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Jerusalem: 1931
Graf Zeppelin over the Tower of David, Jerusalem. April 11, 1931. View full size. American Colony Photo Dept. Visit the Shorpy Zeppelin Hangar.
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Zeppelin in Flight: 1908
German airship in flight over the Bodensee. July 4, 1908. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
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A Tight Squeeze: 1908
"Zeppelin airship seen from water at 6:05 AM." German zeppelin on the Bodensee. August 4, 1908. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Easy Does It: 1908
German zeppelin LZ3 entering its shed on the Bodensee. 1908. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
Luftschiff Zeppelin 3: 1908
Luftschiff Zeppelin 3, July 1908, approaching its hangar on the Bodensee. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Laverne & Shirley: 1942
Grinder operators at Republic Drill & Tool, Chicago. August 1942. View full size. Photograph by Ann Rosener for the Office of War Information.
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Red, White & Blue: 1942
Truck trailers at the Chicago & North Western R.R. freight house, December 1942. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
Yale Varsity Eight: 1911
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June 22, 1911. "Yale rowing team." 5x7 inch glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.
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Tutti Frutti Trucks: 1943
Freight depot of the Army consolidating station at Chicago. April 1943. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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Chicago: Night: 1943
Illinois Central freight cars at the South Water Street terminal, Chicago. May 1943. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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Shasta Totem: 1942
June 1942. Cable tower from which buckets carry materials used in the construction of Shasta Dam, California. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee.
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Smithsonian Castle: 1860s
Washington, D.C. "Smithsonian Institute, 1860-1865." Wet collodion glass plate, Brady-Handy Collection. View full size.
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Under Construction: 1863
"Trinity Episcopal Church, 3rd & C & Ind. Ave." Unfinished Capitol in the background, circa 1863-64. View full size. Brady-Handy Collection.
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Deadwood City Hall: 1890
Deadwood City Hall in 1890 shortly after its completion. Note fire wagons in garage, fire alarm and fire hydrant. The building burned to the ground in 1952. Those are electric arc lights mounted up near the belfry. View full size. Photograph by John C.H. Grabill.
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Mustang by the Tail: 1942
October 1942. A painter cleans the tail section of a P-51 Mustang fighter prior to spraying with olive-drab camouflage. North American Aviation plant, Inglewood, California. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.
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