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Fix-a-Flat: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/27/2015 - 9:40pm.
March 1937. "Migratory agricultural worker family making tire repairs along California highway U.S. 99." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Junior League: 1927
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/27/2015 - 2:07pm.
"Cadillac (Flappers, 1927) at de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park." Check out those headlights! 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
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Digging Out: 1899
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/27/2015 - 11:00am.
"Blizzard '99 - cleaning the streets after New York snowstorm." Photo by Byron. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Sailor Burke: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 01/26/2015 - 10:32pm.
New York, 1911. "Sailor Burke." The Brooklyn-born welterweight champion known to his mother as Charles Presser, and someone you wouldn't want to meet in a well-lit alley. 5x7 glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.
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Brandon Plantation: 1931
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 01/26/2015 - 1:52pm.
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1931. "Brandon, James River, Prince George County, Virginia. Built ca. 1730 by Nathaniel Harrison II and for two centuries the home of the Harrison family. The central block connecting the two older wings is supposed to have been designed by Thomas Jefferson in 1789 upon his return from France." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.
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The Blizzard: 1899
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 01/26/2015 - 1:21pm.
New York, 1899. "Dumping snow carts at the river after a blizzard." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Working His Way Up: 1916
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 01/25/2015 - 11:34pm.
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June 20, 1916. Fall River, Massachusetts. "Marian Viera, 101 Columbia St., Doffer in mill. Says he gets $7.74 a week." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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