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Pull Down Tear Up: 1942
Submitted by Ken on Mon, 09/24/2007 - 2:52pm.
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Children wash before lunch at the nursery school at the Red Hook housing project community center in Brooklyn, New York. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein, June 1942. View full size.
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Can You Hear the Bitter Cry of Children
Submitted by Ken on Mon, 09/24/2007 - 11:26am.
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Using some of the photos posted on Shorpy, reader Dale Caruso put together this touching audio slide show on child workers at the turn of the century. Thanks for sharing Dale.
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Knitting Class: 1942
Submitted by Ken on Sun, 09/23/2007 - 9:47pm.
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Students attend a class in knitting at the Red Hook housing project community center in Brooklyn, New York. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein, June 1942. View full size.
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Jumpers: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 09/23/2007 - 11:48am.
April 1941. Children jumping rope on the sidewalk of a South Side Chicago street. View full size. Printed from a 35mm nitrate negative shot by Russell Lee.
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The Equitable Fire: New York, 1912
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 09/23/2007 - 12:37am.
January 1912. Equitable fire as viewed from the Singer Building. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. An account of the fire.
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Easter Sunday, 1936
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 09/22/2007 - 7:58pm.
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April 12, 1936. Newsboys in Jackson, Ohio. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Theodor Jung for the Resettlement Administration.
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Taylor Motor Co.: 1923
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 09/22/2007 - 1:31am.
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1923. "Taylor Motor Co. exterior," a Ford dealership in Washington, D.C. 5x4 glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.
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