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Girls' Training Table: 1923
Washington circa 1923. "Training table, Eastern High School." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress.
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Union Station: 1921
Washington, D.C., 1921 or 1922. "Union Station waiting room." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
- 7 comments
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The Old P.O.: 1913
Washington circa 1913. "District of Columbia Mail Depot." Soon to be known as the Old Post Office. View full size. National Photo Company glass negative.
- 2 comments
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Shipwrecked Among Cannibals: 1921
Washington, January 1921. Now playing at the Leader: "Shipwrecked Among Cannibals." Just loitering outside for a few minutes is practically a graduate course in cannibal lore. View full size. National Photo Company glass negative.
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Movie Palace: 1920
Washington circa 1920. "Crandall's Savoy, interior." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress.
- 5 comments
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Hosed: 1920
"Walter Reed physiotherapy story." Hydrotherapy in 1920 or 1921 at Walter Reed Hospital. View full size. National Photo Company glass negative.
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Radio-Vitant: 1920
"Walter Reed physiotherapy story." 1920 or 1921. Burdick Cabinet "Radio-Vitant ray" therapy. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
- 11 comments
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Zapped: 1921
Washington, D.C., in 1921. Another view of the Leader Theater on "Invisible Ray" day. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
Ask Mr. Foster: 1924
"Foster & Reynolds, exterior." The National Remembrance Shop in Washington circa 1924. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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The Invisible Ray: 1921
Washington's Leader Theater circa 1921. Now playing: The serial "Invisible Ray" and, from 1916, Douglas Fairbanks in "The Americano" and a short called "The Return of Draw Egan." National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
- 7 comments
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Tog Klim?
Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "James L. Owens & Sons, window." An elaborate display featuring Klim powdered milk. View full size. National Photo Company.
- 4 comments
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Sanitarium: 1928
1928. "Washington Sanitarium, Takoma Park. Operating room." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. Can you say "lobotomy"?
- 10 comments
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Greek Tragedy: 1920
"Greek murder." July 1920. Two victims of a bloody altercation involving a hatchet and revolver that left three people dead in a rooming house at 809 Ninth Street in Washington. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
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Lord Baltimore No. 6
Washington, D.C., circa 1924. "Lord Baltimore Filling Station No. 6, Connecticut Avenue and Ordway Street N.W." View full size. National Photo glass negative.
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Happy Motoring: 1942
1942. "Cemetery at edge of Romney, West Virginia." View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by John Vachon for the Office of War Information.
- 8 comments
- 37165 reads
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