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Tete-a-Tete: 1922
Submitted by Ken on Sun, 03/23/2008 - 8:08am.
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"Fifty-fifty - something better than rolling Easter eggs." Sharing a drink at the White House Easter-egg roll in 1922. View full size. National Photo Co.
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Easter Parade: 1925
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Low Roller: 1921
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Bunny Boy: 1923
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April 2, 1923. Washington, D.C. A happy Easter egg roller at the White House. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Egg Role: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 03/22/2008 - 12:25pm.
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The stage actress Martha-Bryan Allen (whose sister Elizabeth Allen was mother of "Bewitched" star Elizabeth Montgomery), circa 1920. View full size. G.G. Bain.
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All Ears: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 03/22/2008 - 9:51am.
July 1943. "Wheat, Pennsylvania." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration.
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Paper Mountain: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 03/22/2008 - 9:47am.
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April 1943. Lufkin, Texas. Southland Paper mill. Kraft (chemical) pulp for making newsprint. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Vachon.
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