- Child's play
- Missouri is a good bet
- And convenient to the curb ...
- Dare I say it?
- A League Of Her Own
- Stepping Stone
- That Home Base Stone
- Diamond in the rough
- Something about their eyes
- Gangsters and a Gypsy
- Handsome Building
- NICE
- Pictures, I hope.
- Racy picture for sure. Oh Baby!
- Woodstock 1915
- A musical group
- Play party?
- Carry on Camping
- Starting the day off with a bang
- Being White at Night
- Parking by Braille
- Plans subject to change without notice
- Never-Everland
- What dent?
- Oh no, the Master Rod!
- The importance of being
- The Start --
- Dented Fender
- Sinclair Gas Credit Card
- No forgery here
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Ride Like the Wind: 1902
October 10, 1902. Kitty Hawk, N.C. "Wilbur gliding in level flight, moving to right near bottom of Big Hill." Glass negative by Orville Wright. View full size.
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Jerusalem Dodge: 1925
Jerusalem, British Mandate Palestine, circa 1925. "Staff in garage of American Colony Buick-Dodge agency." View full size. Matson Photo Service.
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On Walden Pond: 1937
September 1937. Concord, Massachusetts. "At Walden Pond, haunt of Thoreau." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Edwin Locke for the Resettlement Administration. We wonder where Thoreau rented his swimsuits back in the day.
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Not a Cloud in the Sky: 1942
May 1942. Parris Island, South Carolina. "Marine lieutenant glider pilot in training at Page Field." A smilier version of the airman seen here. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer, Office of War Information. View full size.
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Lollipop Beach: 1923
May 28, 1923. "Potomac bathing beach." A 10 on the Fun-Meter, from the look of things. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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A Little Off the Top: 1917
June 21, 1917. Monmouth Park, New Jersey. "Signal Corps barber." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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Meet the Neighbors: 1920
Ruth St. Denis and husband Ted Shawn, of the Denishawn dance company, in the back yard circa 1920. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Modern Dance: 1920
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