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Girl's Best Friend: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 11:34pm.
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April 14, 1922. Miss Elizabeth Zolnay, daughter of the sculptor George Julian Zolnay. 1738 N Street NW, Washington. View full size. National Photo Co.
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Easy Street: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 4:00pm.
February 5, 1917. "Naval militia guard a New York bridge." View full size. 6x4 dry plate glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. Zoom the posters.
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Cooking Alfresco: 1915
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 3:32pm.
February 21, 1915. Peekskill, New York. "National Guard practice. Cooking alfresco." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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South Side Deli: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 1:16pm.
April 1941. "People sitting on front porch in Negro section of Chicago." 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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The Lineup: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 12:47pm.
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October 1911. Vicinity of Lowell and South Framingham, Mass. Merrimac Mill boys. Front row: Smallest, Robert Magee, 270 Suffolk Street; John Neary, 211 Lakeview Avenue; Michael Keefe, 32 Marion Street. Back row: Edward Foster, 40 Fulton Street; John Risheck, 391 Adams Street; Cornelius Hurley, 68 Adams Street, No. 1 mill room. View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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South Side Cartman: 1941
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April 1941. "Man-drawn carts are common on South Side of Chicago." 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Love Shack: 1941
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