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Hard Times: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 6:27pm.
October 1935. "Destitute Ozark resident, Arkansas." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Resettlement Administration.
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Zinc, Ark.: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 3:57pm.
October 1935. "Among the few remaining inhabitants of Zinc, Arkansas, deserted mining town." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn.
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Ray Schalk: 1914
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 11:29pm.
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Bambino: 1919
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 11:28pm.
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Edge: 1915
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Washington, D.C. (vicinity) circa 1915. "Along the C&O Canal." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. Last one in's a rotten egg.
Vs. Them: 1919
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 11:26pm.
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"Bob Le Grende [Legendre], Georgetown, 1919. The track and field star may be one of America's representatives at the Olympic Games at Antwerp next summer. He recently won the pentathlon title at the inter-allied meet in Pershing Stadium, Paris." As it turns out, his life was tragically cut short by illness. View full size.
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Mixed Doubles: 1925
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April 11, 1925. "J. Lang, Columbia Country Club," partnered with a light leak. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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