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Jasper County: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/22/2008 - 2:27am.
May 1940. Corn planting in Jasper County, Iowa. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration.
Stone Pony: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 01/04/2008 - 11:36am.
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December 1943. Detail of "Man Controlling Trade," a limestone statue completed in 1942 by Michael Lantz for the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington. View full size. Medium-format negative by Esther Bubley.
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Greetings From Florida: 1865
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 12/13/2007 - 2:41am.
Six men and a horse in this St. Augustine, Florida, street view from around 1865. View full size. Left half of a glass-plate stereograph made by Samuel A. Cooley.
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Free Horse Dinner!
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 12/11/2007 - 11:51pm.
December 29, 1923. "Horse Christmas Party" at the Washington, D.C., Animal Rescue League. View full size. National Photo Company Collection.
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J.D. Leon General Store: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 12/11/2007 - 3:26pm.
Spring 1943. Closeup of the J.D. Leon general store in Cerro. Taos County, New Mexico. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Collier. View full size.
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Knock, Knock: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 12/05/2007 - 12:15am.
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August 28, 1922. A horse at the Animal Rescue League in Washington, D.C. 5x7 glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.
Ghost Horse: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 11/27/2007 - 4:05pm.
December 1936. Farm horse in Woodbury County, Iowa. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
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