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African American Portraits
These portraits of black Americans were done by Joseph Pennell. Double Portrait of Ellen Marks, 1899 Double portrait of Phoebe Ottery, 1901 Higdon Family, 1898 Alex Johnson family, 1913...
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San Francisco Earthquake
Refugee camp at Lobos Square, April 18th, 1906 Refugee camp in Golden Gate Park Refugee camp near Presidio Refugee camp, possibly Jefferson Square Refugee lines patrolled by U.S. Navy...
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The Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection
The Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection consists of photographs produced and gathered by Frank G. Carpenter (1855-1924) and his daughter Frances (1890-1972) to illustrate his writings on travel and...
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Arnold Genthe - Europe
Here are "Travel Views of Europe." I'm having a fun time trying to guess the country each photo is from. [these look like Spanish gypsies to me] [I'm guessing Spain or some other Mediterranean...
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Hedda Morrison
Street vendor Street cooking, Nanking Street market in Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong, 1946-47 Street scene, Nanking Street scene, Nanking Street scene, Nanking Street scene, Nanking...
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UC Berkeley
Three rowboats with duck hunters in marsh Two men eating by stream Two women seated on bench, in backyard U.C. football practice, 1899 Woman playing banjo, San Francisco, 1898 Woman...
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Joseph Pennell
Cast of The Junction City High School operetta on stage, 1911 Minnie Zimmerman's school, Enterprise, Kansas, 1906 Family in REO auto with trophy on hood, 1909 Girls in high school yard engaged...
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Photochroms
These are from Detroit Publishing. Going to the spring, Pueblo of San Juan, New Mexico, 1898-1905 A banana cart, ca. 1902 A Crow indian, ca. 1902 Detroit. Belle Isle, Grand Canal, 1898-1905...
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Frank Hohenberger
Load of baskets and chairs, from Nashville, Tennessee, 1928 Log jail with visitors, Nashville, Indiana, 1927 Maggie King, Taggart settlement, wind charger cabin, 1941[what's a wind charger...
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1950s SoCal
More from the USC collection. Adopted Babies Club annual outing, Silverado Park, Long Beach, 1951 All year Swimming Club members annual New Year swim at Santa Monica Beach, 1958 Bachelors Ball at...
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Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection
These are photos from various parts of Africa. Fruit market at Zanzibar, 1890-1923 African woman, 1900 Dar Es Salaam, Tanganyika. Women convicts working on road, 1890-1927 Four Masai warriors...
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Buzzer the Cat
Arnold Genthe was a cat fancier. He kept a cat in his studio - four in succession were all named Buzzer. In his portrait work, Genthe often used Buzzer as a prop. The pictures here give some clue as to...
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Vintage Korea
These are from the Reverend Corwin & Nellie Taylor Collection housed at USC. The photographic images in this collection were preserved for posterity by Rev. Corwin Taylor and his wife Nellie...
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Vintage Australia
Settlement Ball at the Great Hall, University of Sydney, 1938 Snigging a log [snig, verb (transitive): to drag (a log) along the ground by a chain fastened at one end] Southern road, Mittagong...
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Victory Gardens
Victory Gardens were vegetable, fruit and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Germany during World War I and World War II to...
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Land Girls
The Women's Land Army (aka "land girls") was an organization set up in the UK during the First and Second World Wars to bring women into the countryside to do agricultural labor, freeing up the men for...
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Lafayette Photo Studio
The archives of the Lafayette Photo Studio of Lexington, Kentucky are housed at the University of Kentucky. AHEPA, banquet and parade, 1931[AHEPA = American Hellenic Educational Progressive...
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Alfred Palmer
"Big Pete" Ramagos, a rigger at work on the TVA's Douglas Dam in Tennessee, 1942 A painter cleans the tail section of a P-51 Mustang fighter prior to spraying with olive-drab camouflage. North...
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Dick Whittington
Babe Stapp and Gregg's ship, Santa Monica Airport, 1933 Bathing girl in cretonne suit, Los Angeles, 1925 Bathing girl, Southern California, 1931 Bathing suits, Southern California, 1931...
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Arnold Genthe - Chinatown
Here are a few of Mr. Genthe's iconic photos of turn-of-the-century Chinatown in San Francisco. A native son, Chinatown, San Francisco, 1896-1906 Apricot Spring Orchard drugstore, Chinatown, San...
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