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Kodachrome Crowd: 1958
Submitted by tterrace on Sun, 09/28/2008 - 10:59am.
How to dress for Knott's Berry Farm, California, on a gray day in February 1958. One of my sister's honeymoon Kodachromes. View full size.
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Box Lunches: 1916
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 09/28/2008 - 10:43am.
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June 29, 1916. Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. "Two 15-year-old boys working for Westinghouse Electric Company, going home at 5 p.m." View full size.
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The Satin Moth: 1926
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 09/27/2008 - 11:25pm.
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January 5, 1926. "Miss Mary C. Foley, artist at Department of Agriculture." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Play Ball: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 09/27/2008 - 11:10pm.
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"Washington Baseball Club, Griffith Stadium, 1924." National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Dynamite: 1904
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 09/27/2008 - 5:18am.
"Baltimore Fire, 1904. Buildings on Baltimore Street dynamited to stop the flames." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Your Country Needs You: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 9:06pm.
New York, April 1917. "Recruiting address -- 23rd & Broadway (Flatiron Building)." George Grantham Bain Collection glass negative. View full size.
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The New Olds: 1919
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 1:12pm.
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Washington, D.C. "Oldsmobile Sales Co. interior, 1919 or 1920." National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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