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Honest Scrap: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 12/23/2008 - 2:42pm.
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May 1910. East St. Louis, Illinois. "Noon hour at Obear-Nestor Glass Co. Names of the smaller boys are: Walter Sohler, 918 N. 18th Street; Walter Riley, 918 N. 17th Street; Will Convery, 1828 Natalie Avenue; Clifford Matheny, 1927 Summit Ave. All these boys were working." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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Santa Fe: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 12/23/2008 - 9:13am.
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Circa 1920. "George Barkhausen's Christmas tree." Yet another tastefully understated tree-n-train yuletide display. National Photo Co. View full size.
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Motoress: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 12/23/2008 - 4:52am.
Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "Woodward & Lothrop window." Department store display with a motoring theme. National Photo glass negative. View full size.
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Wild Child: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 11:17pm.
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May 9, 1910. St. Louis, Missouri. "Johnnie Burns, a newsie who sells on Grand Avenue. 9 yrs old. Father says he is uncontrollable. Father also said his 4-year-old twins would be selling soon." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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A Captive Christmas: 1919
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 4:42pm.
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December 1919. "Christmas tree at the District Jail, Washington, D.C., and some of the prisoners." National Photo Co. Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Electric Santa: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 11:46am.
Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "H.I. Scharr Electric Co., front." Harry Scharr started out with a store at 711 13th Street N.W., then added a location at 739 11th Street. In 1927 he filed for bankruptcy. National Photo Co. View full size.
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Our Gang: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 2:59am.
"Game of craps. Cincinnati, Ohio. August 1908." Back in the good old days when kids made their own low-tech fun. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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