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Confederate Veterans: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 11/11/2008 - 1:41am.
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The Gray and the gray. "Confederate veteran reunion, Washington, 1917." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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A Garden Party: 1929
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 11/11/2008 - 1:35am.
June 27, 1929. "President and Mrs. Hoover greeting their guests at White House reception for veterans." National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
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Thanksgiving: May 1925
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 11/11/2008 - 1:30am.
May 21, 1925. "White House garden party for wounded veterans. President and Mrs. Coolidge greeting guests." National Photo glass negative. View full size.
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The Big Game: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 11/11/2008 - 12:04am.
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Washington, 1912. "Football. Georgetown-Carlisle game; Glenn Warner." (Not pictured: Five bare-chested rowdies with H-O-Y-A-S spelled out in lipstick across their ribs.) Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Atlantic City Boardwalk: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 11/10/2008 - 5:25pm.
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Atlantic City, New Jersey, circa 1908. "Chalfonte Hotel and the Boardwalk." With some sort of spillage splotch in the middle, "double chair" rental on the right and a 45-star flag topping it all off. Detroit Publishing glass negative. View full size.
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Combination Platter: 1923
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 11/10/2008 - 3:02pm.
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May 7, 1923. "Joseph W. Schollick." Whose name is also attached to this photo of a similar-looking but evidently different person, George Marshall, also seen here on Shorpy. My guess is that somehow the "osteologist" caption got attached to a photo of the taxidermist because these two look so much alike. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Tap Contest: 1926
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 11/10/2008 - 12:48pm.
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April 15, 1926. "Typewriting contest at Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Dept." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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