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Casa Morini: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/18/2008 - 3:55am.
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November 1912. South Framingham, Massachusetts. "Home of Rufine Morini, 6 Coburn Street. Two mothers, three children 10, 8 and 6 years old, working on tags for Dennison. Children anaemic. Make $10 (more or less) a month. Witness, F.A. Smith." View full size. Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Delta County: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/18/2008 - 3:51am.
1940. Delta County, Colorado. "Hay stack and automobiles of peach pickers." View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the FSA.
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Happy Days: 1902
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 2:27pm.
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"Happy Days." Gertrude Kasebier's grandson Charles O'Malley in 1902. 8x10 dry-plate glass negative. View full size. You can't get much cuter than this.
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Sampson, Chico and Slew: 1944
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 12:39am.
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March 1944. Washington labor canteen. Band for a St. Patrick's Day dance sponsored by the United Federal Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations. View full size. Medium format safety negative by Joseph Horne.
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Green for a Night: 1944
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 12:21am.
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March 1944. St. Patrick's Day dancers at the Washington labor canteen party sponsored by the United Federal Workers of America. View full size. Medium format safety negative by Joseph A. Horne for the Office of War Information.
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Cutting a Rug: 1944
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 12:20am.
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March 1944. Washington labor canteen St Patrick's Day dance. View full size. Medium format negative by Joseph A. Horne for the Office of War Information.
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Chinese-Irish Checkers: 1944
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 12:13am.
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March 1944, Washington labor canteen. Socializing with a hostess at the St. Patrick's dance. View full size. Medium format negative by Joseph Horne.
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