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Table Setting: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/17/2009 - 1:08am.
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Gus Buchholz, Occidental Hotel interior." A view of the restaurant. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Let's Do Lunch: 1918
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/16/2009 - 10:57am.
Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "U.S. Food Administration." The cafeteria in one of Uncle Sam's new bureaucracies. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
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Bathtime for Baby: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/16/2009 - 3:05am.
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Circa 1905. "Martha Harris. Baby being washed." Maybe one (or two) of the Harrises of Harris & Ewing. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
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Horseless Carriage: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/16/2009 - 2:57am.
Washington, D.C., circa 1906. "Senator George P. Wetmore, Rhode Island." Who can identify the car? (The current consensus: Krieger electric landaulet, from France.) Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Birthday Party with Grandma, 1953
Submitted by der_bingle on Sun, 03/15/2009 - 2:59pm.
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My cousins, Oak Park, Illinois. 1953. Tom (left) is the Birthday Boy. 35mm slide. View full size. The living room was seen earlier in this post.
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B.E.P.: 1929
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 03/15/2009 - 1:42pm.
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June 26, 1929. Washington, D.C. "Bureau of Engraving and Printing." Note the many mercury-discharge lamps. National Photo glass negative. View full size.
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Hotel Occidental: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 03/14/2009 - 11:21pm.
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. Gustav Buchholz's Occidental hotel and restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue. Just out of frame to the left would be Childs' Restaurant, seen a few posts back. Rising on the right is the Willard Hotel. View full size.
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