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Vintage photos of:
The White House: 1914
1914. "White House tent in Rose Garden." A view of the executive mansion from over the West Wing looking east past the Treasury and along Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 22399 reads
In Good Hands: 1912
"Boy Scout Training demonstration, 1912." Yes, they're back. I found a few more of these oddly poignant portraits of Scouting first aid to the injured. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
- 12 comments
- 14891 reads
Women Voters: 1917
New York circa 1917. "Calm about it. At Fifty-sixth and Lexington Avenue, the women voters showed no ignorance or trepidation, but cast their ballots in a businesslike way that bespoke study of suffrage." National Photo. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 15682 reads
The House Ceiling: 1925
In political reportage there's a lot written about the House floor, but what about the ceiling? From 1925, a topside view of the House of Representatives in the U.S. Capitol. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
- 1 comment
- 7091 reads
Traffic-Stopper: 1923
"Galen Gough, October 5, 1923." The Miracle Strong Man under two tons of fun outside the State, War and Navy building in Washington, D.C. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
- 3 comments
- 18626 reads
Galen Gough: 1923
October 5, 1923. Washington, D.C. The war hero and former invalid Galen Gough, known as the "Miracle Strong Man" after recovering from having his head caved in by bomb shrapnel in France. National Photo Co. glass negative. View full size.
- 10 comments
- 24871 reads
The Purse-Makers: 1912
November 1912. Providence, Rhode Island. "Girls 6, 9 and 11 years old, working on chain-bags in home of Mrs. Antonio Caruso, 132 Knight Street." Imaged from a glass negative taken by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
- 4 comments
- 19094 reads
Scavenger Hunt: 1912
November 1912. "Children going through Whitman Street dump. Pawtucket, Rhode Island." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
- 7 comments
- 21437 reads
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