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Identified! [Woman seated with a psychograph, a phrenology machine, on her head] (LOC)
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- 20 comments
- 174 favorites
- 169,568 views
- Date taken: 1931
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec36580, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, robotphrenologist, phrenology, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Demolition of the Boulevard(?) apartment block to prepare for the construction of the War Office in Washington, D.C. in 1940] (LOC)
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- 16 comments
- 212 favorites
- 67,379 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-01-30
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec28354, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Group of men holding bones, probably connected to "Bone dry" support of prohibition; William D. Upshaw, proponent of temperance movement, at right. U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
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- 24 comments
- 56 favorites
- 54,163 views
- Date taken: 1923
- Date uploaded: 2015-01-30
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec34050, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Woman posing with the Tucson Ring meteorite at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
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- 10 comments
- 50 favorites
- 44,843 views
- Date taken: 1938
- Date uploaded: 2015-01-30
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec27531, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, meteorites, smithsonian, nationalmuseumofnaturalhistory, tucsonring, ring, meteorite, mysterysolved
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Identified! [9-lens aerial mapping camera made by the Fairchild Aerial Camera Corp. for the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey. It was built under the direction of Capt. O.S. Reading in 1935] (LOC)
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- 13 comments
- 47 favorites
- 38,798 views
- Date taken: 1936
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec41180, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, camera, lens, bw, black, white, blackwhite, pussy, riot, negative, loc, blackandwhite, mono, harris, ewing, collection, whiteblack, aerialphotography, mysterysolved
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Identified! [William Andrew Johnson, former slave to former President Andrew Johnson, who was presented with a silver handled cane by President Roosevelt on a visit to Washington in 1937. Photo taken on steps of U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
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- 12 comments
- 45 favorites
- 36,220 views
- Date taken: 1936
- Date uploaded: 2015-01-30
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec22206, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Vivian Leroy Crisler (1885-1953), an acoustics researcher at the National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C., looking over a loud speaker horn used in sound penetration tests] (LOC)
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- 19 comments
- 72 favorites
- 33,802 views
- Date taken: 1923
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec32696, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, nationalbureauofstandards, usbureauofstandards, acousticalresearch, acoustics, physicists, vivianleroychrisler, vlchrisler, rotatingloudspeaker, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Kenneth L. Morehouse and his midget car "Little Mystery," probably taken at an event at a hotel, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
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- 11 comments
- 46 favorites
- 33,180 views
- Date taken: 1934
- Date uploaded: 2015-01-30
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec38027, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, 1932, littlemystery, midget, car, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Woman with large topaz crystal from Brazil, Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
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- 15 comments
- 57 favorites
- 31,421 views
- Date taken: 1938
- Date uploaded: 2015-01-30
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec27132, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, august, 1939, smithsonian, washington, dc, topaz, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Probably members of the Jefferson District Fire Department Women's Auxiliary, which supported the construction of the Jefferson District Fireman's Hall and Community House in Arlington, Virginia, seen underway in the background] (LOC)
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- 9 comments
- 27 favorites
- 29,928 views
- Date taken: 1927
- Date uploaded: 2015-01-30
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec34694, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, fire, firefighters, female, drinking, milk, firestation, construction, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Miss Margaret Gorman presenting the wooden loving-cup to "Miss" Alexandria, winner of the Advertising Club's "beauty" contest, held at the Raleigh yesterday. In business life pretty "Miss" Alexandria is Sylvan Oppenheimer... (LOC)
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- 3 comments
- 23 favorites
- 29,466 views
- Date taken: 1921
- Date uploaded: 2015-01-30
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec31444, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, missalexandria, missgeorgetown, misscongressheights, advertisingclub, beautycontest, mysterysolved, margaretgorman, sylvanoppenheimer, allandeford, sidneyselinger, paulheller
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Identified! [Charles Greeley Abbot, astrophysicist and Secretary of the Smithsonian, with his device: a silver-disc pyrheliometer which measures direct beam solar irradiance] (LOC)
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- 11 comments
- 66 favorites
- 28,809 views
- Date taken: 1913
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec04702, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, solarconstant, charlesgreeleyabbot, pyroheliometer, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Device that impresses the Great Seal of the United States on certain official documents] (LOC)
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- 14 comments
- 47 favorites
- 27,602 views
- Date taken: 1935
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec39696, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, thegreatsealoftheunitedstates, usdepartmentofstate, thennow, thenandnow, mysterysolved, commonsthennow, mrshelensbru, helenbru, bru, statedepartmentappointmentsection, statedepartmentexhibithall
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Partially identified! [Woman holding object, probably a light bulb] (LOC)
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- 12 comments
- 61 favorites
- 26,915 views
- Date taken: 1923
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec34045, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Siegmund "Zishe" Breitbart, performer/strongman who pulled a wagon with persons on board through the streets of Washington, D.C., with his teeth] (LOC)
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- 10 comments
- 8 favorites
- 25,939 views
- Date taken: 1923
- Date uploaded: 2015-01-30
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec43601, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, escapeartists, breitbart, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Construction worker with mallet working on stone work at U.S. Treasury Annex, with view of White House in background. Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
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- 5 comments
- 14 favorites
- 25,541 views
- Date taken: 1916
- Date uploaded: 2015-01-30
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec11838, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, mysterysolved
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Identified! [The Budd Railcar Lafayette, a lightweight, stainless steel train which ran on rubber tires and was exported to France] (LOC)
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- 11 comments
- 17 favorites
- 25,244 views
- Date taken: 1932
- Date uploaded: 2015-01-30
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec36829, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, mysterysolved
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Partially identified! [Woman, probably a suffragist or member of National Woman's Party, walking with an armload of books, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
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- 6 comments
- 32 favorites
- 24,686 views
- Date taken: 1923
- Date uploaded: 2015-01-30
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec32676, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Meat testing at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland] (LOC)
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- 7 comments
- 20 favorites
- 24,089 views
- Date taken: 2011
- Date uploaded: 2015-01-30
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec41279, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, mysterysolved
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Partially identified! [Group of men, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.]
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- 9 comments
- 26 favorites
- 24,043 views
- Date taken: 1911
- Date uploaded: 2015-01-30
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec06626, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Hecox, C.W. Instructor in Machine Shop, D.C. Public Schools, supervising manufacture of practice shells for Navy at McKinley Training School, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
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- 3 comments
- 28 favorites
- 23,818 views
- Date taken: 1921
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec31319, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, cwhecox, clarencewirthecox, mckinleymanualtrainingschool, mckinleytrainingschool, mckinleytechnologyhighschool, mckinleytechnicalhighschool, vocationaleducation, students, mckinleytechites, machineshops, lathes, ordinance, armsarmament, usnavy, worldwari, washingtondc, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Underwater breathing devices: "Dräger Gegenlunge" (left), "Momseng Lung" (center), and "Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus" (right)] (LOC)
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- 11 comments
- 51 favorites
- 23,661 views
- Date taken: 1936
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec33983, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, momsenlung, rebreather, submarineescape, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Men with weather balloon on roof of U.S. Weather Bureau building, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
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- 7 comments
- 45 favorites
- 22,907 views
- Date taken: 1936
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec33664, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, weatherbureau, rooftop, balloon, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Daniel W. Kessler of the National Bureau of Standards with device used to test slabs of marble over long periods of time] ? (LOC)
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- 15 comments
- 35 favorites
- 22,812 views
- Date taken: 1925
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec45047, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, danielwkessler, bureauofstandards, dwkessler, stone, testing, apparatususedformakinglongperiodscrubbingtestsonmarble, mysterysolved
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Identified! [[Dr. B.L. Taylor (left) and Dr. Walter A. Rath (right), dentists, using a dental x-ray to examine the cores of golf balls to see if they are centered] (LOC)
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- 11 comments
- 13 favorites
- 22,043 views
- Date taken: 1924
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec43996, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, xray, golfball, offcenter, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Paragon adjustable and reversible aircraft propeller created by Spencer Heath and tested on October 11, 1922, Bolling Field, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
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- 8 comments
- 24 favorites
- 21,860 views
- Date taken: 1922
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec42506, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, aviation, aircraftpropeller, airplanepropeller, propeller, adjustablepitchpropeller, paragonadjustableandreversibleaircraftpropeller, variablepitchpropeller, spencerheath, heath, mysterysolved, bollingfield, bollingafb, hispanosuiza, hispanosuiza8
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Identified! [Wooden towers under construction near the Pan American Union Building, Constitution Avenue and 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
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- 5 comments
- 5 favorites
- 21,559 views
- Date taken: 1920
- Date uploaded: 2015-01-30
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec41574, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, panamericanunion, organizationofamericanstates, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Group. Charles Francis Jenkins (2nd from left) showing his Mirror Drum Television Receiver] (LOC)
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- 8 comments
- 9 favorites
- 21,430 views
- Date taken: 1928
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec34869, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, earlytelevision, mechanicalscan, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Man with radio and antenna] (LOC)
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- 8 comments
- 19 favorites
- 20,536 views
- Date taken: 1928
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec35021, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Man with variety of egg scales used for grading eggs] (LOC)
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- 9 comments
- 8 favorites
- 20,396 views
- Date taken: 1926
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec34109, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, eggs, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Man with Gorrie Ice Machine patent model] (LOC)
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- 10 comments
- 9 favorites
- 19,615 views
- Date taken: 1938
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec27106, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, patentmodel, gorrie, icemanufacturing, mysterysolved, johngorrie, gorrieicemachine, icemakingmachines, 1851
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Identified! [Two women, probably at a sports/golf club (golf balls are on the table), with one woman holding a carrying case with bottles] (LOC)
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- 13 comments
- 8 favorites
- 19,499 views
- Date taken: 1934
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec37844, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, mysterysolved, october121934
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Identified! [Testing airplane lenses used in map making at the U.S. Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
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- 18 comments
- 8 favorites
- 19,159 views
- Date taken: 1934
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec37556, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, lenstesting, bureauofstandards, aerialmapping, determining, focallength, distortion, mysterysolved, frankacase
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Identified! [Auto safety device demonstration] (LOC)
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- 8 comments
- 29 favorites
- 19,064 views
- Date taken: 1924
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec44715, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, mysterysolved
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Identified! [Inventor Dr. James Harris Rogers with his loop aerial antenna inventions] (LOC)
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- 13 comments
- 10 favorites
- 18,972 views
- Date taken: 1923
- Date uploaded: 2015-10-02
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnphec32675, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, earlyradio, jamesharrisrogers, radio, loop, antenna, mysterysolved
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