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B-17 Betty: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 1:31pm.
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October 1942. Long Beach, California. "Girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant joins sections of wing ribs to reinforce the inner wing assemblies of B-17F heavy bombers." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information.
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Oklahoma: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 12:13pm.
October 1942. Employees at the Mid-Continent oil refinery in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Vachon. View full size.
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Indiana Janes: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 7:47am.
August 1908. "Noon hour in an Indianapolis cotton mill. Witness, E.N. Clopper." View full size. Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Calumet: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 7:16am.
October 1935. Miners at Calumet, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. 35mm negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
An Old Southern Melody: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 12:47am.
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August 1941. "Local band leader plays 'An Old Southern Melody' and everybody cheered." Coffee County, Alabama. View full size. Medium format safety negative by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration.
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Tuned In: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 12:32am.
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June 1941. Family at the "USDA farm family labor camp" in Caldwell, Idaho. View full size. Medium format safety negative by Russell Lee for the FSA.
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The Indy Five: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 11:09pm.
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August 1908. "Noon hour in an Indianapolis furniture factory. Witness, E.N. Clopper." View full size. Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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