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The Colonnades: 1963
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 09/19/2016 - 10:01am.
January 25, 1963. "Essex House, New York. Colonnades ballroom." Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
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Cherry Street Bridge: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 09/18/2016 - 4:07pm.
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Circa 1909. "Water front -- Toledo, O." The Cherry Street Bridge over the Maumee River. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
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Bottle Club: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 09/18/2016 - 10:12am.
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Circa 1906. "Custom House and Post Office, Memphis, Tennessee." Please feel free to toss your empties out the window. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.
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Porch Ward: 1919
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 09/17/2016 - 4:19pm.
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"We'll have you out of here in no time, one way or another!"
Washington, D.C., 1919. "Children's Hospital." One of the daybed pavilions characteristic of the contemporary vogue for "fresh air" treatment of tuberculosis. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Children's Hospital: 1919
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 09/17/2016 - 1:57pm.
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Washington, D.C., 1919. "Children's Hospital." Sometime during the transition to cage-free nurseries. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
Testing the Waters: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 09/16/2016 - 6:48pm.
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Circa 1910 surf bathers somewhere in New England. 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Ready for Takeoff: 1927
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 09/16/2016 - 12:08pm.
San Francisco circa 1927. "Falcon-Knight coupe." Latest hatchling in the Shorpy Aviary of Automotive Albatrosses. Glass negative by Chris Helin. View full size.
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