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Vegetable Kingdom: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 7:01am.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "Thos. R. Shipp Co. -- A.A. Anselmo stand, Center Market." Delectable produce from all points of the compass, fetchingly arrayed. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Lincoln at the Capitol: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 5:07am.
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Washington, D.C., 1924. "Ford Motor Co. -- Lincoln at Capitol." The Great Transportator. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
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Get Milk: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 7:52pm.
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September 6, 1922. Washington, D.C. "Miss Elizabeth U. Hoffman." Last spied here four years ago, Miss H. is still stuck in this institutional-looking kitchen. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Work Zone: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 2:31pm.
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Washington, D.C., 1920. "Street scenes, 14th & New York Avenue." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Visiting the Torpedo Boats: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 10:06am.
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New Orleans circa 1906. "Visiting the torpedo boats." The Porter and the Dupont. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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American Beauty: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 5:16am.
September 1942. "New York, New York. Getting a manicure while drying hair at Francois de Paris, a hairdresser on West Eighth Street." Medium format nitrate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Grandpa Fred: 1958
Submitted by Radio Free Babylon on Sun, 05/13/2012 - 6:16pm.
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Chula Vista, California, 1958. Grandpa Fred in his MGA on Madrona Street. Photo by my father, home on leave after his second year at West Point. View full size.
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