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Remember When… Boy Scouts and Others

For an early colored photo, this one looks like it was taken in the 80′s.  I’ve been seeing more colored photos lately of earlier era images. Image by The Library of Congress Rous, John,, photographer. United Nations Fight for Freedom : colored, white and Chinese Boy Scouts in front of Capitol, They help out by...

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Remember When…. Old Photographs

Malvina Hoffman Image by Smithsonian Institution Description: Six snapshots of Hoffman, photographed by Edith M. White, 1921, at Tyringham, Mass. Also included are two of Hoffman wearing a beret, photographed by R. Parry, Paris, ca. 1920. Hoffman, Malvina, 1887-1966 White, Edith M., 1882-1966 (Image 2 of 6 by Edith M. White) Earliest Japanese Baseball player...

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Remember When….Early Century Photos

Hand Colored 1875 photo. The Carandini ladies, one of Australia’s first opera performing families, ca. 1875 / photographer Charles Hewitt (attributed) Image by State Library of New South Wales collection Format: Hand-coloured cabinet photograph Sargent Aborn (LOC) Image by The Library of Congress Bain News Service,, publisher. Sargent Aborn 1913 May 9. 1 negative :...

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Remember When…. WWII Photos

Vintage WWII photographs: Image by The Library of Congress Collins, Marjory,, 1912-1985,, photographer. Camouflage class in New York University, where men and women are preparing for jobs in the Army or in industry, New York, N.Y. They make models from aerial photographs, re-photograph them, then work out a camouflage scheme and make a final photograph...

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Remember When….. World War 2 Images

Early Color photos: Image by The Library of Congress Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer. This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber, Long Beach, Calif. She’s one of many capable women workers in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant. Better known as the “Flying Fortress,”...

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