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Everything Must Go: 1920
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Affleck's Drug Store." Hurry over now for the big closeout! National Photo Co. Collection, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Eight Skirts to the Wind: 1925
June 30, 1925. "National American Ballet." National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
- 3 comments
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Culpeper: 1862
August 1862. "Culpeper Court House, Virginia. Railroad depot." Photographs from the main Eastern theater of war, Bull Run, second Battle of Bull Run. Wet plate negative, half of stereo pair, by Timothy O'Sullivan. View full size.
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Old Baldy: 1863
October 1863. "Culpeper, Virginia. Gen. George G. Meade's horse, Baldy." Wet plate glass negative, photographer unknown. View full size.
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Scared of School: 1908
September 1908. Grafton, West Virginia. "Tipple Boy and Drivers. Maryland Coal Co. mine near Sand Lick. Boy with mule was afraid at first to be in the picture; another boy said he feared we might make him go to school." View full size. Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Frolic on the Potomac: 1924
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In Training: 1924
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Signals: 1920
"Union Station tracks, Washington, circa 1920." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
- 3 comments
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Evacuation: 1864
May 30, 1864. "Port Royal, Virginia. The Rappahannock River front during the evacuation." Photograph from the main Eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign. Wet plate negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. View full size.
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Sunset School: 1921
October 7, 1921. "School in Session. Sunset School, Marey, West Virginia. Pocahontas County." View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
- 27 comments
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Jazz Cats: 1925
Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Petworth Orchestra." National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Mardi Gras: 1900
"Mardi Gras, New Orleans, the Red Pageant," circa 1900-1910. Detroit Publishing Company glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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The Great Gesticulator: 1924
September 1, 1924. "Robert M. La Follette, first radio campaign speech." Republican senator from Wisconsin and Progressive Party presidential candidate "Fighting Bob" La Follette, who died less than a year after this picture was taken. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
- 5 comments
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Chillin' Under the El: 1913
New York City, July 31, 1913. "Children at Play." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress. View full size.
- 11 comments
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Old New York: 1913
Summer 1913. "Bird's eye view of N.Y.C. from roof of Consolidated Gas Building." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
- 14 comments
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