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Ocean Spray: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 08/12/2011 - 11:46am.
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The Jersey Shore circa 1910. "Atlantic City bathers." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Overturned: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 08/12/2011 - 10:58am.
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1921. "Washington Rapid Transit Co. wreck." More vehicular mayhem in the nation's capital. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
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Brownley Confectionery: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 11:23pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1924. "Brownley interior." Our second peek inside the Brownley Confectionery on G Street. On the table: more "Sport Fudge." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Tangled T: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 8:18pm.
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Exhibit B in the Case of the Battered Buick is this twisted Model T. The second in a series of 1924 photos captioned "Max Wiehle." Max, son of the founder of the long-defunct Fairfax County, Va., hamlet of Wiehle Station, was a Washington, D.C., businessman who owned Potomac Sales, a car dealership. View full size.
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Sport Fudge: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 6:06pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1924. "Brownley interior." A sort of fernery-confectionery. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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The Battered Buick: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 1:15pm.
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Washington, D.C., or vicinity, 1924. "Max Wiehle." Exhibit A in the Case of the Battered Buick. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
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Lemon, Center: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 12:47pm.
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Washington, D.C. "Lemon, center of Central, 1921." Jimmy Lemon of Central High. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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