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Yesterday's News: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/17/2009 - 9:57am.
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December 1940. Brockton, Massachusetts. "Men and a woman reading headlines posted in window of Brockton Enterprise newspaper office on Christmas Eve." 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. View full size.
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Elinor M.: 1933
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/17/2009 - 9:11am.
"Miss Elinor McNeir, portrait, 1933." Elinor was a granddaughter of Julius Burrows (1837-1915), senator from Michigan. Harris & Ewing. View full size.
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Irish Free State Legation: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/17/2009 - 1:17am.
Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Irish Free State legation, Florida Avenue." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Table Setting: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/17/2009 - 1:08am.
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Gus Buchholz, Occidental Hotel interior." A view of the restaurant. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Let's Do Lunch: 1918
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/16/2009 - 10:57am.
Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "U.S. Food Administration." The cafeteria in one of Uncle Sam's new bureaucracies. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
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Bathtime for Baby: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/16/2009 - 3:05am.
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Circa 1905. "Martha Harris. Baby being washed." Maybe one (or two) of the Harrises of Harris & Ewing. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
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Horseless Carriage: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/16/2009 - 2:57am.
Washington, D.C., circa 1906. "Senator George P. Wetmore, Rhode Island." Who can identify the car? (The current consensus: Krieger electric landaulet, from France.) Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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