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Greensboro, Alabama: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 11/09/2007 - 2:39pm.
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"County seat of Hale County, Alabama," in August 1936 as photographed by Walker Evans. View full size. The McCollum Grocery on the corner is the subject of another Evans photo, where it's identified as being in Moundville. See Bill Cary's comment. Is this Moundvlle? Haleyville? Greensboro? (Other Evans photos identify this store as being in Greensboro, the county seat.)
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The Reaper
Submitted by Ken on Fri, 11/09/2007 - 8:42am.
A young woman models in a studio for photographer Fitz W. Guerin. No date is recorded with the photo, but it was probably taken around 1902. View full size.
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Open Wide: 1917
Submitted by Ken on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 9:36am.
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Students in grade 6 of Washington School in Lawton, Oklahoma, have their throats examined during a medical inspection. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, 1917. View full size.
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Eye Exam: 1917
Submitted by Ken on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 9:34am.
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Children in Grade 5 of Washington School in Lawton, Oklahoma participate in a Medical inspection. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, 1917. / Lewis W. Hine. View full size.
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Heel: 1942
Submitted by Ken on Wed, 11/07/2007 - 12:27pm.
Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority). Kenneth C. Hall, his wife and daughter rowing on the Tennessee River. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein for the Tennessee Valley Authority, June 1942. View full size.
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Tintype Cowboy: 1939
Submitted by Ken on Wed, 11/07/2007 - 9:08am.
A tintype cameraman on a San Antonio, Texas, street. Photo by Russell Lee, March, 1939. View full size.
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