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Shorpy is an online archive of thousands of high-resolution photos from the 1850s to 1950s. Our namesake, Shorpy Higginbotham, was a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago.
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New York City circa 1905. "Exterior of tenement." The longer you look at this, the more you'll see. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
Columbus, Ohio, circa 1905. "Great Southern Hotel." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1912-1920. "Eastern High School. High School Cadet Corps, Company F." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Miss Emily Greene Balch." Recipient, in 1946, of the Nobel Peace Prize. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Midwest Utilities Corp. (exterior), 14th Street N.W." The two three draws here, for me at least, are the amused expressions of all concerned, and the name of this particular piece of equipment: "Midwest Utilitor." Oh, and the entertaining signage in the window. National Photo. View full size.
Birmingham, Alabama, circa 1906. "Jefferson County Court House." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Oglethorpe County, Georgia. 1939 or 1944. "Great Chimney House, Lexington vicinity." 8x10 acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.
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