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Key West: 1957
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 3:44pm.
April 1957. "Mom's birthday, Key West, Florida." From Set 3 of found 35mm Kodachrome slides. View full size. No horseplay in the pool, kids!
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Catch of the Day: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 12:32pm.
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The Underground: 1915
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 12:27pm.
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Charles and Anne: 1929
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 1:07am.
September 18, 1929. "Lindbergh & wife." Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, four months after they married. National Photo glass negative. View full size.
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Ketchin-Up-Boy: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 03/01/2008 - 6:22pm.
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October 1908. Fairmont, W.Va. Monongah Glass Co. Jo Before, a glassworks boy going home, 5 p.m. He says he is 12 years old, and has been at it one year. Is a "ketchin-up-boy" for 70 cents a day; says glass business is all right. Asked if he was going to be a glassblower when he grows up, he said, "Sure!" Goes to school; asked if he had to, he answered "Don't unless I want to"; asked why he went then, said, "Want to learns something." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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Everybody Go to the Ball Game: 1923
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 03/01/2008 - 1:25pm.
May 2, 1923. "Denby and Boys Club." Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby, who had a role in the Teapot Dome scandal. View full size. National Photo Co.
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On the Town: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 03/01/2008 - 12:37pm.
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1943. Sailors at the natural history museum in Washington, D.C. View full size. Medium-format negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information.
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