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Scipio Wright: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 12/12/2007 - 2:10am.
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Scipio, a St. Bernard acquired by Orville Wright in 1917. Photo taken between 1917 and 1928. View full size. 5x7 glass negative by Orville Wright.
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Greensboro: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 12/12/2007 - 12:54am.
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June 1941. Sawmill and smokestack at the Greensboro Lumber Co. in Greensboro, Georgia. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
Free Horse Dinner!
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 12/12/2007 - 12:51am.
December 29, 1923. "Horse Christmas Party" at the Washington, D.C., Animal Rescue League. View full size. National Photo Company Collection.
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Blue Train: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 12/12/2007 - 12:43am.
December 1942. Train going over the hump at the Chicago & North Western Proviso Yard. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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And a Bone for Fido: 1923
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 12/12/2007 - 12:42am.
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Pour this on your pancakes, it's that sweet: "Christmas Story" from 1923 or 1924. National Photo Company Collection. All together now: Awww.
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Man of Steel: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 12/11/2007 - 12:24pm.
November 1942. Columbia Steel at Geneva, Utah. Servicing one of the floodlights that turn night into day on the construction site of a new steel plant needed for the war effort. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Andreas Feininger.
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Shacktown: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 12/11/2007 - 12:23pm.
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April 1940. Shacktown in Dubuque, Iowa. Many residents keep a cow or a few chickens. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the FSA.
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