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- A Case of Mistaken Identity
- "Girls' Town"
- Stunning
- Sock it to me
- Steam disguise
- Airline ad
- Guard rails
- Dangerous wringers
- Arsenic Oreos
- Danke, Thanks, Merci
- Chipman Union hosiery mill
- Fire causes: embers falling or flying sparks
- M.I.J.
- What Are the Odds?
- All men.
- Power cord
- Mangler
- Just Curious
- Water Barrels?
- Rug Monitor
- Barreling along the track.
- Barrels and tracks?
- Heart Pine Floor
- Tough on litter?
- Barrels
- Questions Questions Questions
- Dual use
- Wringers vs Mangles
- Perfectly safe!
- Who Could Nap
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Susie, Susie, Susie, Susie: 1950
3-D was big in the early 1950s. This slide is one of 4,800 3-D slides I have bought over the past 21 years. It is captioned "Susie at home for Christmas 1950". You can learn to "free-view" this digital version by giving the image a blank stare. In time, you brain will produce 3 images, the middle one in 3-D. It's like learning to ride a bike ... not easy, but once you do it, that's it. View full size.
Four's Company: 1943
January 1943. "Engine Company No. 4, Washington, D.C. Firemen returning from a fire." Photo by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Cannery Rows: 1941
October 1941. "Penfield, Greene County, Georgia. Canned goods made by Doc and Julia Miller, Negro FSA clients." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
The Velvet Fog: 1947
Mel Torme (1925-1999) backstage at the Paramount Theater, in a visual approximation of his famous nickname conjured by photographer William Gottlieb and a block of dry ice in the dressing-room sink.
New York circa 1947. "Portrait of singer Mel Torme in dressing room." Medium format negative by Down Beat photographer William Gottlieb. View full size.
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Socks Workers: 1941
November 1941. "Sock driers at the hosiery mill in Greene County, Georgia." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
- 3 comments
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Over the Oconee: 1941
November 1941. "Greene County, Georgia. Railroad tracks across the Oconee River." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
- 15 comments
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Other Voices: 1941
October 1941. "Woodville, Greene County, Georgia. Section of a house built in the 1830s by the grandfather of Mr. Wade Durham. The house is now occupied by a Negro family." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
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- 3331 reads
Taught Napping: 1941
October 1941. "White Plains, Greene County, Georgia. Rest period in school." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
- 11 comments
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