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Fossil Fuel: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 08/16/2008 - 11:10am.
Washington, D.C. "Penn Oil and truck." A relic of the Carboniferous Age circa 1920. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Got Pie?
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 08/16/2008 - 10:22am.
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"Holmes Bakery, Ford truck, 1923." Another cog in the Holmes pastry-delivery machine. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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Nancy Hamilton: 1926
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 08/15/2008 - 8:41pm.
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Happy Birthday to Me: 1955
Submitted by tterrace on Fri, 08/15/2008 - 7:59pm.
August 15, 1955. My ninth birthday. In answer to my request, we had turkey with all the trimmings. I'm pretending to carve. The camera this was taken with was probably a birthday present, thereby starting me on my road to photographic immortality. Poetic justice that the shot's out of focus. Gobble gobble.
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Zip It Garage: 1919
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 08/15/2008 - 4:36pm.
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District of Columbia, 1919. Willard Service Station, Washington Battery Co., 1623 L Street. The sign: "We respectfully request customers to refrain from talking to workmen. Any information desired will be cheerfully given out by floor superintendent." National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
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Petro-Hut: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 08/15/2008 - 11:13am.
Washington circa 1920. "Penn Oil Co., Massachusetts Avenue & Wisconsin Avenue station." National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
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Hot Wheels: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 08/15/2008 - 9:41am.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Hudson, stolen car." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress.
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Yin and Yang: 1928
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/14/2008 - 10:56pm.
1928 or 1929. Production workers at the huge Atwater Kent radio factory in Philadelphia. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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