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Tot Lot: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 09/06/2017 - 11:09pm.
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Washington, D.C., or vicinity circa 1925. "Children" is all it says here. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Fifth Avenue: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 09/06/2017 - 12:36pm.
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New York circa 1911. "Fifth Avenue at West 43rd Street." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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An Early Night: 189x
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 09/05/2017 - 11:50pm.
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"Armstrong, Master. Between February 1894 and February 1901." 5x7 glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio in Washington, D.C. View full size.
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Colorado Springs: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 09/05/2017 - 12:02pm.
Colorado Springs circa 1910. "Exchange National Bank Building, Tejon Street." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.
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High Society: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 09/05/2017 - 10:41am.
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Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1906. "Watching the boat races. Whitehall [Henry Flagler mansion] in background." 5x7 inch glass negative. View full size.
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Coal Country: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 09/04/2017 - 10:17pm.
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Circa 1910. "Coal loading at Ford Collieries, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Printer's Helper: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 09/04/2017 - 10:47am.
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February 1917. "Horace Lindfors, 14-year-old printer's helper, sizing up leads for Riverside Press, First Avenue, New York City." 5x7 inch glass negative by Lewis Wickes Hine for the National Child Labor Committee. View full size.
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