N.Y. Public Library

New York Public Library on opening day between 1910 and ca. 1915.

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Spiral

Building spiral turbines c. 1930

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Post Mortem Photography

Victorian era parents posing with their deceased daughter.

Nineteenth-century photograph of a deceased child with flowers

The earliest post-mortem photographs are usually close-ups of the face or shots of the full body and rarely include the coffin. The subject is usually depicted so as to seem in a deep sleep, or else arranged to appear more lifelike. Children were often shown in repose on a couch or in a crib, sometimes posed with a favorite toy or other plaything. It was not uncommon to photograph very young children with a family member, most frequently the mother. Adults were more commonly posed in chairs. Flowers were also a common prop in post-mortem photography of all types. Wikipedia

San Francisco Earthquake

San Francisco Earthquake, 1906, Refugee Camp, Jefferson Park

San Francisco, 1906, collapsed buildings

San Francisco, 1906, hot meal kitchen

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Epsom Races

Beggar running alongside King George V’s coach, Epsom Races, ca 1920

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Children and staff sunbathing by the shore of Neman River, Grodno, 1920-30s

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Ossabaw Island, Georgia

African American with loggerhead turtle, Ossabaw Island. ca 1925

georgiahistory | GHS Manuscript Collection

Hospital Ambulance

Orange County Hospital Ambulance at Towner & Hartley, Santa Ana - Flickr

Photo courtesy Orange County Archives |
Acc#2008-3. From the Hiram Clay Kellogg Collection

Electric Car

Electric Car 1907-1939, Chris Wild

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Bobby Leach

Bobby Leach and his barrel after his perilous trip over Niagara Falls, July 25, 1911. From Wikipedia

Four Bicyclists

Four bicyclists, Denver, CO c. early 1900s, by Charles S. Lillybridge

Paris

Extremely Rare Color Photography of Early 1900s Paris

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Kiribati Warrior

Contemporary Kiribati culture is centered around the family, the church and the sea. Its relative isolation Kiribati has allowed "traditional values" and skills to be maintained. Kiribati has a history of contrived and ritualized duels. The armor was made of thickly woven sennet, a kind of coconut fiber. The duelists wore helmets made of blowfish remains. The helmets were resilient and, due to the structure of blowfish, covered with many points, which had the ability of damaging weapons. The weapons resembled broadswords with a serrated edge created with many shark teeth. Early 1900s.  Wikipedia Text

Redwood Tree House

General Noble Redwood Tree House, on the grounds of the Main Building of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. ca. 1895

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Wartime

Wartime Departure of the 6th Division boards the troopships for the  Middle East

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Elderly woman reading the newspaper, 1930-1940, commons.wikimedia


Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.

Pet Ring Tailed Possum

NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. A PET RING TAILED POSSUM EXAMINES DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION MOVIE CAMERA SOMEWHERE IN NORTH AUSTRALIA AND ASSUMES THE OPERATORS' STANCE. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK), ID Number: 015549, Flickr

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The Reapers

July 1936. "Harvesting oats. Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis." Medium-format nitrate negative
by Dorothea Lange.

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Walter White

Walter Francis White (1893–1955) graduated from college in 1916, he became an insurance salesman and secretary of the local NAACP branch. In 1918 the NAACP hired White as assistant secretary. White won international acclaim for his crusade against mob violence, personally investigating 41 lynchings and 8 race riots. In 1931 he succeeded Johnson as NAACP executive secretary. The NAACP under his leadership focused attention on the horrors of lynching and pressed relentlessly to end segregation in education and travel. 
Photograph of Walter Francis White, between 1920 and 1940. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (051.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # cph.3c07019]

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Army Air Forces

"Jackie Wilson (left) and Ray Robinson have fought two bitterly contested ring encounters. Now it's Sgt. Wilson and Pvt. Robinson in the same Aviation Squadron at Mitchel Field, New York, and they stand shoulder to shoulder--ready for a fight to the death on the Axis." 1943. 208-PU-214B-5.

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