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Our holdings include hundreds of glass and film negatives/transparencies that we've scanned ourselves; in addition, many other photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs) in the Library of Congress research archive. (To query the database click here.) They are adjusted, restored and reworked by your webmaster in accordance with his aesthetic sensibilities before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here. All of these images (including "derivative works") are protected by copyright laws of the United States and other jurisdictions and may not be sold, reproduced or otherwise used for commercial purposes without permission.
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Harris + Ewing
Harris & Ewing black-and-white photographs imaged directly from large-format glass negatives. The photographs were made by the prominent Washington, D.C., photo studio founded in 1905 by George Harris and Martha Ewing. Harris & Ewing glass plates currently residing in the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Collection.
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The Goat Whisperer: 1922
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Dope House: 1915
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After You've Gone: 1935
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Iron Maiden: 1930
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Breadalyzer: 1922
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Arabesque Alfresco: 1923
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Warren Peace: 1921
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Elephant Bank: 1924
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Whoas Before Bros: 1930
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Pony Boy: 1935
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Cakes to Go: 1938
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Queenie & Eleanor: 1937
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Keeping an Open Mind: 1926
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Lady Dyes: 1915
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All Electric Farm: 1936
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Socket to Me: 1927
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Do Spoons Next: 1917
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Madame President: 1940
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Flood Relief: 1937
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Star Parking: 1940
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Private Office: 1923
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Game Boy: 1924
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Taking the Air: 1924
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If I Had a Trailer: 1921
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The Elephant Boy: 1927
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The Greatest Generation: 1922
SHORPY HISTORICAL PHOTO ARCHIVE
Shorpy.com | History in HD is a vintage photo archive featuring thousands of high-definition images from the 1850s to 1960s. (Available as fine-art prints from the Shorpy Archive.) The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago.
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