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Workshop: 1916

Dave — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:06:32 +0000

Circa 1916. "Hackett Motor Car Co., Jackson, Michigan." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. Another view here.

Walling Process: 1926

Dave — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:23:11 +0000

Rosslyn, Virginia, 1926. "Walling Process Inc." A graphics business owned by one George Walling. National Photo Co. Collection glass negative. View full size.

Intercity Removals: 1926

Dave — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:10:19 +0000

Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "National Delivery Association, Lincoln Memorial." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Personality Mapping: 1954

tterrace — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:06:18 +0000

It's November in 1954 and you're an 8 year-old boy; given the following options, what do you do?

a) Watch TV;
b) Play with cool toy MG sports car;
c) Unroll giant set of maps and trace the borders of Czechoslovakia.

Made sense to me then. Actually, I still understand it. View full image.

The Busy Corner: 1934

Dave — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:36:02 +0000

Washington, D.C., circa 1934. "Kann's Department Store." Pennsylvania Avenue at Eighth Street. National Photo Co. Collection glass negative. View full size.

The Office: 1926

Dave — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:13:21 +0000

Washington, D.C., 1926. "Joseph McReynolds -- National Publishing Co." Back office at the McReynolds auto parts and sales business. View full size.

A Fast Crowd: 1910

Dave — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:17:00 +0000

Washington, D.C., circa 1910. "Georgetown Preparatory varsity track team." Dry plate glass negative, Harris & Ewing Collection. View full size.

A Ball of Yarn: 1918

Dave — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:53:16 +0000

Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "Soldiers at Walter Reed." Harris & Ewing Collection dry-plate glass negative. View full size.

Basin Ball: 1924

Dave — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:11:10 +0000

July 10, 1924. Washington, D.C. "Push ball at Tidal Basin." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Candy Factory Kids: 1913

Dave — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:29:29 +0000

October 1913. Dallas, Texas. "A few of the young workers in Hughes Brothers Candy Factory, South Ervay Street. I counted five going and coming at night and at noon, that appeared to be from 12 to 15 years old. One girl told me that she is 13 years old, 'but we have to tell them we're 15. I run a chocolate machine.' " Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

Light Reading: 1941

Dave — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:06:33 +0000

January 21, 1941. "Brooklyn Public Library, Prospect Park Plaza, New York. Popular Room." 5x7 safety negative by Samuel H. Gottscho. View full size.

Venezuela: 1905

Dave — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:01:39 +0000

Circa 1905. "Country store, Venezuela." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Twin Towers: 1900

Dave — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:06:41 +0000

Circa 1900. "New York from East River." At right we see the dual domes of the 26-story Park Row building, at 391 feet the world's tallest office tower at the turn of the century. Dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

Washington: 1918

Dave — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:50:10 +0000

September 30, 1918. "Fourth Liberty Loan." Crowds gathered for a war-bond rally on Pennsylvania Avenue with the Capitol in the distance. View full size.

Beauty Parlor: 1928

Dave — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:48:52 +0000

Washington, D.C., circa 1928. "Roberts beauty shop." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Harris & Ewing Collection. View full size.

The Children's Song: 1910

Dave — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00:57 +0000

Washington, D.C., circa 1910. "Potomac School." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Harris & Ewing Collection. View full size.

The Apprentice: 1917

Dave — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:05:34 +0000

New York, February 1917. "Horace Lindfors, 14-year-old printer's helper, sizing up leads for the Riverside Press, First Avenue." 5x7 inch glass negative. Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

Falls City: 1900

Dave — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:50:48 +0000

Vicksburg, Mississippi, circa 1900. "The levee." And the sternwheeler Falls City. Dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

The Tenement: 1910

Dave — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:31:18 +0000

Circa 1910. "New York tenement." With a number of tiny inhabitants in evidence. Dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

En Pointe: 1925

Dave — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:23:09 +0000

June 30, 1925. "Madame Lubouska, National American Ballet." The Russian dancer Desiree Lubowska. National Photo glass negative. View full size.

Trick or Treat: 1920

Dave — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:17:06 +0000

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Washington Times. 1807 H Street N.W." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Lil Hottie: 1923

Dave — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:33:08 +0000

June 28, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Girl in bathing suit." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Grief: 1915

Dave — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:21:28 +0000

Washington, D.C., circa 1915. "Grief monument, Rock Creek cemetery." Augustus Saint-Gaudens's ambiguously enigmatic bronze memorializing Clover Adams, the society hostess whose suicide led to its commission by her husband, the writer Henry Adams. National Photo Co. Collection glass negative. View full size.

Private Screening: 1923

Dave — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:35:59 +0000

Washington, D.C., circa 1923. "Lucille Layton." Whose talents, to judge from her photographic oeuvre, seems to have been at least peripherally related to the piano. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

End of the Road: 1924

Dave — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:41:54 +0000

Washington, D.C., circa 1924. "Ford Motor Co. -- Hanlon Lincoln hearse." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

The Visitor: 1928

Dave — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:12:58 +0000

Takoma Park, Maryland, circa 1928. "Washington Sanitarium classroom." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Baby Pavilion: 1913

Dave — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:29:29 +0000

July 14, 1913. Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. "Camp Goodwill baby hospital." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Just Relax: 1922

Dave — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:47:55 +0000

Washington, D.C. "Surgery, 1922." From a series depicting pre- and postoperative procedures, as well as surgery itself, at an unnamed hospital. View full size.

Boody House: 1900

Dave — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:44:41 +0000

Circa 1900. "Boody House, Toledo, Ohio." The Boody House hotel at St. Clair and Madison. Dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Afternoon of the Dead: 1895

Dave — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:17:41 +0000

Circa 1895. "Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.