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- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
- Great shot
- Westerly Breeze
- For the men, a trapeze
- Tickled
- Sense of loneliness ...
- 2 cents
- Charm City
- What an Outrage
- Brighton Park
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D.C. Jail: 1919
1919. "District of Columbia. Various views at D.C. Jail." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
I wonder
what the "thermometer" was used to gauge -- number of days without a riot? Number of escapes in a year?
[Or, possibly, "Degrees Fahrenheit." - Dave]
Bleak House
Not as cheery as the last shot of the jail, with the Christmas tree.
No doubt
It goes without saying that what we have here are potential condos.
Imagine the echo
I can almost hear the tin cups banging on the bars.
The Sheriff Threw a Party
...in the County Jail. This looks like the prototype for "Jailhouse Rock" -- the design is perfect for a musical and dance production if the inmates would only cooperate.
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