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Coney Capers: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 12/16/2012 - 2:28pm.
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New York circa 1905. "On the beach at Coney Island." Note the kites. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Big Digger: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 12/16/2012 - 1:47pm.
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Circa 1910. "Steam shovel removing a section of coffer dam, Livingstone Channel, Detroit, Michigan." Construction of the navigation channel along the Detroit River. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Grief: 1915
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 12/15/2012 - 11:12pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1915. "Grief monument, Rock Creek cemetery." The timeless memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. National Photo. View full size.
Vroom: 1949
Submitted by historic52 on Sat, 12/15/2012 - 10:45pm.
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Young motorist in an Austin pedal car circa 1949. From a set of 35mm Kodachromes I acquired in northern New Jersey. Here is another view. View full size.
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Factory Branch: 1926
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 12/15/2012 - 1:32pm.
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1926. Washington, D.C. "Four Wheel Drive Auto Co. oil truck, H Street N.E." My favorite detail here: "Minimum Labor Charge 50¢." View full size.
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Jeff Davis: 1865
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 12/15/2012 - 10:50am.
March 1865. "City Point, Virginia. 'Jeff Davis,' General Grant's pony." You can't say Ulysses S. Grant lacked a sense of humor. Wet plate negative. View full size.
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Texas Laundress: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 12/14/2012 - 2:18pm.
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February 1939. "Twelve-year-old girl who keeps house in a trailer for her three brothers who are migrant workers, near Harlingen, Texas." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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