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Deer Island Light: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/06/2009 - 7:00am.
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Street Clothes: 1900
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 6:00pm.
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Circa 1900. "Street haberdashery, New York." Detroit Publishing Company glass negative; photo by Byron. View full size.
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Xanadu: 1897
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 9:32am.
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St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1897. "The Ponce de Leon, Alcazar and Cordova hotels." Glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.
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The Lotos Lantern: 1916
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 6:18pm.
Washington, D.C., circa 1916. An uncaptioned street scene showing a Red Cross building, a "Dermatological Institute," a handicraft school and the Lotos Lantern Tea House. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Angels Alfresco: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 5:57pm.
Washington, D.C., circa 1910. "Portrait of nurses on lawn." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Westbound Freight: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 08/02/2009 - 10:55am.
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March 1943. "Chillicothe, Illinois. Changing crews and cabooses of a westbound freight along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad." Medium-format safety negative by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.
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U.S.S. Onondaga: 1864
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 08/01/2009 - 8:02pm.
1864. "James River, Virginia. Monitor U.S.S. Onondaga; soldiers in rowboat. From photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy." Wet plate glass negative. View full size.
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