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Today's Tom Sawyer: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 01/04/2008 - 1:10am.
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Making his third appearance here in as many days, the impish Iowa farmboy captured on film by John Vachon in May 1940. View full size.
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The Alamo: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 01/04/2008 - 12:01am.
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December 1937. The Alamo movie theater in Washington, D.C. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration.
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Pie Town Community Sing: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 9:22pm.
June 1940. An all-day community sing in Pie Town, New Mexico. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
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Under the El: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 6:41pm.
July 1940. Another view under the elevated tracks in Chicago. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration.
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Walked Eight Miles: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 3:40pm.
June 1940. Pie Town, New Mexico. Wife of a homesteader with her WPA (Work Projects Administration) music class. These children walk eight miles for their music lessons. View full size. Medium-format safety negative by Russell Lee.
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Greenhills: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 1:41pm.
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October 1938. Fire station at Greenhills, Ohio, a planned community built by the federal government (Suburban Division of the Resettlement Administration) during the Depression. The image, scanned from a print, is a composite, with the utility pole and fire alarm superimposed; the asphalt was retouched with an airbrush. View full size. The fire station photo is by John Vachon.
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Shadowland: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 4:03am.
July 1940. "Under the elevated railway, Chicago, Illinois." 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
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