- Grandmother
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- Child's play
- 413 Sullivan Street.
- Outlived his obituary by 22 years
- Fun playgrounds
- Daisy Luke
- Rough playground
- Looking up to your father
- No adult supervision
- I Did My Part
- Re: True Confessions
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- Nice as aways, Sir
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- It's a mini-steam plant!
- Playground equipment
- $9,600
- Bullying.
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The Quick Brown Fox: 1935
Silver Spring, Maryland. Typing class at Montgomery Blair High School in 1935. 5x7 safety negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.
- 13 comments
- 13730 reads
Stars and Stripes: 1907
"District of Columbia. Washington Loan & Trust building." A street scene circa 1907, possibly on Flag Day. National Photo glass negative. View full size.
- 7 comments
- 8594 reads
Shorpy Calling
Shorpify your iPhone or iPod (and impress everyone else in the elevator) with some bling from our brand-new iPhone Wallpaper Gallery. Cost to you: nada.
- 7 comments
- 24853 reads
Baltimore: 1904
"Baltimore Fire of 1904. General view of South Baltimore." National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
- 2 comments
- 19803 reads
The Great Fire: 1904
"Great Baltimore Fire of 1904. Fighting the fire on Baltimore Street." The first in a series of photographs from the fire, which burned for two days in February 1904, consuming much of downtown Baltimore. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
- 2 comments
- 19015 reads
Chesapeake Beach: 1919
July 1919. "Walter Reed outing at Chesapeake Beach, Maryland." National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
- 7 comments
- 28428 reads
An Apple a Day: 1925
Washington, November 5, 1925. "National Apple Week at Walter Reed Hospital." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
- 3 comments
- 9079 reads
Gotham City: 1908
"Fifth Avenue and Forty-Second Street, New York." Circa 1908, horses and motorcars shared the streets. Detroit Publishing glass negative. View full size.
- 26 comments
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