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Paterson Panorama: 1901
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/13/2013 - 10:43pm.
Circa 1901. "Paterson, N.J., from Water Works Park." Lovely Paterson, Pearl of the Passaic. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
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School Play: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/13/2013 - 7:28pm.
Feb. 9, 1940. "Middlesex County Girls Vocational School, Woodbridge, New Jersey. Household management porch, horizontal. Alexander Merchant & Son, architect." Large-format acetate negative by Samuel H. Gottscho. View full size.
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The Case of the Parked Packard: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/13/2013 - 4:28pm.
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An unlabeled photo of cars parked next to train tracks from the FSA archive taken around 1939. Who can pinpoint the location? View full size.
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Like Family: 1951
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/13/2013 - 12:14pm.
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1951, somewhere in the Southeast. "Negro maids and their white employers' babies." Photo by John Vachon for a Look magazine assignment on "The South" in what could have been a prologue to "The Help." View full size.
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Broke, Baby Sick: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 06/12/2013 - 11:19pm.
February 1937. "Tracy (vicinity), California. U.S. Highway 99. Missouri family of five, seven months from the drought area. Broke, baby sick, car trouble." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Magic Fingers: 1970
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 06/12/2013 - 6:06pm.
1970. "Lenore Romney, wife of former Michigan Gov. George Romney, campaigning for U.S. Senate in Michigan, and meeting with son Mitt in her hotel room in Marquette." Note the "Magic Fingers" coin box. Photo by Douglas R. Gilbert for the Look magazine article "Lenore Fights Alone." View full size.
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Whorls and Ridges: 1926
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 06/12/2013 - 3:05pm.
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June 1926. "Bureau of Identification, Department of Justice, Washington." Poring over fingerprints at the forerunner of the FBI. National Photo Co. View full size.
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