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Washington Hotties: 1926
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 08/24/2008 - 10:34am.
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Washington, D.C., in the summer of 1926. "Hot weather, Rock Creek Park." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Flash powder...
Submitted by Mike Gilday on Sun, 08/24/2008 - 8:43pm.
Considering the flash bulb wouldn't be invented for another four years, this photo must have been taken with good ol' fashioned flash powder. In the middle of the woods during a heat wave seems like a great place to be setting off pyrotechnics, no?
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