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- Coal and Gravel Delivery
- RE: Two ears, etc.
- A little quieter these days
- 1100 2nd Street SW
- Shedshrinkflation
- The Long Shed ...
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- Pass to the right
- Who's on Second?
- 2nd story story
- Did they get to eat it?
- Two ears, etc.
- I Miss The Smell
- What is that?
- Sauced
- Whose?
- Mrs. Landis
- The location today
- Not the marrying kind
- No kisses in Lititz
- That plate at the near end of the table --
- Poor kid
- Freedom from Want
- Did Mrs. Landis
- Wait. a. minute. here --
- Mrs. Landis
- Shades of Belushi
- Cranberry ... the condiment and the color
- The old man
- Plumbing?
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Galewood Yard: 1943
April 1943. Galewood Yard of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) at Chicago. View full size (if you don't, you're missing a lot). 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
- 4 comments
- 31568 reads
Bay Windows: 1899
Man on the porch of his house in Georgia, probably near Atlanta. 1899 or 1900. View full size. Gelatin silver print from the collection of W.E.B. Du Bois.
- 3 comments
- 21566 reads
Hood Ornament: 1948
April 7, 1948: "Woman with chest & stomach on mat, head up and hands behind her back holding her feet." View full size. New York World-Telegram & Sun photo by Phyllis Twatchman. (Looks like a cross between Madonna and Marilyn.)
- 2 comments
- 40498 reads
Locomotive Cab: 1942
Working on the cab of a locomotive brought in for repairs at the Chicago & North Western 40th Street shops, Chicago. December 1942. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
- 3 comments
- 39849 reads
Apparition: 1931
The Graf Zeppelin hovering over Jerusalem. April 11, 1931. View full size. Dry plate glass negative. American Colony Photo Department.
Push Harder: 1908
Clement-Bayard dirigible in shed in France circa 1908. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
- 2 comments
- 25661 reads
Jerusalem: 1931
Graf Zeppelin over the Tower of David, Jerusalem. April 11, 1931. View full size. American Colony Photo Dept. Visit the Shorpy Zeppelin Hangar.
- 5 comments
- 21378 reads
Zeppelin in Flight: 1908
German airship in flight over the Bodensee. July 4, 1908. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
- 1 comment
- 25247 reads
A Tight Squeeze: 1908
"Zeppelin airship seen from water at 6:05 AM." German zeppelin on the Bodensee. August 4, 1908. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
- 2 comments
- 21309 reads
Easy Does It: 1908
German zeppelin LZ3 entering its shed on the Bodensee. 1908. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
Luftschiff Zeppelin 3: 1908
Luftschiff Zeppelin 3, July 1908, approaching its hangar on the Bodensee. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
- 3 comments
- 29823 reads
Laverne & Shirley: 1942
Grinder operators at Republic Drill & Tool, Chicago. August 1942. View full size. Photograph by Ann Rosener for the Office of War Information.
- 4 comments
- 25555 reads
Red, White & Blue: 1942
Truck trailers at the Chicago & North Western R.R. freight house, December 1942. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
Yale Varsity Eight: 1911
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June 22, 1911. "Yale rowing team." 5x7 inch glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.
- 3 comments
- 34048 reads
Tutti Frutti Trucks: 1943
Freight depot of the Army consolidating station at Chicago. April 1943. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
- 4 comments
- 39261 reads
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