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City of Los Angeles: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 12/27/2007 - 9:16pm.
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Detail from Jack Delano's shot of the C&NW railyards in December 1942, and streamliners City of Denver and City of Los Angeles. View full size.
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Proviso Yard: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 12/27/2007 - 8:52pm.
December 1942. General view of the C&NW R.R. Proviso classification yard at Chicago. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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Walker Evans: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 12/27/2007 - 5:27pm.
The photographer Walker Evans in a February 1937 portrait by his colleague Edwin Locke. 35mm negative, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Chillicothe Buicks: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 12/27/2007 - 2:36pm.
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February 1940. Courthouse and auto transport hauling Buicks in Chillicothe, Ohio. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA.
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Wild Animal Circus: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 12/27/2007 - 12:26pm.
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Posters advertising a 1936 circus near Lynchburg, South Carolina. 35mm nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Bethlehem Boys: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 12/27/2007 - 12:05pm.
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November 1935. Sons of American Legion members in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the FSA.
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Central Grade School: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 12/26/2007 - 10:33pm.
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February 1940. The snowballs fly at Central Grade School in Chillicothe, Ohio. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA.
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