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Christmas in SoCal
Here are some Christmas themed photos from Southern California. These are from the collection of the Dick Whittington Photography Studio. Children visiting Santa, Southern California, 1931 Christmas...
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UC Berkeley
Dance, San Francisco, 1951-56 Dance, San Francisco, 1951-56 Group of young women [at social event?], Oakland, California, July 1956 German Day, Panama-Pacific Exposition, 1915 Group of...
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Vintage Korea
Gordon Paddock and Senator Newlands with Koreans, 1905[Gordon Paddock was appointed Secretary of the American Legation in Seoul in 1901, as well as Vice and Deputy Consul General; he became Consul...
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Joseph Pennell
Joseph J. Pennell was another great midwestern photographer who documented life in turn-of-the-century Fort Riley, Kansas and neighboring communities, especially Junction City. Crowd of men watching...
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Vintage Japan
Japanese woman with parasol dressed for winter Japanese women picking tea leaves, with Mount Fuji in the distance, ca. 1895 Japanese women with parasols, dressed in kimonos, standing on stone...
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When the Ship Comes In
From the USC archives, here are photos of US Navy ships arriving in port after deployment (some during the Korean War), showing reunions of sailors with their loved ones. Some serious heartwarming here...
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Panoramas
Sixteenth Head Camp, M.W. of A., Buffalo, N.Y., June, 1911[As far as I can tell, "Head Camp" refers to the governing body of a fraternal organization, presumably the "M. W. of A."I think it's the...
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Hedda Morrison
Landscape with tree Making noodles, Nanking Man handing a child a plate of food on a cargo junk, Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong Island, 1946-47 Man preparing cooked food, Eastern Districts, Hong...
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San Francisco Earthquake - The Fire
The great earthquake of 1906 did a lot of damage to San Francisco. The ensuing fire did more. Here are some amazing shots of the fire in progress. Arnold Genthe: The last day of the fire Burning of...
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Hikaru Iwasaki
In the food store of the Wilmington, Delaware Cooperative Society, Inc., Tom Toyoji Yamane is putting to use the experience he gained in conducting his own produce business at Huntington, California,...
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Old West
Northern Pacific Railroad station at Gardiner, Montana, train in station, 1905 The William B. Douglas party, including Navaho and Paiute Indians, celebrate their discovery of Rainbow Bridge, Utah,...
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Vintage Photos of Vintage Cars
These are from the Dick Whittington collection. A view of Carl's Restaurant seen from its parking lot which is filled with cars[would that be Carl's Sr.??] Actresses publicizing a show, 1927...
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Vintage Australia
Grace Bros Ball at Palais Royal Moore Park Group of men and women on a dirt road Final dance competition of 1933 at the Jack Keating Dance Studio Four well-dressed men holding beer bottles,...
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San Francisco Bay Bridge Construction
This series of remarkable photos (sequential by date) documents the construction of the San Francisco Bay Bridge. The bridge connects the "East Bay" (Berkeley, Oakland) with San Francisco. The Bay...
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Toni Frissell
Eleanor Roosevelt with female machinist during Goodwill Tour, 1942 Fado singer in Portuguese night club, Lisbon, 1946 Showing kids her camera
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UC Berkeley
Some great stuff here... Mrs. Perrelet -- the flivver["flivver" was a slang term for a small car that gave a rough ride...later replaced by the term "jalopy"] Nevada Stage Company's stage on the Big...
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Frank Hohenberger
Hillary Bailey models posing, Jackson Branch, Indiana, 1929 Home Economics Club, Van Buren township, Indiana. Onya LaTour's home, in yard, 1946 House fire, Nashville, Indiana, 1943 Ice polo,...
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Joseph Pennell
Bakers in front of Frey's Bakery, Junction City, Kansas, 1900 Children at Zollinger party, 1903 Erwin Family, 1897 Group of men, including Tom Bishop, holding stringed instruments, 1898...
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Edward Bangs Drew
Chinese travelling to market, 1886 Mr. Hancock & his staff ascending the Red River, Tonquin, 1892 Rusticating in country, near Ningpo, 1878-80 Tartar general (front row, center) and other...
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Photochroms - Holland
Amsterdam Dam, Holland, ca. 1890-1900 Hotel d'Orange, Scheveningen, Holland, ca. 1890-1900 Maliebaan, Utrecht, Holland, ca. 1890-1900 Native children, Marken Island, Holland, ca. 1890-1900...
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