New York, New York, August 1943. Penn Station Waiting Room.
Photos by Farm Security Administration Photographer Marjory Collins. LOC
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The Great Molasses Flood was a disaster in Boston that occurred after a storage tank collapsed on January 15, 1919, sending more than two million gallons (eight million liters) of molasses flowing through the city’s North End. The deluge caused extensive damage and killed 21 people.

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How to construct a Zeppelin. Ca.1935.

#TomWaits #OnceUponATown #EmptyPockets Having a very lazy low-key Tom Waits kind of afternoon.

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A history of Christmas traditions.

Miss Apperson playing banjo beside a statue of "Flora" in a niche of Sen. George Hearst's residence. 
Ca. 1895, Washington, D.C.
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Photoset: onceuponatown: New York 1941-1960. By Charles Cushman. http://tmblr.co/ZSFNMy1MvgTP6

New York, New York, November 23, 1923.
Ziegfeld Girl Miss Lucille Layton regrets never having taken piano lessons.
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New York. Rosemary Williams drinking coffee, 1949. Photos by Stanley Kubrick.

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