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Retrograph – 1906: Miles Bros. Moving Pictures

Published on April 6, 2022

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Colorized photograph of the Miles Brothers Moving Pictures exchange in San Francisco, just prior to the 1906 earthquake.

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Retrograph – 1918: Red Cross During Pandemic

Published on March 30, 2022

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Colorized photograph of a demonstration at the Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Station in Washington, D.C., during the influenza pandemic of 1918.

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Retrograph – 1926: Miss America Gets a Permanent Wave

Published on March 23, 2022

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Colorized photo of Norma Smallwood, Miss America 1926, with her hair attached to electric permanent wave equipment.

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Retrograph – 1909: Women Bathing

Published on March 16, 2022

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Colorized photograph of women bathing on an unknown beach.

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Retrograph – 1964: African American Protester Arrested

Published on March 9, 2022

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Atlanta policeman drags African American high school student Taylor Washington to paddy wagon during demonstration against restaurant segregation.

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Retrograph – 1948: Dewey Defeats Truman

Published on March 2, 2022

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Colorized photograph of former President Truman holding up a copy of the famous Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper declaring "Dewey Defeats Truman."

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Retrograph – 1939: Abandoned Mail Order House

Published on February 23, 2022

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Colorized photograph of the abandoned M. W. Savage Co. mail-order house in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Retrograph – 1957: Butcher Milton Joseph, Jr.

Published on February 9, 2022

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Colorized photograph of butcher Milton Joseph, Jr. holding up a sign for his family's business.

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Retrograph – 1942: Japanese Americans Forcibly Evacuated

Published on February 2, 2022

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Colorized photograph of baggage, belonging to Japanese Americans being sorted and trucked to owners in barrack apartments.

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Retrograph – 1947: Bodybuilder Gene Jantzen & Family

Published on January 26, 2022

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Colorized photograph of Gene Jantzen, his wife, and son shot by Stanley Kubrick for Look magazine.

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Retrograph – 1963: Three Generations of Martin Luther King

Published on January 19, 2022

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Colorized photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr with his father and son.

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Retrograph – 1909: People’s Drug Store

Published on January 12, 2022

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Colorized photograph of the W.S. Thompson Branch of People's Drug Store in Washington, D.C.

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Retrograph – 1930: US Bureau of Prohibition

Published on January 5, 2022

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Colorized photograph of the then new insignia plate that had been adopted by the United States Bureau of Prohibition.

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Retrograph – 1860: Abraham Lincoln

Published on December 29, 2021

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Colorized photograph of Abraham Lincoln from 1860 taken while he was still a candidate for President of the United States.

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Retrograph – 1915: R.R. Conklin’s Auto Bus

Published on December 8, 2021

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Colorized photograph of Roland R. Conklin's "land yacht" double-decker bus.

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