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Ashwood: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 8:50pm.
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May 1939. "Second and third grade children being made up for their Negro song and dance at May Day-Health Day festivities." Ashwood Plantations, South Carolina. View full size. Photograph by Marion Post Wolcott for the FSA.
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Cooking Class: c. 1899
Submitted by Ken on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 6:56pm.
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Ten women in a cooking class at the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Va. Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston, c. 1899. View full size.
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Making the Trains Run: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 6:55pm.
December 1942. A young worker at the Chicago & North Western 40th Street shops. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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Christmas in August: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 1:31pm.
August 1942. First snow of the season in the foothills of the Little Belt Mountains. Lewis and Clark National Forest, Meagher County, Montana. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
A Candle In Every Window
Submitted by Ken on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 10:04am.
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Join the Red Cross and on Christmas Eve a candle in every window, a service flag for every home. A 1917 membership poster for the Red Cross. The artwork is by L.N. Britton. View full size.
Private Lessons
Submitted by Ken on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 6:16am.
Learning to ski in Quebec. No date is recorded for the photograph from the Bain News Service. View full size.
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They Like Winter in New York State
Submitted by Ken on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 6:15am.
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A Federal Art Project poster promoting winter sports in New York: "They like winter in New York State. The state that has everything." The poster was created by Jack Rivlota between 1936 and 1941. View full size.
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