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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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Living Large: 1916
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 05/01/2010 - 3:13am.
New York circa 1916. "Anna Fitziu." The Metropolitan Opera soprano and small entourage. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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Fast Women: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/30/2010 - 11:32pm.
New York circa 1924. The Brox sisters again, on the road to success with a detour through the living room. Bain News Service glass negative. View full size.
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French Opera House: 1900
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/30/2010 - 3:17pm.
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Circa February 1900. "French Opera House, New Orleans." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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The Money Killers: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/30/2010 - 4:41am.
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Circa 1912. What might look like the start of a gruesome blood ritual is really just business as usual in Washington: "Treasury Department, Bureau of Printing and Engraving. Destruction Committee. Maceration of old currency." The lady is Mrs. Louise Lester, "in charge of mutilation." Harris & Ewing photo. View full size.
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