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| Type | Post | Author | Replies | Last updated |
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| Image | Train Wreck: 1909 | Dave | 2 | 11 weeks 1 day ago |
| Image | In the Tunnel: 1908 | Dave | 5 | 13 weeks 6 days ago |
| Image | Local Color: 1950s | Tony W. | 12 | 35 weeks 3 days ago |
| Image | Ish Kabibble: 1950s | Tony W. | 15 | 35 weeks 3 days ago |
| Image | Sailing Duo: c. 1902 | Ken | 10 | 36 weeks 5 days ago |
| Image | Lillian Lee: 1908 | Dave | 8 | 36 weeks 5 days ago |
| Image | They Are Blind to My Beauty: 1920 | Dave | 14 | 36 weeks 6 days ago |
| Image | Harvard Varsity: 1911 | Dave | 4 | 36 weeks 6 days ago |
| Image | Bathing Girl Parade: 1920 | Dave | 7 | 36 weeks 6 days ago |
| Image | 3rd Int'l Pageant of Pulchritude | Dave | 22 | 36 weeks 6 days ago |
| Image | St. Patrick's Easter: 1911 | Dave | 1 | 36 weeks 6 days ago |
| Image | Rush Hour, Detroit: 1942 | Dave | 6 | 36 weeks 6 days ago |
| Image | Five Smiling Women: 1942 | Dave | 11 | 36 weeks 6 days ago |
| Image | Shulman's Market: 1942 | Dave | 23 | 36 weeks 6 days ago |
| Image | N and Union: 1942 | Dave | 23 | 36 weeks 6 days ago |
| Image | Celery Cola: 1908 | Dave | 16 | 45 weeks 2 days ago |
| Image | Visits Houses of Prostitution | Dave | 5 | 3 years 20 weeks ago |
| Image | Where the Sun Never Shines: 1908 | Dave | 5 | 3 years 29 weeks ago |
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