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Civil War Signal Tower: 1864
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 05/20/2007 - 5:09am.
Bermuda Hundred, Virginia. Signal tower on left of the line near the Appomattox River. Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865. Wet collodion glass plate. View full size | Even larger. Signal towers, employed by both the Confederate and Union armies during the Civil War to transmit coded messages, used flags by day and torches by night.
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Williamsburg Bridge: 1903
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Pat Connelly: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 05/19/2007 - 3:33pm.
New York, November 13, 1909. "Irish wrestler Pat Connelly." 8x10 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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Time to Make the Donuts
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 11:09pm.
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June 1942. Truck driver at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Douglas Dam. View full size. Amazing 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.
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Philadelphia Story: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 11:07pm.
Chicago moviegoers waiting to see "The Philadelphia Story" starring Stewart, Grant and Hepburn. April 1941. View full size. Photograph by Russell Lee.
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Easter Sunday: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 11:05pm.
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Easter Sunday, April 1941. Boys waiting for the processional at an Episcopal church in South Side Chicago. View full size. Photograph by Russell Lee. Observe, young people of today, how the young people of yesterday dressed: Up.
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Church Ladies: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 11:05pm.
Easter Sunday, April 1941. Waiting for the processional at an Episcopal church in South Side Chicago. View full size. Photograph by Russell Lee.
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