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- I Thought
- No. 7 v. No. 13
- Don't forget where we parked the car, Hon
- 80 years later —
- Double Cola Clocks
- Um, er
- Sold American
- Luckies 2 to 1
- Coke-lectable
- Pads of Tobacco
- Times long gone in Durham
- Mascots
- Let the games begin.
- Jocks and Bobby Socks
- A Streetcar Named Diner
- The Armory Building
- Banged Up
- Alas, Alas
- Rug or rag?
- Creepy Nun
- Pictures I love
- Classic Coke
- Scared Me
- I'll be buried in 'em
- The lost art of conversation
- Tough classes in college
- Can it be?
- Hope they quit that terrible addiction of smoking
- Most of the guys I knew
- Walking Wounded
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South From Chestnut: 1910
Circa 1910. "High Street south from Chestnut, Columbus, Ohio." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
- 16 comments
- 12154 reads
Voice of Authority: 1936
Washington, D.C., circa 1936. "Hard, William." Newsman, radio commentator and, later, Reader's Digest editor. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
- 6 comments
- 6903 reads
Road Tripping: 1952
"6 Oct 1952. Clara & Grace at chenille & souvenir shop south of _______ ." We're back with Hubert and Grace on their road trip from Minnesota, the day before our previous photo was made at Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Where are we now? 35mm Kodachrome by Hubert Tuttle; paint by Dr. Seuss. View full size.
- 7 comments
- 11628 reads
Greyhound Garage: 1943
September 1943. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Removing a tire from a bus at the Greyhound garage." Office of War Information photo by Esther Bubley, that amanuensis of the motorcoach, whose hundreds of bus images rival Jack Delano's train photos in their breadth and number. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 9759 reads
Winter Quarters: 1864
1864-65. "13th New York Heavy Artillery, Winter Quarters, Petersburg, Va." Wet plate glass negative, Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress. View full size.
- 2 comments
- 13292 reads
Surfside One: 1908
Miami circa 1908. "Cocoanut trees along the docks." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Office Alfresco: 1958
Somewhere around Los Angeles circa 1958. "Aluminum Group furniture (chairs, ottomans, tables) designed by Charles Eames for Herman Miller Inc." Our third behind-the-scenes look at the glamorous world of furniture modeling. Large format negative from the Office of Charles and Ray Eames. View full size.
- 2 comments
- 9536 reads
Inaugural Parade: 1917
March 5, 1917. Washington, D.C. "Woodrow Wilson inaugural parade." Of peripheral interest on Pennsylvania Avenue: the three-act drama Just a Woman at Poli's Theater, and "modern 'Cadillac' automobiles" for rent at $3 an hour at the Willard Hotel. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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