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Black and White: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 2:01pm.
December 1942. "General view of a classification yard at the Chicago & North Western RR's Proviso Yard." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information.
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Marvin and Owen: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 11:49am.
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St Louis, Mo. Truants selling papers at Jefferson & Washington. 11 a.m. Monday May 9, 1910. Smallest boy is Marvin Adams, 2637 Washington Avenue. Said he got his papers "off'n de other feller." Other boy is Owen McCormack, 2651 Washington Avenue. View full size. Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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New York, New York: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 12:34am.
December 1941. "Lower Manhattan seen from the S.S. Coamo leaving New York." View full size. 35mm negative by Jack Delano. Office of War Information.
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Payasos en Penasco: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 11:46pm.
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July 1940. "Penasco, New Mexico. Spanish-American clowns at a traveling show." View full size. Medium format safety negative by Russell Lee for the FSA.
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Breaking: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 11:24pm.
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July 1940. "Acrobat and audience at Spanish-American traveling show. Penasco, New Mexico." View full size. Medium format safety negative by Russell Lee.
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Cinco de Mayo: 1910
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May 5, 1910. St. Louis, Missouri. "Truants like these may be found most any day between 11 a.m. & noon. Jefferson Street near Washington." View full size. Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Waco: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 5:00pm.
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November 1939. "Negro boys sitting on bench on street, Waco, Texas." 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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