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Urban Onions: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 02/21/2015 - 3:49pm.
June 1944. "New York. School victory garden on First Avenue between 35th & 36th streets." Photo by Edward Meyer, Office of War Information. View full size.
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Sidelined: 1942
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1942. "Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C." Medium format nitrate negative by Albert Freeman for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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WELCOME: 1905
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Bonus points to the first person who can tell us the meaning of the tent-globe. (UPDATE: Commenter KAP was first to identify the emblem as belonging to the Knights of the Maccabees.)
Circa 1905. "Petoskey, Michigan -- Lake Street." Rolling out the Welcome Arch. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Pineapple Express: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/20/2015 - 6:04pm.
San Francisco ca. 1920. "I. Mi Lani -- REO Speed Wagon delivery truck." Also known as the Flying Artichoke. 5x7 glass plate by Chris Helin. View full size.
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Harlem Beets: 1943
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April 1943. "New York, New York. Scene in Harlem area." Medium format negative by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Naval Exercises: 1942
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"Ninety-eight, ninety-nine ... "
July 1942. "U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. Midshipmen resting on the lawn." Photo by Lieutenant Whitman for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Best Deal in Town: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/19/2015 - 1:47pm.
Labor on the left, management on the right. Everyone smile!
June 3, 1936. "J.A. Herzog Pontiac, 17th & Valencia Sts., San Francisco." 8x10 inch acetate negative originally from the Wyland Stanley collection. View full size.
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