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Tenderloin Lockup: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 2:39pm.
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New York City circa 1908. "Cells, new Tenderloin police station." 8x10 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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King of Cadonia: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 10:02am.
Washington, D.C., circa 1910. "King of Cardonia" is the caption here, perhaps the name of a play. [Update: The correct spelling is "Cadonia"; the play ended its D.C. run in January 1910.] Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Going Nowhere: 1930
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 8:32am.
"Car interior. Washington & Old Dominion R.R." Our third and final look at Pennsy car 4928 on the tracks of the W. & O.D., whose right-of-way is now plied by commuters taking I-66 into Washington. 8x10 glass negative. View full size.
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All Aboard: 1930
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 11:48pm.
"Car interior. Washington & Old Dominion R.R." Another circa 1930 view of a decrepit Pennsylvania Railroad car that seems to have come into the possession of the W. & O.D. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Ghost Coach: 1930
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 7:30pm.
Washington, D.C., or vicinity circa 1915-1930. One of three H&E glass negatives labeled "Car exterior. Washington & Old Dominion R.R." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. The others are here and here.
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Dark Room: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 3:41pm.
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May 1938. New Madrid County, Missouri. "Interior of house without windows, home of sharecropper, cut-over farmer of Mississippi bottoms." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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House Without Windows: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 1:08pm.
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May 1938. New Madrid County, Missouri. "House without windows. Home of sharecropper cut-over farmers of Mississippi bottoms." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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