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High Fiber: 1903
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/24/2015 - 1:08pm.
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New Orleans circa 1903. "Cotton on the Mississippi River levee." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Slippery Danger: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/24/2015 - 11:54am.
"Flint auto in San Francisco, 1924." With the Ghirardelli Square clock tower keeping time for whatever conversation is taking place between the front seat and the back. 5x7 inch glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
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Modern Amoeba: 1947
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/23/2015 - 11:06pm.
Jan. 27, 1947. "Kartch's, business on Main Street in Paterson, New Jersey. Interior, to rear." Witness to one of midcentury design's favorite mashups, the trapezoid and the amoeba. Large-format negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
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Alpha Females: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/23/2015 - 6:20pm.
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May 1942. "Southington, Connecticut. Schoolchildren staging a patriotic demonstration." Which includes Synchronized Stationary Bikes. Photo by Fenno Jacobs for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Theta Pi Pastels: 1910
Submitted by booboogbs on Sun, 02/22/2015 - 6:03pm.
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Colorized from this Shorpy original: Washington, D.C., circa 1910. "Theta Pi girls." 8x10 inch glass negative, Harris & Ewing Collection. View full size.
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Pleasantville: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/22/2015 - 12:56pm.
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire, circa 1909. "Congress Street near Market Square." With at least two painless dentists, an optician, hatter and oyster house among the merchants vying for your trade. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.
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The Music Men: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/22/2015 - 11:30am.
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"Virginia P.I. Cadet Band." Circa 1920, the men of Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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