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Free Air, Cash Meat: 1939
September 1939. "Market and grocery in Questa, New Mexico." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 8 comments
- 3531 reads
Little Oklahoma: 1939
September 1939. "Service station run by former resident of Oklahoma in Questa, New Mexico. Oklahoma newspapers as well as other Oklahoma products are for sale here." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Admin. View full size.
- 6 comments
- 3793 reads
Modern Signal: 1939
October 1939. "Railroad crossing near Shaftsbury, Vermont." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 2 comments
- 3373 reads
Pickle-Low Party: 1939
July 1939. "Sign tacked to pole near the post office. Main street, Pittsboro, North Carolina." This photo by Dorothea Lange, which has attracted no small amount of bemused commentary over the years, requires two avenues of explanation. The first is that Lange was a connoisseur of quirky signage, snapping away at whatever outre malapropism, mangled spelling or jarring juxtaposition might present itself by the side of the road (see here, here, here, here and here; there are dozens more). The second is that "piccolo" was Depression-era slang for jukebox or nickelodeon; a piccolo party's dancing was to canned music rather than a live band. Hence the PICKLE-LOW PARTY that will go on forever, thanks to the combined efforts of G.W. Leach, A.A. Hopkins and D. Lange. View full size.
- 9 comments
- 4565 reads
Vegetable Kingdom: 1939
September 1939. "Ernest W. Kirk Jr. with his two sons on their farm near Ordway, Colorado. They hold fruits of their farm, coming from their labor, which has placed them in a few months from almost hopeless condition to a family with net worth approaching a thousand dollars." Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
- 5 comments
- 3277 reads
Sunflower Plantation: 1939
January 1939. "Headquarters and general store of Sunflower Plantation, just optioned by Resettlement Administration. Near Merigold, Mississippi." Medium format nitrate negative by Russell Lee. View full size.
- 2 comments
- 3186 reads
Party Time: 1954
1954. "Los Angeles. Actress Betty White rehearsing and performing on her daytime television talk show. Photos include preparations for a girl's birthday party." From photos by Maurice Terrell and Earl Theisen for Look magazine. View full size.
The Corduroy Kid: 1941
December 1941. "New York, New York. Children playing in Washington Square." Photo by Edwin Rosskam for the Office of War Information. View full size.
- 6 comments
- 4613 reads
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