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Railroad Pageant: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 03/17/2013 - 6:31pm.
May 27, 1939. "New York World's Fair, railroad pageant. Final curtain, locomotives." Large-format negative by Samuel H. Gottscho. View full size.
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St. Patrick's Cathedral: 1907
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 03/17/2013 - 3:10pm.
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New York circa 1907. "Interior of St. Patrick's Cathedral." Faith and Begorrah! 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Montreal: 1916
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 03/16/2013 - 9:48pm.
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Circa 1916. "St. Catherine Street, Montreal, Quebec." Je me souviens. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Shady Rest: 1914
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 03/16/2013 - 5:59pm.
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"Visiting Nurses' Association, Grand Army of the Republic National Encampment, 1914, tents, Grand Circus Park, Detroit." A reunion of Civil War veterans. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
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Transplant: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 03/16/2013 - 1:31pm.
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October 1939. "Oklahoman, worked three years as farm laborer, starts next year on his own place. Quit school after third day. Can neither read nor write. Is 'best farm laborer' this farmer ever had. Near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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The Rat Pack: 1957
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 03/15/2013 - 9:01pm.
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Our latest from the Janet & Kermy Kodachromes is labeled "Nawakwa 1957." Which I am pretty sure is not a Bill Murray movie. View full size.
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Rock and Roll: 1956
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 03/15/2013 - 3:16pm.
Elvis Presley at a 1956 concert date; we're counting the minutes until someone can tell us which one. Photo by Phillip Harrington for Look. View full size.
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