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Out for a Drive
Submitted by woodwardave on Sat, 09/20/2008 - 10:38pm.
From a turn-of-the-century family photo album. Probably taken in Michigan. Can someone identify the automobile? View full size.
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Loading the Stores
Submitted by woodwardave on Sat, 09/20/2008 - 10:33pm.
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From a turn-of-the-century family photo album. I believe these are coal chutes, and they're loading the stores of a ship bound for sea.
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The Great Fire
Submitted by woodwardave on Sat, 09/20/2008 - 10:27pm.
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From a turn-of-the-century family photo album. Taken in Washington, D.C. [This is might be the Baltimore fire of 1904. Prints were sold as souvenirs in various cities. There were also a few big fires in Arlington, Virginia, around that time. But none in Washington that I know of. - Dave] View full size.
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