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- I'm reading the book "Unbroken"
- Look at those windows
- "Do Not Paint"
- Nice Kar-
- War Production
- More on the raft
- Canvas float
- Probably a common raft
- Terminally Chic
- Smokes but no fire
- Let’s Go Mets
- 500 PKGS CAMEL 20's
- Any more like this?
- 180,000
- Stop at Mountain View siding
- Transitional
- Modern Times
- Horsecar History
- Value of Money
- They Paid 25 Cents a Bushel
- More like stricken beauties
- Pin close up
- The robe
- Getting the lay of the land
- Look Closely
- Cool Clergy
- Pitcher of pulchritude
- Creating a Smooth Ride
- Knots
- The Jupiter Narrows
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Vintage photos of:
Stairway to Heaven: 1897
Mexico circa 1897. "Stairway and shrines of Sacromonte, near Amecameca de Juárez." 8x10 inch glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.
Before climbing the stairs: let's have a party
Amecameca's annual Carnival/Festival del Señor del Sacromonte, which extends over the week containing Ash Wednesday, is considered to be one of the most important festivals in Mexico State.
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