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Metropolis: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 10/29/2008 - 12:20pm.
Circa 1925, another scene from the Atwater Kent radio factory in Philadelphia. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Den Mother: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 10/29/2008 - 10:42am.
"Boy Scouts, 1913." Our thrifty Scouts again, with the postmistress seen here yesterday. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Express Strike: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 10/29/2008 - 8:09am.
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"Express Strike, New York City." In 1910, wagon drivers for Adams Express, American Express, Wells Fargo and other delivery companies went on strike, leading to riots and rock-throwing when the strike-breakers were called in. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
Madama Butterbean: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 10/29/2008 - 7:22am.
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The New Zealand-born soprano Frances Alda, who seems to have been something of a horticulturist. 5x7 glass negative, G.G. Bain Collection. View full size.
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Mme. Alda: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 10/29/2008 - 4:56am.
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"Alda relaxing at home." The soprano Frances Alda in 1909, a year before she married Metropolitan Opera manager Giulio Gatti-Casazza. She was said to have "a temper as red as her hair." George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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A Scout Is Thrifty: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 10/28/2008 - 6:03pm.
1913. "Boy Scouts, postal savings; Scouts depositing." I know there's someone out there who can translate that. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size. UPDATE: The Scout is "Gordon F. Chance, patrol leader." Details here.
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Chimney City: 1864
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 10/28/2008 - 1:56pm.
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