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Proviso Yard: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 08/26/2007 - 2:30am.
Chicago, April 1943. Proviso freight classification yard of the Chicago & North Western R.R. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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Ozark Mother: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 08/25/2007 - 9:03pm.
October 1935. "Poverty on the march." Wife and child of destitute Ozark family in Arkansas. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn. View full size.
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Ozark Boy: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 08/25/2007 - 8:53pm.
October 1935. Son of destitute Ozark family on the road in Arkansas. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Westbound Freight: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 08/25/2007 - 5:52pm.
March 1943. Westbound Santa Fe freight on a siding at Ricardo, New Mexico, waiting for the eastbound train to pass. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. FSA/Office of War Information archive.
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Luxor: 1858
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 08/25/2007 - 12:59pm.
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Papyrus-motif colonnade, Court of Amenhotep III at the Temple of Thebes (Luxor, Egypt). Circa 1858 albumen print by Francis Frith. View full size.
Home Movies: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 08/25/2007 - 10:19am.
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November 13, 1922. Mrs. Ed B. McLean and children. View full size. National Photo Company Collection. Who can identify the camera for us?
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Swingers: 1923
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 08/24/2007 - 10:15pm.
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May 4, 1923. "Mrs. Virginia Riter, Mrs. E.M. Allison, Mrs. Helen Rutan." 4x5 glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.
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