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Silver City Buick: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 12:14pm.
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May or June 1940. "Insignias on tourist's car seen in Silver City, New Mexico." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA.
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Hanging Out: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 4:39am.
September 1939. "Mrs. Soper, FSA client, tells how it was when the family first came." Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon. Medium-format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Birds of a Feather: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 3:15am.
May 1939. "Farm woman. Vendor of chickens at farmers' market in Weatherford, Texas." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. View full size.
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Texas 1939
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 3:02am.
May 1939. "Seeds for sale on luggage carrier of automobile, farmers' market, Weatherford, Texas." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee.
Midnight Moxie: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 12:46am.
October 6, 1913. "Fans at Midnight." The crowd at a Moxie stand outside New York's Polo Grounds before the first game of the 1913 World Series between the Giants and Philadelphia Athletics the following afternoon. View full size.
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Trampas: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 12:22am.
January 1943. Store and plaza in the village of Trampas, Taos County, New Mexico. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Collier.
Men of Steel: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 01/28/2008 - 10:17pm.
July 1938. Veteran steelworkers in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration.
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