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Navy Cadets: 1901
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/03/2012 - 10:23pm.
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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
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/03/2012 - 9:25pm.
Circa 1908. "South corridor, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Union Station: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/03/2012 - 1:34pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1908. "New Union Station." Idyllically uncongested. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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A Late Start: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 6:33pm.
October 1940. "Oldest Sauer boy cranking family car. Cavalier County, North Dakota." 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon. View full size.
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Surrey With the Fringe on Top: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 2:18pm.
Mackinac Island, Michigan, circa 1908. "New Mackinac and New Murray Hotels." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Forest Camp: 1950s
Submitted by Tony W. on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 1:19pm.
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.
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Photo Op: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 1:12pm.
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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