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X-Pharma: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 07/31/2014 - 6:51pm.
Dec. 17, 1943. "Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc., Nutley, New Jersey. Building 34, three kettles. Pfaudler Co., client." The white rectangles on the tanks are writing that's been blacked out on the negative. Gottscho-Schleisner photo. View full size.
Hollywood Residential: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 07/31/2014 - 5:48pm.
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1938. "Hollywood. Caldwell vicinity, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Structure dates to 1800; original owner Robert Davidson." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.
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Majestic Lunch: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 07/31/2014 - 3:06pm.
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1909. "Majestic Building from Detroit Opera House." With "ServSelf Lunch in Basement." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
Candid Camera: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 07/31/2014 - 11:23am.
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Washington, D.C., 1920. "Mary Claphet, Irene & Ella Sherer, Mary Facenire." Transcribed with a "[?]" after each somewhat illegible name. Yes, ladies, you are on the INTERNETS. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
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Fire-Eater: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/30/2014 - 9:34pm.
December 1942. Chicago, Illinois. "Working on a giant locomotive, one of the '400s,' in the Chicago & North Western Railroad shops." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Butch & Sally: 1952
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/30/2014 - 5:52pm.
"Butch & Sally. Feb. 13, 1952." Introducing a new series of Kodachromes that Shorpy found on eBay, taken by a family somewhere in Minnesota. Sally the Dalmatian is in a lot of these slides; Butch the boy, not so much. View full size.
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Ghost Concourse: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/30/2014 - 1:42pm.
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Circa 1910. "Train concourse, Union Station, Washington, D.C." Time exposure capturing hundreds of ephemeral footfalls. 8x10 glass negative. View full size.
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