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On Wisconsin: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 1:52am.
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Wisconsin crew team in shell. June 29, 1909. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Harvard Varsity Eight: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 1:46am.
The Harvard varsity crew team on June 18, 1913. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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How to Be Cool: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 1:39am.
Matty McIntyre of the Chicago White Sox against a backdrop of sales pitches in 1912. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Opening Day: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 1:33am.
Opening Day at Hilltop Park, April 14, 1908. New York Highlanders and Philadelphia Athletics. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Willie Lewis: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 1:21am.
The boxer Willie Lewis working out in November 1911. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
Mayer Sisters: 1927
Submitted by Ken on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 4:36pm.
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Misses Edith and Irene Mayer, daughters of movie magnate Louis Mayer, call on President Calvin Coolidge. View full size.
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Ford Family, Cont'd.
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 1:08am.
March 1936. "Resettlement Administration official investigating the case of nine living in field on U.S. Route 70 between Camden and Bruceton, Tennessee, near the Tennessee River." View full size. Photograph by Carl Mydans.
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