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Scale Model: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/23/2007 - 6:08am.
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Preparing a model of the B-25 bomber for the wind tunnel at North American Aviation's plant at Inglewood, California. October 1942. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer. More here and here.
The Little Foxes: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/23/2007 - 5:49am.
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Carnegie Playground, Fifth Avenue, New York. Circa 1910. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress.
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A Doll's House: 1910
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The Children's Hour: 1910
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Merrily We Roll Along: 1913
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The Silence of the Lambs: 1907
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/23/2007 - 5:30am.
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MODEL PLAYGROUND IN COUNTRY. 1907. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size | See every disturbing detail.
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Chapel in the Sky: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 2:19pm.
Spring 1943. Church at Cerros [Cerro], near Costilla, New Mexico. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Collier.
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