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- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
- Great shot
- Westerly Breeze
- For the men, a trapeze
- Tickled
- Sense of loneliness ...
- 2 cents
- Charm City
- What an Outrage
- Brighton Park
- Catenary Supports
- Just a Little Before I was Born
- Afternoon normal
- The Flat Iron Cafe survives
- Aging in Place
- Raise your hand
- Good and Bad
- Oh, the 70's
- Nooooooi
- The aluminum tubing
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Washington Flyer: 1925
1925. Washington, D.C. "C.H. Milano, Ross School, 5-3/4. Plaza playground." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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Fireman School: 1920
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Animal Control: 1924
- 2 comments
- 13046 reads
Maritime Mascots: 1923
September 7, 1923. "Massachusetts Nautical School." Sailors and shipboard pets. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
- 3 comments
- 24684 reads
Crossing the Line: 1925
April 18, 1925. "George Washington inter class track meet at Central Stadium." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
Pie in the Face: 1923
"Pie eating contest, Jefferson school, 8/2/23." Still more pie-eating in Washingon, D.C. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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The Pie Eaters: 1923
August 2, 1923. "Pie eating contest, Jefferson school." More of the pie-eating boys from 1923. View full size. National Photo Company Collection.
Pie Boys: 1923
August 2, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Pie eating contest, Jefferson School." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
- 3 comments
- 9954 reads
Rites of Spring I: 1920
Washington, D.C. May 1920. "May Festival of the Friends Select School." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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- 9552 reads
Rites of Spring II: 1920
May 17, 1920. Washington, D.C. "Friends Select School, May festival." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
- 2 comments
- 10754 reads
American Idols: 1925
May 25, 1925. "Winners and judges, Paramount Motion Picture School." Our third shot of these people. View full size. National Photo Company Collection.
- 13 comments
- 20183 reads
Hollywood Hopefuls: 1925
May 25,1925. "Applicants to Paramount Motion Picture School." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
- 11 comments
- 31804 reads
Two Dolls: 1936
December 1936: "One of Edgar Allen's children playing with doll. The couch and sewing machine are the two most substantial pieces of furniture in the house. The farm is one hundred sixty acres and rented from private party. Near Milford, Iowa." View full size. Medium format nitrate negative by Russell Lee.
- 17 comments
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Edgar's Daughter: 1936
December 1936. "One of Edgar Allen's children sitting on the bed in the house on his farm. There are no sheets, pillowcases, or pillows (other than makeshift) in use. Bedding usually consists of castoff rags and a few old blankets. Near Milford, Iowa. They are helped by the Resettlement Administration." View full size. Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Resettlement Administration.
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Lois at the Piano: 1936
December 1936. "Lois Madsen playing the piano in the home of her father, Harry Madsen, owner-operator of three hundred and sixty acre farm near Dickens, Iowa. (Suggest this as contrast showing difference in opportunity offered children in owner-operated farms and that offered in poorer tenant or hired hand homes)." View full size. Medium format nitrate negative by Russell Lee.
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