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Learning Factory: 1930
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 11:02am.
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Washington circa 1930. "Franklin School building exterior, 13th Street N.W." National Photo Company Collection safety film negative. View full size.
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J. Edgar Hoover: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 9:48am.
December 22, 1924. "J.E. Hoover, Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice." A young J. Edgar Hoover, age 29, director of the government agency that we know today as the FBI. National Photo glass negative. View full size.
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Horse Show: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 1:32am.
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November 1909. The 25th annual National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, in one of those ultra-detailed yet otherworldly views so characteristic of large-format glass negatives (8x10 inches here). View full size.
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Boy in the Box: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 12:46am.
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April 1909. Anthony, Rhode Island. "One of the young spinners in the Quidwick Co. Mill. A Polish boy, Willie, who was taking his noon rest in a doffer-box." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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Prisoners of War: 1864
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 11/05/2008 - 10:06pm.
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1864. "Chattanooga, Tenn. Confederate prisoners at railroad depot waiting to be sent north." Wet plate glass negative, photographer unknown. View full size.
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Baby Doll: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 11/05/2008 - 5:12pm.
Washington, D.C. "Kendrick-Harrison Furniture Co. window." Next door to this slightly spooky circa 1922 display of Heywood-Wakefield baby carriages is a palm reader. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Trashscape: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 11/05/2008 - 2:52pm.
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November 1912. "For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13. Whitman Street dump, Pawtucket, Rhode Island." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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