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Talking Machines: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 10/14/2007 - 9:42pm.
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The Owens & Beers record shop at 81 Chambers Street in New York circa 1915-1920. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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His Master's Voice: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 10/14/2007 - 9:15pm.
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Waldman's music store in New York, May 1921. A nice selection of records and Victrolas, with Nipper keeping an eye on things. Does anyone know where this was? View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Are You in the Possession?
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 10/14/2007 - 1:37pm.
April 1941. "Sign outside of church in the Black Belt, Chicago." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Edwin Rosskam, Farm Security Administration.
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Soul + Food: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 10/13/2007 - 9:31pm.
April 1941. Storefront church and adjacent lunch wagon in the Chicago Black Belt. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Edwin Rosskam.
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Federal Yeast: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 10/13/2007 - 9:21pm.
Chicago street scene, April 1941. Papers littering the sidewalk are "policy slips." ["Policy" was a lottery gambling system once common in some black communities.] View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Edwin Rosskam.
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Water Break: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 10/13/2007 - 8:54pm.
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January 1938. Agricultural workers on a sugar plantation near Ponce, Puerto Rico. View full size. 2.25 inch nitrate negative by Edwin Rosskam.
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Cane: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 10/13/2007 - 8:53pm.
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January 1938. Train loaded with cane on a sugar plantation near Ponce, Puerto Rico. View full size. 2.25" nitrate negative by Edwin Rosskam.
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