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 * KATE CARTER WASHING DISHES IN A KITCHEN, WENTWORTH, NORTH CAROLINA. PHOTO BY
   CAROL M. HIGHSMITH, 1985.


 * OLD WOMAN IN MOURNING--YUKI PEOPLE. PHOTO BY EDWARD CURTIS, 1924.


 * THE LOPEZ CHILDREN OFTEN CALL ON THEIR GRANDFATHER IN THE EVENINGS TO HEAR
   TALES OF THE OLD DAYS WHEN TRAMPAS WAS A THRIVING SHEEP TOWN. PHOTO BY JOHN
   COLLIER, 1943.


 * GRANDFATHER AND GRANDCHILD, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. PHOTO BY CAROL M.
   HIGHSMITH, 1980-1990.


 * STAR PUPIL, EIGHTY-TWO YEARS OLD, READING HER LESSON IN ADULT CLASS. GEE'S
   BEND, ALABAMA. PHOTO BY MARION POST WOLCOTT, 1939.


 * MICHAEL YONEMITSU, X-RAY TECHNICIAN, AND HARRY SUMIDA IN X-RAY ROOM, MANZANAR
   RELOCATION CENTER, CALIFORNIA. PHOTO BY ANSEL ADAMS, 1943.


 * FRANCES B. JOHNSTON IN GARDEN IN NEW ORLEANS WITH "POPS" WHITESELL. PHOTO BY
   JOHNSTON, ABOUT 1950.


 * OLD PEOPLE [SENIOR CITIZENS, N.Y.C.]. PHOTO BY BERNARD GOTFRYD, 1970-1990.


 * MRS. FANNIE LEE TEALS, QUILTING, TIFTON, GEORGIA. PHOTO BY BEVERLY J.
   ROBINSON, 1977. AMERICAN FOLKLIFE CENTER


 * BEARDED MAN WITH A PIPE. PHOTO BY LAWRENCE V. KUPPER, 1901.


 * A TINY CELESTIAL GOES ON THE SCALE, CHINATOWN, NEW YORK. PHOTO BY RED CROS,
   1922.


 * C.T. HIBINO, ARTIST, MANZANAR RELOCATION CENTER, CALIFORNIA. PHOTO BY ANSEL
   ADAMS, 1943.


 * PARISHONERS OF ST. THOMAS CHURCH RESTING AFTER SPENDING MANY HOURS PREPARING
   FOOD FOR A BENEFIT PICNIC SUPPER. NEAR BARDSTOWN, KENTUCKY. PHOTO BY MARION
   POST WOLCOTT, 1940.


 * BABCOCK AIRPLANE PLANT, DELAND, FLORIDA. TOGETHER THESE THREE MEN HAVE A
   TOTAL OF 160 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS SKILLED MACHINISTS. PHOTO BY HOWARD
   HOLLEM, 1942.


 * TWO GRANDMOTHERS WHO ARE KEEPING UP THE PRODUCTION SCHEDULE OF THE LA ROE'S
   FAMILY SHOP AT EUSTIS, FLORIDA. PHOTO BY HOWARD HOLLEM, 1942.


 * THE LIFE AND AGE OF WOMAN, STAGES OF WOMAN'S LIFE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE
   GRAVE. PRINT BY JAMES BAILLIE, 1848.


 * THE LIFE AND AGE OF MAN, STAGES OF MAN'S LIFE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE.
   PRINT BY JAMES BAILLIE, 1848.


 * THE LAST MEN OF THE REVOLUTION. PHOTOGRAPHS BY NELSON AND ROSWELL MOORE,
   1864.


 * JOHN L. BURNS, THE OLD HERO OF GETTYSBURG, RECOVERING FROM HIS WOUNDS. PHOTO
   BY BRADY'S NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GALLERIES, 1863.


 * NANCY MARIA DONALDSON JOHNSON, TEACHER, INVENTOR, MISSIONARY. PHOTO ABOUT
   1875.


 * OLD WOMAN IN APRON AND SHAWL. PAINTING BY OTTO BACHER, 1876-1909.


 * OLD WOMAN OPENING BOX WHILE THREE CHILDREN WATCH. DRAWING BY EDWIN AUSTIN
   ABBEY, 1870-1911.


 * ELDERLY WOMAN. PHOTO BY CHARLES HENRY CURRIER, 1890-1900.


 * OLD "NANA." (WARRIOR AND CHIEF OF THE CHIRICAHUA APACHE.) PHOTO COPYRIGHT BY
   A.F. RANDALL, 1884.


 * PLAYING GRANDMOTHER. CHROMOLITHOGRAPH, 1890.


 * ELDERLY WOMAN IN A ROCKING CHAIR PEELING APPLE WITH YOUNG GIRL STANDING IN
   FRONT OF HER. PHOTO BY ELIZABETH B. BROWNELL, ABOUT 1900.


 * CHIEF HOO-SIS-MOX-MOX OF THE PALOUSE PEOPLE. PHOTO BY LEE MOORHOUSE, 1900.


 * A DIFFICULT PASSAGE. PHOTO BY WILLIAM HIRSCH, 1902.


 * STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. CHROMOLITHOGRAPH, 1908.


 * UNIDENTIFIED CIVIL WAR VETERAN AND UNIDENTIFIED WORLD WAR I SOLDIER. PHOTO BY
   JAMES B. SCHRIEVER, 1914-1918.


 * REUNION OF PEOPLE BORN INTO SLAVERY–LEWIS MARTIN, AGE 100, MARTHA ELIZABETH
   BANKS, AGE 104; AND AMY WAR, AGE 103; WITH REV. S.P. DREW, BORN FREE. PHOTO
   BY HARRIS & EWING, 1917.


 * WOMAN SPINNING. PHOTO BY DORIS ULMANN, 1930


 * GRANDMOTHER FROM OKLAHOMA AND HER PIECED QUILT. CALIFORNIA, KERN COUNTY.
   (DRESDEN PLATE QUILT PATTERN.) PHOTO BY DOROTHEA LANGE, 1936.


 * MEXICAN WOMAN COOKING TORTILLAS. SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. PHOTO BY RUSSELL LEE,
   1939


 * LIFE BEGINS AT 70. WASHINGTON, D.C., ... MRS. ISABELLE HAGGETT AT 75 IS NOW A
   CO-ED AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. PHOTO BY HARRIS & EWING, 1939


 * COLLECTING OLD BOTTLES IS HOBBY OF RETIRED PROFESSOR W. EDWIN PRIEST.
   WASHINGTON, D.C. PHOTO BY HARRIS & EWING, 1939


 * JIM GREY, RETIRED OLD FARMER OF LEDYARD, CONNECTICUT, WAITING FOR THE NOON
   MAIL AT THE CROSSROADS. PHOTO BY JACK DELANO, 1940.


 * NEW YORK, NEW YORK. OLD CHINESE WOMAN IN CHINATOWN. PHOTO BY MARJORY COLLINS,
   1942.


 * WOMEN IN INDUSTRY. FLARE GUN PRODUCTION. ... MRS. ANNETTE CAINES OF DETROIT,
   WHO MANNED A MILLING MACHINE IN A GUN FACTORY DURING THE LAST WAR AND HASN'T
   STOPPED WORK SINCE. PHOTO BY ANN ROSENER, 1942


 * NEW YORK, NEW YORK. A FOLLOWER OF THE LATE MARCUS GARVEY WHO STARTED THE
   "BACK TO AFRICA" MOVEMENT. PHOTO BY GORDON PARKS, 1943.


 * DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA. WOMAN WHO SAYS SHE IS 104 YEARS OLD. PHOTO BY GORDON
   PARKS, 1943.


 * GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS. MRS. MARY MACHADO, HER DAUGHTER MRS. ISABELL
   LOPEZ, HER DAUGHTER IRENE, AN INFANT GREAT-GRANDCHILD DOROTHY, JR. AND HER
   MOTHER DOROTHY, SR., AND A GRANDSON FRANCIS, THE SON OF IRENE. PHOTO BY
   GORDON PARKS, 1943.


 * CHILDREN'S FOLKTALE CONTEST AND OLD PEOPLE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY, HELD AT
   SHINSUNDO STUDIO, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. (KOREAN AMERICANS) PHOTO BY CHUNGMOO
   CHOI, 1977.


 * SENIOR CITIZENS, MASSACHUSETTS. PHOTO BY BERNARD GOTFRYD, ABOUT 1980.


 * SENIOR CITIZENS, FLORIDA, AT METS TRAINING CAMP. PHOTO BY BERNARD GOTFRYD,
   ABOUT 1980.

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