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- Norris Dam and reservoir
- My hoist is bigger
- A lesson in composition
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- +117
- Now I'm Satisfied
- A Barrel Of Laughs
- "Direct From European Triumphs"
- 10th Avenue bridge
- Now it's water under the bridge
- Millers and sawyers
- Two Saints walk into a bar ...
- Building ... what?
- Wondered Where Her Life Went
- Psst ... don't turn around
- Somebody
- Moonlight Elevator
- Next Frame Please
- A Spindly Affair
- No! Don't Throw It!
- 25 miles?!
- Who reads 'Fort Loudoun Dam Safety News'?
- Someone is Missing from the Photo
- What we immediately notice today
- Like a cartoon
- Fifth & 43rd
- Sweet Sixteen
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Tiny Dancers: 1919
Washington, D.C., circa 1919. "Georgetown" is all the caption says. 8x0 glass negative, National Photo Co. Collection, Library of Congress. View full size.
Now and Then
With every picture on this site, but especially this one, I wish I could walk into the frame and join them for an hour.
How did you do that?
I understand the concept of enlarging a detail, but how did you get the glare off of the wavy glass so that we can now read the Bible quote?
[I used a different picture. - Dave]
Wm. Lee's School, Georgetown
This picture is part of the: Wm. Lee's School, Georgetown, D.C. listing at the LOC.
"...thy hand...might."
What instructive saying do you think was over the door? A quick Google search suggests a verse from Ecclesiastes: "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might."
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