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Dead Ox Flat: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 4:23pm.
October 1939. "Mr. and Mrs. Wardlaw at entrance to their dugout basement home. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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Cafe Kelly: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 12:48pm.
March 1936. Edwards, Mississippi. "Main street storefronts." Large-format nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Sun Coffee Shop: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 3:17am.
December 1935. "New Orleans, downtown street." North Front at Canal. Nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Meat and Potatoes: 1919
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 06/08/2010 - 9:06pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1919. "G.R. Simcox." Who we hope is not anywhere in this photo. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Levee Work: 1903
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 06/08/2010 - 3:24pm.
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New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1903. "Mule teams on the levee." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Speed Demon: 1904
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 06/08/2010 - 2:10am.
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Buffalo, New York, circa 1904. "Delaware Avenue." Hitching posts, mounting blocks, ice wagons and gaslight at the dawn of the automobile age. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Cutting Room: 1900
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 06/07/2010 - 9:03pm.
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New York circa 1900. "Operating room in Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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