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Frederick Nelson Jones

 A police cycle patrol in Christchurch, which was raised to thwart a horse fiend, 1896    Brewery worker and a vat of beer being worked, ca. 1910[I like the "after" picture better :)]     Bride about...

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M. D. Elias

New Zealanders in action in Middle East and North Africa. Axis prisoners of war coming in on foot under a white flag in Tunisia, 1 June 1943    Local inhabitants with decorations for sale for the...

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Dick Whittington

This is my final set from this southern California photographer. On the beach at Malibu, 1931    Outdoor dance, Glen Oaks, Southern California, 1927    Packing fruit, 1934    People watch a softball...

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Lebus Christmas Party

From Mack Hughes, these are photos of something called the "Lebus Christmas Party," dating from 1951 or 1952. Looks like some good clean fun.

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Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection

 Brazil, ca. 1920s. "The government has plans to civilize its Indians"    Congressional party in convent ruins, old Panama, March, 1907    Elderly man watching two young boys holding another young boy...

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Jenkins, Kentucky

The Jenkins, Kentucky Photographic Collection, 1911-1930 is a visual history of the coal-mining community. Originally photographed for Consolidation Coal Company, the 204 images document life in...

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George Frederick Kaye

 Civilian families in an area close to the Cassino Front, Italy, outside the cave in which they now live after their homes had been demolished by the Germans, 15 March 1944    D Charlewood, a cook with...

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Yacht Club

Photos from a Boston-area yacht club, taken by Leslie Jones (previous set here). Race week, Marblehead, MA. Four women with tennis rackets, 1950    Spectators watch yachts sail out of harbor    Two...

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Albert Percy Godber

 A bullock team and bullocky, Mate Browne, on hillside near the timber mill at Piha, 1915-16    A group in a picnic area at Waitati, 1926    Beech trees in Chatsworth Road, Silverstream, 1933...

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Louis Edward Nollau

 4-H student with xylophone, 1926   African American laborers working in hemp and Agricultural Extension personnel    Children in a parade    Holland parade float, May Day, 1926    May 29, 1919, League...

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John Dobree Pascoe

 Primary school children in Plimmerton, during a physical education class, 1945    School children and teacher, during a nature lesson, Denniston Incline, West Coast, ca. 1945    Tainui Maori...

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Central Kentucky

A continuation of the set first seen here. Shaker Ferry over Kentucky River    Suspension Bridge over Clark's Run. Built by a Negro Boy.    The Monticello Stage at Burnside    Three women and a man in...

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Campobasso

Campobasso, Italy was the scene of heavy fighting during the Second World War. In the months of October and November 1943 a battle between the German and the Canadian troops for possession of the city...

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Nurse Training

This is the third set of Fritz Henle's photos of nurses in training in 1942. In New York City's School of Nursing Residence, advanced students give the Schick and Dick test (for Diphtheria and Scarlet...

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Leslie Jones Collection

 Bathing beauties aboard motor boat at boat show    Battle at Concord Bridge - reenactment, 1916    Canoeing   Cat naps on car hood, ca. 1940    Christmas shopping, Boston    Coast Guard ship USS Bibb...

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Steffano Webb

 Family with a sheep, probably in the Christchurch region, ca. 1900    Line-up for cycling race, Christchurch, 1907    Mitchell's City Hotel, on the corner of Columbo and High Streets, Christchurch,...

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William Archer Price

 A game of basketball (later known as netball), ca. 1910    Boys playing on an old yacht tied up to the bank at Deep Creek, ca. 1910    Cable car, power house and Kelburn Tea Kiosk, Kelburn,...

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Lafayette Studio

 L.B. Staley group on porch, 1934    Labor Day Parade, Local 119 float, 1938    Labor Day Parade, Moving Picture Machine Operators float, 1938    Lambda Chi Alpha, 1931    Lexington Tent & Awning...

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Dorothea Lange

Yes, I'm taking another pass through the works of this great photographer.  Alabama tenant farmer and children. Family labor in cotton. Near Anniston, Alabama, June 1936    Along the highway near...

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Doris Ullman

 Aunt Didie Netherly; Lacemaker, weaver; Grassy Valley, Tennessee    Aunt Lizzie Regan, weaver, Gatlinburg, Tennessee    Black woman in turban and dress, seated against wood building   Girl in...

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