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Some Assembly Required: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 4:21pm.
June 1942. "Installation of a third 30,000 kilowatt generator at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Cherokee Dam on the Holston River." View full size. Medium format safety negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information.
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All Smiles: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 2:47pm.
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June 1942. "Brooklyn, New York. Red Hook housing development. Nursery children at the Community Center. Some come from the surrounding neighborhood. About 100 children attend." View full size. Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information.
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Cherokee Dam: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 12:32pm.
June 1942. Riveter atop a 250-ton hoist at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Cherokee Dam on the Holston River. View full size. Medium format safety negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information.
Omaha: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 4:10am.
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November 1938. Omaha, Nebraska. "Cars parked diagonally along a row of parking meters." View full size. Photograph by John Vachon for the FSA.
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Catfish Mover Watermelon: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 3:46am.
Summer 1936. Roadside stand near Birmingham, Alabama. View full size. Medium-format negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration.
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Parked Girl: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 1:06am.
August 1941. Cars in the business district of Brattleboro, Vermont. 35mm nitrate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Darn, Darn, Darn: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/07/2008 - 10:42pm.
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December 1943. "Lynn Massman, wife of a second class petty officer studying in Washington, D.C., darns socks in the afternoon while baby Joey has his nap." View full size. Medium-format safety negative by Esther Bubley for the OWI.
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