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Multi-Processor Computing: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 8:56pm.
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November 24, 1924. Washington, D.C. "Bonus Bureau, Computing Division. Many clerks figure the amount of the bonus each veteran is entitled to." View full size.
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Gamers: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 08/19/2008 - 7:08pm.
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"Radio at Garfield Hospital, Washington, circa 1924." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress.
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Apparatus: 1929
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 9:34pm.
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August 24, 1929. "Donald H. Brooks, Bureau of Standards." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. So -- what's he doing?
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IM Me: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 1:42am.
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"Howard M. Gore. February 26, 1924." Mr. G, secretary of agriculture in the Coolidge administration, was later governor of West Virginia. And evidently kind of a geek. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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Wired: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 12:56pm.
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Electrical circuits and motors at Howard University in Washington, D.C., circa 1925. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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Nipper at Bat: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 3:12am.
"Ansell, Bishop & Turner window display. 1920." A Victrola dealer in Washington, D.C., puts Nipper in the game. View full size. National Photo Co. glass negative.
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Hopkins Titanafram: 1926
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 4:34pm.
"Washington, D.C., Industrial Exposition 1926. Hopkins Titanafram." Here's a fascinating glimpse back to a time when titanaframs were the size of sombreros. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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