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Our holdings include hundreds of glass and film negatives/transparencies that we've scanned ourselves; in addition, many other photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs) in the Library of Congress research archive. (To query the database click here.) They are adjusted, restored and reworked by your webmaster in accordance with his aesthetic sensibilities before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here. All of these images (including "derivative works") are protected by copyright laws of the United States and other jurisdictions and may not be sold, reproduced or otherwise used for commercial purposes without permission.
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Big Guns: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 1:12pm.
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1917. "U.S. Navy Yard, Washington. Sight shop, big gun section." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Pittsburgh: 1902
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 10:17am.
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Music Club: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 3:14am.
Washington, D.C., circa 1905. "Central High School Orchestra." Anyone out there with some old Central yearbooks? Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
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Swim Suits: 1914
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 12:20am.
"Asbury Park." The Jersey shore circa 1914. Nothing like a little sand in your shoes. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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Rialto: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 10:08pm.
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Washington circa 1925. "Rialto Theatre truck." With the U.S. Treasury as a backdrop. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Sunshine Laundry: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 9:24pm.
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Washington circa 1920. "Sunshine Laundry." The new plant of the Arcade Laundry and Sunshine Dry Cleaning and Dyeing Co. on Lamont Street N.W. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Back From the War: 1918
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 4:11pm.
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