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Internal Revenue: 1926
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 3:27pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "Internal Revenue." A seasonal reminder from Shorpy. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Law and Order: 1918
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 2:08pm.
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Missed a Spot: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 9:33am.
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The Metropolitan Opera baritone Giuseppe De Luca, out and about in New York circa 1920. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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Bean-Stringers: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 10:45pm.
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July 1909. Baltimore, Maryland. "Workers stringing beans in the J.S. Farrand Packing Co. Those too small to work are held on laps of workers or stowed away in boxes." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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Cuban Legation: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 9:45pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1917. "Cuban Legation sitting room." The new embassy in Meridian Hill. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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The Rat Patrol: 1973
Submitted by AmericanJarhead on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 6:30pm.
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This is my brother Paul (right) with a friend, Danny Bergman, who lived four or five houses down the block. It was taken in 1973 on the driveway in front of our house in Huntington Beach, California. I built the "machine gun" for them from spare pieces of PVC, wood and assorted hardware that were lying around in the
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School for Secretaries: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 2:27pm.
1920. "Washington School for Secretaries. Typing room." Note the Dictaphone in the middle. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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