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Eagle Scout: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 9:14pm.
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July 3, 1913. "Fun at camp." Boy Scouts in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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Guitar Four Hands: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 4:35pm.
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Weslaco, Texas. The "musical Drake family," performing at a barn dance in the Farm Security Administration's Mercer G. Evans camp, February 1942. Medium-format safety negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. Update: The fiddler is Nathan Drake, the younger boy is Jasper "Sleepy" Drake, and behind him is brother Weldon Drake. View full size.
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Texas Saturday Night: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 3:38pm.
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February 1942. Weslaco, Texas. Saturday night dance at the Farm Security Administration camp with music by the Drake family. View full size. Medium-format safety negative by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA.
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The Drakes: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 3:16pm.
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February 1942. Weslaco, Texas. Younger members of the Drake family, including the young man shown playing at the barn dance elsewhere in today's posts, at the Farm Security Administration's Mercer Evans camp. View full size. Medium-format safety negative by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA. Update: The banjo player is Jasper "Sleepy" Drake; his sister Monnie is the guitarist.
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Just What I Always Wanted: 1901
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 3:01pm.
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January 1901. Dayton, Ohio. "Bertha Wright, age five, niece of the Wright brothers, daughter of Lorin Wright," with some of her many Christmas presents. Dry-plate glass negative by the Wright Brothers. View full size.
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Fayetteville: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 3:01pm.
March 1941. Traffic on the main street of Fayetteville, North Carolina, at about 5 o'clock, when the workers start coming out of Fort Bragg. View from the "old marketplace." View full size. Medium-format safety negative by Jack Delano.
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The Back Way: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 2:59am.
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December 1935. Hamilton County, Ohio. Alleyway leading off Van Horn Street. 35mm nitrate negative by Carl Mydans for the FSA. View full size.
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