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Step Children: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 07/13/2008 - 2:03pm.
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Midnight Crap Game: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 07/13/2008 - 1:05am.
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November 23, 1912. Providence, Rhode Island. "A midnight crap game in the street near the Post Office. One 12 years old, one 14. One had been shooting here a couple of hours." View full size. Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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A Watched Pot: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 07/12/2008 - 2:32pm.
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June 1942. "TVA chemical plant where elemental phosphorus is made. Vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information.
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College of Cars
Submitted by tterrace on Sat, 07/12/2008 - 1:59pm.
Back in October 1956, my brother shot this Ektachrome slide to show the construction of the new Engineering Building at Cal Poly, and a student parking lot just happened to be in the foreground. Today it looks like a vintage car rally. For extra points: spot the Corvette. View full size.
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Old Paint: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 07/12/2008 - 1:26pm.
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Washington, D.C., 1925. "Ford Motor Co." A delivery truck for Hugh Reilly Paint and Glass. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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Grove Lime & Coal: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 07/12/2008 - 2:40am.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Grove Lime & Coal Co." Our latest entry in the Shorpy parade of Stone Age delivery trucks. View full size. National Photo Co.
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A Dickey Xmas: 1923
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 11:28pm.
"Dickey Christmas tree, 1923." Eight years after our previous photo of this Washington lawyer's family, there's an extra Dickey under their somewhat spherical tree. View full size. National Photo Company glass negative.
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