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In the Navy: 1913
1913. More sailors-in-the-making at the Naval Training Station in Newport, Rhode Island. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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Fill Er Up: 1920
Washington, D.C., 1920. "Penn Oil Company, Massachusetts Avenue and North Capitol." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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John McCain: 1973
April 24, 1973. "Interview with Lt. Commander John S. McCain, Vietnam prisoner of war." Medium format negative by Thomas J. O'Halloran. View full size.
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Woodbury Bottle Works: 1909
November 1909. "Woodbury Bottle Works. Woodbury, New Jersey. Noon hour. All are workers." View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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The Girls of Summer: 1922
Washington, D.C., 1922. "Potomac bathing beach." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress.
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Naval Training: 1913
1913. "Naval Training Station at Newport, Rhode Island." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress.
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Texaco: 1925
Washington, D.C., 1925. "Texas Company station, Rhode Island and New Jersey avenues." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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Radio Days: 1928
1928. Speaker grille assembly at the Atwater Kent radio factory in Philadelphia. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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A Real Life Saver: 1913
May 24, 1913. Joseph N. Callahan modeling "Coxey's Life Saver and Water Wings." View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Atwater Kent: 1925
Philadelphia, 1925. Frank Aiken and Atwater Kent at the new Atwater Kent radio factory. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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Flyboy: 1924
Another shot from that 1924 grade-school track meet in Washington. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Cleared for Landing: 1924
Washington, D.C., 1924. "Grade school track meet." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress.
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St. Louis: 1940
May 1940. "Fountain in front of Union Station, St. Louis, Missouri." 35mm negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Provincetown: 1940
August 1940. "Local talent makes music on a Sunday afternoon under the soldiers' monument. Provincetown, Massachusetts." View full size. Medium-format safety negative by Edwin Rosskam for the Farm Security Administration.
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Shop Class: 1939
1939. Anacostia High School, Washington, D.C. "Carpentry shop." 5x7 nitrate negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.
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