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21 5 / 2012
“A woman using a Hollerith pantograph to tabulate the United States Census. Photograph, circa 1940, appears to be staged as it shows an 1890’s style Hollerith pantograph being used to record data from a 1940 census form.”
(Source: Wikimedia Commons)
05 2 / 2012
Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company was a U.S. motorcycle manufacturer operating in Chicago from 1907 to 1931. That’s probably a 1914 model, photo taken ca. 1919.
03 2 / 2012
La Jana by Truus, Bob & Jan too! on Flickr.
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 5035/1, 1930-1931. Photo: Atelier Manassé, Wien. Collection: Didier Hanson.
Sexy German dancer and film actress La Jana (1905 - 1940) was the most popular show girl of Berlin in the 1930’s. She appeared in 25 European films, often dancing in exotic costumes. In 1940, she suddenly died of pneumonia and pleurisy.
For more postcards, a bio and clips check out the blog European Film Star Postcards.
01 2 / 2012
![5th Ave. N.Y.C. (LOC) by The Library of Congress on Flickr. 5th Avenue, NYC, a century ago [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915].](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypy7rEYhR1r9z9r5o1_500.jpg)
5th Ave. N.Y.C. (LOC) by The Library of Congress on Flickr. 5th Avenue, NYC, a century ago [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915].
