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Navy Fighters: 1897
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/03/2010 - 11:08am.
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Circa 1897. "Boxing aboard the U.S.S. Massachusetts." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by Edward H. Hart, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Times Square: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/03/2010 - 2:34am.
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"Long Acre (Times) Square, New York." Now playing: "Follies of 1908." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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White Adder: 1928
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/03/2010 - 12:49am.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1928. "Strayer's Business College." The debonair opposite number to this clerical cutie. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
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A Radiola for Every Purse: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 05/02/2010 - 6:02pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Radio Corporation of America, exhibit." Planted amid the palms: the RCA Radiola 104, Radiola Super VIII and Radiola IIIA, and an assortment of Radiotron tubes. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
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The Mayflower: 1927
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 05/02/2010 - 5:32am.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1927. "Mayflower Hotel, exterior, Connecticut Avenue." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Harvard Varsity Eight: 1915
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 05/01/2010 - 3:35pm.
"Harvard 2nd Varsity Eight, 1915. Whitemarsch -- Brown -- Potter -- Talcott -- H. Middendorf -- Richardson -- Capt. Meter -- Busk -- coxswain Cameron." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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Fighting Mike: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 05/01/2010 - 1:02pm.
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New York circa 1908. "Mike Glover." South Boston welterweight Michael J. Cavanaugh, shown here around age 18, died in 1917 after contracting "a severe cold" while training for what would be his last fight, a bout with Ted Lewis. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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