Coney Island Water Fountain

Four people per square meter in Water Fountain, Coney Island, NYC, 1938.

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Mugshot

"James Dawson, arrested for Indecent Exposure. North Shields Police Station, 9th June 1902."

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Girl in Jackson Park

Another photo by Charles Cushman.  Taken in September, 1944, Jackson Park in Chicago.

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Lower East Side, 1942

New York's lower east side in 1942.  The photographer's description of this photo is " Poverty, young and old, black and white...

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American Gothic - 1973

Civilization began it's decline the day this photo was taken.

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Farm Wife Waits in the Car

A farm wife waits in the car while her husband attends an auction in Oskaloosa, Kansas.  This photo was taken in October, 1938.

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Yorktown, New York, 1972

Going to church?

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Skipping Rope

A grandfather watches his granddaughter skip rope.  New Harmony, Indiana, 1941.

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Lighting a Cigarette

While missing fingers.  This photo was taken in 1972 in Kentucky.

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Vintage Smokers

People like to pose for pictures while smoking.  Here's a collection of photographs of people smoking.

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A Wild Night at O'Rourke's

This is a series of photos taken by William Gedney in 1960.  The photos were taken at a Brooklyn bar called O'Rourke's.  It looked l...

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Sugar Cane Worker and His Woman

Photo taken in 1941 at Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.  Quite a nice shirt made from a sugar cane sack.  

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Old Man on the Street in Shawneetown, Illinois

Photo taken in April, 1937 by Lee Russell. Source:  LOC

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Italian Family Looking for Lost Baggage

At Ellis Island, 1905.

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Wrong End Up

This photo was taken circa 1896 at what is most likely, Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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