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Army Balloon: 1918
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 11:30pm.
Vicinity of Washington, D.C. Army balloon circa 1918-1921. View full size. Glass negative from the National Photo Company Collection.
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Stuck Truck: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 10:16pm.
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Ingley, Yankees: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 8:57pm.
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Ready for Takeoff: 1921
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The Boys: 1952
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 2:04pm.
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Possibly Indianapolis, circa 1952. Set 2 of found 35mm Kodachromes. At right is the boy from Dancing Queen. At left: Technicolor cuffs. View full size.
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Bathgate Avenue: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 1:46pm.
December 1936. "Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, a section from which many of the New Jersey homesteaders have come." View full size. Medium format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration.
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Tree 1, Car 0
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