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Glass-bottle house with 'CALICO' on its gable at Calico Ghost Town, California, circa 1967, seen from below

The bottle house at Calico Ghost Town, its gable lettered 'CALICO', circa 1967.

1967 · Calico Ghost Town, California, United States

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Visitor in a blue hooded coat passing the bottle house at Calico Ghost Town, California, circa 1967, slightly blurred

A visitor in a blue hooded coat passes below the bottle house.

1967 · Calico Ghost Town, California, United States

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Blurred handheld view of the lettered bottle house at Calico Ghost Town, California, circa 1967 8mm film

The camera lurches across the lettered facade of the bottle house.

1967 · Calico Ghost Town, California, United States

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Woman in a blue coat in front of the 'CALICO' bottle house at Calico Ghost Town, California, circa 1967

A woman in a blue coat turns away after smiling at the camera beside the bottle house.

1967 · Calico Ghost Town, California, United States

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Circa 1963 home movie, likely New York: boy kneeling at a fireplace swings up an Electrical Build-It-Set box on Christmas morning

The boy swings his new Electrical Build-It-Set up toward the camera, circa 1963.

1963 · New York, United States

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Electrical Build-It-Set lid in orange-red, white and blue held square to the lens at a Christmas fireplace, circa 1963, likely New York

The printed lid reads 'Electrical BUILD-IT-SET' as the boy holds it squarely to the camera.

1963 · New York, United States

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Vintage toy box reading BUILD-IT-SET shown to a family camera in an early-1960s living room, likely New York, circa 1963

Face hidden behind the box, the boy keeps his gift on show for the camera.

1963 · New York, United States

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Circa 1963 Christmas, likely New York: boy in a green short-sleeved shirt lowers his Build-It-Set box to the floor by the hearth

The boy sets the box down on the carpet and looks it over, circa 1963.

1963 · New York, United States

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Red bridge tower and derrick boom over a floating barge in New York Harbor, circa 1964, 8mm home movie

The red tower and angled lattice members frame a floating derrick at the opening of the shot.

1964 · New York City, New York, United States

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Derrick barge carrying a white steel section below a red bridge tower, New York Harbor, circa 1964

The camera dips to show the barge deck, the low shoreline and the harbor water.

1964 · New York City, New York, United States

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Circa 1964 8mm view of bridge construction from the water in New York Harbor, with projection debris

A stray hair from projection drifts across the sky above the derrick barge.

1964 · New York City, New York, United States

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Steady closing view of a red bridge tower and floating derrick in New York Harbor, circa 1964 home movie

The shot closes on the tower, the derrick and its steel load with the shoreline behind.

1964 · New York City, New York, United States

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Boy in red cap waving from a yellow backhoe-loader on rural farmland, United States, circa 1975, faded Super 8 film

A small boy in a red cap waves from the controls of a backhoe-loader, United States, circa 1975.

1975 · United States

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Child with hand raised at the wheel of farm machinery against a spring treeline, rural United States, circa 1975

Hand raised, the boy greets the camera from the machine's seat with a field and trees behind him.

1975 · United States

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Boy in a red cap looks aside while gripping the wheel of a yellow backhoe-loader, United States farm, circa 1975

The boy turns to look off to the side, one hand on the steering wheel.

1975 · United States

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Farm boy waves once more from a yellow backhoe-loader, teal-faded Super 8 home movie, rural United States, circa 1975

Facing the camera again, the boy waves as the shot ends; the teal fade of the Super 8 stock is visible.

1975 · United States

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Construction sign at Penney Farms, Florida, circa 1950, naming the Christian Herald Association and general contractors Hillyer and Lovan, Inc.

The contractor's sign for a Christian Herald Association apartment building at Penney Farms, Florida, circa 1950.

1950 · Penney Farms, Florida, United States

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Circa 1950 8mm frame of an apartment building sign at Penney Farms, Florida, with a Jacksonville contractor's address along the bottom.

The sign's main lines read clearly, while the smaller address lines stay soft.

1950 · Penney Farms, Florida, United States

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Hillyer and Lovan, Inc. general contractors sign at the Christian Herald Association's community in Penney Farms, Florida, circa 1950.

The handheld framing drifts a little as the camera stays on the board.

1950 · Penney Farms, Florida, United States

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Late in the shot, the Christian Herald Association apartment building sign at Penney Farms, Florida, circa 1950, on dark 8mm film.

The shot ends still holding the sign above a band of sandy ground.

1950 · Penney Farms, Florida, United States

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Circa 1950 8mm home movie frame, probably California: a young man bends over a shovel as a man in a red neckerchief and cap holds a hose by a stucco wall.

Two men at work beside a stucco house wall, one shoveling and one holding a hose, circa 1950.

1950 · California, United States

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Circa 1950 home movie frame, probably California: a shovel goes into a loaded wheelbarrow beside a stucco wall with a hose bib and low vent.

The camera drops to the loaded wheelbarrow, with a hose bib and a low vent visible on the stucco wall.

1950 · California, United States

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8mm colour frame, circa 1950, likely California: a man in a white T-shirt drives a shovel into a wheelbarrow as his companion grips a hose nozzle.

Shoveling into the wheelbarrow while the second man keeps the hose ready.

1950 · California, United States

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Circa 1950 home movie frame from a new stucco house, probably California: a fair-haired young man leans over his shovel beside a man in a red neckerchief.

The young man bends to his shovel in hard sunlight, his companion standing just behind.

1950 · California, United States

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