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Shelbyville: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/24/2007 - 7:31pm.
October 1938. Shelbyville, Indiana. Hearse meeting casket at railroad station. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon.
Pails in Comparison: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/24/2007 - 2:02pm.
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September 1939. Children's lunch pails wait for their owners in a rural Wisconsin schoolhouse. View full size. Photograph by John Vachon.
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School Days: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/24/2007 - 12:23pm.
September 1939. "Rural schoolroom in Wisconsin." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration.
Drink a Bite to Eat: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/24/2007 - 11:47am.
April 1938. Store in Halifax, North Carolina, with signs advertising carbonated beverages and patent medicines. View full size. Photograph by John Vachon.
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The Fly in the Ointment: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/24/2007 - 11:18am.
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"The Fly in the Ointment," dated May 22, 1920. Even bigger laffs. More Shorpy funnies on the Comics Page. Subscribe to the Shorpy Comics Feed!
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Coal Miner's Son: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/24/2007 - 1:29am.
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May 1939. Coal miner's son in Kempton, West Virginia. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon, Farm Security Administration.
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St. Paul: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/24/2007 - 1:28am.
Lady resident of a St. Paul rooming house. September 1939. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by by John Vachon, Farm Security Administration.
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