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High Time: 1904
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/17/2018 - 5:08pm.
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Philadelphia circa 1904. "City Hall clock tower from South Broad Street." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
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Union Depot: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/17/2018 - 11:40am.
The Mississippi River circa 1905. "Union Depot and steamboat landing at foot of Jackson Street, St. Paul, Minnesota." Starring the sidewheeler Hiawatha. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
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Armada Americana: 1898
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 7:13pm.
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Circa 1898. "Armored cruiser U.S.S. Brooklyn, stern view." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
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Young Guns: 1959
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 1:50pm.
From Columbus, Georgia, or vicinity circa 1959 comes this uncaptioned shot of a guy and his guns, all ready for a well-regulated sleepover. 4x5 inch acetate negative from the Shorpy News Photo Archive. View full size.
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Lard of the Flies: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:11am.
May 1938. "Southeast Missouri Farms. Son of sharecropper washing hands." Our title for this photo comes from the things in this photo. Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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House & Garden: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 8:37am.
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February 1939. "Bench of potted plants at side of home of Mexican day laborer. Near Santa Maria, Texas." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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House of Ill Repute: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 6:55am.
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May 1939. Peoria, Illinois. "Prostitutes 'roping' at window." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Carbon County: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 04/15/2018 - 11:00pm.
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March 1940. "Snow shed over Union Pacific tracks. Carbon County, Wyoming." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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