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NEW / OLD FROM THE VINTAGRAPH VAULTS >> SYPHILIS: MENACE TO INDUSTRY
La Dolce Vita: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 4:23am.
September 1938. Racine, West Virginia. "Farmer's son who helps make sorghum molasses from sugarcane." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
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Wigwam Village: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 2:02pm.
July 1940. "Cabins imitating the Indian teepee for tourists along highway south of Bardstown, Kentucky. (Wigwam Village #2, Cave City)." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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Cheese: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 1:00pm.
August 1940. Pine Mountain, Kentucky. Marion Post Wolcott on assignment for the Resettlement Administration at the Stinking Creek home of the "mountain woman" in the previous post. Medium-format nitrate negative. View full size.
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Mountain Woman: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 2:56am.
August 1940. Pine Mountain, Kentucky. "Mountain woman by her home up Stinking Creek." Nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
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Paper Pusher: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 8:50pm.
September 1941. Sheldon Springs, Vermont. "Feeding machine that grinds wood into pulp, one of the last stages in making paper at the Mississquoi Corporation mill." Medium-format nitrate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
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The Handsome Family: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:31pm.
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August 1941. "The family of Gottlieb Zahler in their new farm in Lacona, New York, to which they moved from the Pine Camp relocation area." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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Hot Sugar: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 11:39am.
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January 1942. Guanica, Puerto Rico. "Burning a sugar cane field. This process destroys the leaves and makes the cane easier to harvest." Medium-format safety negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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