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Leslie Jones

March 28, 2015, 7:31 am
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L Street Boathouse, South Boston
  
 Members of the Women's Naval Reserve ride on 
swan boat in the Public Garden, Boston, 1932
  
 Mme. Helene Alberti of Brookline to demonstrate the Greek law of cosmic motion, 1931
  
 Nature dancers - Boston
  
Paul Revere House in the North End, Boston, 1954
 
Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection
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William Archer Price

March 29, 2015, 1:37 pm
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 Bainbridge's Fruit and Confectionery Shop, Alison's Corner, Takapuna, ca. 1908
  
 Beach at Cape Foulwind, early 1900s
  
 Girl with dogs on Sulphur Beach, Northcote, Auckland, ca. 1910
  
 Hotel at Tokomaru Bay, East Coast, ca. 1910
  


 Lake at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, 1910s
  
Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
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Louis Edward Nollau

March 30, 2015, 8:17 am
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 Children in a homemade train
  
 Children painting a mural
  
 Children spinning wool
  
 Two men in dorm room, 1935
  
 Woman sitting under a trellis
  
Women and man and rock formation
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Dorothea Lange

March 31, 2015, 8:13 am
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 Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway 
near Lordsburg, New Mexico, May 1937
  
 Oklahoma migratory workers washing in a hot spring 
in the desert. Imperial Valley, California, March 1937
  
 Oklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California, February 1937
  
 Part of family arrived the night before from Rockwell, Texas. Picked their way across the country. Encamped on the river bottom. Near Holtville. Imperial Valley, California, February 1939
  
U.S. 99. Near Tulare, California. Entered California fall of 1938. En-route to 
pea harvest in Imperial Valley. Car broke-down. "Want to get back 
to Missouri if they can ever get the money."  February 1939
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Adam MacLay

April 1, 2015, 8:22 am
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 Group of cyclists standing in a row on an unidentified street, 1905-26
  
 Group of young women outdoors, 1905-26b
  
 Large unidentified group, with cast-off hats on ground, 
probably Christchurch district, ca. 1910
  
 Outdoors portrait in front of false backdrop, unidentified woman with high neck collar dark embroidered blouse, standing with old Jack Russell Terrier dog, 1905-26
  
Studio portrait of a young woman, ca. 1910s
 
Adam MacLay Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library
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Hedda Morrison

April 2, 2015, 8:05 am
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John Vachon

April 3, 2015, 8:05 am
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 Girl in the picket line at the King Farm strike. Morrisville, Pennsylvania, August 1938
  
 Picket line at the King Farm strike. Near Morrisville, Pennsylvania, August 1938
  
 Playground scene at the Irwinville School, Georgia, May 1938
  
 Rural schoolchildren, Minnesota, September 1939
  
 Rural schoolroom, Wisconsin, September 1939
  
 Schoolteacher and children, Irwinville School, Georgia, May 1938
  
State capitol from backyard, Des Moines, Iowa, May 1940
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Mack Hughes

April 4, 2015, 8:48 am
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I suppose this set can relate to the University of Kentucky being in the Final Four and the favorite of many prognosticators to win the national college basketball championship.

 Lexington Public Library
  
 Library scene, ca. 1950s
  
 People pointing at a map, ca. 1950s
[this has to be one of the more random photos I've posted]
  
 Spivey on campus, ca. 1950s
[Bill Spivey was a UK basketball star. Unfortunately he got involved in a point-shaving scandal.]
  
 Spivey on campus, ca. 1950s
  
 UK fans at train station, 1952
  
Students eating, 1954
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George Frederick Kaye

April 5, 2015, 8:49 am
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 New Zealand tankmen, possibly 4 NZ Armoured Brigade personnel, 
in Cassino, Italy, on the day it fell to the 8th Army, 18 May 1944
  
 Personnel sorting out maps during 2 NZ Division's rapid advance in Italy, 8 June 1944
  
 Refugees are brought to the town of Sora, Italy, from heavily shelled 
areas in an ambulance jeep driven by C P Kerrisk, 3 June 1944
  
 Soldiers drinking tea during break in manoeuvres in the Cassino area in Italy, 5 April 1944
  
Two New Zealand Infantrymen receive a glass of wine from one 
of the inhabitants of the village of Barbiano, Italy, 10 April 1945

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
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Steffano Webb

April 6, 2015, 8:07 am
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 Birch trees, Glentui, North Canterbury, early 1900s
  
 Captain Meikleham and family on a verandah, 1914
  
 Colombo Street, Christchurch, with the Federal
Coffee Palace in the foreground, early 1900s
  
Dennis Bus with unidentified passengers, ca. 1914
 
Elmwood School, Christchurch, 14 December 1920
 
Steffano Webb Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library
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Greene County

April 7, 2015, 8:06 am
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Another set by Jack Delano taken in Greene County, Georgia in 1941. Previous set here.

 A sale of pots and pans in Union Point, Greene County, Georgia, June 1941
  
 At the Mary-Leila cotton mill in Greensboro, Georgia, October 1941
  
 At the May Day pageant in Siloam, Greene County, Georgia, May 1941
  
 At the May Day pageant in Siloam, Greene County, Georgia, May 1941
  
 Daughter of a Negro FSA (Farm Security Administration) 
client, Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia, June 1941
  
 Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia. Band at a football game, Fall 1941
  
 Saturday afternoon in Union Point, Greene County, Georgia, June 1941
  
 Saturday afternoon outside of a Negro store and barbershop 
in Union Point, Greene County, Georgia, June 1941
  
 The second shift at the textile mill in Union Point, Greene County, Georgia, May-June 1941
  
Union Point, Greene County, Georgia. Union Point hosiery mill, 1941
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Artur Pastor

April 8, 2015, 8:03 am
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Artur Pastor was a Portuguese photographer whose work focused on everyday life of common people.







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Revelle Jackson

April 9, 2015, 8:06 am
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The town of Upper Hutt, where Jackson spent his working life, was granted "city status" in May 1966. These are photos of the resulting celebration.

 City status celebrations; fun-fair, Station Street, 28 May 1966
  
 City Status procession, Caged Birds Society, 28 May 1966
  
 City Status procession, the Heretaunga Players, 28 May 1966
  
 City Status procession; Girls' Life Brigade, 28 May 1966
  
 City Status procession; Mawai Haukona Maori group, 28 May 1966
  
 City Status procession; Motor scooters, 28 May 1966
  
City Status procession; Women's Division of Federated Farmers, 28 May 1966
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Frank Denton

April 10, 2015, 8:03 am
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 A landau carriage, and driver, probably Wanganui region, January 1908
  
 A trophy winning tennis team, and supporters, including 
many Maori, probably in the Wanganui region, 1900-05
  
 Barrels of tallow on the wharf at Castlecliff, Wanganui, 1913
  
 Chavannes Garage, and Ford cars, in Wanganui, 1915
  
 Dr Ernest Edward Porritt and family in a trap outside 
their home at 59 Ingestre Street, Wanganui, ca. 1904
  
 Trees along the banks of the Avon River, Christchurch, 1920s
  
Two unidentified women walking beside the Avon River under 
pine trees in the Botanical Gardens, Christchurch, ca. 1930s
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Spring Day

April 11, 2015, 6:49 am
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Spring Day was an annual celebration at Cornell University. It's now called something else (see history of Spring Day here).

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Lafayette Studio

April 12, 2015, 9:16 am
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  Students playing card games in the Student Union Building, University of Kentucky, 1944
  
 
 Students playing card games in the Student Union Building, University of Kentucky, 1944
  
 People dressed as hillbillies dancing, 1939
  
People dressed as hillbillies dancing, 1939
  
Three girls dressed as hillbillies sitting on a stage, 1939
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William Archer Price

April 13, 2015, 8:04 am
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 Beach at Browns Island, Hauraki Gulf, 1900-10
  
 Cape Foulwind, ca. 1910
  
 General view of Home Bay, Motutapu Island, taken from a hill at the north end of the beach looking south towards Motuihe Island in the distance, ca. 1910
  
 Grafton Bridge, Auckland, under construction, ca. 1910
  
Landscape in Titirangi, with native bush, ca. 1912
 
Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
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Old Peking

April 14, 2015, 8:08 am
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Another set of photos from ca. 1879 of Peking (Beijing) and surrounding areas, from the Cornell archives. Previous set here.







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Albert Percy Godber

April 15, 2015, 8:04 am
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 A Hudson motor car being photographed, ca. 1926
  
 A wooden slab hut with a cloth roof, photographed in the bush with Albert Percy Godber standing outside, at the doorway, holding a bucket, Kitenui Knob in the background, 1915-16
  
 Bridge over a stream, set amongst native bush at Anawhata. The manager of the Piha Sawmil, Hans Peter Knutzen, is standing on the bridge. Half-way up the tree in the centre right of the image is a sack, under which is a nest of bees. 1917
 
 Bungalow with verandah and paling fence, ca. 1911
  
Kauri gum climbers at work near Anawhata, 1915-16
 
Albert Percy Godber Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
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The Roosevelts

April 16, 2015, 8:16 am
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More pictures from Harris & Ewing of America's former First Couple.

 Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt was the guest of honor and principal speaker at the first birthday luncheon of the Women's Auxiliary of Argo Lodge of B'nai Brith, 13 October 1939
  
 Mrs. Roosevelt and Easter egg rollers, 1937
  
 Mrs. Roosevelt and Helen Keller, 1936
  
 President and Mrs. Roosevelt entertain disabled veterans at garden party, 21 May 1936
  
President assists Camp Fire Girls in opening new 
national headquarters in New York, 6 March 1939
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