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High Bridge: 1907
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 10:00am.
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High Bridge, Kentucky, circa 1907. "High Bridge and Kentucky River." At right is a section of the stairway seen here yesterday. 8x10 glass negative. View full size.
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High Bridge Depot: 1907
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 5:11pm.
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Circa 1907. "High Bridge station, High Bridge, Kentucky." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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End of the Line: 1865
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 02/04/2012 - 3:53pm.
April 1865. "Richmond, Virginia. Destroyed Richmond & Petersburg locomotive." Aftermath of the Confederate evacuation in which Richmond's business district, accidentally torched by its own citizens, burned to the ground, the flames extinguished only with the aid of the occupying Federal Army. View full size.
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Boston Harbor: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 02/04/2012 - 5:00am.
Circa 1906. "Boston Harbor from East Boston." Our second glimpse at this bustling transport hub. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.
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Union Station: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/03/2012 - 1:34pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1908. "New Union Station." Idyllically uncongested. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Mixed Signals: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 7:42pm.
January 1939. "Railroad tracks, St. Louis, Missouri." 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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The Big Pennsylvania Hole: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 4:46pm.
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New York circa 1908. "The big Pennsylvania hole." Excavations for Pennsylvania Station. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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