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Delicious and Refreshing: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 10:04am.
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February 13, 1922. Washington, D.C. "Unidentified woman." Demonstrating an ingenious Prohibition-era fashion accessory, the cane-flask. View full size.
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Comic Relief: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 12:22am.
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February 11, 1922. Washington, D.C. "DeWitt Moore." Who can fill in the blanks? National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Twilight Departure: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 4:54pm.
December 1942. Chicago, Illinois. "View in a departure yard at Chicago & North Western's Proviso yard at twilight. Brakeman is signaling with a red flare and the train is going by during exposure." Kodachrome by Jack Delano. View full size.
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The Cedric: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 12:13pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Cedric apartments, 14th Street, W.H. West Co." Rents: $67.50 to $72.50 a month. National Photo glass negative. View full size.
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Working Lunch: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 7:38am.
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February 1943. "Daniel Senise (center) at lunch in the work shanty at an Indiana Harbor Belt Line rail yard. With him are switchmen John McCarthy (left) and E.H. Albrecht." Medium-format nitrate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
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Switchman Dan: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/14/2009 - 10:39pm.
February 1943. "Daniel Senise throwing a switch in an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railyard." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. View full size.
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Home Entertainment: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/14/2009 - 10:36pm.
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February 1943. "Blue Island, Illinois. 2439 Orchard Street. Bobby Senise and mother listening to a radio program. Home of Daniel Senise, engine foreman on the Indiana Harbor Belt Line." Safety negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
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