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Brakeman in Black: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/24/2018 - 1:17am.
June 1939. Carlin, Nevada. "Brakeman on the Union Pacific Challenger." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Local Traffic: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 04/23/2018 - 12:54pm.
Detroit circa 1905. "North Woodward Avenue." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Departures: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 04/23/2018 - 11:44am.
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Chicago circa 1912. "Emigrants' room, Chicago & North Western Railway station." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Rising Star: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 04/22/2018 - 5:17pm.
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New York circa 1913. "Broadway, looking north from Cortlandt Street and Maiden Lane." Starring the Woolworth Building, in the final stages of construction. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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City Hell: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 04/21/2018 - 6:28pm.
"Ruins of San Francisco City Hall following earthquake and fire of April 1906." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Cold Wheels: 1947
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/20/2018 - 6:49pm.
From circa 1947 comes this News Archive snapshot of a freezer truck. Location: railroad tracks behind The Playhouse. 4x5 inch acetate negative. View full size.
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Billy Grass: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/20/2018 - 3:40pm.
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Washington, D.C., 1922. "William Grass." Who ran the mile in a smoking 4:20. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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The Bedford Blue Cuffs: 195x
Submitted by Islander800 on Fri, 04/20/2018 - 11:56am.
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This is one of our dad's posed shots, me the little guy at bat, along with my brothers in our front yard, Bedford, Quebec, late 1950s. View full size.
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