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Ringside: 1864
December 15, 1864. "Nashville, Tennessee. Battle of Nashville. Spectators watching the fight between generals Hood and Thomas." Photograph by George N. Barnard. Civil War glass negative collection, Library of Congress. View full size.
- 3 comments
- 31302 reads
Hackett Garage: 1916
Circa 1916. "Hackett Motor Car Co., Jackson, Michigan." Part of the Hackett assembly plant. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
- 6 comments
- 24338 reads
Revyl & Lory: 1918
New York, August 3, 1918. "Madame Revyl and Jane Lory." The French actresses Simone Revyl and Jane (Jeanne) Lory, members of Jacques Coupeau's theater troupe. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
- 2 comments
- 10431 reads
Texalene Benzol Blend: 1925
1925. Washington, D.C. "Texas Company, Benning Service Station." George H. James, proprietor. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
- 10 comments
- 29396 reads
Mary Makes a Radio: 1925
1925. "Starting assembly of set (Mary Ramsey)." A worker at the Atwater Kent radio factory in Philadelphia. National Photo glass negative. View full size.
- 15 comments
- 27891 reads
Secretary of War: 1925
October 14, 1925. "Sec. Dwight Davis & family after swearing in." Dwight Davis, Secretary of War in the Coolidge administration and a tennis champion in his younger years, is probably best remembered as founder of the Davis Cup. National Photo Company glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 9973 reads
Elephant Walk: 1925
May 15, 1925. "Jane Davis, Jimmy Davis & Theodore Amussen." Jane and her brother, seen here yesterday, were the children of Labor Secretary James Davis. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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- 13585 reads
Kodak Moment: 1926
1926. "Jimmie Jr., Jane, Joan, Jean Davis (Lee Hart job)." Dad James Davis was Secretary of Labor in the Harding, Coolidge and Hoover administrations before being elected to the Senate. National Photo glass negative. View full size.
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