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Shenandoah: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/09/2008 - 9:11am.
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1938. Maher's Dance Hall in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, showing orchestra platform and dancers. (Note the stag line and that two of the couples are girl-girl.) View full size. 3x4 safety negative by Sheldon Dick. Twelve years after this picture was taken, the photographer, son of mimeograph magnate A.B. Dick, would meet a violent end along with his wife in a tragic murder-suicide.
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Lock Up Your Daughters: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/09/2008 - 1:02am.
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July 1940. Migrant cherry picker in front of tent home. Berrien County, Michigan. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the FSA.
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The Simple Life: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/09/2008 - 12:25am.
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July 1938. "Housing conditions in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, home of the American Bridge Company." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein.
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Too Much Excitement: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 11:02pm.
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1941. At the picnic grounds in Vale, Oregon. "Interlude, after watching the Fourth of July parade." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee.
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Berrien Cherriers: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 9:34pm.
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July 1940. "Automobile of migrant cherry pickers. Berrien County, Michigan." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the FSA.
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Youth Council: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 9:16pm.
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Spring 1942. Young people at the Imperial County Fair near El Centro, California. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA.
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Going Places: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 7:05pm.
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Summer 1938. At the bus station in Marion, Ohio. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration.
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