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Evil Clowns: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 3:34am.
Washington circa 1925. "Y.W.C.A. Circus." Very little to go on here, but maybe that's just as well. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Personality Fat Girl: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 2:56am.
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August 1938. "Sideshow, county fair, central Ohio." 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Some of Its Parts: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/18/2009 - 7:18pm.
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Washington, D.C. August 1920. "Steuart's Garage, stockroom, 12th Street N.E." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Klanorama: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/18/2009 - 5:50pm.
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Sunday, August 9, 1925. "KKK services." The "services" at the Capital Horse Show grounds in Arlington, complete with flaming 80-foot cross, wrapped up the Klan's weekend in Washington. Some 100,000 people from all over the country were thought to have attended. National Photo Co. glass negative. View full size.
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Out for Delivery: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/18/2009 - 4:39pm.
A gray 1912 day in Washington, D.C. "Woodward & Lothrop department store trucks." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Fast Living: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/18/2009 - 9:11am.
July 18, 1925. Laurel, Maryland. "Race car driver Peter De Paolo and Chas. Allen, Laurel bicycle races." National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
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Jewish Farmers Exhibit: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/18/2009 - 9:04am.
New York. October 13, 1909. The Federation of Jewish Farmers of America exhibit at the Educational Alliance building, East Broadway and Jefferson Street. 8x10 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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