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Dynamo Room: 1904
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 09/15/2012 - 5:20pm.
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Circa 1904. "Dynamo room with switchboard." Seen earlier here. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Power and Light: 1904
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 09/14/2012 - 11:46am.
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Circa 1904 somewhere in North America. "Switchboard in dynamo room." (UPDATE: Also seen here.) 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.
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Cockaday and Banning: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 09/13/2012 - 6:20pm.
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New York circa 1924. "L.M. Cockaday and Maj. Kendall Banning." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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Face Time: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 09/03/2012 - 2:18pm.
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December 23, 1936. Washington, D.C. "Bureau of Standards. Standardization of card colors. Kenneth Kelley judging colors of dyes." Whatever you labor at, Shorpy wishes you a happy Labor Day. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
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Well Connected: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 09/01/2012 - 12:14pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Daniels and Navy telephone exchange." Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy. National Photo glass negative. View full size.
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BRB LOL: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 08/24/2012 - 1:40am.
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June 1940. Washington, D.C. "Direct postal telegraph wire at a truck service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue)." So the place was something of an Internet cafe, without the lattes or wifi. 35mm negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
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Central Heat: 1932
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 08/13/2012 - 5:27pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1932. "Ben Franklin Press" is all it says here. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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