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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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We Are the Champions: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 4:56pm.
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Washington, D.C., 1913. "Technical High School. Football team." Some of the nicest chaps you'd ever want to meet. Harris & Ewing Collection. View full size.
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Gramma and Grampa: 1948
Submitted by Julie on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 9:18am.
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I've always been really fond of this picture. It was taken on the day of my grandparents' wedding in 1948. My grandmother was 21 at the time and my grandfather was 22. View full size.
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