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- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- 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
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The Capitol: 1921
Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "U.S. Capitol, West Front." Senate chamber on the left; House of Representatives on the right. 8x10 glass negative. View full size.
The Flags
are being raised and lowered to satisfy constituents who contact the Government to request a flag that has been flown over the Capitol.
I didn't realize that the practice was being done as far back as 1921.
The Flag is raised to the top and left for a few seconds, then lowered and boxed.
It has to be a real boring job but, hey, it pays the bills.
The tip off is the Flag on the right, which is a little farther up then "half mast".
28th president?
The trees look like they could be late winter. If circa 1921 could possibly mean 1924, Woodrow Wilson died February 3rd of that year.
Senator Penrose?
Boies Penrose, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania died December 31st of this year. No leaves on the trees and lack of visible foot traffic may support this theory.
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