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Traffic Cam: 1915
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/17/2009 - 5:49am.
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"Woman in automobile circa 1915." From of a series of pictures showing National Photo owner Herbert E. French and friends on motor excursions in the D.C. area. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Speed Racer: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/17/2009 - 3:01am.
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July 18, 1925. Laurel, Maryland. "R.J. O'Connor, inter-city championship bicycle races, Laurel Speedway." National Photo Co. glass negative. View full size.
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Team Players: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/16/2009 - 5:45pm.
Washington, D.C., or vicinity, 1906. "Boys school baseball '06." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Abraham Lincoln: 1865
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/16/2009 - 6:57am.
February 5, 1865. "Abraham Lincoln, seated, holding spectacles and a pencil." Glass transparency; photograph by Alexander Gardner. View full size.
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Sanitary Ice Cream Cone: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/16/2009 - 3:49am.
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April 3, 1917. Oklahoma City. "Workshop of Sanitary Ice Cream Cone Co., 116 S. Dewey Street. Boys packing cones are John Myers, 14 years old, and a boy 12 years old who is working steady now. Boss said: 'He said he wasn't going to school so I took him.' " Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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Soccer Mom: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/15/2009 - 9:47pm.
Washington, D.C., circa 1908. "Mrs. F.S. Bliven in auto." Husband Frank, who worked for Cook & Stoddard, the local Franklin automobile agency, made the newspapers for driving 35 miles with a broken steering knuckle. View full size.
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The Cure: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/15/2009 - 1:29pm.
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October 1935. "Advertisements for popular malaria cure. Natchez, Mississippi." Photo by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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