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The Old Stove: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 09/20/2007 - 11:43pm.
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September 1935. "Garrett County, Maryland. Interior of a house." 35mm nitrate negative by Theodor Jung, Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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Submitted by Moon Pie on Sun, 10/14/2007 - 11:50pm.
Notice the clothesline over the stove. Extra benefit extracted from the heat -- assuming the clothes didn't fall on the stove and burn.
Amazing quality
Submitted by D. Gorton on Sat, 09/22/2007 - 4:44pm.
I am very familiar with 35mm film, and this guy is simply amazing. In fact, I have a real hard time believing that this is not a larger format given the tonal quality of the image, never mind the detail. Just extraordinary!
[We can thank the Shadows & Highlights filter in Photoshop CS3 for a lot of that goodness. - Dave]
Garrett County
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 09/21/2007 - 11:07am.
My mom's family lived in Garrett County for 150 years. Nice stove.
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