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Evinrude Girl: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 1:16pm.
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1913. "Young woman posed with an Evinrude outboard motor." Able to outrun any lad with a Johnson. R.R. Johnstone photo studio, Milwaukee. View full size.
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Daddy's Little Farmer: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 12:48pm.
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October 1939. "Mr. Dougherty and one of the children. Warm Springs district, Malheur County, Oregon." Photo by Dorothea Lange. View full size.
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Psst! Bear in a Ranger Hat?
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 9:47am.
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April 1923. Washington, D.C. Another unlabeled Harris & Ewing plate, showing someone we imagine to be the bureaucrat tasked with kindling fire-prevention slogans. Say, does it seem a little smokey in here? View full size.
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In the Building: 1956
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 11:37pm.
May 1956, in the field house at University of Dayton, in the presence of The One. 35mm negative by Phillip Harrington for Look magazine. View full size.
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A Nice Round Number: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 4:37pm.
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October 1935. Marysville, California. "Agricultural worker in migrant camp figuring his year's earnings," i.e. a rubber check. Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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Fresh Up: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 12:08pm.
September 1937. "Icehouse. Rosslyn, Virginia." Just across the Potomac from Washington, the home of beer, wine and 7-Up from 7 to 7, as well as one cool cat. Medium-format nitrate negative by John Vachon. View full size.
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Meet Miss Vroom: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 10:28am.
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UPDATE: the photo now has a caption.
May 25, 1923. Miss Grace Gloria Ahr, chosen to be the modern emulator of Cleopatra in the "Congress of the Seas" during Shrine Week.
From the other end of the forgotten-Washington spectrum comes this unlabeled Harris & Ewing plate from around 1920. 4x5 glass negative. View full size.
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