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Thanksgiving Bird: 1919
Submitted by Ken on Wed, 11/21/2007 - 7:12am.
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A young girl stands with her Thanksgiving dinner. From the National Photo Company collection, 1919. View full size.
Turkey Run: 1929
Submitted by Ken on Tue, 11/20/2007 - 2:52pm.
A thanksgiving turkey is delivered to Washington, D.C., for President Herbert Hoover on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 1929. From the National Photo Company collection. View full size.
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A Little Privacy, Please II
Submitted by Ken on Tue, 11/20/2007 - 9:13am.
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A child washes before lunch at the nursery school at the Queensbridge housing project in Queens, New York. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein, June, 1942. View full size.
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A Little Privacy, Please I
Submitted by Ken on Tue, 11/20/2007 - 9:10am.
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Children are taught personal hygiene at the nursery school at the Queensbridge housing project in Queens, New York. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein, June, 1942. View full size.
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Kitty Hawk Drum Fish: 1900
Submitted by Ken on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 3:48pm.
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Tom Tate, the son of Captain Tate's half-brother Daniel Tate, poses with a drum fish in front of a 1900 Wright glider. Photograph by either Orville or Wilbur Wright, 1900. View full size.
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Hill of the Wreck: 1900
Submitted by Ken on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 10:10am.
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A crumpled glider destroyed by the wind on Hill of the Wreck in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The hill was named after a shipwreck, not the fate of the glider. Photograph by either Orville or Wilbur Wright, Oct. 10, 1900. View full size.
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Great Boston Fire of 1872
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 11/18/2007 - 5:17pm.
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A city in ruins. Boston, Massachusetts, after the great fire of November 9-10, 1872. View full size. Albumen print by Joshua Smith. Wikipedia link.
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