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October 27, 2011
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U.S. geologists pose (uncomfortably) in field gear in a San Francisco photo studio, 1896.

U.S. geologists pose (uncomfortably) in field gear in a San Francisco photo studio, 1896.

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September 26, 2011
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Poet and writer James Russell Lowell, who was for a time editor of The Atlantic, at home in his library in Massachusetts, late 1800s.

Poet and writer James Russell Lowell, who was for a time editor of The Atlantic, at home in his library in Massachusetts, late 1800s.

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September 23, 2011
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Victorian woman reading in Vermont.

Victorian woman reading in Vermont.

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