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Entrance Stage Right: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 11:41am.
Pensacola, Florida, circa 1910. "Palafox Street, American National Bank Building." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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New Bedford Knitters: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 5:14pm.
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Spring 1942. "New Bedford, Massachusetts. Portuguese Girl Scouts." Medium format negative by John Collier, Office of War Information. View full size.
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Enzer's: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 12:33pm.
January 1938. "Front of livery stable, East Side, New York City." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Working Mother: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 10:35am.
April 1943. Clinton, Iowa. "Mrs. Irene Bracker, mother of two, employed at the roundhouse as a wiper, Chicago & North Western R.R." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Fan Club: 1919
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/29/2012 - 10:43pm.
New York circa 1919. The Metropolitan Opera soprano Rosa Ponselle, pensive. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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Court and Chenango: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/29/2012 - 4:38pm.
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Circa 1905. "Court and Chenango streets, Binghamton, New York." The Kilmer Building center stage. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
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Going Down: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/29/2012 - 12:01pm.
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Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, circa 1908. "Diver repairing a lock gate." Detroit Publishing Company glass negative. View full size.
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