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Mainstream Media: 1899
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 07/20/2017 - 11:51am.
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Circa 1899. "Steamboat A.W. Chesterton." Brought to you by the Boston Globe. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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A Church in Charleston: 1900
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 07/20/2017 - 12:26am.
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Charleston, South Carolina, circa 1900. "Meeting Street and St. Michael's Church." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Neighborhood Watch: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/19/2017 - 6:44pm.
San Francisco circa 1920. "Maxwell sedan at Presidio Terrace." Angular transport for the upright motorist. 5x7 glass negative by Chris Helin. View full size.
Company Men: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/19/2017 - 1:24pm.
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January 1911. Pittston, Pennsylvania. "Four Breaker Boys working in #9 Breaker, Hughestown Borough, Pennsylvania Coal Company. Boy on left is Tony Ross, 142 Panama Street. Other small boy is Mike Ross, cousin." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine for the National Child Labor Committee. View full size.
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Crank It: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/18/2017 - 8:07pm.
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UPDATE: JeffM was the first to identify our mystery listener as the actress-singer Irene Bordoni, immortalized in Cole Porter's lyric for "You're the Top."
January 3, 1924. New York. "_________ listening to records." If you recognize yourself here, speak up. 5x7 glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.
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Mechanical Treatments: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/18/2017 - 2:46pm.
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November 1938. "Apartment house. Omaha, Nebraska." Medium format negative by John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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Store Greeter: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/18/2017 - 11:45am.
September 1942. "Park County, Montana. Oat harvest." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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