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Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen comprised America's African-American flying corps during World War II. Overcoming obstacles created by unthinking prejudice, they made a real contribution to the Allied war effort....
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August Sander
Midgets, 1906 Nun with children Pastry chef, Lindenthal, Cologne, ca. 1928 Road crew Secretary, 1945 Soldier, 1940[a chilling photograph] The painter Heinrich Horle drawing the boxer...
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Georges Dambier
Georges Dambier was a French fashion photographer. He was one of the first such to photograph models outdoors rather than in a studio. I know this is not my usual fare, but the photos are interesting...
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Vintage Korea
First group of a great collection. Most are from Cornell University Archives. A merchant and his friends on a cold day, ca. 1904 An ox market in Korea, ca. 1904 Bullock or pony-drawn carts,...
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Panoramas
"Cow Girls" at the Pendleton "Round Up", 1911 6th Biennial Convention, National Women's Trade League, June 1917 20th Annual session of the N.A.A.C.P., June 1929, Cleveland, Ohio 1941 Kentucky...
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Vintage Iceland
These photos are from the Cornell University Library photostream. A foreign tourist starting from Reykjavík, 1911 An Icelander and his steed, ca. 1900 Búðahraun, S.E. From Snæfellsjökull, from...
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National Photo
Morgan Dancers, 1923 Mr. and Mrs. Bieber, 1921[Justin's great-grandparents?? Does that explain their expressions?] Mr. and Mrs. Renkie Tsuda, 1922 Mrs. F.H. Lockwood, & Miss Joy Welford...
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Photochroms - Russia
These were taken in Russia, which at the time incorporated Poland as well (hence the shots from "Warsaw, Russia"). Copernicus Monument, Warsaw, Russia, ca. 1890-1900 Faubourg de Cracow, Warsaw,...
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China 1920s-1940s
More photos taken by YWCA missionaries (previous set here). Kitchen Mail carrier Missionaries Mud house New job! Outdoor eats Peking cart Procession Some kind of field work[anyone...
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Matthew Brady
Some more 19th century portraits from this famous early American photographer. Laura Keene Miss Lavinia Warren Nathaniel Hawthorn, 1860-65 Queen Emma of Hawaii Samuel Morse[inventor of the...
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Frank M. Hohenberger Collection
Photographer and newspaperman Frank Hohenberger spent forty-seven years recording the life, customs, and scenes of the hills of Brown County, Indiana, with side trips and hired assignments in other...
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Vintage Harvard
Here are some old photos from Harvard University. Car pushed in snowstorm, 1958 Catalogers working at Widener Library, ca. 1950 Collecting scrap for the war effort, October 1942 Comdr. Howard...
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Addison Scurlock
Howard University students watching a football game, 1920s Johnson's Sandwich Shop, ca. 1950 Julia Brooks Wedding, 1947 Marian Anderson is shown greeting Interior Secretary Harold Ickes in...
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University of Chicago Archive
These photos are from the University of Chicago Photographic Archive, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library. A group contribution to the Red Cross for relief to war...
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Vintage Montreal
More photos from Coolopolis. Jimmy Darou, paralyzed jockey, owned this service station, 1938 Jimmy Darou, paralyzed jockey, owned this service station, 1938 Miss Montreal beauty pageant, 1940s...
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Vintage Shanghai
Shanghai, 1930 1948 January 1, a billboard on a Shanghai street 1949 May 1, at the Shanghai market bazaar, vendors selling “555" branded pots 1949 May 1, photo of American bar owner Frank and...
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UC Berkeley
In keeping with my recent college theme, here are some pictures from the UC Berkeley archives. Bicycle meet, Thanksgiving, 1883 Boy with two dogs C.U students, ca. 1900[C.U. = California...
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Camp Whitewood
Camp Whitewood is a 4H camp in northeast Ohio. Here are some photos from the 1940s. Group photo, 1942 Inside the dining hall, 1943 Swimming hole in Phelps Creek, 1940 The dock, 1946 Vespers,...
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The Old West
Bankers' and Railroad Men's Party on Blue Grass Lawn at Calexico. The California Development Co. was in hopes that after this campout the men would invest in Imperial Valley schemes, ca. 1904 Bob...
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Panoramas - Beauty Contests
"Rough-riding", Seal Beach, California, ca. 1917 Annual "Bathing Girl Parade", Balboa Beach, California, June 20, 1920 Balboa Bathing Parade, 1925 Bath Suit Fashion Parade, Seal Beach, Cal.,...
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