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Christmas With Wilbur and Orville: 1900
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 12/11/2007 - 1:08pm.
December 1900. Christmas tree in the home of Wilbur and Orville Wright at 7 Hawthorn Street in Dayton, Ohio, three years before their famous flight. 4x5 dry-plate glass negative by the Wright Brothers. View full size. There's a lot of detail here for fans of old-school Christmas decoration. Zoom the gifts. Update: Niece Bertha is shown here playing with the dish set in a different room or house.
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B-25 Over California: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 12/11/2007 - 1:07pm.
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October 1942. North American Aviation B-25 medium bomber 41-12823 over the mountains near Inglewood, California. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Mark Sherwood for the Office of War Information.
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Taos County: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 12/11/2007 - 1:06pm.
Spring 1943. Taos County, New Mexico. The J.D. Leon general store in Cerro. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Collier. View full size | Say hi to the dogs.
Christmas Shoppers in New York
Submitted by Ken on Tue, 12/11/2007 - 11:10am.
Christmas shoppers in New York City. Photo from the Bain News Service collection, between 1910 and 1915. View full size.
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Hopi Girls: c. 1900
Submitted by Ken on Tue, 12/11/2007 - 10:37am.
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Two Hopi girls sit on the ground eating melons. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1900. View full size.
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Meet Me at the Fair: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/10/2007 - 1:12pm.
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May 1942. Amusement park outside Southington, Connecticut. View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative by Fenno Jacobs, Farm Security Administration.
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