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Minute Service No. 1: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 10:12am.
Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Minute Service Station, 17th & L streets N.W." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Top Dog: 1865
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 1:17am.
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March 1865. "City Point, Virginia. General U.S. Grant's horse Cincinnati." Wet plate glass negative, left half of stereograph pair. View full size.
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Bridge in Progress: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 04/18/2009 - 12:44am.
New York, July 15, 1908. "Temporary footpath, Manhattan Bridge." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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In Surgery: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/17/2009 - 8:19pm.
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Shorthanded: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/17/2009 - 4:44pm.
1920. "Washington School for Secretaries classroom." Our second look at the school's facilities. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Girls' Hoops: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/17/2009 - 9:31am.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1917. "Friends School. Girls basketball team." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Maryland Packers: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 10:38pm.
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July 1909. "Some of the workers in a Maryland packing company." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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