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Sailing Duo: c. 1902
Submitted by Ken on Mon, 07/02/2007 - 4:46pm.
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Two women, one in men's clothing, on a sailboat in a studio shot. Photo by Fritz W. Guerin, c. 1902. View full size.
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Co-op: 1941
Submitted by Ken on Mon, 07/02/2007 - 1:43pm.
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Flower Lady: c. 1902
Submitted by Ken on Mon, 07/02/2007 - 12:33pm.
A glamour photograph of a girl posing with flowers. Photograph by J. Maurer, c. 1902. View full size.
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Eskimo Children: c. 1908
Submitted by Ken on Mon, 07/02/2007 - 6:30am.
Five small Eskimo children sit bundled in fur garments. Photographed by Frank H. Nowell, the official photographer for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, c. 1908. View full size.
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Lillian Lee: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 07/01/2007 - 4:06pm.
July 17, 1908. Actors field day benefit for the New York Home for Destitute Crippled Children. Lillian Lee at the Polo Grounds "as first base." View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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The Lumberjack Song: 1918
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 07/01/2007 - 3:20am.
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April 17, 1918. Army Signal Corps music-makers in a logging camp bunkhouse at Hoquiam, Washington. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. Starting in 1917 the Army sent 10,000 soldiers to Oregon and Washington logging camps to cut timber as part of an effort to harvest 10 million board-feet of spruce a month for aircraft construction.
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Happy Campers: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 07/01/2007 - 3:17am.
July 16, 1917. Peekskill, New York. "Boys' shower, State Camp for Field Training." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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