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A Marvelous Time Was Had by All
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 04/21/2007 - 7:52am.
On the Scenic Railway at the Newsboys’ Picnic in Cincinnati, August 1908. A marvelous time was had by all. View full size. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Newport Laundress: 1902
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/20/2007 - 5:11am.
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Young woman working amid clotheslines heavy with sheets and stockings. Newport, Rhode Island. 1902. View full size. Photograph by Gertrude Kasebier.
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Grand Central Station: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/20/2007 - 2:10am.
Crowd outside Grand Central Station, returning from summer vacations. Sept. 8, 1908. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Penn Station: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/20/2007 - 2:08am.
Pennsylvania Station in New York as seen from Gimbel's department store circa 1910. George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size | See the interior.
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428 San Francisco Portland 275
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/20/2007 - 2:07am.
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U.S. 99 in Josephine County, Oregon. August 1939. Sign in service station window advertising for hop pickers three weeks before opening season. View full size. Photograph by Dorothea Lange. What city is this? [Answer: Grants Pass]
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Beano Admission Free: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/20/2007 - 2:07am.
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Provincetown, Massachusetts. Summer 1935. 35mm photo by Edwin Rosskam. View full size. Beano, an old county-fair game with dried beans used as markers, is said to have been the forerunner of bingo.
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Industrial Winter: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/19/2007 - 5:28pm.
Chicago & North Western railyard, Chicago. December 1942. View full size. Kodachrome by Jack Delano. Camera: 4x5 Graflex Speed Graphic.
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