- Carbonated Coke
- Am I seeing right?
- A very small remnant
- Indian(a) Gasoline, father of Texaco
- Grandmother
- Indian Gas
- Skyline IDs
- "Service station run by former resident of Oklahoma"
- Railroad Rash
- Nifty design
- Just wondering
- Child's play
- N°2 Wagon
- 413 Sullivan Street.
- Outlived his obituary by 22 years
- Fun playgrounds
- Daisy Luke
- Rough playground
- Looking up to your father
- No adult supervision
- I Did My Part
- Re: True Confessions
- Soft surface
- Nice as aways, Sir
- Moonscape
- Lima Locomotive
- It's a mini-steam plant!
- Playground equipment
- $9,700
- Bullying.
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Women Wipers: 1943
May 1943. Clinton, Iowa. "Women wipers of the Chicago & North Western Railroad going out to work on an engine at the roundhouse." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Game Day: MCMXIII
1913. Annapolis, Maryland. "U.S. Naval Academy football team." With chalked-on jersey numbers. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
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Navy Football: 1913
1913. Annapolis, Maryland. "U.S. Naval Academy football team." Composite of two 5x7 glass negatives by Harris & Ewing. View full size.
F Street: 1906
F Street Northwest in Washington, D.C., circa 1906. Note the Harris & Ewing photographic studio, source of many of our images here on Shorpy, at left. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Macy's: 1931
New York circa 1931. "R.H. Macy & Co. Building, Broadway & 34th Street." The original "big box" retailer. Irving Underhill photo. View full size.
- 9 comments
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Do Not Touch: 1910
Christchurch, New Zealand, circa 1910. "Vacuum Cleaning Company machine at DIC store." Steffano Webb Photographic Studio glass negative. View full size.
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Wright Light: 1949
May 13, 1949. "Russel Wright, residence and business at 221 E. 48th Street, New York City. Showroom." Gottscho-Schleisner photo. View full size.
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Choice Rooms: 1936
March 1936. "Low-cost housing. Saint Louis, Mo." Cigars and Coke not included. Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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