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Taos County: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 12/11/2007 - 1:06pm.
Spring 1943. Taos County, New Mexico. The J.D. Leon general store in Cerro. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Collier. View full size | Say hi to the dogs.
Christmas Shoppers in New York
Submitted by Ken on Tue, 12/11/2007 - 11:10am.
Christmas shoppers in New York City. Photo from the Bain News Service collection, between 1910 and 1915. View full size.
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Hopi Girls: c. 1900
Submitted by Ken on Tue, 12/11/2007 - 10:37am.
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Two Hopi girls sit on the ground eating melons. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1900. View full size.
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Meet Me at the Fair: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/10/2007 - 1:12pm.
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May 1942. Amusement park outside Southington, Connecticut. View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative by Fenno Jacobs, Farm Security Administration.
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Washday: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/10/2007 - 8:51am.
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January 1942. Young woman at the community laundry Saturday afternoon. Farm Security Administration camp at Robstown, Texas. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA.
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Flying Lessons: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/10/2007 - 8:10am.
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June 1943. Maneuvering in close formation at the Civil Air Patrol base at Bar Harbor, Maine. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Collier.
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