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Chretien Point: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/27/2014 - 1:32pm.
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1938. "Chretien Point Plantation, Sunset vicinity, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Structure dates to 1831." Photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.
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Planes, Trains: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/27/2014 - 10:59am.
June 12, 1935. "Newark passenger station, Pennsylvania Railroad. Waiting room, sunlight and passengers. McKim, Mead & White, client." Waiting for someone to explain the plane. Large format negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
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Deluxe Apartment: 1942
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New York, 1942. Another of Albert Fenn's photos recording the family life of musician Eddie South. The Shorpy Research Department believes this to be his first wife, the former Kathryn Crum, crocheting a bedspread. View full size.
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Polar Volleyball: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/26/2014 - 9:59pm.
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February 1922. Washington, D.C. "Barefoot volleyball in snow." Recreation at Fort Frostbite. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Milk and Cuties: 1951
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1951. Santa Barbara, California. "Lana Turner lunching by pool at the Coral Casino with daughter Cheryl Crane." Hollywood royalty, mingling with the hoi polloi. Color transparency by Earl Theisen for Look magazine. View full size.
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The Hamilton: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/26/2014 - 1:31pm.
Circa 1908. "The Hamilton -- Daytona, Florida." What used to be called a "tourist home." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Happy Meals: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/25/2014 - 8:39pm.
September 1943. "Restaurant sign on the bus route through Indiana to Chicago." Photo by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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