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Best Nap Ever!
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 02/09/2008 - 2:13pm.
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June 1942. "Queens, New York. Nursery school at the Queensbridge housing project. Child dressing after a nap." View full size. Medium format safety negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information.
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Spa Treatment: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 02/09/2008 - 1:17pm.
December 1942. Boxcars being refurbished. "Regular tracks of the South Yards of the Chicago & North Western R.R. Proviso Yard." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information.
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Crossroads: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 02/09/2008 - 12:44pm.
October 1939. "Crossroads off the highway in a cut-over area. Boundary County, Idaho." View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange.
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Embraceable Ewe: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 02/09/2008 - 5:52am.
May 1936. "Farmer of Franklin County, Kansas." View full size. Medium format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration.
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Skunk Cabbage Acres: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 02/09/2008 - 1:51am.
June 1936. Skunk cabbage, ferns and alders keep this farmer in the north Oregon hills hard at work as he attempts to clear an abandoned homestead. Medium format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA. View full size.
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Ak-Sar-Ben, Ah-a-Mo: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 02/09/2008 - 1:37am.
November 1938. The Ak-sar-ben toll bridge over the Missouri River between Iowa and Nebraska at Omaha. View full size. Photograph by John Vachon.
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Pour Me Another: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 02/09/2008 - 12:35am.
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June 1942. "Queens, New York. Children get milk or tomato juice after their nap at the nursery school at Queensbridge housing project." View full size. Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information.
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