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Woman with spy glass in Santa Monica, 1924
Photo Credit: Water and Power Virtual Museum Woman with spy glass looking out toward the ocean, ca. 1924. The beach is full of sunbathers with the Santa Monica Pier and Amusement Park in the distance.
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Woman relaxing in an inflatable pool, 1954
Photo Credit: Library of Congress Woman relaxing in an inflatable children’s swimming pool while her children play nearby in Park Forest, Illinois on July 27, 1954.
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Young tourist with sugar pine cones at Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park,...
Photo Credit: NPS A young tourist proudly displays sugar pine cones, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park on July 4, 1929. The sugar pine produces the longest pine cones in the world.
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Woman wearing a cactus bikini, 1940
Photo Credit: Roy Drachman/LIFE Model Merri Chiochetti wearing a cactus bikini in Arizona, 1940. The backstory is that the Tucson Sunshine Climate Club dressed some University of Arizona coeds up in...
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May pole dance at Oxford High School May Day celebration, 1910
Photo Credit; Miami University Libraries May pole dance at Oxford High School May Day celebration in 1910.
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Auto-camping at Yellowstone, 1923
Photo Credit: NPS A couple and their dog auto-camping in Yellowstone National Park, 1923.
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Woman pushes log at Turkey Pond, 1942
Photo Credit: National Archives Norma Webber pushes log at sawmill at Turkey Pond, New Hampshire on November 10, 1942.
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Connecting National Parks with a highway, 1935
Photo Credit: Sequoia National Park Archives On June 23, 1935, Sequoia National Park and General Grant National Park were connected with the Generals Highway. On that day 669 cars carrying 2,488...
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Using a pool for shuffleboard and volleyball in the off-season, 1936
Photo Credit: New York Parks Department Highbridge Park Pool (built by the WPA) being used for shuffleboard, volleyball, and other sports in the off-season on October 1, 1936.
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Women walking in Madison Square Park, 1901
Photo Credit: NYC Department of Parks & Recreation Women walking in Madison Square Park and are passing by Hansom Cabs ready to take fares, 1901.
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Woman on the dunes at Ipswich Beach, 1900
Photo Credit: Camden Public Library A woman on the dunes at Ipswich Beach on May 30, 1900.
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Hot dog and lemonade stand in Manhattan, 1936
Photo Credit: New York Public Library Vendor stands next to his Tellas Busy Bee cart, advertising ‘Red Hot Frankfurters and Ice Cold Lemonade’ traffic a blur in the background. The photo was taken on...
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Dancing with a bear at Yosemite, 1920s
Photo Credit: NPS Enid Michael, NPS ranger naturalist dancing with a bear in the 1920s. Enid Michael was a NPS ranger-naturalist at Yosemite from 1921-1942. Among other things, she worked on a...
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Stomping grapes for wine at the Texas Folklife Festival, 1977
Photo Credit: UT San Antonio Librariesn Festival visitor stomping grapes for wine at the Texas Folklife Festival in August 1977. She is standing in a bucket of squished grapes, in front of the...
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Agate gathering at Agate Beach
Photo Credit: Oregon State Library Agate gathering at Agate Beach near Newport, Oregon.
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Family poses outside their sod house, 1888
Photo Credit: Nebraska State Historical Society. A farm family poses outside their sod house in eastern Custer County, Nebraska, ca. 1888. Note the clothes made from the same bolt of cloth.
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Cooking outside after the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
Photo Credit: National Archives A group cooking on a stove in the street after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Since chimneys were destroyed, cooking in houses was prohibited.
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Sioux camp at Pine Ridge, 1890
Photo Credit: National Archives Bird’s eye view of the Sioux camp at Pine Ridge, South Dakota on November 28, 1890. This photograph was taken one month before the Wounded Knee Massacre.
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Marines participate in A-bomb tests, 1955
Photo Credit: National Archives Two Marine infantrymen, at a machine gun emplacement, are silhouetted against the sky during an early morning A-bomb blast, Yucca Flat, Nevada in March 1955. This is...
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Women in fiesta costumes, 1939-1940
Photo Credit: New Mexico History Museum Women smoking in fiesta costumes, Santa Fe, New Mexico. This photograph was possibly the Fiesta Queen’s attendants in the Palace of the Governors courtyard, ca....
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