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Billymobile: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/13/2009 - 12:52pm.
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"Goat team." Washington, D.C., circa 1917. B.L. Gershanick, tailor, did business at 2150 P Street N.W. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Staff Meeting: 1865
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/13/2009 - 3:40am.
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July 1865. "Washington, District of Columbia. Brevetted Brigadier General Napoleon Bonaparte McLaughlen (seated, second from right) and staff." Wet collodion glass plate negative, photographer unknown. View full size.
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Now Playing: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/13/2009 - 1:34am.
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"York Theater, night." Washington, D.C., circa 1920. Among the cinematic offerings: Jack Pickford in "In Wrong." National Photo Co. View full size.
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The Neighbors: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/12/2009 - 7:37pm.
March 1936. "Middle class houses of the town. Birmingham, Alabama." Nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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Dry Humor: 1916
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/12/2009 - 4:14pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1916. There's no caption for this one so we'll have to improvise: "Allegory of Prohibition with cook, goat and ledger-toting old-timer in blackface." National Photo Co. Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Ithaca: 1901
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The Passion of Pola: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/12/2009 - 10:14am.
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January 1921. Washington, D.C. "Metropolitan Theater crowds for 'Passion.'" The line outside Crandall's Metropolitan on F Street to see Pola Negri in "Passion," aka "Madame DuBarry." National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
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