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- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
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- Great shot
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- Tickled
- Sense of loneliness ...
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Telephone Dorm: 1918
Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. dorm room." Being perused by Miss Double Exposure: the January 1918 issue of Red Cross magazine. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Can anyone shed some light on why these gals were living in dorms at a phone company? Was it some intensive training regimen?
[I think it probably had to do with the war effort. The various government bureaucracies and and companies that served them furnished housing for clerical and switchboard employees during the "war emergency." News item below from Jan. 2, 1918. - Dave]
Cuts like a ... beam of light??
What is going on with the light on the woman's face and the dresser on the right? It looks like the light is cutting through each or them. What is causing this effect? I seen lots of ghosts and reflections on this site
but nothing quite like this.
[As noted in the caption, this was a double exposure. Actually more like a prolonged single exposure. The camera got bumped before or after the flash powder ignited. - Dave]
Go to bed girls!!
The lights are on, the blinds are pulled down and the alarm clock on the dresser reads 2:18 AM. Time for shut eye if you're getting up bright and early for work.
[Look out the window. You're off by 12 hours. - Dave]
Pennants
The one on the right reads "SAFETY FIRST." Weird.
Dear Mom
"My roommate is such a blockhead ... "
Dorm room?!
Today at Verizon I have a tiny cubicle in the sub-basement and have to pay for bottled water. Don't get me wrong, I am grateful to have my job, but how times have changed!
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