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Glimpses of the past

by Chris Taylor
06
Nov
2009

From the Library of Congress Flickr photostream.

Instructor and students studying a map, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex. (LOC), originally uploaded by The Library of Congress.
Civil Air Patrol Base, Bar Harbor, Maine (LOC), originally uploaded by The Library of Congress.
In the roundhouse at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC), originally uploaded by The Library of Congress.
A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company (LOC), originally uploaded by The Library of Congress.

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