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Goodyear Blimp: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/05/2009 - 10:41am.
April 13, 1938. Washington, D.C. "Goodyear blimp Enterprise at Washington Air Post." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Perry and Jimmy: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/05/2009 - 8:05am.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1939. Actually there is no caption for this photo. Who can ID these mystery men? Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
UPDATE: They're D.C. newspaper columnists Robert Kintner and Joe Alsop.
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Canteen Scene: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/05/2009 - 1:28am.
December 1943. Washington, D.C. "In the canteen for enlisted men at the United Nations Service Center on a Saturday night." Medium-format safety negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Raw Recruits: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 9:53pm.
"December 1941. Enlisting in the Marines. Recruiting office, San Francisco." Nitrate negative by John Collier, Office of War Information. View full size.
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Top Chefs: 1914
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 7:21pm.
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Henrietta: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 9:38am.
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March 1943. "Henrietta, Missouri. Going through the town on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Marceline, Missouri, and Argentine, Kansas. The operator has just handed up a message." Medium-format nitrate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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God Bless America: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 9:24am.
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January 1941. "Window in home of unemployed steelworker. Ambridge, Pennsylvania." Medium-format negative by John Vachon. View full size.
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