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Soldier on a U.S. Harley-Davidson motorcycle, circa 1918

By James Maurer
January 5, 2019
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During the last years of World War I, the United States deployed more than 20,000 Indian and Harley-Davidson motorcycles overseas.

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Military Balloon, Virginia, 1862

By James Maurer
January 5, 2019
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Professor Thaddeus S. Lowe’s military balloon was used to survey the Battle of Fair Oaks.

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Kids at School, Washington, D.C., circa 1910

By Anna Ramirez
January 4, 2019
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Note Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” on the blackboard behind. And on the other blackboard is The Children’s Song by Kipling: “Land…

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Dr. Bryun in a Horse Drawn Ambulance, New York, 1910

By Carol Pearson
January 4, 2019
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Dr. Bryun was an ambulance surgeon in New York City in the early 1900s. On her first day at work, she saved…

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Hot dog cart, New York, 1936

By Anna Ramirez
January 4, 2019
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A vendor with his Tellas Busy Bee cart, stands at West St. and North Moore, Manhattan.

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Apsaroke mother with her child, 1908

By Carol Pearson
January 4, 2019
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Elvis Presley being sworn into his compulsory army service. Arkansas, 1958

By James Maurer
January 3, 2019
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Elvis Presley and other young men being sworn into the US Army as part of their induction at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas on…

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Pie Automat, New York, 1936

By Andrew Piper
January 3, 2019
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Coin-operated Pie Automat at 977 Eighth Avenue (Manhattan) in 1936.

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Olivia de Havilland in new 1937

By Carol Pearson
January 3, 2019
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Christmas Demonstrators at White House, 1922

By Anna Ramirez
January 2, 2019
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December 22, 1922. Demonstrators at White House with a sign saying: “Mr. President, let’s have an old-fashioned Christmas,” and showing Santa Claus carrying…

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