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Yale Varsity Eight: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/16/2007 - 11:35pm.
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Tutti Frutti Trucks: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/16/2007 - 11:34pm.
Freight depot of the Army consolidating station at Chicago. April 1943. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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Chicago: Night: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/16/2007 - 8:52pm.
Illinois Central freight cars at the South Water Street terminal, Chicago. May 1943. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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Shasta Totem: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/16/2007 - 8:24pm.
June 1942. Cable tower from which buckets carry materials used in the construction of Shasta Dam, California. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee.
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Smithsonian Castle: 1860s
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/16/2007 - 2:31pm.
Washington, D.C. "Smithsonian Institute, 1860-1865." Wet collodion glass plate, Brady-Handy Collection. View full size.
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Under Construction: 1863
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/16/2007 - 2:29pm.
"Trinity Episcopal Church, 3rd & C & Ind. Ave." Unfinished Capitol in the background, circa 1863-64. View full size. Brady-Handy Collection.
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Deadwood City Hall: 1890
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/16/2007 - 2:20pm.
Deadwood City Hall in 1890 shortly after its completion. Note fire wagons in garage, fire alarm and fire hydrant. The building burned to the ground in 1952. Those are electric arc lights mounted up near the belfry. View full size. Photograph by John C.H. Grabill.
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