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El Verso: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/09/2009 - 6:04pm.
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "George W. Cochran & Co., 709 14th Street N.W." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Five-Alarm Candy: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/09/2009 - 11:42am.
December 28, 1925. "G.J. Mueller Fire." A five-alarm fire at George J. Mueller Candy Co. in Chinatown at 336 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., in view of the Capitol. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Room and Bird: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/09/2009 - 2:49am.
January 1936. "New Orleans architecture. Cast-iron grillwork house near Lee Circle on Saint Charles Avenue." Large-format nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Seed and Feed: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/09/2009 - 12:31am.
December 1935. "Waterfront in New Orleans. French market sidewalk scene." Large-format nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the FSA. View full size.
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Canal Street: 1890s
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/08/2009 - 7:30pm.
New Orleans in the 1890s. "Canal Street from the Clay monument." Dry-plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
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National Engraving: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/08/2009 - 5:24pm.
Washington, D.C., 1920. "National Engraving Co., exterior, F Street N.W." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Loray Mill: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/08/2009 - 4:29pm.
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November 1908. Gastonia, North Carolina. "Going home from Loray Mill. Smallest boy on the right-hand end, John Moore. 13 years old. Been in mill 6 years as sweeper, doffer and spinner." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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