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Mrs. B. Bakes: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 04/24/2010 - 12:33am.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1917. "Mrs. Beuchert." Whose psychedelic stove is far out, man. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Washington Lanes: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/23/2010 - 2:23pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Convention Hall bowling alleys, Fifth and K Sts." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Federal Auto: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 04/23/2010 - 11:05am.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1917. "Federal Auto Supply Co., Pennsylvania Avenue." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Gang of Four: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 11:04pm.
Circa 1905, somewhere in the American South. "A Southern chain gang." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Torpedo Gunners: 1896
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 6:21pm.
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1896. "Gunner's gang, U.S.S. Maine." The Shorpy shakedown cruise continues. Glass negative by Edward H. Hart, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Remember the Maine: 1896
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 12:59pm.
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"A fancy dress ball." Sailors aboard the ill-fated U.S.S. Maine in 1896, two years before an explosion in Havana Harbor sank the battleship, killing most of the crew and precipitating the Spanish-American War. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by Edward H. Hart, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Sea Urchin: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 2:01am.
October 1909. Boston, Massachusetts. "Truant hanging around boats in the harbor during school hours." Photgraph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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