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The Satin Moth: 1926
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 09/27/2008 - 11:25pm.
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January 5, 1926. "Miss Mary C. Foley, artist at Department of Agriculture." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Play Ball: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 09/27/2008 - 11:10pm.
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"Washington Baseball Club, Griffith Stadium, 1924." National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Dynamite: 1904
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 09/27/2008 - 5:18am.
"Baltimore Fire, 1904. Buildings on Baltimore Street dynamited to stop the flames." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Your Country Needs You: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 9:06pm.
New York, April 1917. "Recruiting address -- 23rd & Broadway (Flatiron Building)." George Grantham Bain Collection glass negative. View full size.
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The New Olds: 1919
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 1:12pm.
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Washington, D.C. "Oldsmobile Sales Co. interior, 1919 or 1920." National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Everything Must Go: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 9:44am.
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Affleck's Drug Store." Hurry over now for the big closeout! National Photo Co. Collection, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Eight Skirts to the Wind: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 6:46am.
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June 30, 1925. "National American Ballet." National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Culpeper: 1862
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 09/25/2008 - 8:58pm.
August 1862. "Culpeper Court House, Virginia. Railroad depot." Photographs from the main Eastern theater of war, Bull Run, second Battle of Bull Run. Wet plate negative, half of stereo pair, by Timothy O'Sullivan. View full size.
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