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Blue Bell Hamburgers 12¢
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/21/2007 - 6:32pm.
The Blue Bell diner at 619 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington. June 1948. View full size | Even larger | Read the menu. The Blue Bell had an upscale cousin on 10th Street, the Waffle Shop. Photograph by Theodor Horydczak.
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Model Behavior: 1942
Submitted by Ken on Mon, 05/21/2007 - 2:24pm.
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October 1942. Experimental staff at the North American Aviation plant in Ingle- wood, Calif., observing wind tunnel tests on a model of the B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.
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Just a Dip At Twilight: 1938
Submitted by Ken on Mon, 05/21/2007 - 8:02am.
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A homemade swimming pool for steelworkers' children in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein, July, 1938. View full size.
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Tobacco Candy: 1940
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Japanese Tommy: 1860
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 05/20/2007 - 9:38pm.
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The American minstrel performer Japanese Tommy, aka Thomas Dilward, circa 1860. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. View large as life.
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The Dream: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 05/20/2007 - 9:36pm.
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"See what Prince will do for me." Prince Albert, Ida Cuthbertson's "famous educated horse." Brown Studio, Riverside, circa 1909. View full size.
Brooklyn Bridge: 1910
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