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[REV 25-NOV-2014]
The Mvsevm: 1915
Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1915. "Main entrance, Museum of Fine Arts." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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This Was the City: 1899
Circa 1899. "General view -- Los Angeles, California." At right, Bunker Hill and Broadway. Panorama made from two 8x10 glass negatives and one 8x10 transparency. View full size.
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Keep Moving, Folks: 1910
New York circa 1910. "Polo Grounds and Harlem River Speedway." We hope that line has cleared up by now. 5x7 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Your Move: 1957
February 18, 1957. "Montego Bay. Chess -- Mrs. John Pringle & Michel Duplaix." Former model Liz Pringle with the French film star. Composite of two 35mm Kodachromes by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Sporting Look: Round Hill, Jamaica." View full size.
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Duck and Cover: 1957
February 18, 1957. "Montego Bay" is all it says here. 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Sporting Look: Round Hill, Jamaica." View full size.
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Off-Road: 1918
South Somerville, New Jersey, circa 1918. "Wreck on Lehigh Valley trackage." Glimpsed here in yesterday's post. 5x7 glass negative by John S. Powell. From the Bruce Fales Collection; acquired by the Louis A. Marre Rail Transportation Photograph Collection. View full size.
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Grand Trunk: 1918
South Somerville, New Jersey, circa 1918. "Central Railroad of New Jersey -- Lehigh Valley depot and RM tower. Train wreck just past South Somerville depot. View is undated but thought to be circa 1918." 5x7 inch glass negative by John S. Powell. From the Bruce Fales Collection; acquired by the Louis A. Marre Rail Transportation Photograph Collection. View full size.
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Novice Schussers: 1957
February 1957. "Ski school meeting place." An alternate view of yesterday's bunny-slopers, this is one of the 400-plus Kodachromes shot by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Skiing at Aspen, Colorado." Toni Frissell photo collection, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Ski School: 1957
February 1957. "Ski school meeting place." 35mm Kodachrome slide by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Skiing at Aspen, Colorado." View full size.
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Train Wreck: 1914
Circa 1914. "New York Central and Hudson River Railroad -- wreck of NYC 1063. No note on location. 4-4-0 1063, ex Rutland 193, Schenectady 1889, to NYC & HRR 938 January 1913, to 1063. 2059 is in charge of the wreck derrick. 2059 4-6-0 ex Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain 337. Then Rutland 492, to 59 then NYC 2159, 2059." 5x7 inch glass negative from the Louis A. Marre Rail Transportation Photograph Collection. View full size.
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Merry Christmas: 1913
The colorized Christmas tree is back, 112 years after its debut in Madison Square. Happy holidays from Shorpy!
New York, December 1913. "Christmas tree, Madison Square." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.
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Family Tree: 1915
"Dickey Christmas tree, 1915." The family of Washington lawyer Raymond Dickey, whose intriguingly off-kilter holiday photos are a Christmas tradition here at Shorpy. Feats of Strength, anyone? 8x10 inch glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.
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Office Xmas Party: 1925
It's the Friday before Christmas, time for a hallowed holiday tradition here at Shorpy: The Office Xmas Party! Which has been going on for 100 years now. Will Clarence in Sales ever get up the nerve to ask out Hermione from Accounting? Is there gin in that oilcan? Ask the bear.
December 1925. "Washington, D.C. -- Western Electric Co. group." There are enough little dramas playing out here to keep the forensic partyologists busy until Groundhog Day. 8x10 inch glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.
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Union Avenue: 1901
Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1901. "Union Depot (old station), Union Avenue." 5x7 inch glass negative from the Louis A. Marre Rail Transportation Photograph Collection. View full size.
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Broadway Limited: 1925
Circa 1925. "Pennsylvania Railroad -- Locomotive PRR 3732; 'Broadway Limited'; 4-6-2 K-4s wheel arrangement. Philadelphia landmark tower visible." 5x7 inch glass negative by John S. Powell, from the Louis A. Marre Rail Transportation Photograph Collection. View full size.
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Sterling National: 1963
September 23, 1963. "Sterling National Bank, 101-25 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills, Long Island, New York. Exterior II." 4x5 inch acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
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