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Crusty Schmidt: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 06/10/2009 - 6:06am.
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Theta Pi: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 2:47pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1910. "Theta Pi girls." A couple more pix and then it's off to Daytona Beach! Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Going Up: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 12:58pm.
April 13, 1938. Washington, D.C. "Goodyear Blimp, Golden Gate." Promoting the World's Fair in San Francisco. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
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Product Placement: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 12:44pm.
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November 25, 1938. Washington, D.C. "Ford Motor Co. New medical center parking garage." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Underground Railroad: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 1:39am.
November 1942. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour No. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Co. Mine car operating off a trolley cable." Medium-format nitrate negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Earth Colony: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 12:58am.
November 1942. "Phillips gasoline plant. Borger, Texas. Storage tanks." Medium-format negative by John Vachon, Office of War Information. View full size.
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Young Granddad: 1963
Submitted by Tony W. on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 5:35pm.
This is my dad as a toddler with Grandpa washing the car, probably around 1963 in Los Angeles. Scanned from a Kodak safety negative. View full size.
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