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Eastern Track: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 12:22pm.
Back in H&E's Washington portrait studio circa 1905. "Eastern High School track team." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Q Street: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 10:29am.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Panama Legation, New Hampshire Avenue and Q Street N.W." 18th Street is on the left and New Hampshire Avenue on the right. This is one of the earliest examples of a stop sign ("Boulevard Stop") in the archive. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Company B: 1864
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 8:12am.
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August 1864. "Petersburg, Virginia. Group of Company B, U.S. Engineer Battalion." Photographs from the main Eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Wet-plate glass negative. View full size.
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Yes We Can: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 11:55pm.
"Seeman Bros., White Rose products." The Magruder grocery at Connecticut Avenue and K Street in Washington circa 1925. National Photo. View full size.
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The Candy Kid: 1926
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 8:35pm.
Washington, Sixth and L streets S.W., circa 1926. "Semmes Motor Co. J.W. Hurley truck." National Photo Co. Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Game Day: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 3:15pm.
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November 14, 1925. "Georgetown-Centre College game." Georgetown University takes on Kentucky's "Praying Colonels" at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Jersey Shore: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 1:56pm.
"Belmar, on beach." Beachgoers at the New Jersey ocean resort of Belmar circa 1910. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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