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The Automobilist: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 12:10pm.
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Special Treatment: 1901
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 1:57am.
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New York circa 1901. "Taking a patient's pulse, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital." Detroit Publishing Company glass negative. View full size.
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Booker T.: 1906
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Circa 1906. "Residence of Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama." Detroit Publishing Company glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Expert Truss Fitting: 1900
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 6:17pm.
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"Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y., circa 1900." The merchants of Buffalo, aside from making that fine city a haven for the herniated, also offered a wide range of "deformity appliances." Detroit Publishing Co. glass negative. View full size.
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Big Guns: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 1:12pm.
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1917. "U.S. Navy Yard, Washington. Sight shop, big gun section." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Pittsburgh: 1902
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Music Club: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 3:14am.
Washington, D.C., circa 1905. "Central High School Orchestra." Anyone out there with some old Central yearbooks? Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
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