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Woodrow Wilson: 1923
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/18/2008 - 12:32pm.
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"Wilson in Automobile." The former president in 1923, the year before his death. View full size. 4x5 glass negative, National Photo Company Collection.
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Go Ahead: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/18/2008 - 3:38am.
January 1943. Calumet City, Illinois. Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad switchman demonstrating signal with a fusee, used at twilight and dawn, when visibility is poor. This signal means "go ahead." View full size. Caption and 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information.
Nutbrowns Groceteria: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/18/2008 - 1:35am.
February 1939. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. "Idle pea pickers discuss prospects for work." View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration.
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Bethlehem-Fairfield: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/18/2008 - 1:06am.
Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards, Baltimore. 1941. "Between the ways of this large Eastern shipyard run tracks for flatcars carrying materials or sections to be hoisted onto the deck of Liberty ships under construction." View full size. Medium format nitrate negative by Alfred Palmer.
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Phillips Finlay: 1929
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/18/2008 - 12:47am.
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Golfer Phillips Finlay at the Chevy Chase Club in 1929. View full size. 4x5 inch glass negative from the National Photo Company Collection.
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Airborne: 1928
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1st Women's Fire Dept.: 1929
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"First Women's Fire Department." At the 1929 Firemen's Labor Day Parade in Washington, D.C. View full size. National Photo Company Collection.
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