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Cajun Spice Girls: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 2:30am.
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October 1938. "Cajun girls at Rice Festival in Crowley, Louisiana." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Daytona Beach: 1904
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 9:07pm.
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Florida circa 1904. "Beach Street, Daytona." Note the early Coca-Cola sign on Burdine's Pharmacy. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
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Coney 1905
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:06pm.
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New York circa 1905. "Main tower, Luna Park, Coney Island." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Ghosts of New Orleans: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 2:53pm.
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New Orleans circa 1906. "Chartres Street." Furnished Rooms and spectral pedestrians. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
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Spring Break: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 12:38am.
Miami circa 1905. "On the shore of Biscayne Bay, Florida." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Let's Duet: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 12:09am.
The singer Elsie Baker and canine accompanist in New York circa 1920. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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Rufus Rides Again: 1864
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 6:53pm.
April 1864. "Brandy Station, Virginia. Gen. Rufus Ingalls on horseback. Photograph from the main Eastern theater of war -- winter quarters at Brandy Station." Wet plate glass negative by Timothy H. O'Sullivan. View full size.
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