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Outing Equipment: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 06/03/2009 - 1:56pm.
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "National Service Co. front, 1610 14th Street N.W." Home of 24-hour tire service. National Photo Co. glass negative. View full size.
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Squeaky Clean: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 06/03/2009 - 7:18am.
July 1943. "Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. A scene in one of the barracks. Enlisted man playing the flute after he has taken a shower." Photograph by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Dock Street: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 06/03/2009 - 12:19am.
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Times Square: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 9:29pm.
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New York, March 1943. "Times Square on a rainy day." Medium-format nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Fast Food: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 3:39pm.
March 1943. "Pearlington, Mississippi (vicinity). Truck driver eating at a trucker's stop along U.S. Highway 90." Hey buddy, pass the salt? Medium-format nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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One Second Fast: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 6:20am.
March 1943. "Seligman, Arizona. Teletype operator in the telegraph office of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. The time here changes from Mountain to Pacific time." Medium-format safety negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
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Bluetooth: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 11:24pm.
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March 1943. "Amarillo, Texas. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail dispatcher in the general office." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
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