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General Headquarters: 1864
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/05/2014 - 11:53am.
1864. "Bermuda Hundred, Virginia. Headquarters of Gen. Benjamin Butler." Future congressman and governor of Massachusetts. Wet plate glass negative from the Civil War Photograph Collection, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Tipping Point: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/05/2014 - 10:41am.
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November 1922. Washington, D.C. "Auto wreck." Who'll be first to pinpoint the intersection? National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
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Troll Hole: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/05/2014 - 12:28am.
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1939. "Georgia Central Railway Bridge, Railroad Street, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Schwab and Mueller, engineers, 1848-1858." Another view of the span seen here. Photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.
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Dairy Motor Maid: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/04/2014 - 4:43pm.
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June 1943. Bryn Mawr, Pa. "Mrs. Helen Joyce, one of the many women now working for the Supplee-Wills-Jones Milk Co. She has one child and her husband is a seaman first class in the Navy." Photo by Jack Delano. View full size.
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King Street: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/04/2014 - 3:38pm.
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Charleston, South Carolina, circa 1910. "King Street, south." Among the merchants vying for your trade are a Bible depository, Victor Talking Machines dealer and branch of the "Wide Awake" store. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.
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Jazz Arms: 1930
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/03/2014 - 9:09pm.
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April 25, 1930. New York. "Choreographer Sarah Mildred Strauss and pupils." Cue "Rhapsody in Gray." Nitrate negative by Arnold Genthe. View full size.
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Tiny Seamstress: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/03/2014 - 5:01pm.
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March 1924. "Tenement homework. Pictures taken in connection with investigation (see report TE-NY-39)." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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