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Skeeters Branch Newsies: 1910
11 a.m. Monday, May 9, 1910. "Newsies at Skeeter’s Branch, Jefferson near Franklin, St. Louis." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
- 13 comments
- 119356 reads
Central Armory: 1905
Cleveland circa 1905. "Central Armory, Ohio National Guard." Last seen here. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Field of Wheels: 1942
November 1942. Chicago. "Wheels and axles outside the locomotive shops at an Illinois Central Railroad yard." Medium-format nitrate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
- 1 comment
- 6920 reads
Nash-and-Grab: 1919
San Francisco circa 1919. "Nash touring car." Across from the pool hall, taking delivery of some apple crates and an Edison Electric Something-or-Other. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
- 4 comments
- 7895 reads
United Nations: 1952
March 18, 1952. "United Nations Secretariat and General Assembly from Welfare Island, East River." 5x7 acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
- 7 comments
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Neighbors: 1938
September 1938. "House, Negro and white section, Charleston, West Virginia." 35mm nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
- 2 comments
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Mr. Pretzel: 1910
New York circa 1910. "Seller of pretzels, Sixth Avenue." With a dusting of salt and snow. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
- 9 comments
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Dumbbelles: 1928
Takoma Park, Maryland, circa 1928. "Washington Sanitarium gymnasium." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
- 7 comments
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Road & Tracks: 1938
January 20, 1938. "San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge under construction. View of track and roadway, lower deck, East Bay. Caltrans, photographer." Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress. View full size.
- 2 comments
- 9709 reads
Car & Drivers: 1919
1919. "Paige touring car at San Francisco Golf Club." When a Caddy just isn't enough. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
- 5 comments
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Office Corner: 1905
Cleveland circa 1905. "Rockefeller Building, Sixth Street and Superior Avenue." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
- 3 comments
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Head-Turner: 1952
New York, September 1952. "People looking at fashion model Doris Erwin as she walks down Fifth Avenue." From photos by Ralph Ginzburg for the Look magazine assignment "A Young Man's Fancy -- Model on the Street." View full size.
- 5 comments
- 13060 reads
Nine O'Clock Nudes: 1967
March 1967. "On the set of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour at CBS Television City in Los Angeles. The brothers rehearsing skits with show guest Carol Burnett." Color transparency by Phillip Harrington for the Look magazine assignment "The Smothers Brothers: Behind the Scenes." View full size.
- 5 comments
- 13720 reads
Lucy Comes Home: 1956
February 1956. "Actress Lucille Ball speaking with young photographer at homecoming ball upon return to her hometown of Jamestown, N.Y., with husband Desi Arnaz on publicity tour for their film Forever Darling." From photos by Charlotte Brooks for the Look magazine assignment "Lucy Comes Home." View full size.
- 10 comments
- 10129 reads
Demolition Derby: 1960
Oakland circa 1960, and a mix-and-mash agglomeration of late-model General Motors vehicles. 4x5 negative from the News Photo Archive. View full size.
- 15 comments
- 10708 reads
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