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Blacksmith: c. 1900
Submitted by Ken on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 10:43pm.
Two children talk to a blacksmith standing in the doorway of his forge. Photograph by Frances S. Allen, c. 1900. View full size.
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Bill and Hattie: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 09/06/2007 - 12:08pm.
Bill Snyder and Hattie at the Central Park elephant house in 1922. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Urban Elephant: 1923
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 09/06/2007 - 11:44am.
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December 5, 1923. Probably Washington, D.C. View full size. 4x5 glass negative, National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress.
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Say Cheeseburger: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 09/06/2007 - 2:00am.
August 1938. "Itinerant photographer in Columbus, Ohio." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative. Photograph by Ben Shahn, Farm Security Administration.
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Slice of Life: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 09/06/2007 - 1:46am.
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August 1912. Another picture of little Annie Fedele, 22 Horace Street, Somerville, Massachusetts, doing piecework, which usually entailed putting the finishing touches (buttons, or collar and waistband trim) on a mostly completed article of clothing. The garment manufacturers paid a few cents for each piece that was done. View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Belle Isle: 1865
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 09/05/2007 - 7:38pm.
Spring 1865. Belle Isle railroad bridge from the south bank of the James River after the fall of Richmond. View full size. Glass plate negative from the Civil War collection compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge.
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Annie: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 09/05/2007 - 3:24am.
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August 1912. Tenement home work (piecework for garment makers). "Annie Fedele, 22 Horace Street, Somerville, Massachusetts. This is one of the places she works on crochet." View full size. Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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