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Mardi Gras: 1900
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 09/23/2008 - 5:54pm.
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"Mardi Gras, New Orleans, the Red Pageant," circa 1900-1910. Detroit Publishing Company glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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The Great Gesticulator: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 09/23/2008 - 12:38pm.
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September 1, 1924. "Robert M. La Follette, first radio campaign speech." Republican senator from Wisconsin and Progressive Party presidential candidate "Fighting Bob" La Follette, who died less than a year after this picture was taken. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Chillin' Under the El: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 09/23/2008 - 9:16am.
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New York City, July 31, 1913. "Children at Play." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Old New York: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 09/23/2008 - 5:33am.
Summer 1913. "Bird's eye view of N.Y.C. from roof of Consolidated Gas Building." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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Leaving Cadiz: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 09/22/2008 - 10:01pm.
March 1943. "Santa Fe R.R. line leaving Cadiz, California. This town is a junction point with a branch going to Phoenix." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information.
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Chester Beach: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 09/22/2008 - 5:00pm.
The American sculptor Chester Beach (1881-1956) circa 1908 in New York. 8 x 10 inch dry plate glass negative by Gertude Käsebier. View full size.
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Porched: 1926
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 09/22/2008 - 1:00pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "Modoc baseball team." Who seem to have been a rather short-lived club. National Photo Co. glass negative. View full size.
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