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Up Among the Urns: 1926
San Francisco, 1926. "Paige sedan (Series 2) at Pioneer Park, Telegraph Hill." 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
Mountain House: 1905
Circa 1905. "Mount Tom Mountain House, Massachusetts." Completed in 1901, Mountain House (reached via the Mount Tom Railroad, seen here, here and here) replaced the 1897 summit house after it had burned in 1900; in 1929, Mountain House met the same fiery fate. 8x10 glass negative. View full size.
Fast Fraight: 1906
Ecorse, Michigan, circa 1906. "Great Lakes Engineering Works." Our title comes from the idiosyncratically graffitoed flatcar. Panorama made from two 8x10 inch glass negatives. Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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- 10009 reads
Family Cow: 1901
Circa 1901. "Family cow -- The Firs, New Baltimore, Michigan." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
- 2 comments
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Birds of a Feather: 1954
April 1954. "Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas." Medium format negative for the Look magazine assignment "What Price Gambling in Nevada?" View full size.
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Taking the Air: 1905
Ray Brook, New York, circa 1905. "Saranac Lake, state tuberculosis sanatorium, Adirondack Mountains." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
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Bob & Paul: 1910
St. Paul, Minnesota, circa 1910. "Robert Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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House of Ale Repute: 1907
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, circa 1907. "Thomas Sheafe house, Market and Deer streets." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Royal Victoria: 1900
Circa 1900. "Royal Victoria Hotel, Nassau, West Indies." 8x10 inch glass negative by William Henry Jackson, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
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Main Street: 1905
Circa 1905. "Main Street -- Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Ready for Their Close-Up: 1925
January 7, 1925. Washington, D.C. "Scientists of Naval Observatory with special camera to photograph eclipse of sun." 5x7 glass negative. View full size.
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Executive Eclipse: 1925
January 24, 1925. "President & Mrs. Coolidge viewing eclipse of sun at White House." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Super Trouper: 1952
March 1952. "Marlene Dietrich makes her stage debut in Chicago." Color transparency by Phillip Harrington for Look magazine. View full size.
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Baltimore Luggers: 1905
Baltimore circa 1905. "Oyster luggers at the docks." Panorama made from two 8x10 inch glass negatives. Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
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Highway Inn: 1928
Fredericksburg, Virginia, circa 1928. "Brick house, Princess Anne Street." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.
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