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Baby Carrot: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 08/04/2017 - 3:04pm.
March 1937. "Children of migratory carrot pullers, Mexicans. Imperial Valley, California." Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange. View full size.
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Urban Alligator: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 08/04/2017 - 10:52am.
San Francisco circa 1921. "Chalmers Six touring car." Fitted with a reptilian custom top. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
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Hotel Vendome: 1900
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/03/2017 - 10:48pm.
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Boston circa 1900. "Hotel Vendome, Dartmouth Street and Commonwealth Avenue." 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Utah Copper: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/03/2017 - 4:29pm.
November 1942. "Utah Copper -- Bingham Mine. Brakeman of an ore train at the open-pit mining operations of Utah Copper Company at Bingham Canyon, Utah." Photo by Andreas Feininger for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Amity Hall: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/03/2017 - 1:05pm.
August 1937. "Automobile convoys at Amity Hall, Pennsylvania. Truckers' facilities are, according to the drivers, model accommodations and of a kind not found elsewhere." Photo by Edwin Locke, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Fortress America: 1903
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/03/2017 - 12:43am.
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New York, 1903. "Cadet Armory, 9th Regiment Coast Artillery, West 14th Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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99 Bottles: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 08/02/2017 - 11:30am.
October 1938. North Platte, Nebraska. "Manager of the Alamo bar, and Mildred Irwin, entertainer." The saloon singer last seen here. Medium format negative by John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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