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- Second unit filming completed August 1957
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- Filming began on Sept. 13, 1957
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Help Is On the Way: 1915
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 12/06/2007 - 1:52am.
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Child of the Depression: 1935
Submitted by Ken on Wed, 12/05/2007 - 6:28pm.
A farm child whose family resettled on the Bosque Farms project in New Mexico. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1935. View full size.
Zuni Girl: c. 1903
Submitted by Ken on Wed, 12/05/2007 - 10:36am.
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A Zuni Native-American girl with a pottery jar. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1903. View full size.
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America Calls For More: 1942
Submitted by Ken on Wed, 12/05/2007 - 9:10am.
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Julien Case in the county agent's office in Florence, Alabama. Photographed by Arthur Rothstein in 1942 while documenting Tennessee Valley Authority work. View full size.
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A Dam Welder: 1942
Submitted by Ken on Wed, 12/05/2007 - 8:38am.
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A welder working on the Tennessee Valley Authority's Cherokee Dam in Tennessee. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein, 1942. View full size.
Knock, Knock: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 12/05/2007 - 2:15am.
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August 28, 1922. A horse at the Animal Rescue League in Washington, D.C. 5x7 glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.
Our Man in Washington: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 12/05/2007 - 2:04am.
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1921. The Edwards boy with Will Hays in Washington. View full size. 5x4 glass negative, National Photo Company Collection.
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