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Duluth Incline, 1908

Photo Credit: Library of Congress Looking up the Duluth Incline from Superior Street, in Duluth, Minnesota, circa 1908. The lift system was in operation from 1892 until 1939.

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Woman in a sport model roadster, 1907

Photo Credit: New York Public Library Woman in a sport model roadster, 1907.

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Union General Haupt in a one-man pontoon boat, 1860s

Photo Credit: Library of Congress Union General Herman Haupt, a civil engineer, moves across the Potomac River in a one-man pontoon boat that he invented for scouting and bridge inspection in an image...

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Workers loading logs, 1907

Photo Credit: California State University, Chico Workers with McCloud River Railroad Company loading logs, ca. 1907.

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Adjusting stockings using Goodyear’s illuminated tires, 1961

A woman adjusts her stocking using the light emitted by the Goodyear tire on an October night in 1961. Due to practicality, cost, and safety reasons, Goodyear’s illuminated tires were never made...

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Receiving a skateboard from home, 1969

Marines are known for getting to their objectives via dozens of different transportation modes, whether by land, sea, or air. When Private First Class David. L. Troester, 18, received a skateboard...

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Timber on the way to the Columbian World’s Exhibition, 1893

Fir timber to be used for construction of the Washington Building at the Columbian World’s Exhibition in Chicago, ca. 1893.

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