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Embaixada do Brasil: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/20/2009 - 10:59am.
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Washington, D.C., 1925. "Brazilian Embassy, Henry Adams House, 1603 H Street N.W." In the late 1920s the house was razed and replaced by the Hay-Adams Hotel. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Group Portrait: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 11:00pm.
Washington, D.C., circa 1905. "Family Group." Any members of the Group family still out there? Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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City Gas: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 8:20pm.
"Gas tank at 26th & G." The city gas house and holding tanks ("gasometers") in Northwest Washington near the current location of the Watergate complex. The intersection in the photo (seen earlier here) is New Hampshire (middle left) and Virginia avenues. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Boys With Brooms: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 7:33pm.
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November 1908. "Some Sweepers in a North Carolina cotton mill." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine for the National Child Labor Committee. View full size.
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Satyricon: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 11:12am.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Y.W.C.A. Circus." Another scene from the Terrifying Party. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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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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