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John and Floyd: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 11:04pm.
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November 1908. Chester, South Carolina. "Eureka Cotton Mills. John Madison, 11 years old; 53 inches high. Beginning to sweep. Floyd Root, 10 years old. 50 inches high. Helps cousin spin every day after school. Witness: S.R. Hine." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
Mexican Migrants: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 3:41pm.
October 1939. Neches, Texas. "Mexican migrants drinking cold drinks and buying candy at filling station where the truck taking them to their homes in the Rio Grande Valley has stopped. They had been picking cotton in Mississippi." Photograph by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Shorpy Prints for Your Pod
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 1:52pm.
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We have two new desk and pod-wall print sizes in the Gift Shop: 8x10 and 11x17 inches, all beautifully printed on seimi-glossy photo paper by Juniper Gallery South. Prices are $15 and $20. The larger-size Juniper Gallery prints on French art paper continue as before. Now the Floating Lady can go anywhere you do!
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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.
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