Portrait of retired 78 year-old silk worker ($18 a month pension) who lives over cafe, Paterson, New Jersey, March 1937.

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100 year old lady grinding coffee in her kitchen, Pitsburgh, April 1953

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My grandfather in his recliner next to the old wood stove. 1980. He was 86.

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some more photos from the tote full of old dry plate negatives i found

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Douglas B. Hegdahl, a navy POW during the Vietnam War who acted stupid and mentally challenged during the interrogation by the viet army until his release several years later then divulging the names of over 200 POWs memorized in captivity to US intelligence upon return

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Robert De Niro with his father (1946)

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Two Baylor University students study in their dorm room, 1890s.

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1920s Inside a general store.

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A September 1931 photo of man in Texas lounging in a rocking chair while reading

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"Mrs. Walter Rose, wife of miner, and her baby. She lives in three room, extremely dirty house. The baby probably has rickets and has never had any other food than powdered milk although he is ten months old." Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, 1946

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the dry plate negative saga continues

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Photos of Titanic survivors Lolo and Michel reunited with their mother, 16 of May 1912

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Unemployed at their huts in a Hooverville in New York City, 1935 (West Houston and Mercer Street)