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Hanging Out: 1937

Hanging Out: 1937

New Orleans circa 1937. "1133-1135 Chartres Street." Laundry day in the Quarter. 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.

 

Farmers Bank: 1910

Farmers Bank: 1910

Pittsburgh circa 1910. "Wood Street and the Farmers Bank." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Shenango of Fairport: 1909

Shenango of Fairport: 1909

Ecorse, Michigan, circa 1909. "Freighter Shenango on the ways." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Glazier Stove: 1905

Glazier Stove: 1905

Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1905. "Glazier Stove Company, the foundry." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

36th Street Station: 1905

36th Street Station: 1905

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1905. "The Elevated station at 36th Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Riding High: 1905

Riding High: 1905

Philadelphia circa 1905. "The elevated railway at Delaware & South Streets." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Bathing Beauty: 1942

Bathing Beauty: 1942

February 1942. Akron, Ohio. "Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Removal from solution tank at a rubber factory now producing metal essential for the Army. This bath, which follows the removal of the weld scale, gives the inside of the cylinder a further cleaning and removes all chemicals which may remain from the previous operation." 4x5 nitrate negative by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 
 
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