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No. 2: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 06/16/2008 - 1:46am.
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February 12, 1909. "James Crowley, 2nd in Brooklyn Marathon." View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress.
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Pieface Boy: 1923
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 06/15/2008 - 10:45pm.
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August 2, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Max Schwartz, winner of pie eating contest, Jefferson school." View full size. National Photo Company glass negative.
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Branding: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 06/15/2008 - 10:10pm.
September 1939. "Hamburger stand with old cattle brands. Dumas, Texas." 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Model Citizens: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 06/15/2008 - 5:00pm.
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August 12, 1924. "International Boys Leagues. Thomas W. Miles and Simon Zebrock of Los Angeles at White House." View full size. National Photo Co.
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Bottle Break: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 06/15/2008 - 12:04pm.
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November 1909. Woodbury, New Jersey. "Woodbury Bottle Works. Noon hour. All are workers." View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
Dubya: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 06/15/2008 - 11:20am.
May 1939. "Statue to the watermelon. Weatherford, Texas, watermelon center." View full size. 35mm negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration.
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Everyone Was There: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 06/14/2008 - 6:27pm.
October 1938. Crowley, Louisiana. "Crowd of people waiting for Cajun band contest to begin at the National Rice Festival." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
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International Harvester: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 06/14/2008 - 5:03pm.
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May 1943. "Mexican worker recruited and brought to the Arkansas Valley, Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota by the Farm Security Administration to harvest sugar beets under contract with the Inter-mountain Agricultural Improvement Association." View full size. Office of War Information.
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