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Industrial Winter: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/19/2007 - 4:28pm.
Chicago & North Western railyard, Chicago. December 1942. View full size. Kodachrome by Jack Delano. Camera: 4x5 Graflex Speed Graphic.
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Free-Range Babies: 1946
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/19/2007 - 2:06pm.
Infant cages and babies sunbathing on nursery lawn in the Israeli settlement of Gat. February 12, 1946. View full size. Matson Photo Service.
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They Are Blind to My Beauty: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/19/2007 - 1:53am.
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Bathing beach beauty contest, 1920. Elizabeth Margaret Williams and Elizabeth Roache. View full size. National Photo Company.
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Bathing Girl Parade: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 04/18/2007 - 11:51pm.
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Annual "Bathing Girl Parade," Balboa Island at Newport Beach, California. June 20, 1920. Panoramic photo by Miles Weaver. View full size.
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Harvard Varsity: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 04/18/2007 - 11:49pm.
Harvard Varsity, 1911. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection. Evidence that not every rowing squad in the 1910's was fashion-challenged.
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Syracuse Boathouse: 1914
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 04/18/2007 - 11:35pm.
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Celery Cola: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 04/18/2007 - 11:34pm.
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John Howell, an Indianapolis newsboy. Makes 75 cents some days. Begins at 6 A.M., Sundays. Lives at 215 W. Michigan St. August 1908. View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. This is as close to a Hine self-portrait as we've seen. Who can tell us about Celery Cola?
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