss., in the Delta area. Oct. 1939. Negro man entering movie theater by 'Colored' entrance." Photo and caption by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Our Cigar Department
Submitted by Ken on Tue, 10/23/2007 - 1:02pm.
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The cigar and candy counter at People's Drug Store, 7th and M Streets, Washington, D.C. Photo taken after 1909 by National Photo Company. View full size.
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