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Sleigh Ride: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/17/2007 - 3:17am.
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February 1940. Automobile transport carrying new Buicks in Chillicothe, Ohio. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA. View full size.
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Wintry Mix: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/17/2007 - 12:25am.
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February 1940. Newsboy during a winter storm in Iowa City, Iowa. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration. View full size. Our readers point out the Englert Theater to the right, where "Balalaika" is playing.
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School Shooters: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 12/16/2007 - 9:22pm.
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January 1942. "Cowboys and Indians" at the Farm Security Administration camp elementary school in Weslaco, Tex. View full size. Photo by Arthur Rothstein.
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Hollywood's Loss: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 12/16/2007 - 6:11pm.
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June 1942. Lockheed Vega aircraft plant at Burbank, California. "Hollywood missed a good bet when they overlooked this attractive aircraft worker, who is shown checking electrical sub-assemblies." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by David Bransby for the Office of War Information.
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A Merry Xmas: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 12/16/2007 - 10:14am.
Australian soldiers at Christmas dinner in the Australian Club (old East Hotel) in Jerusalem between 1940 and 1946. View full size. Matson Photo Service.
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Church of the Nativity: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 12/16/2007 - 10:03am.
Christmas in the Church of the Nativity at Bethlehem circa 1940. View full size. 4x5 glass-plate negative, G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection.
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Wish You Were Here: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 12/16/2007 - 8:50am.
1921. "Bathing Beach." Taking the waters somewhere along the Potomac River at Washington, D.C. View full size. National Photo Company Collection.
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