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Negro Woman in Bonnet: 1865
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 3:12am.
Exterior view of Price, Birch & Co. slave pen at Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1865. Wet collodion, half of glass plate stereograph pair. View full size.
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Price, Birch & Co.: Interior
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 3:12am.
Interior view showing cells of Price, Birch & Co. slave pen at Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1865. Wet collodion, half of glass plate stereograph pair. View full size.
Slave Pen Cells: 1865
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 3:11am.
Price, Birch slave pen cells at Alexandria, Virginia, circa 1865. Wet collodion, half of glass plate stereograph pair. View full size.
Slave Pen: Interior
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 3:10am.
Wall Street: 1911
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Immobile Home: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/03/2007 - 5:14am.
March 1936. "One-room hut housing a family of nine built on the chassis of an abandoned Ford in a field between Camden and Bruceton, Tennessee, near the river." 35mm nitrate negative by Carl Mydans. View full size.
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Hobo Jungle: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/03/2007 - 5:13am.
A hobo jungle along the riverfront in St. Louis, Missouri. March 1936. Medium format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
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