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Washington, D.C., in the summer of 1926. "Hot weather, Rock Creek Park." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Considering the flash bulb wouldn't be invented for another four years, this photo must have been taken with good ol' fashioned flash powder. In the middle of the woods during a heat wave seems like a great place to be setting off pyrotechnics, no?
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