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The Deer Hunters: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 07/12/2007 - 12:37am.
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Moon River: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 07/12/2007 - 12:36am.
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Three boys diving from mudbank circa 1935, location unknown. View full size. 5x7 safety film negative, Acme News Photo archive, Library of Congress.
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Gamecocks: 1937
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December 1937. Gamecocks in the training arena in Puerto Rico. View full size. Photograph by Edwin Rosskam, Farm Security Administration.
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The Old Swimming Hole: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/11/2007 - 4:54pm.
July 1941. Swimming hole at Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania. View full size. Photograph by Edwin Rosskam for the Farm Security Administration.
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Republic Steel: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/11/2007 - 3:41pm.
November 1941. Eastern Bessemer converter at Republic Steel in Youngstown, Ohio. Molten iron is charged with air to change it into steel for war essentials. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.
Fort Knox: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/10/2007 - 11:36pm.
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June 1942. M-3 tank in action at Fort Knox, Kentucky. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer, Office of War Information.
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Whoosh: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/10/2007 - 11:32pm.
December 1942. Time exposure of repair tracks of the Chicago & North Western R.R. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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