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The Wind-Up: 1921
Submitted by Ken on Thu, 08/30/2007 - 6:49am.
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Amarillo Yardmaster: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 08/29/2007 - 12:06pm.
March 1943. Yardmaster at Amarillo, Texas, railyard. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano, Office of War Information.
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I Want Food
Submitted by Ken on Tue, 08/28/2007 - 9:21pm.
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Children picket at a waiters strike at the Raleigh Hotel in Washington, D.C. From the National Photo Company collection, between 1918 and 1920. View full size.
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Officer Snodgrass: 1929
Submitted by Ken on Tue, 08/28/2007 - 1:21pm.
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Officer Snodgrass of the White House police force holds a captured opossum that strayed onto White House grounds, May 6, 1929. From the National Photo Company collection. View full size.
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Raleigh Haberdasher: 1925
Submitted by Ken on Tue, 08/28/2007 - 9:20am.
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The display window of Raleigh Haberdasher in Washington, D.C., c. 1925. From the National Photo Company collection. View full size
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Nathaniel Dial Children: 1922
Submitted by Ken on Mon, 08/27/2007 - 6:13am.
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The children of U.S. Senator Nathaniel Dial, May 27. 1922. From the National Photo Company collection. View full size.
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My Wife's Accident Made Me Happy!
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 08/27/2007 - 2:45am.
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