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Instant Message: 1923
June 16, 1923. "Semaphore signals -- Boy Scouts at Lincoln Memorial." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
1. COMPASS
2. SEMAPHORE SIGNAL
3. FIRST AID
4. INT'N'L MORSE SIGNAL
5. FIRE BY DRILL
6. TENT PITCHING
and (saving the best for last)
7. FIRE BEDS & WATER BOILING
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Hudzik & Hornbrook: 1924
August 2, 1924. Washington, D.C. "F.R. Hudzik & H.W. Hornbrook." And that's all they wrote. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Tot Couture: 1959
October 23, 1959. "Bloomingdale's in Hackensack, New Jersey. Clothing, children 1 to 3. Raymond Loewy, client." This, kids, is a department in a department store, a place people went back when "shopping" meant actually leaving the house. 4x5 inch acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
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American Gothic: 1940
December 1940. "Children in the tenement district, Brockton, Massachusetts." These houses, which look to have been built in the 1890s, must have been imposing in their day. Note the elaborate woodwork and intricate system of gutters and downspouts. Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. View full size.
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North From Olive: 1900
St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1900. "Broadway north from Olive Street." A nice view of the Homeopathic Pharmacy sign. 8x10 glass negative. View full size.
Cinco de Mayo: 1925
Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Semmes Motor Co. -- Hellmann's truck." Back when mayonnaise delivery was a thing. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.
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Counter Spy: 1958
Chicago circa 1958. "Crime" is all it says on this News Archive photo -- a whodunit whose clues are a boy, a kitchen, a box and some handcuffs. View full size.
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Stings Like a B: 1942
Time flies like B-25's. Another Kodachrome from the Early Days of Shorpy, enlarged and re-restored.
October 1942. "B-25 bomber assembly hall, North American Aviation, Kansas City." Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer for the OWI. View full size.
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