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Blagden Alley: 1923
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 1:28pm.
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"City rowhouses, 1923." A jumble of humble abodes. The latest installment in our survey of backstreet Washington, D.C., this glass plate is another angle on the alley last seen here. Harris & Ewing Collection. View full size.
UPDATE: Shorpy member Mark H. has identified the location as Blagden Alley. The view is looking north toward the Henrietta Apartments on N Street; somewhere at left is the recent home of Back Alley Waffles.
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All That Jazz: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/19/2013 - 7:46pm.
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March 1942. Washington, D.C. "Dancing class at an elementary school." Photo by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Waiting for the Light: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/19/2013 - 1:35pm.
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March 1943. "Kiowa (vicinity), Kansas. Train waiting for a block signal along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad." Photo by Jack Delano. View full size.
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Farm Boy: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/19/2013 - 12:41pm.
October 1938. "Young farmer of Jefferson County, Kansas." One-hundred percent organic. Medium-format negative by John Vachon. View full size.
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Kaatskill Gliders: 1907
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/19/2013 - 11:07am.
Circa 1907. "Kaatskill House, Lake George, New York." A place that separates the gliders from the rockers. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.
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Hackensack Bride: 1959
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/18/2013 - 11:16pm.
October 23, 1959. "Bloomingdale's, Hackensack, New Jersey. Green Room, Sutton Place. Raymond Loewy, client." Where all those Stepford Wives got their start. Large-format acetate negative by Samuel H. Gottscho. View full size.
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Whorls and Ridges: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/18/2013 - 6:27pm.
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Washington, D.C., 1925. "Justice Department, Nat'l. Bureau of Identification." Filing fingerprints at the forerunner of today's FBI. View full size.
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