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Navy Cadets: 1901

Navy Cadets: 1901

Annapolis, Maryland, circa 1901. "U.S. Naval Academy. A group of cadets." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

The Long Hall: 1908

The Long Hall: 1908

Circa 1908. "South corridor, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Union Station: 1908

Union Station: 1908

Washington, D.C., circa 1908. "New Union Station." Idyllically uncongested. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

A Late Start: 1940

A Late Start: 1940

October 1940. "Oldest Sauer boy cranking family car. Cavalier County, North Dakota." 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon. View full size.

 

Surrey With the Fringe on Top: 1908

Surrey With the Fringe on Top: 1908

Mackinac Island, Michigan, circa 1908. "New Mackinac and New Murray Hotels." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Forest Camp: 1950s

Forest Camp: 1950s

Here's the Blissmobile with the portable kitchen attached. This looks like it could be Yosemite again, in the mid-fifties. 35mm color slide. View full size.

Photo Op: 1939

Photo Op: 1939

FSA photographer Arthur Rothstein somewhere in St. Louis with two young subjects in an uncaptioned exposure from January 1939. ("Hey Mister, got a light?" "No, Sonny, but I have a light meter.") 35mm negative. View full size.

 
 
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