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Evelyn: c. 1909
Submitted by Ken on Wed, 08/01/2007 - 5:04am.
Evelyn, a maid, seated in a New York kitchen with a basket on her lap. Photographed by Jessie Tarbox Beals, c. 1909. View full size.
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Broadcast: 1943
Submitted by Ken on Tue, 07/31/2007 - 8:36am.
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Father Smith broadcasting a news release in Spanish from his parish house broadcasting station in Questa, New Mexico. Photograph by John Collier, 1943. View full size.
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Marie Delna
Submitted by Ken on Tue, 07/31/2007 - 5:38am.
French opera singer Marie Delna (1875-1932). Photo from the George Grantham Bain collection. No date recorded. View full size.
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Prendergast Wedding
Submitted by Ken on Tue, 07/31/2007 - 5:30am.
The wedding of Miss Speed to Major Prendergast. Photograph by Matson Photo Service, 1940-1946. View full size.
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Col. Maduro Cigars: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 07/30/2007 - 8:19pm.
August 1908. Col. Maduro cigar factory in Indianapolis, Indiana. View full size. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. Note Celery Cola cap worn by boy on the right.
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Shano Collins: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 07/30/2007 - 7:34pm.
John "Shano" Collins, first baseman for the Chicago White Sox, at bat in 1920. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Federal Art Project Posters
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 07/30/2007 - 3:08pm.
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We have a number of Federal Art Project / WPA posters from the late 1930s now available as Juniper Gallery Fine Art Prints! Including, yes, the much- requested oral-realist masterpiece Keep Your Teeth Clean. High-resolution, digitally restored and printed on Arches Infinity archival French art paper.
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