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Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/28/2007 - 1:38am.
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September 1961. Girls on an amusement park ride at Battersea Park, London. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Charles Eames. View full size.
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Whee II
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/28/2007 - 12:53am.
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Washington, D.C., 1921. "Montessori School." View full size. 4x5 glass negative, National Photo Company.
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Washington Market: 1812-1912
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/28/2007 - 12:49am.
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New York, 1912. "Washington Market Centennial. With outside sheds removed by President McAneny. Also new window fronts affording light and air for interiors and the sidewalk restored to the public." View full size. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection.
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Am I There Yet?
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/28/2007 - 12:45am.
"Man operating water tricycle" (Supplemented by wind power?) Circa 1913. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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The Office: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/28/2007 - 12:42am.
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"Boxing mail in the New York post office." View full size. Circa 1913. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. Note the spittoon.
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Office Hi-Lites: 2007
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 06/27/2007 - 7:31pm.
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Along the lines of the Beaver Letter, we're excited to present the Jim Letter from the opening credits of "The Office." You might think it would have something to do with the Dunder Mifflin paper company's Scranton branch, but actually it's a Los Angeles Department of City Planning (zoning) document showing revisions to the L.A. Municipal Code. Specifically, Section 12.22.C.20(f).
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We Mean Your People No Harm
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 06/27/2007 - 6:12pm.
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June 1942. Electrical transformer at the TVA Chickamauga Dam near Chattanooga. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.
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