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Hector's Palace of Sweets: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 12:23am.
November 1937. Neon sign for Hector’s Palace of Sweets Cafe in Crosby, North Dakota. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA.
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Full House: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 11/27/2007 - 7:11pm.
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November 1936 near Dickens, Iowa. Three-room shack, the residence of L.H. Nissen, hired man for a tenant farmer. Farm is owned by a loan company. Ten people live in the shack: mother, father, seven children, one grandchild. Medium format negative by Russell Lee, Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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High Water: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 11/27/2007 - 6:21pm.
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January 1937. Young flood refugee asleep in a schoolhouse at Sikeston, Missouri. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administ'n.
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Ghost Horse: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 11/27/2007 - 6:05pm.
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December 1936. Farm horse in Woodbury County, Iowa. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
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Dickens, Iowa: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 11/27/2007 - 5:49pm.
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December 1936. Mother and child in the home of L.H. Nissen, hired man. He is married, has seven children, one grandchild, all living together in a three-room shack near Dickens, Iowa. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee.
Ghost Horse II
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 11/27/2007 - 2:47pm.
December 1936. Remains of horse that died of compaction [intestinal blockage] due to poor feed. William Butler's farm near Anthon, Iowa. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration.
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In the Cards: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 11/27/2007 - 2:29pm.
September 1938. "Game of cooncan [conquian] in store near Reserve, Louisiana." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA.
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