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Rockaway Bungalows: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 06/30/2007 - 2:14am.
Vacation bungalow colony at Rockaway, Queens, c. 1910. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection. Note "front yards" of sand decorated with seashells.
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The Sands of Time: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 06/30/2007 - 2:14am.
More of the Rockaway bungalow colony in 1910. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Tent City: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 06/30/2007 - 2:13am.
July 26, 1910. Tent city on the beach at Rockaway, Queens. View full size. 5x7 glass plate negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Coney Island: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 06/30/2007 - 2:12am.
May 27, 1911. Aftermath of the Dreamland amusement park fire at Coney Island. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection. Note the ancient streetlamp.
Nanty Glo Slagger: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/29/2007 - 11:34pm.
1937. Salvaging coal from the slag heap at Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania. Coal pickers get 10 cents for each hundred-pound sack or two dollars a ton. One man can make from 10 to 20 sacks a day. View full size. Photograph by Ben Shahn.
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Our Man in Maynardville: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/29/2007 - 11:23pm.
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Another view of the Tennessee Troubadour as captured by painter-photographer Ben Shahn in October 1935. View full size. More here. 35mm nitrate negative.
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Tennessee Troubadour: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/29/2007 - 3:30pm.
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October 1935. Street musician in Maynardville, Tennessee. View full size. Photograph by Ben Shahn. Another shot here. Scan from 35mm nitrate negative.
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