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Lukens Lake: 1956
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 06/12/2007 - 2:49am.
"Bath house at Lukens Lake near Peru, Indiana. July 1956." 35mm Kodachrome transparency. View full size.
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Wish You Were Here
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 06/12/2007 - 2:47am.
1956 Chrysler and owner at the Crescent View Apartments, somewhere in Florida. 35mm Ektachrome transparency. View full size. This is the sensible-looking kind of lady who ran the world when I was a little kid - growing up in Florida!
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Look What We Got!
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 06/12/2007 - 2:46am.
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Paper, Mister?
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 06/11/2007 - 6:10pm.
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Waco, Texas. September 1913. "Eight-year-old newsie. Many youngsters get up early to sell papers. One 10-year-old starts out at 3 A.M. every day and goes to school." View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Big Wheel in Waco: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 06/11/2007 - 2:57pm.
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Waco, Texas. September 1913. "Messenger boy working for Mackay Telegraph Company. Said fifteen years old. Exposed to Red Light dangers." View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Eagle Hut: 1918
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 06/11/2007 - 2:29pm.
The YMCA "Eagle Hut" canteen for enlisted men in Bryant Park, New York City. June 12, 1918. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Animal House: 1915
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 06/11/2007 - 4:38am.
"Delta Upsilon Rough House." University of California at Berkeley circa 1915. View full size. 4x5 glass negative, Oliver Family Photo Collection.
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