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May 1942. "Cooperative gas station at Greenbelt, Maryland, a model community planned by the Suburban Division of the U.S. Resettlement Administration." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Marjory Collins for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
June 1942. "Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority). Workers checking out at end of shift at a chemical engineering plant." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
June 1942. "Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority). Kenneth C. Hall, wife and daughter rowing on the Tennessee River." Acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1902. "Heilbrun, L." is all they wrote. Most likely a Lillian, says the Research Dept. 5x7 inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1905-1908. "Searight, Will." 5x7 inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size.
HAZERS BREAK HIS WRIST.
William Searight, Central High Freshman, Refuses to "Peach."
While conducting a hazing bee, several pupils of the Central High School broke William Searight's wrist. Searight, a freshman, who lives at 1737 De Sales street northwest, loyally refuses to "peach" on his tormentors, but Principal Emory Wilson is investigating the affair and expects the names of the guilty ones to-day. He had a talk yesterday with Supt. Chancellor about it and will make a report this afternoon.
The "code of honor" which prevails at Central has been invoked by the boys, and the principal is finding it difficult to get at the facts.
According to the physician it will be several weeks before young Searight will be able to use his wrist. (Washington Post -- Oct. 1, 1907)
June 1942. "Redding, California. A free municipal beach on the Sacramento River." Medium format nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.
August 1957. "Nantucket sunbathing. Also Fishing, Lounging, Teenagers." 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Nantucket Essay." View full size.
August 1957. "Nantucket, Mass. Jock Gifford's 'Pink Heap' beach buggy." 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Nantucket Essay." View full size.
Circa 1901. "Paterson, New Jersey, and Passaic River from Reservoir Park." Panorama made from two 8x10 inch glass negatives, the left half seen here a decade ago; the right half became available earlier this year. Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Little Rock, Arkansas, circa 1910. "Southern Trust Co. building." Tallest in the state at the time of its completion in 1907. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
May 1942. Ames, Iowa. "Sophomore Doris Clausen of Boone, Iowa, in a physiology class at Iowa State College." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
May 1942. Ames, Iowa. "Conducting diet and nutrition experiments on rats in the animal laboratory of the home economics department at Iowa State College." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Information. View full size.
May 1942. Ames, Iowa. "Tap dancing class in the gymnasium at Iowa State College." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Information. View full size.
Circa 1915. "Mount Adams incline, Cincinnati, Ohio." One of five "Cincinnati incline" railway elevators serving that city's hillside suburbs. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.
Detroit circa 1908. "Interior of Aquarium, Belle Isle Park." The watery wonderland last glimpsed here. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.