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Waldman's Music: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 10/15/2007 - 2:09am.
Another view of the Waldman's music store in Manhattan from 1921, showing records, listening booths and Victrolas. The inscription on the negative also says "N.Y. B'd Inst. Co." View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Talking Machines: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 10/14/2007 - 9:42pm.
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The Owens & Beers record shop at 81 Chambers Street in New York circa 1915-1920. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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His Master's Voice: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 10/14/2007 - 9:15pm.
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Waldman's music store in New York, May 1921. A nice selection of records and Victrolas, with Nipper keeping an eye on things. Does anyone know where this was? View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Are You in the Possession?
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 10/14/2007 - 1:37pm.
April 1941. "Sign outside of church in the Black Belt, Chicago." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Edwin Rosskam, Farm Security Administration.
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Soul + Food: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 10/13/2007 - 9:31pm.
April 1941. Storefront church and adjacent lunch wagon in the Chicago Black Belt. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Edwin Rosskam.
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Federal Yeast: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 10/13/2007 - 9:21pm.
Chicago street scene, April 1941. Papers littering the sidewalk are "policy slips." ["Policy" was a lottery gambling system once common in some black communities.] View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Edwin Rosskam.
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Water Break: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 10/13/2007 - 8:54pm.
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January 1938. Agricultural workers on a sugar plantation near Ponce, Puerto Rico. View full size. 2.25 inch nitrate negative by Edwin Rosskam.
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