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Capital Athletic: 1926
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/29/2008 - 3:27am.
May 1, 1926. Washington, D.C. Eight-oar shell crew of the Capital Athletic Club on the Potomac between the Francis Scott Key and Aqueduct bridges. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Canoe Club: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/28/2008 - 2:38pm.
1924. Washington Canoe Club rowers on the Potomac near the recently finished Key Bridge and older Aqueduct Bridge. View full size. National Photo Co.
A Real Lifesaver: 1915
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/19/2008 - 3:48pm.
"Man demonstrating ship rescue apparatus" circa 1915 somewhere near New York City. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Bethlehem-Fairfield: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/18/2008 - 1:06am.
Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards, Baltimore. 1941. "Between the ways of this large Eastern shipyard run tracks for flatcars carrying materials or sections to be hoisted onto the deck of Liberty ships under construction." View full size. Medium format nitrate negative by Alfred Palmer.
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A Drive Across the Oakland Bay Bridge
Submitted by photosmapdi on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 4:48pm.
Taken by sailor off the USS California in 1938. A nice shot of cars coming traveling the Bay Bridge (Thanks El Frijole). View full size.
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Ak-Sar-Ben, Ah-a-Mo: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 02/09/2008 - 1:37am.
November 1938. The Ak-sar-ben toll bridge over the Missouri River between Iowa and Nebraska at Omaha. View full size. Photograph by John Vachon.
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Gee's Bend: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/01/2008 - 2:13pm.
May 1939. "Old cable ferry between Camden and Gee's Bend, Alabama." 35mm negative by Marion Post Wolcott, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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