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Dilapidated: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 2:38pm.
July 1936. Washington, Pennsylvania. "Old age." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Family Guy: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 10:34am.
December 1936. "Marcus Miller and family in shack that he built himself. Spencer, Iowa. This is half the house. Miller is a hired hand who has managed to save enough to make a part payment on seven and a half acres of land. However, he is most anxious to get steady work or to operate a farm." View full size. Medium format nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
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Migrant Daughter: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 10:24am.
November 1936. "Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in American River camp near Sacramento, California." View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration.
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Clarke and Norcross: 1914
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 8:36am.
October 1914. Clarke and Norcross of Brown University at the Polo Grounds, where they got stomped by Cornell. View full size. G.G. Bain Collection.
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Carl Morris: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 2:03am.
November 24, 1913. The boxer Carl Morris, 6-foot-4 heavyweight from Oklahoma. Glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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Welcome to Washington: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 1:49am.
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October 6, 1925. "West Philadelphia High School girls at the White House." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Running With a Fast Crowd: 1925
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1925. Washington, D.C. "High school track meet at Central Stadium." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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