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Birds of a Feather: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 3:15am.
May 1939. "Farm woman. Vendor of chickens at farmers' market in Weatherford, Texas." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. View full size.
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Texas 1939
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 3:02am.
May 1939. "Seeds for sale on luggage carrier of automobile, farmers' market, Weatherford, Texas." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee.
Midnight Moxie: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 12:46am.
October 6, 1913. "Fans at Midnight." The crowd at a Moxie stand outside New York's Polo Grounds before the first game of the 1913 World Series between the Giants and Philadelphia Athletics the following afternoon. View full size.
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Trampas: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 12:22am.
January 1943. Store and plaza in the village of Trampas, Taos County, New Mexico. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Collier.
Men of Steel: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 01/28/2008 - 10:17pm.
July 1938. Veteran steelworkers in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration.
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H. Danofsky: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 01/28/2008 - 4:49pm.
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H. Danofsky, Class of 1921 at Gallaudet University, the Washington, D.C., school for the deaf, in 1921. View full size. National Photo Company Collection.
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PBY Blister Gunner: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 01/28/2008 - 2:04pm.
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Another shot of AOM Jesse Rhodes Waller and machine gun in a PBY Catalina at Corpus Christi Naval Air Base in August 1942. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information.
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