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Rhapsody in Brick: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/06/2009 - 11:17pm.
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December 1940 or January 1941. "Detail of industrial building in Massachusetts." 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. View full size.
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Guinea Pig: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/06/2009 - 6:32pm.
July 10, 1937. "Testing cosmetics. The Department of Agriculture is making tests every day in order to get cosmetics under the Pure Food and Drug Act. Mrs. C.W. West, seated, is helping Mrs. R. Goodman make a test on cold cream and other facial creams." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Clean Living: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/06/2009 - 3:16pm.
Washington, D.C. June 4, 1937. "Trailer camp." And what looks like the trailer seen earlier here. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Mildred Pepper: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/06/2009 - 11:02am.
July 1937. Washington, D.C. "Mrs. Claude Pepper, wife of the Senator from Florida." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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South Street: 1933
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/06/2009 - 10:34am.
November 28, 1933. "New York City views. Looking down South Street." 5x7 safety negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
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Boy Barber: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 9:37pm.
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February 1, 1917. Boston, Massachusetts. "Frank De Natale, a 12-year old barber. Lathers and shaves customers in father's shop, 416 Hanover Street, after school and Saturday." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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This Won't Hurt a Bit: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 6:51pm.
Washington, D.C., circa 1937. "Children's Hospital Rotary." Who can tell us what's going on here? Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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