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Special Delivery: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 1:00pm.
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Washington, D.C., mail delivery via Harley-Davidson motorcycle sidecar circa 1924. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Little Rascals: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 12:26pm.
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September 7, 1922. Washington, D.C. "Children in costume on steps of sliding board." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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Making Tracks: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 12:28am.
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December 1941. B.F. Goodrich factory at Akron. "Treads for Army halftracks, fresh from the curing press of a large Ohio tire plant. Grooves are buffed on the ends of the track section." View full size. 4x5 nitrate negative by Alfred Palmer.
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Looking Ahead: 1850
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 11:03pm.
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Circa 1850s sixth-plate daguerreotype, photographer unknown. "Unidentified boy and girl, three-quarter length, seated on upholstered bench." View full size.
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Marshall House I: 1860s
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 4:29pm.
Alexandria, Va., 1861-69. "The Marshall house, King & Pitt Streets." Wet plate glass negative, right half of stereo pair. Photographer unknown. View full size. Who'll be the first to put this together with its companion image in a very short flipbook and post it to YouTube? Or it could be an animated gif. Either way, we'd have the world's earliest (and shortest) HD movie.
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Marshall House II: 1860s
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 4:12pm.
Alexandria, Va., 1861-69. "The Marshall house, King & Pitt Streets." Wet plate glass negative, left half of stereo pair. Photographer unknown. View full size.
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Vintagraph: WPA Art, Posters and More
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 4:00pm.
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The 1930s posters done for the Works Progress Administration have proven to be especially popular in the Shorpy gift shop, so Juniper Gallery has started Vintagraph, a Web site dedicated to high-quality reproductions of this unique artwork on museum-grade French art paper. Favorites include the curiously popular Keep Your Teeth Clean as well as the heroically proportioned Don't Jay Walk. We're adding new posters every day at www.vintagraph.com.
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