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Gotham: 1931
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 10:15am.
New York. December 15, 1931. "River House, 52nd Street and East River. Cloud study, noon, looking south from 27th floor." 5x7 safety negative by the prolific architectural photographer Samuel H. Gottscho. View full size.
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RCA: 1933
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 05/03/2009 - 10:30pm.
September 1, 1933. "Rockefeller Center, New York City. RCA Building, general view from the old Union Club." Our second look at 30 Rock in the past few days. 5x7 inch safety negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
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Take a Letter: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 05/03/2009 - 3:21pm.
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Washington School for Secretaries building." 1419 F Street N.W. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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The Upper Hand: 1919
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 05/03/2009 - 12:00pm.
1919. "Ralph E. Madsen, the tall cowboy, shaking hands with Senator Morris Sheppard at Capitol." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Home Cooking: 1910
Submitted by D_Chadwick on Sat, 05/02/2009 - 7:52pm.
Circa 1910. Mixing up a big batch of "Salmonella Surprise." Scanned from the original 4x5 inch glass negative. View full size.
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Arsenal: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 05/02/2009 - 7:37pm.
December 1942. Detroit, Michigan. "Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation. Stockpile of coal and iron ore." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Arthur Siegel for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Hanover Junction: 1863
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 05/02/2009 - 6:44pm.
1863. "Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania. Passenger train at depot." From photographs of the main Eastern theater of war, Gettysburg, June-July 1863. Wet plate glass negative by Mathew Brady or his assistant. View full size.
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