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A Tight Squeeze: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 3:08pm.
"Zeppelin airship seen from water at 6:05 AM." German zeppelin on the Bodensee. August 4, 1908. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Easy Does It: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 3:07pm.
German zeppelin LZ3 entering its shed on the Bodensee. 1908. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
Luftschiff Zeppelin 3: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 3:06pm.
Luftschiff Zeppelin 3, July 1908, approaching its hangar on the Bodensee. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Laverne & Shirley: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 6:22am.
Grinder operators at Republic Drill & Tool, Chicago. August 1942. View full size. Photograph by Ann Rosener for the Office of War Information.
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Red, White & Blue: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/16/2007 - 11:39pm.
Truck trailers at the Chicago & North Western R.R. freight house, December 1942. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
Yale Varsity Eight: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/16/2007 - 11:35pm.
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Tutti Frutti Trucks: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/16/2007 - 11:34pm.
Freight depot of the Army consolidating station at Chicago. April 1943. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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