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The Top of Liberty
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 10/02/2007 - 12:54am.
Statue of Liberty circa 1908. Top of the head as seen from the torch. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
New York: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 10/02/2007 - 12:53am.
The New York of 1908 as seen from the 33rd floor of the Metropolitan Life building. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Pin Boy: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 10/01/2007 - 7:44pm.
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October 1911. Lowell, Massachusetts. "Joseph Philip, 5 Wall Street, pin boy in Les Miserables Bowling Alley, said 11 years old and worked until midnight every night. Said he made $2.25 last week and $1.76 the week before." View full size. Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
Santa Fe Diesel: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 10/01/2007 - 9:13am.
March 1943. Washing one of the Santa Fe R.R. 5,400-horsepower diesel freight locomotives in the roundhouse at Argentine, Kansas. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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Air Circus: 1923
Submitted by Ken on Fri, 09/28/2007 - 11:07am.
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Sept. 24, 1923. Watching the planes at the Bolling Field Air Circus in Washington, D.C. National Photo Company collection, View full size.
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Give Him The Best You've Got: 1942
Submitted by Ken on Fri, 09/28/2007 - 10:14am.
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Kenneth Hall, a Tennessee Valley Authority worker, eating lunch. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein, June 1942. View full size.
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Coney Island: c. 1904
Submitted by Ken on Thu, 09/27/2007 - 12:59pm.
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