Dec 02 2010
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1933 Greeting card. (Submitted by Truefinger)

1933

Greeting card.

(Submitted by Truefinger)


Dec 02 2010
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1928 When oil was discovered along the Kern River bank in 1899 near Bakersfield, California, thousands of fortune seekers, oil companies, and railroads rushed to the state, setting up oil fields up and down the coast. This particular picture is from Huntington Beach (Surf City). (Submitted by Lisa De Torres)

1928

When oil was discovered along the Kern River bank in 1899 near Bakersfield, California, thousands of fortune seekers, oil companies, and railroads rushed to the state, setting up oil fields up and down the coast. This particular picture is from Huntington Beach (Surf City).

(Submitted by Lisa De Torres)


Dec 02 2010
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1910 “Bem Verão (in English, “Like Summer” — yeah, that’s the name of the bear) heading to a Carnival Parade, in some major city of Brazil at that time (maybe Salvador or Rio de Janeiro).” (Submitted by Polaroide)

1910

“Bem Verão (in English, “Like Summer” — yeah, that’s the name of the bear) heading to a Carnival Parade, in some major city of Brazil at that time (maybe Salvador or Rio de Janeiro).”

(Submitted by Polaroide)


Dec 01 2010
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Date unknown “Image is a scanned postcard and is credited as a Getty Image on the back.” (Submitted by Max)

Date unknown

“Image is a scanned postcard and is credited as a Getty Image on the back.”

(Submitted by Max)


Dec 01 2010
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Date unknown Found in a Victorian photo album. (Via digitalgreen)

Date unknown

Found in a Victorian photo album.

(Via digitalgreen)


Dec 01 2010
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Date unknown “I found this photo in a box of negatives I inherited from my grandmother.” (Submitted by Justin Kerr Sheckler)

Date unknown

“I found this photo in a box of negatives I inherited from my grandmother.”

(Submitted by Justin Kerr Sheckler)


Nov 30 2010
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1951 A student ‘studies’ in her dorm room. (Via Vassar College)

1951

A student ‘studies’ in her dorm room.

(Via Vassar College)


Nov 23 2010
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1910 Postcard. On the back it says: “This is a picture that M had taken in November. I thought I [would] send it along it might help some.” (via cardboy1)

1910

Postcard. On the back it says: “This is a picture that M had taken in November. I thought I [would] send it along it might help some.”

(via cardboy1)


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