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- Before the Rise of the Teenager?
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- Muddy waters
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- What's in a name?
- What game to play next
- If These Shabby, Flimsy Walls Could Only Talk
- Another Depression dead turkey yarn
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- Third row, second from left
- It's 1939 and 1940
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Avenue Grand: 1920
Washington circa 1920. "Crandall's Avenue Grand," 645 Pennsylvania Avenue S.E. Now playing: "Dangerous to Men." National Photo Co. View full size.
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Georgetown vs. Marines: 1923
- 8 comments
- 19568 reads
Eastern Talking Machine: 1917
January 24, 1917. "Malvina Amundsen, 15. Office girl in Eastern Talking Machine Co., 177 Tremont Street, Boston." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
- 9 comments
- 16282 reads
Abe Singer: 1917
February 2, 1917. Boston, Massachusetts. "Abe Singer, 14-year old helper at Wax Florists, 143 Tremont Street. He delivers bundles, tends the door, etc." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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- 17967 reads
Wholesome and Delicious: 1925
"Whistle Bottling Works." The Washington, D.C., bottling plant for Whistle orange soda circa 1925. National Photo Co. Collection glass negative. View full size.
- 4 comments
- 18481 reads
Mary H. Miller: 1905
Circa 1905. "A Mississippi River floating dry dock, Vicksburg." The sternwheeler Mary H. Miller. Detroit Publishing Company glass negative. View full size.
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Eastern High: 1905
Washington, D.C., circa 1905. "Eastern High School football team." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Battleship: 1917
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