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Migrant workers harvesting lettuce in nation's salad bowl, Imperial Valley, California. 1955-1959
United States / California / Imperial Valley
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Capitol building. Salt Lake City, Utah. August 1959
United States / Utah / Salt Lake City
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Friends meeting at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair. October 1940
United States / New Mexico / Pie Town
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Main street in a coal town near Price, Utah. 1936
United States / Utah / Price (city)
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Street in Frederiksted. St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. 1941
United States / U.S. Virgin Islands / St. Croix / Frederiksted
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Buddhas of Bamiyan. 175 feet Buddha carved in solid rock. Bamyan valley. Afghanistan
Afghanistan
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Delaware Avenue, foot of Market Street. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1900-1910
United States / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia
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Men Talking. Morocco. May 1970
Morocco
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Oliver W., the famous trotting ostrich at Florida Ostrich Farm, Jacksonville, Florida. 1903
United States / Florida / Jacksonville
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Auto graveyard. Junked autos and trucks. Detroit, Michigan. 1941-1942
United States / Michigan / Detroit
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Adolfs Square (Gustav Adolfs torg). Malmo, Sweden. 1960s
Sweden / Malmö
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Busy Street Market. Kabul, Afghanistan. 1965
Afghanistan / Kabul
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Haystack and the cars of peach pickers. Delta County, Colorado. 1940
United States / Colorado / Delta County
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Gate in the city walls, Sfax, Tunisia. 1955-1959
Tunisia / Sfax
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Seagram Building. Manhattan, New York City. January 3, 1958
United States / New York (State) / New York (City)
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Lake Superior smelter and dock. Dollar Bay, Michigan. 1906
United States / Michigan / Dollar Bay
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Threshing fields in a village near Tabriz. Iran. 1950-1955
Iran / Tabriz
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A New Orleans milk cart, New Orleans, Louisiana. 1903.
United States / Louisiana / New Orleans
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Chopping cotton. White Plains, Greene County, Georgia, United States. 1941.
United States / Georgia / White Plains
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The sign of Joe's Service on highway near Madras, Oregon. 1936
United States / Oregon / Madras
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Organ grinder, New Orleans, Louisiana. 1920-1926
United States / Louisiana / New Orleans
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Cablecar pushed back on track again. San Francisco, California. 1960
United States / California / San Francisco
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The Factories. Niagara River, New York. 1890-1899
United States / New York (State)
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Young boy standing in the doorway of his home. Washington, D.C. June 1942
United States / Washington, D.C.
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Street Scene & Arc de Triomphe. Paris, France. 1950s
France / Paris
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Broadway and Hotel Victoria, New York City, New York. United States. 1900-1910
United States / New York (State) / New York (City)
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Snake charmers. Karachi, Pakistan. 1963
Pakistan / Karachi
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Dome of the Rock during a snowy winter. Jerusalem
Palestine / Jerusalem
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Christmas tree and gifts. 1964
United States / New Mexico / Albuquerque
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Laleli Mosque. Istanbul, Turkey. 1888-1910
Turkiye / Istanbul
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The Beach, Rockaway, Long Island. New York. 1904
United States / New York (State) / New York (City)
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Historic trading post along Route 66. Santo Domingo Trading Post. New Mexico. 1964
United States / New Mexico
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Rogue River. Oregon. August 1962
United States / Oregon
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horse drawn carriage in front of Yildiz Palace. Istanbul
Turkiye / Istanbul
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General store interior. Moundville, Alabama. 1936
United States / Alabama / Moundville
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Inside the Jaffa Gate. Jerusalem. 1909-1914
Palestine / Jerusalem
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Mosque of St. Sophia, Ayasofya Camii. Istanbul, Turkey. 1912
Turkiye / Istanbul
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Panorama of creek and elevators. Buffalo, New York
United States / New York (State) / Buffalo
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Dale Creek Bridge, near Sherman, Wyoming. Union Pacific Railway. 1885
United States / Wyoming
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Riverside houses and a wooden bridge. Cambodia. 1976
Cambodia
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Grand Central. New York. 1941
United States / New York (State) / New York (City)
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Mother and baby of family on the road. California. 1939
United States / California / Siskiyou County / Tulelake
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South Side boys on Easter morning. Chicago. 1941
United States / Illinois / Chicago
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Via Dolorosa. Jerusalem, Palestine. 1898-1914
Palestine / Jerusalem / Via Dolorosa
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Rural bus with a weathered metal front and a traditional wooden body. Burma (Myanmar). 1986
Myanmar (Burma)
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The Goat carriages, Coney Island. New York 1904
United States / New York (State) / New York (City) / Coney Island
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Saliha Sultan Fountain. Azapkapi, Istanbul. 1855-1857
Turkiye / Istanbul
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Brooklyn terminal, Brooklyn Bridge 1903
United States / New York (State) / New York (City)
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Main Street. Buffalo, New York State. 1900
United States / New York (State) / Buffalo
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The courtyard of an Arab house. Egypt. 1906
Egypt