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In My Room: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 08/24/2009 - 4:26am.
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January 1943. Washington, D.C., war workers at home. "A radio is company for this girl in her boardinghouse room." Medium-format nitrate negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Radio Days: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 08/23/2009 - 1:32pm.
Washington, D.C., circa 1938. "Dancing class, WRC studio." Smile for the microphone, girls. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Greyhound: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 08/22/2009 - 10:24pm.
Washington, D.C., circa 1938. "Greyhound bus." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. Compare and contrast with this Greyhound.
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People's Drug No. 10: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 08/22/2009 - 12:42pm.
Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "People's Drug Store, 18th & Columbia Road. Soda fountain." An interior view of the store (now a McDonald's) seen earlier here. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Weller's Pharmacy: 1915
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 08/21/2009 - 4:39pm.
Washington, D.C., circa 1915. "Weller's drug store, Eighth & I streets S.E." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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On the Road: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 08/21/2009 - 9:09am.
June 1938. Outskirts of El Paso, Texas. "Young Negro wife cooking breakfast. 'Do you suppose I'd be out on the highway cooking my steak if I had it good at home?' Occupations: hotel maid, cook, laundress." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Truck Farm: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 08/21/2009 - 2:39am.
November 1938. "Farm woman beside her barn door. Tulare County, California. No more horseshoes!" Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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