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A Real Life Saver: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 06/01/2008 - 11:01am.
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May 24, 1913. Joseph N. Callahan modeling "Coxey's Life Saver and Water Wings." View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Atwater Kent: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 06/01/2008 - 10:09am.
Philadelphia, 1925. Frank Aiken and Atwater Kent at the new Atwater Kent radio factory. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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Flyboy: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 05/31/2008 - 6:56pm.
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Another shot from that 1924 grade-school track meet in Washington. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Cleared for Landing: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 05/31/2008 - 12:41pm.
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Washington, D.C., 1924. "Grade school track meet." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress.
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St. Louis: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 05/31/2008 - 7:26am.
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May 1940. "Fountain in front of Union Station, St. Louis, Missouri." 35mm negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Provincetown: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 9:48pm.
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August 1940. "Local talent makes music on a Sunday afternoon under the soldiers' monument. Provincetown, Massachusetts." View full size. Medium-format safety negative by Edwin Rosskam for the Farm Security Administration.
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Shop Class: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 6:24pm.
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1939. Anacostia High School, Washington, D.C. "Carpentry shop." 5x7 nitrate negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.
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