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Marietta Street: 1864
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 6:26pm.
1864. "Atlanta, Georgia. View on Marietta Street." Wet plate negative by George N. Barnard. LOC Civil War glass plate negative collection. View full size.
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Grace in Color: 1920
Submitted by Fredric Falcon on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 1:04pm.
A colorized version of this 1920 photo of actress Grace Valentine by the Bain News Service. View full size. More in the Colorized Gallery.
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First Avenue Market: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 11:15am.
January 1943. "New York. Italian grocer in the First Avenue market at Tenth Street." Medium-format safety negative by Marjory Collins. View full size.
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Italian Wedding: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 9:37pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "Scalco, National Fruit Co." Salvatore Scalco, the groom, was company president. National Photo glass negative. View full size.
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Montreal: 1900
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 3:55pm.
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Quebec circa 1900. "Jacques Cartier Square, Montreal." One of relatively few Canadian scenes in the archive. Detroit Publishing glass negative. View full size.
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Night Lights: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 9:42am.
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New York circa 1905. "Night in Luna Park, Coney Island." A veritable wonderland of incandescent illumination. Detroit Publishing glass negative. View full size.
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Robert Hill: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 1:52am.
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March 1943. "Topeka, Kansas. Robert L. Hill, steel car repairer and rivet driver, at the car shops of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad." Medium-format nitrate negative by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.
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