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Youth Council: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 10:16pm.
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Spring 1942. Young people at the Imperial County Fair near El Centro, California. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA.
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Going Places: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 8:05pm.
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Summer 1938. At the bus station in Marion, Ohio. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration.
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Floyd's Place: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 8:04pm.
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Summer 1938. More of Floyd's Place: "Roadside inn, Central Ohio. The figure of the body, originally distributed to advertise the Newark Indian Mounds, has been redecorated." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the FSA.
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6 Gals $1
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 7:29pm.
Summer 1938. "Tourist signs in Central Ohio." From a series of photos taken along Route 40. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the FSA.
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Made in the Shade: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 2:40pm.
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July 1941. Youngsters at the Fourth of July picnic in Vale, Oregon. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Red Robin: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 1:03pm.
"Cold drinks on the Fourth of July" at the Red Robin Coffee Shop in Vale, Oregon. The year was 1941. Can we stay just a little longer? View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
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On the Grid: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 4:54am.
Washington, D.C., in 1939. "Aerial view in front of the Willard Hotel at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, showing pedestrians and rather dense traffic in autos and streetcars." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by David Myers.
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