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Bethlehem-Fairfield: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/18/2008 - 1:06am.
Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards, Baltimore. 1941. "Between the ways of this large Eastern shipyard run tracks for flatcars carrying materials or sections to be hoisted onto the deck of Liberty ships under construction." View full size. Medium format nitrate negative by Alfred Palmer.
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Phillips Finlay: 1929
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/18/2008 - 12:47am.
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Golfer Phillips Finlay at the Chevy Chase Club in 1929. View full size. 4x5 inch glass negative from the National Photo Company Collection.
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Airborne: 1928
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1st Women's Fire Dept.: 1929
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/17/2008 - 7:51pm.
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"First Women's Fire Department." At the 1929 Firemen's Labor Day Parade in Washington, D.C. View full size. National Photo Company Collection.
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Doing Her Part: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/17/2008 - 5:21pm.
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October 1942. Inglewood, California. "Young woman employee of North American Aviation working over the landing gear mechanism of a P-51 fighter plane." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.
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The Loaves of Summer: 1923
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/17/2008 - 3:11pm.
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Summer 1923. Vicinity of Washington, D.C. "Boys carrying loaves of bread from wagons near beach." View full size. National Photo Company Collection.
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Secondino Libro: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 02/17/2008 - 1:37am.
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September 1911. Lawrence, Massachusetts. "Group of workers. The small boy in the middle is Secondino Libro, 34 Walnut Street. Apparently 10 or 11. Works in No. 4 Spinning room." View full size. Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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