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Stronger Every Day: 1900
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 3:07am.
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New York circa 1900. "A group of patients, Brooklyn Navy Yard hospital." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 04/20/2010 - 3:59pm.
The young man on the left wearing the dress blue uniform displays the figure-eight knot just above his neckerchief indicating that he was taken into the Navy as an Apprentice Boy.
A little too hi-def
Submitted by Sean Ryan on Sat, 04/17/2010 - 6:11pm.
Their "Navy whites" are anything but.
Details
Submitted by Rogue Architect on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 9:32pm.
It's kind of startling to see a radiator with crisp detailing. Most of us only see the ones with 100 years of built-up and flaking paint. And check out the interesting shaped bricks in the fireplace - at least four different profiles are visible in addition to the tapered bricks of the flat arch above the fire box.
Only instructions
Submitted by jimmylee42 on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 11:43am.
Look anywhere but the camera.
I've seen him before!
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 9:29am.
Doc looks exactly like the dastardly Snidely Whiplash from the Dudley Do-Right series. He's playing the part so well that he even looks Canadian.
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