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- I can just see it
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- Coca-Cola
- Have a nice trip --
- The Jukebox
- Art Deco
- I Have To Ask
- Where the signs are
- Dapper Hepcat!
- A cool guy
- Decoless
- Dedication
- Hot Dogs or Oysters?
- The car
- Minstrel show anywhere nearby?
- Goldberg's of Belzoni
- A tin signhouse
- Great picture
- Much has changed
- Buyer's car, perhaps?
- I Thought
- No. 7 v. No. 13
- Don't forget where we parked the car, Hon
- 80 years later —
- Double Cola Clocks
- Mooners Over Manhattan
- Um, er
- Sold American
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Pillsbury Panorama: 1905
The Mississippi River circa 1905. "St. Anthony's Falls and flour mills at Minneapolis." Panorama made from three 8x10 glass negatives. View full size.
Come Play With Me: 1910
"Marion standing by rocker in parlor" is what's written on the envelope I found this glass negative in. It's from Glenmont, New York, circa 1910. View full size.
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Gang of Three: 1910
From around 1910, three lads in Pawnee City, Nebraska, you might not want to turn your back on. 4x6 inch glass negative. View full size.
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Harlem Barber Shop: 1939
November 1939. "Barbershop on Hillsboro Street. Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
- 5 comments
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Alice's Restaurant: 1939
September 1939. "Street on Saturday afternoon in Belzoni, Mississippi Delta." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
- 4 comments
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Game Day: 1939
November 1939. Durham County, North Carolina. "Cars parked along the highways on day of Duke-Carolina football game, near Duke University Stadium." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
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Triple Cola: 1939
November 1939. "Lunch stand and tobacco inside entrance to warehouse at end of auction sale. Durham, North Carolina." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 8 comments
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Can't You See I'm Busy?
May 1942. "Childersburg, Alabama. Defense worker's child in WPA (Work Projects Administration) day nursery." Medium format negative by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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