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The Picker's Daughter: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/28/2007 - 9:36pm.
November 1938. "Kern County, California. Cotton picker's child listening to speeches of organizer at strike meeting to raise wages from 75 cents to 90 cents a hundred pounds. Strike unsuccessful." View full size. Photo by Dorothea Lange.
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Children's Delight: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/28/2007 - 10:42am.
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"Children's Delight" carousel wagon with piano or calliope, circa 1910. George B. Marx Wagon Co., Brooklyn. View full size.
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Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/28/2007 - 10:41am.
February 3, 1913. "Interior: N.Y. Post Office." 8x10 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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The Mailpipe: New York
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/28/2007 - 10:40am.
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N.Y. Post Office
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/28/2007 - 10:39am.
Ghost Office: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/28/2007 - 10:39am.
New York's new post office on Eighth Avenue circa 1912. Enlarged in 1934, it's now called the James Farley Building. View full size. In this seemingly deserted time exposure we can see the ghostly images of three different sets of legs.
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Whee I
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/28/2007 - 12:38am.
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September 1961. Girls on an amusement park ride at Battersea Park, London. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Charles Eames. View full size.
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