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Skillet Dinner: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/07/2013 - 5:49am.
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March 1942. "Jewel Mazique cooking dinner after a hard day's work in the Library of Congress." Helping to lay the groundwork for Shorpy, perhaps. Large-format negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Ve Begin Mit Poland: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/07/2013 - 2:09am.
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Washington, D.C., 1938. "Dieter Tannenberg, son of the First Secretary of the German Embassy and Frau Tannenberg." Harris & Ewing. View full size.
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Jamaica Avenue El: 1944
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/06/2013 - 7:40pm.
Nov. 5, 1944. "Jamaica Avenue, Queens, New York. Carl A. Vollmer, City Planning Commission, clients." The intersection with 165th Street. Large-format acetate negative by Samuel H. Gottscho. View full size.
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Cheese Midgets: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/06/2013 - 1:32pm.
May 1942. "Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Shopping in the cooperative grocery store." Do we have enough cookies? Medium-format nitrate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Quincy Street: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/06/2013 - 12:42pm.
Circa 1906. "Quincy Street -- Hancock, Michigan." In the copper country of the Upper Peninsula. Detroit Publishing glass negative. View full size.
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Now for the Tricky Part: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/06/2013 - 6:19am.
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May 1942. "Working on the nose of an engine on an interceptor plane. Lake Muroc, California." Photo by Russell Lee for the OWI. View full size.
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Party of Four: 1956
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/05/2013 - 5:19pm.
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As a follow-up to yesterday's Pastel Princesses we present a retinue of possible Princes, or maybe court jesters, at what looks like the same event. Live it up while you can, boys. 35mm Kodachrome from the "Linda" slides. View full size.
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